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Stubby
Overmire		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 16, 1919 in Usa, MI, MOLINE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1943    1944    1948    1951    1952    1954    1955   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 9 3 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8
1944 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7
1945 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1946 27 SDP NL $ 3,371,429 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1947 28 SDP NL $ 3,371,429 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1948 29 SDP NL $ 3,371,429 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 8 8
1949 30 SDP NL $ 5,800,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1950 31 SDP NL $ 5,800,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1951 32 SDP NL $ 5,800,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1952 33 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1953 34 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9
1954 35 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 8 4 4 4 8 7 7 8 8 8
1955 36 BSN NL $ 5,500,000 7 4 3 3 8 7 7 7 7 7
1956 37 CLE AL $ 4,390,000 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1957 38 CLE AL $ 4,390,000 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1958 39 CLE AL $ 750,000 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,800,000 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1944 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1945 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1946 27 SDP NL $ 3,371,429   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1947 28 SDP NL $ 3,371,429   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1948 29 SDP NL $ 3,371,429   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1949 30 SDP NL $ 5,800,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1950 31 SDP NL $ 5,800,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1951 32 SDP NL $ 5,800,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1952 33 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1953 34 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1954 35 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1955 36 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1956 37 CLE AL $ 4,390,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1957 38 CLE AL $ 4,390,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1958 39 CLE AL $ 750,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,800,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
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
1943 24 SDP NL 15 13 .536 38 38 19 2 0 306.3 346 129 14 78 65 3.79 .287 .329 .375 .704 19.5
1944 25 SDP NL 22 9 .710 36 36 18 4 0 292.0 303 98 18 67 79 3.02 .266 .305 .356 .661 26.2
1945 26 SDP NL 19 18 .514 41 41 24 4 0 337.0 354 134 27 73 65 3.58 .271 .308 .387 .696 22.5
1946 27 SDP NL 11 20 .355 40 38 13 1 0 302.0 368 163 25 89 75 4.86 .300 .347 .430 .777 10.2
1947 28 SDP NL 15 17 .469 39 39 26 4 0 314.3 318 127 13 99 61 3.64 .268 .321 .354 .675 22.8
1948 29 SDP NL 26 12 .684 40 40 28 3 0 337.3 355 127 13 79 77 3.39 .273 .314 .363 .677 27.3
1949 30 SDP NL 11 10 .524 26 26 14 0 0 200.3 228 92 10 51 51 4.13 .290 .331 .374 .705 12.4
1950 31 SDP NL 16 12 .571 40 40 18 2 0 322.3 339 145 28 97 77 4.05 .273 .324 .388 .712 20.7
1951 32 SDP NL 25 8 .758 40 40 15 2 0 319.3 324 146 20 109 89 4.11 .268 .327 .371 .698 25.2
1952 33 BSN NL 23 13 .639 41 41 16 2 0 326.0 335 144 20 107 91 3.98 .266 .321 .365 .686 23.7
