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Ed
Stevens		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 12, 1925 in Usa, TX, GALVESTON
 
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
1945 20 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1946 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 7
1947 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 6 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1948 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1949 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1950 25 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1951 26 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1952 27 TAM AL $ 2,685,714   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1953 28 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1954 29 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1955 30 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1956 31 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1957 32 PIT NL $ 2,510,000   9 9 8 3 4 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1958 33 BRK NL $ 2,510,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1959 34 BRK NL $ 2,510,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1960 35 BRK NL $ 2,510,000   8 8 8 2 3 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 7 7
1961 36 PIT NL $ 1,040,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 3 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   9 9 8 3 4 4 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 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
1945 20 AA   137 509 78 158 30 6 25 89 15 9 82 54 .310 .406 .540 .946 106.3  
1946 21 OAK AL 51 162 16 34 7 2 1 19 0 0 14 21 .210 .273 .296 .569 12.5 0.0
    AAA   81 317 50 89 19 2 11 48 8 2 51 40 .281 .380 .457 .838 56.4  
1947 22 OAK AL 61 191 31 64 10 0 2 25 0 1 17 22 .335 .386 .419 .805 29.6 6.6
    AAA   73 297 53 95 23 1 8 46 10 2 33 24 .320 .388 .485 .873 53.6  
1948 23 OAK AL 129 439 80 131 28 3 12 63 0 1 50 32 .298 .369 .458 .826 71.6 11.8
1949 24 OAK AL 132 441 74 146 34 4 6 74 1 1 63 32 .331 .415 .467 .882 78.8 14.9
1950 25 OAK AL 139 460 81 145 31 0 9 68 0 0 55 41 .315 .389 .441 .831 73.6 12.1
1951 26 OAK AL 139 415 69 129 25 5 9 63 0 0 44 38 .311 .374 .460 .834 65.3 11.8
1952 27 TAM AL 129 426 52 117 27 4 13 70 0 0 33 38 .275 .325 .448 .773 56.8 8.1
1953 28 TAM AL 143 437 76 134 24 4 7 61 0 0 51 35 .307 .379 .428 .807 64.3 12.7
1954 29 TAM AL 100 221 43 79 13 2 5 49 0 1 18 16 .357 .398 .502 .900 40.9 8.9
1955 30 SDP NL 128 270 34 76 17 2 3 36 0 0 27 28 .281 .349 .393 .742 32.0 5.1
1956 31 SDP NL 151 504 70 129 20 3 10 67 0 0 66 49 .256 .341 .367 .708 62.5 10.8
1957 32 PIT NL 125 353 53 96 18 6 5 29 0 0 35 33 .272 .341 .399 .740 45.3 7.5
1958 33 PIT NL 55 91 9 25 6 0 1 13 0 0 8 13 .275 .330 .374 .704 10.4 1.3
  BRK NL 68 233 47 84 16 3 3 32 0 0 16 15 .361 .401 .494 .894 39.3 8.9
  TOT   123 324 56 109 22 3 4 45 0 0 24 28 .336 .381 .460 .841 49.7 10.3
1959 34 BRK NL 140 516 80 142 27 1 14 57 0 0 34 75 .275 .319 .413 .732 64.0 11.5
1960 35 BRK NL 107 347 46 118 17 4 2 29 0 0 19 33 .340 .378 .429 .808 48.7 10.6
1961 36 PIT NL 45 53 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 8 .170 .211 .189 .399 1.4 0.0
    AAA   48 115 21 33 7 1 4 10 1 1 11 19 .287 .349 .470 .819 18.1  
16 Years Sim 1842 5559 863 1658 321 43 102 759 1 5 553 529 .298 .361 .427 .788 797.1 142.6
3 Years AAA 202 729 124 217 49 4 23 104 19 5 95 83 .298 .378 .471 .849 128.0  
1 Years AA 137 509 78 158 30 6 25 89 15 9 82 54 .310 .406 .540 .946 106.3  
4 Years Minors 339 1238 202 375 79 10 48 193 34 14 177 137 .303 .390 .499 .889 234.4  
162 Game Average 488 75 145 28 3 8 66 0 0 48 46 .298 .361 .427 .788 70.1  
Career Highs 151 516 81 146 34 6 14 74 1 1 66 75 .357 .415 .502 .900 78.8  
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   4825 774 1484 284 40 99 672 1 5 497 424 .308 .371 .445 .816 766.0
vs LH   734 89 174 37 3 3 87 0 0 56 105 .237 .292 .308 .600 64.9
Home 906 2725 383 808 135 18 44 346 0 1 254 296 .297 .357 .408 .764 386.8
Away 936 2834 480 850 186 25 58 413 1 4 299 233 .300 .365 .445 .810 444.0
RISP   1374 0 403 84 10 19 602 0 0 170 147 .293 .366 .410 .777 207.8
Pinch Hitting   437 70 125 21 1 5 69 0 0 39 37 .286 .343 .373 .716 55.7
Close/Late   720 130 229 48 3 15 109 0 0 69 77 .318 .379 .456 .835 117.1
Mar/Apr 269 822 134 250 47 8 15 101 1 0 91 67 .304 .372 .436 .807 130.0
May 282 847 135 257 41 4 15 104 0 0 65 91 .303 .353 .414 .767 119.2
June 308 910 135 273 60 4 17 137 0 1 100 92 .300 .369 .431 .800 140.4
July 323 998 144 308 52 9 20 149 0 4 116 91 .309 .379 .439 .818 161.0
August 341 1068 149 302 67 10 19 141 0 0 73 112 .283 .329 .418 .747 140.3
