Art
Parks
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 1, 1911 in Usa, AR, PARIS
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 25 CIN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 29 CIN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 30 BRK NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 31 BRK NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 32 BRK NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 33 BRK NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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  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
1937 25 CIN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1938 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1939 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1940 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1941 29 CIN NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1942 30 BRK NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1943 31 BRK NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1944 32 BRK NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 9
1945 33 BRK NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
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
1939 27 CIN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 0.0
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   1 1 1 0 0   .333 .333 1.333 1.667
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
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
1937 25 AAA   50 173 26 48 13 2 2 20 2 0 32 11 .277 .390 .410 .801 29.1  
    AA   81 277 43 86 21 0 6 35 3 6 49 16 .310 .414 .451 .865 50.2  
1938 26 CIN NL 57 82 14 18 3 0 2 7 0 0 12 2 .220 .319 .329 .648 8.8 0.9
1939 27 CIN NL 133 442 43 119 20 0 4 40 1 0 41 18 .269 .329 .342 .671 49.3 5.6
1940 28 CIN NL 114 275 25 81 12 1 3 27 0 0 34 5 .295 .370 .378 .748 39.1 6.2
1941 29 CIN NL 77 97 8 21 2 0 1 6 0 0 14 6 .216 .315 .268 .583 7.3 0.2
    AAA   29 113 18 32 6 1 5 13 0 1 11 3 .283 .347 .487 .833 18.2  
1942 30 AAA   131 471 59 128 26 1 6 56 4 5 58 19 .272 .352 .369 .721 61.8  
1943 31 AAA   137 543 71 148 33 2 11 76 6 5 74 19 .273 .360 .401 .761 79.4  
1944 32 AAA   136 526 84 133 26 1 6 49 10 4 95 23 .253 .367 .340 .707 73.5  
1945 33 AAA   134 467 54 119 22 1 8 50 6 5 75 17 .255 .358 .358 .716 64.0  
4 Years Sim 381 896 90 239 37 1 10 80 1 0 101 31 .267 .339 .344 .683 104.5 12.8
6 Years AAA 617 2293 312 608 126 8 38 264 28 20 345 92 .265 .360 .377 .736 325.9  
1 Years AA 81 277 43 86 21 0 6 35 3 6 49 16 .310 .410 .451 .862 50.2  
7 Years Minors 698 2570 355 694 147 8 44 299 31 26 394 108 .270 .365 .385 .750 376.1  
162 Game Average 380 38 101 15 0 4 34 0 0 42 13 .267 .339 .344 .683 44.4  
Career Highs 133 442 43 119 20 1 4 40 1 0 41 18 .295 .370 .378 .748 49.3  
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   762 76 212 32 1 8 64 1 0 86 25 .278 .351 .354 .705 97.7
vs LH   134 14 27 5 0 2 16 0 0 15 6 .201 .276 .284 .560 11.3
Home 189 429 48 106 13 0 7 41 0 0 66 14 .247 .344 .326 .670 53.9
Away 192 467 42 133 24 1 3 39 1 0 35 17 .285 .335 .360 .694 55.2
RISP   192 0 57 5 0 1 64 0 0 33 12 .297 .391 .339 .730 28.8
Pinch Hitting   144 14 38 5 0 1 12 0 0 18 9 .264 .346 .319 .665 17.0
Close/Late   138 10 37 9 0 0 11 0 0 22 4 .268 .366 .333 .700 18.3
Mar/Apr 89 205 24 56 10 0 2 19 0 0 20 4 .273 .338 .351 .689 24.6
May 60 132 10 34 2 0 0 13 0 0 17 8 .258 .342 .273 .615 13.8
June 71 182 12 42 7 1 0 15 0 0 23 7 .231 .314 .280 .594 17.5
July 61 121 15 30 2 0 4 12 0 0 8 4 .248 .290 .364 .654 13.2
August 55 128 17 46 10 0 2 10 0 0 18 3 .359 .438 .484 .923 25.3
Sep/Oct 45 128 12 31 6 0 2 11 1 0 15 5 .242 .319 .336 .655 14.7
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
1938 26 CIN NL LF 14 8 71.7 19 1 2 1 .909 2.51   0.4
    RF 8 7 53.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.55    
    1B 1 1 7.0 9 1 1 0 .909 12.86   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1939 27 CIN NL LF 125 109 987.3 212 8 5 3 .978 2.01   2.5
    RF 3 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 28 CIN NL LF 67 50 466.3 105 1 2 0 .981 2.05   1.4
    RF 12 12 99.0 18 1 3 0 .864 1.73    
1941 29 CIN NL RF 27 7 110.0 31 0 1 0 .969 2.54   0.3
    LF 7 1 15.7 4 0 1 0 .800 2.30    
  LF 213 168 1541.0 340 10 10 4 .972 2.04   4.2
  RF 50 27 270.0 64 1 5 0 .929 2.17   0.3
  1B 1 1 7.0 9 1 1 0 .909 12.86   0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   266 196 1820.0 413 13 16 4 .964 2.11   4.6
Career Highs   129 110 996.3 212 8 5 3 .978 3.12    
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
1938 26 CIN NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
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  1. Larry Harlow (986)
  2. Denver Grigsby (983)
  3. Jim Wilhelm (976)
  4. Lee Gamble (974)
  5. Maurice Van Robays (972)
  6. Herb Adams (972)
  7. Rick Sofield (971)
  8. Marv Rackley (971)
  9. Al Zarilla (969)
  10. Ed Sauer (969)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1937
Injured on 8/4/1937 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/3/1938, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1938, off Lefty Grove (DET)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $360,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/2/1941 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Released by Cincinnati on 9/1/1941
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1942 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 6/23/1945 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days