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Luis
Olmo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 11, 1919 in P.R., , ARECIBO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1948    1954   
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
1943 23 MON NL     7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1944 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1945 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1946 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1947 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1948 28 PIT NL $ 1,292,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1949 29 PIT NL $ 1,292,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1950 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1951 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 10 10
1952 32 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1953 33 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1954 34 NYG NL     7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1955 35 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1956 36 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1957 37 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 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
1943 23 AAA   137 584 83 170 23 5 20 93 11 4 39 38 .291 .335 .450 .786 85.8  
1944 24 PIT NL 51 71 8 17 3 1 1 8 1 2 3 6 .239 .270 .352 .622 6.0 0.2
    AAA   26 112 16 43 5 0 4 10 2 2 8 1 .384 .425 .536 .961 22.2  
1945 25 PIT NL 97 257 38 71 7 4 5 34 4 0 17 19 .276 .321 .393 .714 32.9 5.0
1946 26 PIT NL 156 626 90 174 27 7 14 59 4 4 30 28 .278 .310 .411 .721 71.7 11.1
1947 27 PIT NL 151 594 74 159 26 4 9 51 3 4 20 27 .268 .290 .370 .660 60.5 6.7
1948 28 PIT NL 158 618 73 175 26 3 12 63 2 5 39 30 .283 .325 .393 .718 72.6 10.0
1949 29 PIT NL 134 533 79 156 25 6 16 79 2 4 24 11 .293 .321 .452 .774 70.6 12.9
    AAA   2 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .125 .300 .125 .425 0.5  
1950 30 PIT NL 152 607 76 172 29 1 11 67 1 2 26 16 .283 .313 .389 .702 64.0 6.1
1951 31 PIT NL 105 105 29 37 10 0 5 25 3 0 4 6 .352 .376 .590 .967 20.1 4.0
1952 32 PIT NL 88 123 22 39 8 0 4 27 2 1 7 4 .317 .351 .480 .831 18.4 3.0
1953 33 PIT NL 80 117 17 29 3 0 6 19 0 2 5 10 .248 .280 .427 .707 12.8 0.8
1954 34 NYG NL 158 616 95 182 34 6 23 88 0 0 30 48 .295 .331 .482 .813 90.8 12.5
1955 35 MIN AL 143 490 74 156 30 1 15 76 6 2 19 50 .318 .341 .476 .817 71.5 14.3
1956 36 MIN AL 152 546 65 138 23 3 6 56 4 2 19 69 .253 .278 .339 .617 48.0 4.2
1957 37 MIN AL 79 112 16 27 5 2 3 15 0 0 7 22 .241 .286 .402 .688 13.1 2.4
14 Years Sim 1704 5415 756 1532 256 38 130 667 32 28 250 346 .283 .314 .416 .730 653.0 93.4
3 Years AAA 165 704 101 214 28 5 24 104 13 6 49 40 .304 .348 .460 .809 108.5  
162 Game Average 514 71 145 24 3 12 63 3 2 23 32 .283 .314 .416 .730 62.1  
Career Highs 158 626 95 182 34 7 23 88 6 5 39 69 .352 .376 .590 .967 90.8  
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   3371 459 982 165 29 86 458 19 20 150 210 .291 .321 .434 .755 442.5
vs LH   2044 297 550 91 9 44 209 13 8 100 136 .269 .303 .387 .690 231.6
Home 833 2627 380 752 123 26 68 342 11 11 118 168 .286 .316 .431 .747 339.6
Away 871 2788 376 780 133 12 62 325 21 17 132 178 .280 .312 .403 .715 334.5
RISP   1172 0 340 66 11 27 496 0 0 61 80 .290 .319 .434 .753 156.7
Pinch Hitting   240 43 72 13 0 18 54 1 2 12 15 .300 .331 .579 .910 43.3
Close/Late   638 113 179 28 5 16 75 0 0 38 40 .281 .321 .415 .736 82.3
Mar/Apr 255 826 97 231 38 3 21 100 6 5 28 40 .280 .304 .409 .713 97.1
May 284 889 132 248 40 3 21 96 7 5 31 45 .279 .303 .402 .705 102.8
June 295 924 125 254 39 12 12 117 7 5 45 63 .275 .308 .382 .690 104.0
July 274 873 138 252 46 3 28 127 5 5 55 58 .289 .329 .444 .774 122.4
August 311 991 129 278 54 11 19 113 3 5 45 72 .281 .310 .415 .725 120.5
Sep/Oct 285 912 135 269 39 6 29 114 4 3 46 68 .295 .329 .446 .775 127.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1944 24 PIT NL 2B 30 15 154.0 36 65 1 12 .990 5.90   0.7
    CF 6 0 10.0 3 0 1 0 .750 2.70   0.0
    SS 4 0 9.7 2 8 0 1 1.000 9.32   0.1
    3B 4 0 4.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.2
    LF 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1945 25 PIT NL 2B 49 47 384.3 97 158 4 33 .985 5.97   1.2
    3B 22 15 135.3 9 29 1 5 .974 2.53   0.5
    CF 8 6 55.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.95   0.3
    SS 3 0 11.3 3 7 0 2 1.000 7.94   0.1
    LF 3 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1946 26 PIT NL 2B 150 148 1280.3 312 562 10 120 .989 6.14   6.2
    SS 7 1 18.3 1 10 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.1
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 27 PIT NL 3B 83 83 710.3 45 189 13 27 .947 2.96   1.1
