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Bobo
Osborne		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 188
 
Born: October 12, 1935 in , ,
 
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
1957 21 BSN NL     4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 5
1958 22 DET AL     4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 5
1959 23 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1960 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6
1961 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6
1962 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 5 6 6
1963 27 CLN NL $ 450,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 5 6 6
1964 28 CLN NL $ 450,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 6
1965 29 CLN NL $ 450,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 7 6 4 6 5
1966 30 CLN NL     5 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 7 6 4 6 5
1967 31 CLN NL     4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 6 5 4 5 5
1968 32 CLN NL     4 4 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 6 5 4 5 5
1969 33 CLN NL     4 4 3 3 4 4 6 7 6 4 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 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
1957 21 A   135 454 71 128 25 1 31 70 2 1 127 92 .282 .439 .546 .985 111.1  
1958 22 AA   110 411 55 100 18 3 27 59 0 0 75 88 .243 .360 .499 .859 76.6  
    A   26 91 18 31 4 1 8 18 1 0 18 17 .341 .450 .670 1.120 25.0  
1959 23 DET AL 59 95 10 20 4 1 3 11 0 0 12 27 .211 .291 .368 .659 11.1 1.2
1960 24 TAM AL 12 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.3 0.0
    AAA   80 282 40 67 5 1 14 49 2 0 37 53 .238 .326 .411 .737 40.6  
    AA   55 205 40 63 8 1 23 43 0 1 36 42 .307 .411 .693 1.103 53.7  
1961 25 TAM AL 54 129 14 28 5 1 2 15 0 0 15 22 .217 .299 .318 .616 12.2 1.5
1962 26 CLN NL 76 203 19 39 7 1 5 23 0 0 20 40 .192 .263 .310 .574 17.3 1.2
    AAA   48 164 17 35 8 1 6 21 0 0 19 39 .213 .295 .384 .679 19.5  
1963 27 CLN NL 144 415 42 91 14 0 6 30 0 0 49 88 .219 .304 .296 .600 37.0 3.8
1964 28 CLN NL 85 193 15 33 8 1 5 15 0 0 23 39 .171 .261 .301 .562 15.2 0.6
1965 29 CLN NL 12 34 5 12 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 .353 .371 .647 1.018 7.1 2.2
    AAA   133 497 82 125 25 3 25 84 3 1 66 75 .252 .339 .465 .804 80.1  
1966 30 AAA   137 514 63 140 29 1 23 74 0 0 73 101 .272 .363 .467 .830 87.5  
1967 31 AAA   135 503 71 113 23 0 24 71 0 1 81 101 .225 .332 .414 .746 73.9  
1968 32 AAA   135 528 76 116 32 1 15 58 1 1 63 109 .220 .303 .369 .672 61.4  
1969 33 AAA   128 469 60 99 21 0 20 61 1 0 52 99 .211 .290 .384 .674 55.3  
7 Years Sim 442 1096 106 226 42 4 23 98 0 0 123 225 .206 .287 .315 .601 100.2 10.6
7 Years AAA 796 2957 409 695 143 7 127 418 7 3 391 577 .235 .325 .417 .742 418.2  
2 Years AA 165 616 95 163 26 4 50 102 0 1 111 130 .265 .377 .563 .940 130.3  
2 Years A 161 545 89 159 29 2 39 88 3 1 145 109 .292 .446 .567 1.013 136.1  
11 Years Minors 1122 4118 593 1017 198 13 216 608 10 5 647 816 .247 .351 .459 .809 684.6  
162 Game Average 401 38 82 15 1 8 35 0 0 45 82 .206 .287 .315 .601 36.7  
Career Highs 144 415 42 91 14 1 6 30 0 0 49 88 .353 .371 .647 1.018 37.0  
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   908 90 201 37 4 21 89 0 0 107 165 .221 .304 .340 .644 99.0
vs LH   188 16 25 5 0 2 9 0 0 16 60 .133 .200 .191 .391 5.3
Home 226 554 41 116 25 1 8 47 0 0 55 122 .209 .281 .301 .582 48.2
Away 216 542 65 110 17 3 15 51 0 0 68 103 .203 .293 .328 .621 56.1
RISP   210 0 51 10 1 3 72 0 0 30 45 .243 .337 .343 .680 26.0
Pinch Hitting   45 1 10 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 4 .222 .302 .244 .546 3.6
