Grady
Hatton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 7, 1922 in Usa, TX, BEAUMONT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1946    1947   
All-Star Selections 1946    1947    1948    1949    1950    1952   
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
1946 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 9 10 10 8 8 8
1947 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 9 9
1948 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 9 8
1949 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 9 10 10 8 9 9
1950 27 TAM AL $ 4,428,571   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 9 8
1951 28 TAM AL $ 4,428,571   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 9 8 9 9
1952 29 TAM AL $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 10 9 8 9 8
1953 30 TAM AL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 9 9
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 23 BSN NL 154 547 109 154 18 4 28 93 13 9 114 49 .282 .403 .483 .886 105.8 21.4
1947 24 BSN NL 155 553 113 143 21 3 28 97 17 8 106 52 .259 .376 .459 .835 97.2 15.4
1948 25 BSN NL 119 433 72 118 22 4 14 68 7 3 75 34 .273 .377 .439 .815 73.6 13.9
    AAA   2 9 5 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 .444 .545 1.111 1.657 4.1  
1949 26 BSN NL 78 266 53 78 11 3 17 57 9 3 56 25 .293 .411 .549 .960 60.4 14.3
  TAM AL 78 305 75 101 17 2 13 52 11 4 58 18 .331 .433 .528 .961 68.2 13.2
  TOT   156 571 128 179 28 5 30 109 20 7 114 43 .313 .423 .538 .960 128.6 27.5
1950 27 TAM AL 156 582 117 184 32 4 24 107 27 10 119 56 .316 .429 .509 .937 125.4 25.5
1951 28 TAM AL 154 594 105 180 30 6 21 80 24 8 101 41 .303 .404 .480 .884 111.2 17.9
1952 29 TAM AL 155 582 105 183 26 2 26 107 21 13 98 51 .314 .410 .500 .910 115.1 22.4
1953 30 TAM AL 151 586 101 161 30 2 25 101 14 6 92 50 .275 .371 .461 .832 102.6 20.0
8 Years Sim 1200 4448 850 1302 207 30 196 762 143 64 819 376 .293 .400 .485 .885 859.5 164.0
1 Years AAA 2 9 5 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 .444 .545 1.111 1.657 4.1  
162 Game Average 600 114 175 27 4 26 102 19 8 110 50 .293 .400 .485 .885 116.0  
Career Highs 156 594 128 184 32 6 30 109 27 13 119 56 .316 .429 .538 .960 128.6  
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   2817 592 870 131 17 135 518 91 53 535 214 .309 .416 .511 .927 594.3
vs LH   1631 258 432 76 13 61 244 52 11 284 162 .265 .372 .440 .811 284.4
Home 599 2168 379 614 106 17 84 357 69 29 382 167 .283 .388 .464 .852 402.3
Away 601 2280 471 688 101 13 112 405 74 35 437 209 .302 .411 .505 .916 476.4
RISP   1098 0 334 58 11 50 540 0 0 261 85 .304 .425 .514 .938 248.1
Pinch Hitting   36 13 14 1 0 5 17 2 0 10 1 .389 .522 .833 1.355 13.6
Close/Late   500 103 149 21 4 23 99 0 0 122 39 .298 .432 .494 .926 110.7
Mar/Apr 196 733 122 199 34 5 27 107 24 11 113 71 .271 .366 .442 .808 123.0
May 213 789 141 237 47 8 33 142 21 13 148 69 .300 .409 .506 .915 161.1
June 204 745 158 227 29 2 38 133 21 9 152 52 .305 .420 .502 .922 159.5
July 192 716 138 198 27 7 30 106 24 10 131 58 .277 .386 .459 .845 132.9
August 216 819 171 246 36 5 38 132 28 13 144 62 .300 .403 .496 .899 164.2
Sep/Oct 179 646 120 195 34 3 30 142 25 8 131 64 .302 .415 .503 .918 138.0
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 23 BSN NL 3B 151 147 1288.0 93 332 21 23 .953 2.97   5.3
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1947 24 BSN NL 3B 152 148 1303.3 76 371 20 38 .957 3.09   5.1
    2B 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1948 25 BSN NL 2B 84 84 739.3 189 362 5 76 .991 6.71   3.3
    3B 32 28 256.0 17 66 7 7 .922 2.92   0.6
1949 26 BSN NL 3B 70 66 554.9 38 143 8 12 .958 2.94   2.4
    2B 7 7 57.4 14 27 1 7 .976 6.43   0.1
  TAM AL 3B 70 66 624.7 42 160 8 13 .962 2.91   2.3
    2B 7 7 64.6 15 31 1 7 .979 6.41   0.3
  TOT   3B 140 132 1179.6 80 303 16 25 .960 2.92   4.7
      2B 14 14 122.0 29 58 2 14 .978 6.42   0.4
1950 27 TAM AL 3B 151 150 1338.3 87 310 21 38 .950 2.67   6.6
    2B 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 28 TAM AL 2B 124 122 1113.0 277 486 6 107 .992 6.17   6.1
    3B 28 25 231.7 21 62 3 7 .965 3.22   1.0
1952 29 TAM AL 2B 152 150 1335.7 283 606 10 114 .989 5.99   8.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1953 30 TAM AL 2B 142 141 1277.7 264 584 14 124 .984 5.97   10.1
    3B 8 7 68.0 4 10 3 0 .824 1.85   0.1
  3B 663 637 5665.9 378 1454 91 138 .953 2.91   23.4
  2B 523 511 4601.0 1045 2100 37 435 .988 6.15   28.1
Career Totals   1186 1148 10266.9 1423 3554 128 573 .975 4.36   51.5
Career Highs   154 150 1345.7 298 606 21 124 .989 5.99    
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
1949 26 TAM AL 11 48 11 15 2 1 1 6 2 1 6 10 .313 .389 .458 .847
Career Post-Season Batting 11 48 11 15 2 1 1 6 2 1 6 10 .313 .389 .458 .847
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
1950-10-.316
1952-8-.314
On-Base Pct
1946-6-.403
1950-5-.429
1951-8-.404
1952-4-.410
CAR-18-.400
OPS
1946-6-.886
1950-7-.937
CAR-34-.885
XR
1946-5-105.8
1947-9-97.2
1950-4-125.4
1951-8-111.2
1952-6-115.1
1953-9-102.6
Games
1946-8-154
1947-5-155
1950-3-156
1952-8-155
At-Bats
1953-10-586
Runs
1946-4-109
1947-4-113
1950-8-117
Hits
1951-10-180
1952-9-183
Total Bases
1946-8-264
1947-10-254
1952-9-291
Singles
1950-6-124
1951-9-123
1952-5-129
Triples
1951-7-6
Homeruns
1946-6-28
1947-8-28
RBIs
1946-7-93
1947-10-97
1952-10-107
Stolen Bases
1946-9-13
1947-7-17
1950-3-27
1951-3-24
1952-4-21
1953-10-14
Caught Stealing
1946-5-9
1947-8-8
1950-6-10
1951-6-8
1952-3-13
1953-7-6
Walks
1946-1-114
1947-5-106
1950-4-119
1951-6-101
1952-5-98
1953-9-92
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1946
Had first career hit on 4/2/1946, off Hank Gornicki (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1946, off Randy Gumpert (STL)
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1946, hitting .282 with 28 HR, 93 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1946
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1947, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1947, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1947
Injured on 4/19/1948 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1948, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/21/1949
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1949 (Going to TAM: 3B Grady Hatton, 1B Pat Seerey, P Johnny Beazley. Going to BSN: RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Bob Hall)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1950, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1950, hitting .560 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/15/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1952, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1953, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1953, hitting .370 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 9/28/1953 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1953, hitting .330 with 6 HR, 28 RBI