Dom
Dallessandro
 
Nickname: The Railroad
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 168
 
Born: October 3, 1913 in Usa, PA, READING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1938   
All-Star Selections 1940   
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
1937 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 8 8 7 9 8 9 9 9
1938 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 9 9
1939 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 9 9
1940 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 8 9 8 8 10 9 8 9 9
1941 27 BRK NL $ 3,492,857   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 9 9
1942 28 BRK NL $ 3,492,857   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 9 8
1943 29 BRK NL $ 3,492,857   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 8 8
1944 30 BRK NL $ 4,690,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8
1945 31 BRK NL $ 4,690,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 8 7 7 9 8 7 7 7
1946 32 BRK NL $ 2,300,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 7 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 7
1947 33 BRK NL $ 2,300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7
1948 34 NYA AL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 7 6 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 8 7 6 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,690,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 8 9 8 8 10 9 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
1937 23 BRK NL 31 96 16 32 5 1 0 8 2 0 15 5 .333 .420 .406 .826 17.0 3.8
    AAA   120 472 65 129 27 5 7 57 9 10 83 34 .273 .382 .396 .778 73.4  
1938 24 BRK NL 136 466 69 125 22 4 6 56 0 1 74 24 .268 .368 .371 .739 61.5 11.7
1939 25 BRK NL 130 422 65 116 16 3 4 43 0 0 64 30 .275 .369 .355 .724 56.6 9.0
1940 26 BRK NL 133 451 85 145 32 5 6 48 0 1 70 29 .322 .410 .455 .865 80.4 16.7
1941 27 BRK NL 127 452 78 135 17 8 4 41 1 1 71 27 .299 .392 .398 .790 72.3 14.8
1942 28 BRK NL 127 391 61 99 21 3 5 45 1 0 68 31 .253 .362 .361 .723 54.2 10.0
1943 29 BRK NL 130 431 79 131 21 1 6 45 0 0 77 33 .304 .408 .399 .807 72.8 15.1
1944 30 BRK NL 118 368 63 101 16 2 4 36 0 0 57 43 .274 .369 .361 .731 52.9 10.3
1945 31 BRK NL 134 384 60 112 25 3 1 42 1 0 46 46 .292 .364 .380 .744 53.0 10.5
1946 32 BRK NL 130 341 65 100 23 4 7 58 0 0 60 47 .293 .399 .446 .845 60.7 13.5
1947 33 BRK NL 115 332 58 77 19 3 4 26 0 0 59 55 .232 .347 .343 .690 43.7 6.2
1948 34 NYA AL 152 550 70 120 44 8 5 52 0 1 77 89 .218 .315 .355 .669 57.7 2.9
12 Years Sim 1463 4684 769 1293 261 45 52 500 5 4 738 459 .276 .373 .384 .757 682.7 124.5
1 Years AAA 120 472 65 129 27 5 7 57 9 10 83 34 .273 .382 .396 .778 73.4  
162 Game Average 518 85 143 28 4 5 55 0 0 81 50 .276 .373 .384 .757 75.6  
Career Highs 152 550 85 145 44 8 7 58 2 1 77 89 .333 .420 .455 .865 80.4  
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   4314 712 1220 246 42 47 466 5 4 682 407 .283 .379 .392 .771 665.5
vs LH   370 57 73 15 3 5 34 0 0 56 52 .197 .301 .295 .596 36.6
Home 731 2282 366 635 123 20 23 241 2 2 349 206 .278 .373 .380 .753 337.2
Away 732 2402 403 658 138 25 29 259 3 2 389 253 .274 .373 .388 .762 364.9
RISP   1096 0 300 67 11 10 405 0 0 186 118 .274 .372 .382 .755 166.9
Pinch Hitting   180 26 54 12 0 4 42 0 0 30 17 .300 .398 .433 .831 31.5
Close/Late   559 83 152 37 5 8 66 0 0 96 50 .272 .377 .399 .776 87.9
Mar/Apr 237 790 134 223 51 7 8 86 1 0 111 76 .282 .371 .395 .766 117.5
May 248 820 123 220 41 9 10 90 0 1 120 82 .268 .361 .377 .737 116.2
June 240 758 111 207 40 4 5 66 1 1 113 76 .273 .365 .356 .721 104.5
July 229 757 150 211 47 7 12 85 0 1 138 77 .279 .387 .407 .794 125.1
August 258 797 133 226 50 8 9 100 3 1 126 74 .284 .380 .400 .780 125.0
Sep/Oct 251 762 118 206 32 10 8 73 0 0 130 74 .270 .375 .370 .745 113.8
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
1937 23 BRK NL CF 29 27 218.0 76 1 2 0 .975 3.18   1.0
1938 24 BRK NL CF 130 124 1114.3 329 10 10 3 .971 2.74   5.9
1939 25 BRK NL CF 115 107 954.7 271 4 7 2 .975 2.59   3.9
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 26 BRK NL CF 118 111 980.0 323 5 13 1 .962 3.01   3.5
    LF 7 0 12.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1941 27 BRK NL CF 116 113 999.3 266 4 4 2 .985 2.43   4.0
    LF 5 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1942 28 BRK NL CF 108 104 887.3 239 8 5 2 .980 2.51   3.9
    LF 9 0 14.7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.61    
1943 29 BRK NL CF 112 110 940.0 232 10 10 2 .960 2.32   3.0
    LF 3 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1944 30 BRK NL CF 97 86 743.7 194 2 6 2 .970 2.37   2.5
    LF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1945 31 BRK NL CF 109 102 836.0 214 9 8 2 .965 2.40   2.3
1946 32 BRK NL CF 111 99 870.0 220 2 8 0 .965 2.30   1.5
1947 33 BRK NL CF 105 101 866.3 234 3 16 2 .937 2.46   1.9
1948 34 NYA AL CF 147 142 1208.0 320 8 16 2 .953 2.44   3.7
  CF 1297 1226 10617.6 2918 66 105 20 .966 2.53   37.1
  LF 29 0 51.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.65    
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1328 1226 10670.6 2934 66 106 20 .966 2.53   37.1
Career Highs   147 142 1208.0 331 10 16 3 .985 3.18    
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
1943 29 BRK NL 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100
1944 30 BRK NL 3 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
1945 31 BRK NL 7 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .300 .417 .300 .717
1946 32 BRK NL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 18 35 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .143 .211 .171 .382
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
1940-4-.322
On-Base Pct
1940-2-.410
1941-7-.392
1943-3-.408
Slugging Pct
1940-10-.455
OPS
1940-4-.865
Runs
1940-7-85
Doubles
1940-8-32
1948-1-44
Triples
1941-4-8
1948-3-8
Walks
1938-9-74
1940-7-70
1943-10-77
Strikeouts
1948-5-89
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1937
Had first career hit on 8/18/1937, off Johnny Allen (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1938, off Sam Dailey (BSN)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1938
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/14/1940
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,492,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,492,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,492,857 through salary arbitration
10/12/1943: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $4,690,000 per year, for 2 years
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 3/3/1948 (Going to BRK: LF Roberto Ortiz, P Russ Bauers. Going to NYA: CF Dom Dallessandro, RF Augie Galan)