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Arky
Vaughan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 9, 1912 in Usa, AR, CLIFTY
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1939   
Bronze Rookie 1932   
Gold Glove 1932    1933    1940    1945   
All-Star Selections 1932    1933    1934    1935    1937    1938    1939    1940    1941    1942    1943    1944    1945    1946    1948   
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
1932 20 BOS AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1933 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1934 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 8 6 7 7 10 10 10
1935 23 BOS AL $ 4,764,286   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1936 24 BOS AL $ 4,764,286   9 9 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1937 25 BOS AL $ 7,100,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1938 26 BOS AL $ 7,100,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 9 10 9
1939 27 BOS AL $ 7,100,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1940 28 BOS AL $ 7,100,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1941 29 BOS AL $ 8,770,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1942 30 BOS AL $ 8,770,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1943 31 NYA AL $ 8,770,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1944 32 NYA AL $ 8,770,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
1945 33 TAM AL $ 8,770,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8 9 9 9
1946 34 BOS AL $ 20,100,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 8 9 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1947 35 BOS AL $ 20,100,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1948 36 BOS AL $ 20,100,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1949 37 BOS AL $ 20,100,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 20,100,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8 10 10 10
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
1932 20 BOS AL 142 543 90 171 33 10 2 81 28 10 52 15 .315 .376 .424 .800 79.4 14.0
1933 21 BOS AL 132 509 89 151 30 4 15 80 17 13 43 14 .297 .354 .460 .813 74.2 11.2
1934 22 BOS AL 136 479 97 165 28 14 2 68 25 7 54 13 .344 .412 .474 .886 83.9 14.5
1935 23 BOS AL 152 562 110 177 32 4 16 87 15 13 80 16 .315 .401 .472 .872 95.4 16.7
1936 24 BOS AL 159 592 116 179 39 4 18 96 10 8 84 18 .302 .391 .473 .864 98.2 19.1
1937 25 BOS AL 155 589 112 185 44 7 12 101 12 5 75 30 .314 .389 .474 .862 102.1 20.4
1938 26 BOS AL 157 595 130 197 44 10 11 95 11 9 77 28 .331 .407 .494 .901 107.7 24.7
1939 27 BOS AL 155 597 125 211 49 9 27 118 14 11 81 19 .353 .430 .601 1.032 131.5 32.1
1940 28 BOS AL 157 576 108 166 42 7 13 103 16 11 85 15 .288 .376 .453 .829 87.2 17.2
1941 29 BOS AL 155 583 112 190 45 7 16 99 23 20 76 14 .326 .404 .509 .914 107.0 23.6
1942 30 BOS AL 148 565 112 190 43 6 15 102 21 14 74 28 .336 .411 .513 .924 108.2 23.2
1943 31 NYA AL 149 562 119 177 39 8 21 107 13 9 86 22 .315 .403 .525 .928 108.8 24.3
1944 32 NYA AL 157 579 118 187 45 9 19 99 15 10 89 20 .323 .412 .530 .943 115.0 23.1
1945 33 TAM AL 150 585 126 189 34 10 17 112 22 16 81 27 .323 .404 .503 .906 108.8 23.0
1946 34 BOS AL 157 567 102 169 44 11 21 113 18 8 87 26 .298 .389 .526 .915 109.3 20.9
1947 35 BOS AL 154 568 84 152 28 3 15 73 4 4 83 28 .268 .362 .407 .769 78.4 11.2
1948 36 BOS AL 147 542 83 161 32 4 10 98 0 1 57 57 .297 .365 .426 .791 80.2 13.3
1949 37 BOS AL 50 110 16 24 5 1 5 12 0 0 11 19 .218 .289 .418 .707 11.2 0.4
18 Years Sim 2612 9703 1849 3041 656 128 255 1644 264 169 1275 409 .313 .393 .486 .879 1686.5 333.1
162 Game Average 601 114 188 40 7 15 101 16 10 79 25 .313 .393 .486 .879 104.6  
Career Highs 159 597 130 211 49 14 27 118 28 20 89 57 .353 .430 .601 1.032 131.5  
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   6724 1358 2169 457 80 177 1146 188 112 938 267 .323 .405 .493 .898 1274.3
vs LH   2979 491 872 199 48 78 498 76 57 337 142 .293 .364 .470 .835 486.8
Home 1315 4752 936 1501 350 70 121 815 139 87 650 186 .316 .398 .495 .893 885.1
Away 1297 4951 913 1540 306 58 134 829 125 82 625 223 .311 .388 .477 .865 875.9
RISP   2661 0 859 201 30 64 1238 0 0 458 121 .323 .415 .493 .908 532.8
Pinch Hitting   135 24 36 8 4 1 22 2 2 19 9 .267 .355 .407 .762 19.5
Close/Late   1056 217 321 70 10 23 155 0 2 197 48 .304 .413 .455 .868 198.7
Mar/Apr 427 1613 318 515 108 21 50 298 51 30 210 65 .319 .397 .505 .902 305.2
May 447 1643 313 499 99 25 41 254 51 28 223 63 .304 .388 .469 .857 289.5
June 449 1672 325 545 127 28 43 284 43 32 206 65 .326 .399 .513 .912 315.3
July 429 1609 292 492 113 14 42 274 38 32 217 75 .306 .388 .472 .860 281.0
August 435 1583 320 503 106 22 46 291 49 24 219 62 .318 .399 .500 .899 301.9
Sep/Oct 425 1583 281 487 103 18 33 243 32 23 200 79 .308 .384 .458 .842 268.1
