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Gus
Niarhos		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 6, 1920 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
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
1946 25 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1947 26 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1948 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1949 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 9 8 9
1950 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 10 10 10 9 9 9
1951 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 9 9 9
1952 31 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1953 32 CLE AL $ 1,707,143   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1954 33 CLE AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
1955 34 CLE AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 10 10 10 7 7 7
1956 35 DET AL $ 836,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
1957 36 CLE AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 10 10 10 5 5 5
1958 37 CLE AL $ 3,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 10 9 9 4 4 4
1959 38 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 10 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 10 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 10 10 10 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
1946 25 A   137 412 77 111 17 2 3 44 21 7 179 36 .269 .491 .342 .833 96.6  
1947 26 AAA   111 338 74 97 11 2 8 44 11 5 109 28 .287 .461 .402 .863 73.8  
    AA   26 75 19 26 6 0 1 14 3 2 29 5 .347 .529 .467 .996 20.3  
1948 27 CLE AL 103 307 24 57 7 2 0 26 0 0 68 31 .186 .331 .221 .552 27.9 0.4
1949 28 CLE AL 85 229 35 50 9 3 3 28 0 0 49 19 .218 .356 .323 .679 30.1 2.9
1950 29 CLE AL 133 423 58 99 17 4 2 51 0 1 90 21 .234 .366 .307 .673 54.6 5.6
1951 30 CLE AL 139 523 76 135 14 1 2 39 3 1 85 44 .258 .363 .300 .663 62.4 6.4
1952 31 CLE AL 142 433 54 110 9 3 4 42 0 0 86 38 .254 .379 .316 .695 56.7 6.1
1953 32 CLE AL 109 365 41 93 8 3 0 32 0 0 56 32 .255 .357 .293 .650 42.2 5.5
1954 33 CLE AL 140 359 53 71 9 0 3 18 0 2 100 44 .198 .374 .248 .622 44.2 4.5
1955 34 CLE AL 151 498 64 127 18 3 6 44 2 0 104 70 .255 .383 .339 .722 73.1 10.1
1956 35 DET AL 53 134 23 39 7 0 1 13 2 1 33 28 .291 .435 .366 .800 23.7 4.5
    AAA   54 164 26 42 6 1 0 17 2 2 47 24 .256 .422 .305 .727 26.8  
1957 36 CLE AL 110 165 29 38 8 0 1 16 1 0 49 32 .230 .406 .297 .702 26.3 4.2
1958 37 CLE AL 22 21 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .143 .333 .143 .476 1.5 0.0
1959 38 SEM AL 25 39 3 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 7 7 .205 .326 .308 .634 4.6 0.6
12 Years Sim 1212 3496 466 830 108 20 22 314 8 5 732 372 .237 .370 .299 .668 447.2 50.7
2 Years AAA 165 502 100 139 17 3 8 61 13 7 156 52 .277 .449 .371 .820 100.7  
1 Years AA 26 75 19 26 6 0 1 14 3 2 29 5 .347 .529 .467 .996 20.3  
1 Years A 137 412 77 111 17 2 3 44 21 7 179 36 .269 .491 .342 .833 96.6  
4 Years Minors 328 989 196 276 40 5 12 119 37 16 364 93 .279 .474 .366 .840 217.6  
162 Game Average 467 62 110 14 2 2 41 1 0 97 49 .237 .370 .299 .668 59.8  
Career Highs 151 523 76 135 18 4 6 51 3 2 104 70 .291 .435 .366 .800 73.1  
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   2138 277 492 62 13 10 196 3 2 402 237 .230 .353 .285 .638 254.6
vs LH   1358 189 338 46 7 12 118 5 3 330 135 .249 .395 .320 .715 208.4
Home 604 1711 236 434 63 5 11 164 7 4 385 185 .254 .392 .316 .707 252.2
Away 608 1785 230 396 45 15 11 150 1 1 347 187 .222 .348 .282 .631 210.8
RISP   856 0 199 32 7 1 278 0 0 207 94 .232 .377 .290 .667 118.6
Pinch Hitting   195 32 49 8 1 1 18 0 0 58 24 .251 .427 .318 .745 33.4
Close/Late   465 66 112 19 1 3 57 0 0 93 53 .241 .363 .305 .669 61.3
Mar/Apr 197 589 61 127 16 4 4 46 1 0 114 57 .216 .343 .277 .620 67.5
May 224 666 89 153 20 3 2 47 1 0 120 74 .230 .348 .278 .626 76.1
June 227 682 95 176 27 7 6 75 3 1 136 78 .258 .381 .345 .726 101.2
July 205 604 81 149 18 2 2 62 1 4 135 53 .247 .385 .293 .678 82.5
August 184 446 61 105 12 2 2 41 1 0 117 45 .235 .393 .285 .678 65.3
Sep/Oct 175 509 79 120 15 2 6 43 1 0 110 65 .236 .374 .308 .682 70.3
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
1948 27 CLE AL C 97 94 813.0 318 38 2 1 .994 3.94 51 15 .294 1 4.7
    CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 28 CLE AL C 76 73 600.0 236 25 3 0 .989 3.92 34 13 .382 0 3.3
1950 29 CLE AL C 127 121 1070.0 474 48 0 6 1.000 4.39 52 18 .346 2 6.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 30 CLE AL C 134 124 1122.3 518 43 4 1 .993 4.50 53 12 .226 1 4.0
1952 31 CLE AL C 138 123 1109.3 527 37 7 2 .988 4.58 58 18 .310 0 7.1
1953 32 CLE AL C 101 94 834.7 437 38 4 1 .992 5.12 42 10 .238 2 6.2
1954 33 CLE AL C 99 96 856.0 457 31 2 1 .996 5.13 43 15 .349 0 6.8
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 34 CLE AL C 141 124 1147.7 572 35 8 2 .987 4.76 51 13 .255 3 6.3
1956 35 DET AL C 45 34 307.0 158 11 2 0 .988 4.95 14 1 .071 0 0.9
1957 36 CLE AL C 32 31 279.0 178 8 3 0 .984 6.00 9 1 .111 0 0.7
    2B 10 1 25.0 1 9 1 1 .909 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 37 CLE AL C 4 3 26.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 7.62 3 1 .333 0 0.2
1959 38 SEM AL C 12 9 80.0 44 5 1 0 .980 5.51 3 1 .333 0 0.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1006 926 8245.0 3940 320 36 14 .992 4.65 413 118 .286 9 47.0
  2B 10 1 25.0 1 9 1 1 .909 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 3 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1025 927 8285.6 3944 332 37 16 .991 4.64 413 118 .286 9 47.2
Career Highs   141 124 1147.7 572 48 8 6 1.000 7.62 58 18 .382 3  
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.
On-Base Pct
1955-6-.383
 Walks
1952-7-86
1954-7-100
1955-3-104
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/1948, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Injured on 8/30/1948 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1949, off Al Gerheauser (PIT)
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/23/1953 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 8/9/1953 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/3/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1956 to a 1-year deal worth $836,000 per year
Injured on 4/13/1956 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/17/1956 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/8/1957 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1959
 
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