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Jo-Jo
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Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: June 1, 1909 in Usa, GA, RED OAK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
All-Star Selections 1942   
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
1932 23 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 5 6 8 7 8 8 8
1933 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 9
1934 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
1935 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
1936 27 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
1937 28 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1938 29 MON NL $ 3,221,429   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
1939 30 MON NL $ 3,221,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1940 31 PIT NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1941 32 MON NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1942 33 MON NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1943 34 MON NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9
1944 35 CLE AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
1945 36 CLE AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
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
1932 23 AAA   48 183 27 39 5 5 6 30 7 3 27 9 .213 .314 .393 .708 24.6  
    AA   89 326 63 78 13 3 2 37 18 3 81 16 .239 .391 .316 .707 51.4  
1933 24 AAA   132 505 74 141 21 5 2 54 25 11 80 27 .279 .378 .352 .730 72.9  
1934 25 MON NL 55 124 27 34 4 0 2 9 1 1 18 5 .274 .364 .355 .718 16.9 2.6
    AAA   66 258 40 77 7 2 5 32 7 12 43 13 .298 .399 .399 .798 40.5  
1935 26 MON NL 119 401 73 118 22 5 1 50 0 4 51 18 .294 .376 .382 .757 56.2 9.7
    AAA   13 43 9 12 2 1 0 3 0 3 10 4 .279 .415 .372 .787 6.4  
1936 27 MON NL 143 497 85 151 13 8 4 56 0 2 72 24 .304 .393 .386 .780 74.7 13.7
1937 28 MON NL 145 514 96 172 18 12 4 50 0 2 56 41 .335 .398 .440 .838 87.0 18.4
1938 29 MON NL 148 502 80 145 20 2 8 55 2 5 75 29 .289 .381 .384 .765 73.8 11.9
1939 30 MON NL 137 417 72 116 11 4 2 45 14 10 55 29 .278 .362 .338 .700 52.0 9.3
1940 31 MON NL 44 125 20 33 0 2 1 6 1 2 15 5 .264 .343 .320 .663 13.4 1.8
  PIT NL 72 92 13 31 0 4 1 14 0 1 11 5 .337 .408 .457 .864 15.4 3.3
  TOT   116 217 33 64 0 6 2 20 1 3 26 10 .295 .370 .378 .748 28.9 5.1
1941 32 MON NL 150 488 74 151 15 8 3 52 0 7 55 24 .309 .380 .391 .772 71.4 12.9
1942 33 MON NL 140 511 89 168 17 4 5 56 0 7 72 32 .329 .412 .407 .819 80.6 16.2
1943 34 MON NL 102 195 23 60 7 4 1 30 0 2 23 16 .308 .381 .400 .781 28.6 5.9
1944 35 CLE AL 148 499 62 150 15 2 2 46 2 3 59 45 .301 .373 .351 .724 65.0 8.8
1945 36 CLE AL 124 331 57 103 7 5 5 39 0 2 34 35 .311 .377 .408 .785 46.9 9.6
12 Years Sim 1527 4696 771 1432 149 60 39 508 20 48 596 308 .305 .383 .387 .770 682.1 124.1
4 Years AAA 259 989 150 269 35 13 13 119 39 29 160 53 .272 .374 .373 .747 144.5  
1 Years AA 89 326 63 78 13 3 2 37 18 3 81 16 .239 .395 .316 .711 51.4  
5 Years Minors 348 1315 213 347 48 16 15 156 57 32 241 69 .264 .379 .359 .738 195.8  
162 Game Average 498 81 151 15 6 4 53 2 5 63 32 .305 .383 .387 .770 72.4  
Career Highs 150 514 96 172 22 12 8 56 14 10 75 45 .335 .412 .440 .838 87.0  
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   4143 672 1278 129 52 37 448 20 42 539 260 .308 .388 .392 .780 628.6
vs LH   553 99 154 20 8 2 60 0 6 57 48 .278 .345 .354 .699 66.8
Home 762 2306 377 714 73 30 21 245 7 28 282 146 .310 .386 .395 .780 344.3
Away 765 2390 394 718 76 30 18 263 13 20 314 162 .300 .381 .380 .761 351.0
RISP   1056 0 345 40 13 10 449 0 0 178 74 .327 .420 .418 .838 190.0
Pinch Hitting   218 30 70 6 6 2 41 0 3 31 9 .321 .406 .431 .837 36.8
Close/Late   548 104 168 17 4 3 69 0 0 69 37 .307 .385 .369 .753 79.7
Mar/Apr 224 660 92 194 17 8 6 71 2 6 72 37 .294 .364 .371 .736 88.9
May 275 832 122 258 19 9 4 72 3 12 104 52 .310 .387 .369 .756 118.8
June 263 830 145 247 26 20 9 92 5 10 106 65 .298 .376 .410 .786 126.3
July 251 795 124 249 35 8 4 76 6 7 83 51 .313 .377 .392 .770 114.9
August 259 798 145 232 21 9 7 101 0 6 117 58 .291 .381 .366 .747 115.6
Sep/Oct 255 781 143 252 31 6 9 96 4 7 114 45 .323 .410 .412 .822 131.0
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 24 MON NL 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1934 25 MON NL CF 49 43 345.7 108 4 3 1 .974 2.92   1.5
    2B 5 0 7.0 2 3 1 0 .833 6.43   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1935 26 MON NL CF 108 107 832.3 229 9 14 2 .944 2.57   3.1
    2B 36 0 71.0 22 34 1 6 .982 7.10   0.4
    3B 5 1 15.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1936 27 MON NL CF 124 117 1011.0 302 11 9 2 .972 2.79   4.5
    2B 17 0 38.7 14 16 0 2 1.000 6.98   0.1
    3B 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1937 28 MON NL 3B 62 58 514.3 38 143 8 15 .958 3.17   2.0
    CF 60 59 502.3 132 5 3 1 .979 2.45   1.6
    2B 9 3 36.7 11 15 0 6 1.000 6.38   0.2
    LF 9 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 29 MON NL 3B 120 119 1066.3 81 251 3 27 .991 2.80   5.7
