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Ernie
Lombardi		  
Nickname: Schnozz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 250
 
Born: April 6, 1908 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1942   
All-Star Selections 1936    1938    1939    1943   
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
1931 23 SEM AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1932 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1933 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1934 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1935 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1936 28 NYG NL $ 1,864,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1937 29 NYG NL $ 3,464,286   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1938 30 NYG NL $ 3,464,286   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1939 31 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   6 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1940 32 NYG NL $ 4,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1941 33 BOS AL $ 4,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 34 SDP NL $ 4,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1943 35 NYG NL $ 12,353,020   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1944 36 NYG NL $ 12,353,020   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1945 37 SDP NL $ 12,353,020   4 4 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,353,020   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
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
1931 23 AAA   137 539 87 187 37 5 24 103 1 1 53 20 .347 .405 .568 .973 111.0  
1932 24 SEM AL 110 373 46 105 13 4 12 57 0 0 21 19 .282 .322 .434 .756 48.8 6.3
1933 25 SEM AL 85 304 35 81 7 0 10 38 0 0 23 22 .266 .317 .388 .705 36.8 3.0
    AAA   65 267 37 84 14 2 7 53 1 0 28 14 .315 .380 .461 .840 44.9  
1934 26 NYG NL 143 515 74 166 24 2 21 101 0 0 37 30 .322 .363 .499 .862 85.1 15.2
1935 27 SEM AL 150 554 64 142 25 2 16 85 1 0 55 34 .256 .321 .395 .716 69.0 8.0
1936 28 NYG NL 150 574 82 186 30 2 26 126 0 0 40 49 .324 .365 .519 .884 98.0 17.2
1937 29 NYG NL 145 540 85 153 28 3 18 97 1 0 39 50 .283 .328 .446 .775 75.5 13.3
1938 30 NYG NL 146 576 80 169 32 2 27 113 0 0 41 62 .293 .339 .497 .836 85.2 12.9
1939 31 SEM AL 116 429 73 138 28 2 24 96 0 0 37 37 .322 .373 .564 .937 81.6 16.6
1940 32 SEM AL 147 548 75 139 28 0 26 85 1 0 47 47 .254 .308 .447 .755 73.1 8.0
1941 33 NYG NL 94 363 38 87 23 1 13 52 1 0 22 37 .240 .283 .416 .699 39.5 4.3
  BOS AL 52 183 28 57 7 1 10 33 0 0 14 24 .311 .359 .525 .883 30.9 6.3
  TOT   146 546 66 144 30 2 23 85 1 0 36 61 .264 .308 .452 .761 70.4 10.6
1942 34 BOS AL 98 360 48 92 21 1 20 73 0 0 22 36 .256 .301 .486 .787 51.9 8.0
  SDP NL 40 90 13 30 6 1 3 14 0 0 10 11 .333 .402 .522 .924 17.5 3.7
  TOT   138 450 61 122 27 2 23 87 0 0 32 47 .271 .322 .493 .815 69.4 11.7
1943 35 NYG NL 152 554 91 155 37 5 35 132 2 0 37 71 .280 .324 .554 .879 93.1 16.3
1944 36 NYG NL 147 533 60 114 24 1 22 94 0 0 44 88 .214 .271 .386 .658 54.4 2.9
1945 37 SDP NL 98 271 30 59 16 0 11 35 0 0 14 55 .218 .260 .399 .659 27.6 2.7
14 Years Sim 1873 6767 922 1873 349 27 294 1231 6 0 503 672 .277 .325 .467 .792 968.0 144.6
2 Years AAA 202 806 124 271 51 7 31 156 2 1 81 34 .336 .400 .532 .932 155.9  
162 Game Average 585 79 162 30 2 25 106 0 0 43 58 .277 .325 .467 .792 83.7  
