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Emil
Kush		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 4, 1916 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1942 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1943 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1944 27 CLE AL $ 1,662,857 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1945 28 DET AL $ 1,662,857 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1946 29 DET AL $ 1,100,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1947 30 DET AL $ 1,100,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1948 31 DET AL $ 1,100,000 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1949 32 SEM AL   5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1950 33 BSN NL $ 2,000,000 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3
1951 34 BSN NL $ 360,000 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1952 35 CLE AL $ 750,000 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
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
1941 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1942 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1943 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1944 27 CLE AL $ 1,662,857   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1945 28 DET AL $ 1,662,857   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1946 29 DET AL $ 1,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1947 30 DET AL $ 1,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1948 31 DET AL $ 1,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1949 32 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1950 33 BSN NL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1951 34 BSN NL $ 360,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1952 35 CLE AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1941 24 CLE AL 2 1 .667 40 0 0 0 1 47.0 63 38 2 25 17 7.28 .325 .398 .448 .847 0.0
1942 25 CLE AL 2 2 .500 44 0 0 0 1 56.0 61 24 5 20 15 3.86 .286 .350 .418 .768 4.1
1943 26 CLE AL 4 2 .667 53 0 0 0 2 72.3 73 23 5 22 24 2.86 .266 .318 .394 .712 7.1
1944 27 CLE AL 1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 0 10.3 10 9 2 12 3 7.84 .270 .449 .459 .908 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 19 0 0 0 0 35.3 29 5 2 9 24 1.27 .223 .273 .292 .566  
1945 28 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 .500 .600 .750 1.350 0.0
  DET AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 1 5.0 11 6 0 5 2 10.80 .458 .516 .667 1.183 0.0
  TOT   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 6.0 13 7 0 6 2 10.50 .464 .528 .679 1.206 0.0
    AAA   4 3 .571 7 7 0 0 0 50.3 53 16 6 13 34 2.86 .266 .311 .412 .723  
1946 29 DET AL 10 5 .667 44 4 0 0 3 86.3 79 35 8 44 33 3.65 .248 .340 .384 .723 7.6
1947 30 DET AL 5 2 .714 26 5 0 0 1 52.7 54 34 8 26 15 5.81 .266 .351 .429 .779 1.5
1948 31 DET AL 3 3 .500 35 0 0 0 3 39.0 55 31 5 15 21 7.15 .331 .385 .494 .879 0.7
1949 32 DET AL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 1 7.3 9 4 1 2 1 4.91 .310 .344 .448 .792 0.8
  SEM AL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 2 16.3 14 3 1 5 9 1.65 .246 .302 .316 .617 3.4
  TOT   1 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 3 23.7 23 7 2 7 10 2.66 .267 .316 .360 .676 4.1
    AAA   1 2 .333 30 0 0 0 2 29.3 31 14 5 14 25 4.30 .282 .363 .455 .817  
1950 33 BSN NL 3 2 .600 42 1 0 0 13 48.7 52 35 6 33 28 6.47 .269 .371 .409 .781 3.0
1951 34 BSN NL 0 1 .000 39 0 0 0 0 42.3 47 31 3 33 20 6.59 .275 .393 .392 .785 0.4
1952 35 AAA   2 2 .500 22 0 0 0 1 28.7 22 9 4 13 27 2.83 .200 .285 .327 .612  
11 Years Sim 31 20 .608 364 10 0 0 28 484.3 530 274 46 243 188 5.09 .281 .362 .418 .780 28.4
4 Years AAA 9 9 .500 78 7 0 0 3 143.7 135 44 17 49 110 2.76 .246 .308 .375 .683  
Season Average 2 1 .667 33 0 0 0 2 44.0 48 24 4 22 17 5.09 .281 .362 .418 .780  
Career Highs 10 5 1.000 53 5 0 0 13 86.3 79 38 8 44 33 10.50 .464 .528 .679 1.206  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   253 122 18 116 116   .270 .350 .382 .732
vs LH   277 152 28 127 72   .293 .376 .454 .830
Home 18 11 .621 191 3 0 0 12 244.0 276 142 24 119 102 5.24 .289 .367 .428 .795
Away 13 9 .591 173 7 0 0 16 240.3 254 132 22 124 86 4.94 .274 .359 .408 .768
Mar/Apr 6 5 .545 77 0 0 0 8 94.0 95 43 8 41 26 4.12 .268 .343 .383 .727
May 6 4 .600 63 2 0 0 6 95.7 94 49 7 55 42 4.61 .265 .363 .383 .747
June 6 3 .667 67 0 0 0 5 75.6 95 50 3 38 32 5.95 .308 .384 .438 .823
July 3 1 .750 64 3 0 0 5 80.7 80 45 5 46 26 5.02 .257 .353 .344 .697
