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Shamsky		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 14, 1941 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
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
1965 23 TOR AL     6 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7
1966 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7
1967 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1968 26 TOR AL     7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1969 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1970 28 TOR AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 7
1971 29 NYA AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 8 7
1972 30 NYA AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1973 31 NYA AL $ 2,635,714   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 7
1974 32 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 7
1975 33 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7
1976 34 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 5
1977 35 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 7 6 7 8 8
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
1965 23 AAA   136 523 90 151 16 3 43 100 9 2 66 60 .289 .368 .577 .946 108.8  
1966 24 TOR AL 148 452 44 105 20 5 12 60 1 4 46 64 .232 .309 .378 .687 52.3 7.1
1967 25 TOR AL 133 387 57 97 21 3 11 46 0 0 45 51 .251 .327 .406 .733 48.2 7.6
1968 26 AAA   137 515 79 133 19 7 27 66 4 9 86 68 .258 .364 .480 .844 90.2  
1969 27 TOR AL 141 513 61 134 31 1 13 81 2 9 45 68 .261 .318 .402 .720 63.7 11.1
1970 28 TOR AL 119 395 51 95 21 3 4 60 4 2 35 52 .241 .300 .339 .639 40.9 5.4
1971 29 TOR AL 78 201 22 47 7 0 4 38 1 1 17 23 .234 .295 .328 .624 19.4 2.3
  NYA AL 7 28 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 0.4 0.0
  TOT   85 229 23 52 7 0 4 39 1 1 18 26 .227 .285 .310 .595 19.8 2.3
    AAA   24 24 5 8 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 4 .333 .448 .583 1.032 6.0  
1972 30 NYA AL 134 426 72 119 19 4 19 73 2 2 38 53 .279 .343 .477 .819 66.3 14.9
1973 31 NYA AL 150 502 72 146 22 3 18 80 3 4 54 57 .291 .359 .454 .814 76.8 14.7
1974 32 NYA AL 143 487 57 128 24 8 13 86 3 0 43 53 .263 .320 .425 .745 67.2 8.6
1975 33 NYA AL 129 390 55 118 23 4 12 71 1 0 45 35 .303 .374 .474 .848 66.9 13.7
1976 34 NYA AL 40 91 12 26 5 0 3 17 1 0 10 11 .286 .359 .440 .799 14.6 2.9
  LAD NL 103 379 32 90 7 1 4 39 2 0 23 86 .237 .283 .293 .576 30.9 1.1
  TOT   143 470 44 116 12 1 7 56 3 0 33 97 .247 .299 .321 .620 45.4 4.0
1977 35 AAA   137 491 44 113 17 2 4 36 1 2 27 85 .230 .270 .297 .568 37.5  
10 Years Sim 1325 4251 536 1110 200 32 113 652 20 22 402 556 .261 .325 .403 .728 547.6 89.6
4 Years AAA 434 1553 218 405 52 12 76 207 14 13 184 217 .261 .340 .457 .797 242.6  
162 Game Average 519 65 135 24 3 13 79 2 2 49 67 .261 .325 .403 .728 66.9  
Career Highs 150 513 72 146 31 8 19 86 4 9 54 97 .303 .374 .477 .848 76.8  
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   3282 436 908 156 24 94 543 15 19 338 373 .277 .344 .425 .769 473.3
vs LH   969 100 202 44 8 19 109 5 3 64 183 .208 .259 .329 .588 80.9
Home 643 2036 268 558 115 10 60 342 10 7 174 274 .274 .331 .429 .760 282.9
Away 682 2215 268 552 85 22 53 310 10 15 228 282 .249 .320 .379 .699 271.3
RISP   1107 0 302 59 11 38 521 0 0 121 136 .273 .334 .449 .783 169.5
Pinch Hitting   145 17 38 9 1 6 35 0 1 14 20 .262 .323 .462 .785 21.3
Close/Late   540 49 144 25 6 18 91 0 0 52 71 .267 .332 .435 .767 77.3
Mar/Apr 219 709 98 177 35 6 21 96 4 4 61 96 .250 .306 .405 .711 88.3
May 244 777 82 203 38 5 23 132 6 3 71 96 .261 .322 .412 .734 103.3
June 222 706 79 180 23 5 22 116 2 1 66 87 .255 .316 .395 .712 90.4
July 209 682 81 177 39 4 17 96 2 5 64 89 .260 .328 .403 .732 87.3
August 202 620 92 179 28 9 12 93 4 2 57 82 .289 .353 .421 .774 88.9
Sep/Oct 229 757 104 194 37 3 18 119 2 7 83 106 .256 .329 .384 .714 96.0
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
1966 24 TOR AL CF 77 75 664.7 186 3 0 0 1.000 2.56   3.0
    1B 59 49 435.3 466 41 3 40 .994 10.48   1.3
    LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1967 25 TOR AL CF 56 49 438.3 113 2 0 1 1.000 2.36   3.3
    LF 50 45 401.0 83 2 0 1 1.000 1.91    
    RF 4 3 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    1B 3 0 13.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 8.31   0.0
1969 27 TOR AL LF 62 60 534.3 102 2 1 1 .990 1.75   1.8
    1B 57 55 491.0 495 37 2 49 .996 9.75   1.1
    3B 19 18 149.3 8 25 1 2 .971 1.99   0.5
    CF 3 1 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1970 28 TOR AL CF 78 73 646.3 181 2 0 2 1.000 2.55   3.2
    1B 30 27 238.3 228 12 3 13 .988 9.06   0.5
    3B 8 4 45.0 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.20   0.2
    RF 5 2 22.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.57    
    LF 2 2 17.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24    
1971 29 TOR AL 1B 52 47 387.6 433 24 2 28 .996 10.61   0.6
    3B 16 6 64.0 4 10 1 0 .933 1.97   0.2
    RF 5 1 18.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95   0.0
    CF 4 0 8.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL 1B 5 4 50.4 56 3 0 4 1.000 10.54   0.1
    3B 1 0 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
    RF 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 57 51 438.0 489 27 2 32 .996 10.60   0.8
      3B 17 6 72.3 4 11 1 0 .938 1.87   0.2
      RF 5 1 21.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .84   0.0
      CF 4 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1972 30 NYA AL RF 105 99 873.7 233 3 1 1 .996 2.43   2.7
    CF 9 4 47.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 4.53    
    3B 8 1 19.3 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.86   0.0
    LF 3 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1973 31 NYA AL LF 117 114 998.0 250 5 0 3 1.000 2.30   4.4
    RF 23 23 182.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.19    
    3B 7 0 14.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1974 32 NYA AL RF 112 110 936.7 241 3 0 0 1.000 2.34   4.9
    LF 14 10 80.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    CF 11 4 53.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.74    
    3B 3 2 20.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.43   0.2
    1B 4 1 19.0 25 2 0 2 1.000 12.79   0.1
1975 33 NYA AL 3B 82 77 647.7 40 143 9 11 .953 2.54   1.7
    CF 17 7 78.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 3.58   1.0
    LF 8 6 56.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    RF 9 6 56.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    1B 8 5 44.0 44 4 0 3 1.000 9.82   0.1
1976 34 NYA AL CF 31 29 188.2 52 1 0 1 1.000 2.53   0.7
    LF 2 1 8.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
    1B 1 1 8.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.76   0.0
    3B 1 1 8.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.34   0.1
    RF 2 1 5.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LAD NL CF 80 74 738.4 202 3 0 2 1.000 2.50   2.5
    LF 5 4 33.5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
    1B 4 4 32.7 31 4 1 2 .972 9.63   0.0
    3B 4 4 32.7 2 12 0 2 1.000 3.85   0.2
    RF 6 1 21.5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 370 316 2894.6 815 11 0 6 1.000 2.57   13.8
  LF 269 243 2149.0 491 10 1 5 .998 2.10   6.2
  RF 272 246 2146.4 538 6 1 1 .998 2.28   7.5
  1B 225 193 1721.7 1800 129 11 143 .994 10.08   3.9
  3B 149 113 1009.0 63 214 11 18 .962 2.47   3.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1286 1111 9921.6 3707 370 24 173 .994 3.70   34.5
Career Highs   151 137 1203.0 653 147 9 52 1.000 8.77    
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
1968 26 TOR AL 5 19 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .158 .273 .158 .431
1969 27 TOR AL 11 44 8 12 3 0 3 9 0 0 4 7 .273 .333 .545 .879
1973 31 NYA AL 6 19 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .211 .304 .421 .725
1974 32 NYA AL 14 16 5 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 .313 .333 .500 .833
1975 33 NYA AL 3 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .083 .154 .333 .487
Career Post-Season Batting 39 110 16 25 4 0 6 21 0 0 12 13 .227 .298 .427 .726
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
1974-4-8
          
 
   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 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Toronto in 1965
Had first career hit on 4/2/1966, off Bill Singer (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1966, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1967, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 7/31/1969 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/5/1970 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Toronto to New York (A) on 7/31/1971 (Going to NYA: P Chris Zachary, 1B Art Shamsky. Going to TOR: P Bob Gebhard)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/8/1973 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
7/31/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1973, hitting .391 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 6/19/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Los Angeles on 6/1/1976 (Going to NYA: CF Amos Otis, CF Mickey Rivers, P Tug Mcgraw. Going to LAD: P Mike Garman, 3B Art Shamsky)
Injured on 4/12/1977 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1977 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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