1953 34 BSN NL 19 13 .594 40 40 15 4 0 311.0 315 138 30 113 114 3.99 .266 .327 .383 .710 21.2
1954 35 BSN NL 16 6 .727 34 34 10 2 0 262.0 239 83 11 90 93 2.85 .243 .305 .309 .614 27.0
1955 36 BSN NL 15 6 .714 29 29 11 3 0 214.7 190 84 18 68 80 3.52 .239 .297 .343 .640 16.4
1956 37 BSN NL 1 2 .333 15 3 0 0 0 35.7 48 19 7 12 18 4.80 .324 .370 .514 .884 1.0
  CLE AL 0 0 .000 3 1 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 4 1 0.00 .158 .304 .158 .462 1.1
  TOT   1 2 .333 18 4 0 0 0 41.7 51 19 7 16 19 4.10 .305 .362 .473 .835 2.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 20.7 33 15 2 7 13 6.53 .347 .392 .484 .876  
1957 38 CLE AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 5 2 3 1 11.25 .400 .458 .800 1.258 0.0
1958 39 AAA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 22.3 31 13 4 7 22 5.24 .316 .362 .541 .903  
15 Years Sim 234 159 .595 507 486 227 33 0 3890.3 4073 1634 256 1139 1037 3.78 .271 .321 .373 .693 277.4
2 Years AAA 0 0 .000 27 0 0 0 0 43.0 64 28 6 14 35 5.86 .332 .377 .513 .890  
Season Average 15 10 .600 33 32 15 2 0 259.4 271 108 17 75 69 3.78 .271 .321 .373 .693  
Career Highs 26 20 .758 41 41 28 4 0 337.3 368 163 30 113 114 11.25 .400 .458 .800 1.258  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2907 1141 180 832 731   .278 .331 .377 .709
vs LH   1166 493 76 307 306   .256 .303 .361 .665
Home 110 79 .582 250 237 106 13 0 1933.9 2045 816 135 557 523 3.80 .273 .324 .379 .703
Away 124 80 .608 257 249 121 20 0 1956.3 2028 818 121 582 514 3.76 .270 .322 .366 .688
Mar/Apr 46 25 .648 95 86 41 4 0 698.3 720 296 47 206 198 3.82 .269 .321 .370 .691
May 46 30 .605 95 92 43 6 0 714.0 748 313 48 211 185 3.95 .270 .321 .370 .691
June 38 32 .543 83 81 40 7 0 641.3 677 274 44 205 158 3.85 .274 .329 .379 .709
July 33 22 .600 79 79 34 7 0 631.6 635 249 35 191 167 3.55 .265 .319 .355 .674
August 38 22 .633 76 74 31 5 0 594.3 655 257 36 171 168 3.89 .281 .331 .379 .710
Sep/Oct 33 28 .541 79 74 38 4 0 610.6 638 245 46 155 161 3.61 .271 .316 .382 .698
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 24 SDP NL 38 98 5 16 2 0 0 14 0 0 1 8 .163 .168 .184 .352 2.7 0.0
1944 25 SDP NL 36 89 7 16 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 13 .180 .204 .191 .395 3.2 0.0
1945 26 SDP NL 41 118 5 23 3 1 0 12 0 0 2 19 .195 .208 .237 .446 5.0 0.0
1946 27 SDP NL 40 99 2 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .131 .140 .131 .271 -0.6 0.0
1947 28 SDP NL 39 108 7 18 5 0 0 7 0 0 0 12 .167 .167 .213 .380 2.1 0.0
1948 29 SDP NL 40 117 11 20 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 15 .171 .192 .205 .397 3.3 0.0
1949 30 SDP NL 26 70 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .157 .192 .157 .349 1.1 0.0
1950 31 SDP NL 40 102 10 18 2 1 0 5 0 0 8 10 .176 .234 .216 .450 5.7 0.0
1951 32 SDP NL 40 110 8 18 2 1 0 14 0 0 2 14 .164 .175 .200 .375 3.0 0.0
1952 33 BSN NL 41 118 10 12 2 1 1 5 1 0 2 11 .102 .115 .161 .276 0.3 0.0
1953 34 BSN NL 40 104 11 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 13 .154 .183 .154 .337 2.4 0.0
1954 35 BSN NL 34 88 5 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .182 .182 .216 .398 2.7 0.0
1955 36 BSN NL 29 75 4 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 15 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.7 0.0
1956 37 BSN NL 15 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0
  CLE AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   18 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0
1957 38 CLE AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
