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Emil
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 27, 1915 in Usa, IL, LINCOLN
 
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
1944 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1945 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 1 10 10 10
1946 30 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 10 10 10
1947 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 10 10 10
1948 32 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 10 10 10
1949 33 BRK NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 10 10 10
1950 34 BRK NL     6 6 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 1 1 1 9 9 9
1951 35 BRK NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 9 9 9
1952 36 NYG NL $ 300,003   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1953 37 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 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
1944 28 BRK NL 28 75 7 14 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 2 .187 .197 .267 .464 1.5 0.0
    AAA   54 132 13 34 6 0 1 16 2 1 6 1 .258 .290 .326 .616 11.9  
1945 29 BRK NL 14 31 6 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .323 .313 .419 .732 3.4 0.6
    AAA   78 137 12 36 9 0 0 24 5 1 5 5 .263 .289 .328 .617 12.6  
1946 30 BRK NL 50 133 17 49 9 3 2 23 0 0 7 3 .368 .397 .526 .923 23.3 5.6
    AAA   27 117 17 37 5 2 0 9 2 0 4 4 .316 .339 .393 .732 14.7  
1947 31 BRK NL 106 302 26 82 10 0 1 25 0 0 5 9 .272 .282 .315 .597 22.3 0.7
1948 32 BRK NL 88 161 25 45 0 1 1 15 0 0 7 8 .280 .306 .311 .616 13.7 0.3
1949 33 BRK NL 118 370 41 103 15 0 2 44 0 0 13 10 .278 .306 .335 .641 32.9 2.2
1950 34 BRK NL 112 341 30 108 10 1 5 40 0 0 14 11 .317 .343 .396 .739 42.5 6.4
1951 35 BRK NL 123 351 42 114 8 2 5 56 6 0 7 23 .325 .335 .402 .737 41.8 5.5
1952 36 NYG NL 95 294 31 76 9 2 2 25 11 6 4 19 .259 .268 .323 .591 24.6 0.5
1953 37 AAA   128 480 52 120 15 1 11 55 10 8 23 51 .250 .284 .354 .638 46.7  
9 Years Sim 734 2058 225 601 66 11 18 240 17 6 58 85 .292 .311 .361 .672 205.9 21.8
4 Years AAA 287 866 94 227 35 3 12 104 19 10 38 61 .262 .294 .351 .645 85.9  
162 Game Average 454 49 132 14 2 3 52 3 1 12 18 .292 .311 .361 .672 45.4  
Career Highs 123 370 42 114 15 3 5 56 11 6 14 23 .368 .397 .526 .923 42.5  
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   672 82 187 21 3 3 73 3 0 12 26 .278 .292 .332 .624 60.6
vs LH   1386 143 414 45 8 15 167 14 6 46 59 .299 .319 .375 .694 158.2
Home 365 1028 117 303 28 6 10 108 8 3 34 41 .295 .315 .363 .678 112.7
Away 369 1030 108 298 38 5 8 132 9 3 24 44 .289 .306 .359 .665 106.1
RISP   524 0 173 13 5 6 215 0 0 13 27 .330 .339 .408 .748 68.4
Pinch Hitting   152 22 52 2 3 1 14 0 0 5 3 .342 .361 .414 .775 21.1
Close/Late   217 41 57 9 3 3 17 0 0 6 8 .263 .281 .373 .655 21.6
Mar/Apr 116 331 34 76 12 4 3 42 8 0 5 9 .230 .240 .317 .557 24.3
May 116 284 35 84 8 1 1 16 5 2 12 14 .296 .323 .342 .665 30.4
June 107 323 38 99 11 0 5 47 1 0 6 16 .307 .318 .387 .705 37.3
July 128 390 35 116 10 2 4 55 1 1 11 11 .297 .313 .364 .677 42.3
August 142 417 43 126 16 3 2 49 2 1 17 17 .302 .331 .369 .700 47.9
Sep/Oct 125 313 40 100 9 1 3 31 0 2 7 18 .319 .334 .383 .718 36.6
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
1944 28 BRK NL 2B 22 20 169.0 30 84 0 13 1.000 6.07   1.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 29 BRK NL 2B 13 9 79.7 21 39 1 9 .984 6.78   0.5
1946 30 BRK NL 2B 35 28 249.7 63 120 2 31 .989 6.60   1.8
    1B 6 4 35.0 56 2 1 3 .983 14.91   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1947 31 BRK NL 1B 63 62 546.0 677 75 9 72 .988 12.40   1.0
    2B 29 11 121.0 31 59 1 11 .989 6.69   0.8
1948 32 BRK NL 1B 40 35 277.0 340 28 2 39 .995 11.96   0.7
    2B 11 0 20.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.1
1949 33 BRK NL 1B 67 60 533.0 689 51 7 72 .991 12.50   1.0
    2B 36 25 230.7 63 103 8 23 .954 6.48   0.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 34 BRK NL 2B 76 74 645.0 171 342 14 85 .973 7.16   2.3
    1B 13 10 85.0 106 5 1 9 .991 11.75   0.1
1951 35 BRK NL 1B 51 43 385.7 523 55 1 57 .998 13.49   0.4
    2B 40 36 318.0 91 163 5 40 .981 7.19   1.3
1952 36 NYG NL 2B 55 49 430.3 109 193 5 48 .984 6.32   2.4
    1B 26 25 210.0 264 22 3 34 .990 12.26   0.3
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 317 252 2263.3 582 1108 36 261 .979 6.72   11.0
  1B 266 239 2071.7 2655 238 24 286 .992 12.57   3.6
  SS 5 0 11.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.73   0.1
  RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   591 491 4349.0 3239 1352 60 548 .987 9.50   14.7
Career Highs   105 85 766.7 753 347 15 97 1.000 11.39    
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
1945 29 BRK NL 9 27 5 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .259 .310 .333 .644
1946 30 BRK NL 4 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .091 .286 .091 .377
Career Post-Season Batting 13 38 7 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .211 .302 .263 .565
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mickey Witek (966)
  2. Jay Partridge (965)
  3. Eddie Mayo (962)
  4. Bernie Friberg (961)
  5. Irv Jeffries (959)
  6. Riggs Stephenson (953)
  7. Bip Roberts (953)
  8. Andy High (951)
  9. Jake Flowers (949)
  10. Don Gutteridge (946)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 62nd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1944
Had first career hit on 7/5/1944, off Larry French (BOS)
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1946, off Preacher Roe (TAM)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/1/1949 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Brooklyn on 10/13/1950
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $800,000 per year
Released by Brooklyn on 10/12/1951
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/18/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $300,003 per year
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Injured on 8/15/1953 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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