    CF 7 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 6 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1939 30 MON NL RF 101 98 857.0 220 10 9 0 .962 2.42   3.1
    CF 12 7 72.0 24 2 1 0 .963 3.25    
    2B 9 0 16.7 3 6 1 1 .900 4.86   0.0
    LF 9 0 14.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.57    
1940 31 MON NL LF 12 11 143.5 37 1 4 0 .905 2.38   0.4
    RF 8 1 32.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
    2B 9 0 27.1 11 12 0 2 1.000 7.64   0.1
    CF 5 0 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32   0.0
    3B 4 0 17.9 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.01   0.0
    SS 0 0 1.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.29   0.0
  PIT NL LF 19 17 105.1 27 1 3 0 .903 2.40   0.5
    RF 12 2 23.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.52   0.0
    2B 15 0 19.9 8 9 0 2 1.000 7.69   0.1
    CF 7 1 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
    3B 7 0 13.1 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  TOT   LF 31 28 248.6 64 2 7 0 .904 2.39   0.9
      RF 20 3 56.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.0
      2B 24 0 47.0 19 21 0 4 1.000 7.66   0.3
      CF 12 1 33.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
      3B 11 0 31.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.1
      SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1941 32 MON NL CF 120 112 998.3 304 12 7 2 .978 2.85   4.1
    3B 5 4 36.0 2 8 1 1 .909 2.50   0.1
    RF 5 3 35.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    2B 8 0 10.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 4.22   0.0
1942 33 MON NL CF 124 124 1080.0 322 11 7 2 .979 2.78   4.1
    2B 9 0 14.0 5 7 0 3 1.000 7.71   0.1
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 34 MON NL 3B 26 18 170.0 22 32 1 3 .982 2.86   0.6
    RF 15 15 117.0 31 0 1 0 .969 2.38   0.3
    2B 35 0 60.0 25 23 0 8 1.000 7.20   0.1
    CF 8 5 42.0 8 2 2 0 .833 2.14    
1944 35 CLE AL RF 139 137 1175.3 236 18 8 6 .969 1.94   2.4
    2B 3 0 9.0 2 5 0 3 1.000 7.00   0.0
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1945 36 CLE AL CF 77 65 567.0 177 8 5 2 .974 2.94   1.6
    LF 11 6 59.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.83    
    2B 11 5 48.0 19 21 0 4 1.000 7.50   0.2
    RF 4 2 20.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.25    
    3B 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 703 640 5501.7 1625 64 51 12 .971 2.76   20.6
  RF 295 258 2276.0 515 28 19 6 .966 2.15   5.7
  3B 243 200 1863.0 148 448 13 46 .979 2.88   8.8
  2B 168 8 360.6 125 154 3 37 .989 6.96   1.4
  LF 70 34 341.6 86 3 8 1 .918 2.34   0.9
  SS 2 0 5.0 1 3 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.0
Career Totals   1481 1140 10347.9 2500 700 94 104 .971 2.78   37.5
Career Highs   152 137 1195.3 327 252 15 27 .991 3.31    
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 25 MON NL 16 44 8 11 3 1 1 4 0 1 6 2 .250 .353 .432 .785
1935 26 MON NL 7 30 4 9 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 .300 .290 .400 .690
1936 27 MON NL 13 51 17 23 4 0 3 8 0 0 5 3 .451 .500 .706 1.206
1937 28 MON NL 7 27 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .185 .290 .185 .476
1941 32 MON NL 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .100 .308 .200 .508
Career Post-Season Batting 47 162 32 49 11 1 4 21 0 1 18 7 .302 .374 .457 .830
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
1937-1-.335
1941-9-.309
1942-5-.329
 On-Base Pct
1936-6-.393
1937-5-.398
1942-2-.412
 OPS
1937-9-.838
 XR
1937-8-87.0
 Runs
1937-3-96
 Hits
1937-9-172
Singles
1937-2-138
1941-7-125
1942-6-142
1944-7-131
 Triples
1936-8-8
1937-1-12
1941-4-8
1945-10-5
 Stolen Bases
1939-3-14
 Caught Stealing
1935-9-4
1938-5-5
1939-3-10
1941-3-7
1942-4-7
 Walks
1936-7-72
1938-8-75
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Brett Butler (929)
  4. Dom Dallessandro (922)
  5. Eddie Waitkus (918)
  6. Goody Rosen (915)
  7. Al Bumbry (915)
  8. Lee Richard (912)
  9. Pid Purdy (912)
  10. Buzz Boyle (911)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Montreal in 1932
Injured on 5/21/1932 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/16/1933 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/31/1933 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/22/1933 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/11/1934 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 5/16/1934, off Whit Wyatt (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1934, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,550,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1940 (Going to MON: C Cliff Bolton, C Joe Schultz. Going to PIT: CF Jo-jo White, P Johnny Broaca, 2B Mark Koenig)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 3/3/1941 (Going to PIT: P Jim Walkup. Going to MON: CF Jo-jo White)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 5/30/1942
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 4/21/1943
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/17/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
 
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