Danny
Macfayden
 
Nickname: Deacon
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 10, 1905 in Usa, MA, NORTH TRURO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1933   
All-Star Selections 1930    1932    1933    1935    1936    1937    1941   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 NYA AL $ 3,957,143 88 29 34 32 67 74 71 89 94 92
1931 26 NYA AL $ 5,342,857 9 4 5 5 8 9 8 10 10 10
1932 27 NYA AL $ 5,342,857 9 4 5 5 8 9 8 10 10 10
1933 28 NYA AL $ 10,000,000 9 4 5 5 8 9 8 10 10 10
1934 29 NYA AL $ 10,000,000 9 4 5 5 8 9 9 10 10 10
1935 30 NYG NL $ 10,000,000 9 4 5 5 8 9 8 10 10 10
1936 31 NYG NL $ 10,000,000 8 4 5 5 8 9 8 10 10 10
1937 32 NYA AL $ 11,000,000 7 4 5 4 8 9 8 9 10 10
1938 33 NYA AL $ 11,000,000 7 3 4 4 8 9 8 10 10 10
1939 34 DET AL $ 11,000,000 7 3 4 4 8 9 8 9 10 10
1940 35 DET AL $ 11,000,000 7 3 4 4 8 9 8 9 9 9
1941 36 DET AL $ 11,000,000 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 8 8 8
1942 37 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 7 8 7
1943 38 STL NL $ 3,000,000 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5
1944 39 STL NL $ 340,000 6 1 2 1 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 340,000 6 1 2 1 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000 88 29 34 32 67 74 71 89 94 92
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 NYA AL $ 3,957,143   11 11 11 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
1931 26 NYA AL $ 5,342,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1932 27 NYA AL $ 5,342,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1933 28 NYA AL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1934 29 NYA AL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 30 NYG NL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 31 NYG NL $ 10,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 32 NYA AL $ 11,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 33 NYA AL $ 11,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 34 DET AL $ 11,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 35 DET AL $ 11,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 36 DET AL $ 11,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 37 BSN NL $ 3,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 38 STL NL $ 3,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 39 STL NL $ 340,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 340,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   11 11 11 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
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
1930 25 NYA AL 19 8 .704 35 35 18 2 0 275.3 289 97 2 69 44 3.17 .269 .315 .322 .636 22.7
1931 26 NYA AL 14 22 .389 45 45 18 1 0 362.3 442 181 8 102 82 4.50 .302 .348 .387 .735 13.4
1932 27 NYA AL 20 18 .526 42 42 24 2 0 346.7 404 143 6 82 86 3.71 .289 .328 .364 .692 27.3
1933 28 NYA AL 21 13 .618 42 42 21 3 0 346.3 373 120 6 67 87 3.12 .275 .309 .356 .666 34.3
1934 29 NYA AL 17 18 .486 41 41 17 2 0 318.3 387 136 6 76 66 3.85 .301 .341 .377 .718 22.6
1935 30 NYA AL 10 7 .588 19 19 10 1 0 157.0 185 63 3 35 43 3.61 .292 .328 .372 .701 12.7
  NYG NL 14 6 .700 25 25 13 2 0 202.3 220 80 3 45 69 3.56 .276 .314 .350 .664 15.5
  TOT   24 13 .649 44 44 23 3 0 359.3 405 143 6 80 112 3.58 .283 .320 .360 .680 28.2
1936 31 NYG NL 20 17 .541 44 44 17 1 0 355.3 404 152 6 75 102 3.85 .284 .319 .367 .686 23.6
1937 32 NYG NL 14 7 .667 29 29 12 3 0 235.3 265 82 2 48 70 3.14 .286 .321 .366 .688 17.4
  NYA AL 7 6 .538 15 15 6 1 0 115.3 126 48 1 17 32 3.75 .278 .305 .360 .665 6.9
  TOT   21 13 .618 44 44 18 4 0 350.7 391 130 3 65 102 3.34 .283 .316 .364 .680 24.3
1938 33 NYA AL 13 14 .481 40 32 11 0 2 255.3 304 129 7 53 80 4.55 .296 .329 .387 .716 11.1
1939 34 NYA AL 10 13 .435 27 27 11 1 0 204.0 262 98 5 37 64 4.32 .310 .338 .399 .737 7.1
