Albie
Pearson
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 5''
Weight: 146
 
Born: September 12, 1934 in Usa, CA, ALHAMBRA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1965   
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
1958 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
1959 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
1960 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
1961 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
1962 27 COL NL $ 2,321,429   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 7 6 8 9 9 9 10 10
1963 28 COL NL $ 2,528,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 9
1964 29 COL NL $ 3,800,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 9
1965 30 OAK AL $ 6,400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 9 8 9 9 9
1966 31 WAS NL $ 6,400,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1967 32 WAS NL $ 6,400,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 6 6
1968 33 WAS NL $ 6,400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 5 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 5 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
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
1958 23 CIN NL 56 174 20 44 6 1 0 10 0 0 22 3 .253 .335 .299 .634 17.4 2.0
    AAA   80 282 41 84 13 4 5 27 5 1 57 13 .298 .416 .426 .841 52.7  
1959 24 CIN NL 150 531 72 152 28 0 5 41 6 2 56 22 .286 .353 .367 .720 69.3 12.2
1960 25 CIN NL 156 594 81 181 27 4 6 51 12 14 69 25 .305 .377 .394 .771 86.0 17.0
1961 26 CIN NL 154 556 69 149 34 3 4 48 8 4 65 24 .268 .344 .362 .706 65.8 13.6
1962 27 COL NL 157 567 62 160 23 2 4 46 3 5 65 13 .282 .357 .351 .708 73.0 15.9
1963 28 COL NL 114 427 55 136 20 1 4 45 11 7 49 17 .319 .386 .398 .784 66.8 16.0
1964 29 COL NL 142 493 67 138 20 1 7 47 11 7 70 31 .280 .367 .367 .734 70.1 14.5
1965 30 OAK AL 150 513 70 121 19 3 3 28 16 10 67 35 .236 .325 .302 .628 54.9 9.0
1966 31 OAK AL 77 283 39 91 14 3 4 37 8 5 39 17 .322 .402 .435 .836 48.8 12.0
  WAS NL 77 269 35 67 14 1 3 21 7 5 32 23 .249 .329 .342 .671 31.3 5.9
  TOT   154 552 74 158 28 4 7 58 15 10 71 40 .286 .367 .389 .756 80.1 17.9
1967 32 WAS NL 107 179 23 53 9 2 1 22 0 2 24 32 .296 .374 .385 .759 26.6 5.3
1968 33 WAS NL 24 26 4 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .231 .286 .346 .632 2.2 0.1
    AAA   51 174 16 46 7 1 2 19 0 2 22 39 .264 .347 .351 .698 21.5  
1969 34 A   26 105 10 26 1 0 1 10 3 2 14 20 .248 .336 .286 .622 11.2  
11 Years Sim 1364 4612 597 1298 215 22 41 399 82 61 560 247 .281 .358 .364 .723 612.1 123.4
2 Years AAA 131 456 57 130 20 5 7 46 5 3 79 52 .285 .391 .397 .788 74.2  
1 Years A 26 105 10 26 1 0 1 10 3 2 14 20 .248 .339 .286 .625 11.2  
3 Years Minors 157 561 67 156 21 5 8 56 8 5 93 72 .278 .381 .376 .758 85.4  
162 Game Average 547 70 154 25 2 4 47 9 7 66 29 .281 .358 .364 .723 72.7  
Career Highs 157 594 81 181 34 4 7 58 16 14 71 40 .319 .386 .398 .784 86.0  
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   3038 425 916 152 13 32 297 54 39 388 123 .302 .380 .392 .772 454.0
vs LH   1574 172 382 63 9 9 102 28 22 172 124 .243 .316 .311 .628 160.2
Home 659 2149 277 610 89 10 21 180 42 32 272 112 .284 .363 .364 .727 291.8
Away 705 2463 320 688 126 12 20 219 40 29 288 135 .279 .354 .365 .719 322.4
RISP   836 0 232 33 6 5 325 0 0 104 40 .278 .348 .349 .697 108.6
Pinch Hitting   141 16 45 5 0 0 21 1 1 22 18 .319 .406 .355 .761 21.7
Close/Late   583 67 163 23 3 7 66 0 0 72 43 .280 .355 .365 .720 78.9
Mar/Apr 232 813 106 221 37 5 10 86 13 11 92 42 .272 .347 .367 .713 104.0
May 225 742 89 201 31 4 6 60 20 6 87 49 .271 .347 .348 .695 94.4
June 203 671 74 184 26 3 2 50 8 10 70 37 .274 .341 .331 .672 76.5
July 218 741 103 200 37 5 6 62 13 8 95 32 .270 .353 .358 .710 96.6
August 252 860 109 260 44 4 8 63 13 19 117 42 .302 .384 .391 .774 127.8
Sep/Oct 234 785 116 232 40 1 9 78 15 7 99 45 .296 .373 .383 .756 114.8
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
1958 23 CIN NL CF 27 25 208.3 71 0 0 0 1.000 3.07   1.2
    LF 24 23 195.0 43 1 4 1 .917 2.03    
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 24 CIN NL CF 144 135 1166.7 297 6 5 1 .984 2.34   3.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1960 25 CIN NL CF 151 149 1329.7 348 4 3 3 .992 2.38   3.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1961 26 CIN NL CF 148 148 1297.3 334 8 7 2 .980 2.37   4.0
    1B 5 0 10.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 27 COL NL CF 151 145 1253.3 325 5 3 1 .991 2.37   2.9
    RF 5 4 52.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1963 28 COL NL CF 114 105 920.0 272 6 1 4 .996 2.72   2.8
1964 29 COL NL CF 133 121 1106.7 330 5 1 3 .997 2.72   5.1
1965 30 OAK AL CF 139 128 1115.7 297 6 2 2 .993 2.44   4.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1966 31 OAK AL CF 76 74 649.4 167 4 2 1 .988 2.37   1.7
    1B 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  WAS NL CF 76 74 605.6 155 4 2 1 .988 2.36   0.9
    1B 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 152 148 1255.0 322 8 4 2 .988 2.37   2.6
      1B 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1967 32 WAS NL 1B 26 16 143.7 197 16 2 17 .991 13.34   0.2
    CF 23 8 102.7 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.3
    RF 15 9 86.7 15 0 3 0 .833 1.56    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 33 WAS NL 1B 6 0 14.0 16 1 1 2 .944 10.93   0.0
    RF 3 1 11.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
  CF 1183 1113 9764.3 2632 48 26 18 .990 2.47   29.2
  LF 25 23 196.0 43 1 4 1 .917 2.02    
  1B 40 16 176.7 232 19 3 20 .988 12.79   0.3
  RF 29 14 163.3 30 0 3 0 .909 1.65   0.1
  SS 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
Career Totals   1278 1167 10309.3 2940 70 36 40 .988 2.63   29.6
Career Highs   156 149 1331.7 351 16 7 17 .997 6.95    
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
1964 29 COL NL 4 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .375 .500 .875
Career Post-Season Batting 4 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .375 .500 .875
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.
Batting Average
1959-10-.286
1960-6-.305
1963-6-.302*
On-Base Pct
1960-7-.377
1963-6-.369*
1964-8-.367
Games
1960-7-156
1962-5-157
At-Bats
1960-3-594
Hits
1960-2-181
Singles
1959-3-119
1960-1-144
1962-3-131
Doubles
1961-3-34
Triples
1960-10-4
Stolen Bases
1960-4-12
1961-8-8
Caught Stealing
1960-2-14
1961-9-4
1962-4-5
1963-9-7
Walks
1960-7-69
1964-8-70
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1958
Had first career hit on 7/4/1958, off Carl Scheib (OAK)
Injured on 7/6/1958 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1959, off Tom Gorman (MIN)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 8/7/1960
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/11/1963 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,800,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/9/1965 to a 4-year deal worth $6,400,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1965
Traded from Oakland to Washington on 7/1/1966 (Going to WAS: CF Albie Pearson. Going to OAK: 2B Gene Alley, LF Alex Johnson)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 3/2/1969 to a minor league contract
Released by Tampa Bay on 5/1/1969