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Joe
Medwick		  
Nickname: Ducky
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 207
 
Born: November 24, 1911 in Usa, NJ, CARTERET
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1937    1939   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 20 CLE AL     5 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 3 2 2 9 9 9
1933 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 9 9 9
1934 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 9 8 8
1935 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 8 8 8
1936 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 8 8 8
1937 25 CLE AL $ 2,442,857   5 5 6 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 8 8 8
1938 26 CLE AL $ 2,442,857   6 6 6 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 3 8 8 8
1939 27 CLE AL $ 2,442,857   6 6 6 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 3 8 7 8
1940 28 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3 8 7 7
1941 29 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 7 6 7
1942 30 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 10 9 10 3 2 3 7 6 6
1943 31 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 10 9 10 3 2 2 6 6 6
1944 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 10 9 10 3 2 2 6 5 6
1945 33 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 10 9 9 3 2 2 6 5 5
1946 34 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 4 4 4
1947 35 PIT NL $ 711,000   1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 10 3 3 3 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1932 20 AAA   81 330 55 98 23 2 12 47 8 2 25 17 .297 .346 .488 .834 53.4  
1933 21 CLE AL 5 13 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .538 .769 1.8 0.3
    AAA   137 548 98 180 30 3 29 100 7 9 40 32 .328 .374 .553 .927 102.1  
1934 22 CLE AL 143 437 54 138 31 6 8 70 1 0 29 27 .316 .360 .469 .829 66.1 10.3
1935 23 CLE AL 155 617 67 150 32 6 8 62 0 0 25 62 .243 .271 .353 .624 51.4 2.3
1936 24 CLE AL 155 628 78 195 48 14 11 95 0 0 15 54 .311 .324 .484 .808 87.7 13.2
1937 25 CLE AL 151 596 100 159 41 9 20 71 0 0 32 74 .267 .303 .466 .769 76.7 12.4
1938 26 CLE AL 159 605 58 145 39 6 10 82 0 0 37 70 .240 .281 .374 .654 58.1 3.4
1939 27 CLE AL 143 499 58 128 37 4 9 56 0 0 25 64 .257 .294 .401 .695 53.1 6.2
1940 28 CLE AL 155 528 79 154 41 7 14 83 1 1 26 42 .292 .325 .475 .800 75.4 13.2
1941 29 CLE AL 137 395 63 124 32 5 9 52 0 0 27 65 .314 .358 .489 .846 60.8 11.2
1942 30 CLE AL 155 608 80 158 37 4 10 67 0 0 25 75 .260 .290 .383 .673 62.5 7.7
1943 31 CLE AL 88 229 32 58 19 1 8 45 1 0 12 38 .253 .290 .450 .740 28.3 3.6
1944 32 CLE AL 132 430 63 123 36 4 10 65 0 0 25 71 .286 .327 .458 .785 59.4 9.0
1945 33 PIT NL 104 334 34 94 23 2 8 47 4 1 21 53 .281 .323 .434 .757 43.8 7.1
1946 34 PIT NL 104 288 30 79 20 4 11 43 1 1 17 42 .274 .313 .486 .799 40.9 7.8
1947 35 PIT NL 51 140 15 32 2 1 4 13 2 1 4 26 .229 .250 .343 .593 11.1 0.2
15 Years Sim 1837 6347 812 1740 439 73 141 854 10 4 320 764 .274 .308 .433 .741 777.2 108.0
2 Years AAA 218 878 153 278 53 5 41 147 15 11 65 49 .317 .361 .528 .890 155.6  
162 Game Average 559 71 153 38 6 12 75 0 0 28 67 .274 .308 .433 .741 68.5  
Career Highs 159 628 100 195 48 14 20 95 4 1 37 75 .316 .360 .538 .846 87.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3957 489 1041 280 44 72 503 7 1 178 462 .263 .295 .411 .706 455.1
vs LH   2390 323 699 159 29 69 351 3 3 142 302 .292 .330 .470 .800 350.5
Home 905 3108 391 832 196 40 64 407 5 2 159 385 .268 .303 .418 .722 376.7
Away 932 3239 421 908 243 33 77 447 5 2 161 379 .280 .313 .447 .760 428.9
RISP   1473 0 411 96 16 39 627 0 0 88 159 .279 .313 .445 .759 199.9
Pinch Hitting   227 35 72 16 2 8 49 0 0 18 23 .317 .366 .511 .877 39.4
Close/Late   708 82 182 46 3 13 98 0 0 43 77 .257 .301 .386 .686 79.1
Mar/Apr 303 1023 119 292 67 14 22 130 2 0 37 118 .285 .309 .443 .751 131.7
May 321 1147 147 300 75 13 27 137 1 0 58 147 .262 .297 .420 .717 137.5
June 318 1111 148 303 91 14 24 164 3 2 74 123 .273 .317 .445 .762 149.1
July 297 1058 144 292 81 11 29 160 0 1 56 133 .276 .313 .456 .768 142.2
August 306 992 128 272 62 9 14 147 2 0 52 125 .274 .311 .397 .708 116.6
Sep/Oct 290 1016 126 281 63 12 25 116 2 1 43 118 .277 .305 .436 .741 128.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1933 21 CLE AL LF 2 2 18.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
1934 22 CLE AL LF 74 69 600.7 138 5 2 3 .986 2.14   1.5
    RF 35 32 292.3 80 4 0 0 1.000 2.59    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 23 CLE AL LF 86 86 748.7 161 5 1 2 .994 2.00   3.0
