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Mark
Koenig		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 19, 1904 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940   
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
1930 25 CAL AL $ 350,000   48 48 50 6 6 6 61 57 58 19 17 18 97 96 96
1931 26 CAL AL $ 500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1932 27 SLC NL $ 500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1933 28 SLC NL $ 500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1934 29 SLC NL $ 1,250,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1935 30 SLC NL $ 1,250,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 6 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1936 31 SLC NL $ 1,250,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 6 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1937 32 MON NL $ 1,250,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1938 33 MON NL $ 1,250,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1939 34 MON NL $ 1,400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1940 35 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1941 36 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
1942 37 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000   48 48 50 6 6 6 61 57 58 19 17 18 97 96 96
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
1930 25 CAL AL 153 571 70 162 21 3 0 46 4 2 41 13 .284 .330 .331 .661 59.3 6.3
1931 26 CAL AL 153 612 97 176 38 5 4 44 5 0 26 9 .288 .317 .386 .702 70.3 11.3
1932 27 SLC NL 144 466 38 136 15 2 2 45 5 2 22 8 .292 .323 .345 .669 48.2 4.8
1933 28 SLC NL 146 509 72 164 26 6 2 53 3 1 20 9 .322 .348 .409 .757 65.0 8.3
1934 29 SLC NL 145 533 67 157 28 2 1 55 3 0 22 10 .295 .322 .360 .682 55.4 5.3
1935 30 SLC NL 155 560 78 180 32 5 2 80 3 0 34 5 .321 .354 .407 .761 80.1 13.9
1936 31 SLC NL 151 614 82 168 33 8 2 64 3 2 28 14 .274 .305 .363 .669 64.3 6.6
1937 32 SLC NL 46 175 24 53 8 2 1 8 1 1 6 3 .303 .324 .389 .713 19.8 2.8
  MON NL 41 106 13 30 4 0 0 11 0 0 5 2 .283 .315 .321 .636 9.7 1.2
  TOT   87 281 37 83 12 2 1 19 1 1 11 5 .295 .321 .363 .684 29.4 4.0
1938 33 MON NL 96 210 33 58 12 0 4 26 0 0 8 2 .276 .301 .390 .692 22.8 2.7
1939 34 MON NL 87 188 19 62 14 1 2 24 0 2 5 6 .330 .345 .447 .792 22.1 4.4
1940 35 MON NL 51 190 26 68 14 5 3 30 3 2 5 7 .358 .378 .532 .909 31.2 7.0
  PIT NL 31 62 7 17 4 0 0 8 1 1 2 2 .274 .297 .339 .636 5.1 0.6
  BSN NL 52 179 23 51 5 2 1 24 3 2 7 7 .285 .316 .352 .667 17.4 2.0
  TOT   134 431 56 136 23 7 4 62 7 5 14 16 .316 .340 .429 .769 53.7 9.6
1941 36 BSN NL 39 102 14 24 3 0 0 10 2 1 6 6 .235 .273 .265 .537 8.4 0.3
    AAA   78 280 31 66 14 0 0 27 5 3 13 31 .236 .270 .286 .555 19.9  
1942 37 AAA   97 197 17 33 6 0 1 10 3 1 14 44 .168 .223 .213 .436 8.0  
12 Years Sim 1490 5077 663 1506 257 41 24 528 36 16 237 103 .297 .327 .378 .705 579.1 77.4
2 Years AAA 175 477 48 99 20 0 1 37 8 4 27 75 .208 .249 .256 .505 27.9  
162 Game Average 551 72 163 27 4 2 57 3 1 25 11 .297 .327 .378 .705 63.0  
Career Highs 155 614 97 180 38 8 4 80 7 5 41 16 .330 .354 .447 .792 80.1  
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   3181 406 950 160 23 12 348 26 9 150 67 .299 .328 .375 .703 372.5
vs LH   1896 257 556 97 18 12 180 10 7 87 36 .293 .325 .382 .707 220.8
Home 742 2507 341 761 131 26 14 288 17 10 109 51 .304 .332 .393 .725 305.8
Away 748 2570 322 745 126 15 10 240 19 6 128 52 .290 .322 .362 .685 287.5
RISP   1132 0 345 50 10 5 459 0 0 46 18 .305 .324 .380 .704 133.7
Pinch Hitting   92 11 30 3 1 1 23 0 0 5 7 .326 .350 .413 .763 12.9
Close/Late   513 72 179 33 1 0 57 0 0 22 16 .349 .374 .417 .791 72.7
Mar/Apr 249 893 105 266 50 7 5 88 3 5 26 22 .298 .316 .386 .703 100.1
May 268 931 116 298 45 9 3 94 8 3 37 19 .320 .345 .397 .742 118.9
June 241 795 107 232 37 7 0 78 5 2 41 11 .292 .325 .356 .681 88.1
July 226 740 93 207 33 6 6 84 5 2 43 15 .280 .318 .365 .683 83.4
August 265 891 117 260 46 7 4 90 8 3 43 19 .292 .324 .373 .697 102.2
Sep/Oct 241 827 125 243 46 5 6 94 7 1 47 17 .294 .331 .383 .714 100.8
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
1930 25 CAL AL 3B 137 136 1137.7 77 303 11 28 .972 3.01   4.2
    SS 13 12 107.0 21 48 5 8 .932 5.80   0.2
    2B 2 1 12.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.0
1931 26 CAL AL 3B 146 146 1229.7 86 331 19 31 .956 3.05   4.6
    2B 3 0 6.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
    SS 2 0 2.0 1 3 0 2 1.000 18.00   0.1
