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Bobby
Mitchell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 22, 1943 in Usa, PA, NORRISTOWN
 
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
1970 26 CLN NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1971 27 CLN NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1972 28 CLN NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1973 29 CLN NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1974 30 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 32 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 33 CLN NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1978 34 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1979 35 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
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
1970 26 AAA   128 571 91 145 24 5 37 89 9 10 43 143 .254 .306 .508 .814 87.4  
1971 27 AAA   137 579 84 143 41 6 21 74 12 5 53 159 .247 .310 .447 .757 80.2  
1972 28 AAA   137 505 68 117 30 7 23 99 3 2 57 125 .232 .310 .455 .765 72.5  
1973 29 AAA   65 255 44 63 7 4 17 49 2 2 27 64 .247 .319 .506 .825 41.6  
1974 30 CLN NL 45 111 24 27 8 1 2 18 1 0 9 22 .243 .295 .387 .682 12.8 1.7
    AAA   81 342 62 107 26 2 20 57 5 10 28 60 .313 .365 .576 .941 63.8  
1975 31 CLN NL 92 258 41 74 20 2 12 39 0 1 12 68 .287 .320 .519 .839 38.3 7.0
1976 32 CLN NL 43 40 6 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 13 .250 .295 .325 .620 3.5 0.0
1977 33 CLN NL 94 80 14 15 2 0 1 10 0 0 3 15 .188 .214 .250 .464 3.9 0.0
1978 34 BAL AL 156 543 66 131 28 6 19 66 1 3 31 121 .241 .279 .420 .699 59.7 7.2
1979 35 BAL AL 88 229 19 43 8 1 5 32 1 0 12 46 .188 .226 .297 .523 14.3 0.0
1980 36 AAA   15 19 3 8 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 5 .421 .421 .684 1.105 4.3  
6 Years Sim 518 1261 170 300 69 10 39 168 3 4 70 285 .238 .276 .401 .677 132.5 15.9
6 Years AAA 563 2271 352 583 130 24 119 375 31 29 208 556 .257 .317 .492 .809 349.9  
162 Game Average 394 53 93 21 3 12 52 0 1 21 89 .238 .276 .401 .677 41.4  
Career Highs 156 543 66 131 28 6 19 66 1 3 31 121 .287 .320 .519 .839 59.7  
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   905 122 219 54 7 29 125 3 3 47 206 .242 .278 .413 .691 102.1
vs LH   356 48 81 15 3 10 43 0 1 23 79 .228 .272 .371 .642 35.9
Home 259 654 87 160 32 5 22 94 0 3 34 141 .245 .279 .410 .689 73.6
Away 259 607 83 140 37 5 17 74 3 1 36 144 .231 .272 .392 .664 64.4
RISP   283 0 62 13 2 9 121 0 0 19 69 .219 .257 .375 .632 28.6
Pinch Hitting   54 2 10 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 15 .185 .214 .241 .455 2.1
Close/Late   190 43 47 7 1 5 22 0 0 12 46 .247 .291 .374 .664 20.6
Mar/Apr 87 203 28 48 9 1 7 31 0 1 15 43 .236 .283 .394 .677 23.0
May 99 267 24 49 13 0 7 33 1 0 15 52 .184 .225 .311 .535 18.3
June 78 166 18 43 4 2 5 24 0 1 8 39 .259 .291 .398 .689 18.8
July 69 166 26 37 10 2 5 13 0 0 7 38 .223 .253 .398 .650 16.5
August 91 218 31 64 18 2 8 41 1 1 9 51 .294 .323 .505 .828 32.7
Sep/Oct 94 241 43 59 15 3 7 26 1 1 16 62 .245 .290 .419 .709 28.8
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
1974 30 CLN NL 2B 23 10 119.3 24 43 3 9 .957 5.05   0.4
    RF 11 11 91.0 20 0 1 0 .952 1.98   0.3
    CF 4 4 35.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03    
    LF 4 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1975 31 CLN NL LF 48 47 381.0 67 1 0 0 1.000 1.61   1.2
    RF 16 15 137.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.51    
    2B 25 2 62.3 18 29 1 8 .979 6.79   0.4
    SS 6 2 28.0 3 13 1 2 .941 5.14   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1976 32 CLN NL RF 5 4 39.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.92   0.1
    SS 10 0 18.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    2B 9 0 16.3 5 6 0 2 1.000 6.06   0.1
    LF 5 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1977 33 CLN NL SS 42 0 88.7 11 39 1 9 .980 5.08   0.4
    2B 26 0 62.7 15 28 0 8 1.000 6.18   0.3
    RF 7 0 29.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.93   0.0
    LF 8 0 16.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10    
1978 34 BAL AL LF 153 153 1317.3 314 6 1 1 .997 2.19   2.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 35 BAL AL LF 54 53 469.7 113 1 0 1 1.000 2.18   0.8
    SS 12 0 15.7 3 7 0 2 1.000 5.75   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 272 255 2213.3 500 8 1 2 .998 2.07   4.0
  RF 41 30 301.3 52 0 1 0 .981 1.55   0.3
  2B 83 12 260.7 62 106 4 27 .977 5.80   1.2
  SS 74 2 158.3 21 68 2 14 .978 5.06   0.7
  CF 7 4 42.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   478 303 2976.6 643 182 8 43 .990 2.49   6.3
Career Highs   156 153 1323.3 317 67 4 17 1.000 4.49    
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
1977 33 CLN NL 5 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
Career Post-Season Batting 5 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
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.
Games
1978-2-156
 Strikeouts
1978-2-121
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Bob Jones (972)
  5. Gene Hermanski (970)
  6. Ruben Sierra (968)
  7. Bo Jackson (963)
  8. Ricky Nelson (961)
  9. Chet Laabs (961)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 58th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1970
Injured on 6/16/1970 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/12/1973 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1973 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
Injured on 4/8/1974 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/5/1974, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/8/1974, off Mel Queen (OAK)
Released by Cleveland (N) on 11/2/1977
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/26/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
4/3/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Released by Baltimore on 5/1/1980
 
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