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Bob
Osborn		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 188
 
Born: April 17, 1903 in , ,
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1931   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 CAL AL $ 422,857 59 32 40 36 38 49 44 64 69 67
1931 28 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
1932 29 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 4 5 4 4 6 5 6 7 6
1933 30 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
1934 31 OAK AL $ 750,000 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1935 32 OAK AL $ 750,000 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
1936 33 OAK AL $ 750,000 5 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 422,857 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 750,000 59 32 40 36 38 49 44 64 69 67
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 CAL AL $ 422,857   12 12 13 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 29 29 29
1931 28 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1932 29 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 30 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 31 OAK AL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 32 OAK AL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 33 OAK AL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 422,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 750,000   12 12 13 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 29 29 29
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 27 CAL AL 7 7 .500 68 1 0 0 2 79.3 89 43 7 45 25 4.88 .281 .370 .391 .761 4.2
1931 28 OAK AL 7 5 .583 62 0 0 0 8 78.3 80 40 1 44 18 4.60 .277 .373 .356 .729 6.4
1932 29 OAK AL 5 8 .385 83 1 0 0 6 100.3 125 53 5 54 23 4.75 .315 .394 .421 .815 4.1
1933 30 OAK AL 2 1 .667 38 4 0 0 1 64.7 60 32 10 30 19 4.45 .248 .330 .413 .743 3.7
1934 31 AAA   5 4 .556 71 0 0 0 6 65.3 80 35 3 22 37 4.82 .309 .363 .425 .788  
1935 32 OAK AL 3 1 .750 36 0 0 0 2 40.0 48 23 4 17 7 5.18 .310 .379 .419 .799 1.8
    AAA   1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 1 19.0 18 4 0 12 7 1.89 .269 .380 .388 .768  
1936 33 AAA   4 4 .500 40 0 0 0 24 45.7 52 21 4 31 24 4.14 .284 .388 .383 .770  
5 Years Sim 24 22 .522 287 6 0 0 19 362.7 402 191 27 190 92 4.74 .287 .371 .399 .771 20.2
3 Years AAA 10 8 .556 132 0 0 0 31 130.0 150 60 7 65 68 4.15 .295 .375 .405 .779  
Season Average 4 4 .500 57 1 0 0 3 72.5 80 38 5 38 18 4.74 .287 .371 .399 .771  
Career Highs 7 8 .750 83 4 0 0 8 100.3 125 53 10 54 25 5.18 .315 .394 .421 .815  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   209 88 12 87 61   .270 .344 .369 .713
vs LH   193 103 15 103 31   .308 .405 .437 .842
Home 14 9 .609 146 3 0 0 7 180.3 184 97 12 108 44 4.84 .272 .372 .378 .750
Away 10 13 .435 141 3 0 0 12 182.3 218 94 15 82 48 4.64 .302 .373 .419 .792
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 31 0 0 0 2 34.7 38 18 1 23 5 4.67 .302 .409 .389 .798
May 1 1 .500 40 0 0 0 2 48.0 44 16 3 28 14 3.00 .246 .348 .346 .694
June 4 1 .800 43 1 0 0 4 58.7 58 18 4 22 16 2.76 .272 .340 .371 .711
July 5 9 .357 53 3 0 0 4 70.0 83 55 8 43 13 7.07 .297 .391 .437 .829
August 5 3 .625 65 2 0 0 5 87.0 99 44 5 42 27 4.55 .294 .372 .392 .764
Sep/Oct 7 6 .538 55 0 0 0 2 64.3 80 40 6 32 17 5.60 .301 .376 .432 .808
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
1930 27 CAL AL 68 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1931 28 OAK AL 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1932 29 OAK AL 83 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1933 30 OAK AL 38 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 -0.7 0.0
1935 32 OAK AL 36 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
5 Years Sim 287 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .083 .120 .083 .203 -0.6 0.2
162 Game Average 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .120 .083 .203 -0.4  
Career Highs 83 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8  
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   19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .053 .100 .053 .153 -0.9
vs LH   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Home 128 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6
Away 96 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.2
RISP   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
July 31 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
August 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 27 CAL AL P 68 1 79.3 8 17 0 1 1.000 2.84    
1931 28 OAK AL P 62 0 78.3 6 24 1 2 .968 3.45    
1932 29 OAK AL P 83 1 100.3 8 20 1 1 .966 2.51    
1933 30 OAK AL P 38 4 64.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.53    
1935 32 OAK AL P 36 0 40.0 3 13 0 4 1.000 3.60    
Career Totals   287 6 362.7 30 80 2 8 .982 2.73    
Career Highs   83 4 100.3 8 24 1 4 1.000 3.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1933 30 OAK AL 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 8.7 10 4 0 0 2 4.16 .294 .294 .382 .676
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 8.7 10 4 0 0 2 4.16 .294 .294 .382 .676
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
1933 30 OAK AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1932-10-6
 Games Pitched
1930-4-68
1931-6-62
1932-1-83
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 4/25/1930
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/14/1931 to a 3-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 6/5/1931 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1931
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/11/1934 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Injured on 5/3/1934 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/5/1935, off Al Hollingsworth (MON)
10/12/1935: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $750,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/12/1936 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
 
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