Ron
Theobald
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 28, 1943 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
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
1971 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1972 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1973 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1974 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1975 31 NYA AL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1976 32 NYA AL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
1977 33 NYA AL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
1978 34 COL NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1979 35 WAS NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 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
1971 27 NYA AL 82 284 34 65 11 2 0 31 0 1 24 26 .229 .293 .282 .574 23.2 2.1
    AAA   53 200 36 62 8 0 1 12 2 3 31 14 .310 .403 .365 .768 30.4  
1972 28 NYA AL 150 515 63 138 13 3 4 49 0 0 52 47 .268 .333 .328 .661 59.6 9.3
1973 29 NYA AL 152 490 51 157 22 1 6 65 0 0 30 54 .320 .360 .406 .766 66.2 12.8
1974 30 NYA AL 149 464 62 131 17 1 1 58 2 0 42 47 .282 .344 .330 .673 51.4 4.8
1975 31 NYA AL 133 398 41 113 20 3 1 42 2 2 22 35 .284 .322 .357 .678 43.2 6.2
1976 32 NYA AL 156 476 45 117 15 0 2 43 1 1 31 62 .246 .294 .290 .584 37.5 1.0
1977 33 NYA AL 124 393 49 135 19 3 5 63 0 0 24 38 .344 .382 .445 .827 61.0 13.1
1978 34 COL NL 117 383 39 105 24 0 1 40 2 1 17 38 .274 .315 .345 .660 38.2 5.5
1979 35 AAA   114 352 40 92 16 2 1 21 3 5 29 30 .261 .318 .327 .644 35.4  
8 Years Sim 1063 3403 384 961 141 13 20 391 7 5 242 347 .282 .332 .349 .681 380.2 54.8
2 Years AAA 167 552 76 154 24 2 2 33 5 8 60 44 .279 .354 .341 .694 65.8  
162 Game Average 518 58 146 21 1 3 59 1 0 36 52 .282 .332 .349 .681 57.9  
Career Highs 156 515 63 157 24 3 6 65 2 2 52 62 .344 .382 .445 .827 66.2  
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   2478 282 672 102 9 15 279 6 5 145 260 .271 .313 .338 .651 252.8
vs LH   925 102 289 39 4 5 112 1 0 97 87 .312 .379 .379 .759 132.0
Home 534 1698 208 499 86 5 11 214 5 3 112 172 .294 .339 .370 .709 204.4
Away 529 1705 176 462 55 8 9 177 2 2 130 175 .271 .325 .328 .653 180.5
RISP   868 0 258 40 4 6 349 0 0 50 105 .297 .332 .373 .705 104.0
Pinch Hitting   16 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .438 .471 .500 .971 3.2
Close/Late   304 19 89 11 1 2 30 0 0 30 27 .293 .358 .355 .713 38.9
Mar/Apr 190 634 66 177 22 5 3 71 0 1 42 71 .279 .326 .344 .670 68.9
May 189 581 71 154 21 2 6 73 4 1 48 62 .265 .326 .339 .665 64.1
June 181 592 76 184 33 3 5 76 0 1 41 57 .311 .362 .402 .764 80.0
July 163 542 52 142 26 0 0 50 3 0 24 57 .262 .294 .310 .604 47.0
August 175 536 60 151 20 0 2 61 0 0 49 55 .282 .342 .330 .672 61.5
Sep/Oct 165 518 59 153 19 3 4 60 0 2 38 45 .295 .340 .367 .707 63.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 27 NYA AL 2B 81 80 697.3 165 295 10 60 .979 5.94   1.3
1972 28 NYA AL 2B 149 146 1241.0 270 481 12 127 .984 5.45   4.4
    SS 4 0 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
1973 29 NYA AL 2B 147 145 1197.0 243 431 13 99 .981 5.07   4.6
    SS 5 0 11.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
1974 30 NYA AL SS 103 101 828.3 127 285 10 38 .976 4.48   4.2
    2B 47 45 394.7 93 142 5 34 .979 5.36   0.9
1975 31 NYA AL SS 125 113 971.7 138 350 12 67 .976 4.52   5.6
    2B 7 3 33.7 6 12 0 2 1.000 4.81   0.1
1976 32 NYA AL SS 143 136 1120.7 141 430 7 64 .988 4.59   8.8
    2B 13 13 113.0 26 51 1 9 .987 6.13   0.6
1977 33 NYA AL SS 102 90 777.3 107 301 12 54 .971 4.72   3.0
    2B 32 32 256.3 54 108 2 16 .988 5.69   1.5
1978 34 COL NL 2B 112 108 898.7 194 377 16 76 .973 5.72   2.8
    SS 5 3 26.7 5 14 0 2 1.000 6.41   0.2
  2B 588 572 4831.6 1051 1897 59 423 .980 5.49   16.2
  SS 487 443 3744.6 520 1386 41 226 .979 4.58   21.9
Career Totals   1075 1015 8576.3 1571 3283 100 649 .980 5.09   38.1
Career Highs   156 149 1250.0 271 485 16 128 .988 5.94    
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
1973 29 NYA AL 6 20 6 8 2 0 2 7 0 0 2 2 .400 .455 .800 1.255
1974 30 NYA AL 16 44 5 12 1 1 0 5 1 0 2 6 .273 .319 .341 .660
1975 31 NYA AL 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200
1976 32 NYA AL 7 21 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .143 .182 .190 .372
Career Post-Season Batting 32 93 12 23 4 1 2 12 1 2 7 11 .247 .307 .376 .683
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
1973-6-.320
Games
1976-6-156
Singles
1973-7-128
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1971
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1971, off John Miller (COL)
Injured on 7/29/1971 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1972, off Sparky Lyle (DET)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/7/1977 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 7/25/1977
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/16/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/10/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year