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Cass
Michaels		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 4, 1926 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
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
1943 17 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8
1944 18 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 8 7 7 9 9 9
1945 19 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1946 20 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 8 7 7 9 8 8
1947 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 8
1948 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 6 9 8 9
1949 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 6 9 8 9
1950 24 SEM AL $ 1,421,429   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 9 9
1951 25 SEM AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 9 8 8
1952 26 BOS AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1953 27 BOS AL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1954 28 BRK NL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1955 29 BRK NL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1956 30 BRK NL $ 2,140,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1957 31 BRK NL $ 2,140,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
1958 32 BRK NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1959 33 BRK NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 4 3 4 7 7 7
1960 34 BRK NL $ 2,200,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1961 35 BRK NL $ 2,200,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
1962 36 WOR AL $ 451,001   4 4 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
1963 37 WOR AL $ 451,001   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 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
1943 17 DET AL 7 21 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .190 .261 .286 .547 1.7 0.1
    AAA   52 215 28 53 11 1 4 19 4 1 27 26 .247 .331 .363 .693 27.2  
    AA   83 290 44 68 13 1 5 35 14 5 62 25 .234 .369 .338 .707 42.8  
1944 18 DET AL 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
    AAA   136 535 95 145 25 2 15 80 20 3 79 40 .271 .365 .409 .774 85.2  
1945 19 DET AL 95 225 35 46 5 2 1 9 10 4 24 23 .204 .284 .258 .542 16.3 0.0
1946 20 SEM AL 76 264 27 56 9 3 5 25 0 0 23 17 .212 .277 .326 .603 22.3 0.2
    AAA   80 294 44 77 19 3 3 42 10 6 61 21 .262 .389 .378 .766 46.9  
1947 21 SEM AL 147 480 62 103 20 2 5 60 18 10 66 44 .215 .308 .296 .604 45.1 2.1
1948 22 SEM AL 135 449 59 112 12 5 11 59 22 15 57 36 .249 .329 .372 .701 57.0 4.0
1949 23 SEM AL 157 538 74 125 12 7 14 76 15 13 68 39 .232 .319 .359 .677 57.7 3.6
1950 24 SEM AL 128 374 70 103 15 4 14 62 15 6 40 18 .275 .346 .449 .795 57.0 8.2
1951 25 SEM AL 11 32 5 10 4 0 0 6 3 1 4 3 .313 .378 .438 .816 5.8 1.0
1952 26 BOS AL 155 550 62 140 28 4 14 86 2 1 59 58 .255 .326 .396 .722 73.8 11.5
1953 27 BOS AL 158 585 85 179 36 6 14 72 4 3 50 54 .306 .361 .460 .821 88.2 16.0
1954 28 BRK NL 153 522 74 145 27 8 10 60 12 2 48 54 .278 .340 .418 .757 68.6 9.7
1955 29 BRK NL 151 507 64 130 19 5 8 59 11 1 55 58 .256 .330 .361 .691 61.6 8.5
1956 30 BRK NL 152 528 80 143 16 3 14 71 7 5 54 80 .271 .337 .392 .729 67.3 10.7
1957 31 BRK NL 104 329 51 93 16 2 12 54 6 2 25 40 .283 .338 .453 .791 46.4 8.8
1958 32 BRK NL 149 533 70 149 24 9 14 62 3 1 33 74 .280 .325 .437 .762 70.5 12.4
1959 33 BRK NL 130 313 38 100 20 4 3 23 7 1 17 46 .319 .355 .438 .792 41.1 8.4
1960 34 BRK NL 134 374 52 108 17 2 10 55 4 4 25 63 .289 .336 .425 .761 47.3 8.2
1961 35 BRK NL 99 235 28 62 13 2 0 25 2 1 16 53 .264 .308 .336 .644 23.0 2.3
1962 36 WOR AL 113 235 19 52 6 0 0 11 6 3 10 61 .221 .252 .247 .499 11.3 0.0
