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Pie
Traynor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: November 11, 1899 in Usa, MA, FRAMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1936    1940   
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
1930 30 DET AL $ 5,354,600   68 68 70 19 19 19 76 74 75 21 20 20 99 98 98
1931 31 DET AL $ 5,354,600   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1932 32 DET AL $ 5,354,600   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1933 33 DET AL $ 1,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1934 34 DET AL $ 1,000,000   8 8 9 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1935 35 DET AL $ 1,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1936 36 DET AL $ 1,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1937 37 DET AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1938 38 MIN AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1939 39 MIN AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 2 2 10 10 10
1940 40 MIN AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
1941 41 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,354,600   68 68 70 19 19 19 76 74 75 21 20 20 99 98 98
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
1930 30 DET AL 151 633 91 189 27 3 6 49 0 0 28 12 .299 .331 .379 .710 69.6 12.7
1931 31 DET AL 150 643 80 186 28 7 8 61 0 0 22 8 .289 .313 .392 .705 71.8 10.0
1932 32 DET AL 140 528 75 152 29 2 4 60 4 3 30 5 .288 .326 .373 .699 57.8 7.3
1933 33 DET AL 124 365 55 116 18 4 2 45 3 1 14 7 .318 .343 .405 .748 44.5 6.3
1934 34 DET AL 144 557 68 170 26 5 6 92 2 0 28 9 .305 .337 .402 .739 71.2 10.7
1935 35 DET AL 155 647 119 223 40 3 6 82 3 0 40 9 .345 .383 .444 .827 97.8 17.9
1936 36 DET AL 146 612 89 202 39 4 6 80 1 1 27 12 .330 .356 .436 .792 81.2 13.4
1937 37 DET AL 109 198 29 55 6 1 2 23 1 0 11 3 .278 .313 .348 .661 19.0 1.7
1938 38 MIN AL 148 560 74 161 36 8 4 56 3 4 24 12 .288 .316 .402 .718 61.8 7.7
1939 39 MIN AL 146 572 77 159 24 4 8 49 5 1 21 11 .278 .303 .376 .678 61.3 8.0
1940 40 MIN AL 114 355 53 110 13 4 3 34 1 0 17 10 .310 .345 .394 .739 43.5 8.5
1941 41 BSN NL 119 330 41 93 15 5 0 33 2 4 17 21 .282 .320 .358 .678 35.9 5.2
12 Years Sim 1646 6000 851 1816 301 50 55 664 25 14 279 119 .303 .334 .397 .731 715.5 109.4
162 Game Average 590 83 178 29 4 5 65 2 1 27 11 .303 .334 .397 .731 70.4  
Career Highs 155 647 119 223 40 8 8 92 5 4 40 21 .345 .383 .444 .827 97.8  
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   3977 582 1203 180 29 38 447 14 9 173 83 .302 .332 .391 .723 484.6
vs LH   2023 269 613 121 21 17 217 11 5 106 36 .303 .338 .409 .747 261.5
Home 813 2921 429 864 134 23 17 297 11 6 144 64 .296 .330 .375 .705 341.4
Away 833 3079 422 952 167 27 38 367 14 8 135 55 .309 .337 .418 .755 404.7
RISP   1324 0 420 57 16 16 546 0 0 77 35 .317 .348 .421 .769 185.6
Pinch Hitting   165 30 55 9 0 2 42 0 0 13 2 .333 .374 .424 .798 25.2
Close/Late   673 97 205 30 6 10 92 0 0 35 17 .305 .339 .412 .751 88.7
Mar/Apr 273 1022 166 325 56 9 11 115 3 2 52 25 .318 .352 .423 .775 140.7
May 288 1037 140 297 55 11 8 118 1 2 52 14 .286 .320 .384 .704 120.2
June 287 1086 154 350 51 14 9 115 9 4 46 19 .322 .349 .420 .769 147.6
July 271 950 130 291 55 5 11 105 3 3 43 25 .306 .336 .409 .745 121.6
August 265 979 145 290 48 4 11 107 3 1 42 16 .296 .328 .387 .715 116.4
Sep/Oct 262 926 116 263 36 7 5 104 6 2 44 20 .284 .315 .354 .669 99.7
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
1930 30 DET AL 3B 149 148 1308.0 86 377 27 30 .945 3.19 0 0 .000 0 5.8
1931 31 DET AL 3B 148 144 1311.3 86 366 23 31 .952 3.10 0 0 .000 0 4.7
1932 32 DET AL 3B 140 138 1205.7 68 299 16 14 .958 2.74 0 0 .000 0 6.1
1933 33 DET AL 3B 110 82 767.7 45 187 16 11 .935 2.72 0 0 .000 0 2.6
