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Dick
Drott		  
Nickname: Hummer
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 1, 1936 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1967    1969   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 20 BOS AL   7 8 9 9 2 3 2 5 6 5
1958 21 BSN NL   7 8 9 8 2 3 3 6 6 6
1959 22 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 8 9 8 3 4 3 5 6 6
1960 23 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1961 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1962 25 WOR AL $ 350,000 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5
1963 26 WOR AL $ 2,371,429 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5
1964 27 WOR AL $ 2,371,429 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 5
1965 28 KCR AL $ 500,000 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5
1966 29 KCR AL $ 500,000 7 8 9 8 5 6 6 6 6 6
1967 30 KCR AL $ 3,250,000 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 6 6 6
1968 31 KCR AL $ 3,250,000 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6
1969 32 KCR AL $ 3,250,000 7 9 10 9 6 6 6 6 6 6
1970 33 KCR AL $ 3,250,000 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 6 6 6
1971 34 TAM AL $ 2,508,000 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 6 6 6
1972 35 BOS AL $ 5,000,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 5
1973 36 TAM AL $ 4,000,000 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
1974 37 TOR AL   5 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 8 9 10 9 6 7 6 7 7 7
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
1957 20 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 21 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 25 WOR AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 26 WOR AL $ 2,371,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 27 WOR AL $ 2,371,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 28 KCR AL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 29 KCR AL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 30 KCR AL $ 3,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 31 KCR AL $ 3,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 32 KCR AL $ 3,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 33 KCR AL $ 3,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 34 TAM AL $ 2,508,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 35 BOS AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 36 TAM AL $ 4,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 37 TOR AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 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
1957 20 AAA   13 8 .619 25 25 4 4 0 174.0 121 35 13 75 213 1.81 .193 .280 .284 .564  
1958 21 AAA   14 8 .636 29 29 2 2 0 194.3 141 73 31 99 248 3.38 .200 .299 .366 .665  
1959 22 BSN NL 5 1 .833 28 4 0 0 1 53.7 51 25 8 25 46 4.19 .259 .339 .416 .756 4.0
1960 23 BSN NL 21 17 .553 44 44 8 2 0 318.7 248 129 41 130 293 3.64 .214 .294 .376 .670 21.8
1961 24 BSN NL 9 28 .243 43 43 3 1 0 274.7 303 166 43 127 234 5.44 .280 .354 .482 .836 0.0
1962 25 WOR AL 10 19 .345 34 34 3 1 0 233.0 198 90 22 108 173 3.48 .228 .315 .359 .674 18.4
1963 26 WOR AL 11 28 .282 44 44 8 1 0 305.7 282 160 45 164 260 4.71 .245 .339 .404 .743 7.3
1964 27 WOR AL 0 5 .000 35 3 0 0 5 47.7 38 24 6 26 35 4.53 .224 .332 .382 .714 2.5
1965 28 KCR AL 6 4 .600 32 5 2 0 4 71.3 61 22 4 21 48 2.78 .234 .295 .337 .632 7.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 0 15.0 11 3 1 3 20 1.80 .204 .246 .278 .523  
1966 29 KCR AL 8 4 .667 59 9 0 0 5 115.7 99 48 15 52 84 3.74 .236 .322 .393 .714 7.6
1967 30 KCR AL 17 9 .654 40 39 3 1 0 273.3 237 119 39 83 258 3.92 .233 .294 .411 .705 18.5
1968 31 KCR AL 7 10 .412 55 22 1 0 12 194.0 174 85 23 59 182 3.94 .236 .294 .383 .677 10.0
1969 32 KCR AL 12 4 .750 65 0 0 0 15 79.7 61 28 9 40 68 3.16 .216 .313 .364 .677 10.4
1970 33 KCR AL 19 8 .704 33 33 2 0 0 233.7 212 93 27 87 213 3.58 .238 .308 .379 .687 14.8
1971 34 NYA AL 1 2 .333 32 11 1 1 8 74.0 55 37 7 40 73 4.50 .207 .312 .331 .643 6.0
  TAM AL 5 8 .385 17 6 0 0 0 120.3 116 55 16 54 103 4.11 .250 .329 .405 .734 7.0
  TOT   6 10 .375 49 17 1 1 8 194.3 171 92 23 94 176 4.26 .234 .322 .378 .701 12.9
1972 35 BOS AL 9 16 .360 33 33 5 2 0 235.7 195 100 29 88 192 3.82 .223 .297 .363 .660 16.6
1973 36 TAM AL 8 12 .400 26 26 2 0 0 171.0 173 99 28 96 105 5.21 .263 .354 .439 .794 5.2
