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Joe
Vosmik		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 4, 1910 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1940   
All-Star Selections 1934    1935    1936    1940    1941    1944   
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 20 SEM AL     67 67 70 19 19 19 78 74 75 38 34 35 92 91 91
1931 21 SEM AL     8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1932 22 SEM AL     8 8 9 4 4 4 10 9 10 4 4 4 10 10 10
1933 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1934 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1935 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1936 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1937 27 SEM AL $ 3,478,571   8 8 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1938 28 SEM AL $ 4,028,571   8 8 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1939 29 BOS AL $ 4,028,571   7 7 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 3 4 10 10 10
1940 30 BOS AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 3 3 10 10 10
1941 31 BOS AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 3 3 10 10 10
1942 32 BOS AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1943 33 BOS AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1944 34 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1945 35 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 8 8
1946 36 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1947 37 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3 9 8 8
1948 38 TAM AL $ 2,600,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   67 67 70 19 19 19 78 74 75 38 34 35 92 91 91
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 20 AAA   137 544 81 159 39 4 10 71 6 6 61 17 .292 .364 .434 .797 82.6  
1931 21 AAA   137 552 86 201 45 3 11 69 3 10 59 10 .364 .426 .516 .942 106.1  
1932 22 AAA   137 546 89 174 30 10 14 71 9 3 72 12 .319 .398 .487 .885 101.6  
1933 23 SEM AL 115 463 72 158 41 3 5 83 0 0 29 9 .341 .375 .475 .850 73.6 11.9
    AAA   37 164 33 65 13 1 8 43 2 0 15 3 .396 .447 .634 1.081 39.4  
1934 24 SEM AL 151 576 79 182 46 5 8 95 0 0 48 10 .316 .369 .455 .824 87.0 15.2
1935 25 SEM AL 147 579 92 193 39 9 11 100 0 0 40 21 .333 .377 .489 .866 92.9 17.9
1936 26 SEM AL 156 621 82 190 41 4 12 126 0 0 48 7 .306 .350 .443 .793 86.7 14.7
1937 27 SEM AL 156 608 74 186 36 11 19 104 0 0 49 8 .306 .357 .495 .853 94.5 20.9
1938 28 SEM AL 156 592 80 158 38 2 15 102 0 0 46 17 .267 .318 .414 .732 69.3 12.0
1939 29 BOS AL 148 485 83 144 33 6 12 72 0 0 34 20 .297 .343 .464 .807 70.6 13.4
1940 30 BOS AL 157 570 87 166 42 4 12 103 0 0 42 11 .291 .339 .442 .781 78.1 15.2
1941 31 BOS AL 154 581 79 194 46 10 11 123 0 0 49 11 .334 .381 .504 .886 101.4 22.5
1942 32 BOS AL 152 586 79 174 35 8 14 104 0 0 38 14 .297 .338 .456 .794 84.9 14.7
1943 33 BOS AL 153 470 62 140 20 2 15 67 0 0 30 19 .298 .338 .445 .783 63.2 9.8
1944 34 TAM AL 146 567 85 167 40 4 19 96 0 0 42 20 .295 .341 .480 .821 83.0 12.8
1945 35 TAM AL 31 113 12 31 3 3 3 17 0 1 9 13 .274 .320 .434 .754 15.6 2.3
1946 36 TAM AL 153 597 84 167 25 2 18 113 1 2 46 44 .280 .329 .419 .748 77.7 10.2
1947 37 TAM AL 103 293 50 97 29 1 15 72 0 1 23 15 .331 .373 .590 .963 58.5 13.4
1948 38 TAM AL 114 290 37 71 9 1 11 39 0 3 20 35 .245 .289 .397 .685 34.6 3.5
16 Years Sim 2192 7991 1137 2418 523 75 200 1416 1 7 593 274 .303 .348 .462 .810 1171.8 210.6
4 Years AAA 448 1806 289 599 127 18 43 254 20 19 207 42 .332 .402 .493 .895 329.6  
162 Game Average 590 84 178 38 5 14 104 0 0 43 20 .303 .348 .462 .810 86.6  
Career Highs 157 621 92 194 46 11 19 126 1 3 49 44 .341 .381 .590 .963 101.4  
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   5276 736 1578 343 55 115 942 1 5 352 191 .299 .340 .450 .790 765.5
vs LH   2715 401 840 180 20 85 474 0 2 241 83 .309 .364 .484 .849 451.6
Home 1107 3947 541 1175 277 39 94 698 1 1 293 145 .298 .344 .459 .803 591.2
