Denny
Sothern
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 20, 1904 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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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 26 SDP NL     57 57 57 34 34 34 55 55 55 33 33 33 66 66 66
1931 27 HOU NL $ 647,356   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1932 28 SEM AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1933 29 ATL NL $ 1,648,937   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1934 30 ATL NL $ 1,648,937   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1935 31 ATL NL $ 1,648,937   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1936 32 ATL NL $ 1,648,937   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1937 33 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1938 34 SDP NL $ 400,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1939 35 MON NL $ 1,100,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1940 36 SLC NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,648,937   57 57 57 34 34 34 55 55 55 33 33 33 66 66 66
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 26 SDP NL 33 101 16 32 4 0 2 14 0 0 7 10 .317 .355 .416 .770 14.5 2.1
    AAA   120 540 93 200 38 2 26 85 6 3 43 34 .370 .417 .593 1.009 116.0  
1931 27 HOU NL 52 93 13 21 2 1 2 9 0 0 10 13 .226 .301 .333 .634 8.4 0.4
1932 28 SEM AL 122 346 42 98 18 2 4 52 0 0 29 44 .283 .339 .382 .720 39.8 4.7
1933 29 ATL NL 92 165 15 47 9 1 4 35 0 1 23 17 .285 .368 .424 .793 25.2 4.7
1934 30 ATL NL 81 202 28 60 8 1 8 39 1 0 13 26 .297 .341 .465 .806 29.6 5.7
1935 31 ATL NL 115 239 39 68 3 2 5 49 2 0 22 29 .285 .345 .377 .721 31.5 5.0
1936 32 ATL NL 96 294 32 70 16 1 2 29 1 0 22 51 .238 .291 .320 .610 27.1 1.3
1937 33 NYG NL 38 107 13 23 4 1 2 13 0 0 5 17 .215 .250 .327 .577 8.4 0.1
1938 34 SDP NL 131 410 34 92 12 1 6 46 1 0 28 79 .224 .272 .302 .575 33.5 0.8
1939 35 MON NL 19 25 3 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .320 .370 .360 .730 3.0 0.5
1940 36 SLC NL 103 352 32 85 17 2 6 42 0 0 23 72 .241 .293 .352 .645 33.2 3.8
11 Years Sim 882 2334 267 604 94 12 41 335 5 1 184 362 .259 .313 .362 .675 254.3 29.1
1 Years AAA 120 540 93 200 38 2 26 85 6 3 43 34 .370 .421 .593 1.013 116.0  
162 Game Average 428 49 110 17 2 7 61 0 0 33 66 .259 .313 .362 .675 46.7  
Career Highs 131 410 42 98 18 2 8 52 2 1 29 79 .320 .370 .465 .806 39.8  
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   1609 175 401 63 10 26 216 3 0 118 231 .249 .301 .349 .650 168.9
vs LH   725 92 203 31 2 15 119 2 1 66 131 .280 .340 .390 .730 95.9
Home 452 1198 150 324 54 5 23 198 3 0 99 178 .270 .325 .381 .707 148.5
Away 430 1136 117 280 40 7 18 137 2 1 85 184 .246 .300 .342 .641 116.3
RISP   677 0 187 30 3 13 283 0 0 65 99 .276 .333 .387 .720 89.0
Pinch Hitting   219 31 71 7 1 7 48 0 0 15 21 .324 .369 .461 .830 35.1
Close/Late   289 20 78 8 1 4 47 0 0 21 41 .270 .319 .346 .666 31.9
Mar/Apr 130 369 43 93 11 1 8 60 0 0 25 57 .252 .297 .352 .650 39.0
May 161 423 47 99 18 3 8 54 0 0 39 68 .234 .298 .348 .646 44.8
June 150 419 51 108 22 2 5 51 2 1 32 71 .258 .314 .356 .670 45.7
July 146 384 41 99 13 5 5 55 1 0 28 63 .258 .308 .357 .665 42.1
August 136 307 45 99 14 1 9 57 2 0 27 35 .322 .377 .463 .839 51.2
Sep/Oct 159 432 40 106 16 0 6 58 0 0 33 68 .245 .297 .324 .621 42.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 26 SDP NL C 26 26 226.3 64 12 2 0 .974 3.02 11 5 .455 21 0.2
    1B 1 1 8.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 21.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1931 27 HOU NL 1B 18 10 91.3 121 9 2 11 .985 12.81 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 13 9 89.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 5 0 .000 0 0.2
1932 28 SEM AL C 55 39 389.3 97 17 0 0 1.000 2.64 11 4 .364 0 3.0
    CF 35 22 206.7 77 3 3 0 .964 3.48 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 15 15 118.0 146 17 0 16 1.000 12.43 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 29 ATL NL C 29 29 216.7 76 9 3 0 .966 3.53 7 2 .286 0 1.4
    CF 22 3 60.3 20 2 1 0 .957 3.28 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 5 40.0 60 4 0 5 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1934 30 ATL NL C 35 34 273.0 95 9 3 0 .972 3.43 9 2 .222 0 1.5
    CF 15 7 71.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 8 7 56.0 64 4 1 9 .986 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1935 31 ATL NL C 36 34 283.7 105 5 1 1 .991 3.49 13 3 .231 0 0.8
    CF 14 11 104.3 28 0 2 0 .933 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 10 5 46.0 54 3 2 7 .966 11.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1936 32 ATL NL 1B 61 52 459.7 626 42 6 62 .991 13.08 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    C 22 20 173.0 87 4 1 0 .989 4.73 1 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 33 NYG NL C 35 28 254.7 127 7 3 0 .978 4.74 8 2 .250 0 0.9
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 34 SDP NL CF 118 115 940.3 247 10 20 2 .928 2.46 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 8 5 53.3 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 3 1 .333 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 35 MON NL C 9 5 49.3 21 1 0 0 1.000 4.01 3 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 0 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 36 SLC NL C 102 100 883.3 294 38 12 0 .965 3.38 62 12 .194 0 0.7
  C 370 329 2892.0 1000 103 25 1 .978 3.43 133 31 .233 21 10.2
  CF 213 158 1400.6 397 15 26 2 .941 2.65 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  1B 119 95 820.0 1091 80 11 111 .991 12.85 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 3 1 1 .750 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   705 582 5119.6 2489 202 63 116 .977 4.73 133 31 .233 21 14.9
Career Highs   127 120 994.7 714 46 21 62 1.000 10.71 62 12 .455 21  
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
1931 27 HOU NL 12 31 4 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .355 .375 .419 .794
Career Post-Season Batting 12 31 4 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .355 .375 .419 .794
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.
Strikeouts
1938-9-79
1940-10-72
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Charlie Berry (951)
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History
Had first career hit on 8/19/1930, off Herb Bradley (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/27/1930, off John Cooney (CIN)
Released by San Diego on 10/30/1930
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/1/1931 to a 4-year deal worth $647,356 per year
3/2/1932: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Released by Seattle (M) on 9/29/1932
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/18/1933 to a 4-year deal worth $1,648,937 per year
Injured on 8/12/1933 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 2/28/1937 to a 2-year deal worth $500,005 per year
Released by New York (G) on 10/22/1937
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/12/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/2/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (C) on 4/2/1940 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/30/1940 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks