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Carl
Sawatski		  
Nickname: Swats
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 225
 
Born: November 4, 1927 in Usa, PA, SHICKSHINNY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1952    1954    1957   
All-Star Selections 1954    1956    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961    1962    1963   
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
1950 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1951 23 BSN NL     5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1952 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1953 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 9 8 5 6 5
1954 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 5
1955 27 BSN NL $ 2,257,143   7 7 6 8 9 8 5 5 5 9 10 9 5 6 5
1956 28 BSN NL $ 4,971,429   7 7 6 9 10 9 4 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 5
1957 29 BSN NL $ 5,292,857   7 7 7 9 10 10 4 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 6
1958 30 BSN NL $ 7,220,000   7 7 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 5 6 5
1959 31 BSN NL $ 7,220,000   7 7 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 5 6 5
1960 32 NYG NL $ 7,220,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 4 4 4 9 10 10 5 6 5
1961 33 NYG NL $ 7,220,000   7 7 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 5 6 5
1962 34 TAM AL $ 7,220,000   6 6 6 8 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 6 5
1963 35 TAM AL $ 7,220,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 5
1964 36 TAM AL $ 7,220,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,220,000   7 7 7 9 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 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
1950 22 BSN NL 3 9 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 .222 .333 .889 1.222 3.3 0.5
    AAA   56 183 41 61 8 0 14 60 5 3 45 21 .333 .465 .607 1.071 48.9  
    AA   27 82 18 28 2 2 11 24 1 0 17 9 .341 .455 .817 1.272 26.6  
    A   54 172 40 53 4 1 23 42 1 3 44 20 .308 .449 .744 1.193 52.3  
1951 23 AAA   137 471 92 131 23 3 41 124 4 8 74 67 .278 .376 .601 .977 101.4  
1952 24 BSN NL 136 418 74 113 19 3 21 85 0 0 74 63 .270 .377 .481 .858 76.8 14.3
1953 25 BSN NL 147 510 87 141 24 2 31 114 0 1 67 96 .276 .359 .514 .872 90.8 20.1
1954 26 BSN NL 152 507 90 117 17 1 30 95 0 0 88 114 .231 .346 .446 .791 78.1 13.1
1955 27 BSN NL 137 422 88 122 13 2 35 91 0 0 79 90 .289 .398 .578 .976 94.0 20.2
1956 28 BSN NL 147 507 99 139 13 0 47 119 1 0 85 113 .274 .375 .578 .952 110.5 24.4
1957 29 BSN NL 150 528 95 148 11 2 40 112 0 0 95 144 .280 .392 .536 .928 109.8 23.7
1958 30 BSN NL 150 490 101 123 15 1 39 94 0 0 102 138 .251 .378 .524 .903 96.8 18.5
1959 31 BSN NL 147 518 97 144 20 4 34 89 0 0 74 160 .278 .369 .529 .898 96.4 20.5
1960 32 NYG NL 152 510 81 124 21 1 23 90 0 0 67 140 .243 .329 .424 .753 71.4 12.7
1961 33 NYG NL 145 486 72 120 15 5 28 75 0 0 79 140 .247 .352 .471 .823 82.3 15.2
1962 34 TAM AL 143 430 74 125 18 2 26 93 3 0 78 91 .291 .398 .523 .922 84.5 18.7
1963 35 TAM AL 149 519 75 133 10 5 30 91 0 0 74 121 .256 .348 .468 .816 84.9 17.7
1964 36 TAM AL 33 108 8 18 4 0 3 13 0 1 10 23 .167 .235 .287 .522 6.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 1791 5962 1043 1569 200 28 389 1165 4 2 974 1435 .263 .365 .502 .867 1085.9 219.5
2 Years AAA 193 654 133 192 31 3 55 184 9 11 119 88 .294 .400 .602 1.002 150.3  
1 Years AA 27 82 18 28 2 2 11 24 1 0 17 9 .341 .460 .817 1.277 26.6  
1 Years A 54 172 40 53 4 1 23 42 1 3 44 20 .308 .452 .744 1.196 52.3  
4 Years Minors 274 908 191 273 37 6 89 250 11 14 180 117 .301 .415 .649 1.064 229.3  
162 Game Average 539 94 141 18 2 35 105 0 0 88 129 .263 .365 .502 .867 98.2  
Career Highs 152 528 101 148 24 5 47 119 3 1 102 160 .291 .398 .889 1.222 110.5  
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   3956 737 1113 144 16 278 867 2 1 685 827 .281 .386 .537 .923 818.2
vs LH   2006 306 456 56 12 111 298 2 1 289 608 .227 .324 .433 .757 300.6
Home 895 2941 510 777 115 13 200 591 3 0 480 721 .264 .366 .516 .882 564.8
Away 896 3021 533 792 85 15 189 574 1 2 494 714 .262 .365 .488 .853 554.0
RISP   1542 0 432 57 7 117 758 0 0 347 369 .280 .405 .554 .959 353.7
Pinch Hitting   231 43 64 6 0 17 46 0 0 37 51 .277 .374 .524 .898 45.8
Close/Late   715 105 194 25 1 44 123 0 0 123 174 .271 .378 .494 .872 136.2
Mar/Apr 303 997 152 244 38 3 58 172 1 1 149 265 .245 .341 .463 .804 164.7
May 306 1028 175 264 33 4 58 200 1 1 183 242 .257 .369 .466 .835 184.7
June 291 959 177 251 24 3 69 195 0 0 167 212 .262 .369 .509 .878 186.1
July 284 958 176 258 36 4 69 187 0 0 160 241 .269 .373 .531 .905 191.1
August 305 1049 185 289 41 10 69 219 1 0 143 237 .276 .361 .531 .892 199.6
Sep/Oct 302 971 178 263 28 4 66 192 1 0 172 238 .271 .380 .512 .892 192.6
