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Vito
Tamulis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 11, 1911 in Usa, MA, CAMBRIDGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1938   
All-Star Selections 1938    1940    1941    1944    1945   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 22 SDP NL $ 300,000 10 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1935 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 10 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1936 24 BRK NL $ 300,000 10 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1937 25 BRK NL $ 2,257,143 10 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1938 26 BRK NL $ 4,507,143 10 6 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1939 27 BRK NL $ 4,507,143 10 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1940 28 BRK NL $ 10,000,000 10 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1941 29 MON NL $ 14,300,000 9 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1942 30 MON NL $ 14,300,000 10 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1943 31 MON NL $ 14,300,000 9 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1944 32 MON NL $ 14,300,000 9 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1945 33 SDP NL $ 14,300,000 9 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1946 34 BSN NL $ 10,000,000 9 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5
1947 35 SEM AL $ 10,000,000 9 4 4 4 7 6 6 4 4 4
1948 36 STL NL $ 400,000 9 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,300,000 10 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
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
1934 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1935 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1936 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1937 25 BRK NL $ 2,257,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1938 26 BRK NL $ 4,507,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1939 27 BRK NL $ 4,507,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1940 28 BRK NL $ 10,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1941 29 MON NL $ 14,300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1942 30 MON NL $ 14,300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1943 31 MON NL $ 14,300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1944 32 MON NL $ 14,300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1945 33 SDP NL $ 14,300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1946 34 BSN NL $ 10,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1947 35 SEM AL $ 10,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1948 36 STL NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1934 22 SDP NL 16 14 .533 35 35 18 0 0 283.0 330 138 21 77 96 4.39 .287 .330 .420 .750 16.6
1935 23 SDP NL 13 18 .419 38 38 17 2 0 292.0 361 165 19 91 92 5.09 .306 .354 .442 .796 7.0
1936 24 SDP NL 4 6 .400 27 15 8 1 5 61.7 103 56 8 13 24 8.17 .361 .387 .551 .938 0.0
  BRK NL 9 10 .474 20 11 6 0 0 154.3 164 63 14 36 67 3.67 .265 .303 .411 .714 10.2
  TOT   13 16 .448 47 26 14 1 5 216.0 267 119 22 49 91 4.96 .295 .329 .455 .784 10.2
1937 25 BRK NL 15 14 .517 35 35 20 0 0 290.3 295 107 18 73 98 3.32 .263 .308 .380 .689 21.9
1938 26 BRK NL 22 7 .759 39 35 18 1 0 285.3 294 94 14 56 96 2.96 .263 .298 .366 .664 25.4
1939 27 BRK NL 18 17 .514 40 40 23 1 0 323.7 319 131 23 72 140 3.64 .256 .296 .371 .667 20.9
1940 28 BRK NL 22 12 .647 40 40 24 2 0 327.0 342 131 26 74 138 3.61 .267 .306 .388 .694 23.5
1941 29 MON NL 20 16 .556 46 42 23 1 0 351.0 387 136 24 74 126 3.49 .281 .318 .383 .701 29.0
1942 30 MON NL 18 11 .621 32 32 20 4 0 263.0 275 98 16 60 91 3.35 .271 .314 .380 .693 19.7
1943 31 MON NL 20 14 .588 41 41 16 3 0 313.7 364 163 26 81 116 4.68 .291 .336 .435 .771 13.8
1944 32 MON NL 28 10 .737 43 43 25 5 0 356.7 338 135 35 72 143 3.41 .247 .285 .380 .664 28.8
1945 33 SDP NL 21 16 .568 40 40 25 0 0 327.3 301 126 21 87 124 3.46 .246 .296 .352 .648 23.0
1946 34 BSN NL 14 15 .483 34 34 16 2 0 268.0 280 119 21 68 78 4.00 .267 .311 .396 .707 15.9
1947 35 SEM AL 1 7 .125 46 4 1 0 1 85.0 94 52 15 30 29 5.51 .282 .341 .477 .818 2.5
1948 36 AA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 17.3 13 8 4 6 13 4.15 .224 .297 .483 .780  
14 Years Sim 241 187 .563 556 485 260 22 6 3982.0 4247 1714 301 964 1458 3.87 .272 .314 .397 .710 258.2
1 Years AA 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 17.3 13 8 4 6 13 4.15 .224 .297 .483 .780  
Season Average 17 13 .567 39 34 18 1 0 284.4 303 122 21 68 104 3.87 .272 .314 .397 .710  
