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Don
Mueller		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 14, 1927 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
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
1948 21 PIT NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 1 2 1 10 10 10
1949 22 PIT NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 4 5 4 1 2 1 9 9 9
1950 23 PIT NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 1 2 1 9 9 9
1951 24 PIT NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 1 2 1 9 9 9
1952 25 PIT NL     8 8 7 3 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1953 26 PIT NL     9 9 8 4 5 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1954 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1955 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1956 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 1 1 1 8 9 9
1957 30 PIT NL     8 8 7 4 4 4 4 5 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1958 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1959 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1960 33 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 8 8
1961 34 PIT NL     7 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 2 1 10 10 10
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
1948 21 AAA   137 568 75 158 19 2 17 69 5 8 26 9 .278 .310 .408 .718 68.1  
1949 22 AAA   122 539 75 166 16 3 19 76 7 7 18 15 .308 .330 .455 .785 75.3  
1950 23 AAA   132 554 82 176 25 2 15 98 4 7 25 32 .318 .347 .451 .798 79.4  
1951 24 AAA   137 604 65 174 19 4 10 73 7 7 30 35 .288 .322 .382 .704 70.7  
1952 25 AAA   137 559 74 173 23 2 20 74 2 4 44 33 .309 .360 .465 .825 88.4  
1953 26 AAA   137 579 78 193 20 2 21 85 7 8 38 32 .333 .374 .484 .858 96.3  
1954 27 PIT NL 81 204 22 52 3 1 6 24 0 0 2 7 .255 .260 .368 .627 17.6 1.0
    AAA   26 108 16 39 4 0 2 13 0 0 8 4 .361 .405 .454 .859 18.4  
1955 28 PIT NL 10 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   135 591 105 220 30 1 35 105 5 10 32 31 .372 .404 .604 1.009 123.0  
1956 29 PIT NL 32 85 10 26 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 .306 .337 .365 .702 9.4 1.7
1957 30 AAA   137 593 69 163 14 0 13 58 8 8 17 63 .275 .295 .364 .659 60.2  
1958 31 PIT NL 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
    AAA   134 568 81 189 20 5 25 105 3 3 21 62 .333 .357 .518 .874 95.4  
1959 32 PIT NL 42 47 8 13 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 .277 .277 .404 .681 4.2 0.6
1960 33 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
    AAA   23 77 10 25 1 0 3 10 1 0 1 14 .325 .333 .455 .788 11.1  
1961 34 AAA   137 549 72 174 9 2 24 68 5 3 17 70 .317 .337 .472 .809 82.3  
6 Years Sim 173 353 41 93 10 3 6 33 0 0 7 18 .263 .276 .360 .636 30.9 3.2
12 Years AAA 1394 5889 802 1850 200 23 204 834 54 65 277 400 .314 .344 .460 .804 868.5  
162 Game Average 330 38 87 9 2 5 30 0 0 6 16 .263 .276 .360 .636 29.0  
Career Highs 81 204 22 52 5 2 6 24 0 0 4 8 .306 .337 .404 .702 17.6  
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   335 35 88 8 2 6 30 0 0 7 18 .263 .276 .352 .628 31.1
vs LH   18 6 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .500 .778 2.2
Home 81 166 18 40 3 3 4 14 0 0 2 9 .241 .249 .367 .616 14.6
Away 92 187 23 53 7 0 2 19 0 0 5 9 .283 .301 .353 .653 18.8
RISP   69 0 17 3 0 2 26 0 0 3 2 .246 .270 .377 .647 7.1
Pinch Hitting   82 5 21 2 1 0 8 0 0 2 4 .256 .274 .305 .579 6.3
Close/Late   47 5 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .340 .367 .340 .708 5.7
Mar/Apr 32 79 9 22 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .278 .288 .342 .629 7.0
May 28 85 13 17 2 0 4 7 0 0 1 6 .200 .209 .365 .574 6.5
June 26 62 5 15 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .242 .254 .290 .544 4.1
July 20 33 3 13 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1 .394 .400 .576 .976 6.8
August 28 46 5 17 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 1 .370 .375 .435 .810 6.8
Sep/Oct 39 48 6 9 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 0 .188 .220 .250 .470 2.2
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 27 PIT NL CF 33 32 261.7 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.5
    RF 6 6 43.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.56    
    LF 7 5 39.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1955 28 PIT NL CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1956 29 PIT NL CF 19 18 147.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.4
    RF 6 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    LF 4 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1958 31 PIT NL RF 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
1959 32 PIT NL CF 3 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    LF 3 2 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60   0.0
1960 33 PIT NL LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 58 52 430.7 86 1 0 0 1.000 1.82   1.0
  RF 15 10 84.3 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.0
  LF 15 9 73.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.0
  1B 6 0 12.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 14.25   0.0
Career Totals   94 71 600.0 144 3 0 1 1.000 2.21   1.1
Career Highs   48 43 347.7 86 2 0 1 1.000 9.00    
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
1955 28 PIT NL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
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  1. Jim Gosger (987)
  2. Bubba Morton (983)
  3. Al Libke (982)
  4. Tommy Thompson (981)
  5. Russ Snyder (980)
  6. Harry Craft (980)
  7. Terry Francona (979)
  8. Royle Stillman (978)
  9. Greg Briley (977)
  10. Angel Bravo (976)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1948
Injured on 4/20/1949 with a Inflamed Calf Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1950 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/5/1950 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Injured on 4/28/1954 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 5/1/1954, off Joe Haynes (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1954, off Gene Conley (OAK)
4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 8/3/1957 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
7/1/1960: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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