1963 37 WOR AL 123 213 16 48 4 5 0 11 3 4 12 50 .225 .267 .291 .558 13.6 0.2
21 Years Sim 2382 7313 976 1910 303 74 149 887 150 77 688 873 .261 .325 .384 .709 876.1 116.0
3 Years AAA 268 1044 167 275 55 6 22 141 34 10 167 87 .263 .365 .391 .756 159.4  
1 Years AA 83 290 44 68 13 1 5 35 14 5 62 25 .234 .369 .338 .707 42.8  
4 Years Minors 351 1334 211 343 68 7 27 176 48 15 229 112 .257 .366 .379 .745 202.2  
162 Game Average 497 66 129 20 5 10 60 10 5 46 59 .261 .325 .384 .709 59.6  
Career Highs 158 585 85 179 36 9 14 86 22 15 68 80 .333 .378 .460 .821 88.2  
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   4230 569 1073 178 38 82 499 88 43 368 506 .254 .314 .372 .686 497.4
vs LH   3083 407 837 125 36 67 388 62 34 320 367 .271 .340 .401 .741 421.9
Home 1186 3566 460 915 137 40 68 439 72 30 346 425 .257 .323 .375 .698 439.7
Away 1196 3747 516 995 166 34 81 448 78 47 342 448 .266 .326 .393 .719 479.6
RISP   1749 0 466 72 18 37 686 0 0 193 197 .266 .334 .392 .725 235.8
Pinch Hitting   321 41 93 14 6 6 49 5 4 25 52 .290 .342 .427 .769 44.7
Close/Late   837 137 223 34 10 17 101 0 0 74 104 .266 .326 .392 .718 106.6
Mar/Apr 387 1157 174 325 53 13 33 146 23 14 134 122 .281 .356 .435 .791 177.5
May 398 1216 141 326 50 13 18 142 29 18 106 155 .268 .326 .375 .701 148.0
June 383 1185 148 292 42 7 18 137 29 14 106 156 .246 .310 .339 .650 127.0
July 383 1196 157 282 49 13 19 139 21 8 97 138 .236 .292 .346 .639 123.1
August 411 1301 168 341 59 13 21 140 24 8 117 159 .262 .323 .376 .699 159.6
Sep/Oct 420 1258 188 344 50 15 40 183 24 15 128 143 .273 .340 .432 .773 184.0
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
1943 17 DET AL 2B 7 5 46.0 13 23 0 10 1.000 7.04   0.3
1944 18 DET AL 2B 4 1 13.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 6.23   0.1
1945 19 DET AL 2B 77 56 509.7 121 219 6 60 .983 6.00   2.2
    3B 11 10 83.0 7 21 0 1 1.000 3.04   0.3
    SS 2 2 15.0 1 10 0 3 1.000 6.60   0.2
1946 20 SEM AL 2B 75 75 649.7 170 310 6 73 .988 6.65   4.1
1947 21 SEM AL 2B 144 144 1152.7 283 458 18 118 .976 5.79   2.6
    3B 17 0 30.3 3 8 1 1 .917 3.26   0.1
    SS 4 0 8.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1948 22 SEM AL SS 131 130 1088.0 181 460 33 93 .951 5.30   4.9
    2B 4 3 28.0 7 14 1 5 .955 6.75   0.1
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 23 SEM AL SS 151 151 1310.0 245 542 45 116 .946 5.41   4.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 24 SEM AL 3B 88 80 714.7 40 184 14 18 .941 2.82   2.9
    SS 9 9 78.0 10 30 2 8 .952 4.62   0.4
    2B 8 7 64.0 20 17 1 3 .974 5.20   0.2
1951 25 SEM AL 3B 9 7 59.0 4 20 2 1 .923 3.66   0.3
    SS 1 0 9.0 2 4 1 1 .857 6.00   0.0
1952 26 BOS AL 3B 147 144 1264.3 102 333 14 37 .969 3.10   3.8
    SS 5 0 7.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1953 27 BOS AL 2B 89 87 780.0 207 396 8 93 .987 6.96   1.3
    SS 64 59 533.3 102 262 23 50 .941 6.14   2.2
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1954 28 BRK NL 2B 89 84 714.3 186 320 8 76 .984 6.38   3.1
    SS 56 49 432.3 76 168 15 31 .942 5.08   1.7
    3B 5 4 34.0 3 10 0 4 1.000 3.44   0.1
1955 29 BRK NL SS 98 95 806.7 133 340 23 81 .954 5.28   3.0
    2B 48 44 404.0 82 175 8 40 .970 5.73   1.0
1956 30 BRK NL SS 81 74 666.7 101 279 16 55 .960 5.13   3.4
    2B 70 69 593.7 136 228 9 49 .976 5.52   1.6
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1957 31 BRK NL 2B 51 50 449.3 96 175 10 35 .964 5.43   1.3
    SS 34 27 249.3 42 98 7 20 .952 5.05   1.1
    3B 7 1 22.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.1
1958 32 BRK NL 2B 135 130 1152.0 244 475 14 102 .981 5.62   4.0
