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Saul
Rogovin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 10, 1923 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1950 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1951 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5
1952 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1953 29 PIT NL $ 2,811,429 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1954 30 PIT NL $ 2,811,429 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1955 31 PIT NL $ 2,811,429 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1956 32 MON NL $ 2,340,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1957 33 MON NL $ 2,340,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 34 MON NL $ 2,340,000 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1959 35 SDP NL $ 2,340,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1960 36 BSN NL $ 516,000 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,811,429 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 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
1949 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 29 PIT NL $ 2,811,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 30 PIT NL $ 2,811,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 31 PIT NL $ 2,811,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 32 MON NL $ 2,340,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 33 MON NL $ 2,340,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 34 MON NL $ 2,340,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 35 SDP NL $ 2,340,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 36 BSN NL $ 516,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,811,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
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
1949 25 NYA AL 4 9 .308 59 16 3 0 3 161.0 226 135 23 88 53 7.55 .333 .406 .535 .941 0.0
1950 26 NYA AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.7 9 3 0 5 1 3.52 .321 .412 .393 .805 1.1
    AA   3 1 .750 24 0 0 0 2 18.7 9 3 2 5 13 1.45 .153 .219 .271 .490  
1951 27 NYA AL 16 12 .571 52 27 7 3 0 231.0 249 117 30 75 92 4.56 .278 .333 .448 .781 16.0
1952 28 NYA AL 12 8 .600 32 23 9 1 4 163.7 170 69 11 47 74 3.79 .270 .318 .390 .709 16.2
  PIT NL 6 2 .750 11 8 3 0 0 79.0 88 35 6 22 43 3.99 .284 .329 .416 .745 6.5
  TOT   18 10 .643 43 31 12 1 4 242.7 258 104 17 69 117 3.86 .274 .322 .399 .721 22.7
1953 29 PIT NL 13 13 .500 32 32 8 0 0 238.7 256 131 36 86 128 4.94 .277 .337 .449 .786 8.7
1954 30 PIT NL 6 1 .857 46 2 0 0 3 62.7 86 34 9 36 43 4.88 .330 .407 .502 .909 4.2
1955 31 PIT NL 3 1 .750 32 1 0 0 0 43.0 41 24 4 22 25 5.02 .255 .348 .398 .745 1.8
1956 32 MON NL 7 5 .583 50 0 0 0 5 57.0 74 42 14 28 32 6.63 .316 .388 .560 .948 0.3
    AAA   1 1 .500 8 0 0 0 2 11.3 14 4 1 4 9 3.18 .318 .375 .386 .761  
1957 33 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.7 2 1 1 1 6 1.59 .105 .150 .263 .413 0.8
    AAA   5 1 .833 59 1 0 0 5 63.0 72 40 17 21 71 5.71 .287 .342 .534 .876  
1958 34 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
    AAA   10 4 .714 24 24 3 1 0 180.3 138 49 12 56 199 2.45 .206 .268 .293 .561  
1959 35 SDP NL 8 6 .571 28 10 4 0 1 95.3 88 43 15 42 69 4.06 .244 .319 .399 .718 7.8
1960 36 BSN NL 14 14 .500 32 32 3 0 0 224.0 234 131 43 87 169 5.26 .269 .335 .457 .792 3.3
12 Years Sim 89 71 .556 384 151 37 4 17 1369.0 1523 765 192 539 735 5.03 .283 .347 .454 .801 67.0
3 Years AAA 16 6 .727 91 25 3 1 7 254.7 224 93 30 81 279 3.29 .232 .292 .360 .652  
1 Years AA 3 1 .750 24 0 0 0 2 18.7 9 3 2 5 13 1.45 .153 .219 .271 .490  
4 Years Minors 19 7 .731 115 25 3 1 9 273.3 233 96 32 86 292 3.16 .228 .288 .355 .642  
Season Average 7 5 .583 32 12 3 0 1 114.1 126 63 16 44 61 5.03 .283 .347 .454 .801  
Career Highs 18 14 .857 59 32 12 3 5 242.7 258 135 43 88 169 7.55 .333 .412 .560 .948  
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   770 368 89 258 424   .277 .339 .430 .769
vs LH   753 397 103 281 311   .290 .359 .479 .838
Home 46 32 .590 194 69 16 2 7 672.3 730 347 90 258 344 4.65 .279 .343 .444 .787
Away 43 39 .524 190 82 21 2 10 696.6 793 418 102 281 391 5.40 .288 .354 .463 .816
Mar/Apr 12 12 .500 67 22 6 0 6 209.3 243 121 34 73 114 5.20 .292 .350 .472 .821
May 17 9 .654 68 23 7 0 3 229.6 220 120 32 93 129 4.70 .255 .327 .425 .752
June 15 10 .600 44 31 5 0 1 233.7 278 135 25 96 124 5.20 .294 .359 .450 .808
July 17 14 .548 67 25 6 1 5 236.6 270 126 25 98 107 4.79 .291 .359 .434 .793
August 18 14 .563 78 29 9 2 0 280.0 302 142 42 95 158 4.56 .275 .333 .446 .779
Sep/Oct 10 12 .455 60 21 4 1 2 179.6 210 121 34 84 103 6.06 .297 .371 .510 .881
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
1949 25 NYA AL 59 42 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .190 .357 0.6 0.0
1951 27 NYA AL 52 67 5 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .224 .224 .239 .463 1.8 0.0
1952 28 NYA AL 32 51 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 15 .176 .250 .176 .426 2.3 0.0
  PIT NL 11 27 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .296 .296 .333 .630 2.7 0.2
  TOT   43 78 6 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 19 .218 .265 .231 .496 5.0 0.2