August 6 1 .857 48 2 0 0 1 76.0 81 40 9 36 30 4.74 .277 .357 .414 .771
Sep/Oct 4 6 .400 45 3 0 0 3 62.3 85 47 14 27 32 6.79 .323 .386 .582 .968
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
1941 24 CLE AL 40 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
1943 26 CLE AL 53 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
1946 29 DET AL 44 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -1.0 0.0
1947 30 DET AL 26 9 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .556 .500 .556 1.056 2.6 0.8
1948 31 DET AL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1949 32 DET AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  SEM AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1950 33 BSN NL 42 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3 0.3
1951 34 BSN NL 39 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
8 Years Sim 298 56 4 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .268 .263 .304 .567 4.3 1.5
162 Game Average 30 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .268 .263 .304 .567 2.3  
Career Highs 53 20 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .556 .500 .571 1.056 2.6  
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   41 4 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .293 .286 .341 .627 3.7
vs LH   15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3
Home 147 26 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .269 .269 .308 .577 1.9
Away 116 30 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .267 .258 .300 .558 2.1
RISP   12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .083 .077 .083 .160 -0.6
Close/Late   10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5
Mar/Apr 38 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.7
May 30 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.8
June 33 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
July 33 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
August 38 11 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .455 .455 .455 .909 1.9
Sep/Oct 16 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .222 .250 .472 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1941 24 CLE AL P 40 0 47.0 3 8 1 0 .917 2.11    
1942 25 CLE AL P 44 0 56.0 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1943 26 CLE AL P 53 0 72.3 4 23 0 4 1.000 3.36    
1944 27 CLE AL P 14 0 10.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.48    
1945 28 CLE AL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  DET AL P 7 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  TOT   P 8 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1946 29 DET AL P 44 4 86.3 6 21 0 1 1.000 2.81    
1947 30 DET AL P 26 5 52.7 2 15 0 1 1.000 2.91    
1948 31 DET AL P 35 0 39.0 5 8 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1949 32 DET AL P 5 0 7.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23    
  SEM AL P 14 0 16.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.65    
  TOT   P 19 0 23.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.52    
1950 33 BSN NL P 42 1 48.7 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.96    
1951 34 BSN NL P 39 0 42.3 3 12 0 2 1.000 3.19    
Career Totals   364 10 484.3 34 118 1 8 .993 2.82    
Career Highs   53 5 86.3 6 23 1 4 1.000 3.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1943 26 CLE AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 2 1 3 1 2.84 .292 .370 .417 .787
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 2 1 3 1 2.84 .292 .370 .417 .787
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
1943 26 CLE AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1950-2-13
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1941
Had first career hit on 4/19/1941, off Bob Logan (DET)
Earned first career win on 5/16/1941
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1945 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Cleveland to Detroit on 5/1/1945 (Going to CLE: P Gene Schott. Going to DET: P Emil Kush)
9/22/1945: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/21/1948 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 7/1/1949 (Going to SEM: SS Mike Goliat, 1B Tommy Henrich, P Emil Kush. Going to DET: P Marius Russo)
Released by Seattle on 9/1/1949
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $360,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/4/1952 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
 
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