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Ken
Silvestri		  
Nickname: Hawk
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 3, 1916 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
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
1939 23 MON NL     3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5
1940 24 MON NL     4 4 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1941 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
1942 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
1943 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 8 6 7 7
1944 28 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 8 6 6 6
1945 29 DET AL $ 470,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 6
1946 30 DET AL $ 591,429   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1947 31 DET AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1948 32 PIT NL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
1949 33 PIT NL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5
1950 34 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5
1951 35 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4
1952 36 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7
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
1939 23 A   137 494 105 128 37 1 22 65 2 1 145 79 .259 .427 .472 .899 107.6  
1940 24 AA   2 6 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 .500 .667 .833 1.500 2.8  
    A   133 472 102 121 27 2 24 92 3 4 125 52 .256 .412 .475 .887 98.1  
1941 25 AAA   56 213 41 54 15 0 10 39 1 0 34 20 .254 .356 .465 .821 36.2  
    AA   81 319 46 90 19 4 13 40 0 1 53 49 .282 .384 .489 .873 59.3  
1942 26 MON NL 6 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .200 .382 0.2 0.0
  DET AL 15 47 7 16 7 0 0 10 0 0 8 3 .340 .436 .489 .926 8.7 1.7
  TOT   21 57 8 17 8 0 0 11 0 0 9 5 .298 .394 .439 .833 8.9 1.7
1943 27 DET AL 62 184 20 43 9 0 6 25 0 1 17 22 .234 .305 .380 .686 19.1 1.4
1944 28 DET AL 74 227 14 45 12 0 2 21 0 0 40 43 .198 .330 .278 .607 21.4 0.6
1945 29 DET AL 76 187 21 49 9 1 3 31 0 0 28 27 .262 .356 .369 .725 25.3 3.8
1946 30 DET AL 77 167 22 42 8 1 3 27 0 0 33 32 .251 .379 .365 .745 25.8 4.5
1947 31 DET AL 48 120 16 30 8 1 2 20 0 0 25 26 .250 .384 .383 .767 18.1 3.4
1948 32 PIT NL 143 390 62 91 26 1 8 56 0 0 99 73 .233 .389 .367 .756 61.2 10.1
1949 33 PIT NL 67 168 13 35 5 2 3 16 0 0 23 32 .208 .301 .315 .616 18.6 1.4
1950 34 CIN NL 91 219 18 39 8 0 4 21 0 1 25 38 .178 .270 .269 .540 14.0 0.0
1951 35 MIN AL 7 12 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .333 .564 0.5 0.0
    A   54 179 34 55 14 0 6 26 0 0 60 32 .307 .481 .486 .967 44.7  
1952 36 A   116 436 40 88 27 2 0 40 2 3 80 100 .202 .326 .273 .599 44.2  
10 Years Sim 666 1731 195 393 95 6 31 230 0 2 300 301 .227 .345 .343 .687 213.1 27.0
1 Years AAA 56 213 41 54 15 0 10 39 1 0 34 20 .254 .368 .465 .832 36.2  
2 Years AA 83 325 48 93 19 5 13 41 0 1 56 50 .286 .398 .495 .893 62.0  
4 Years A 440 1581 281 392 105 5 52 223 7 8 410 263 .248 .410 .419 .829 294.6  
7 Years Minors 579 2119 370 539 139 10 75 303 8 9 500 333 .254 .404 .436 .840 392.9  
162 Game Average 421 47 95 23 1 7 55 0 0 72 73 .227 .345 .343 .687 51.8  
Career Highs 143 390 62 91 26 2 8 56 0 1 99 73 .298 .394 .439 .833 61.2  
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   1326 156 310 75 6 26 194 0 1 245 227 .234 .358 .358 .716 184.6
vs LH   405 39 83 20 0 5 36 0 1 55 74 .205 .300 .291 .591 38.1
Home 330 845 102 202 54 2 14 106 0 0 149 152 .239 .357 .357 .715 116.1
Away 336 886 93 191 41 4 17 124 0 2 151 149 .216 .332 .328 .661 106.6
RISP   450 0 106 26 0 11 187 0 0 94 78 .236 .367 .367 .733 68.0
Pinch Hitting   121 16 25 7 0 2 26 0 0 27 22 .207 .355 .314 .669 15.9
Close/Late   218 19 48 13 0 5 42 0 0 38 29 .220 .341 .349 .690 28.2
Mar/Apr 123 333 40 79 17 1 5 42 0 0 50 62 .237 .341 .339 .680 41.1
May 116 319 22 76 14 1 4 33 0 0 54 47 .238 .354 .326 .681 40.4
June 113 284 26 55 12 1 8 32 0 0 44 58 .194 .305 .327 .633 31.2
July 87 236 32 54 12 2 5 45 0 2 35 37 .229 .328 .360 .689 29.2
August 108 282 35 59 24 1 3 29 0 0 61 51 .209 .357 .333 .691 37.5
