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Stan
Sperry		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 174
 
Born: February 19, 1914 in Usa, WI, EVANSVILLE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 22 ATL NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 23 BSN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 24 BSN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 29 BSN NL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 30 BSN NL $ 1,071,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 31 BSN NL $ 1,071,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 32 BSN NL $ 700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 33 BSN NL $ 570,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 34 BSN NL $ 570,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 35 BOS AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,071,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1936 22 ATL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 3 2 10 10 10
1937 23 BSN NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 10 10 10
1938 24 BSN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 9 10 10
1939 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 2 3 2 9 10 10
1940 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 10 10
1941 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 10 10
1942 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 10 10
1943 29 BSN NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 9 10 9
1944 30 BSN NL $ 1,071,429   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 10 10
1945 31 BSN NL $ 1,071,429   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 4 4 9 10 10
1946 32 BSN NL $ 700,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1947 33 BSN NL $ 570,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1948 34 BSN NL $ 570,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
1949 35 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,071,429   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 10 10 10
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
1947 33 BSN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 3 1 9.00 .143 .400 .429 .829 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 3 1 9.00 .143 .400 .429 .829 0.0
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   1 2 0 2 1   .250 .500 .750 1.250
vs LH   0 0 0 1 0   .000 .250 .000 .250
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 3 1 9.00 .143 .400 .429 .829
June 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 3 1 9.00 .143 .400 .429 .829
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
1936 22 AA   57 90 9 25 6 0 0 11 0 0 9 2 .278 .343 .344 .688 10.6  
    A   51 159 28 40 8 2 2 23 3 4 26 7 .252 .357 .365 .722 21.4  
1937 23 AAA   9 8 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .875 1.375 2.3  
    AA   56 66 12 25 5 1 2 12 0 1 7 1 .379 .438 .576 1.014 14.1  
1938 24 AAA   112 328 45 102 11 7 8 47 5 3 28 4 .311 .365 .460 .826 52.5  
1939 25 BSN NL 26 47 1 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .277 .292 .298 .590 3.6 0.4
    AAA   102 332 44 102 18 2 5 43 3 4 18 10 .307 .343 .419 .762 44.0  
1940 26 BSN NL 105 298 32 81 14 2 2 35 1 1 11 13 .272 .298 .352 .650 28.6 3.1
1941 27 BSN NL 124 407 52 121 18 4 7 61 0 0 27 13 .297 .341 .413 .754 53.9 9.8
1942 28 BSN NL 124 377 36 99 14 5 2 41 0 0 28 12 .263 .314 .342 .656 36.5 3.1
1943 29 BSN NL 144 472 64 137 17 1 11 72 1 0 40 22 .290 .344 .400 .744 63.3 11.7
1944 30 BSN NL 130 404 37 101 17 0 5 32 0 2 35 13 .250 .310 .329 .639 38.4 2.9
1945 31 BSN NL 108 325 36 94 21 2 4 32 1 0 37 19 .289 .360 .403 .763 46.1 9.0
1946 32 BSN NL 59 74 11 17 3 1 0 7 0 0 7 2 .230 .293 .297 .590 5.5 0.1
1947 33 BSN NL 49 79 5 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 3 .215 .259 .253 .512 4.9 0.0
1948 34 BSN NL 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .429 .200 .629 0.8 0.2
    AAA   79 190 25 51 9 0 5 25 3 1 21 8 .268 .341 .395 .736 26.2  
1949 35 AAA   128 527 85 145 18 4 12 58 5 5 40 37 .275 .326 .393 .719 66.1  
