John
Stone
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 188
 
Born: October 10, 1905 in Usa, TN, MULBERRY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1933   
All-Star Selections 1932   
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
1930 24 SLB NL $ 300,000   73 73 67 34 38 37 82 89 87 40 47 45 88 91 90
1931 25 SLB NL $ 1,921,429   8 8 8 4 5 5 9 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1932 26 TAM AL $ 4,107,143   8 8 8 4 5 5 9 10 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1933 27 TAM AL $ 4,107,143   8 8 7 4 5 5 9 10 9 4 5 5 9 10 10
1934 28 TAM AL $ 4,107,143   7 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9
1935 29 TAM AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 5 5 9 10 10
1936 30 BRK NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 10 9 4 5 5 9 10 10
1937 31 BRK NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 4 5 5 8 8 8
1938 32 BRK NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 4 5 4 8 8 8
1939 33 BRK NL $ 1,710,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 3 4 4 7 8 8
1940 34 BRK NL $ 1,710,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   73 73 67 34 38 37 82 89 87 40 47 45 88 91 90
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
1930 24 SLB NL 154 558 67 138 31 6 9 95 5 4 60 20 .247 .319 .373 .692 57.5 6.6
1931 25 SLB NL 145 555 117 187 46 10 14 77 5 3 41 24 .337 .381 .532 .913 98.5 24.2
1932 26 TAM AL 147 616 114 192 36 15 5 69 1 0 62 25 .312 .373 .443 .817 95.0 16.8
1933 27 TAM AL 106 458 94 144 39 7 12 62 1 0 38 14 .314 .369 .509 .878 75.9 13.1
    AAA   13 47 14 18 3 0 5 17 2 1 6 1 .383 .453 .766 1.219 13.7  
1934 28 TAM AL 146 639 104 191 49 10 14 86 0 0 54 25 .299 .353 .473 .826 100.4 18.1
1935 29 TAM AL 155 650 102 194 52 8 12 76 8 5 56 20 .298 .353 .458 .811 99.3 17.7
1936 30 TAM AL 96 383 43 92 20 2 3 44 1 1 30 14 .240 .294 .326 .620 32.2 1.3
  BRK NL 45 137 22 37 10 2 3 15 0 0 8 7 .270 .308 .438 .746 16.1 1.8
  TOT   141 520 65 129 30 4 6 59 1 1 38 21 .248 .298 .356 .653 48.3 3.1
1937 31 BRK NL 142 483 79 152 36 3 8 76 12 4 37 30 .315 .364 .451 .815 70.9 15.0
1938 32 BRK NL 148 479 67 127 30 6 3 67 4 3 49 37 .265 .331 .372 .703 55.8 9.2
1939 33 BRK NL 110 347 39 86 22 2 3 41 7 2 21 37 .248 .289 .349 .638 31.4 2.7
1940 34 AAA   67 244 40 71 12 2 11 35 8 3 15 18 .291 .332 .492 .824 38.5  
10 Years Sim 1394 5305 848 1540 371 71 86 708 44 22 456 253 .290 .346 .436 .781 732.9 126.5
2 Years AAA 80 291 54 89 15 2 16 52 10 4 21 19 .306 .355 .536 .891 52.2  
162 Game Average 616 98 178 43 8 9 82 5 2 52 29 .290 .346 .436 .781 85.2  
Career Highs 155 650 117 194 52 15 14 95 12 5 62 37 .337 .381 .532 .913 100.4  
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   4128 675 1214 289 60 69 564 37 18 364 189 .294 .350 .443 .794 612.8
vs LH   1177 173 326 82 11 17 144 7 4 92 64 .277 .329 .409 .738 152.5
Home 693 2599 388 741 182 38 43 344 22 7 221 130 .285 .340 .434 .774 370.0
Away 701 2706 460 799 189 33 43 364 22 15 235 123 .295 .351 .437 .788 395.3
RISP   1306 0 385 105 15 27 580 0 0 121 63 .295 .348 .460 .809 201.8
Pinch Hitting   113 16 29 8 3 2 26 1 0 13 12 .257 .331 .434 .764 16.3
Close/Late   608 82 159 27 7 8 71 0 0 58 27 .262 .324 .368 .693 73.4
Mar/Apr 234 930 146 267 72 13 13 118 7 4 87 40 .287 .347 .434 .781 134.5
May 247 884 128 249 68 14 12 107 6 2 74 51 .282 .337 .431 .768 122.9
June 234 902 152 244 54 10 14 115 7 3 80 33 .271 .330 .399 .729 116.8
July 225 891 157 289 68 14 13 140 10 3 80 49 .324 .378 .476 .854 149.5
August 237 880 151 275 69 14 20 124 10 5 65 42 .313 .360 .491 .851 143.3
Sep/Oct 217 818 114 216 40 6 14 104 4 5 70 38 .264 .320 .379 .699 98.3
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
1930 24 SLB NL LF 147 145 1256.3 323 4 14 0 .959 2.34   1.9
