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George
Vukovich		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: June 24, 1956 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1983   
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
1980 24 BAL AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 6 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7
1981 25 BAL AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7
1982 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1983 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1984 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1985 29 SDP NL     6 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1986 30 SDP NL     6 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6
1987 31 SDP NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1988 32 SDP NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 5
1989 33 SDP NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 7
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
1980 24 AA   137 495 55 143 24 6 10 63 2 2 38 51 .289 .340 .422 .762 68.3  
1981 25 AA   136 495 67 151 39 1 8 69 6 5 51 60 .305 .370 .436 .806 75.9  
1982 26 SDP NL 128 469 51 119 29 3 4 45 0 1 36 61 .254 .306 .354 .660 48.3 8.4
    AAA   25 93 8 18 4 1 1 11 1 3 12 17 .194 .286 .290 .576 7.5  
1983 27 SDP NL 155 549 54 146 23 4 9 72 1 4 30 57 .266 .303 .372 .675 56.5 10.8
1984 28 SDP NL 74 112 10 21 5 0 1 7 1 1 7 19 .188 .233 .259 .492 4.9 0.0
1985 29 AAA   130 515 71 155 35 1 20 84 5 3 56 54 .301 .370 .489 .859 89.0  
1986 30 AAA   137 514 71 133 24 3 15 53 4 2 50 92 .259 .324 .405 .729 68.0  
1987 31 AAA   132 492 78 151 30 3 13 69 5 4 59 76 .307 .381 .459 .840 82.9  
1988 32 AAA   129 481 75 146 24 1 16 58 6 5 66 79 .304 .388 .457 .845 83.6  
1989 33 AAA   137 535 53 156 23 1 12 61 8 5 45 101 .292 .347 .406 .752 73.6  
3 Years Sim 357 1130 115 286 57 7 14 124 2 6 73 137 .253 .297 .353 .650 109.7 19.2
6 Years AAA 690 2630 356 759 140 10 77 336 29 22 288 419 .289 .358 .437 .796 404.6  
2 Years AA 273 990 122 294 63 7 18 132 8 7 89 111 .297 .355 .429 .785 144.2  
8 Years Minors 963 3620 478 1053 203 17 95 468 37 29 377 530 .291 .357 .435 .793 548.8  
162 Game Average 512 52 129 25 3 6 56 0 2 33 62 .253 .297 .353 .650 49.8  
Career Highs 155 549 54 146 29 4 9 72 1 4 36 61 .266 .306 .372 .675 56.5  
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   903 95 236 41 7 13 108 2 6 63 104 .261 .308 .365 .674 98.8
vs LH   227 20 50 16 0 1 16 0 0 10 33 .220 .252 .304 .556 15.9
Home 177 555 50 129 20 5 4 54 2 2 40 70 .232 .283 .308 .591 47.8
Away 180 575 65 157 37 2 10 70 0 4 33 67 .273 .311 .397 .707 66.9
RISP   278 0 73 14 1 3 103 0 0 19 30 .263 .305 .353 .657 29.7
Pinch Hitting   32 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .156 .152 .219 .370 0.3
Close/Late   156 12 32 7 0 3 18 0 0 10 23 .205 .251 .308 .559 11.9
Mar/Apr 38 105 9 28 5 0 0 6 0 3 4 11 .267 .294 .314 .608 8.1
May 71 222 20 55 8 3 4 25 1 0 8 26 .248 .274 .365 .639 21.5
June 63 207 23 43 11 1 4 34 0 1 14 28 .208 .257 .329 .585 16.9
July 63 184 17 47 8 0 0 16 0 2 20 12 .255 .328 .299 .627 18.3
August 65 210 21 64 15 2 2 18 0 0 11 33 .305 .333 .424 .757 28.0
Sep/Oct 57 202 25 49 10 1 4 25 1 0 16 27 .243 .298 .361 .660 21.9
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
1982 26 SDP NL 1B 127 127 1108.3 1470 111 14 170 .991 12.84   2.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 27 SDP NL 1B 154 152 1302.3 1774 128 11 184 .994 13.14   2.4
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1984 28 SDP NL 3B 42 8 145.3 12 36 1 2 .980 2.97   0.4
    LF 13 5 63.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.2
    RF 5 1 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
    1B 4 1 16.0 16 1 1 2 .944 9.56   0.0
    SS 2 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
  1B 285 280 2426.7 3260 240 26 356 .993 12.98   4.7
  3B 44 8 152.3 12 37 1 2 .980 2.90   0.5
  LF 15 5 66.0 14 2 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.2
  RF 5 1 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
  SS 2 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   351 294 2669.0 3289 281 27 359 .992 12.04   5.3
Career Highs   157 152 1311.3 1775 129 14 184 .994 13.07    
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.
Games
1983-9-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Glenn Adams (989)
  2. Bob Elliott (978)
  3. Stan Rojek (973)
  4. Ricky Nelson (971)
  5. Dave Bergman (970)
  6. Dave Pope (969)
  7. Bob Borkowski (968)
  8. Herb Adams (968)
  9. Tom Wright (967)
  10. Jim Howarth (967)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 61st overall pick, by Baltimore in 1980
Injured on 4/9/1981 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/19/1981 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
Traded from Baltimore to San Diego on 4/3/1982 (Going to SDP: 2B Barry Evans, 1B George Vukovich, LF Ron Roenicke, P Buddy Schultz. Going to BAL: DH Mike Schmidt)
Had first career hit on 5/1/1982, off Mike Garman (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1982, off Bill Zepp (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 6/26/1983
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1983
Injured on 6/1/1985 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Injured on 5/25/1988 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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