10 Years Sim 876 2488 274 681 108 15 31 289 3 3 192 99 .274 .325 .367 .692 281.6 40.1
5 Years AAA 430 1385 201 404 59 13 30 176 16 13 107 59 .292 .340 .418 .758 191.1  
2 Years AA 113 156 21 50 11 1 2 23 0 1 16 3 .321 .386 .442 .829 24.8  
1 Years A 51 159 28 40 8 2 2 23 3 4 26 7 .252 .356 .365 .721 21.4  
8 Years Minors 594 1700 250 494 78 16 34 222 19 18 149 69 .291 .346 .415 .762 237.3  
162 Game Average 460 50 125 19 2 5 53 0 0 35 18 .274 .325 .367 .692 52.1  
Career Highs 144 472 64 137 21 5 11 72 1 2 40 22 .297 .429 .413 .763 63.3  
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   2045 235 583 92 14 25 246 3 3 170 74 .285 .339 .380 .720 259.8
vs LH   443 39 98 16 1 6 43 0 0 22 25 .221 .258 .302 .560 33.1
Home 434 1190 135 340 45 6 16 153 2 0 95 49 .286 .338 .374 .712 149.2
Away 442 1298 139 341 63 9 15 136 1 3 97 50 .263 .313 .360 .673 143.6
RISP   660 0 174 28 1 8 241 0 0 53 29 .264 .312 .345 .657 72.6
Pinch Hitting   76 6 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 .171 .222 .171 .393 2.2
Close/Late   283 21 74 15 1 2 33 0 0 22 10 .261 .314 .343 .657 30.1
Mar/Apr 127 368 39 100 16 4 6 41 0 1 20 21 .272 .310 .386 .696 42.1
May 152 443 52 116 24 3 5 58 1 1 36 22 .262 .318 .363 .682 50.3
June 154 456 44 129 19 3 3 68 0 0 41 13 .283 .341 .357 .699 55.7
July 143 400 47 109 18 3 7 41 0 1 36 12 .273 .331 .385 .716 50.6
August 154 441 58 127 20 1 7 49 1 0 35 11 .288 .337 .385 .723 57.0
Sep/Oct 146 380 34 100 11 1 3 32 1 0 24 20 .263 .307 .321 .628 37.2
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
1939 25 BSN NL 2B 19 7 76.7 20 44 0 8 1.000 7.51   0.2
    CF 4 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1940 26 BSN NL 2B 92 83 672.3 167 306 13 76 .973 6.33   2.1
    CF 8 7 53.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.53   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1941 27 BSN NL 2B 114 105 895.3 219 387 22 94 .965 6.09   3.0
    CF 7 5 42.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.07   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1942 28 BSN NL 2B 110 98 847.0 229 406 22 80 .967 6.75   2.9
    CF 7 4 34.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.86   0.1
1943 29 BSN NL 2B 139 136 1115.3 319 516 28 129 .968 6.74   3.4
1944 30 BSN NL 2B 123 119 976.3 260 430 28 101 .961 6.36   3.2
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1945 31 BSN NL 2B 105 91 813.0 195 366 19 81 .967 6.21   2.5
    CF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1946 32 BSN NL 2B 34 10 135.0 35 66 0 19 1.000 6.73   0.8
    CF 7 2 23.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.1
1947 33 BSN NL 2B 45 18 209.7 72 78 4 21 .974 6.44   0.9
    P 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 34 BSN NL 2B 6 2 20.3 3 6 0 2 1.000 3.98   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 787 669 5761.0 1519 2605 136 611 .968 6.44   19.0
  CF 39 21 193.7 46 0 1 0 .979 2.14   0.4
  SS 3 0 6.0 1 4 1 1 .833 7.50   0.1
  P 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
Career Totals   830 690 5962.6 1567 2609 138 612 .968 6.30   19.5
Career Highs   139 136 1115.3 319 516 28 129 1.000 6.74    
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  6. Freddy Spurgeon (956)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1936
Had first career hit on 9/1/1939, off Johnny Humphries (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1940, off Johnny Humphries (SDP)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1941, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/18/1945 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
6/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $700,000 per year, for 1 years
9/22/1946: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $570,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 5/17/1948 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/15/1948 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1949 to a minor league deal
Injured on 8/8/1949 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/25/1949 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
 
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