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Danny
Schell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 26, 1927 in Usa, MI, FOSTORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1955    1956   
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
1954 26 CLE AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1955 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1956 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1957 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1958 30 CLE AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1959 31 CLE AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1960 32 CLE AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1961 33 CLE AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 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
1954 26 AAA   137 535 80 164 36 3 19 86 4 5 41 54 .307 .356 .492 .847 86.8  
1955 27 CLE AL 129 456 36 102 23 1 11 58 0 0 23 60 .224 .263 .351 .614 37.8 1.9
    AAA   26 110 13 26 4 0 6 16 0 0 7 11 .236 .282 .436 .718 13.8  
1956 28 CLE AL 160 555 51 145 31 1 10 69 1 0 39 77 .261 .307 .375 .682 60.7 5.8
1957 29 CLE AL 131 401 34 96 19 0 7 58 0 0 21 71 .239 .280 .339 .619 35.3 3.3
1958 30 AAA   133 489 79 156 32 4 25 98 2 1 43 67 .319 .374 .554 .928 93.4  
1959 31 AAA   106 145 24 44 8 1 9 29 1 0 11 32 .303 .353 .559 .911 27.0  
1960 32 AAA   107 193 32 61 15 2 10 32 2 3 19 27 .316 .377 .570 .947 37.5  
1961 33 AAA   113 345 49 97 15 2 14 54 2 6 23 66 .281 .326 .458 .784 48.5  
3 Years Sim 420 1412 121 343 73 2 28 185 1 0 83 208 .243 .285 .357 .642 133.8 11.0
6 Years AAA 622 1817 277 548 110 12 83 315 11 15 144 257 .302 .357 .512 .869 307.0  
162 Game Average 544 46 132 28 0 10 71 0 0 32 80 .243 .285 .357 .642 51.6  
Career Highs 160 555 51 145 31 1 11 69 1 0 39 77 .261 .307 .375 .682 60.7  
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   883 82 216 44 1 18 104 0 0 47 124 .245 .284 .358 .641 87.1
vs LH   529 39 127 29 1 10 81 1 0 36 84 .240 .288 .355 .644 53.6
Home 208 687 55 158 30 0 15 98 1 0 46 105 .230 .278 .339 .617 64.7
Away 212 725 66 185 43 2 13 87 0 0 37 103 .255 .293 .374 .667 76.0
RISP   350 0 94 24 0 6 143 0 0 24 49 .269 .311 .389 .699 41.5
Pinch Hitting   52 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .135 .196 .154 .350 0.4
Close/Late   172 13 39 7 0 2 15 0 0 17 38 .227 .295 .302 .597 15.9
Mar/Apr 49 171 14 45 11 0 4 23 0 0 12 30 .263 .311 .398 .709 20.7
May 81 310 33 73 15 2 4 29 0 0 11 48 .235 .261 .335 .596 25.6
June 74 253 22 63 18 0 5 34 0 0 20 35 .249 .305 .379 .685 28.7
July 77 264 16 67 7 0 5 44 1 0 16 32 .254 .295 .337 .632 26.4
August 68 215 17 51 13 0 5 30 0 0 13 36 .237 .287 .367 .654 21.7
Sep/Oct 71 199 19 44 9 0 5 25 0 0 11 27 .221 .259 .342 .601 17.5
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
1955 27 CLE AL LF 123 123 1016.0 249 6 4 4 .985 2.26   2.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 28 CLE AL LF 149 142 1220.7 270 10 7 2 .976 2.06   3.9
1957 29 CLE AL LF 99 96 827.7 153 5 8 1 .952 1.72   1.7
    CF 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  LF 371 361 3064.3 672 21 19 7 .973 2.04   8.2
  CF 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   376 361 3079.3 676 21 19 7 .973 2.04   8.2
Career Highs   149 142 1220.7 270 10 8 4 .985 2.25    
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.
Games
1956-1-160
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Al Cowens (981)
  2. Bob Elliott (976)
  3. Ricky Nelson (971)
  4. Joe Gantenbein (971)
  5. Glenn Adams (968)
  6. Bob Borkowski (964)
  7. George Vukovich (963)
  8. George Wright (962)
  9. Benny Distefano (961)
  10. Ed Armbrister (959)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1954
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/2/1955, off Niles Jordan (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1955, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1955
Injured on 3/8/1956 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1956
Injured on 8/13/1958 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Injured on 9/2/1960 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 6/12/1961 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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