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Cecil
Travis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 8, 1913 in Usa, GA, RIVERDALE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1942    1944    1945    1948   
All-Star Selections 1936    1937    1943   
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
1933 19 NYG NL     7 7 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 4 9 10 9
1934 20 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 4 9 10 10
1935 21 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
1936 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
1937 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
1938 24 NYG NL $ 3,207,143   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 9 8 3 4 4 9 10 10
1939 25 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1940 26 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1941 27 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1942 28 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1943 29 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1944 30 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 9 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1945 31 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 8
1946 32 PIT NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1947 33 PIT NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1948 34 STL NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8
1949 35 BSN NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
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
1933 19 AAA   137 567 89 201 37 5 4 81 5 6 50 17 .354 .407 .459 .865 95.9  
1934 20 NYG NL 79 263 31 85 7 3 3 44 0 0 13 11 .323 .353 .407 .759 35.0 5.3
    AAA   37 160 24 53 5 1 1 15 3 2 10 4 .331 .371 .394 .764 22.1  
1935 21 NYG NL 156 543 66 176 29 0 2 70 0 1 43 14 .324 .373 .389 .761 71.5 13.2
1936 22 NYG NL 153 603 101 216 38 5 5 91 0 0 47 22 .358 .404 .463 .867 103.6 21.0
1937 23 NYG NL 147 582 85 189 40 7 5 82 0 1 43 18 .325 .369 .443 .813 85.5 18.2
1938 24 NYG NL 71 277 39 90 16 2 0 30 0 0 24 6 .325 .378 .397 .775 40.5 7.0
1939 25 NYG NL 13 55 4 20 7 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 .364 .375 .491 .866 8.4 2.4
1940 26 NYG NL 122 454 73 108 24 4 0 40 0 0 38 42 .238 .295 .308 .603 39.3 3.5
1941 27 NYG NL 109 320 42 89 21 3 1 34 1 0 25 31 .278 .331 .372 .703 39.7 6.0
1942 28 NYG NL 152 545 61 168 33 2 1 56 1 0 41 56 .308 .358 .382 .739 70.2 10.5
1943 29 NYG NL 157 588 104 193 38 5 3 69 0 0 47 39 .328 .377 .425 .802 86.1 15.7
1944 30 NYG NL 156 571 76 164 33 4 1 58 0 0 36 51 .287 .331 .364 .695 61.0 7.1
1945 31 NYG NL 136 483 60 141 26 2 2 44 0 0 38 49 .292 .342 .366 .709 56.1 7.3
1946 32 PIT NL 103 358 47 107 29 1 0 37 0 0 19 34 .299 .335 .385 .721 43.2 8.4
1947 33 PIT NL 116 401 53 113 23 2 1 41 0 1 36 33 .282 .342 .357 .698 48.2 7.4
1948 34 STL NL 141 483 63 155 29 7 3 60 0 1 37 40 .321 .368 .429 .797 68.3 11.9
15 Years Sim 1811 6526 905 2014 393 47 27 764 2 4 488 447 .309 .356 .396 .752 856.6 144.9
2 Years AAA 174 727 113 254 42 6 5 96 8 8 60 21 .349 .397 .444 .842 118.1  
162 Game Average 583 80 180 35 4 2 68 0 0 43 39 .309 .356 .396 .752 76.6  
Career Highs 157 603 104 216 40 7 5 91 1 1 47 56 .364 .404 .491 .867 103.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4934 750 1620 322 38 23 612 2 3 394 330 .328 .377 .423 .800 738.2
vs LH   1592 155 394 71 9 4 152 0 1 94 117 .247 .290 .311 .600 137.9
Home 901 3194 458 987 218 20 14 394 0 2 244 229 .309 .358 .403 .761 435.9
Away 910 3332 447 1027 175 27 13 370 2 2 244 218 .308 .355 .389 .743 440.2
RISP   1572 0 474 96 14 5 668 0 0 132 99 .302 .350 .390 .740 209.9
Pinch Hitting   57 10 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 4 .281 .339 .316 .654 6.2
Close/Late   683 83 229 44 5 5 80 0 0 53 49 .335 .382 .436 .819 106.0
Mar/Apr 298 1109 146 340 80 3 3 117 1 2 83 76 .307 .357 .392 .749 146.0
May 325 1182 152 374 64 11 4 134 0 1 83 73 .316 .359 .399 .759 161.1
June 312 1151 184 375 71 8 4 154 0 0 94 88 .326 .377 .412 .789 168.7
July 274 1009 150 300 66 8 5 111 0 0 70 65 .297 .341 .393 .734 129.3
August 310 1049 139 325 60 8 5 119 0 0 84 73 .310 .361 .397 .758 143.8
Sep/Oct 292 1026 134 300 52 9 6 129 1 1 74 72 .292 .338 .378 .716 127.3
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
1934 20 NYG NL SS 79 77 626.0 112 283 15 43 .963 5.68   4.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1935 21 NYG NL SS 153 149 1270.0 192 567 45 98 .944 5.38   4.8
    2B 3 0 7.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1936 22 NYG NL SS 146 143 1257.3 183 574 32 105 .959 5.42   6.9
    RF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 23 NYG NL SS 146 143 1248.3 217 551 31 110 .961 5.54   10.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 24 NYG NL SS 71 69 605.0 89 259 10 48 .972 5.18   3.1
