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Stan
Palys		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 1, 1930 in Usa, PA, BLAKELY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 23 OAK AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1954 24 OAK AL     4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1955 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7
1956 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1957 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1958 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1959 29 OAK AL $ 435,714   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 4 3 4 8 7 7
1960 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 4 3 4 8 7 7
1961 31 OAK AL $ 2,687,143   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1962 32 OAK AL $ 2,687,143   6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1963 33 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1964 34 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1965 35 SEM AL     5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 6
1966 36 TAM AL $ 567,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
1967 37 TAM AL $ 567,000   5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
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
1953 23 AA   2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 0.7  
    A   135 501 88 148 36 3 40 120 2 0 84 62 .295 .397 .619 1.015 116.2  
1954 24 AA   137 535 78 156 32 4 41 121 1 0 71 71 .292 .375 .596 .971 113.7  
1955 25 OAK AL 46 93 6 24 7 0 2 14 0 0 5 16 .258 .296 .398 .694 9.7 1.3
    AAA   26 106 14 22 6 0 8 20 0 0 6 19 .208 .250 .491 .741 13.8  
1956 26 OAK AL 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
    AAA   134 529 74 142 30 0 39 107 0 1 38 93 .268 .317 .546 .864 89.7  
1957 27 OAK AL 115 314 41 77 10 0 18 57 0 0 21 55 .245 .292 .449 .741 43.0 6.4
1958 28 OAK AL 154 520 58 129 20 1 20 76 0 0 38 80 .248 .296 .406 .702 61.8 6.6
1959 29 OAK AL 101 291 36 90 17 1 13 37 0 0 14 46 .309 .340 .509 .848 45.3 9.5
1960 30 OAK AL 122 341 39 100 25 1 13 55 0 0 21 62 .293 .332 .487 .818 51.6 11.6
1961 31 OAK AL 89 200 25 59 15 1 9 38 0 0 17 28 .295 .347 .515 .862 34.3 8.7
1962 32 OAK AL 153 548 75 154 31 1 27 115 1 0 42 85 .281 .332 .489 .821 84.3 18.1
1963 33 OAK AL 152 520 52 140 24 0 21 87 0 0 39 91 .269 .319 .437 .756 66.6 14.3
1964 34 OAK AL 156 497 40 117 21 1 13 47 0 1 43 96 .235 .295 .360 .655 50.0 7.7
1965 35 SEM AL 66 193 16 49 7 0 3 27 0 0 18 37 .254 .316 .337 .653 19.2 2.9
1966 36 TAM AL 156 565 48 130 23 0 10 45 0 0 38 128 .230 .278 .324 .602 51.0 5.1
1967 37 TAM AL 113 285 21 62 7 0 4 25 0 0 17 65 .218 .261 .284 .545 18.6 0.0
13 Years Sim 1429 4373 457 1133 207 6 153 626 1 1 313 791 .259 .307 .414 .721 535.9 92.6
2 Years AAA 160 635 88 164 36 0 47 127 0 1 44 112 .258 .306 .537 .843 103.5  
2 Years AA 139 541 79 157 32 4 41 122 1 0 73 73 .290 .372 .591 .964 114.4  
1 Years A 135 501 88 148 36 3 40 120 2 0 84 62 .295 .395 .619 1.013 116.2  
5 Years Minors 434 1677 255 469 104 7 128 369 3 1 201 247 .280 .355 .579 .934 334.1  
162 Game Average 495 51 128 23 0 17 70 0 0 35 89 .259 .307 .414 .721 60.8  
Career Highs 156 565 75 154 31 1 27 115 1 1 43 128 .333 .347 .515 .862 84.3  
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   2311 237 558 111 3 73 319 1 1 141 416 .241 .284 .387 .670 253.2
vs LH   2062 220 575 96 3 80 307 0 0 172 375 .279 .333 .445 .778 301.2
Home 703 2089 222 564 99 3 59 287 1 1 165 364 .270 .322 .405 .727 270.4
Away 726 2284 235 569 108 3 94 339 0 0 148 427 .249 .294 .423 .716 283.9
RISP   1021 0 287 53 1 42 455 0 0 109 170 .281 .342 .458 .800 161.8
Pinch Hitting   269 29 76 18 1 12 67 0 0 19 44 .283 .324 .491 .815 41.7
Close/Late   552 48 146 21 1 21 87 0 0 47 92 .264 .321 .420 .741 74.9
Mar/Apr 231 706 71 180 32 1 15 82 0 0 54 132 .255 .308 .367 .674 79.5
May 260 825 99 227 43 2 37 142 0 0 61 135 .275 .322 .467 .789 122.2
June 239 710 70 182 35 1 26 103 0 0 39 124 .256 .294 .418 .713 86.3
July 223 700 67 172 33 2 16 84 1 1 61 137 .246 .305 .367 .673 79.3
August 240 744 67 177 38 0 25 109 0 0 62 143 .238 .295 .390 .684 87.0
Sep/Oct 236 688 83 195 26 0 34 106 0 0 36 120 .283 .317 .469 .787 100.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1955 25 OAK AL RF 12 10 83.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 8 7 62.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 3 32.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.03 0 0 .000 0  