Sep/Oct 118 277 40 70 16 0 6 49 0 0 56 46 .253 .377 .375 .752 43.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1942 26 MON NL C 5 4 23.2 10 1 0 0 1.000 4.27 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL C 14 11 115.8 50 4 0 0 1.000 4.20 6 1 .167 1 0.3
    3B 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 19 15 139.0 60 5 0 0 1.000 4.21 7 1 .143 1 0.4
      3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1943 27 DET AL C 50 47 409.7 170 20 0 1 1.000 4.17 15 6 .400 0 2.6
    3B 4 4 28.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 4.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 11.0 16 0 0 2 1.000 13.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 28 DET AL C 62 58 519.0 291 21 1 0 .997 5.41 22 9 .409 2 4.4
    3B 8 8 60.0 4 14 2 0 .900 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 29 DET AL C 24 23 204.7 134 5 0 0 1.000 6.11 3 1 .333 0 1.3
    3B 19 17 144.0 7 36 0 1 1.000 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 12 10 89.0 110 11 0 10 1.000 12.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1946 30 DET AL C 29 29 256.0 135 10 1 1 .993 5.10 13 4 .308 0 1.1
    3B 11 7 67.0 5 15 1 1 .952 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 4 37.7 43 5 0 4 1.000 11.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1947 31 DET AL C 31 30 266.0 126 9 0 0 1.000 4.57 3 1 .333 0 0.9
    1B 5 1 14.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 10.44 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 32 PIT NL 1B 95 85 769.0 1036 67 9 87 .992 12.91 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    C 27 20 190.3 98 9 2 2 .982 5.06 9 4 .444 0 1.7
    3B 10 9 72.3 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1949 33 PIT NL C 26 25 218.0 113 17 0 2 1.000 5.37 14 8 .571 1 2.2
    1B 25 23 201.0 243 24 5 32 .982 11.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 34 CIN NL C 48 48 393.3 216 18 3 2 .987 5.35 33 7 .212 2 1.7
    3B 20 5 71.7 8 17 1 5 .962 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 2 1 8.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 35 MIN AL C 4 2 20.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 8.10 1 1 1.000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 320 297 2616.0 1360 115 7 8 .995 5.07 120 42 .350 6 16.5
  1B 147 125 1134.7 1481 107 14 135 .991 12.60 0 0 .000 0 3.2
  3B 80 50 458.3 36 104 5 8 .966 2.75 0 0 .000 0 1.3
Career Totals   547 472 4209.0 2877 326 26 151 .992 6.85 120 42 .350 6 21.0
Career Highs   132 114 1031.7 1141 87 11 89 1.000 10.71 33 9 1.000 2  
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
1946 30 DET AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 2.000 2.667
1947 31 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
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.
Walks
1948-7-99
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Montreal in 1939
Injured on 5/9/1941 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/27/1942, off Lee Stine (PIT)
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 7/1/1942 (Going to BSN: C Ken Silvestri. Going to MON: RF Frank Demaree)
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1942 (Going to BSN: P Spades Wood. Going to DET: C Ken Silvestri)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1943, off Clay Bryant (MIN)
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $470,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1948 (Going to PIT: C Ken Silvestri, P Jake Mooty, LF Nino Bongiovanni, 1B Frank Secory. Going to DET: P Johnny Sain, P Frank Papish, C Mickey Owen)
Injured on 6/28/1949 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
Released by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1950
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/2/1950 to a minor league deal
Injured on 6/11/1950 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4-5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/2/1951 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/10/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 3/21/1952 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
 
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