1939 25 NYG NL SS 13 13 109.0 17 55 1 8 .986 5.94   0.8
1940 26 NYG NL 2B 116 116 994.7 253 430 9 96 .987 6.18   4.1
    SS 4 0 14.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 6.43   0.1
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1941 27 NYG NL 2B 87 82 698.3 180 290 4 64 .992 6.06   3.1
    SS 10 4 43.0 10 19 4 3 .879 6.07   0.2
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 28 NYG NL 2B 152 150 1275.7 320 642 15 122 .985 6.79   6.8
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 29 NYG NL SS 150 149 1297.7 228 660 44 115 .953 6.16   7.4
    2B 4 0 8.0 5 2 0 0 1.000 7.88   0.1
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1944 30 NYG NL SS 152 147 1277.7 219 622 41 120 .954 5.92   5.9
    RF 1 1 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 31 NYG NL SS 131 131 1112.3 179 554 32 81 .958 5.93   6.1
    2B 4 0 8.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1946 32 PIT NL SS 90 75 699.3 109 336 11 61 .976 5.73   3.8
    RF 4 0 14.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1947 33 PIT NL SS 113 110 919.7 186 427 31 90 .952 6.00   3.7
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1948 34 STL NL 2B 123 121 1004.7 253 474 16 99 .978 6.51   5.8
    SS 9 0 19.3 3 8 0 2 1.000 5.12   0.1
    RF 5 1 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  SS 1268 1210 10499.6 1746 4924 297 886 .957 5.72   57.7
  2B 499 469 4009.6 1016 1849 44 383 .985 6.43   20.1
  RF 16 4 62.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.1
  3B 14 0 26.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.39   0.1
Career Totals   1797 1683 14598.3 2775 6778 341 1269 .966 5.89   78.0
Career Highs   156 150 1312.7 320 663 45 122 .987 6.78    
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
1934 20 NYG NL 13 48 9 16 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 1 .333 .373 .417 .789
1935 21 NYG NL 12 43 6 17 2 1 0 11 0 0 5 0 .395 .449 .488 .937
1936 22 NYG NL 6 27 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .333 .519
1937 23 NYG NL 14 58 7 15 3 1 1 10 0 0 2 1 .259 .279 .397 .675
1940 26 NYG NL 4 14 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 49 190 27 57 7 3 3 32 0 0 10 3 .300 .332 .416 .747
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
1936-2-.358
1937-5-.325
1943-5-.328
1948-3-.321
CAR-45-.309
 On-Base Pct
1936-4-.404
 XR
1936-5-103.6
1943-10-86.1
 Games
1935-8-156
1943-4-157
1944-2-156
 At-Bats
1936-8-603
1937-6-582
1943-7-588
1944-7-571
 Runs
1936-8-101
1943-5-104
Hits
1936-1-216
1937-3-189
1943-5-193
1944-8-164
 Total Bases
1936-8-279
1937-8-258
1943-8-250
 Singles
1935-4-145
1936-1-168
1937-3-137
1942-8-132
1943-5-147
1944-8-126
 Doubles
1936-6-38
1937-2-40
1942-7-33
1943-3-38
1944-7-33
 Triples
1937-7-7
1948-4-7
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Billy Herman (948)
  2. Tom Herr (908)
  3. Pete Runnels (899)
  4. Buddy Myer (895)
  5. Lee Lacy (894)
  6. Rance Mulliniks (890)
  7. Lou Klein (886)
  8. Don Blasingame (877)
  9. Debs Garms (874)
  10. Billy Cox (870)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1933
Injured on 5/11/1933 with a Bruised Heel, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/28/1933 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/22/1934, off Denny Galehouse (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1934, off Hod Lisenbee (DET)
Injured on 7/5/1934 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Injured on 4/20/1937 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1938, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
10/13/1938: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $4,250,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 4/30/1939 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1942
3/3/1943: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1944
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1945
Injured on 3/24/1946 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 4/2/1946 (Going to PIT: SS Cecil Travis. Going to NYG: SS Phil Rizzuto)
Injured on 5/30/1947 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
7/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/30/1947 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to St. Louis on 2/21/1948 (Going to STL: SS Cecil Travis. Going to PIT: 3B Bill Lillard)
Had 2000th career hit on 9/7/1948, off Lou Lucier (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1948
Injured on 3/7/1949 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
Traded from St. Louis to Boston (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: SS Glenn Crawford, 3B Billy Goodman, 2B Cecil Travis. Going to STL: P Joe Nuxhall, P Joe Haynes, 2B George Kell)
 
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