Career Highs 152 576 91 186 37 5 35 132 2 0 55 88 .324 .373 .564 .937 98.0  
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   4288 557 1148 225 21 167 754 3 0 298 406 .268 .313 .447 .760 592.2
vs LH   2479 365 725 124 6 127 477 3 0 205 266 .292 .345 .501 .846 414.3
Home 932 3311 430 875 166 15 140 598 2 0 262 342 .264 .317 .450 .767 469.3
Away 941 3456 492 998 183 12 154 633 4 0 241 330 .289 .333 .482 .816 537.2
RISP   1935 0 559 103 6 91 897 0 0 218 194 .289 .350 .489 .839 333.0
Pinch Hitting   202 31 65 16 0 10 52 0 0 20 25 .322 .379 .550 .928 39.1
Close/Late   828 84 253 53 1 35 144 0 0 60 83 .306 .351 .499 .850 136.8
Mar/Apr 302 1060 137 266 45 7 33 178 2 0 97 125 .251 .312 .400 .712 134.8
May 313 1157 161 315 59 4 56 208 1 0 86 107 .272 .321 .475 .796 173.9
June 304 1103 151 294 60 3 51 214 0 0 74 115 .267 .310 .465 .775 157.3
July 319 1151 145 320 63 3 49 217 1 0 77 97 .278 .321 .466 .787 168.1
August 326 1193 156 349 52 3 57 228 2 0 83 111 .293 .338 .484 .822 188.7
Sep/Oct 309 1103 172 329 70 7 48 186 0 0 86 117 .298 .347 .505 .852 183.7
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
1932 24 NYG NL C 98 95 841.0 308 30 3 2 .991 3.62 16 6 .375 5 5.5
    1B 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 25 NYG NL C 74 73 647.0 211 23 1 0 .996 3.26 18 9 .500 3 4.4
    1B 9 0 16.3 23 0 0 3 1.000 12.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 26 NYG NL C 127 121 1088.7 454 32 7 1 .986 4.02 28 7 .250 3 4.2
    1B 8 0 18.7 22 2 0 2 1.000 11.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 27 NYG NL C 140 134 1199.0 565 57 5 0 .992 4.67 36 17 .472 5 9.0
    1B 5 0 8.0 9 2 0 1 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 28 NYG NL C 138 138 1233.7 539 42 7 3 .988 4.24 33 11 .333 2 4.7
    1B 6 0 10.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 29 NYG NL C 133 131 1169.7 562 38 2 2 .997 4.62 30 7 .233 1 4.9
    1B 11 0 17.0 23 1 0 3 1.000 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1938 30 NYG NL C 136 136 1208.7 611 49 5 0 .992 4.91 33 13 .394 1 7.9
    1B 7 0 13.7 14 0 0 2 1.000 9.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 31 NYG NL C 104 104 923.7 476 41 1 1 .998 5.04 29 12 .414 3 6.1
    1B 12 0 20.0 31 1 1 1 .970 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 32 NYG NL C 130 130 1172.0 612 37 6 0 .991 4.98 52 14 .269 4 4.8
    1B 14 0 32.0 40 2 0 4 1.000 11.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1941 33 NYG NL C 90 86 797.0 369 29 3 0 .993 4.49 42 11 .262 3 2.5
    1B 3 0 4.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BOS AL C 50 47 404.6 187 14 1 0 .995 4.47 22 6 .273 1 2.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 140 133 1201.6 556 43 4 0 .993 4.49 64 17 .266 4 5.1
      1B 4 0 6.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
1942 34 BOS AL C 77 72 726.6 337 35 5 0 .987 4.61 29 12 .414 6 4.2
    1B 8 1 25.4 32 2 0 2 1.000 12.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SDP NL C 32 30 190.0 88 9 1 0 .990 4.59 7 3 .429 1 1.2
    1B 3 0 6.6 8 1 0 1 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 109 102 916.6 425 44 6 0 .987 4.61 36 15 .417 7 5.4
      1B 11 1 32.0 40 3 0 3 1.000 12.09   0.1
1943 35 NYG NL C 131 130 1161.3 530 35 2 0 .996 4.38 44 11 .250 4 6.0
    1B 8 0 16.7 21 1 0 1 1.000 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 36 NYG NL C 135 132 1174.0 484 45 3 2 .994 4.06 51 12 .235 2 4.9
