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John
Mihalic		  
Nickname: Spiderweb
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 182
 
Born: November 13, 1911 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1939    1941    1942    1943    1945   
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
1935 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1936 24 MIN AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1937 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9
1938 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
1939 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 9
1940 28 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 9
1941 29 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 9 9
1942 30 DET AL $ 1,157,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1943 31 DET AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8
1944 32 DET AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1945 33 DET AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1946 34 DET AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8
1947 35 DET AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1948 36 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 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
1935 23 A   137 451 86 129 23 6 4 52 10 14 164 38 .286 .476 .390 .867 98.7  
1936 24 AA   136 490 88 146 29 5 12 75 11 8 104 31 .298 .421 .451 .872 95.1  
1937 25 MIN AL 25 76 6 12 2 1 1 8 0 0 8 3 .158 .238 .250 .488 4.5 0.0
    AA   135 492 71 121 22 7 6 50 13 15 110 36 .246 .384 .356 .739 74.1  
1938 26 DET AL 46 145 20 30 6 0 1 7 4 5 24 12 .207 .320 .269 .588 12.2 0.0
    AAA   106 410 47 101 23 2 3 31 12 6 67 35 .246 .352 .334 .686 52.8  
1939 27 DET AL 155 534 71 126 37 3 7 63 6 6 76 47 .236 .331 .356 .686 62.2 6.8
1940 28 DET AL 152 547 64 138 33 8 5 76 2 1 73 65 .252 .336 .369 .705 68.8 8.1
1941 29 DET AL 148 520 62 128 33 7 5 66 2 0 74 41 .246 .337 .365 .703 65.1 7.9
1942 30 DET AL 152 541 73 140 31 5 2 69 1 1 66 60 .259 .336 .346 .682 63.9 6.4
1943 31 DET AL 146 524 78 131 27 5 6 47 0 0 74 70 .250 .343 .355 .698 60.4 6.0
1944 32 DET AL 156 507 73 134 21 4 7 63 0 0 70 62 .264 .353 .363 .716 68.7 9.7
1945 33 DET AL 155 507 65 119 21 4 4 61 1 0 89 63 .235 .348 .316 .663 60.7 7.5
1946 34 DET AL 151 556 67 133 32 2 3 76 0 0 88 76 .239 .343 .320 .663 62.5 7.2
1947 35 DET AL 136 478 59 104 17 1 4 44 0 0 58 71 .218 .300 .282 .582 40.5 1.2
1948 36 DET AL 21 36 5 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 8 .139 .205 .194 .400 0.8 0.0
    A   56 197 26 45 10 2 3 15 5 4 48 34 .228 .380 .345 .725 29.9  
12 Years Sim 1443 4971 643 1200 260 41 45 584 16 13 703 578 .241 .334 .337 .671 570.3 60.7
1 Years AAA 106 410 47 101 23 2 3 31 12 6 67 35 .246 .351 .334 .685 52.8  
2 Years AA 271 982 159 267 51 12 18 125 24 23 214 67 .272 .401 .403 .804 169.2  
2 Years A 193 648 112 174 33 8 7 67 15 18 212 72 .269 .448 .377 .825 128.7  
5 Years Minors 570 2040 318 542 107 22 28 223 51 47 493 174 .266 .407 .381 .788 350.7  
162 Game Average 558 72 134 29 4 5 65 1 1 78 64 .241 .334 .337 .671 64.0  
Career Highs 156 556 78 140 37 8 7 76 6 6 89 76 .264 .353 .369 .716 68.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3527 455 863 182 29 33 447 12 11 471 433 .245 .332 .341 .673 421.3
vs LH   1444 188 337 78 12 12 137 4 2 232 145 .233 .337 .329 .666 176.1
Home 716 2394 299 568 132 21 22 280 7 7 360 279 .237 .336 .338 .674 291.2
Away 727 2577 344 632 128 20 23 304 9 6 343 299 .245 .332 .337 .669 306.2
RISP   1393 0 321 72 5 9 495 0 0 208 148 .230 .324 .309 .633 155.3
Pinch Hitting   15 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 .400 .471 .533 1.004 3.0
Close/Late   624 80 153 32 5 8 72 0 0 92 63 .245 .341 .351 .692 79.8
Mar/Apr 228 827 100 215 51 8 14 107 2 2 111 95 .260 .347 .392 .739 114.9
May 242 820 91 180 42 5 5 88 2 2 115 108 .220 .315 .301 .617 84.0
June 228 789 121 199 41 10 4 97 2 1 118 76 .252 .347 .345 .692 101.2
July 218 717 73 150 36 6 1 70 2 2 109 85 .209 .309 .280 .590 69.4
August 257 884 144 226 57 7 9 103 5 3 121 104 .256 .344 .367 .710 115.7
