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Ron
Cash		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 20, 1949 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1976    1977    1980    1983   
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
1973 23 NYG NL     6 6 7 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1974 24 MIN AL     8 8 8 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6
1975 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6
1976 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1977 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6
1978 28 MIN AL $ 1,157,143   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1979 29 MIN AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
1980 30 MIN AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
1981 31 MIL NL $ 1,100,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6
1982 32 MIL NL $ 1,100,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1983 33 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1984 34 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1985 35 MIN AL $ 516,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1986 36 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 5
1987 37 WAS NL $ 1,930,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 5
1988 38 DET AL $ 1,930,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 7 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
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
1973 23 AAA   80 199 26 61 13 0 0 20 3 1 16 23 .307 .358 .372 .730 25.8  
1974 24 AAA   108 346 35 114 13 0 1 39 7 5 14 35 .329 .356 .376 .731 42.9  
1975 25 MIN AL 142 459 47 161 25 1 1 61 0 0 23 63 .351 .379 .416 .795 63.7 11.7
1976 26 MIN AL 159 583 51 177 25 4 1 61 1 2 20 81 .304 .326 .365 .692 60.4 8.6
1977 27 MIN AL 153 600 52 188 25 1 5 76 0 2 14 80 .313 .327 .383 .710 68.6 10.0
1978 28 MIN AL 150 586 60 164 23 6 3 57 1 0 16 80 .280 .298 .355 .653 53.2 6.6
1979 29 MIN AL 100 387 38 111 15 4 0 34 3 1 11 43 .287 .305 .346 .651 37.2 5.4
1980 30 MIN AL 150 471 52 124 24 2 2 36 0 3 14 57 .263 .287 .335 .622 38.9 3.8
1981 31 MIL NL 23 17 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .235 .222 .235 .458 0.8 0.0
    AAA   45 172 24 67 7 1 1 13 0 0 11 21 .390 .426 .459 .886 30.2  
1982 32 MIL NL 141 519 52 163 22 2 2 69 0 0 15 62 .314 .330 .376 .705 58.7 11.7
1983 33 BOS AL 151 546 49 166 21 2 4 72 0 0 17 73 .304 .324 .372 .696 58.1 9.6
1984 34 BOS AL 12 25 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .280 .308 .400 .708 3.2 0.4
    AAA   87 176 20 65 7 1 0 22 1 0 8 19 .369 .397 .420 .817 26.8  
1985 35 MIN AL 53 206 23 67 14 1 0 20 1 1 4 39 .325 .336 .403 .739 23.9 6.3
    AAA   24 90 10 32 6 1 0 14 0 0 6 11 .356 .396 .444 .840 14.3  
1986 36 DET AL 103 338 35 112 17 1 2 34 0 1 9 36 .331 .348 .405 .753 42.2 8.4
1987 37 WAS NL 155 643 75 212 16 2 3 82 0 2 18 113 .330 .346 .375 .721 77.6 16.3
1988 38 DET AL 73 148 11 41 7 0 1 11 0 0 3 20 .277 .289 .345 .634 13.7 1.2
14 Years Sim 1565 5528 549 1697 234 26 25 620 6 12 165 751 .307 .326 .372 .698 600.1 100.1
5 Years AAA 344 983 115 339 46 3 2 108 11 6 55 109 .345 .378 .404 .781 140.1  
162 Game Average 572 56 175 24 2 2 64 0 1 17 77 .307 .326 .372 .698 62.1  
Career Highs 159 643 75 212 25 6 5 82 3 3 23 113 .351 .379 .416 .795 77.6  
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   3743 373 1124 153 18 14 432 4 7 108 538 .300 .318 .362 .680 402.3
vs LH   1785 176 573 81 8 11 188 2 5 57 213 .321 .341 .394 .735 220.8
Home 780 2657 235 808 122 10 7 296 1 4 68 359 .304 .320 .365 .686 287.3
Away 785 2871 314 889 112 16 18 324 5 8 97 392 .310 .331 .379 .709 335.7
RISP   1402 0 442 56 8 5 558 0 0 48 180 .315 .331 .377 .709 166.5
Pinch Hitting   42 4 12 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 6 .286 .326 .310 .636 4.4
Close/Late   579 36 184 23 0 1 59 0 0 19 85 .318 .339 .363 .702 66.5
Mar/Apr 231 815 80 245 38 5 3 90 1 3 24 114 .301 .320 .371 .690 89.0
May 248 900 84 275 29 5 4 101 2 1 26 137 .306 .324 .362 .686 99.2
June 275 952 96 288 42 4 5 115 2 1 27 129 .303 .320 .371 .691 105.6
July 242 859 77 255 38 4 4 107 0 3 25 113 .297 .315 .364 .679 91.3
August 280 993 109 316 44 6 4 98 0 1 31 139 .318 .338 .387 .725 119.9
Sep/Oct 288 1009 103 318 43 2 5 109 1 3 32 119 .315 .334 .377 .711 118.0
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
1975 25 MIN AL 3B 128 126 1055.3 63 243 15 20 .953 2.61   2.6
    RF 7 0 23.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1976 26 MIN AL 3B 154 153 1293.3 92 358 7 42 .985 3.13   6.7