    RF 38 34 300.7 102 2 0 1 1.000 3.11    
    CF 29 29 254.7 82 4 0 2 1.000 3.04    
1936 24 CLE AL CF 98 98 867.7 265 4 2 3 .993 2.79   4.1
    RF 52 50 441.3 130 1 1 0 .992 2.67    
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1937 25 CLE AL RF 148 143 1237.3 330 14 3 4 .991 2.50   3.6
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 26 CLE AL LF 103 102 867.7 227 8 3 1 .987 2.44   3.3
    RF 29 29 267.7 46 3 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    CF 26 21 198.3 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.68    
1939 27 CLE AL RF 137 133 1143.0 258 16 1 4 .996 2.16   5.4
    CF 4 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50    
1940 28 CLE AL CF 93 69 668.3 183 5 1 1 .995 2.53   3.1
    RF 48 46 385.3 88 3 0 1 1.000 2.13    
    LF 7 3 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
1941 29 CLE AL RF 81 67 610.3 151 3 0 0 1.000 2.27   2.1
    CF 17 12 112.3 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.96    
    LF 10 8 79.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1942 30 CLE AL CF 96 90 809.7 225 6 1 0 .996 2.57   4.8
    RF 56 54 428.0 93 5 0 1 1.000 2.06    
    LF 3 3 26.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 31 CLE AL RF 48 46 391.3 86 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   1.0
    CF 27 4 76.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.96    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 32 CLE AL CF 101 84 724.7 174 5 2 2 .989 2.22   2.1
    RF 16 13 118.0 21 4 0 2 1.000 1.91    
    LF 6 5 43.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.30    
1945 33 PIT NL RF 63 59 518.0 144 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   2.4
    LF 16 13 124.3 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.24    
    CF 12 5 54.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
1946 34 PIT NL RF 65 60 518.0 125 4 1 1 .992 2.24   1.6
    CF 16 6 73.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.59    
    LF 9 8 69.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.83    
1947 35 PIT NL LF 33 33 256.0 66 1 0 1 1.000 2.36   0.5
    RF 11 2 35.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.09    
    CF 5 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  RF 827 768 6686.3 1665 61 6 15 .997 2.32   16.0
  CF 527 419 3863.0 1092 25 7 8 .994 2.60   14.1
  LF 354 332 2878.3 686 21 7 8 .990 2.21   8.2
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1710 1519 13429.6 3443 107 20 31 .994 2.38   38.3
Career Highs   158 152 1333.7 397 16 3 5 1.000 2.76    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1938-1-159
 At-Bats
1935-5-617
1936-3-628
1938-4-605
1942-6-608
 Hits
1936-8-195
 Total Bases
1936-7-304
 Doubles
1936-4-48
1937-10-41
1939-10-37
1940-10-41
 Triples
1936-2-14
1937-6-9
Homeruns
1937-10-20
 Strikeouts
1942-10-75
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Bobby Estalella (898)
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  8. Pepper Martin (893)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1932
Injured on 5/21/1932 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/7/1932 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/20/1933, off Chief Hogsett (SLC)
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 7/15/1934
Injured on 9/25/1934 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/30/1935
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1936, hitting .452 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/4/1937
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/24/1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/8/1939 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
9/22/1939: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1939
Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 6 runs on 7/14/1940
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/13/1941
Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/7/1942
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 4 runs on 9/7/1942
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1942, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Boston (N) on 6/6/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1943, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/4/1945 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/27/1947 to a 2-year deal worth $711,000 per year
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Released by Pittsburgh on 3/3/1948
 
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