    RF 3 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
1931 25 SLB NL LF 138 124 1100.3 277 8 14 1 .953 2.33   1.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1932 26 TAM AL LF 140 136 1231.0 286 9 14 0 .955 2.16   2.9
    SS 4 4 37.7 8 15 2 3 .920 5.50   0.1
1933 27 TAM AL LF 104 100 917.7 229 5 4 1 .983 2.29   3.7
1934 28 TAM AL LF 143 141 1249.0 262 4 9 0 .967 1.92   3.5
    RF 2 1 11.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.73    
1935 29 TAM AL LF 154 151 1327.3 293 7 13 2 .958 2.03   3.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1936 30 TAM AL LF 69 64 623.0 116 5 4 1 .968 1.75   2.7
    RF 22 20 187.1 44 1 2 0 .957 2.16   0.0
  BRK NL LF 32 30 219.6 41 2 1 1 .977 1.76   0.4
    RF 10 9 65.9 16 1 1 0 .944 2.32   0.0
  TOT   LF 101 94 842.6 157 7 5 2 .970 1.75   3.1
      RF 32 29 253.0 60 2 3 0 .954 2.21   0.0
1937 31 BRK NL LF 118 115 1024.7 207 5 6 0 .972 1.86   2.3
    RF 11 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77    
1938 32 BRK NL LF 136 125 1139.3 248 1 15 0 .943 1.97   3.5
1939 33 BRK NL LF 86 86 742.7 155 4 7 0 .958 1.93   2.1
    RF 6 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 1267 1217 10830.9 2437 54 101 6 .961 2.07   28.1
  RF 57 31 303.7 77 2 3 0 .963 2.34   0.0
  SS 4 4 37.7 8 15 2 3 .920 5.50   0.1
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   1329 1252 11173.2 2523 71 106 9 .961 2.09   28.3
Career Highs   156 151 1331.3 328 24 16 3 .983 2.36    
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
1932 26 TAM AL 7 30 4 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .233 .281 .333 .615
1933 27 TAM AL 16 65 19 24 7 2 0 8 0 0 10 3 .369 .447 .538 .986
1934 28 TAM AL 7 33 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .212 .212 .242 .455
Career Post-Season Batting 30 128 28 38 8 2 1 11 0 0 12 3 .297 .355 .414 .769
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
1931-10-.337
1937-10-.315
Slugging Pct
1931-4-.532
1933-7-.509
OPS
1931-6-.913
XR
1932-10-95.0
1934-6-100.4
1935-7-99.3
At-Bats
1932-1-616
1934-1-639
1935-1-650
Runs
1931-4-117
1932-4-114
1934-6-104
Hits
1932-6-192
1934-2-191
1935-5-194
Total Bases
1932-10-273
1934-4-302
1935-4-298
Singles
1932-7-136
Doubles
1931-10-46
1932-10-36
1933-9-39
1934-1-49
1935-1-52
1937-6-36
Triples
1931-6-10
1932-1-15
1934-5-10
1935-10-8
Stolen Bases
1935-6-8
1937-3-12
Caught Stealing
1935-4-5
1937-9-4
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/5/1930, off Dizzy Dean (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/7/1930, off Roy Moore (SLC)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (C) on 5/7/1930
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/23/1930
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 9/4/1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,921,429 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 6/22/1931
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 8/23/1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,107,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 7/25/1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,107,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/25/1933 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1933
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,107,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 7/4/1934
10/9/1934: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 5/31/1935
Traded from Tampa Bay to Brooklyn on 7/31/1936 (Going to BRK: LF John Stone. Going to TAM: CF Heinie Manush, P Al Yeargin)
9/22/1938: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $1,710,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/14/1940 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks