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Craig
Shipley		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 7, 1963 in Australia, , PARRAMATT
 
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
1986 23 TAM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1987 24 MIN AL     5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7
1988 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7
1989 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 8
1990 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 2 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 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
1986 23 AAA   57 223 18 58 14 0 5 21 4 1 11 31 .260 .295 .390 .685 25.1  
    AA   79 339 34 111 26 1 7 28 4 4 12 37 .327 .350 .472 .822 50.0  
1987 24 AAA   137 614 96 178 50 0 18 71 15 4 20 80 .290 .312 .459 .772 83.3  
1988 25 MIN AL 45 107 12 24 9 0 2 8 1 0 5 12 .224 .263 .364 .628 9.0 0.4
1989 26 MIN AL 46 120 14 28 9 0 0 11 0 1 2 16 .233 .254 .308 .562 8.2 0.2
1990 27 MIN AL 104 350 37 96 26 0 5 48 2 0 6 28 .274 .293 .391 .684 37.2 5.1
3 Years Sim 195 577 63 148 44 0 7 67 3 1 13 56 .256 .279 .369 .648 54.5 5.7
2 Years AAA 194 837 114 236 64 0 23 92 19 5 31 111 .282 .312 .441 .753 108.4  
1 Years AA 79 339 34 111 26 1 7 28 4 4 12 37 .327 .361 .472 .833 50.0  
3 Years Minors 273 1176 148 347 90 1 30 120 23 9 43 148 .295 .326 .450 .776 158.3  
162 Game Average 479 52 122 36 0 5 55 2 0 10 46 .256 .279 .369 .648 45.3  
Career Highs 104 350 37 96 26 0 5 48 2 1 6 28 .274 .293 .391 .684 37.2  
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   395 41 97 25 0 5 42 3 1 3 47 .246 .260 .347 .607 31.3
vs LH   182 22 51 19 0 2 25 0 0 10 9 .280 .318 .418 .736 22.4
Home 95 270 28 69 23 0 0 28 0 0 7 29 .256 .283 .341 .623 22.6
Away 100 307 35 79 21 0 7 39 3 1 6 27 .257 .276 .394 .670 31.1
RISP   145 0 36 10 0 2 52 0 0 5 10 .248 .274 .359 .633 13.3
Pinch Hitting   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Close/Late   60 8 19 5 0 2 4 0 0 1 8 .317 .328 .500 .828 8.9
Mar/Apr 15 31 5 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .129 .182 .194 .375 0.5
May 20 42 2 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .190 .227 .286 .513 1.6
June 44 143 18 36 12 0 5 19 1 0 5 13 .252 .285 .441 .725 16.9
July 40 133 6 36 11 0 0 12 0 1 1 16 .271 .277 .353 .631 11.1
August 43 131 18 36 11 0 0 20 1 0 4 15 .275 .302 .359 .661 12.8
Sep/Oct 33 97 14 28 4 0 2 11 1 0 1 4 .289 .296 .392 .688 10.7
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
1988 25 MIN AL SS 15 13 109.7 12 43 3 5 .948 4.51   0.4
    3B 9 3 46.0 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.2
    1B 8 4 44.7 49 8 0 3 1.000 11.49   0.1
    LF 8 3 31.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.45   0.1
    2B 5 1 15.0 6 2 0 1 1.000 4.80   0.0
1989 26 MIN AL 2B 17 15 134.7 25 60 0 15 1.000 5.68   0.7
    SS 11 6 63.0 8 22 1 3 .968 4.29   0.3
    LF 5 5 41.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.32   0.1
    1B 4 2 20.7 21 2 0 1 1.000 10.02   0.0
    3B 5 1 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64   0.0
1990 27 MIN AL 2B 98 98 825.7 143 309 7 44 .985 4.93   3.1
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 6 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.2
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  2B 120 114 975.3 174 371 7 60 .987 5.03   3.8
  SS 28 19 175.7 21 66 4 8 .956 4.46   0.7
  LF 14 9 80.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.46   0.2
  3B 17 5 72.0 6 16 0 2 1.000 2.75   0.4
  1B 12 6 65.3 70 10 0 4 1.000 11.02   0.2
Career Totals   191 153 1368.3 283 464 11 75 .985 4.91   5.2
Career Highs   104 100 848.7 146 316 7 46 .993 5.12    
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
1990 27 MIN AL 16 54 4 12 4 1 1 10 0 0 0 7 .222 .222 .389 .611
Career Post-Season Batting 16 54 4 12 4 1 1 10 0 0 0 7 .222 .222 .389 .611
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  4. Irv Hall (976)
  5. Van Kelly (971)
  6. Marty McManus (970)
  7. Benny Zientara (968)
  8. Clyde Beck (968)
  9. Heinie Sand (966)
  10. Eddie Miller (965)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 91st overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1986
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 2/2/1987 (Going to MIN: P Balor Moore, P Wes Gardner, P Jay Tibbs, 3B Craig Shipley. Going to TAM: P John Denny)
Had first career hit on 4/14/1988, off Ed Glynn (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1988, off Fernando Valenzuela (MIL)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 7/23/1990
 
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