  DET AL 4 6 .400 14 14 5 1 0 108.7 116 44 2 16 29 3.64 .272 .298 .344 .642 7.1
  TOT   14 19 .424 41 41 16 2 0 312.7 378 142 7 53 93 4.09 .297 .325 .381 .705 14.2
1940 35 DET AL 9 15 .375 46 28 7 0 2 227.0 280 121 9 54 66 4.80 .301 .339 .411 .750 6.2
1941 36 DET AL 20 14 .588 43 37 2 0 0 287.3 337 126 6 92 73 3.95 .294 .345 .369 .714 19.2
1942 37 BSN NL 13 17 .433 36 34 8 0 0 254.0 273 118 7 79 60 4.18 .276 .327 .351 .678 15.1
1943 38 BSN NL 1 6 .143 7 5 1 0 0 54.3 58 22 4 18 12 3.64 .276 .333 .395 .729 3.3
  TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 2 0 2.25 .077 .200 .077 .277 0.5
  STL NL 4 6 .400 18 14 2 0 0 90.0 114 53 9 37 16 5.30 .311 .374 .462 .836 1.8
  TOT   5 12 .294 26 20 3 0 0 148.3 173 76 13 57 28 4.61 .294 .356 .430 .785 5.6
1944 39 STL NL 4 3 .571 16 4 0 0 0 37.7 39 17 4 21 8 4.06 .269 .359 .441 .801 3.2
    AAA   3 9 .250 16 16 1 0 0 98.7 107 38 9 44 34 3.47 .272 .346 .399 .745  
16 Years Sim 234 216 .520 585 533 203 20 4 4236.6 4879 1831 96 1025 1089 3.89 .288 .329 .371 .700 271.0
1 Years AAA 3 9 .250 16 16 1 0 0 98.7 107 38 9 44 34 3.47 .272 .346 .399 .745  
Season Average 15 14 .517 39 35 13 1 0 282.4 325 122 6 68 72 3.89 .288 .329 .371 .700  
Career Highs 24 22 .704 46 45 24 4 2 362.3 442 181 13 102 112 4.80 .302 .359 .441 .801  
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   2220 880 44 411 640   .263 .297 .339 .636
vs LH   2659 951 52 614 449   .314 .360 .404 .764
Home 115 107 .518 293 264 105 13 2 2160.9 2441 921 51 504 549 3.84 .285 .325 .374 .699
Away 119 109 .522 292 269 98 7 2 2075.6 2438 910 45 521 540 3.95 .292 .333 .369 .702
Mar/Apr 33 43 .434 101 101 33 5 0 778.6 915 342 18 202 216 3.95 .293 .336 .379 .716
May 48 33 .593 97 91 39 1 0 741.0 840 308 14 168 207 3.74 .286 .325 .366 .691
June 43 32 .573 91 90 38 0 0 715.6 805 289 19 164 174 3.63 .282 .321 .368 .690
July 39 39 .500 97 97 35 4 0 761.3 871 316 20 187 179 3.74 .287 .329 .373 .701
August 38 35 .521 106 84 34 5 3 689.0 796 316 11 139 167 4.13 .290 .324 .368 .692
Sep/Oct 33 34 .493 93 70 27 5 1 551.0 652 260 14 165 146 4.25 .292 .341 .375 .715
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 NYA AL 35 94 6 18 3 0 1 10 0 0 2 27 .191 .208 .255 .464 4.4 0.0
1931 26 NYA AL 45 124 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 39 .081 .109 .097 .206 -4.1 0.0
1932 27 NYA AL 42 118 5 17 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 33 .144 .151 .178 .329 1.1 0.0
1933 28 NYA AL 42 111 10 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 38 .144 .167 .171 .338 1.3 0.0
1934 29 NYA AL 41 112 8 11 3 1 1 12 0 0 2 45 .098 .113 .170 .283 -0.7 0.0
1935 30 NYA AL 19 48 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .104 .140 .104 .244 -0.5 0.0
  NYG NL 25 70 3 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 27 .129 .139 .129 .267 -0.4 0.0
  TOT   44 118 6 14 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 46 .119 .139 .119 .258 -0.9 0.0
1936 31 NYG NL 44 122 7 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 44 .115 .129 .123 .252 -3.0 0.0
1937 32 NYG NL 29 85 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 30 .071 .080 .094 .175 -2.8 0.0
  NYA AL 15 39 2 5 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 16 .128 .128 .231 .359 0.7 0.0
  TOT   44 124 5 11 3 0 1 11 0 0 1 46 .089 .095 .137 .232 -2.1 0.0
1938 33 NYA AL 40 85 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 34 .082 .093 .106 .199 -2.5 0.0
1939 34 NYA AL 27 68 7 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 .118 .130 .118 .248 -0.9 0.0
  DET AL 14 39 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.2 0.0
  TOT   41 107 8 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 39 .131 .139 .131 .270 -0.7 0.0
1940 35 DET AL 46 70 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 .143 .141 .157 .298 0.1 0.0
