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Ron Fairly	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 5' 10'' Weight: 181   Born: July 12, 1938 in Usa, GA, MACON

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1971    1972    1973
All-Star Selections	1962    1964    1965    1967    1970    1973

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
1958	19	CIN	NL					6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	8	8	7	8	8
1959	20	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	8	8	8	8
1960	21	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	9	8	8	9	8
1961	22	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	9	8	8	9	8
1962	23	SDP	NL	$ 2,642,857				8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	9	9
1963	24	SDP	NL	$ 4,150,000				9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	8
1964	25	SDP	NL	$ 4,250,000				9	9	8	7	8	8	5	6	6	7	9	8	7	8	8
1965	26	SDP	NL	$ 4,250,000				9	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	8	8
1966	27	SDP	NL	$ 4,250,000				9	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	8
1967	28	SDP	NL	$ 4,250,000				8	8	7	8	8	8	5	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	8
1968	29	SDP	NL	$ 5,750,000				8	8	7	8	8	8	5	5	5	8	9	9	7	8	8
1969	30	SDP	NL	$ 5,750,000				8	8	7	8	9	8	5	6	6	7	9	9	7	8	8
1970	31	SDP	NL	$ 5,750,000				8	8	7	8	8	8	5	6	5	7	9	8	7	8	7
1971	32	STL	NL	$ 5,750,000				8	8	7	7	8	8	5	6	5	6	7	7	6	7	7
1972	33	STL	NL	$ 4,500,000				8	8	7	7	8	8	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6
1973	34	STL	NL	$ 4,500,000				6	6	5	6	6	6	3	4	3	4	6	6	3	4	4
1974	35	KCR	AL	$ 4,500,000				2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	6	6	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	6	6	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,750,000				9	9	8	8	9	8	6	6	6	8	9	9	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
1958	19	AAA		83	295	48	89	12	0	17	56	3	1	65	42	.302	.428	.515	.943	65.7
		AA		54	194	35	58	8	2	11	22	4	3	45	22	.299	.431	.531	.962	44.2
1959	20	SDP	NL	156	567	53	146	17	2	14	50	0	0	45	77	.257	.312	.369	.681	61.8	7.2
1960	21	SDP	NL	157	556	55	133	14	1	12	69	0	1	68	76	.239	.324	.333	.657	61.8	8.5
1961	22	SDP	NL	150	530	81	139	20	0	16	59	1	1	77	60	.262	.359	.391	.749	72.7	13.8
1962	23	SDP	NL	155	520	75	160	33	3	14	81	0	1	97	53	.308	.415	.463	.879	98.0	25.8
1963	24	SDP	NL	157	508	62	131	17	4	17	76	4	1	59	55	.258	.336	.407	.743	67.1	11.1
1964	25	SDP	NL	155	461	76	136	22	1	18	64	0	0	67	48	.295	.383	.464	.847	83.2	18.1
1965	26	SDP	NL	152	567	93	168	31	1	22	87	1	2	63	59	.296	.367	.471	.838	92.5	23.1
1966	27	SDP	NL	159	565	96	166	23	1	29	95	3	0	71	63	.294	.368	.492	.860	97.6	22.9
1967	28	SDP	NL	149	503	81	143	18	4	28	81	1	3	52	59	.284	.353	.503	.856	85.4	20.2
1968	29	SDP	NL	156	555	95	148	25	3	28	99	1	1	77	66	.267	.355	.474	.829	91.0	21.9
1969	30	SDP	NL	144	500	90	144	24	4	21	65	0	0	74	54	.288	.380	.478	.858	89.0	21.4
1970	31	SDP	NL	159	598	97	178	23	3	24	78	0	0	83	55	.298	.385	.467	.851	99.1	21.1
1971	32	STL	NL	154	560	83	142	17	3	23	87	0	1	72	72	.254	.337	.418	.755	78.3	12.5
1972	33	STL	NL	156	585	83	147	27	2	31	94	0	2	52	89	.251	.313	.463	.776	84.1	14.5
1973	34	STL	NL	155	570	63	146	25	3	17	84	2	0	55	112	.256	.323	.400	.723	71.3	10.9
1974	35	AAA		79	168	20	43	5	0	10	29	1	0	16	37	.256	.321	.464	.785	25.6
15 Years Sim				2314	8145	1183	2227	336	35	314	1169	13	13	1012	998	.273	.354	.439	.793	1232.8	252.9
2 Years AAA				162	463	68	132	17	0	27	85	4	1	81	79	.285	.393	.497	.890	91.3
1 Years AA				54	194	35	58	8	2	11	22	4	3	45	22	.299	.428	.531	.959	44.2
3 Years Minors				216	657	103	190	25	2	38	107	8	4	126	101	.289	.404	.507	.911	135.5
162 Game Average					570	82	155	23	2	21	81	0	0	70	69	.273	.354	.439	.793	86.3
Career Highs				159	598	97	178	33	4	31	99	4	3	97	112	.308	.415	.503	.879	99.1