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 37 SDP NL 1B 61 59 515.3 699 38 4 59 .995 12.87 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 9 7 63.0 17 3 0 0 1.000 2.86 4 2 .500 0 0.5
  C 1604 1566 13999.8 6350 519 52 11 .992 4.42 474 153 .323 44 73.5
  1B 159 60 712.6 948 52 5 82 .995 12.63 0 0 .000 0 1.8
Career Totals   1763 1626 14712.5 7298 571 57 93 .993 4.81 474 153 .323 44 75.3
Career Highs   145 138 1243.7 716 59 7 59 .997 11.78 64 17 .500 7  
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
1935 27 NYG NL 12 50 7 16 5 0 0 13 0 0 3 3 .320 .358 .420 .778
1936 28 NYG NL 6 24 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .208 .208 .250 .458
1937 29 NYG NL 14 56 8 18 4 0 3 11 0 0 2 7 .321 .356 .554 .910
1938 30 NYG NL 7 30 7 8 4 0 2 12 0 0 3 2 .267 .333 .600 .933
1939 31 NYG NL 10 39 5 10 3 0 1 4 1 0 4 6 .256 .318 .410 .728
1940 32 NYG NL 6 20 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .200 .360 .250 .610
1942 34 SDP NL 6 25 1 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .200 .259 .400 .659
Career Post-Season Batting 61 244 31 66 20 0 7 47 1 0 19 27 .270 .325 .439 .763
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
1934-9-.322
1936-10-.324
 Slugging Pct
1934-7-.499
1936-7-.519
1938-5-.497
1939-6-.527*
1943-2-.554
 OPS
1934-8-.862
1936-8-.884
1938-10-.836
1939-9-.878*
1943-5-.879
 XR
1936-6-98.0
1943-6-93.1
 Hits
1936-10-186
 Total Bases
1936-6-298
1938-5-286
1943-3-307
Singles
1936-10-128
 Doubles
1943-4-37
 Homeruns
1934-6-21
1936-4-26
1937-6-18
1938-4-27
1939-7-24
1940-3-26
1942-10-20
1943-2-35
 RBIs
1934-8-101
1936-3-126
1937-5-97
1938-2-113
1943-1-132
 Strikeouts
1943-10-71
1944-4-88
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1931
Traded from Seattle (M) to New York (G) on 1/31/1932 (Going to NYG: C Ernie Lombardi. Going to SEM: SS Red Rolfe)
Traded from Seattle (M) to New York (G) on 1/31/1932 (Going to NYG: C Ernie Lombardi. Going to SEM: SS Red Rolfe)
Had first career hit on 4/10/1932, off Ray Benge (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1932, off Wally Hebert (PIT)
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1936, hitting .654 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1938, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/24/1939
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1939, hitting .367 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Injured on 7/29/1939 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1941 (Going to NYG: 1B Eddie Waitkus. Going to BOS: 2B Howdy Groskloss, C Ernie Lombardi, P Oscar Judd)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/26/1942
Traded from Boston (A) to San Diego on 7/31/1942 (Going to SDP: C Ernie Lombardi. Going to BOS: LF Clyde Vollmer)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1942
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/20/1943 to a 4-year deal worth $12,353,023 per year
Hit 4 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 8 runs on 5/12/1943
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1943, hitting .278 with 12 HR, 34 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 2/1/1945 (Going to BSN: C Ernie Lombardi. Going to NYG: RF Bruce Sloan)
Traded from Boston (N) to San Diego on 2/7/1945 (Going to SDP: LF Ralph Hodgin, P Fred Hutchinson, C Ernie Lombardi. Going to BSN: P Ox Miller)
 
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