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Al
Worthington		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 5, 1929 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 24 BOS AL   6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1954 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1955 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1956 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1957 28 BOS AL   6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1958 29 BOS AL   6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1959 30 BOS AL   6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1960 31 BOS AL   6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1961 32 BOS AL   6 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1962 33 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1963 34 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1964 35 BOS AL $ 350,000 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
1965 36 BOS AL $ 405,714 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 405,714 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
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  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
1953 24 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 28 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 29 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 30 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 31 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 32 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 34 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 35 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 36 BOS AL $ 405,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 405,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1953 24 AAA   4 3 .571 51 0 0 0 36 51.7 43 18 4 29 46 3.14 .224 .326 .354 .680  
1954 25 BOS AL 8 19 .296 36 30 1 1 3 189.7 186 116 18 113 98 5.50 .258 .360 .383 .743 3.5
1955 26 BOS AL 5 9 .357 77 0 0 0 2 94.0 115 65 17 58 47 6.22 .301 .393 .500 .893 0.7
1956 27 BOS AL 1 1 .500 32 0 0 0 1 37.7 48 34 9 23 15 8.13 .320 .403 .580 .983 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 24 0 0 0 2 34.7 26 12 1 14 35 3.12 .217 .299 .292 .590  
1957 28 AAA   3 3 .500 61 1 0 0 7 53.0 45 18 4 26 46 3.06 .234 .326 .328 .654  
1958 29 AAA   3 1 .750 49 0 0 0 5 32.0 19 15 2 13 36 4.22 .173 .260 .264 .524  
1959 30 AAA   3 2 .600 30 2 0 0 0 32.7 43 14 5 12 27 3.86 .316 .372 .485 .857  
1960 31 AAA   6 3 .667 89 0 0 0 4 77.0 81 31 4 38 71 3.62 .272 .354 .379 .733  
1961 32 AAA   4 2 .667 72 0 0 0 9 59.0 52 22 5 21 51 3.36 .242 .309 .363 .672  
1962 33 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 4 3 0 3 2 11.59 .400 .538 .600 1.138 0.0
    AAA   5 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 0 69.7 63 20 7 29 55 2.58 .253 .331 .394 .725  
1963 34 BOS AL 0 5 .000 35 1 0 0 0 43.0 47 22 4 29 26 4.60 .280 .384 .393 .777 0.3
1964 35 BOS AL 0 0 .000 32 0 0 0 2 34.0 32 13 5 11 20 3.44 .248 .312 .426 .738 1.6
6 Years Sim 14 34 .292 214 31 1 1 9 400.7 432 253 53 237 208 5.68 .277 .372 .437 .809 6.2
8 Years AAA 28 14 .667 411 3 0 0 63 409.6 372 150 32 182 367 3.30 .246 .327 .364 .691  
Season Average 2 5 .286 35 5 0 0 1 66.8 72 42 8 39 34 5.68 .277 .372 .437 .809  
Career Highs 8 19 .500 77 30 1 1 3 189.7 186 116 18 113 98 11.59 .400 .538 .600 1.138  
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   241 141 29 112 123   .282 .365 .439 .804
vs LH   191 112 24 125 85   .272 .382 .434 .815
Home 7 17 .292 107 13 0 0 4 195.0 215 127 28 122 105 5.86 .281 .380 .458 .838
Away 7 17 .292 107 18 1 1 5 205.7 217 126 25 115 103 5.51 .273 .365 .416 .781
Mar/Apr 0 5 .000 45 0 0 0 3 46.3 65 44 12 31 26 8.55 .322 .412 .550 .962
May 2 9 .182 51 7 0 0 0 94.3 104 55 17 56 41 5.25 .280 .374 .465 .839
June 4 7 .364 37 8 1 1 2 87.3 85 46 7 44 43 4.74 .263 .351 .393 .745
July 2 5 .286 26 5 0 0 1 51.0 66 44 6 39 40 7.77 .311 .418 .476 .895
August 3 7 .300 40 6 0 0 1 76.3 76 50 10 41 37 5.90 .258 .348 .420 .769
Sep/Oct 3 1 .750 15 5 0 0 2 45.3 36 14 1 26 21 2.78 .232 .343 .290 .633
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
1954 25 BOS AL 36 54 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 16 .130 .161 .185 .346 0.7 0.0
1955 26 BOS AL 77 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.4 0.4
1963 34 BOS AL 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1964 35 BOS AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 180 68 3 11 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 21 .162 .186 .206 .392 1.8 0.4
162 Game Average 61 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .162 .186 .206 .392 1.6  
Career Highs 77 54 2 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 16 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.4  
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   38 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 .184 .205 .263 .468 1.7
vs LH   30 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .133 .161 .133 .295 -0.5
Home 88 31 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 .161 .212 .161 .373 0.5
Away 71 37 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .162 .162 .243 .405 0.7
RISP   17 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.2
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 16 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9
May 26 16 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .313 .353 .375 .728 1.7
June 25 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0
July 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.2
August 33 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.0
Sep/Oct 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 25 BOS AL P 36 30 189.7 13 45 2 6 .967 2.75    
1955 26 BOS AL P 77 0 94.0 8 19 1 1 .964 2.59    
1956 27 BOS AL P 32 0 37.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1962 33 BOS AL P 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 34 BOS AL P 35 1 43.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.88    
1964 35 BOS AL P 32 0 34.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.79    
Career Totals   214 31 400.7 28 79 3 8 .973 2.40    
Career Highs   77 30 189.7 13 45 2 6 1.000 2.75    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1963 34 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1954-3-19
 Games Pitched
1955-4-77
 Walks Allowed
1954-8-113
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Mel Queen (975)
  2. John Romonosky (974)
  3. Ben Wade (967)
  4. Dan Bankhead (966)
  5. Doc Medich (965)
  6. Tom Gorman (965)
  7. Hal McKain (964)
  8. Kirk McCaskill (964)
  9. Gary Ross (963)
  10. Mike Thompson (962)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1953
Injured on 7/6/1953 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 5/12/1954, off Russ Meyer (PIT)
Earned first career win on 5/30/1954
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $405,714 through salary arbitration
 
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