    SS 9 1 25.0 5 9 0 1 1.000 5.04   0.1
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1959 33 BRK NL SS 45 28 293.3 37 90 3 14 .977 3.90   1.3
    2B 48 22 243.3 45 85 4 18 .970 4.81   1.3
    3B 16 14 122.0 9 21 0 1 1.000 2.21   0.4
1960 34 BRK NL 3B 50 50 438.3 38 96 8 8 .944 2.75   1.1
    2B 32 14 159.3 34 73 2 18 .982 6.04   0.9
    SS 28 15 152.0 30 61 2 14 .978 5.39   0.9
    1B 1 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 35 BRK NL 2B 55 35 340.3 84 115 8 26 .961 5.26   1.2
    3B 17 10 105.0 7 13 0 2 1.000 1.71   0.2
    SS 14 10 95.0 19 49 3 14 .958 6.44   0.9
1962 36 WOR AL 3B 23 18 172.3 6 43 0 4 1.000 2.56   0.4
    2B 25 19 170.0 39 59 6 13 .942 5.19   0.3
    SS 24 12 112.0 11 46 6 8 .905 4.58   0.3
1963 37 WOR AL 3B 27 23 211.0 17 38 5 5 .917 2.35   0.2
    SS 20 16 147.0 19 56 2 6 .974 4.59   0.4
    2B 3 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 966 845 7476.3 1775 3148 109 740 .978 5.93   25.5
  SS 776 678 6027.6 1017 2511 181 516 .951 5.27   25.6
  3B 426 361 3272.3 240 798 44 82 .959 2.85   10.0
  1B 1 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2170 1884 16784.2 3038 6457 334 1338 .966 5.09   61.1
Career Highs   165 151 1323.3 310 660 45 143 1.000 7.04    
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
1950 24 SEM AL 11 40 5 10 2 0 1 4 2 2 3 3 .250 .302 .375 .677
Career Post-Season Batting 11 40 5 10 2 0 1 4 2 2 3 3 .250 .302 .375 .677
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
1953-7-.306
 Games
1949-3-157
1952-8-155
1953-4-158
CAR-35-2382
 Hits
1953-6-179
 Singles
1953-5-123
1956-9-110
 Doubles
1953-8-36
 Triples
1948-10-5
1949-10-7
1953-10-6
1954-2-8
1955-9-5
1958-2-9
Stolen Bases
1945-9-10
1947-7-18
1948-7-22
1949-9-15
1950-8-15
1954-6-12
1955-6-11
1956-7-7
1957-6-6
1959-10-7
 Caught Stealing
1947-5-10
1948-4-15
1949-5-13
1950-7-6
1956-4-5
1960-6-4
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Jorge Orta (871)
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  8. Tony Cuccinello (862)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Detroit in 1943
Injured on 7/10/1943 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1943 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Injured on 8/24/1943 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/11/1943, off Al Gerheauser (PIT)
Injured on 5/31/1944 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1945, off Dave Smith (BOS)
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: 2B Cass Michaels. Going to DET: LF Charlie Keller)
3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Injured on 7/10/1948 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,421,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/15/1951 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Boston (A) on 2/1/1952 (Going to BOS: SS Cass Michaels. Going to SEM: RF Eddie Lukon)
6/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/30/1952
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/2/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1953, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Traded from Boston (A) to Brooklyn on 3/3/1954 (Going to BRK: SS Cass Michaels. Going to BOS: 3B Whitey Kurowski)
9/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,140,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/6/1956
Injured on 5/3/1957 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
10/16/1957: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/6/1961 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/15/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $451,001 per year
 
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