Sep/Oct 270 934 114 230 33 5 12 119 3 3 129 110 .246 .337 .331 .668 112.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1937 25 MIN AL 3B 23 23 184.0 18 44 2 1 .969 3.03 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 2 2 13.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1938 26 DET AL SS 31 24 224.0 43 85 2 22 .985 5.14 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 13 13 103.0 15 40 0 8 1.000 4.81 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 3 2 17.3 26 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1939 27 DET AL SS 155 148 1330.3 218 629 20 119 .977 5.73 0 0 .000 0 7.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 28 DET AL SS 152 144 1307.7 191 593 18 103 .978 5.40 0 0 .000 0 7.1
1941 29 DET AL SS 144 142 1268.3 220 693 22 115 .976 6.48 0 0 .000 0 11.9
    2B 3 0 4.7 1 4 0 3 1.000 9.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1942 30 DET AL SS 152 148 1355.3 243 649 19 118 .979 5.92 0 0 .000 0 9.1
1943 31 DET AL SS 139 136 1206.3 193 549 21 104 .972 5.54 0 0 .000 0 7.8
    2B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 32 DET AL SS 150 146 1312.0 165 572 14 92 .981 5.06 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    2B 5 0 14.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 7.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 33 DET AL SS 153 149 1340.3 221 606 14 125 .983 5.55 0 0 .000 0 8.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 34 DET AL SS 151 149 1346.3 205 582 14 120 .983 5.26 0 0 .000 0 7.8
1947 35 DET AL SS 132 130 1128.0 168 522 12 87 .983 5.51 0 0 .000 0 8.0
    1B 2 0 5.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 16.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 36 DET AL 3B 5 4 38.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 6 3 31.0 4 12 0 4 1.000 4.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 2 1 10.0 7 5 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1367 1321 11862.6 1875 5501 156 1012 .979 5.60 0 0 .000 0 75.3
  3B 30 27 228.0 20 54 2 1 .974 2.92 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  2B 27 14 137.7 29 54 0 12 1.000 5.43 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  1B 6 2 23.7 37 1 0 1 1.000 14.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1431 1364 12253.0 1963 5610 158 1026 .980 5.56 0 0 .000 0 76.8
Career Highs   156 149 1355.3 243 697 22 125 1.000 6.49 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 29 DET AL 10 35 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 .143 .244 .143 .387
1946 34 DET AL 11 36 6 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 10 4 .222 .391 .250 .641
1947 35 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 72 10 13 1 0 0 9 0 1 15 5 .181 .318 .194 .513
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
1944-8-156
1945-9-155
 Doubles
1939-10-37
 Triples
1941-10-7
 Caught Stealing
1938-7-5
1939-6-6
 Walks
1939-8-76
 Strikeouts
1947-10-71
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1935
Had first career hit on 9/5/1937, off Ray Phelps (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/22/1937, off Johnny Rigney (PIT)
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 2/1/1938 (Going to MIN: 1B Lou Gehrig, P Johnny Allen, C Spud Davis. Going to DET: 2B John Mihalic, P Clyde Shoun)
Injured on 4/20/1938 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 6 days
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1939
Injured on 6/25/1940 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/26/1940
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 8/18/1940
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/9/1942
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1942
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1943
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1945
10/13/1947: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Joe Krakauskas, SS John Mihalic, P Forrest Thompson. Going to DET: P Preacher Roe, P Allie Reynolds, P Hal Manders)
 
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