1941 36 DET AL 43 99 3 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 31 .131 .147 .141 .288 0.4 0.0
1942 37 BSN NL 36 83 5 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 29 .084 .083 .120 .204 -2.0 0.0
1943 38 BSN NL 7 14 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0
  TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  STL NL 18 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .083 .120 .083 .203 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   26 39 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 .103 .125 .103 .228 -0.5 0.0
1944 39 STL NL 16 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.7 0.1
15 Years Sim 585 1413 78 168 22 3 3 86 0 0 21 489 .119 .132 .145 .278 -8.6 0.1
162 Game Average 391 21 46 6 0 0 23 0 0 5 135 .119 .132 .145 .278 -2.4  
Career Highs 46 124 10 18 3 1 1 12 0 0 4 46 .286 .286 .286 .571 4.4  
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   952 57 111 10 1 2 54 0 0 13 339 .117 .130 .136 .265 -16.2
vs LH   461 21 57 12 2 1 32 0 0 8 150 .124 .138 .165 .303 -2.9
Home 293 669 39 74 11 3 1 39 0 0 13 240 .111 .127 .141 .267 -10.7
Away 292 744 39 94 11 0 2 47 0 0 8 249 .126 .138 .149 .287 -8.4
RISP   389 0 55 6 1 3 82 0 0 5 121 .141 .152 .185 .337 1.8
Close/Late   127 6 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 44 .079 .086 .102 .188 -5.2
Mar/Apr 101 258 16 28 4 0 0 13 0 0 4 88 .109 .122 .124 .246 -5.8
May 97 252 17 33 3 0 1 20 0 0 6 83 .131 .154 .155 .309 -0.9
June 91 235 15 27 4 1 1 22 0 0 2 85 .115 .120 .153 .273 -3.4
July 97 256 11 35 4 0 0 12 0 0 5 90 .137 .153 .152 .306 -1.1
August 106 225 12 23 3 2 1 11 0 0 3 80 .102 .118 .147 .265 -4.2
Sep/Oct 78 187 7 22 4 0 0 8 0 0 1 63 .118 .122 .139 .261 -3.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 25 NYA AL P 35 35 275.3 17 54 1 4 .986 2.32    
1931 26 NYA AL P 45 45 362.3 25 77 2 7 .981 2.53    
1932 27 NYA AL P 42 42 346.7 24 76 6 5 .943 2.60    
1933 28 NYA AL P 42 42 346.3 31 72 1 5 .990 2.68    
1934 29 NYA AL P 41 41 318.3 12 72 5 9 .944 2.37    
1935 30 NYA AL P 19 19 157.0 10 24 1 2 .971 1.95    
  NYG NL P 25 25 202.3 14 31 2 2 .957 2.00    
  TOT   P 44 44 359.3 24 55 3 4 .963 1.98    
1936 31 NYG NL P 44 44 355.3 29 62 3 1 .968 2.30    
1937 32 NYG NL P 29 29 235.3 16 43 3 3 .952 2.26    
  NYA AL P 15 15 115.3 8 21 2 1 .935 2.26    
  TOT   P 44 44 350.7 24 64 5 4 .946 2.26    
1938 33 NYA AL P 40 32 255.3 21 45 2 5 .971 2.33    
1939 34 NYA AL P 27 27 204.0 11 48 4 3 .937 2.60    
  DET AL P 14 14 108.7 6 25 2 1 .939 2.57    
  TOT   P 41 41 312.7 17 73 6 4 .938 2.59    
1940 35 DET AL P 46 28 227.0 11 33 2 0 .957 1.74    
1941 36 DET AL P 43 37 287.3 18 61 0 1 1.000 2.47    
1942 37 BSN NL P 36 34 254.0 17 45 1 3 .984 2.20    
1943 38 BSN NL P 7 5 54.3 4 8 1 1 .923 1.99    
  TAM AL P 1 1 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  STL NL P 18 14 90.0 7 14 1 2 .955 2.10    
  TOT   P 26 20 148.3 11 23 2 3 .944 2.06    
1944 39 STL NL P 16 4 37.7 3 7 1 1 .909 2.39    
Career Totals   585 533 4236.6 284 819 40 56 .965 2.34    
Career Highs   46 45 362.3 31 77 6 9 1.000 2.68    
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
1932 27 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 6 0 3 1 7.71 .333 .389 .485 .874
1935 30 NYG NL 2 1 .667 4 4 2 0 0 31.0 42 14 0 6 11 4.06 .347 .378 .405 .783
1936 31 NYG NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 22 9 0 2 3 5.93 .361 .381 .426 .807
1937 32 NYA AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 20 10 0 3 6 5.63 .303 .333 .439 .773
1941 36 DET AL 0 3 .000 3 3 1 0 0 22.3 28 14 2 10 6 5.64 .308 .376 .462 .838
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 7 .222 12 12 3 0 0 90.0 123 53 2 24 27 5.30 .331 .371 .435 .807
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