15 Years Sim 512 1307 89 208 24 4 1 100 1 0 32 160 .159 .178 .186 .364 30.3 0.0
162 Game Average 413 28 65 7 1 0 31 0 0 10 50 .159 .178 .186 .364 9.6  
Career Highs 41 118 11 23 5 1 1 14 1 0 8 19 .200 .234 .237 .450 5.7  
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   809 65 139 20 3 1 66 1 0 20 87 .172 .190 .208 .398 19.1
vs LH   498 24 69 4 1 0 34 0 0 12 73 .139 .158 .151 .309 -1.2
Home 247 596 43 102 12 3 1 42 0 0 11 68 .171 .185 .206 .392 12.5
Away 260 711 45 106 12 1 0 58 1 0 21 92 .149 .172 .169 .341 5.4
RISP   346 0 60 6 1 0 93 0 0 7 38 .173 .185 .197 .382 6.8
Close/Late   101 7 22 4 1 0 9 0 0 3 11 .218 .238 .277 .515 5.9
Mar/Apr 86 226 16 34 5 0 0 15 0 0 12 23 .150 .191 .173 .363 3.7
May 95 256 20 40 3 2 0 22 1 0 2 34 .156 .163 .184 .346 1.9
June 84 209 11 29 2 1 0 9 0 0 7 27 .139 .166 .158 .324 0.6
July 79 213 9 27 3 0 0 17 0 0 3 27 .127 .138 .141 .278 -2.7
August 74 200 13 37 4 0 0 15 0 0 7 29 .185 .212 .205 .417 6.1
Sep/Oct 79 203 19 41 7 1 1 22 0 0 1 20 .202 .204 .261 .465 8.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 24 SDP NL P 38 38 306.3 12 50 2 3 .969 1.82    
1944 25 SDP NL P 36 36 292.0 20 56 2 3 .974 2.34    
1945 26 SDP NL P 41 41 337.0 18 60 0 5 1.000 2.08    
1946 27 SDP NL P 40 38 302.0 13 49 0 5 1.000 1.85    
1947 28 SDP NL P 39 39 314.3 14 60 0 4 1.000 2.12    
1948 29 SDP NL P 40 40 337.3 17 66 1 7 .988 2.21    
1949 30 SDP NL P 26 26 200.3 17 36 1 2 .981 2.38    
1950 31 SDP NL P 40 40 322.3 26 63 0 2 1.000 2.49    
1951 32 SDP NL P 40 40 319.3 27 60 0 6 1.000 2.45    
1952 33 BSN NL P 41 41 326.0 21 59 0 6 1.000 2.21    
1953 34 BSN NL P 40 40 311.0 16 55 1 4 .986 2.05    
1954 35 BSN NL P 34 34 262.0 13 47 0 6 1.000 2.06    
1955 36 BSN NL P 29 29 214.7 19 33 0 2 1.000 2.18    
1956 37 BSN NL P 15 3 35.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.52    
  CLE AL P 3 1 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  TOT   P 18 4 41.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.38    
1957 38 CLE AL P 5 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   507 486 3890.3 235 704 7 55 .993 2.17    
Career Highs   41 41 337.3 27 66 2 7 1.000 2.49    
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
1950 31 SDP NL 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 30.7 33 10 1 11 7 2.94 .275 .336 .367 .703
1951 32 SDP NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 17 6 0 5 5 4.15 .321 .379 .396 .776
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 43.7 50 16 1 16 12 3.30 .289 .349 .376 .725
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
1950 31 SDP NL 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154
1951 32 SDP NL 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 18 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .222 .389
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1944-3-3.02
1947-6-3.64
1948-6-3.39
1950-9-4.05
1951-10-4.11
1954-2-2.85
1955-7-3.52
 Wins
1944-6-22
1945-6-19
1948-2-26
1951-4-25
1952-4-23
1953-6-19
CAR-40-234
 Losses
1945-8-18
1946-2-20
1947-7-17
 Winning Pct
1944-5-.710
1948-6-.684
1951-2-.758
1952-8-.639
1954-1-.727
1955-5-.714
 Games Started
1945-3-41
1946-10-38
1947-8-39
1950-9-40
1952-8-41
CAR-50-486
 Complete Games
1943-2-19
1944-3-18
1945-3-24
1947-2-26
1948-2-28
1949-5-14
1950-3-18
1951-6-15
1952-5-16
1953-6-15
1955-10-11
CAR-15-227
Shutouts
1943-9-2
1944-3-4
1945-1-4
1947-1-4
1948-2-3
1950-7-2
1951-5-2
1952-8-2
1953-2-4
1954-4-2
1955-4-3
CAR-17-33
 Innings Pitched
1945-2-337.0
1946-8-302.0
1947-3-314.3
1948-2-337.3
1950-7-322.3
1951-9-319.3
1952-5-326.0
1953-6-311.0
CAR-43-3890.3
 Hits Allowed
1943-3-346
1944-9-303
