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Dick
Sisler		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 2, 1920 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950   
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
1946 25 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 8 8 8
1947 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1948 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1949 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1950 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
1951 30 CLE AL $ 1,157,143   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1952 31 CLE AL $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1953 32 CLE AL $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 7 7
1954 33 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
1955 34 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
1956 35 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
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
1946 25 AAA   136 515 61 131 21 2 20 63 6 6 73 35 .254 .347 .419 .766 77.1  
1947 26 CLE AL 127 445 54 122 24 2 11 77 0 0 56 50 .274 .351 .411 .762 65.1 10.0
    AAA   26 95 18 28 5 0 6 16 0 1 20 9 .295 .417 .537 .954 20.8  
1948 27 CLE AL 114 144 20 35 11 0 2 30 0 0 12 14 .243 .304 .361 .665 15.2 1.0
1949 28 CLE AL 18 46 7 11 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .239 .288 .348 .636 5.8 0.5
    AAA   81 269 57 94 14 3 11 53 2 3 33 18 .349 .421 .546 .967 55.9  
1950 29 CLE AL 149 530 81 142 26 3 17 72 1 1 68 57 .268 .352 .425 .777 77.2 11.6
1951 30 CLE AL 146 542 82 147 28 1 23 67 0 1 56 55 .271 .339 .454 .793 81.6 11.9
1952 31 CLE AL 154 589 83 144 27 1 14 75 0 1 53 51 .244 .310 .365 .675 64.8 5.5
1953 32 CLE AL 141 489 78 151 21 1 15 70 0 0 41 63 .309 .362 .448 .810 75.7 14.1
1954 33 CLE AL 110 358 32 87 17 3 7 32 0 0 16 63 .243 .276 .366 .642 33.5 2.6
1955 34 CLE AL 117 338 28 65 10 0 3 21 0 0 21 90 .192 .244 .249 .492 17.5 0.0
1956 35 A   137 520 44 134 18 2 5 43 0 2 54 106 .258 .328 .329 .656 57.4  
9 Years Sim 1076 3481 465 904 166 11 93 449 1 3 327 447 .260 .324 .394 .718 436.4 57.3
3 Years AAA 243 879 136 253 40 5 37 132 8 10 126 62 .288 .377 .471 .848 153.8  
1 Years A 137 520 44 134 18 2 5 43 0 2 54 106 .258 .326 .329 .655 57.4  
4 Years Minors 380 1399 180 387 58 7 42 175 8 12 180 168 .277 .358 .418 .776 211.2  
162 Game Average 524 70 136 24 1 14 67 0 0 49 67 .260 .324 .394 .718 65.7  
Career Highs 154 589 83 151 28 3 23 77 1 1 68 90 .309 .362 .454 .810 81.6  
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   2373 347 675 121 8 68 332 1 1 242 260 .284 .351 .428 .779 351.5
vs LH   1108 118 229 45 3 25 117 0 2 85 187 .207 .263 .320 .584 93.4
Home 542 1759 238 445 68 6 48 231 1 1 154 224 .253 .314 .380 .694 211.9
Away 534 1722 227 459 98 5 45 218 0 2 173 223 .267 .334 .408 .742 233.0
RISP   783 0 203 40 4 22 320 0 0 90 104 .259 .333 .405 .737 108.1
Pinch Hitting   162 22 40 11 0 3 30 0 0 13 23 .247 .303 .370 .674 17.9
Close/Late   391 53 108 25 1 8 50 0 0 34 51 .276 .334 .407 .741 52.0
Mar/Apr 151 473 69 135 24 2 17 61 1 1 42 65 .285 .344 .452 .797 71.5
May 195 658 99 180 44 2 14 105 0 2 58 71 .274 .332 .410 .743 87.1
June 182 601 80 145 26 2 15 62 0 0 56 82 .241 .305 .366 .671 68.7
July 184 604 76 153 28 2 17 72 0 0 52 74 .253 .313 .391 .704 74.1
August 195 599 64 146 24 3 14 68 0 0 60 72 .244 .314 .364 .678 70.0
Sep/Oct 169 546 77 145 20 0 16 81 0 0 59 83 .266 .338 .390 .728 73.5
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
1947 26 CLE AL LF 126 124 1048.3 258 12 2 3 .993 2.32 0 0 .000 0 4.0
1948 27 CLE AL LF 27 8 107.3 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 10 7 55.0 65 7 0 5 1.000 11.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 28 CLE AL LF 13 13 101.3 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 3 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 29 CLE AL LF 129 126 1072.7 247 7 8 2 .969 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 11 7 72.0 89 5 1 9 .989 11.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 3 26.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 30 CLE AL 1B 139 139 1174.3 1485 113 12 137 .993 12.25 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 3 0 12.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1952 31 CLE AL 1B 151 149 1293.3 1578 130 9 164 .995 11.89 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 5 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 32 CLE AL 1B 130 121 1036.7 1255 102 9 119 .993 11.78 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 33 CLE AL 1B 99 90 784.7 922 68 11 78 .989 11.36 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1955 34 CLE AL 1B 90 82 723.7 875 74 9 89 .991 11.80 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 631 596 5148.6 6279 499 51 604 .993 11.85 0 0 .000 0 13.8
  LF 305 271 2356.3 549 22 10 5 .983 2.18 0 0 .000 0 6.2
  SS 4 3 31.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 4.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   944 870 7542.0 6834 532 61 609 .992 8.79 0 0 .000 0 20.0
Career Highs   156 149 1301.3 1579 131 12 164 1.000 12.15 0 0 .000 0  
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
1953-6-.309
 At-Bats
1952-10-589
 Singles
1953-10-114
 Strikeouts
1955-10-90
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Willie Aikens (961)
  2. Harry Simpson (959)
  3. Roy Howell (953)
  4. Len Matuszek (947)
  5. Andre Dawson (941)
  6. Sid Bream (941)
  7. Ron Jackson (940)
  8. Glenn Davis (935)
  9. Phil Bradley (933)
  10. Mike Brown (930)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 5/2/1947, off Joe Hatten (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1947, off Dick Fowler (SEM)
Injured on 5/21/1949 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/9/1949 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 8/27/1949 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/21/1951 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1953, hitting .529 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/5/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1956 to a minor league deal
 
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