1932 27 NYA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1935 30 NYG NL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
1936 31 NYG NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 32 NYA AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1941 36 DET AL 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 12 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .083 .120 .083 .203
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1930-3-3.17
1932-3-3.71
1933-1-3.12
1934-4-3.85
1935-4-3.56
1936-10-3.85
1937-5-3.14
Wins
1930-7-19
1932-2-20
1933-2-21
1934-9-17
1936-4-20
1941-5-20
CAR-40-234
Losses
1931-8-22
1932-3-18
1934-6-18
1936-8-17
1939-6-19
1940-10-15
1942-8-17
CAR-17-216
Winning Pct
1930-3-.704
1932-8-.526
1933-5-.618
1935-9-.588
1937-3-.667
1941-9-.588
Games Started
1931-1-45
1932-1-42
1933-1-42
1934-10-41
1936-1-44
CAR-35-533
Complete Games
1932-2-24
1933-2-21
1934-6-17
1936-9-17
1939-8-16
CAR-20-203
Shutouts
1930-4-2
1932-5-2
1933-2-3
1934-4-2
1935-8-1
1936-9-1
1937-4-3
1939-5-2
Innings Pitched
1931-4-362.3
1932-2-346.7
1933-1-346.3
1934-7-318.3
1936-2-355.3
CAR-27-4236.6
Hits Allowed
1931-1-442
1932-2-404
1933-3-373
1934-4-387
1936-2-404
1939-3-378
1941-8-337
CAR-5-4879
Walks per 9IP
1932-7-2.1
1933-5-1.7
1934-7-2.1
1935-5-2.0
1936-8-1.9
1937-5-1.8
1938-4-1.9
1939-2-1.5
1940-8-2.1
WHiP
1933-2-1.27
1935-10-1.31
OOBP
1933-2-.309
1935-10-.314
OSLG
1930-1-.322
1932-6-.364
1933-4-.356
1934-9-.377
1935-4-.350
1936-6-.367
1937-8-.366
1941-9-.369
1942-4-.351
OOPS
1930-2-.636
1932-7-.692
1933-2-.666
1935-4-.664
1936-8-.686
1937-9-.688
1942-8-.678
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 126    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 4/2/1930
Had first career hit on 4/22/1930, off By Speece (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1930, off Vic Keen (TAM)
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Injured on 8/20/1930 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,342,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,342,857 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1932, going 7-1, 3.07
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
9/21/1932: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Platinum Arm in 1933, going 21-13, 3.12 ERA
Injured on 9/8/1934 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to New York (G) on 6/16/1935 (Going to NYG: P Danny Macfayden, P Bud Tinning. Going to NYA: P Thornton Lee, 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Kent Greenfield, RF Beauty Mcgowan)
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1935, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1935, going 6-0, 1.93
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1936, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA
7/1/1936: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $11,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Traded from New York (G) to New York (A) on 7/31/1937 (Going to NYG: RF George Selkirk. Going to NYA: P Danny Macfayden)
Injured on 8/27/1938 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/31/1939 (Going to NYA: P Ed Baecht, P Bunny Hearn. Going to DET: P Danny Macfayden)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1941, going 6-1, 2.23
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1942 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1943 (Going to BSN: SS Al Brancato. Going to TAM: SS Pinky Higgins, P Danny Macfayden)
Traded from Tampa Bay to St. Louis on 7/1/1943 (Going to STL: SS Ed Busch, P Randy Gumpert, P Danny Macfayden. Going to TAM: P Hi Bithorn, 3B Dario Lodigiani, 1B Mickey Rocco)
10/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $340,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/25/1944 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 7/5/1944 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks