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Walt
Moryn		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 12, 1926 in Usa, MN, ST. PAUL
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1955 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1956 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
1957 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1959 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1960 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1961 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1962 36 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 37 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5
1964 38 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
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
1954 28 BSN NL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
    AAA   106 396 78 123 30 0 31 94 3 2 44 52 .311 .380 .621 1.001 85.9  
1955 29 BSN NL 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .714 1.089 1.5 0.4
    AAA   135 485 107 167 26 3 39 98 2 6 72 73 .344 .429 .652 1.081 119.9  
1956 30 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   134 490 93 163 23 2 44 131 5 3 65 87 .333 .411 .657 1.068 119.6  
1957 31 BSN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
    AAA   135 506 93 147 20 1 37 115 3 5 73 91 .291 .380 .553 .933 102.5  
1958 32 BSN NL 31 40 8 13 5 1 1 6 0 0 3 9 .325 .364 .575 .939 8.0 1.7
1959 33 BSN NL 30 30 3 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 5 .300 .333 .533 .867 5.0 0.9
1960 34 BSN NL 122 241 32 62 12 1 7 29 0 0 21 58 .257 .314 .402 .717 30.7 5.5
1961 35 BSN NL 154 539 44 111 14 3 14 49 0 0 54 112 .206 .276 .321 .597 48.3 3.4
1962 36 DET AL 78 156 20 34 7 1 2 18 0 0 18 35 .218 .299 .314 .613 14.3 1.2
1963 37 DET AL 26 21 7 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 4 .238 .360 .524 .884 3.5 0.8
1964 38 AAA   137 526 53 134 16 4 21 64 5 7 68 101 .255 .340 .420 .760 76.6  
10 Years Sim 453 1041 116 236 39 6 29 112 0 0 106 226 .227 .296 .359 .655 111.3 14.0
5 Years AAA 647 2403 424 734 115 10 172 502 18 23 322 404 .305 .388 .576 .964 504.5  
162 Game Average 372 41 84 13 2 10 40 0 0 37 80 .227 .296 .359 .655 39.8  
Career Highs 154 539 44 111 14 3 14 49 0 0 54 112 .325 1.000 .714 1.089 48.3  
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   659 80 149 25 6 19 74 0 0 62 134 .226 .291 .369 .659 73.2
vs LH   382 36 87 14 0 10 38 0 0 44 92 .228 .305 .343 .648 42.6
Home 221 492 53 111 17 3 11 44 0 0 56 120 .226 .303 .339 .642 53.7
Away 230 549 63 125 22 3 18 68 0 0 50 106 .228 .290 .377 .667 62.2
RISP   216 0 49 12 0 8 81 0 0 26 56 .227 .299 .394 .692 27.5
Pinch Hitting   150 24 41 9 0 7 30 0 0 18 35 .273 .343 .473 .816 24.7
Close/Late   168 20 34 5 0 7 28 0 0 20 40 .202 .281 .357 .638 18.6
Mar/Apr 78 167 17 37 2 0 7 14 0 0 18 42 .222 .294 .359 .653 19.2
May 73 139 11 26 4 1 3 12 0 0 12 27 .187 .248 .295 .543 10.5
June 61 129 20 33 5 2 4 24 0 0 18 18 .256 .345 .419 .763 19.3
July 65 148 16 32 11 1 3 20 0 0 16 42 .216 .287 .365 .652 16.1
August 82 230 28 55 7 0 7 26 0 0 20 50 .239 .300 .361 .661 25.6
Sep/Oct 93 228 24 53 10 2 5 16 0 0 22 47 .232 .299 .360 .658 25.2
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
1954 28 BSN NL RF 5 2 21.0 2 1 1 0 .750 1.29   0.0
1955 29 BSN NL CF 2 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1957 31 BSN NL CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 32 BSN NL RF 9 6 53.0 8 1 1 0 .900 1.53   0.1
    LF 5 0 11.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 33 BSN NL LF 5 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    RF 4 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 34 BSN NL LF 34 31 266.7 46 1 1 0 .979 1.59   1.0
    RF 22 19 172.0 32 1 2 0 .943 1.73    
1961 35 BSN NL RF 152 149 1295.0 195 4 13 1 .939 1.38   1.7
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1962 36 DET AL RF 19 16 143.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.5
    1B 12 12 98.0 120 12 3 10 .978 12.12   0.2
    LF 10 9 72.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.25    
    CF 2 1 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 37 DET AL CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 215 193 1700.7 259 8 17 1 .940 1.41   2.4
  LF 61 41 376.7 62 2 2 0 .970 1.53   1.0
  1B 12 12 98.0 120 12 3 10 .978 12.12   0.2
  CF 7 1 24.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.11   0.0
Career Totals   295 247 2199.6 444 22 22 11 .955 1.91   3.6
Career Highs   156 149 1302.0 196 13 13 10 1.000 4.60    
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
1963 37 DET AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Johnny Ostrowski (973)
  2. Bob Elliott (969)
  3. Jim Piersall (966)
  4. Hank Bauer (963)
  5. Chuck Essegian (961)
  6. Jim Tracy (960)
  7. Ted Savage (960)
  8. Gene Hermanski (960)
  9. Liz Funk (960)
  10. Ricky Nelson (958)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1954
Had first career hit on 9/2/1955, off Vic Raschi (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1955, off Camilo Pascual (CLE)
Injured on 5/24/1956 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/15/1957 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1957 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 8/22/1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 4/2/1962 (Going to BSN: P Bob Chakales. Going to DET: CF Gus Bell, 3B Nellie Fox, RF Walt Moryn)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
 
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