    2B 57 57 486.3 128 221 9 59 .975 6.46   1.7
    SS 8 6 46.0 10 28 1 5 .974 7.43   0.3
1948 28 PIT NL 3B 149 144 1271.3 101 342 10 22 .978 3.14   5.1
    LF 5 2 21.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.84   0.0
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 29 PIT NL 3B 125 123 1078.7 72 280 15 20 .959 2.94   2.9
    LF 4 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
    SS 4 1 14.0 1 5 0 3 1.000 3.86   0.1
    2B 3 0 7.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 7.71   0.1
1950 30 PIT NL 2B 144 144 1277.3 278 563 13 116 .985 5.93   6.1
    3B 2 0 6.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 31 PIT NL SS 38 0 86.7 16 38 4 13 .931 5.61   0.5
    2B 19 0 37.7 22 15 1 7 .974 8.84   0.4
    3B 5 0 10.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 4 0 4.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 32 PIT NL SS 41 5 107.3 13 50 2 7 .969 5.28   0.7
    2B 9 5 55.0 17 20 2 4 .949 6.05   0.2
    CF 9 0 31.3 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.01   0.1
    3B 8 0 14.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.07   0.1
    1B 2 1 10.0 15 2 0 1 1.000 15.30   0.1
    LF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 33 PIT NL 2B 20 14 134.7 31 64 0 9 1.000 6.35   0.8
    SS 15 2 38.3 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.29   0.1
    3B 8 0 21.3 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    CF 4 0 16.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56   0.0
    LF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1954 34 NYG NL 3B 146 145 1273.3 71 276 13 22 .964 2.45   3.1
    LF 2 1 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.1
    SS 3 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1955 35 MIN AL 3B 102 102 875.0 62 221 10 19 .966 2.91   2.6
    2B 25 13 139.0 38 65 1 14 .990 6.67   0.8
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 36 MIN AL 3B 150 150 1308.0 69 333 12 21 .971 2.77   4.0
    LF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 2 0 1 0 .667 6.00   0.0
1957 37 MIN AL 3B 30 11 118.3 15 38 2 1 .964 4.03   0.9
    2B 20 6 76.0 19 27 1 9 .979 5.45   0.2
    SS 10 5 55.0 12 25 0 4 1.000 6.05   0.5
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 837 773 6831.0 446 1731 76 138 .966 2.87   20.8
  2B 529 449 4037.6 981 1766 42 385 .985 6.12   18.3
  SS 138 20 410.0 65 188 8 39 .969 5.55   2.6
  CF 34 6 133.3 30 2 1 0 .970 2.16   0.4
  LF 32 8 108.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.2
  1B 7 1 17.0 21 3 0 3 1.000 12.71   0.1
  RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1578 1257 11538.9 1562 3690 127 565 .976 4.10   42.3
Career Highs   162 150 1314.7 313 573 23 122 1.000 6.17    
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
1952 32 PIT NL 8 11 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .364 .333 .455 .788
1955 35 MIN AL 12 39 3 11 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .282 .333 .436 .769
1956 36 MIN AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 22 56 5 16 4 0 1 7 0 0 3 6 .286 .317 .411 .727
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.
Batting Average
1954-10-.295
1955-3-.318
 Games
1946-3-156
1948-1-158
1954-1-158
 At-Bats
1946-2-626
1947-2-594
1948-2-618
1950-2-607
1954-1-616
 Hits
1946-6-174
1948-7-175
1950-6-172
1954-4-182
 Total Bases
1954-6-297
 Singles
1946-5-126
1947-10-120
1948-3-134
1950-4-131
1954-6-119
Doubles
1954-6-34
 Triples
1946-3-7
1949-4-6
1954-5-6
 Caught Stealing
1948-9-5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by Montreal in 1943
Injured on 5/2/1943 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/31/1943 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1944 (Going to PIT: 3B Luis Olmo. Going to MON: RF Joe Gallagher)
Had first career hit (double) on 5/15/1944, off Clay Bryant (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/17/1944, off Ray Prim (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1946, hitting .414 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
10/13/1949: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/29/1950
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/21/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $1,411,024 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1954, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 8/27/1954
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1954
Released by New York (N) on 10/21/1954
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/21/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Injured on 10/19/1955 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/8/1956 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Minnesota
 
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