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Joe
Schultz		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 184
 
Born: August 29, 1918 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1943    1944    1945    1946    1947   
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
1939 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 10
1940 21 MON NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1941 22 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 9 9 9
1942 23 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1943 24 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1944 25 MON NL $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1945 26 BRK NL $ 2,442,857   10 10 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1946 27 BRK NL $ 2,442,857   10 10 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
1947 28 BRK NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1948 29 BRK NL $ 9,500,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1949 30 BRK NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 1 1 1 5 6 5 7 8 8 10 10 10
1950 31 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   9 9 9 1 1 1 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 9
1951 32 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 4 5 5 8 8 8 9 10 9
1952 33 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 8
1953 34 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 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
1939 20 AA   136 513 63 125 24 1 3 42 1 2 75 34 .244 .340 .312 .652 58.9  
1940 21 AAA   135 491 54 144 29 0 0 42 0 1 70 25 .293 .381 .352 .734 68.5  
1941 22 MON NL 90 275 36 82 12 4 3 40 0 0 33 16 .298 .372 .404 .776 41.3 7.7
    AAA   26 105 12 32 4 0 2 15 0 0 9 6 .305 .360 .400 .760 14.8  
1942 23 MON NL 123 416 67 135 14 1 6 76 0 1 46 11 .325 .387 .406 .793 65.0 12.4
1943 24 MON NL 137 439 68 148 17 2 7 75 1 0 63 12 .337 .419 .433 .852 77.9 17.8
1944 25 MON NL 144 435 77 138 15 2 3 52 0 0 65 15 .317 .405 .382 .787 65.4 12.5
1945 26 MON NL 91 323 45 97 14 2 3 37 0 0 47 15 .300 .388 .384 .772 46.7 7.9
  BRK NL 48 187 26 34 3 1 1 9 0 0 28 7 .182 .287 .225 .512 12.7 0.0
  TOT   139 510 71 131 17 3 4 46 0 0 75 22 .257 .351 .325 .676 59.4 7.9
1946 27 BRK NL 144 542 103 189 34 1 4 59 0 0 75 22 .349 .429 .437 .866 95.9 22.5
1947 28 BRK NL 148 541 69 169 22 1 1 50 0 1 81 29 .312 .399 .362 .761 79.2 14.1
1948 29 BRK NL 142 504 81 158 18 1 6 62 0 0 93 15 .313 .418 .389 .807 84.5 16.5
1949 30 BRK NL 140 425 56 137 24 1 5 57 0 1 69 14 .322 .417 .419 .836 72.1 13.1
1950 31 SEM AL 143 505 74 154 29 1 1 53 0 0 75 18 .305 .395 .372 .767 73.8 12.0
1951 32 SEM AL 134 420 70 136 19 0 1 53 0 0 72 22 .324 .421 .376 .798 69.0 12.5
1952 33 SEM AL 97 307 51 87 10 2 0 32 0 0 42 17 .283 .369 .329 .698 39.4 5.4
1953 34 CIN NL 72 171 20 40 5 0 1 13 0 0 19 28 .234 .311 .281 .591 13.9 0.6
    A   2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0.4  
13 Years Sim 1653 5490 843 1704 236 19 42 668 1 3 808 241 .310 .398 .383 .781 836.6 155.1
2 Years AAA 161 596 66 176 33 0 2 57 0 1 79 31 .295 .377 .361 .738 83.4  
1 Years AA 136 513 63 125 24 1 3 42 1 2 75 34 .244 .339 .312 .651 58.9  
1 Years A 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0.4  
4 Years Minors 299 1112 129 301 57 1 5 100 1 3 156 66 .271 .359 .337 .697 142.7  
162 Game Average 538 82 166 23 1 4 65 0 0 79 23 .310 .398 .383 .781 82.0  
Career Highs 148 542 103 189 34 4 7 76 1 1 93 29 .349 .429 .437 .866 95.9  
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   3766 615 1203 157 13 36 470 1 3 557 140 .319 .406 .397 .802 619.5
vs LH   1724 228 501 79 6 6 198 0 0 251 101 .291 .380 .354 .734 244.7
Home 817 2650 414 849 119 8 15 299 0 1 400 111 .320 .408 .388 .796 431.9
Away 836 2840 429 855 117 11 27 369 1 2 408 130 .301 .388 .379 .766 432.3
RISP   1331 0 442 69 6 12 603 0 0 224 58 .332 .421 .420 .841 241.5
Pinch Hitting   242 32 84 10 0 3 53 0 0 40 14 .347 .440 .426 .865 45.5
Close/Late   652 82 200 30 0 4 87 0 0 102 24 .307 .400 .371 .771 101.6
Mar/Apr 254 838 113 250 34 3 2 102 0 1 119 33 .298 .384 .353 .737 119.7
May 290 958 158 308 42 5 7 124 1 0 137 33 .322 .405 .398 .802 156.9
June 282 897 131 275 41 5 7 112 0 1 128 43 .307 .392 .387 .779 139.3
July 269 861 140 282 36 1 11 106 0 1 150 48 .328 .427 .410 .837 154.9
August 290 997 162 308 48 3 8 114 0 0 156 52 .309 .401 .387 .788 160.6
Sep/Oct 268 939 139 281 35 2 7 110 0 0 118 32 .299 .375 .363 .738 132.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1941 22 MON NL C 79 77 683.3 287 21 5 0 .984 4.06 30 6 .200 2 3.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 23 MON NL C 115 112 989.0 430 38 6 2 .987 4.26 52 9 .173 2 3.2
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 24 MON NL C 120 102 929.7 371 34 7 0 .983 3.92 49 7 .143 4 2.6
    3B 4 0 7.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 25 MON NL C 96 95 841.3 361 23 5 0 .987 4.11 40 7 .175 5 2.9
    3B 21 0 49.7 3 14 3 3 .850 3.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 26 MON NL C 87 81 706.1 329 30 5 0 .986 4.58 32 5 .156 4 1.9
    3B 1 0 1.9 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  BRK NL C 46 42 411.6 191 17 3 0 .986 4.55 18 3 .167 2 1.4
    3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 133 123 1117.7 520 47 8 0 .986 4.57 50 8 .160 6 3.3
      3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
1946 27 BRK NL C 136 131 1173.7 529 51 11 0 .981 4.45 70 19 .271 1 3.0
1947 28 BRK NL C 144 136 1203.0 560 48 7 1 .989 4.55 49 16 .327 8 6.8
1948 29 BRK NL C 135 129 1157.7 536 43 15 0 .975 4.50 58 9 .155 4 0.0
    3B 2 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 30 BRK NL C 93 87 769.0 327 29 2 0 .994 4.17 42 11 .262 4 3.7
    3B 29 6 98.7 5 32 2 6 .949 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1950 31 SEM AL C 92 87 783.3 319 35 3 1 .992 4.07 29 9 .310 3 4.7
    3B 40 32 301.7 21 85 1 7 .991 3.16 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 3 3 26.0 31 3 0 5 1.000 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 32 SEM AL C 75 73 660.3 260 26 6 2 .979 3.90 34 11 .324 2 2.4
    3B 47 26 266.7 13 74 3 5 .967 2.94 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 3 3 22.0 32 4 0 1 1.000 14.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 33 SEM AL C 67 61 536.3 215 17 1 1 .996 3.89 19 7 .368 0 3.0
    3B 11 11 93.3 3 33 1 1 .973 3.47 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1953 34 CIN NL C 41 37 316.3 177 9 2 0 .989 5.29 10 3 .300 1 1.3
    3B 5 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1326 1250 11160.7 4892 421 78 7 .986 4.28 532 122 .229 42 39.9
  3B 164 75 844.3 48 241 10 22 .967 3.08 0 0 .000 0 4.0
  1B 6 6 48.0 63 7 0 6 1.000 13.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1498 1331 12055.0 5003 669 88 35 .985 4.23 532 122 .229 42 44.1
Career Highs   144 136 1203.0 560 123 15 13 .993 5.20 70 19 .368 8  
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
1941 22 MON NL 3 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
1945 26 BRK NL 9 33 6 15 3 0 2 9 0 0 7 2 .455 .550 .727 1.277
1946 27 BRK NL 5 19 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .368 .500 .368 .868
1950 31 SEM AL 11 47 6 14 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 .298 .353 .426 .778
1951 32 SEM AL 5 15 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .333 .474 .400 .874
1952 33 SEM AL 4 16 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .375 .474 .438 .911
Career Post-Season Batting 37 139 23 50 9 1 2 17 0 0 24 7 .360 .454 .482 .936
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
1943-2-.337
1944-6-.317
1946-1-.349
1947-7-.312
1948-6-.313
1949-7-.316*
1951-8-.321*
CAR-42-.310
 On-Base Pct
1943-2-.419
1944-3-.405
1946-2-.429
1947-7-.399
1948-7-.418
1949-8-.410*
1951-2-.418*
CAR-23-.398
 OPS
1943-7-.852
1946-10-.866
 XR
1946-9-95.9
 Runs
1946-6-103
 Hits
1946-3-189
1947-10-169
Singles
1944-10-118
1946-2-150
1947-2-145
1948-4-133
 Doubles
1946-6-34
 Walks
1947-10-81
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Spud Davis (916)
  2. Milt May (910)
  3. Frank Torre (900)
  4. Billy Sullivan (887)
  5. Debs Garms (883)
  6. Charlie Silvera (881)
  7. Joe Ginsberg (881)
  8. Don Padgett (879)
  9. Hal Wagner (866)
  10. Babe Phelps (864)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1939
Injured on 7/7/1939 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 6/1/1940 (Going to MON: C Cliff Bolton, C Joe Schultz. Going to PIT: CF Jo-jo White, P Johnny Broaca, 2B Mark Koenig)
Had first career hit on 5/2/1941, off Dizzy Trout (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1941, off Nick Strincevich (MIN)
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 9/6/1942
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1943, hitting .365 with 3 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1945, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to Brooklyn on 7/31/1945 (Going to BRK: C Joe Schultz. Going to MON: P Hal Kleine)
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
10/3/1946: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $9,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 7/14/1949
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/3/1950 to a 4-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Traded from Seattle to Cincinnati on 3/3/1953 (Going to CIN: C Joe Schultz. Going to SEM: 2B Dick Cole)
 
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