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
1932 20 BOS AL SS 133 130 1151.0 223 545 34 108 .958 6.01   4.7
    3B 5 3 29.0 2 9 0 1 1.000 3.41   0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1933 21 BOS AL SS 126 122 1088.0 201 541 26 104 .966 6.14   6.7
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1934 22 BOS AL SS 117 115 1004.7 167 473 27 80 .960 5.73   3.7
    3B 8 0 16.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    LF 7 0 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.0
1935 23 BOS AL SS 141 136 1214.7 228 588 30 112 .965 6.05   7.8
    3B 7 0 25.0 0 9 1 0 .900 3.24   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1936 24 BOS AL SS 151 147 1290.3 212 641 39 119 .956 5.95   7.9
    LF 4 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1937 25 BOS AL SS 149 148 1287.0 226 633 45 114 .950 6.01   5.1
    3B 4 0 20.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1938 26 BOS AL SS 145 145 1281.7 225 626 45 127 .950 5.98   5.5
    3B 8 0 19.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.26   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1939 27 BOS AL SS 149 149 1321.0 211 678 40 122 .957 6.06   6.4
    3B 3 0 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 28 BOS AL SS 147 146 1288.3 219 685 47 139 .951 6.32   4.8
    3B 5 0 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
    LF 4 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
1941 29 BOS AL SS 145 144 1287.7 226 616 40 122 .955 5.89   5.6
    LF 5 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1942 30 BOS AL SS 140 140 1242.0 205 633 36 113 .959 6.07   5.6
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.50   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1943 31 NYA AL SS 141 140 1245.7 237 548 37 115 .955 5.67   7.2
    3B 3 0 12.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1944 32 NYA AL SS 147 146 1299.3 235 584 27 128 .968 5.67   9.0
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.1
    LF 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1945 33 TAM AL 3B 142 140 1260.7 76 338 12 28 .972 2.96   6.4
    LF 5 2 22.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.21   0.0
    SS 3 0 6.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.1
1946 34 BOS AL 3B 78 74 672.3 54 186 7 17 .972 3.21   2.9
    SS 76 73 644.3 126 307 14 71 .969 6.05   4.5
    2B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 35 BOS AL SS 129 128 1125.7 200 477 26 89 .963 5.41   4.2
    3B 20 18 155.0 14 45 2 3 .967 3.43   0.8
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1948 36 BOS AL SS 143 143 1213.7 205 558 33 109 .959 5.66   6.9
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1949 37 BOS AL SS 37 32 257.0 40 123 3 24 .982 5.71   1.3
    3B 7 1 16.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 2219 2184 19248.3 3388 9259 549 1796 .958 5.91   97.0
  3B 308 236 2275.7 155 623 23 51 .971 3.08   11.1
  LF 49 2 100.7 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.3
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2578 2422 21629.9 3561 9884 572 1848 .959 5.59   108.3
Career Highs   157 149 1339.0 240 686 47 139 .983 6.26    
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
1933 21 BOS AL 5 19 3 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 .263 .333 .368 .702
1934 22 BOS AL 14 58 8 18 3 0 1 6 7 4 8 3 .310 .403 .414 .817
1935 23 BOS AL 7 31 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .194 .242 .194 .436
1936 24 BOS AL 11 42 10 13 3 0 2 7 0 1 7 1 .310 .408 .524 .932
1937 25 BOS AL 14 53 12 17 4 2 1 12 0 1 8 2 .321 .410 .528 .938
1943 31 NYA AL 14 57 9 18 4 1 2 8 0 0 6 2 .316 .381 .526 .907
1945 33 TAM AL 10 43 3 10 3 1 1 8 0 0 2 2 .233 .283 .419 .701
1948 36 BOS AL 9 27 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 4 .111 .194 .222 .416
Career Post-Season Batting 84 330 53 90 20 5 7 50 9 6 38 17 .273 .350 .427 .778
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
1934-2-.344
1938-5-.331
1939-1-.353
1941-7-.326
1942-4-.336
1943-9-.315
1944-6-.323
1945-4-.323
CAR-35-.313
 On-Base Pct
1934-3-.412
1935-6-.401
1936-9-.391
1938-5-.407
1939-1-.430
1941-6-.404
1942-3-.411
1943-5-.403
1944-6-.412
1945-6-.404
CAR-33-.393
 Slugging Pct
1938-7-.494
1939-2-.601
1941-7-.509
1942-7-.513
1943-3-.525
1944-5-.530
1945-8-.503
1946-4-.526
 OPS
1934-9-.886
1935-8-.872
1938-7-.901
1939-1-1.032
1941-6-.914
1942-6-.924
1943-3-.928
1944-6-.943
1945-7-.906
1946-4-.915
CAR-37-.879
 XR
1937-9-102.1
1938-7-107.7
1939-1-131.5
1941-5-107.0
1942-6-108.2
1943-2-108.8
1944-5-115.0
1945-6-108.8
1946-5-109.3
CAR-12-1686.5
 Games
1936-1-159
1937-10-155
1938-3-157
1940-2-157
1941-7-155
1944-3-157
1946-4-157
CAR-14-2612
At-Bats
1938-7-595
1939-7-597
1945-10-585
CAR-13-9703
 Runs
1935-6-110
1936-5-116
1937-2-112