1974 37 TOR AL 0 5 .000 11 8 0 0 0 44.0 60 40 4 25 13 8.18 .331 .416 .464 .880 0.0
16 Years Sim 148 180 .451 631 364 38 9 50 2845.9 2563 1320 366 1225 2380 4.17 .240 .319 .397 .716 157.2
3 Years AAA 28 16 .636 72 54 6 6 0 383.3 273 111 45 177 481 2.61 .197 .288 .326 .614  
Season Average 9 11 .450 39 22 2 0 3 177.9 160 82 22 76 148 4.17 .240 .319 .397 .716  
Career Highs 21 28 .833 65 44 8 2 15 318.7 303 166 45 164 293 8.18 .331 .416 .482 .880  
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   1179 633 173 505 1286   .226 .294 .379 .673
vs LH   1384 687 193 720 1094   .254 .341 .414 .755
Home 70 81 .464 322 174 12 5 25 1404.0 1260 631 171 631 1162 4.05 .239 .321 .390 .711
Away 78 99 .441 309 190 26 4 28 1441.9 1303 689 195 594 1218 4.30 .241 .316 .404 .720
Mar/Apr 18 24 .429 92 54 6 2 6 434.3 374 193 62 176 379 4.00 .232 .308 .396 .704
May 23 28 .451 101 58 5 1 8 451.0 402 231 59 196 390 4.61 .236 .315 .410 .725
June 24 22 .522 107 53 4 0 11 427.3 390 203 60 177 368 4.28 .240 .315 .402 .717
July 26 36 .419 120 59 2 0 11 465.3 447 233 60 222 363 4.51 .255 .339 .409 .748
August 30 34 .469 120 66 9 2 12 521.3 488 244 65 236 421 4.21 .249 .330 .410 .740
Sep/Oct 27 36 .429 91 74 12 4 5 546.6 462 216 60 218 459 3.56 .227 .302 .362 .664
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
1959 22 BSN NL 28 11 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .273 .250 .364 .614 1.4 0.1
1960 23 BSN NL 44 103 6 18 1 1 1 11 0 0 2 43 .175 .190 .233 .423 3.9 0.0
1961 24 BSN NL 43 83 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 .060 .071 .060 .132 -4.1 0.0
1962 25 WOR AL 34 74 2 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 .149 .149 .176 .324 0.4 0.0
1963 26 WOR AL 44 94 2 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 35 .138 .182 .170 .352 0.9 0.0
1964 27 WOR AL 35 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1965 28 KCR AL 32 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.6 0.0
1966 29 KCR AL 59 26 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .077 .077 .115 .192 -0.9 0.0
1967 30 KCR AL 40 91 1 21 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 30 .231 .247 .264 .511 5.7 0.0
1968 31 KCR AL 55 49 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .082 .082 .102 .184 -2.0 0.0
10 Years Sim 414 553 18 78 12 1 1 32 0 0 9 213 .141 .156 .172 .328 3.8 0.1
162 Game Average 216 7 30 4 0 0 12 0 0 3 83 .141 .156 .172 .328 1.5  
Career Highs 59 103 6 21 3 1 1 11 0 0 5 43 .273 .250 .364 .614 5.7  
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   346 12 52 7 0 1 24 0 0 6 129 .150 .167 .179 .346 2.3
vs LH   207 6 26 5 1 0 8 0 0 3 84 .126 .138 .159 .298 -1.7
Home 211 249 5 34 7 0 0 11 0 0 5 100 .137 .154 .165 .318 -0.4
Away 203 304 13 44 5 1 1 21 0 0 4 113 .145 .158 .178 .336 1.0
RISP   120 0 18 3 1 0 29 0 0 2 48 .150 .163 .192 .354 1.1
Close/Late   36 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .222 .282 .250 .532 2.6
Mar/Apr 51 100 4 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 44 .130 .129 .140 .269 -1.6
May 45 86 2 15 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 28 .174 .174 .198 .372 1.1
June 40 77 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 29 .104 .127 .117 .243 -1.7
July 57 78 2 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .115 .159 .154 .312 -0.4
August 60 90 2 12 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 38 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.2
Sep/Oct 53 122 6 21 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 50 .172 .198 .205 .403 3.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 22 BSN NL P 28 4 53.7 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.51    
1960 23 BSN NL P 44 44 318.7 16 59 0 3 1.000 2.12    
1961 24 BSN NL P 43 43 274.7 15 46 2 6 .968 2.00    
1962 25 WOR AL P 34 34 233.0 14 34 0 3 1.000 1.85    
1963 26 WOR AL P 44 44 305.7 31 55 1 1 .989 2.53    
1964 27 WOR AL P 35 3 47.7 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1965 28 KCR AL P 32 5 71.3 9 13 0 2 1.000 2.78    
1966 29 KCR AL P 59 9 115.7 13 26 0 3 1.000 3.03    
1967 30 KCR AL P 40 39 273.3 24 36 1 2 .984 1.98    
1968 31 KCR AL P 55 22 194.0 9 30 1 0 .975 1.81    
1969 32 KCR AL P 65 0 79.7 7 14 0 0 1.000 2.37    
1970 33 KCR AL P 33 33 233.7 17 42 0 5 1.000 2.27    
1971 34 NYA AL P 32 11 74.0 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.46    
  TAM AL P 17 6 120.3 8 12 0 1 1.000 1.50    
