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Lou
Sleater		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 8, 1926 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 PIT NL   6 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 6
1951 24 PIT NL   7 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1952 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1953 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1954 27 PIT NL   7 5 5 5 5 3 4 6 5 5
1955 28 PIT NL   7 6 5 5 5 3 4 5 4 4
1956 29 PIT NL   7 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3
1957 30 PIT NL   7 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3
1958 31 PIT NL   7 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
1960 33 BSN NL   7 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 6
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
1950 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1951 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1952 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1953 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1954 27 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1955 28 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1956 29 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1957 30 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1958 31 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1960 33 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 23 AA   3 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 0 58.0 39 16 1 25 56 2.48 .195 .284 .270 .554  
1951 24 AA   3 4 .429 32 0 0 0 1 25.0 24 12 4 9 15 4.32 .253 .317 .432 .749  
1952 25 PIT NL 1 5 .167 11 4 0 0 0 33.7 32 31 4 52 11 8.29 .288 .512 .468 .981 0.0
    AAA   4 2 .667 30 0 0 0 2 23.0 15 7 0 11 16 2.74 .181 .277 .193 .469  
1953 26 PIT NL 0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 0 14.3 13 11 1 19 5 6.91 .241 .432 .352 .784 0.0
1954 27 AAA   3 4 .429 29 0 0 0 1 25.7 27 12 1 17 22 4.21 .278 .386 .371 .757  
1955 28 AAA   1 3 .250 50 0 0 0 4 40.0 32 7 3 15 40 1.58 .221 .294 .338 .632  
1956 29 AAA   0 2 .000 53 0 0 0 3 95.0 97 47 12 47 56 4.45 .270 .355 .435 .789  
1957 30 AAA   1 2 .333 17 0 0 0 0 13.3 17 11 3 7 17 7.43 .333 .414 .529 .943  
1958 31 AAA   5 5 .500 66 0 0 0 5 56.7 69 38 17 38 47 6.04 .308 .408 .563 .971  
1960 33 AAA   0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 6.7 6 4 2 4 0 5.41 .261 .370 .522 .892  
    A   2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 0 16.7 7 2 0 4 18 1.08 .125 .183 .143 .326  
2 Years Sim 1 6 .143 23 4 0 0 0 48.0 45 42 5 71 16 7.88 .273 .487 .430 .918 0.0
7 Years AAA 14 19 .424 255 0 0 0 15 260.3 263 126 38 139 198 4.36 .268 .359 .430 .788  
2 Years AA 6 4 .600 60 0 0 0 1 83.0 63 28 5 34 71 3.04 .214 .295 .322 .617  
1 Years A 2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 0 16.7 7 2 0 4 18 1.08 .125 .183 .143 .326  
10 Years Minors 22 24 .478 324 0 0 0 16 360.0 333 156 43 177 287 3.90 .250 .338 .394 .732  
Season Average 0 3 .000 11 2 0 0 0 24.0 22 21 2 35 8 7.88 .273 .487 .430 .918  
Career Highs 1 5 .167 12 4 0 0 0 33.7 32 31 4 52 11 8.29 .288 .512 .468 .981  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   32 30 4 43 5   .296 .497 .454 .950
vs LH   13 12 1 28 11   .228 .482 .386 .868
Home 1 3 .250 13 2 0 0 0 24.3 24 26 3 39 8 9.62 .293 .521 .488 1.008
Away 0 3 .000 10 2 0 0 0 23.7 21 16 2 32 8 6.09 .253 .461 .373 .834
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .286 .286 .286 .571
June 0 1 .000 7 1 0 0 0 16.7 11 4 1 19 10 2.16 .200 .405 .345 .751
July 1 4 .200 12 3 0 0 0 26.3 29 32 4 44 6 10.94 .322 .545 .511 1.056
August 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 3 0 18.00 .250 .571 .500 1.071
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 4 0 5 0 13.53 .222 .500 .222 .722
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
1952 25 PIT NL 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0
1953 26 PIT NL 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 23 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 0.0 0.0
162 Game Average 77 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1  
Career Highs 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0  
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   8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
vs LH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 13 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5
Away 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
RISP   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
July 12 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 25 PIT NL P 11 4 33.7 0 8 0 1 1.000 2.14    
1953 26 PIT NL P 12 0 14.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.88    
Career Totals   23 4 48.0 0 11 0 1 1.000 2.06    
Career Highs   12 4 33.7 0 8 0 1 1.000 2.14    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 25 PIT NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .125 .222 .250 .472
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .125 .222 .250 .472
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1950
Earned first career win on 7/5/1952
Had first career hit on 7/28/1952, off Hal Brown (BSN)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/1/1956 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 4/12/1957 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Released by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1959
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
 
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