Hal
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Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 26, 1914 in Usa, GA, ATHENS
 
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
1938 24 CIN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1939 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1940 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 8 9 8
1941 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1942 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1943 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
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
1938 24 AAA   31 133 20 39 7 3 0 14 4 1 10 11 .293 .343 .391 .734 17.4  
    AA   106 382 36 100 21 5 6 46 12 8 44 31 .262 .338 .390 .728 50.4  
1939 25 CIN NL 98 335 31 79 13 3 0 27 0 0 25 24 .236 .287 .293 .579 24.4 0.3
    AAA   26 100 19 31 13 2 0 17 6 1 13 13 .310 .389 .480 .869 18.0  
1940 26 CIN NL 128 451 52 112 15 3 2 29 0 0 36 42 .248 .305 .308 .613 39.8 3.2
1941 27 CIN NL 117 255 35 67 17 4 1 23 0 0 19 10 .263 .313 .373 .685 27.7 3.4
1942 28 CIN NL 13 26 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269 .296 .269 .566 2.1 0.1
    AAA   80 327 57 103 17 3 6 43 7 7 36 15 .315 .383 .440 .823 52.3  
1943 29 AAA   136 500 80 148 37 5 9 70 11 11 89 28 .296 .402 .444 .846 88.2  
4 Years Sim 356 1067 122 265 45 10 3 80 0 0 81 77 .248 .301 .318 .618 94.0 7.0
4 Years AAA 273 1060 176 321 74 13 15 144 28 20 148 67 .303 .384 .440 .823 175.9  
1 Years AA 106 382 36 100 21 5 6 46 12 8 44 31 .262 .336 .390 .727 50.4  
5 Years Minors 379 1442 212 421 95 18 21 190 40 28 192 98 .292 .371 .426 .798 226.4  
162 Game Average 485 55 120 20 4 1 36 0 0 36 35 .248 .301 .318 .618 42.8  
Career Highs 128 451 52 112 17 4 2 29 0 0 36 42 .269 .313 .373 .685 39.8  
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   923 101 237 40 10 2 72 0 0 73 63 .257 .311 .328 .639 93.5
vs LH   144 21 28 5 0 1 8 0 0 8 14 .194 .234 .250 .484 7.6
Home 180 541 51 126 21 6 1 38 0 0 39 38 .233 .284 .299 .584 45.2
Away 176 526 71 139 24 4 2 42 0 0 42 39 .264 .318 .337 .654 55.9
RISP   229 0 57 10 1 0 65 0 0 23 17 .249 .311 .301 .613 22.5
Pinch Hitting   51 11 16 1 1 0 9 0 0 5 2 .314 .375 .373 .748 7.1
Close/Late   135 22 32 5 1 1 14 0 0 14 11 .237 .307 .311 .618 13.5
Mar/Apr 45 120 22 40 6 1 2 10 0 0 12 9 .333 .394 .450 .844 20.1
May 61 174 17 41 7 1 0 15 0 0 20 14 .236 .318 .287 .605 16.6
June 62 228 29 60 13 6 0 14 0 0 8 21 .263 .287 .373 .660 22.7
July 68 210 20 42 8 1 0 12 0 0 18 16 .200 .262 .248 .510 13.3
August 72 222 25 59 11 1 1 21 0 0 11 11 .266 .298 .338 .636 21.5
Sep/Oct 48 113 9 23 0 0 0 8 0 0 12 6 .204 .278 .204 .481 6.9
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
1939 25 CIN NL CF 90 89 703.0 217 6 4 3 .982 2.85 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1940 26 CIN NL CF 97 90 791.0 249 7 7 3 .973 2.91 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 21 19 160.0 50 2 1 0 .981 2.93 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 2 15.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 27 CIN NL CF 71 43 449.7 156 2 4 0 .975 3.16 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 16 9 84.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 7 56.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 28 CIN NL LF 4 4 28.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 3 3 23.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 261 225 1966.7 630 15 15 6 .977 2.95 0 0 .000 0 9.0
  LF 34 30 244.0 66 3 1 0 .986 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 20 13 114.7 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   317 268 2328.3 723 20 16 6 .979 2.87 0 0 .000 0 9.2
Career Highs   121 111 967.0 306 10 8 3 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0  
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  1. Hector Torres (985)
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  3. Beau Bell (982)
  4. Thurman Tucker (978)
  5. Bob Perry (978)
  6. Tommy Tatum (974)
  7. Jake Powell (972)
  8. Felix Mackiewicz (971)
  9. Oris Hockett (971)
  10. George Vukovich (967)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1938
Had first career hit on 5/1/1939, off Whit Wyatt (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1940, off Lee Stine (PIT)
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/22/1943 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Cincinnati on 4/2/1944