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1977 27 MIN AL 3B 150 148 1283.0 77 386 7 37 .985 3.25   5.9
    RF 3 3 26.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 4.85   0.2
1978 28 MIN AL 3B 150 150 1262.0 86 350 10 30 .978 3.11   6.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 29 MIN AL 3B 94 94 789.0 47 214 8 16 .970 2.98   3.5
    1B 6 5 46.0 59 1 1 2 .984 11.74   0.1
1980 30 MIN AL 3B 149 149 1213.3 96 315 8 20 .981 3.05   3.3
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1981 31 MIL NL 3B 17 0 21.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 32 MIL NL 3B 141 140 1187.0 70 310 8 27 .979 2.88   4.7
1983 33 BOS AL 3B 150 149 1249.0 92 366 14 29 .970 3.30   5.4
1984 34 BOS AL 3B 6 5 51.0 0 14 0 0 1.000 2.47   0.2
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1985 35 MIN AL 3B 52 49 414.7 28 85 7 5 .942 2.45   0.8
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1986 36 DET AL 3B 101 101 842.7 59 235 14 21 .955 3.14   3.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1987 37 WAS NL 1B 112 110 984.7 1137 85 9 109 .993 11.17   1.9
    RF 42 40 338.0 76 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.9
    LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
1988 38 DET AL 3B 67 40 379.7 19 94 4 10 .966 2.68   1.6
    LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 3 0 6.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 12.16   0.0
  3B 1359 1304 11041.0 730 2973 102 257 .973 3.02   44.3
  1B 125 115 1045.3 1215 88 10 112 .992 11.22   2.0
  RF 57 43 399.7 95 2 0 0 1.000 2.18   1.2
  LF 9 0 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1552 1462 12507.0 2047 3065 112 369 .979 3.68   47.5
Career Highs   158 153 1323.7 1215 387 15 109 1.000 8.85    
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
1978 28 MIN AL 14 58 1 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 16 .293 .293 .362 .655
1982 32 MIL NL 10 28 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .179 .207 .214 .421
1988 38 DET AL 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.333 2.333
Career Post-Season Batting 26 89 3 25 4 1 0 9 0 0 1 19 .281 .289 .348 .637
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
1975-3-.343*
1976-9-.304
1977-7-.313
1983-8-.304
1987-3-.330
 Games
1976-1-159
1987-6-155
 At-Bats
1977-8-600
1987-1-643
 Hits
1976-6-177
1977-4-188
1987-1-212
 Singles
1975-7-134
1976-1-147
1977-3-157
1978-7-132
1982-9-137
1983-4-139
1987-1-191
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rick Manning (904)
  2. Lou Chiozza (901)
  3. Woody English (895)
  4. Ted Sizemore (894)
  5. Ralph Hodgin (894)
  6. Dick Groat (893)
  7. Al Bumbry (892)
  8. Pie Traynor (891)
  9. Juan Bernhardt (891)
  10. Dan Briggs (889)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 83rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1973
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (N) on 5/1/1973 (Going to NYG: 1B Ron Cash. Going to BOS: P Tom Seaver)
Injured on 8/11/1973 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/20/1974 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 7/31/1974 (Going to NYG: P Dick Estelle. Going to MIN: RF Len Gabrielson, 1B Ron Cash)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/1975, off Frank Bertaina (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/8/1975, off Gary Lavelle (BOS)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1976
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1977, hitting .396 with 1 HR, 16 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/22/1979 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 7 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 7/24/1980
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1980
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 3/2/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
Injured on 4/29/1981 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1981 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/13/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1983
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 7/1/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $516,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1985, hitting .593 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1986 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/8/1987 to a 2-year deal worth $1,930,000 per year
Traded from Washington to Detroit on 3/4/1988 (Going to DET: 3B Ron Cash. Going to WAS: P Brian Allard)
 
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