Away 1085 4044 596 1243 246 36 106 718 0 6 300 129 .307 .353 .465 .818 625.9
RISP   2397 0 733 150 23 54 1133 0 0 248 90 .306 .360 .455 .815 387.3
Pinch Hitting   192 29 55 15 0 1 31 0 0 14 11 .286 .338 .380 .718 23.3
Close/Late   962 116 301 59 13 22 181 0 0 76 32 .313 .362 .470 .831 153.6
Mar/Apr 358 1344 166 409 82 10 37 245 0 1 96 57 .304 .347 .463 .809 205.3
May 370 1358 198 400 89 16 43 239 0 2 85 44 .295 .337 .479 .815 204.9
June 372 1368 202 423 93 11 30 233 0 3 113 44 .309 .363 .459 .822 212.8
July 349 1270 203 400 82 17 31 216 0 0 91 37 .315 .357 .480 .836 203.8
August 387 1386 194 414 97 13 32 263 1 1 99 40 .299 .340 .457 .796 205.6
Sep/Oct 356 1265 174 372 80 8 27 220 0 0 109 52 .294 .349 .434 .783 184.6
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
1933 23 SEM AL CF 73 71 624.7 197 6 1 3 .995 2.92   3.6
    RF 38 36 329.7 64 1 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    1B 2 2 22.0 25 3 1 4 .966 11.45   0.0
1934 24 SEM AL CF 92 90 806.3 240 11 1 5 .996 2.80   7.8
    LF 29 29 255.3 62 2 2 0 .970 2.26    
    RF 28 23 226.3 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.87    
1935 25 SEM AL CF 106 103 914.3 235 8 1 3 .996 2.39   4.4
    LF 34 34 313.0 81 6 3 2 .967 2.50    
    RF 5 5 43.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.51    
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1936 26 SEM AL CF 117 116 1033.3 269 10 1 3 .996 2.43   5.0
    RF 37 35 321.3 87 1 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1937 27 SEM AL CF 146 145 1288.0 350 11 4 2 .989 2.52   3.5
    LF 5 5 45.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1938 28 SEM AL CF 144 143 1269.0 354 10 4 2 .989 2.58   4.4
    3B 7 3 31.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.16   0.2
    RF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1939 29 BOS AL LF 70 66 579.0 103 4 4 0 .964 1.66   1.2
    3B 32 16 181.0 11 62 3 4 .961 3.63   0.9
    RF 19 18 155.3 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    CF 15 13 121.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
1940 30 BOS AL 3B 133 132 1142.7 65 331 11 24 .973 3.12   3.4
    LF 18 15 144.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1941 31 BOS AL 3B 106 105 913.0 53 257 13 27 .960 3.06   4.3
    LF 35 35 305.0 65 3 5 1 .932 2.01   1.1
    RF 5 5 43.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.24    
    CF 10 3 40.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
1942 32 BOS AL RF 72 68 595.7 132 4 0 1 1.000 2.05   1.9
    3B 47 46 413.0 24 121 3 14 .980 3.16   1.1
    LF 31 30 259.0 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1943 33 BOS AL CF 51 50 439.3 102 7 0 1 1.000 2.23   1.4
    3B 62 44 425.0 19 124 3 7 .979 3.03   1.3
    RF 11 8 69.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    LF 12 4 49.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.10    
1944 34 TAM AL LF 143 138 1244.3 296 5 7 0 .977 2.18   4.0
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 35 TAM AL LF 30 30 263.0 56 0 0 0 1.000 1.92   0.7
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1946 36 TAM AL 3B 128 127 1121.3 87 282 9 21 .976 2.96   3.1
    LF 26 24 216.3 41 2 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.2
    CF 1 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1947 37 TAM AL LF 82 72 619.7 131 3 3 2 .978 1.95   0.7
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 38 TAM AL LF 40 35 314.0 56 1 2 0 .966 1.63   0.4
    RF 33 26 231.7 53 1 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    3B 4 4 28.0 0 10 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.1
    CF 6 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  CF 764 734 6560.0 1788 63 12 19 .994 2.54   30.1
  LF 555 517 4607.3 983 28 26 5 .975 1.97   8.4
  3B 523 477 4268.0 262 1198 43 98 .971 3.08   14.4
  RF 255 224 2029.6 447 11 0 1 1.000 2.03   1.9
  1B 2 2 22.0 25 3 1 4 .966 11.45   0.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
Career Totals   2100 1955 17495.9 3508 1305 82 127 .983 2.48   54.8
Career Highs   157 151 1354.7 363 332 18 28 1.000 2.93    
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 24 SEM AL 7 29 3 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 .379 .400 .621 1.021
1935 25 SEM AL 12 48 3 12 3 0 1 6 0 0 5 0 .250 .315 .375 .690
1936 26 SEM AL 4 14 3 9 2 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 .643 .688 1.143 1.830
1938 28 SEM AL 9 33 3 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 3 .152 .282 .303 .585
1944 34 TAM AL 14 58 7 15 1 0 0 8 1 0 1 2 .259 .267 .276 .543
1946 36 TAM AL 4 13 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .385 .400 .615 1.015
1947 37 TAM AL 7 28 5 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 3 .179 .233 .393 .626
Career Post-Season Batting 57 223 24 62 11 3 6 33 1 0 18 9 .278 .328 .435 .763
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
1933-3-.339*
1935-7-.333
1941-4-.334
 Slugging Pct
1935-7-.489
1941-9-.504
 OPS
1935-9-.866
1941-10-.886
 XR
1941-9-101.4
 Games
1934-4-151
1937-6-156
1938-4-156
1940-2-157
 At-Bats
1934-7-576
1936-5-621
1937-7-608
1938-8-592
1942-9-586
1946-9-597
Hits
1934-8-182
1935-6-193
1937-10-186
1941-3-194
CAR-41-2418
 Total Bases
1935-10-283
1937-5-301
1941-9-293
1944-10-272
 Singles
1935-9-134
1936-7-133
1941-8-127
 Doubles
1933-4-41
1934-2-46
1935-10-39
1936-7-41
1940-7-42
1941-3-46
CAR-21-523
 Triples
1935-5-9
1937-4-11
1941-2-10
1942-6-8
 RBIs
1934-10-95
1936-3-126
1937-9-104
1938-6-102
1940-10-103
1941-2-123
1942-8-104
1944-10-96
1946-3-113
CAR-36-1416
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Garry Maddox (878)
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  3. Bob Hazle (877)
  4. Hal Trosky (871)
  5. Hal McRae (867)
  6. Jim Rice (864)
  7. Greg Gross (863)
  8. Dusty Baker (863)
  9. Cookie Rojas (862)
  10. Jeff Heath (860)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1930
Had first career hit (double) on 5/17/1933, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/5/1933, off Whit Wyatt (ATL)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 8/8/1933
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/17/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1934, hitting .522 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1935, hitting .579 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Injured on 7/6/1935 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against Tampa Bay on 4/4/1936
Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 5/5/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1936, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/11/1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle (M) to Boston (A) on 2/1/1939 (Going to SEM: C Tommy Heath, RF Hank Steinbacher. Going to BOS: CF Joe Vosmik)
10/12/1939: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1940
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 5/23/1941
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/18/1941
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/6/1942
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/4/1944 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/30/1944, off Johnny Podgajny (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1944, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 9/19/1944 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Injured on 5/6/1945 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 8/3/1946
Hit 3 homeruns against Cincinnati, driving in 4 runs on 4/26/1947
Hit 3 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 5 runs on 5/2/1947
6/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,600,000 per year, for 1 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 9/2/1947
Hit for the cycle against Cleveland on 5/11/1948
 
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