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Mel
Almada		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 7, 1913 in Mexico, , HUATABAMPO
 
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
1933 20 ATL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 6 3 4 4 8 9 8
1934 21 ATL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1935 22 ATL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 7 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1936 23 CIN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 5 4 8 9 8
1937 24 CIN NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1938 25 CIN NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 5 4 8 9 8
1939 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1940 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 5 7 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 9 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
1933 20 AA   110 426 65 121 20 6 5 57 4 4 58 19 .284 .370 .394 .764 62.7  
1934 21 AA   137 517 78 158 22 5 3 70 22 8 69 34 .306 .387 .385 .772 79.8  
1935 22 ATL NL 16 21 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .190 .418 0.8 0.0
    AAA   67 223 29 68 14 1 4 34 3 3 24 16 .305 .372 .430 .803 34.2  
1936 23 AA   137 489 79 152 33 3 7 60 17 9 77 29 .311 .405 .434 .838 85.5  
1937 24 AAA   137 543 73 160 32 6 5 72 18 8 50 23 .295 .354 .403 .757 75.9  
1938 25 AAA   70 274 37 79 15 3 2 36 6 2 29 28 .288 .356 .387 .743 37.9  
    AA   31 122 18 34 8 4 0 15 1 1 15 7 .279 .358 .410 .768 17.4  
1939 26 CIN NL 120 338 32 79 19 4 4 35 0 0 24 21 .234 .285 .349 .634 32.4 2.6
1940 27 CIN NL 89 119 12 29 3 3 0 8 0 0 3 8 .244 .260 .319 .579 8.6 0.3
1941 28 AAA   26 116 19 30 5 1 5 9 1 1 8 9 .259 .306 .448 .755 15.7  
3 Years Sim 225 478 47 112 22 7 4 45 0 0 28 31 .234 .276 .335 .611 41.7 2.9
4 Years AAA 300 1156 158 337 66 11 16 151 28 14 111 76 .292 .353 .409 .762 163.7  
4 Years AA 415 1554 240 465 83 18 15 202 44 22 219 89 .299 .382 .405 .787 245.4  
8 Years Minors 715 2710 398 802 149 29 31 353 72 36 330 165 .296 .370 .407 .777 409.1  
162 Game Average 344 33 80 15 5 2 32 0 0 20 22 .234 .276 .335 .611 30.0  
Career Highs 120 338 32 79 19 4 4 35 0 0 24 21 .244 .285 .349 .634 32.4  
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   365 32 97 17 5 2 36 0 0 21 23 .266 .305 .356 .661 38.2
vs LH   113 15 15 5 2 2 9 0 0 7 8 .133 .183 .265 .449 4.5
Home 104 241 20 57 8 3 3 29 0 0 13 22 .237 .275 .332 .607 21.5
Away 121 237 27 55 14 4 1 16 0 0 15 9 .232 .278 .338 .615 21.3
RISP   121 0 26 4 3 1 38 0 0 3 9 .215 .228 .322 .551 8.3
Pinch Hitting   70 3 19 5 2 0 6 0 0 4 2 .271 .311 .400 .711 8.1
Close/Late   60 7 13 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 2 .217 .266 .300 .566 4.7
Mar/Apr 24 28 3 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .214 .233 .393 .626 2.6
May 34 69 9 18 5 0 0 7 0 0 3 3 .261 .292 .333 .625 6.2
June 45 79 12 17 5 2 1 9 0 0 4 3 .215 .253 .367 .620 7.0
July 45 100 5 18 2 1 1 9 0 0 7 7 .180 .241 .250 .491 5.4
August 41 99 12 24 6 0 0 6 0 0 10 6 .242 .312 .303 .615 9.5
Sep/Oct 36 103 6 29 2 4 1 9 0 0 3 11 .282 .296 .408 .704 12.0
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
1935 22 ATL NL CF 6 4 39.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80    
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1939 26 CIN NL 1B 87 85 718.0 903 65 4 87 .996 12.13   1.7
    CF 6 3 28.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.57   0.2
    RF 4 3 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    LF 7 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1940 27 CIN NL 1B 14 12 97.7 122 11 1 10 .993 12.26   0.3
    CF 18 3 49.0 17 1 1 1 .947 3.31   0.3
    RF 3 1 16.7 6 0 1 0 .857 3.24    
    LF 4 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    SS 3 0 7.0 2 3 1 2 .833 6.43   0.0
  1B 101 97 815.7 1025 76 5 97 .995 12.15   1.9
  CF 30 10 116.0 34 1 2 1 .946 2.72   0.6
  RF 10 4 43.7 11 0 2 0 .846 2.27    
  LF 14 4 41.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
  SS 4 0 8.0 3 3 1 2 .857 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   159 115 1024.3 1084 80 10 100 .991 10.23   2.5
Career Highs   105 93 790.0 920 65 5 87 .995 11.22    
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  7. Ray Webster (982)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1933
Injured on 7/7/1933 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 5/6/1935 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 5/27/1935, off John Whitehead (NYA)
Traded from Atlanta to Cincinnati on 7/1/1936 (Going to CIN: CF Mel Almada. Going to ATL: P Walter Beall)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1939, off Pat Malone (TAM)
Released by Cincinnati on 5/1/1941
 
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