1945-2-354
1946-1-368
1947-4-318
1948-2-355
1950-1-339
1951-10-324
1952-3-335
1953-5-315
CAR-32-4073
 Homeruns Allowed
1945-10-27
1946-10-25
1950-6-28
 Walks per 9IP
1943-7-2.3
1944-6-2.1
1945-4-1.9
1946-9-2.7
1947-9-2.8
1948-4-2.1
1949-4-2.3
1950-6-2.7
1951-9-3.1
1954-9-3.1
1955-10-2.9
 Hits per 9IP
1955-10-8.0
WHiP
1944-8-1.27
1945-10-1.27
1947-7-1.33
1948-5-1.29
1950-7-1.35
1951-8-1.36
1954-7-1.26
1955-4-1.20
 OAVG
1955-10-.239
 OOBP
1944-7-.305
1945-10-.308
1947-8-.321
1948-7-.314
1950-8-.324
1951-8-.327
1952-10-.321
1954-6-.305
1955-4-.297
 OSLG
1944-4-.356
1947-5-.354
1951-8-.371
1952-8-.365
1954-2-.309
1955-5-.343
 OOPS
1944-4-.661
1947-5-.675
1948-8-.677
1951-9-.698
1952-9-.686
1954-2-.614
1955-5-.640
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 156    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 66    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  2. Joe Haynes (915)
  3. Robin Roberts (901)
  4. Ralph Winegarner (898)
  5. Bill Swift (894)
  6. Cliff Melton (894)
  7. George Blaeholder (894)
  8. Danny Macfayden (873)
  9. Ralph Birkofer (870)
  10. John Denny (869)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Cliff Melton (995)
  2. Larry French (993)
  3. Vito Tamulis (989)
  4. Don Drysdale (989)
  5. Curt Simmons (985)
  6. Dutch Leonard (983)
  7. Joe Presko (981)
  8. Bob Miller (981)
  9. Ray Herbert (980)
  10. Mike Garcia (980)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by San Diego in 1943
Earned first career win on 4/5/1943
Had first career hit on 4/14/1943, off Mickey Haefner (CIN)
Injured on 5/15/1943 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1943, going 4-0, 1.59
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1944, going 7-0, 2.20
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Injured on 7/29/1944 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1947, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1947, going 4-2, 1.00
Injured on 9/27/1947 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1948, going 7-0, 2.07
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
9/22/1948: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/26/1949 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1950, winning 2 games with a 1.69 ERA
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1951, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
9/22/1951: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 2/1/1952 (Going to SDP: P Vern Law. Going to BSN: RF Larry Doby, P Stubby Overmire, P Dick Conger, 3B Bob Dillinger, 2B Ray Boone)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1952, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1952, off Al Javery (NYG)
Injured on 6/8/1953 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/14/1954 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/27/1954 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1955, going 7-0, 1.80
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1955, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Injured on 6/22/1955 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Injured on 7/12/1955 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/29/1955 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/12/1956 to a 2-year deal worth $4,390,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to Cleveland on 6/1/1956 (Going to BSN: P Jim Blackburn. Going to CLE: P Stubby Overmire)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/4/1958 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
 
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