  TOT   P 49 17 194.3 13 19 0 1 1.000 1.48    
1972 35 BOS AL P 33 33 235.7 11 27 1 2 .974 1.45    
1973 36 TAM AL P 26 26 171.0 9 30 0 2 1.000 2.05    
1974 37 TOR AL P 11 8 44.0 1 5 2 0 .750 1.23    
Career Totals   631 364 2845.9 190 453 8 30 .988 2.03    
Career Highs   65 44 318.7 31 59 2 6 1.000 3.03    
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
1966 29 KCR AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 3.7 1 0 0 0 5 0.00 .077 .077 .077 .154
1967 30 KCR AL 2 1 .667 7 4 0 0 0 29.3 27 15 4 17 28 4.60 .250 .352 .407 .759
1968 31 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 10.7 9 4 2 8 10 3.38 .237 .370 .395 .764
1969 32 KCR AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 4 4 1 1 1 36.00 .571 .625 1.143 1.768
1970 33 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 1 5.3 9 6 3 1 4 10.13 .375 .400 .875 1.275
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 4 .500 21 4 0 0 3 50.0 50 29 10 27 48 5.22 .263 .355 .468 .823
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
1967 30 KCR AL 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1960-6-21
1970-7-19
 Losses
1960-8-17
1961-1-28
1962-8-19
1963-1-28
1972-4-16
 Winning Pct
1967-5-.654
1969-3-.750
 Saves
1968-7-12
1969-3-15
 Games Pitched
1969-3-65
 Games Started
1960-1-44
1961-6-43
1963-1-44
Shutouts
1960-6-2
1961-10-1
1972-1-2
 Innings Pitched
1960-6-318.7
1963-9-305.7
 Hits Allowed
1961-7-303
1963-6-282
 Homeruns Allowed
1960-5-41
1961-3-43
1963-1-45
1967-4-39
1970-8-27
1972-9-29
CAR-34-366
 Strikeouts
1960-5-293
1961-10-234
1963-5-260
1967-8-258
1970-7-213
1972-8-192
CAR-49-2380
 Walks Allowed
1960-1-130
1961-2-127
1962-8-108
1963-1-164
Hits per 9IP
1960-5-7.0
1962-10-7.6
1972-4-7.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1960-6-8.3
1961-10-7.7
1963-6-7.7
1967-7-8.5
1968-8-8.4
1970-6-8.2
1971-7-8.2
1972-10-7.3
CAR-27-7.5
 WHiP
1972-7-1.20
 OAVG
1960-5-.214
1962-10-.228
1972-4-.223
 OOBP
1972-7-.297
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Jim Maloney (928)
  4. Dave Boswell (920)
  5. Joey Jay (916)
  6. Bob Gibson (907)
  7. Danny Frisella (897)
  8. Ray Scarborough (896)
  9. Billy McCool (895)
  10. Bill Singer (892)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Roy Sherid (995)
  2. Newt Kimball (992)
  3. Moe Drabowsky (992)
  4. Bob Muncrief (991)
  5. Bunny Hearn (991)
  6. Bill Voiselle (990)
  7. Al Milnar (990)
  8. Pat Caraway (990)
  9. Joe Moeller (989)
  10. Red Swanson (987)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1957
Injured on 6/24/1957 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/11/1957 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Boston (A) to Boston (N) on 7/31/1958 (Going to BSN: P Dick Drott. Going to BOS: 2B Pete Runnels, CF Carl Furillo)
Earned first career win on 4/13/1959
Had first career hit (double) on 4/21/1959, off Al Aber (SDP)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1960, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 8/20/1960, off Ed Rakow (MIN)
Injured on 6/2/1961 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/3/1962 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/10/1962 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,371,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,371,429 through salary arbitration
3/3/1964: Signed a minor league contract extension with Worcester
7/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Worcester, $500,000 per year, for 2 years
7/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Injured on 8/8/1967 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/22/1969 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Struck out 16 batters against Colorado on 5/17/1970
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 4/2/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $2,508,000 per year
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1971 (Going to NYA: P Bob Gebhard. Going to TAM: P Dick Drott)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/2/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/13/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Injured on 3/18/1973 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/3/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Injured on 7/29/1974 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Released by Toronto on 9/1/1974
 
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