1953 29 PIT NL 32 83 4 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 21 .120 .151 .120 .272 -0.9 0.0
1954 30 PIT NL 46 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.8 0.1
1955 31 PIT NL 32 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0
1956 32 MON NL 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
1957 33 MON NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1959 35 SDP NL 28 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4 0.0
1960 36 BSN NL 32 76 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .132 .141 .145 .286 0.2 0.0
10 Years Sim 376 388 27 67 5 0 0 24 0 0 9 100 .173 .195 .186 .381 8.2 0.3
162 Game Average 167 11 28 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 43 .173 .195 .186 .381 3.5  
Career Highs 59 83 6 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 23 .250 .333 .375 .625 5.0  
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   255 21 44 5 0 0 14 0 0 6 71 .173 .194 .192 .386 4.9
vs LH   133 6 23 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 29 .173 .197 .173 .370 2.0
Home 168 168 14 30 2 0 0 9 0 0 6 48 .179 .206 .190 .396 4.2
Away 175 220 13 37 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 52 .168 .187 .182 .368 2.6
RISP   94 0 16 0 0 0 24 0 0 5 21 .170 .218 .170 .388 2.2
Close/Late   25 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .240 .269 .280 .549 1.7
Mar/Apr 28 56 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .125 .125 .143 .268 -1.0
May 37 60 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 .200 .234 .217 .451 2.6
June 44 79 6 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 21 .177 .207 .190 .397 1.7
July 45 61 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .180 .206 .180 .387 1.4
August 65 85 5 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 22 .212 .221 .235 .456 3.3
Sep/Oct 38 47 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .106 .143 .106 .249 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1949 25 NYA AL P 59 16 161.0 17 35 0 4 1.000 2.91    
1950 26 NYA AL P 7 0 7.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52    
1951 27 NYA AL P 52 27 231.0 16 50 2 5 .971 2.57    
1952 28 NYA AL P 32 23 163.7 11 26 2 2 .949 2.03    
  PIT NL P 11 8 79.0 5 12 1 1 .944 1.94    
  TOT   P 43 31 242.7 16 38 3 3 .947 2.00    
1953 29 PIT NL P 32 32 238.7 18 29 3 0 .940 1.77    
1954 30 PIT NL P 46 2 62.7 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.44    
1955 31 PIT NL P 32 1 43.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.67    
1956 32 MON NL P 50 0 57.0 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1957 33 MON NL P 2 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 34 MON NL P 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 35 SDP NL P 28 10 95.3 6 9 2 2 .882 1.42    
1960 36 BSN NL P 32 32 224.0 12 35 1 2 .979 1.89    
Career Totals   384 151 1369.0 93 230 11 17 .967 2.12    
Career Highs   59 32 242.7 18 50 3 5 1.000 3.52    
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
1952 28 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 1 1 9.00 .500 .571 .500 1.071
1955 31 PIT NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 6 3 0 3 2 6.24 .333 .429 .556 .984
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 9 4 0 4 3 6.75 .375 .464 .542 1.006
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1952-8-3.79
 Winning Pct
1952-10-.600
 Complete Games
1952-8-9
 Shutouts
1951-2-3
1952-10-1
 Homeruns Allowed
1953-10-36
1960-3-43
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Joe Coleman (943)
  2. Frank Lary (942)
  3. Red Ruffing (937)
  4. Warren Hacker (935)
  5. Roy Sherid (927)
  6. Johnny Murphy (927)
  7. Vic Keen (925)
  8. Bunny Hearn (923)
  9. Fred Holdsworth (921)
  10. Chris Zachary (917)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Randy Gumpert (990)
  2. Bob Lemon (989)
  3. Hank Wyse (987)
  4. Jim Perry (986)
  5. Lum Davenport (986)
  6. Larry Jansen (985)
  7. Joe Coleman (985)
  8. Jim Maloney (983)
  9. Hub Pruett (982)
  10. Tim McNamara (982)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1949
Had first career hit (double) on 4/7/1949, off Max Surkont (CLE)
Earned first career win on 4/12/1949
Injured on 6/3/1950 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/8/1950 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1951 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1951, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1952 (Going to PIT: 1B Joe Adcock, P Saul Rogovin, P Dave Koslo. Going to NYA: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Norm Zauchin, CF Elmer Valo)
Injured on 9/11/1952 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,811,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,811,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,811,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/3/1956 to a 4-year deal worth $2,340,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to San Diego on 2/3/1959 (Going to SDP: P Saul Rogovin. Going to MON: RF Gus Zernial)
Injured on 5/13/1959 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 4/2/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $516,000 per year
 
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