Sep/Oct 319 914 166 268 54 8 16 127 0 0 108 76 .293 .367 .422 .790 139.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1946 21 OAK AL 1B 48 48 372.7 484 27 2 55 .996 12.34 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 2 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1947 22 OAK AL RF 53 50 400.0 102 0 2 0 .981 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 23 OAK AL RF 111 96 863.7 201 5 4 2 .981 2.15 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 24 OAK AL RF 106 96 889.3 199 6 0 1 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 6 0 13.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.29 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 25 OAK AL RF 112 96 884.3 201 1 1 0 .995 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 7 4 40.0 46 3 1 6 .980 11.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 9 0 25.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1951 26 OAK AL RF 111 95 859.7 205 2 3 0 .986 2.17 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 15 5 58.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 27 TAM AL 1B 118 107 952.3 1189 85 7 106 .995 12.04 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 28 TAM AL 1B 120 110 993.7 1228 90 8 92 .994 11.94 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 4 0 8.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 29 TAM AL LF 28 16 170.0 30 2 2 0 .941 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 21 20 168.7 225 15 1 17 .996 12.81 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 8 8 70.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 30 SDP NL 1B 45 38 346.3 414 34 3 29 .993 11.64 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 59 7 171.3 48 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1956 31 SDP NL 1B 139 129 1154.0 1427 106 13 126 .992 11.96 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1957 32 PIT NL 1B 77 73 653.0 873 76 6 80 .994 13.08 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 16 2 44.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 0 11.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1958 33 PIT NL 1B 28 26 149.5 170 17 2 16 .989 11.26 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 5 1 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BRK NL 1B 35 32 375.9 427 44 5 40 .989 11.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 7 2 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 0 19.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 63 58 525.4 597 61 7 56 .989 11.27   0.8
      RF 12 3 51.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.1
      LF 13 0 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
1959 34 BRK NL 1B 122 120 1035.0 1085 86 12 108 .990 10.18 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    RF 7 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
1960 35 BRK NL 1B 75 72 613.3 700 49 4 61 .995 10.99 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 20 4 69.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1961 36 PIT NL 1B 6 5 46.0 48 2 0 4 1.000 9.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 847 784 6908.4 8325 635 64 741 .993 11.67 0 0 .000 0 15.1
  RF 625 457 4339.7 1007 14 11 3 .989 2.12 0 0 .000 0 11.2
  LF 102 21 357.7 67 3 2 0 .972 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 4 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1581 1264 11632.7 9402 652 78 744 .992 7.78 0 0 .000 0 26.8
Career Highs   144 129 1167.0 1430 106 14 126 1.000 12.17 0 0 .000 0  
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
1953 28 TAM AL 9 20 4 9 0 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 .450 .522 .550 1.072
Career Post-Season Batting 9 20 4 9 0 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 .450 .522 .550 1.072
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.
Batting Average
1949-4-.331
 On-Base Pct
1949-7-.415
 Triples
1957-7-6
1960-10-4
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Ray Sanders (920)
  6. Clint Hurdle (916)
  7. Carl Yastrzemski (909)
  8. Bobby Brown (908)
  9. Jerry Turner (903)
  10. Lenny Green (903)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Oakland in 1945
Injured on 4/14/1946 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 7/14/1946, off Ray Scarborough (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1946, off Rex Barney (SEM)
Injured on 9/22/1946 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/8/1947 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Tampa Bay on 4/2/1952 (Going to TAM: RF Ed Stevens. Going to OAK: CF Willard Marshall, P Sheldon Jones)
7/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1952, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 4/2/1955 (Going to SDP: LF Don Lenhardt, 1B Ed Stevens, C Sherm Lollar. Going to TAM: P Roy Face)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/19/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $2,510,000 per year
Traded from Pittsburgh to Brooklyn on 7/1/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bob Nieman, 1B Ed Stevens. Going to PIT: LF Bill Howerton, LF Gene Woodling)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/13/1958
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 5/26/1960
Injured on 7/21/1960 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1961 to a 1-year deal worth $1,040,000 per year
 
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