1956 26 OAK AL RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1957 27 OAK AL CF 50 45 366.7 92 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 39 34 287.0 58 2 0 1 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 0 8.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 28 OAK AL RF 104 100 835.0 141 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    CF 52 50 396.0 80 4 0 2 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 8 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1959 29 OAK AL LF 63 57 482.0 91 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 10 9 82.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 2 28.0 10 0 1 0 .909 3.21 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 30 OAK AL LF 56 56 467.0 100 5 1 1 .991 2.02 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 15 13 116.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 16 13 109.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 31 OAK AL LF 37 29 247.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 15 9 97.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 8 2 28.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 32 OAK AL LF 140 137 1196.0 191 4 5 1 .975 1.47 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 7 5 37.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 1 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
1963 33 OAK AL RF 86 79 691.0 129 4 0 2 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    CF 49 41 364.3 76 1 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 15 12 117.7 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
1964 34 OAK AL RF 84 75 654.7 127 7 0 2 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    LF 30 29 249.3 50 1 0 1 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 33 24 225.7 65 1 0 1 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
1965 35 SEM AL RF 50 50 415.3 88 6 0 2 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 4 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 4.3 6 1 0 2 1.000 14.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 36 TAM AL CF 125 113 986.3 266 14 2 3 .993 2.55 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 32 30 239.0 57 4 0 1 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1967 37 TAM AL CF 52 45 366.7 85 2 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 23 18 158.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 2 23.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 476 421 3629.3 692 26 1 8 .999 1.78 0 0 .000 0 13.3
  CF 416 351 3010.0 732 27 2 8 .997 2.27 0 0 .000 0 6.6
  LF 369 329 2872.3 525 15 6 5 .989 1.69 0 0 .000 0 9.0
  1B 1 0 4.3 6 1 0 2 1.000 14.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1268 1101 9522.9 1956 73 9 23 .996 1.92 0 0 .000 0 28.9
Career Highs   164 150 1255.0 323 18 5 4 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
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
1955 25 OAK AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
1959 29 OAK AL 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1961 31 OAK AL 12 30 4 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 .233 .303 .400 .703
1962 32 OAK AL 4 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 42 4 11 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 9 .262 .326 .405 .731
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.
Slugging Pct
1962-9-.489
 Games
1964-6-156
1966-8-156
 Total Bases
1962-7-268
 Homeruns
1962-8-27
 RBIs
1962-2-115
 Strikeouts
1966-9-128
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Oakland in 1953
Had first career hit on 5/3/1955, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/1955, off Luis Arroyo (DET)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/12/1958
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 8/20/1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 5/4/1959
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,687,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/27/1961 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,687,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Worcester on 5/30/1962
7/31/1962: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 8/30/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1962, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 9/6/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1962, hitting .483 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1962, hitting .324 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1963, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1963, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Oakland to Seattle on 2/1/1965 (Going to SEM: CF Stan Palys. Going to OAK: P Dick Radatz)
Released by Seattle on 9/22/1965
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 3/1/1966 to a 2-year deal worth $567,000 per year
6/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $350,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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