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Al
Cuccinello		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: November 26, 1914 in Usa, NY, LONG ISLAND C
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1951   
All-Star Selections 1944    1947    1951   
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
1935 20 MON NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 21 MON NL     5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 8
1937 22 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1938 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1939 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1940 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1941 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1942 27 MON NL $ 1,787,143   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1943 28 MON NL $ 650,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1944 29 MON NL $ 650,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1945 30 CLE AL $ 650,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7
1946 31 OAK AL $ 650,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1947 32 OAK AL $ 650,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1948 33 STL NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6
1949 34 STL NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1950 35 BSN NL $ 5,000,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1951 36 BSN NL $ 700,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 5
1952 37 BSN NL $ 700,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 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
1935 20 AA   13 58 5 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .155 .169 .207 .376 0.9  
    A   112 422 69 133 27 4 29 80 3 3 25 27 .315 .353 .604 .958 82.2  
1936 21 AA   111 487 65 126 21 2 17 73 4 2 16 59 .259 .282 .415 .697 55.5  
    A   26 112 12 31 4 0 3 10 2 1 3 10 .277 .296 .393 .689 12.5  
1937 22 MON NL 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .167 .200 .367 0.5 0.0
    AAA   106 431 55 130 21 4 15 78 3 3 17 37 .302 .328 .473 .801 62.3  
1938 23 MON NL 46 109 14 31 7 0 6 22 0 0 1 12 .284 .286 .514 .799 15.3 2.1
1939 24 MON NL 93 269 30 80 12 1 10 47 0 0 13 19 .297 .324 .461 .785 39.2 7.6
1940 25 MON NL 43 114 16 34 6 0 5 17 0 0 2 12 .298 .305 .482 .788 15.3 2.6
    AAA   109 455 67 145 30 1 25 84 3 5 18 40 .319 .345 .554 .898 78.4  
1941 26 MON NL 123 344 43 107 22 0 11 71 0 0 15 29 .311 .337 .471 .808 50.0 8.7
1942 27 MON NL 127 387 37 99 11 1 12 57 0 0 13 47 .256 .279 .382 .662 38.8 3.4
1943 28 MON NL 109 322 30 91 15 1 8 49 0 0 11 33 .283 .311 .410 .721 37.1 5.6
1944 29 MON NL 154 579 70 164 22 2 27 108 0 0 19 60 .283 .315 .468 .783 79.0 13.0
1945 30 CLE AL 151 541 66 152 17 3 8 63 0 0 28 58 .281 .322 .368 .690 61.3 9.7
1946 31 OAK AL 146 534 65 166 21 1 14 67 0 0 24 66 .311 .343 .433 .775 69.4 9.8
1947 32 OAK AL 143 526 76 163 15 5 15 86 0 1 31 74 .310 .351 .443 .794 76.2 15.7
1948 33 STL NL 152 562 72 152 21 3 17 83 0 1 27 80 .270 .310 .409 .719 65.3 6.5
1949 34 STL NL 145 529 73 162 22 2 17 65 2 1 23 69 .306 .340 .452 .792 71.5 9.9
1950 35 BSN NL 149 532 52 134 20 1 6 58 1 0 15 81 .252 .275 .327 .602 39.2 0.7
1951 36 BSN NL 155 529 68 183 15 3 14 81 0 0 21 65 .346 .370 .465 .835 81.2 15.2
1952 37 BSN NL 55 163 21 41 7 0 2 23 1 0 10 29 .252 .303 .331 .634 15.9 1.6
    AAA   56 235 27 78 4 0 9 23 8 4 14 44 .332 .369 .464 .833 38.2  
16 Years Sim 1799 6045 733 1760 233 23 172 898 4 3 253 735 .291 .322 .423 .745 755.1 112.2
3 Years AAA 271 1121 149 353 55 5 49 185 14 12 49 121 .315 .349 .504 .853 179.0  
2 Years AA 124 545 70 135 22 3 17 77 4 2 17 64 .248 .271 .393 .664 56.4  
2 Years A 138 534 81 164 31 4 32 90 5 4 28 37 .307 .352 .560 .912 94.7  
7 Years Minors 533 2200 300 652 108 12 98 352 23 18 94 222 .296 .331 .490 .821 330.1  
162 Game Average 544 66 158 20 2 15 80 0 0 22 66 .291 .322 .423 .745 68.0  
Career Highs 155 579 76 183 22 5 27 108 2 1 31 81 .346 .370 .514 .835 81.2  
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   3423 428 983 122 18 103 527 1 3 144 434 .287 .319 .424 .742 438.8
vs LH   2622 305 777 111 5 69 371 3 0 109 301 .296 .327 .421 .748 341.0
Home 899 2988 355 833 110 9 85 430 2 2 134 359 .279 .314 .407 .721 363.9
Away 900 3057 378 927 123 14 87 468 2 1 119 376 .303 .331 .438 .769 415.9
RISP   1605 0 479 62 7 40 686 0 0 86 186 .298 .329 .421 .750 215.7
Pinch Hitting   151 15 49 6 1 3 33 0 0 11 20 .325 .370 .437 .807 23.1
Close/Late   654 63 202 27 1 17 101 0 0 37 79 .309 .346 .431 .777 92.6
Mar/Apr 330 1122 140 343 41 5 39 171 0 1 47 130 .306 .335 .455 .790 160.8
May 322 1126 130 298 40 3 29 175 2 1 47 142 .265 .295 .383 .678 123.2
June 281 949 112 264 36 2 25 129 1 0 44 109 .278 .312 .399 .711 113.9
July 272 924 116 295 42 5 29 164 0 0 36 112 .319 .348 .470 .818 138.6
August 284 950 121 296 33 5 27 138 0 0 38 121 .312 .342 .442 .784 133.5
Sep/Oct 310 974 114 264 41 3 23 121 1 1 41 121 .271 .304 .390 .695 109.9
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 22 MON NL SS 6 0 11.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 7.36   0.2
    RF 2 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 23 MON NL 1B 27 24 194.0 231 14 7 21 .972 11.37   0.3
    SS 13 4 47.0 10 24 2 5 .944 6.51   0.3
    RF 8 3 31.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.45   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1939 24 MON NL RF 61 58 507.3 122 0 3 0 .976 2.16   1.3
    1B 11 11 87.0 100 8 3 12 .973 11.17   0.2
    3B 3 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.0
    SS 5 0 11.0 4 4 0 3 1.000 6.55   0.1
    2B 6 0 10.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
1940 25 MON NL RF 19 17 149.7 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.3
    SS 4 2 31.3 3 12 0 2 1.000 4.31   0.0
    3B 4 2 23.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.1
    1B 4 0 9.0 9 4 0 3 1.000 13.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1941 26 MON NL 1B 53 50 427.7 523 30 4 53 .993 11.64   0.7
    3B 17 17 149.0 14 41 1 8 .982 3.32   0.8
    2B 33 3 81.0 21 35 2 6 .966 6.22   0.3
    RF 5 4 33.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.2
    SS 3 1 11.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 5.73   0.1
1942 27 MON NL 1B 46 43 383.0 467 36 5 61 .990 11.82   1.2
    3B 38 37 306.3 24 83 5 5 .955 3.14   1.4
    SS 19 18 148.3 32 59 1 13 .989 5.52   0.8
    2B 13 0 19.7 2 13 1 0 .938 6.87   0.1
    RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 28 MON NL 3B 66 65 551.7 29 170 6 9 .971 3.25   2.7
    SS 37 17 184.3 31 70 1 11 .990 4.93   0.6
    1B 2 0 13.0 21 0 1 1 .955 14.54   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1944 29 MON NL 3B 110 108 898.0 61 258 10 16 .970 3.20   4.1
    SS 44 41 343.7 50 149 5 30 .975 5.21   1.0
    1B 7 0 20.0 29 2 0 2 1.000 13.95   0.0
    2B 8 0 17.0 3 6 0 3 1.000 4.76   0.1
1945 30 CLE AL SS 138 131 1133.7 212 485 12 89 .983 5.53   5.1
    RF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
    1B 3 1 12.7 20 1 1 3 .955 14.93   0.0
    2B 2 1 11.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1946 31 OAK AL SS 123 121 1066.0 198 481 10 98 .985 5.73   7.3
    1B 7 1 21.3 23 4 0 4 1.000 11.39   0.0
    RF 9 0 17.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.06   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1947 32 OAK AL SS 136 131 1161.7 181 482 6 88 .991 5.14   6.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1948 33 STL NL SS 148 144 1264.3 189 604 11 110 .986 5.64   5.6
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1949 34 STL NL SS 143 140 1148.7 169 509 10 97 .985 5.31   4.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 35 BSN NL SS 145 136 1181.3 224 541 16 91 .980 5.83   9.6
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 36 BSN NL SS 150 147 1189.7 219 563 10 135 .987 5.92   6.8
    2B 3 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 37 BSN NL 3B 21 17 163.7 9 49 1 3 .983 3.19   0.4
    2B 19 15 141.3 42 51 6 12 .939 5.92   0.5
    1B 5 2 21.0 25 1 0 3 1.000 11.14   0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
  SS 1116 1033 8938.0 1529 3996 84 775 .985 5.56   48.3
  3B 270 247 2123.7 143 611 23 41 .970 3.20   9.7
  1B 166 132 1190.7 1451 100 21 164 .987 11.72   2.6
  RF 114 86 792.6 183 1 4 0 .979 2.09   1.9
  2B 95 19 305.0 78 119 9 24 .956 5.81   1.1
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1762 1517 13350.9 3384 4827 141 1004 .983 5.54   63.7
Career Highs   169 149 1279.3 574 605 16 136 1.000 9.29    
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
1941 26 MON NL 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
Career Post-Season Batting 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
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
1947-5-.310
1949-9-.306
1951-1-.346
 Games
1951-10-155
 At-Bats
1944-6-579
 Hits
1944-8-164
1949-9-162
1951-4-183
 Total Bases
1944-7-271
 Singles
1945-8-124
1946-8-130
1947-4-128
1949-8-121
1951-1-151
Homeruns
1944-4-27
 RBIs
1944-6-108
 Strikeouts
1947-9-74
1948-8-80
1949-8-69
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 66th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1935
Traded from St. Louis (C) to Montreal on 6/16/1935 (Going to SLC: P Dutch Lieber. Going to MON: 2B Al Cuccinello)
Had first career hit on 8/4/1937, off Whitey Wilshere (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1938, off Pete Donohue (SDP)
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis on 9/6/1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,787,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $650,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1942, hitting .353 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 3/4/1943 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2-3 weeks
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/1/1944
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 4/2/1945 (Going to CLE: SS Al Cuccinello. Going to MON: P Hal Kelleher)
Traded from Cleveland to Oakland on 2/1/1946 (Going to OAK: 1B Hal Trosky, P George Jeffcoat, SS Al Cuccinello. Going to CLE: 1B Gene Hasson, CF Jose Zardon)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1946, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 6/3/1946
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1947, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Injured on 8/9/1947 with a Inflamed Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/4/1948 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $700,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1951
 
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