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		5529	887	1611	236	24	225	840	13	10	762	613	.291	.377	.465	.841	964.0
vs LH		2616	296	616	100	11	89	329	0	3	250	385	.235	.304	.384	.688	311.6
Home	1155	3989	596	1085	149	14	151	562	8	7	518	506	.272	.356	.430	.786	621.3
Away	1159	4156	587	1142	187	21	163	607	5	6	494	492	.275	.352	.448	.799	654.3
RISP		1897	0	514	84	6	82	801	0	0	309	240	.271	.364	.451	.815	328.1
Pinch Hitting		203	25	54	7	0	12	56	0	0	26	27	.266	.350	.478	.828	34.4
Close/Late		995	101	264	44	2	34	164	0	0	136	103	.265	.353	.416	.769	150.8
Mar/Apr	376	1365	207	350	61	4	47	197	1	2	138	195	.256	.324	.410	.734	183.8
May	396	1467	208	407	58	4	59	204	3	1	160	154	.277	.348	.443	.791	226.7
June	389	1354	185	365	59	5	53	182	2	4	184	155	.270	.358	.438	.796	214.7
July	374	1278	198	367	55	5	49	193	2	1	188	142	.287	.377	.453	.830	220.9
August	393	1367	197	381	42	10	54	193	4	3	166	177	.279	.357	.443	.800	217.4
Sep/Oct	386	1314	188	357	61	7	52	200	1	2	176	175	.272	.361	.447	.808	212.1

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
1959	20	SDP	NL	1B	95	94	810.7	952	85	4	96	.996	11.51					2.3
				RF	60	51	457.3	90	3	3	2	.969	1.83					1.0
1960	21	SDP	NL	1B	154	148	1310.7	1518	127	11	157	.993	11.30					2.8
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1961	22	SDP	NL	1B	145	142	1251.3	1445	122	10	136	.994	11.27					3.1
1962	23	SDP	NL	1B	149	148	1290.7	1540	109	9	147	.995	11.50					3.2
				RF	4	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1963	24	SDP	NL	1B	143	124	1126.3	1240	101	9	125	.993	10.72					2.5
				RF	2	1	11.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.27					0.1
1964	25	SDP	NL	1B	119	99	935.3	1086	85	5	98	.996	11.27					2.8
				RF	15	9	89.3	16	2	2	1	.900	1.81					0.2
1965	26	SDP	NL	1B	117	115	1004.0	1111	78	8	113	.993	10.66					1.8
				RF	32	29	255.3	53	0	1	0	.981	1.87					0.4
1966	27	SDP	NL	1B	151	142	1260.3	1364	118	13	117	.991	10.58					2.2
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1967	28	SDP	NL	1B	131	102	984.7	1091	82	13	94	.989	10.72					2.1
				RF	9	8	75.7	11	0	1	0	.917	1.31					0.1
1968	29	SDP	NL	1B	118	111	1010.3	1118	73	2	117	.998	10.61					2.3
				RF	30	29	268.0	49	3	4	1	.929	1.75					0.4
1969	30	SDP	NL	1B	60	52	463.3	532	44	3	50	.995	11.19					0.9
				3B	5	5	43.0	5	6	0	3	1.000	2.30					0.1
				RF	5	0	8.7	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.12					0.0
				2B	1	0	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.0
1970	31	SDP	NL	1B	7	0	14.0	13	1	0	1	1.000	9.00					0.0
				RF	4	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13					0.0
1971	32	STL	NL	1B	153	142	1302.0	1672	119	25	164	.986	12.38					1.8
1972	33	STL	NL	1B	154	150	1359.0	1819	118	17	175	.991	12.83					2.9
				RF	2	1	10.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.90					0.0
1973	34	STL	NL	1B	151	149	1319.3	1731	111	9	162	.995	12.57					2.9
				1B	1847	1718	15442.0	18232	1373	138	1752	.993	11.43					33.7
				RF	165	128	1194.3	227	9	11	4	.955	1.78					2.2
				3B	5	5	43.0	5	6	0	3	1.000	2.30					0.1
				2B	1	0	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.0
Career Totals					2018	1851	16684.3	18464	1389	149	1759	.993	10.71					35.9
Career Highs					156	151	1369.0	1820	127	25	175	1.000	12.74

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
1962	23	SDP	NL	7	27	5	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	5	.148	.258	.296	.554
1963	24	SDP	NL	7	20	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.250	.348	.250	.598
1964	25	SDP	NL	2	6	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
1965	26	SDP	NL	4	15	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.467	.667
1966	27	SDP	NL	12	44	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	.114	.220	.114	.334
1967	28	SDP	NL	7	25	2	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	6	.200	.231	.280	.511
1968	29	SDP	NL	7	28	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	.214	.267	.357	.624
1971	32	STL	NL	12	41	5	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	7	9	.268	.367	.366	.733
1972	33	STL	NL	5	18	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.167	.250	.222	.472
Career Post-Season Batting				63	224	27	45	6	2	3	22	0	0	25	33	.201	.280	.286	.566

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.

Batting Average 1962-7-.308 1964-9-.295 1970-9-.298 On-Base Pct 1961-9-.359 1962-1-.415 1964-2-.383 1965-9-.367 1966-6-.368 1968-10-.355 1969-5-.380 1970-4-.385 Slugging Pct 1967-4-.503 1969-10-.478 OPS 1962-8-.879 1966-10-.860 1967-7-.856 1969-6-.858 1970-10-.851 XR 1962-6-98.0 1966-7-97.6 1970-9-99.1 Games 1959-8-156 1960-3-157 1963-8-157 1966-1-159 1968-7-156 1970-1-159 1972-6-156 CAR-46-2314 At-Bats 1965-10-567 1970-5-598 1972-8-585 Runs 1965-6-93 1966-7-96 1968-4-95 1969-10-90 1970-7-97 Hits 1965-6-168 1970-5-178 Total Bases 1966-10-278 1968-10-263 1972-10-271 Singles 1959-4-113 1970-6-128 Doubles 1962-2-33 1965-6-31 Homeruns 1966-8-29 1967-9-28 1968-7-28 1972-4-31 RBIs 1965-9-87 1966-10-95 1968-4-99 Walks 1960-10-68 1961-6-77 1962-2-97 1966-8-71 1968-4-77 1969-7-74 1970-4-83

Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 95    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1958

Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: 1B Ron Fairly, P Cliff Fannin, CF Mel Clark, 2B Solly Hemus. Going to CIN: P Chuck Stobbs, SS Alex Grammas, P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Coates)

Had first career hit on 4/2/1959, off Karl Spooner (BRK)

Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1959, off Dick Littlefield (CIN)

Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/27/1961

Injured on 9/8/1961 with a Concussion, out for one week

2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration

Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game

2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration

10/3/1963: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years

Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game

Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1965, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1966, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 8 RBI

7/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years

Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/16/1967

Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/10/1968

Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 8/16/1968

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1970, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 7 RBI

Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 7/28/1970

Traded from San Diego to St. Louis on 2/7/1971 (Going to SDP: 1B Mike Jorgensen, C Buck Martinez, P Jim Nelson, CF Tito Francona, P Sam Mcdowell. Going to STL: 1B Ron Fairly)

6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years

Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 9/25/1971

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1971

Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1972, hitting .414 with 4 HR, 8 RBI

Had 2000th career hit on 6/7/1972, off Steve Blass (NYG)

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1972

Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1973

Traded from St. Louis to Kansas City on 2/1/1974 (Going to KCR: C Bill Freehan, CF Johnny Lewis, 1B Ron Fairly. Going to STL: 3B Celerino Sanchez)

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