1938-1-130
1939-1-125
1940-4-108
1941-4-112
1942-5-112
1943-4-119
1944-5-118
1945-3-126
CAR-5-1849
 Hits
1938-5-197
1939-1-211
1941-5-190
1942-5-190
1943-9-177
1944-5-187
1945-4-189
CAR-5-3041
 Total Bases
1938-7-294
1939-1-359
1941-8-297
1942-8-290
1943-5-295
1944-4-307
1945-6-294
1946-5-298
CAR-13-4718
 Singles
1938-5-132
1939-9-126
1941-10-122
1942-8-126
1945-7-128
CAR-8-2002
 Doubles
1937-4-44
1938-8-44
1939-6-49
1940-7-42
1941-5-45
1942-8-43
1943-6-39
1944-5-45
1946-2-44
CAR-5-656
Triples
1932-7-10
1934-1-14
1938-4-10
1939-4-9
1941-10-7
1943-9-8
1944-2-9
1945-2-10
1946-3-11
CAR-4-128
 Homeruns
1936-9-18
1939-4-27
1943-8-21
 RBIs
1936-10-96
1937-10-101
1939-2-118
1940-10-103
1941-9-99
1942-9-102
1943-6-107
1944-8-99
1945-4-112
1946-3-113
CAR-13-1644
 Stolen Bases
1932-1-28
1933-2-17
1934-2-25
1935-4-15
1936-3-10
1937-3-12
1938-5-11
1939-5-14
1940-4-16
1941-3-23
1942-3-21
1943-6-13
1944-7-15
1945-5-22
1946-7-18
 Caught Stealing
1932-1-10
1933-1-13
1934-2-7
1935-2-13
1936-3-8
1937-2-5
1938-2-9
1939-3-11
1940-2-11
1941-1-20
1942-2-14
1943-4-9
1944-5-10
1945-2-16
1946-5-8
CAR-25-169
 Walks
1935-7-80
1936-8-84
1937-10-75
1939-4-81
1940-7-85
1941-8-76
1943-10-86
CAR-28-1275
 
   Black Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 243    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 82    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Buddy Lewis (834)
  2. Hank Edwards (781)
  3. Phil Cavarretta (778)
  4. Hal McRae (777)
  5. Joe Dimaggio (775)
  6. George Brett (772)
  7. Dick Wakefield (759)
  8. Johnny Mize (740)
  9. Whitey Lockman (721)
  10. Jeff Heath (715)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1932
Had first career hit on 4/6/1932, off Bill Harris (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1932, off Lefty Willis (OAK)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Atlanta on 4/10/1932
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1932, hitting .548 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 5/17/1932 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1932, hitting .315 with 2 HR, 81 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1932
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1933, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 7/8/1933
Injured on 8/3/1933 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1933
Injured on 4/11/1934 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 5/6/1935
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 9/11/1935
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1935, hitting .536 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle (M) on 4/8/1936
10/2/1936: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $7,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Injured on 3/18/1938 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1938, hitting .536 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1938, hitting .365 with 3 HR, 17 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1939, hitting .418 with 4 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1939, hitting .386 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Minnesota on 8/9/1939
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1939, hitting .333 with 11 HR, 29 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1939, hitting .353 with 27 HR, 118 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 5/31/1940
7/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $8,770,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1940
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 5/14/1942 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (A) on 2/3/1943 (Going to NYA: SS Arky Vaughan. Going to BOS: 2B Buddy Blattner, 1B Eddie Robinson)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/24/1943, off Gene Schott (MIN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1943, hitting .366 with 5 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Injured on 9/7/1943 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1945 (Going to TAM: SS Arky Vaughan, CF Dom Dimaggio, P Whitey Wilshere. Going to NYA: P Paul Dean, CF Don Ross)
Injured on 5/1/1945 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1945, hitting .615 with 2 HR, 15 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1945
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/16/1946 to a 4-year deal worth $20,100,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1946, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/22/1946
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/27/1946
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Had 3000th career hit on 9/13/1948, off Al Javery (MIN)
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
 
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