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
1950 22 BSN NL C 3 3 27.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 3.67 1 1 1.000 0 0.2
1952 24 BSN NL C 122 106 959.0 502 36 5 0 .991 5.05 37 12 .324 1 5.1
1953 25 BSN NL C 138 127 1161.3 691 47 6 0 .992 5.72 62 17 .274 1 6.7
1954 26 BSN NL C 138 127 1164.7 722 39 3 0 .996 5.88 45 14 .311 1 6.2
1955 27 BSN NL C 125 108 999.7 671 30 1 0 .999 6.31 31 7 .226 2 5.2
1956 28 BSN NL C 143 127 1157.3 848 35 3 0 .997 6.87 25 6 .240 1 6.7
1957 29 BSN NL C 144 130 1211.7 876 40 2 1 .998 6.80 29 12 .414 2 9.6
1958 30 BSN NL C 142 130 1164.3 866 45 2 0 .998 7.04 33 9 .273 1 6.1
1959 31 BSN NL C 139 129 1162.7 917 42 2 1 .998 7.42 35 14 .400 2 9.0
1960 32 NYG NL C 150 128 1168.0 917 39 3 0 .997 7.37 40 9 .225 1 5.2
1961 33 NYG NL C 139 129 1192.3 977 45 6 0 .994 7.71 31 9 .290 0 4.8
1962 34 TAM AL C 120 107 983.3 710 31 3 1 .996 6.78 38 9 .237 2 2.8
    3B 4 2 23.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 35 TAM AL C 145 134 1217.3 933 57 6 0 .994 7.32 103 37 .359 0 7.8
1964 36 TAM AL C 31 30 262.3 219 18 3 0 .988 8.13 23 8 .348 0 1.9
  C 1679 1515 13831.0 9858 506 45 3 .996 6.74 533 164 .308 14 77.2
  3B 4 2 23.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1683 1517 13854.0 9858 511 45 3 .996 6.74 533 164 .308 14 77.3
Career Highs   150 134 1217.3 977 57 6 1 1.000 8.13 103 37 1.000 2  
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
1957 29 BSN NL 5 21 4 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 7 .286 .348 .619 .967
1960 32 NYG NL 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .133 .000 .133
1962 34 TAM AL 12 47 12 19 4 0 4 12 0 0 10 6 .404 .509 .745 1.253
1963 35 TAM AL 6 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .167 .304 .222 .527
Career Post-Season Batting 27 99 18 28 6 0 6 18 0 0 17 23 .283 .390 .525 .915
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.
On-Base Pct
1955-9-.398
1956-10-.375
1957-7-.392
1958-10-.378
1959-10-.369
1962-2-.398
 Slugging Pct
1953-10-.514
1955-4-.578
1956-3-.578
1957-8-.536
1959-9-.529
1962-4-.523
1963-9-.468
CAR-44-.502
 OPS
1955-6-.976
1956-4-.952
1957-5-.928
1958-10-.903
1959-7-.898
1962-3-.922
1963-10-.816
CAR-47-.867
 XR
1956-5-110.5
1957-6-109.8
1959-6-96.4
 Runs
1956-8-99
1958-6-101
1959-7-97
 Total Bases
1956-9-293
1959-7-274
Homeruns
1953-6-31
1954-8-30
1955-7-35
1956-3-47
1957-4-40
1958-5-39
1959-8-34
1962-10-26
1963-4-30
CAR-37-389
 RBIs
1953-5-114
1956-6-119
1957-3-112
1962-9-93
1963-10-91
 Walks
1954-10-88
1956-6-85
1957-2-95
1958-4-102
1959-6-74
1961-4-79
1962-8-78
1963-10-74
 Strikeouts
1954-7-114
1956-8-113
1957-1-144
1958-4-138
1959-3-160
1960-6-140
1961-7-140
1963-9-121
CAR-44-1435
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 102    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/25/1950, off Red Embree (NYG)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/3/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1952, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1952
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/7/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1953, hitting .450 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 7 runs on 5/12/1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,971,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1956, hitting .346 with 12 HR, 27 RBI
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,292,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
7/31/1957: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $7,220,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1957
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1959, hitting .579 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/1/1959
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 8/27/1959
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: C Carl Sawatski, CF Harry Simpson. Going to BSN: LF Bob Addis, LF Del Ennis)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/2/1960
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/19/1960
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1961, hitting .563 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
10/3/1961: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $7,220,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1962 (Going to TAM: C Carl Sawatski, 3B Andy Carey. Going to NYG: P Floyd Wooldridge)
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Worcester on 9/6/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1963, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Injured on 5/6/1964 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1964 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
 
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