Career Highs 28 18 .759 47 43 25 5 5 356.7 387 165 35 91 143 5.51 .306 .354 .477 .818  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3069 1225 216 699 992   .280 .323 .405 .728
vs LH   1178 489 85 265 466   .254 .294 .376 .670
Home 134 92 .593 283 247 142 16 2 2103.0 2144 843 146 493 763 3.61 .264 .306 .384 .690
Away 107 95 .530 273 238 117 6 4 1879.0 2103 871 155 471 695 4.17 .281 .324 .410 .734
Mar/Apr 37 34 .521 95 88 43 3 0 703.0 798 334 56 163 245 4.28 .286 .325 .415 .740
May 37 34 .521 95 80 46 4 2 655.3 701 304 57 164 218 4.18 .273 .317 .402 .718
June 41 29 .586 96 76 37 4 4 640.3 704 282 55 157 252 3.96 .277 .320 .401 .721
July 47 31 .603 92 86 44 4 0 701.0 752 290 44 188 261 3.72 .273 .319 .393 .713
August 45 27 .625 96 86 44 3 0 703.0 734 293 55 173 263 3.75 .266 .310 .400 .709
Sep/Oct 34 32 .515 82 69 48 4 0 579.3 558 211 34 119 219 3.28 .254 .292 .362 .654
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
1934 22 SDP NL 35 95 9 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 2 5 .168 .184 .221 .405 3.2 0.0
1935 23 SDP NL 38 105 6 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 .124 .123 .133 .256 -0.8 0.0
1936 24 SDP NL 27 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.0 0.0
  BRK NL 20 49 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .163 .180 .204 .384 1.4 0.0
  TOT   47 68 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .132 .145 .162 .307 0.4 0.0
1937 25 BRK NL 35 93 4 20 0 0 1 11 0 0 4 11 .215 .247 .247 .495 5.8 0.0
1938 26 BRK NL 39 95 13 14 5 0 1 13 0 0 3 9 .147 .182 .232 .413 3.2 0.0
1939 27 BRK NL 40 117 10 22 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 13 .188 .200 .214 .414 2.9 0.0
1940 28 BRK NL 40 115 5 17 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 12 .148 .154 .165 .319 1.4 0.0
1941 29 MON NL 46 117 7 25 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 13 .214 .218 .222 .441 5.4 0.0
1942 30 MON NL 32 95 7 15 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 15 .158 .158 .168 .326 0.8 0.0
1943 31 MON NL 41 117 10 12 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 15 .103 .117 .120 .236 -1.8 0.0
1944 32 MON NL 43 139 16 25 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 17 .180 .190 .230 .420 4.9 0.0
1945 33 SDP NL 40 119 9 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .092 .122 .109 .231 -2.2 0.0
1946 34 BSN NL 34 89 7 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .135 .154 .135 .289 -0.2 0.0
1947 35 SEM AL 46 15 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .333 .533 -0.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 556 1379 108 214 16 4 5 88 1 1 23 167 .155 .169 .183 .353 22.9 0.0
162 Game Average 401 31 62 4 1 1 25 0 0 6 48 .155 .169 .183 .353 6.7  
Career Highs 47 139 16 25 5 1 2 13 1 1 4 17 .215 .247 .333 .533 5.8  
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   913 67 142 10 3 3 56 1 1 17 99 .156 .172 .183 .355 9.3
vs LH   466 41 72 6 1 2 32 0 0 6 68 .155 .164 .185 .349 4.0
Home 283 683 52 110 6 1 3 46 0 0 6 88 .161 .169 .186 .355 6.7
Away 273 696 56 104 10 3 2 42 1 1 17 79 .149 .170 .181 .351 6.5
RISP   342 0 52 0 1 1 80 0 0 7 52 .152 .168 .167 .335 2.0
Close/Late   120 11 24 2 1 1 7 0 0 2 16 .200 .213 .258 .471 5.4
Mar/Apr 95 234 15 37 0 2 1 14 0 1 5 30 .158 .179 .188 .367 3.0
May 84 224 13 28 2 0 1 10 0 0 2 30 .125 .136 .147 .283 -2.8
June 96 227 18 37 1 0 1 14 1 0 3 24 .163 .173 .181 .354 2.6
July 86 251 22 48 6 1 0 22 0 0 7 37 .191 .211 .223 .434 8.8
August 86 252 27 37 5 1 0 12 0 0 3 24 .147 .156 .175 .331 0.5
Sep/Oct 77 191 13 27 2 0 2 16 0 0 3 22 .141 .154 .183 .337 1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 22 SDP NL P 35 35 283.0 21 60 3 3 .964 2.58    
1935 23 SDP NL P 38 38 292.0 20 50 1 5 .986 2.16    
1936 24 SDP NL P 27 15 61.7 6 11 0 1 1.000 2.48    
  BRK NL P 20 11 154.3 14 26 0 2 1.000 2.33    
  TOT   P 47 26 216.0 20 37 0 3 1.000 2.38    
1937 25 BRK NL P 35 35 290.3 10 44 2 3 .964 1.67    
1938 26 BRK NL P 39 35 285.3 19 50 3 4 .958 2.18    
1939 27 BRK NL P 40 40 323.7 19 60 2 4 .975 2.20    
1940 28 BRK NL P 40 40 327.0 22 53 1 2 .987 2.06    
1941 29 MON NL P 46 42 351.0 20 59 1 4 .988 2.03    
1942 30 MON NL P 32 32 263.0 22 45 1 4 .985 2.29    
1943 31 MON NL P 41 41 313.7 26 58 2 6 .977 2.41    
1944 32 MON NL P 43 43 356.7 24 62 1 4 .989 2.17    
1945 33 SDP NL P 40 40 327.3 17 52 2 3 .972 1.90    
1946 34 BSN NL P 34 34 268.0 11 49 0 5 1.000 2.01    
1947 35 SEM AL P 46 4 85.0 3 16 0 3 1.000 2.01    
Career Totals   556 485 3982.0 254 695 19 53 .980 2.14    
Career Highs   47 43 356.7 26 62 3 6 1.000 2.58    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1934 22 SDP NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 17 5 1 4 7 2.65 .250 .292 .382 .674
1941 29 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.3 22 9 0 3 10 4.96 .314 .342 .386 .728
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 4 4 3 0 0 33.3 39 14 1 7 17 3.78 .283 .317 .384 .701
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
1934 22 SDP NL 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1941 29 MON NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1937-6-3.32
1938-1-2.96
1941-6-3.49
1942-5-3.35
1944-7-3.41
1945-7-3.46
 Wins
1938-3-22
1939-8-18
1940-1-22
1941-2-20
1942-9-18
1943-7-20
1944-1-28
1945-4-21
CAR-31-241
 Losses
1935-4-18
1939-8-17
1941-8-16
CAR-43-187
 Winning Pct
1938-1-.759
1940-4-.647
1942-7-.621
1943-9-.588
1944-3-.737
 Games Started
1939-8-40
1940-10-40
1941-7-42
1943-7-41
1944-3-43
1945-6-40
 Complete Games
1934-6-18
1935-5-17
1937-5-20
1938-9-18
1939-3-23
1940-1-24
1941-2-23
1942-5-20
1943-6-16
1944-1-25
1945-1-25
1946-6-16
CAR-9-260
Shutouts
1935-4-2
1936-9-1
1940-6-2
1942-1-4
1943-7-3
1944-1-5
1946-9-2
CAR-45-22
 Innings Pitched
1939-7-323.7
1940-7-327.0
1941-2-351.0
1943-6-313.7
1944-1-356.7
1945-5-327.3
CAR-35-3982.0
 Hits Allowed
1934-9-330
1935-3-361
1940-5-342
1941-1-387
1943-1-364
1944-3-338
1945-10-301
1946-8-280
CAR-24-4247
 Homeruns Allowed
1934-8-21
1935-8-19
1936-8-22
1939-3-23
1940-5-26
1941-7-24
1943-5-26
1944-1-35
 Strikeouts
1940-10-138
1944-5-143
1945-10-124
 Walks per 9IP
1934-10-2.4
1936-10-2.0
1938-6-1.8
1939-10-2.0
1940-6-2.0
1941-3-1.9
1942-6-2.1
1943-8-2.3
1944-3-1.8
1945-5-2.4
1946-5-2.3
Hits per 9IP
1939-9-8.9
1944-7-8.5
1945-8-8.3
 WHiP
1937-5-1.27
1938-3-1.23
1939-4-1.21
1942-9-1.27
1944-4-1.15
1945-4-1.19
1946-9-1.30
 OAVG
1939-9-.256
1944-7-.247
1945-9-.246
 OOBP
1937-5-.308
1938-3-.298
1939-4-.296
1942-9-.314
1944-3-.285
1945-5-.296
1946-9-.311
 OSLG
1938-9-.366
1944-8-.380
1945-7-.352
 OOPS
1937-10-.689
1938-7-.664
1939-9-.667
1944-6-.664
1945-4-.648
 
   Black Ink Test: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 166    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 74    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Larry French (905)
  7. Frank Tanana (898)
  8. Jerry Reuss (896)
  9. Leo Kiely (886)
  10. Jim Kaat (886)
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  1. Larry French (994)
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  6. Joe Presko (982)
  7. Paul Foytack (981)
  8. Don Drysdale (980)
  9. Johnny Antonelli (980)
  10. Robin Roberts (979)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by San Diego in 1934
Had first career hit on 4/8/1934, off Dutch Leonard (PIT)
Earned first career win on 4/19/1934
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1934, off Pat Caraway (SLC)
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 7/1/1936 (Going to SDP: 1B Babe Herman, P Ray Phelps, SS Greg Mulleavy. Going to BRK: P Vito Tamulis, 1B Harry Davis, P Jim Lindsey)
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/12/1937 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Platinum Arm in 1938, going 22-7, 2.96 ERA
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/28/1939 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
10/18/1939: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $10,000,000 per year, for 1 years
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1940, going 7-0, 2.66
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/9/1941 to a 5-year deal worth $14,300,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1941, going 5-1, 3.29
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 5/9/1942 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1942, going 4-1, 1.68
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1943, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to San Diego on 2/3/1945 (Going to MON: CF Ernie Sulik. Going to SDP: P Vito Tamulis, P Marius Russo, CF Milt Byrnes, SS Joe Cronin)
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Injured on 9/17/1945 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1946 to a 2-year deal worth $10,000,000 per year
Injured on 8/19/1946 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Seattle on 2/1/1947 (Going to BSN: P Joe Haynes, P Pretzel Pezzullo, P Johnny Broaca, P Bucky Jacobs. Going to SEM: P Vito Tamulis, C Frankie Hayes)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/2/1948 to a 3-year deal worth $400,000 per year
 
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