1932 27 SLC NL 2B 143 142 1143.0 290 570 23 121 .974 6.77   4.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1933 28 SLC NL 2B 144 143 1189.0 302 521 25 117 .971 6.23   3.9
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1934 29 SLC NL SS 137 136 1169.3 212 588 52 108 .939 6.16   3.9
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 3 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1935 30 SLC NL SS 153 149 1310.7 260 560 58 118 .934 5.63   3.4
1936 31 SLC NL SS 146 143 1253.0 235 548 43 99 .948 5.62   2.8
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1937 32 SLC NL SS 31 26 272.5 48 110 9 20 .946 5.22   0.3
    3B 13 12 128.7 9 36 1 4 .978 3.15   0.7
    2B 1 0 2.5 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
  MON NL SS 27 23 165.9 29 67 6 12 .941 5.21   1.1
    3B 12 11 78.3 6 22 1 2 .966 3.22   0.3
    2B 0 0 1.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 58 49 438.4 77 177 15 32 .944 5.21   1.4
      3B 25 23 207.0 15 58 2 6 .973 3.17   1.0
      2B 1 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1938 33 MON NL 3B 44 43 367.0 22 94 3 9 .975 2.84   2.0
    SS 42 12 156.7 22 68 6 18 .938 5.17   0.7
1939 34 MON NL 3B 26 19 180.7 16 41 4 3 .934 2.84   0.6
    SS 26 13 146.7 19 54 8 11 .901 4.48   0.7
    2B 17 1 39.0 5 17 0 1 1.000 5.08   0.1
1940 35 MON NL SS 25 21 222.2 40 96 6 19 .958 5.51   0.0
    2B 15 15 145.3 35 59 2 13 .979 5.82   0.4
    3B 6 6 54.7 4 15 1 1 .950 3.13   0.2
  PIT NL SS 15 13 72.2 13 31 2 6 .957 5.48   0.3
    2B 9 9 47.2 12 19 1 4 .969 5.91   0.2
    3B 3 3 17.8 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.1
  BSN NL SS 26 21 212.1 38 92 6 18 .956 5.52   1.4
    2B 16 15 138.7 34 56 2 12 .978 5.84   0.4
    3B 6 6 52.2 4 15 1 1 .950 3.28   0.2
  TOT   SS 66 55 506.5 91 219 14 43 .957 5.51   1.7
      2B 40 39 331.2 81 134 5 29 .977 5.84   1.0
      3B 15 15 124.7 9 35 2 2 .957 3.18   0.5
1941 36 BSN NL SS 30 23 205.0 37 98 9 20 .938 5.93   0.2
    2B 4 2 20.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 2 1 14.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
  SS 675 592 5297.2 975 2364 210 459 .941 5.67   15.1
  3B 395 383 3260.7 225 868 41 79 .964 3.02   13.1
  2B 358 328 2751.2 688 1265 53 271 .974 6.39   9.2
Career Totals   1428 1303 11309.1 1888 4497 304 809 .955 5.08   37.4
Career Highs   153 149 1310.7 302 591 58 121 .974 6.77    
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
1931 26 CAL AL 6 28 5 9 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 .321 .367 .464 .831
1937 32 MON NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 8 30 5 10 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 .333 .375 .467 .842
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.
At-Bats
1931-8-612
1936-5-614
 Singles
1934-8-126
1935-8-141
 Triples
1936-8-8
1940-5-7
 Stolen Bases
1932-10-5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Kiko Garcia (926)
  5. Tito Fuentes (926)
  6. Dutch Meyer (925)
  7. Billy Johnson (922)
  8. Hughie Critz (909)
  9. Jack Perconte (904)
  10. Doc Gautreau (903)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Ted Lyons (NYM)
7/3/1930: Signed a contract extension with California, $500,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1931, off Kent Greenfield (BRK)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/17/1933
9/1/1933: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (C), $1,250,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 3/22/1934 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 4/7/1934
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/11/1934
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 7/29/1934
Injured on 5/2/1937 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from St. Louis (C) to Montreal on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: P Ken Heintzelman, SS Bill Barrett. Going to MON: 2B Tony Lazzeri, 2B Mark Koenig, P Clay Bryant)
8/16/1938: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $1,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1940, hitting .386 with 1 HR, 21 RBI
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1940 (Going to MON: C Cliff Bolton, C Joe Schultz. Going to PIT: CF Jo-jo White, P Johnny Broaca, 2B Mark Koenig)
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (N) on 7/31/1940 (Going to PIT: SS Johnny Hudson. Going to BSN: 2B Mark Koenig, RF Earl Clark)
 
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