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Bob
Dillinger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 17, 1918 in Usa, CA, GLENDALE
 
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
1946 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1948 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 4 10 10 10
1949 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 3 10 10 10
1950 31 SDP NL $ 775,714   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 3 10 10 10
1951 32 SDP NL $ 1,892,857   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 3 10 10 10
1952 33 BSN NL $ 2,635,714   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1953 34 OAK AL $ 4,450,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 9 9
1954 35 OAK AL $ 4,450,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1955 36 OAK AL $ 4,450,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 9
1956 37 OAK AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,450,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 7 8 4 4 4 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
1946 27 SEM AL 79 290 30 72 18 6 3 34 5 3 25 15 .248 .308 .383 .691 31.2 3.0
    AAA   81 349 61 114 19 5 9 56 21 5 33 25 .327 .385 .487 .872 63.2  
1947 28 SEM AL 153 535 64 142 21 6 2 54 31 10 44 12 .265 .322 .338 .661 59.6 6.5
1948 29 SEM AL 103 354 34 95 20 2 2 54 30 9 27 11 .268 .316 .353 .669 41.2 3.3
  SDP NL 7 26 2 10 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 .385 .448 .462 .910 4.7 1.3
  TOT   110 380 36 105 22 2 2 56 32 10 30 13 .276 .325 .361 .686 45.9 4.6
    AAA   31 111 17 39 5 1 0 12 8 2 6 3 .351 .385 .414 .799 17.1  
1949 30 SDP NL 74 199 41 59 13 3 0 16 20 5 16 6 .296 .349 .392 .741 27.3 4.9
    AAA   54 241 49 85 16 4 4 22 19 3 15 11 .353 .391 .502 .893 44.5  
1950 31 SDP NL 137 399 76 125 22 6 4 36 26 9 28 9 .313 .360 .429 .789 58.0 9.8
1951 32 SDP NL 128 452 81 152 20 7 5 63 13 8 31 17 .336 .379 .445 .824 63.6 11.0
1952 33 BSN NL 148 531 88 154 22 7 2 61 37 23 41 8 .290 .339 .369 .708 62.6 7.8
1953 34 OAK AL 155 518 80 156 21 7 3 49 49 16 42 30 .301 .352 .386 .738 67.6 9.4
1954 35 OAK AL 153 606 74 188 30 5 2 66 60 19 26 31 .310 .339 .386 .725 74.7 12.6
1955 36 OAK AL 136 505 60 118 17 2 1 46 47 9 28 39 .234 .276 .281 .557 41.0 1.5
1956 37 OAK AL 116 249 40 61 7 3 3 17 23 11 12 27 .245 .279 .333 .612 22.2 1.0
11 Years Sim 1389 4664 670 1332 213 54 27 498 343 123 323 207 .286 .332 .372 .703 553.8 72.1
3 Years AAA 166 701 127 238 40 10 13 90 48 10 54 39 .340 .388 .481 .868 124.8  
162 Game Average 543 78 155 24 6 3 58 40 14 37 24 .286 .332 .372 .703 64.6  
Career Highs 155 606 88 188 30 7 5 66 60 23 44 39 .336 .379 .445 .824 74.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2540 340 673 111 25 15 291 171 55 156 115 .265 .307 .346 .653 275.5
vs LH   2124 330 659 102 29 12 207 172 68 167 92 .310 .360 .403 .763 304.2
Home 696 2305 352 673 96 28 9 214 170 57 176 110 .292 .342 .370 .711 296.7
Away 693 2359 318 659 117 26 18 284 173 66 147 97 .279 .322 .374 .695 283.0
RISP   1062 0 319 60 12 5 433 0 0 66 45 .300 .336 .394 .730 135.0
Pinch Hitting   103 18 31 5 0 1 11 5 1 7 2 .301 .345 .379 .724 13.6
Close/Late   476 90 127 21 3 6 52 0 0 31 22 .267 .312 .361 .673 52.4
Mar/Apr 198 681 119 208 34 7 5 80 57 21 51 25 .305 .354 .398 .752 95.4
May 227 787 100 206 31 11 3 78 54 20 41 43 .262 .299 .341 .640 80.1
June 233 765 126 230 44 8 5 81 68 19 44 32 .301 .337 .399 .736 103.5
July 250 854 125 247 31 8 3 85 65 20 67 37 .289 .341 .355 .696 107.3
August 249 866 108 242 44 11 8 95 59 23 53 41 .279 .319 .383 .702 105.5
Sep/Oct 232 711 92 199 29 9 3 79 40 20 67 29 .280 .343 .359 .701 88.0
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
1946 27 SEM AL SS 78 75 656.7 126 313 15 79 .967 6.02   1.2
1947 28 SEM AL SS 148 145 1269.0 234 595 20 123 .976 5.88   6.6
    3B 5 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1948 29 SEM AL 3B 88 87 731.1 55 200 20 24 .927 3.14   1.8
    SS 13 12 105.4 19 39 1 7 .983 4.95   0.5
  SDP NL 3B 6 6 54.9 4 15 2 2 .905 3.11   0.2
    SS 1 1 7.9 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.56   0.0
  TOT   3B 94 93 786.0 59 215 22 26 .926 3.14   2.0
      SS 14 13 113.3 20 42 1 8 .984 4.92   0.5
1949 30 SDP NL 1B 49 40 350.3 467 43 6 39 .988 13.10   0.7
    SS 12 0 25.7 4 12 1 3 .941 5.61   0.1
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 31 SDP NL 1B 80 73 640.7 851 72 5 65 .995 12.97   1.7
    3B 13 10 87.0 6 25 0 2 1.000 3.21   0.4
    SS 25 1 58.3 11 25 0 5 1.000 5.55   0.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 32 SDP NL 1B 86 86 747.3 973 73 6 76 .994 12.60   1.9
    3B 12 11 88.0 4 20 1 0 .960 2.45   0.3
    SS 22 3 69.3 9 30 1 8 .975 5.06   0.3
1952 33 BSN NL 3B 121 120 1029.0 75 268 22 19 .940 3.00   2.0
    SS 22 16 152.7 22 64 4 8 .956 5.07   0.5
    1B 3 0 8.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 14.63   0.0
1953 34 OAK AL SS 97 95 794.0 143 343 15 63 .970 5.51   3.9
    1B 38 35 290.7 403 31 5 22 .989 13.44   0.5
    3B 23 1 51.0 2 18 1 1 .952 3.53   0.2
1954 35 OAK AL 1B 86 84 715.7 899 61 4 72 .996 12.07   1.2
    3B 65 63 551.7 47 141 12 13 .940 3.07   2.6
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 36 OAK AL 1B 82 79 662.3 784 61 7 71 .992 11.48   1.1
    SS 48 44 390.3 64 145 9 23 .959 4.82   1.8
    3B 8 6 55.7 3 15 0 3 1.000 2.91   0.4
1956 37 OAK AL 3B 48 43 366.7 22 85 7 9 .939 2.63   1.4
    1B 39 12 149.0 169 12 0 21 1.000 10.93   0.3
    SS 16 6 69.0 7 23 0 3 1.000 3.91   0.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  SS 483 398 3599.3 640 1592 66 323 .971 5.58   15.5
  1B 463 409 3564.0 4558 354 33 366 .993 12.40   7.4
  3B 391 347 3031.0 218 790 65 73 .939 2.99   9.3
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1340 1154 10197.2 5418 2736 164 762 .980 7.20   32.3
Career Highs   158 147 1278.0 986 597 26 123 .995 12.38    
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
1950 31 SDP NL 9 32 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 .250 .294 .281 .575
1951 32 SDP NL 6 24 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 .250 .333 .375 .708
Career Post-Season Batting 15 56 5 14 2 1 0 0 3 2 5 3 .250 .311 .321 .633
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
1951-4-.325*
1953-10-.301
1954-8-.310
 At-Bats
1954-4-606
 Hits
1954-3-188
 Singles
1952-8-123
1953-3-125
1954-2-151
 Triples
1947-9-6
1950-5-6
1951-3-7
1952-3-7
1953-6-7
1954-8-5
 Stolen Bases
1947-4-31
1948-5-30
1949-7-20
1950-6-26
1952-1-37
1953-1-49
1954-1-60
1955-1-47
1956-3-23
CAR-36-343
Caught Stealing
1947-5-10
1948-7-9
1949-9-5
1950-6-9
1951-7-8
1952-1-23
1953-1-16
1954-2-19
1955-4-9
1956-3-11
CAR-48-123
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Lee Richard (919)
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  3. Tony Gonzalez (919)
  4. Pid Purdy (913)
  5. Jack Perconte (912)
  6. Ernie Orsatti (911)
  7. Lew Riggs (910)
  8. Ellis Clary (908)
  9. Lou Brock (908)
  10. Freddie Lindstrom (906)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Seattle in 1946
Had first career hit on 7/4/1946, off Van Mungo (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1946, off Howie Pollet (MON)
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/31/1948 (Going to SDP: LF Eddie Waitkus, 3B Bob Dillinger, P Joe Ostrowski. Going to SEM: 3B Mel Ott, 1B George Vico)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 2/1/1952 (Going to SDP: P Vern Law. Going to BSN: RF Larry Doby, P Stubby Overmire, P Dick Conger, 3B Bob Dillinger, 2B Ray Boone)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/6/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $4,450,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/19/1953
6/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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