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Bill
Schuster		  
Nickname: Broadway
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 179
 
Born: August 4, 1912 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 24 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1938 25 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1939 26 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1940 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1941 28 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1942 29 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 4 4 9 9 9
1943 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1945 32 CLE AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1946 33 NYA AL $ 310,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1947 34 NYA AL $ 310,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1948 35 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1949 36 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1950 37 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
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 24 AA   137 510 58 131 24 3 3 38 15 6 88 39 .257 .366 .333 .700 69.5  
1938 25 AA   128 487 58 137 19 3 11 54 9 9 64 31 .281 .365 .400 .765 71.5  
1939 26 AA   136 531 66 139 33 4 10 49 10 8 71 33 .262 .349 .395 .744 74.1  
1940 27 CLE AL 52 73 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 2 .233 .282 .260 .542 5.6 0.2
1941 28 AAA   134 534 49 128 24 1 9 67 11 5 62 36 .240 .319 .339 .658 60.8  
1942 29 AAA   136 564 62 169 34 5 8 60 5 13 51 33 .300 .358 .420 .778 78.4  
1943 30 CLE AL 36 75 7 12 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 .160 .213 .213 .426 1.8 0.0
1944 31 CLE AL 33 55 9 14 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .255 .268 .309 .577 3.7 0.0
1945 32 CLE AL 41 92 17 18 3 2 2 17 0 1 9 6 .196 .260 .337 .597 8.7 0.2
1946 33 NYA AL 56 38 13 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 .158 .256 .184 .440 1.3 0.0
1947 34 NYA AL 22 58 3 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .155 .183 .224 .407 1.6 0.0
    AAA   135 513 59 128 19 5 9 65 18 4 74 36 .250 .344 .359 .703 69.5  
1948 35 NYA AL 152 534 61 137 30 7 6 57 3 1 39 33 .257 .305 .373 .678 58.7 3.5
1949 36 BRK NL 92 211 14 36 6 2 3 16 0 0 11 11 .171 .212 .261 .472 7.9 0.0
1950 37 AA   137 549 72 157 33 6 6 48 9 10 64 26 .286 .361 .401 .761 77.2  
8 Years Sim 484 1136 131 249 51 12 11 109 3 2 76 67 .219 .267 .314 .581 89.2 3.9
3 Years AAA 405 1611 170 425 77 11 26 192 34 22 187 105 .264 .338 .374 .711 208.6  
4 Years AA 538 2077 254 564 109 16 30 189 43 33 287 129 .272 .359 .383 .742 292.3  
7 Years Minors 943 3688 424 989 186 27 56 381 77 55 474 234 .268 .350 .379 .729 501.0  
162 Game Average 380 43 83 17 4 3 36 1 0 25 22 .219 .267 .314 .581 29.9  
Career Highs 152 534 61 137 30 7 6 57 3 1 39 33 .257 .305 .373 .678 58.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   741 88 161 36 9 8 80 2 1 41 45 .217 .258 .323 .580 59.1
vs LH   395 43 88 15 3 3 29 1 1 35 22 .223 .285 .299 .583 34.0
Home 244 547 72 135 31 6 7 62 1 2 36 27 .247 .291 .364 .655 56.4
Away 240 589 59 114 20 6 4 47 2 0 40 40 .194 .245 .268 .513 36.8
RISP   263 0 61 15 3 2 90 0 0 16 16 .232 .272 .335 .606 23.3
Pinch Hitting   52 2 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 5 .231 .259 .346 .605 4.4
Close/Late   122 33 33 4 2 0 16 0 0 5 9 .270 .297 .336 .633 11.6
Mar/Apr 65 133 15 28 8 0 0 11 0 0 6 6 .211 .243 .271 .514 7.7
May 68 142 23 42 9 3 1 20 0 1 14 4 .296 .357 .423 .779 20.4
June 78 191 28 40 7 2 3 19 1 0 14 13 .209 .262 .314 .576 15.9
July 79 193 18 38 5 3 4 19 0 0 16 14 .197 .256 .316 .572 16.0
August 91 178 20 42 10 3 1 14 1 1 14 14 .236 .292 .343 .634 17.3
Sep/Oct 103 299 27 59 12 1 2 26 1 0 12 16 .197 .229 .264 .494 15.8
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
1940 27 CLE AL SS 21 10 113.3 15 42 4 8 .934 4.53   0.4
    3B 15 3 46.3 5 13 2 2 .900 3.50   0.2
    2B 6 3 26.0 7 8 0 2 1.000 5.19   0.1
1943 30 CLE AL 2B 22 14 126.3 29 50 1 12 .988 5.63   0.4
    SS 11 6 57.3 11 23 2 3 .944 5.34   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1944 31 CLE AL SS 15 6 67.0 17 25 2 7 .955 5.64   0.2
    2B 8 5 49.7 13 22 0 5 1.000 6.34   0.2
    3B 2 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1945 32 CLE AL SS 33 27 232.7 42 98 1 22 .993 5.42   1.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1946 33 NYA AL 3B 11 3 36.0 4 14 1 2 .947 4.50   0.2
    SS 15 2 34.3 10 17 0 5 1.000 7.08   0.3
    2B 11 2 32.0 9 13 0 4 1.000 6.19   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 34 NYA AL 2B 5 5 40.0 11 18 0 2 1.000 6.53   0.1
    SS 5 4 32.7 5 11 0 2 1.000 4.41   0.2
    1B 7 3 29.0 37 0 0 3 1.000 11.48   0.1
    3B 4 2 17.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
1948 35 NYA AL SS 95 93 787.0 147 336 24 71 .953 5.52   3.9
    3B 52 50 427.0 36 100 2 11 .986 2.87   0.8
    1B 2 0 6.0 7 0 1 0 .875 10.50   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 36 BRK NL 1B 28 27 223.0 285 21 1 33 .997 12.35   0.4
    SS 25 22 189.3 31 100 2 14 .985 6.23   1.2
    2B 8 0 20.3 6 10 0 4 1.000 7.08   0.1
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 220 170 1513.6 278 652 35 132 .964 5.53   7.5
  3B 87 58 536.7 47 134 5 15 .973 3.04   1.3
  2B 63 29 297.3 76 121 1 29 .995 5.96   1.0
  1B 37 30 258.0 329 21 2 36 .994 12.21   0.5
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   410 287 2609.6 730 928 43 212 .975 5.72   10.2
Career Highs   151 143 1222.0 322 436 27 82 1.000 9.29    
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.
Triples
1948-6-7
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1937
Injured on 7/22/1937 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/26/1938 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/9/1939 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/13/1939 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/10/1940, off Al Benton (NYG)
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/1945, off Ray Scarborough (NYA)
Released by Cleveland on 9/1/1945
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/7/1946 to a 2-year deal worth $310,000 per year
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 4/2/1949 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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