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Jesse
Gonder		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 20, 1936 in Usa, AR, MONTICELLO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
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
1960 24 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1961 25 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1962 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1963 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5
1964 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1965 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 30 PIT NL $ 350,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1967 31 PIT NL $ 357,143   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
1968 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
1969 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
1970 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
1971 35 LAD NL $ 340,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1972 36 LAD NL $ 340,000   3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 357,143   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
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
1960 24 AAA   31 116 15 33 3 0 3 10 0 0 19 21 .284 .385 .388 .773 18.5  
    AA   106 396 63 115 14 1 23 69 0 1 49 68 .290 .369 .505 .874 72.1  
1961 25 AAA   137 531 82 164 24 1 37 97 1 0 45 119 .309 .363 .567 .930 102.8  
1962 26 PIT NL 27 27 5 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 8 .259 .355 .407 .762 4.2 0.9
1963 27 PIT NL 44 74 7 18 3 0 0 11 0 0 2 22 .243 .260 .284 .544 4.8 0.2
1964 28 PIT NL 79 159 14 30 1 0 6 20 0 0 6 40 .189 .218 .308 .526 9.2 0.0
1965 29 PIT NL 132 398 20 82 7 1 7 31 0 0 24 82 .206 .258 .281 .539 27.1 0.9
1966 30 PIT NL 142 470 47 112 10 3 17 58 0 0 23 111 .238 .274 .381 .654 49.8 8.7
1967 31 PIT NL 146 367 23 77 6 3 6 32 0 0 27 92 .210 .263 .292 .554 28.6 0.8
1968 32 BSN NL 80 247 28 57 8 1 4 20 0 0 12 51 .231 .271 .320 .591 19.2 0.7
1969 33 BSN NL 65 183 25 44 5 0 2 22 1 0 15 43 .240 .302 .301 .603 17.3 1.3
    AAA   54 188 26 53 6 0 10 26 0 0 15 41 .282 .335 .473 .808 29.4  
1970 34 BSN NL 114 367 33 74 9 2 14 58 3 0 16 75 .202 .237 .351 .588 31.2 0.8
1971 35 LAD NL 36 113 13 37 2 0 2 12 0 0 5 22 .327 .353 .398 .751 15.1 3.0
1972 36 LAD NL 43 140 11 22 7 1 1 14 0 0 3 30 .157 .179 .243 .422 3.5 0.0
11 Years Sim 908 2545 226 560 59 11 60 284 4 0 135 576 .220 .262 .323 .584 209.9 17.1
3 Years AAA 222 835 123 250 33 1 50 133 1 0 79 181 .299 .360 .521 .881 150.7  
1 Years AA 106 396 63 115 14 1 23 69 0 1 49 68 .290 .366 .505 .871 72.1  
4 Years Minors 328 1231 186 365 47 2 73 202 1 1 128 249 .297 .362 .516 .878 222.8  
162 Game Average 454 40 99 10 1 10 50 0 0 24 102 .220 .262 .323 .584 37.5  
Career Highs 146 470 47 112 10 3 17 58 3 0 27 111 .327 .355 .407 .762 49.8  
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   1826 177 414 43 7 42 205 3 0 97 377 .227 .269 .327 .596 157.7
vs LH   719 49 146 16 4 18 79 1 0 38 199 .203 .244 .312 .555 53.7
Home 427 1213 100 248 20 4 31 142 3 0 58 280 .204 .241 .304 .545 87.3
Away 481 1332 126 312 39 7 29 142 1 0 77 296 .234 .280 .339 .619 124.1
RISP   598 0 139 18 3 12 208 0 0 41 136 .232 .278 .333 .611 56.2
Pinch Hitting   191 17 45 2 1 5 27 0 0 11 41 .236 .286 .335 .621 17.9
Close/Late   396 44 105 6 3 16 47 0 0 27 89 .265 .316 .417 .733 51.7
Mar/Apr 132 382 31 85 13 4 6 36 0 0 17 79 .223 .257 .325 .581 30.4
May 143 397 40 104 3 3 15 58 0 0 23 94 .262 .304 .398 .702 48.1
June 150 437 47 104 14 2 8 57 1 0 26 102 .238 .282 .334 .616 40.7
July 140 386 34 72 7 0 13 37 2 0 14 79 .187 .222 .306 .527 24.7
August 174 469 35 95 7 1 9 40 1 0 27 121 .203 .252 .279 .532 31.5
Sep/Oct 169 474 39 100 15 1 9 56 0 0 28 101 .211 .252 .304 .556 35.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 26 PIT NL C 12 2 34.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 5.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 3 23.0 27 2 0 0 1.000 11.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 27 PIT NL C 17 11 95.7 54 7 2 0 .968 5.74 16 6 .375 0 0.4
    1B 4 3 28.0 42 4 1 6 .979 14.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 28 PIT NL C 45 28 269.7 123 19 1 0 .993 4.74 23 10 .435 1 0.9
    1B 6 4 35.7 44 5 0 3 1.000 12.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 29 PIT NL C 114 102 936.7 566 57 11 2 .983 5.99 94 38 .404 4 4.0
    1B 1 1 8.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 30 PIT NL C 131 123 1101.0 753 58 11 0 .987 6.63 97 34 .351 3 2.9
1967 31 PIT NL C 94 90 746.3 578 44 2 0 .997 7.50 59 23 .390 1 5.3
    1B 21 6 79.7 73 5 1 7 .987 8.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1968 32 BSN NL C 76 71 626.7 492 22 4 0 .992 7.38 42 9 .214 1 1.3
    1B 3 1 9.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 33 BSN NL C 41 37 312.3 171 12 3 1 .984 5.27 27 5 .185 0 1.6
    1B 14 12 102.0 123 9 3 16 .978 11.65 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1970 34 BSN NL C 104 82 777.7 497 38 4 0 .993 6.19 76 20 .263 2 4.3
    1B 2 1 9.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 35 LAD NL C 28 26 221.7 154 17 0 2 1.000 6.94 22 12 .545 0 1.5
    1B 12 3 36.7 46 1 0 6 1.000 11.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1972 36 LAD NL C 41 36 312.7 233 18 0 0 1.000 7.23 20 8 .400 2 1.3
    1B 4 0 9.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 703 608 5434.9 3641 292 38 5 .990 6.51 476 165 .347 14 23.7
  1B 71 34 340.0 397 28 5 41 .988 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   776 642 5777.9 4038 320 44 46 .990 6.79 476 165 .347 14 24.3
Career Highs   131 123 1101.0 753 58 11 17 1.000 7.79 97 38 .545 4  
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
1963 27 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  4. Bob Tillman (940)
  5. Greg Goossen (940)
  6. Mickey Livingston (938)
  7. Bob Schmidt (937)
  8. Mark Bailey (936)
  9. Butch Wynegar (934)
  10. Joe Tipton (932)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Had first career hit on 4/21/1962, off Bob Grim (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1962, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Injured on 7/28/1970 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3-4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/16/1971 to a 2-year deal worth $340,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 5/6/1971
 
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