Jimmy
Pofahl
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 18, 1917 in Usa, MN, FARIBAULT
 
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
1940 23 BRK NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1941 24 BRK NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1942 25 BRK NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1943 26 BRK NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 8 8
1944 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1945 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1946 29 BRK NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1947 30 BRK NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
1948 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
1949 32 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1950 33 BRK NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1951 34 BRK NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7
1952 35 BSN NL $ 480,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 480,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
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
1940 23 AAA   17 58 6 19 5 0 0 0 0 1 17 4 .328 .480 .414 .894 12.3  
    AA   120 459 53 127 35 3 7 39 12 12 73 36 .277 .376 .412 .788 70.7  
1941 24 AAA   136 560 79 158 39 7 7 59 11 16 66 41 .282 .358 .414 .772 78.6  
1942 25 AAA   136 572 90 172 40 7 25 85 7 7 73 56 .301 .380 .526 .906 107.5  
1943 26 AAA   137 566 102 163 34 5 15 65 12 5 69 43 .288 .365 .445 .811 91.1  
1944 27 BRK NL 15 31 8 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 2 .355 .429 .452 .880 5.7 1.2
    AAA   135 557 75 154 40 4 15 52 5 7 71 33 .276 .358 .443 .802 86.2  
1945 28 BRK NL 65 105 13 23 2 1 0 7 0 0 13 6 .219 .305 .257 .562 8.3 0.6
1946 29 AAA   137 495 63 137 36 0 15 79 3 5 77 42 .277 .374 .440 .815 81.3  
1947 30 AAA   137 577 93 153 33 3 23 70 7 7 64 64 .265 .339 .452 .791 87.1  
1948 31 BRK NL 126 388 55 95 23 3 7 48 0 0 36 33 .245 .309 .374 .683 40.2 4.0
1949 32 BRK NL 138 472 58 98 30 1 7 48 0 0 53 45 .208 .287 .320 .607 42.4 1.4
1950 33 BRK NL 145 535 73 128 27 5 11 56 2 1 62 68 .239 .316 .370 .686 63.0 6.7
1951 34 BRK NL 143 496 54 104 26 5 8 55 1 2 51 67 .210 .284 .331 .615 45.0 1.8
1952 35 AAA   132 506 88 144 40 0 16 60 8 2 73 74 .285 .375 .458 .833 86.7  
6 Years Sim 632 2027 261 459 108 15 34 219 3 3 219 221 .226 .301 .345 .646 204.5 15.7
8 Years AAA 967 3891 596 1100 267 26 116 470 53 50 510 357 .283 .365 .454 .819 630.8  
1 Years AA 120 459 53 127 35 3 7 39 12 12 73 36 .277 .375 .412 .787 70.7  
9 Years Minors 1087 4350 649 1227 302 29 123 509 65 62 583 393 .282 .366 .450 .815 701.5  
162 Game Average 519 66 117 27 3 8 56 0 0 56 56 .226 .301 .345 .646 52.4  
Career Highs 145 535 73 128 30 5 11 56 2 2 62 68 .355 .429 .452 .880 63.0  
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   992 118 204 53 8 18 123 2 1 98 115 .206 .277 .330 .606 92.6
vs LH   1035 143 255 55 7 16 96 1 2 121 106 .246 .325 .359 .684 124.2
Home 328 1058 138 255 57 6 18 117 2 2 115 112 .241 .315 .357 .673 121.9
Away 304 969 123 204 51 9 16 102 1 1 104 109 .211 .286 .331 .617 94.9
RISP   441 0 103 33 3 6 170 0 0 55 54 .234 .313 .363 .676 52.3
Pinch Hitting   30 5 7 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 2 .233 .361 .333 .694 4.0
Close/Late   172 18 37 10 2 2 15 0 0 21 26 .215 .299 .331 .630 17.8
Mar/Apr 105 311 41 75 20 1 5 33 0 1 33 41 .241 .311 .360 .671 35.4
May 112 346 47 72 20 2 7 33 1 0 39 41 .208 .288 .338 .626 35.2
June 95 315 42 78 19 6 6 39 1 1 30 28 .248 .310 .403 .714 39.4
July 92 317 40 71 20 3 5 36 0 0 37 26 .224 .306 .353 .659 35.2
August 112 368 53 79 17 3 6 38 1 0 48 46 .215 .306 .326 .632 39.3
Sep/Oct 116 370 38 84 12 0 5 40 0 1 32 39 .227 .288 .300 .588 32.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1944 27 BRK NL 2B 13 9 84.0 19 34 0 7 1.000 5.68   0.5
    SS 2 1 11.0 2 3 1 0 .833 4.09   0.0
1945 28 BRK NL 2B 36 19 181.7 42 74 2 9 .983 5.75   0.8
    SS 21 4 72.7 5 25 2 2 .938 3.72   0.2
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1948 31 BRK NL 2B 103 92 790.0 189 342 9 75 .983 6.05   3.5
    SS 10 8 65.0 14 24 4 5 .905 5.26   0.2
    3B 3 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1949 32 BRK NL 2B 77 73 625.3 185 311 9 72 .982 7.14   2.5
    SS 58 56 468.0 82 219 10 42 .968 5.79   2.5
1950 33 BRK NL SS 141 141 1220.7 257 585 45 136 .949 6.21   2.8
    3B 2 1 10.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1951 34 BRK NL SS 143 140 1188.0 214 643 28 124 .968 6.49   5.2
  SS 375 350 3025.3 574 1499 90 309 .958 6.17   10.9
  2B 229 193 1681.0 435 761 20 163 .984 6.40   7.2
  3B 7 2 26.0 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.81   0.2
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   612 545 4733.3 1014 2267 110 472 .968 6.24   18.3
Career Highs   143 142 1230.7 267 643 45 136 .983 6.56    
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
1944 27 BRK NL 4 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558
1945 28 BRK NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .214 .481
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 57th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1940
Injured on 6/29/1941 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 8/12/1942 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/27/1944 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/4/1944, off Earl Johnson (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1944, off Joe Page (DET)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/25/1945
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Injured on 6/12/1947 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/10/1947 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/20/1950 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
Released by Brooklyn on 10/12/1951
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $480,000 per year