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Paul
Waner		  
Nickname: Big Poison
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 153
 
Born: April 16, 1903 in Usa, OK, HARRAH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1934   
All-Star Selections 1930    1932    1933    1935    1937   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 SEP AL $ 5,742,857 0 7 7 7 1 1 1 20 20 20
1931 28 SEP AL $ 5,742,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1932 29 MIN AL $ 8,250,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 30 MIN AL $ 8,250,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 31 NYG NL $ 8,250,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 32 NYG NL $ 9,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 33 NYG NL $ 9,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 34 NYG NL $ 9,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 35 OAK AL $ 9,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 36 DET AL $ 6,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 37 BSN NL $ 6,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,742,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000 0 7 7 7 1 1 1 20 20 20
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 SEP AL $ 5,742,857   101 101 90 44 50 48 99 118 112 56 70 66 96 97 97
1931 28 SEP AL $ 5,742,857   10 10 9 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 7 6 9 9 9
1932 29 MIN AL $ 8,250,000   10 10 9 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 7 6 9 9 9
1933 30 MIN AL $ 8,250,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 9 10 10 5 7 6 10 10 10
1934 31 NYG NL $ 8,250,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 9 9
1935 32 NYG NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 9 9
1936 33 NYG NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 9 10 10 4 6 5 9 9 9
1937 34 NYG NL $ 9,500,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 8 10 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1938 35 OAK AL $ 9,500,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 8 10 9 4 5 5 8 8 8
1939 36 DET AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 9 8 2 4 3 7 7 7
1940 37 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,742,857   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   101 101 90 44 50 48 99 118 112 56 70 66 96 97 97
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 35 OAK AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 .143 .333 .286 .619 0.1
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 .143 .333 .286 .619 0.1
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 1 0 1 0   .250 .400 .500 .900
vs LH   0 0 0 1 0   .000 .250 .000 .250
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 .143 .333 .286 .619
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 .143 .333 .286 .619
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 27 SEP AL 154 579 109 187 62 8 18 124 3 1 85 5 .323 .407 .551 .958 116.3 25.7
1931 28 SEP AL 156 586 88 192 52 7 13 104 0 0 80 20 .328 .405 .507 .912 109.6 23.2
1932 29 MIN AL 143 521 94 183 46 8 12 88 0 0 69 21 .351 .426 .539 .966 103.6 21.2
1933 30 MIN AL 144 541 108 183 50 6 7 96 0 0 67 18 .338 .411 .492 .902 95.1 19.2
1934 31 MIN AL 91 335 51 105 29 1 5 49 3 1 29 14 .313 .364 .451 .815 50.4 9.3
  NYG NL 63 227 36 74 16 4 7 50 2 0 24 5 .326 .387 .524 .911 41.8 8.1
  TOT   154 562 87 179 45 5 12 99 5 1 53 19 .319 .373 .480 .854 92.3 17.4
1935 32 NYG NL 150 558 100 167 49 8 18 97 8 0 72 31 .299 .380 .513 .893 93.8 19.7
1936 33 NYG NL 115 382 65 108 29 3 13 82 5 3 50 18 .283 .362 .476 .839 61.3 9.7
1937 34 NYG NL 130 448 80 150 45 6 8 74 3 1 49 18 .335 .403 .516 .918 75.7 17.8
1938 35 OAK AL 138 394 73 141 30 8 14 77 2 0 32 16 .358 .406 .581 .987 76.0 19.3
1939 36 DET AL 134 380 55 112 29 5 2 54 4 4 32 42 .295 .349 .413 .763 49.5 8.0
1940 37 BSN NL 59 148 20 42 3 0 0 7 2 1 16 20 .284 .358 .304 .662 15.6 1.9
    AAA   31 112 9 37 2 1 1 11 1 0 2 16 .330 .342 .393 .735 14.1  
11 Years Sim 1477 5099 879 1644 440 64 117 902 32 11 605 228 .322 .393 .503 .896 888.9 183.0
1 Years AAA 31 112 9 37 2 1 1 11 1 0 2 16 .330 .339 .393 .732 14.1  
162 Game Average 559 96 180 48 7 12 98 3 1 66 25 .322 .393 .503 .896 97.5  
Career Highs 156 586 109 192 62 8 18 124 8 4 85 42 .358 .426 .581 .987 116.3  
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   3885 699 1310 356 41 99 717 26 10 483 173 .337 .409 .526 .935 767.0
vs LH   1166 171 314 77 22 17 175 6 1 117 55 .269 .336 .417 .753 160.5
Home 732 2465 433 814 222 31 61 470 15 4 293 116 .330 .401 .520 .920 472.5
Away 733 2586 437 810 211 32 55 422 17 7 307 112 .313 .385 .483 .868 455.1
RISP   1416 0 476 125 16 26 676 0 0 226 57 .336 .419 .502 .922 285.2
Pinch Hitting   221 33 62 23 1 2 39 2 2 27 15 .281 .356 .421 .777 32.1
Close/Late   661 77 183 43 4 7 85 0 0 105 39 .277 .375 .386 .760 99.5
Mar/Apr 253 856 154 286 84 10 23 170 8 1 113 44 .334 .410 .536 .947 173.3
May 266 920 156 302 74 7 16 127 6 3 126 55 .328 .409 .476 .885 169.7
June 242 856 150 280 74 16 20 154 4 5 92 28 .327 .391 .521 .912 158.8
July 233 802 135 263 78 7 14 140 3 1 90 30 .328 .394 .495 .889 144.7
August 254 881 149 268 68 11 23 167 5 1 90 37 .304 .369 .485 .853 148.9
Sep/Oct 217 736 126 225 55 12 20 134 6 0 89 34 .306 .378 .495 .872 132.2
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
1930 27 SEP AL RF 151 147 1318.3 305 9 9 2 .972 2.14   3.6
1931 28 SEP AL RF 155 144 1325.3 300 12 11 4 .966 2.12   2.7
1932 29 MIN AL RF 139 132 1157.3 273 5 8 2 .972 2.16   3.0
1933 30 MIN AL RF 144 137 1201.0 316 12 14 1 .959 2.46   4.4
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1934 31 MIN AL RF 91 78 720.4 180 5 10 1 .949 2.31   1.4
  NYG NL RF 63 54 495.8 124 4 7 0 .948 2.32   1.6
  TOT   RF 154 132 1216.2 304 9 17 1 .948 2.32   3.0
1935 32 NYG NL RF 147 141 1253.3 270 10 16 1 .946 2.01   3.3
1936 33 NYG NL RF 110 90 837.0 209 4 11 0 .951 2.29   2.6
1937 34 NYG NL RF 90 74 699.7 141 5 7 0 .954 1.88   1.6
    1B 31 31 272.7 327 22 7 25 .980 11.52   0.7
1938 35 OAK AL RF 120 74 743.0 147 3 10 1 .938 1.82   0.8
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 36 DET AL RF 54 50 466.0 121 3 2 0 .984 2.39   1.3
    1B 31 31 276.3 372 31 5 39 .988 13.13   0.4
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1940 37 BSN NL RF 39 35 278.3 52 3 1 0 .982 1.78   0.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1303 1156 10495.5 2438 75 106 12 .960 2.15   27.2
  1B 62 62 549.0 699 53 12 64 .984 12.33   1.1
  LF 2 1 11.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 4 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1372 1219 11064.5 3137 129 119 76 .965 2.66   28.3
Career Highs   155 147 1325.3 493 35 17 39 .987 6.36    
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 29 MIN AL 20 79 14 25 8 2 2 12 0 0 9 5 .316 .386 .544 .931
1934 31 NYG NL 13 51 9 21 7 1 1 10 0 0 6 0 .412 .474 .647 1.121
1935 32 NYG NL 12 52 12 12 5 1 1 7 0 0 4 0 .231 .286 .423 .709
1936 33 NYG NL 6 25 5 9 0 2 1 6 0 0 1 2 .360 .385 .640 1.025
1937 34 NYG NL 10 38 6 10 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .263 .317 .395 .712
Career Post-Season Batting 61 245 46 77 25 6 5 39 0 0 23 8 .314 .373 .527 .900
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
1932-2-.351
1933-5-.338
1937-2-.333*
CAR-17-.322
 On-Base Pct
1931-8-.405
1932-4-.426
1933-6-.411
1937-4-.401*
CAR-32-.393
 Slugging Pct
1930-6-.551
1932-5-.539
1933-9-.492
1935-10-.513
1937-3-.513*
1938-8-.492*
CAR-41-.503
 OPS
1930-8-.958
1932-4-.966
1933-7-.902
1937-3-.915*
CAR-26-.896
 XR
1930-10-116.3
1931-8-109.6
1932-6-103.6
1933-10-95.1
 Games
1931-3-156
Runs
1930-9-109
1932-10-94
1933-6-108
 Hits
1931-9-192
1932-8-183
1933-7-183
 Total Bases
1930-8-319
1932-7-281
1933-10-266
1935-6-286
 Doubles
1930-1-62
1931-1-52
1932-2-46
1933-1-50
1935-1-49
1937-1-45
 Triples
1938-10-8
 Homeruns
1930-10-18
RBIs
1930-3-124
1931-10-104
1935-10-97
 Stolen Bases
1935-7-8
 Caught Stealing
1936-9-3
1939-10-4
 Walks
1930-8-85
1931-8-80
1932-10-69
1935-8-72
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Roy Johnson (921)
  2. Carl Reynolds (912)
  3. Bruce Campbell (901)
  4. Johnny Frederick (894)
  5. Babe Herman (879)
  6. Irv Noren (875)
  7. Pepper Martin (871)
  8. Dusty Cooke (871)
  9. John Stone (867)
  10. Jack Bolling (866)
History
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Bonnie Hollingsworth (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1930, off Clint Brown (CHN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1930, hitting .376 with 5 HR, 33 RBI
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,742,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/9/1931
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis (B) on 7/27/1931
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1931, hitting .398 with 1 HR, 25 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/17/1932 to a 3-year deal worth $8,250,000 per year
Injured on 4/13/1932 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1933, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1933, hitting .464 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 9/17/1933 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
5/16/1934: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Minnesota to New York (G) on 7/31/1934 (Going to NYG: P Walter Beall, RF Paul Waner. Going to MIN: P Dick Barrett, LF Buster Mills)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1934
Injured on 5/12/1935 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Hit 3 homeruns against Tampa Bay, driving in 7 runs on 4/7/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1936, hitting .364 with 5 HR, 15 RBI
Injured on 6/11/1936 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 9/29/1937
Traded from New York (G) to Oakland on 2/1/1938 (Going to NYG: P Paul Derringer, 2B Red Barkley. Going to OAK: RF Paul Waner)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/23/1938
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/9/1938
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 9/30/1938
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/8/1939 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/1/1940 (Going to BSN: RF Paul Waner. Going to DET: 3B Warren Huston)
 
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