1934 34 DET AL 3B 140 139 1211.3 67 346 23 35 .947 3.07 0 0 .000 0 7.0
1935 35 DET AL 3B 152 146 1305.0 94 355 30 29 .937 3.10 0 0 .000 0 5.7
1936 36 DET AL 3B 142 139 1247.3 83 314 27 14 .936 2.86 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    C 1 1 8.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1937 37 DET AL 3B 18 17 145.0 7 40 4 3 .922 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 9 9 79.3 94 9 3 10 .972 11.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 17 5 68.7 14 26 1 9 .976 5.24 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 38 MIN AL 3B 142 140 1122.3 76 286 22 19 .943 2.90 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 39 MIN AL 3B 144 143 1168.7 71 280 30 28 .921 2.70 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1940 40 MIN AL 3B 106 90 751.7 56 175 15 17 .939 2.77 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 41 BSN NL 3B 80 74 647.7 48 166 19 16 .918 2.97 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1471 1400 12191.6 787 3191 252 247 .940 2.94 0 0 .000 0 48.8
  1B 9 9 79.3 94 9 3 10 .972 11.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 20 5 74.7 16 26 2 9 .955 5.06 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 2 1 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1508 1415 12365.6 900 3226 257 266 .941 3.00 0 0 .000 1 49.3
Career Highs   152 148 1311.3 115 377 30 35 .960 5.69 0 0 .000 1  
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
1932 32 DET AL 12 54 9 27 6 0 0 16 0 0 3 0 .500 .526 .611 1.137
1933 33 DET AL 3 8 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056
1934 34 DET AL 20 79 11 25 1 1 1 10 0 0 3 1 .316 .337 .392 .730
Career Post-Season Batting 35 141 22 56 7 1 1 27 0 0 7 1 .397 .423 .482 .905
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
1935-2-.345
1936-5-.330
 XR
1935-9-97.8
 At-Bats
1930-2-633
1931-1-643
1935-2-647
1936-9-612
 Runs
1935-3-119
 Hits
1935-1-223
1936-4-202
 Total Bases
1935-8-287
Singles
1930-9-153
1931-7-143
1934-5-133
1935-1-174
1936-4-153
 Doubles
1935-8-40
 Triples
1938-10-8
 Caught Stealing
1941-9-4
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ralph Hodgin (946)
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  3. Randy Moore (938)
  4. Lou Chiozza (933)
  5. Lyman Bostock (923)
  6. Mike Shannon (919)
  7. Frankie Crosetti (909)
  8. Barney McCosky (908)
  9. Dick Howser (908)
  10. Lee Handley (908)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Ray Benge (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1930, off Pat Caraway (SLC)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 4/4/1931
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 8/4/1931
5/16/1932: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 5/18/1932
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 10/4/1932
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 6/21/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1935, hitting .615 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/30/1935
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1935, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1936, hitting .516 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Injured on 8/17/1936 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
7/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/7/1938 (Going to DET: SS Ben Geraghty. Going to MIN: 3B Pie Traynor)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/25/1938
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle (M) on 9/14/1938
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Injured on 9/20/1940 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/26/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
 
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