Close/Late   155 8 32 5 1 1 9 0 0 19 26 .206 .295 .271 .566 13.2
Mar/Apr 51 130 12 30 7 1 4 12 0 0 17 21 .231 .318 .392 .710 17.0
May 73 187 18 38 8 0 0 13 0 0 23 42 .203 .291 .246 .537 14.3
June 49 107 15 29 4 0 3 10 0 0 14 26 .271 .361 .393 .753 15.5
July 65 136 17 21 1 1 5 13 0 0 19 25 .154 .261 .287 .548 11.4
August 84 199 15 37 7 0 4 20 0 0 20 31 .186 .258 .281 .539 15.0
Sep/Oct 120 337 29 71 15 2 7 30 0 0 30 80 .211 .275 .329 .605 31.1
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
1959 23 DET AL 3B 29 23 198.0 18 52 1 3 .986 3.18   0.4
    2B 27 7 100.7 22 44 1 11 .985 5.90   0.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 24 TAM AL SS 4 4 38.0 4 12 2 3 .889 3.79   0.1
    3B 2 2 18.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.50   0.1
    1B 2 1 8.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.0
    2B 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 25 TAM AL 2B 32 21 187.0 43 86 4 8 .970 6.21   1.1
    SS 17 11 109.3 11 35 2 7 .958 3.79   0.4
    3B 5 5 38.0 2 16 1 3 .947 4.26   0.4
1962 26 CLN NL 2B 59 59 516.7 114 216 3 43 .991 5.75   1.3
    SS 7 0 13.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.85   0.0
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1963 27 CLN NL SS 70 54 498.0 75 211 6 41 .979 5.17   2.1
    2B 62 53 455.0 100 178 2 32 .993 5.50   2.4
    3B 2 2 15.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
    1B 3 1 10.0 14 2 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
1964 28 CLN NL 3B 21 17 160.3 10 47 2 1 .966 3.20   0.5
    2B 18 17 140.0 34 60 1 16 .989 6.04   0.9
    SS 28 12 131.3 19 37 3 6 .949 3.84   0.3
    1B 7 6 44.0 48 2 0 4 1.000 10.23   0.1
1965 29 CLN NL 3B 10 10 79.0 7 19 2 2 .929 2.96   0.3
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 201 157 1402.7 313 584 11 110 .988 5.76   6.0
  SS 127 81 790.7 112 299 13 57 .969 4.68   3.0
  3B 73 59 515.3 38 143 6 9 .968 3.16   1.7
  1B 13 8 63.0 73 4 0 5 1.000 11.00   0.1
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   416 305 2774.6 536 1030 30 181 .981 5.08   10.9
Career Highs   137 110 978.0 189 393 8 74 .991 5.69    
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  1. Eddie Milner (988)
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  3. Ed Jurak (973)
  4. Bobby Morgan (972)
  5. Ed Goodson (967)
  6. Mario Diaz (965)
  7. Ted Gullic (963)
  8. Dale Berra (961)
  9. Todd Cruz (956)
  10. Gil English (952)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1957
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 3/3/1958 (Going to BSN: P Tex Clevenger. Going to DET: 1B Bobo Osborne)
Injured on 4/5/1958 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/11/1959, off Moe Drabowsky (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1959, off Bobby Shantz (BRK)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: 3B Bobo Osborne. Going to DET: 3B Don Hoak, SS Harvey Kuenn)
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: 2B Dick Groat, P Jackie Collum. Going to TAM: 3B Bobo Osborne, P Jack Fisher, P Dallas Green)
9/1/1960: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
11/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $450,000 per year, for 3 years
3/3/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Injured on 7/27/1965 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/6/1966 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/1968 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/27/1969 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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