Doug
Taitt
 
Nickname: Poco
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 181
 
Born: August 3, 1902 in Usa, MI, BAY CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1933   
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 27 MID AL $ 300,000   88 88 77 13 13 13 74 93 87 22 32 29 84 88 87
1931 28 MID AL $ 3,328,571   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 10 9 3 4 3 8 9 9
1932 29 SDP NL $ 3,328,571   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 10 9 3 4 3 8 9 9
1933 30 SDP NL $ 3,328,571   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 10 9 3 4 3 8 9 9
1934 31 ATL NL $ 3,930,000   10 10 8 2 2 2 8 10 9 3 4 3 8 9 9
1935 32 ATL NL $ 3,930,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 10 9 3 4 3 8 9 8
1936 33 SLC NL $ 3,700,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 8 8 3 4 3 6 7 6
1937 34 SLC NL $ 3,700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,930,000   88 88 77 13 13 13 74 93 87 22 32 29 84 88 87
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 MID AL 148 600 84 206 41 7 6 72 0 2 32 13 .343 .376 .465 .841 92.9 15.1
1931 28 MID AL 79 273 54 96 18 3 2 45 0 2 29 6 .352 .416 .462 .877 44.7 9.4
1932 29 SDP NL 134 437 64 143 20 6 3 60 7 1 31 24 .327 .372 .421 .793 61.5 11.7
1933 30 SDP NL 141 532 69 187 31 5 6 88 6 2 29 30 .352 .381 .462 .843 84.3 19.1
1934 31 ATL NL 143 447 77 151 34 14 1 85 0 0 37 38 .338 .384 .483 .868 72.4 16.1
1935 32 ATL NL 157 557 87 158 36 8 6 90 3 6 47 49 .284 .339 .409 .748 71.2 12.1
1936 33 SLC NL 157 606 101 203 47 6 2 88 11 3 32 41 .335 .367 .442 .809 88.4 16.0
1937 34 SLC NL 55 76 12 20 3 0 1 5 2 0 7 9 .263 .321 .342 .664 8.9 1.0
8 Years Sim 1014 3528 548 1164 230 49 27 533 29 16 244 210 .330 .372 .446 .818 524.2 100.4
162 Game Average 563 87 185 36 7 4 85 4 2 38 33 .330 .372 .446 .818 83.7  
Career Highs 157 606 101 206 47 14 6 90 11 6 47 49 .352 .416 .483 .877 92.9  
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   2642 438 906 176 39 21 410 28 14 196 137 .343 .387 .463 .850 433.1
vs LH   886 110 258 54 10 6 123 1 2 48 73 .291 .326 .395 .721 107.5
Home 495 1682 245 525 99 23 15 256 11 9 116 109 .312 .355 .425 .781 238.3
Away 519 1846 303 639 131 26 12 277 18 7 128 101 .346 .387 .465 .852 302.3
RISP   989 0 344 67 18 5 467 0 0 92 64 .348 .394 .467 .861 170.5
Pinch Hitting   154 33 44 6 3 2 24 2 0 13 13 .286 .339 .403 .742 21.0
Close/Late   443 77 152 30 7 2 77 0 0 34 34 .343 .390 .456 .846 71.9
Mar/Apr 185 621 99 209 43 7 2 90 5 3 54 37 .337 .386 .438 .824 98.4
May 192 654 99 179 33 4 2 94 3 2 46 38 .274 .321 .346 .666 70.7
June 173 598 82 211 44 9 6 101 2 3 46 36 .353 .398 .487 .885 103.6
July 159 570 80 186 33 12 4 95 4 0 35 41 .326 .364 .447 .811 86.3
August 160 554 108 199 47 9 8 78 7 3 34 19 .359 .395 .520 .915 100.0
Sep/Oct 145 531 80 180 30 8 5 75 8 5 29 39 .339 .373 .454 .827 81.6
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 MID AL LF 142 140 1240.7 252 6 18 1 .935 1.87   3.5
    RF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1931 28 MID AL LF 68 63 570.3 114 4 4 1 .967 1.86   1.5
    RF 8 0 16.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.10    
1932 29 SDP NL LF 115 90 842.3 168 5 9 1 .951 1.85   1.6
    RF 11 1 27.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33    
1933 30 SDP NL LF 133 123 1105.3 199 13 8 3 .964 1.73   2.9
    RF 2 2 18.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50    
1934 31 ATL NL LF 105 79 743.3 151 3 14 0 .917 1.86   1.0
    RF 31 21 213.3 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.81    
1935 32 ATL NL LF 140 136 1188.7 268 13 12 6 .959 2.13   2.4
    RF 10 1 23.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.17    
1936 33 SLC NL LF 148 147 1312.3 248 8 20 1 .928 1.76   1.9
    RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1937 34 SLC NL LF 18 11 96.7 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.51   0.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 869 789 7099.6 1427 52 85 13 .946 1.87   15.1
  RF 69 25 307.3 60 2 1 0 .984 1.82    
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   939 814 7409.0 1488 56 86 15 .947 1.88   15.1
Career Highs   152 147 1319.3 271 14 20 6 1.000 2.86    
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 SDP NL 13 45 7 16 4 1 0 11 0 0 4 2 .356 .408 .489 .897
1933 30 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 46 7 16 4 1 0 11 0 0 4 2 .348 .400 .478 .878
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
1930-9-.343
1933-2-.352
1934-6-.329*
1936-7-.335
CAR-6-.330
OPS
1933-10-.843
XR
1933-9-84.3
Games
1935-3-157
1936-1-157
At-Bats
1936-7-606
Runs
1936-8-101
Hits
1930-8-206
1933-4-187
1936-5-203
Total Bases
1936-10-268
Singles
1930-10-152
1933-3-145
1936-5-148
Doubles
1934-9-34
1935-10-36
1936-2-47
Triples
1934-1-14
Stolen Bases
1932-6-7
1936-4-11
Caught Stealing
1935-4-6
1936-9-3
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pete Fox (945)
  2. Goose Goslin (933)
  3. Jimmy Welsh (931)
  4. Al Simmons (921)
  5. Pete Scott (917)
  6. Harvey Hendrick (915)
  7. Buzz Boyle (915)
  8. Harry Rice (911)
  9. Gene Moore (911)
  10. Taffy Wright (910)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Waite Hoyt (SLB)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1930, off Charlie Robertson (CHN)
Injured on 9/22/1930 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/9/1931 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 7/23/1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 6/27/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1933, hitting .704 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1933, hitting .479 with 1 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
7/16/1933: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,930,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from San Diego to Atlanta on 2/7/1934 (Going to ATL: LF Doug Taitt, C Johnny Moore. Going to SDP: P Vic Frasier)
6/16/1935: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $3,700,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 7/27/1935
Traded from Atlanta to St. Louis (C) on 2/3/1936 (Going to ATL: P Ed Fallenstein. Going to SLC: LF Doug Taitt)