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Paul Gillespie	Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 3'' Weight: 195   Born: September 18, 1920 in Usa, GA, SUGAR VALLEY

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1943    1951
All-Star Selections	1948

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1942	21	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1943	22	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1944	23	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1945	24	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1946	25	CIN	NL	$ 1,440,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1947	26	CIN	NL	$ 1,400,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1948	27	CIN	NL	$ 1,400,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1949	28	CIN	NL	$ 1,400,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1950	29	MON	NL	$ 1,400,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1951	30	MON	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1952	31	MON	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1953	32	MON	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1954	33	BRK	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1955	34	BRK	NL	$ 2,131,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1956	35	BRK	NL	$ 2,131,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1957	36	MON	NL	$ 302,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1958	37	MON	NL	$ 302,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 2,131,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3

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
1942	21	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	9	9	9
1943	22	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	5	6	6	4	5	4	5	6	6	9	9	9
1944	23	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	6	9	9	9
1945	24	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	9	9	9
1946	25	CIN	NL	$ 1,440,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	9	9
1947	26	CIN	NL	$ 1,400,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	9	9
1948	27	CIN	NL	$ 1,400,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	9	9
1949	28	CIN	NL	$ 1,400,000				8	8	7	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	9	8
1950	29	MON	NL	$ 1,400,000				8	8	7	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	9	8
1951	30	MON	NL	$ 410,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	6	8	9	9
1952	31	MON	NL	$ 410,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	3	4	4	5	6	5	8	9	9
1953	32	MON	NL	$ 410,000				7	7	7	5	6	6	3	4	4	5	6	5	8	8	8
1954	33	BRK	NL	$ 410,000				7	7	6	6	6	6	3	4	4	5	6	5	7	7	7
1955	34	BRK	NL	$ 2,131,000				6	6	5	5	6	6	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6
1956	35	BRK	NL	$ 2,131,000				5	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5
1957	36	MON	NL	$ 302,000				3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
1958	37	MON	NL	$ 302,000				3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 2,131,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	6	6	9	9	9

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
1954	33	BRK	NL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.2
1 Years Sim				0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.2

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										1	0	0	0	0		.500	.500	.500	1.000
vs LH										0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000
Home	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500
May	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500

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
1942	21	CIN	NL	77	239	38	77	7	0	5	30	0	0	16	9	.322	.375	.414	.789	34.0	6.9
		AAA		26	99	18	32	5	0	3	18	3	1	16	7	.323	.417	.465	.882	19.1
1943	22	CIN	NL	118	373	58	129	7	0	11	55	0	0	46	23	.346	.419	.453	.872	65.9	13.8
1944	23	CIN	NL	67	181	29	56	8	0	4	37	0	0	22	9	.309	.385	.420	.805	28.5	5.8
		AAA		29	106	14	33	1	0	8	30	0	0	15	7	.311	.397	.547	.944	22.3
1945	24	CIN	NL	73	277	42	86	8	1	12	32	0	0	21	15	.310	.364	.477	.841	46.2	9.6
		AAA		53	201	37	61	6	1	12	29	1	3	39	14	.303	.417	.522	.939	42.7
1946	25	CIN	NL	97	312	44	95	8	0	14	49	0	0	33	13	.304	.376	.465	.841	52.6	9.1
1947	26	CIN	NL	83	294	38	80	4	1	7	33	1	0	24	27	.272	.330	.364	.694	33.4	3.4
1948	27	CIN	NL	86	281	44	90	9	0	10	44	0	0	30	18	.320	.386	.459	.845	50.0	9.7
1949	28	CIN	NL	147	440	70	131	14	0	18	76	0	0	51	29	.298	.366	.452	.818	71.3	11.9
1950	29	CIN	NL	80	281	24	57	5	0	8	35	0	0	36	34	.203	.292	.306	.599	23.3	0.0
		MON	NL	32	96	19	29	3	0	4	15	0	0	7	8	.302	.350	.458	.808	13.3	2.3
		TOT		112	377	43	86	8	0	12	50	0	0	43	42	.228	.306	.345	.651	36.6	2.3
1951	30	MON	NL	106	359	46	90	7	0	8	42	0	0	36	27	.251	.317	.337	.654	39.8	3.0
1952	31	MON	NL	86	303	43	90	7	0	13	52	0	0	34	13	.297	.367	.449	.816	49.5	8.4
1953	32	MON	NL	79	278	36	80	10	0	14	56	0	0	24	24	.288	.341	.475	.816	42.4	8.3
1954	33	BRK	NL	70	196	13	49	5	0	4	24	0	0	17	33	.250	.321	.337	.658	20.7	1.8
1955	34	BRK	NL	105	293	41	85	13	1	11	56	0	0	43	59	.290	.383	.454	.837	52.7	10.2
1956	35	BRK	NL	79	157	18	34	3	0	2	17	0	0	15	31	.217	.285	.274	.559	11.3	0.0
1957	36	MON	NL	17	40	3	9	2	1	1	4	0	0	8	12	.225	.354	.400	.754	6.3	1.2
		AAA		11	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	0.9
1958	37	AAA		106	345	30	55	12	0	3	21	0	2	27	87	.159	.220	.220	.441	13.7
16 Years Sim				1402	4400	606	1267	120	4	146	657	1	0	463	384	.288	.357	.417	.774	641.1	105.5
5 Years AAA				225	764	100	184	24	1	26	98	4	6	98	119	.241	.336	.377	.713	98.7
162 Game Average					508	70	146	13	0	16	75	0	0	53	44	.288	.357	.417	.774	74.1
Career Highs				147	440	70	131	14	1	18	76	1	0	51	59	.346	.419	.477	.872	71.3

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		3836	545	1140	108	4	130	593	1	0	406	299	.297	.365	.429	.794	597.5
vs LH		564	61	127	12	0	16	64	0	0	57	85	.225	.300	.332	.632	58.6
Home	688	2115	295	601	49	2	70	306	0	0	211	181	.284	.351	.409	.760	304.6
Away	714	2285	311	666	71	2	76	351	1	0	252	203	.291	.362	.424	.786	351.6
RISP		1184	0	345	39	1	34	506	0	0	129	99	.291	.356	.412	.768	176.9
Pinch Hitting		232	29	70	7	0	8	49	0	0	20	24	.302	.358	.435	.794	35.3
Close/Late		555	72	161	13	0	23	98	0	0	73	51	.290	.373	.438	.811	92.0
Mar/Apr	211	643	69	161	16	1	15	91	0	0	75	59	.250	.330	.348	.678	77.9
May	225	676	74	199	21	0	20	103	0	0	71	72	.294	.361	.414	.775	101.3
June	251	773	112	239	20	0	27	119	0	0	75	72	.309	.371	.440	.811	123.5
July	234	727	117	205	15	0	30	101	0	0	69	48	.282	.348	.426	.775	107.3
August	252	819	111	212	20	0	29	124	1	0	87	67	.259	.330	.389	.720	109.1
Sep/Oct	229	762	123	251	28	3	25	119	0	0	86	66	.329	.400	.472	.872	137.0

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	RSA	RTO	RTO%	PB	DWS
1942	21	CIN	NL	C	68	62	560.3	232	28	6	1	.977	4.18	23	13	.565	1	3.1
1943	22	CIN	NL	C	104	100	901.7	385	21	2	1	.995	4.05	34	11	.324	1	6.2
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1944	23	CIN	NL	C	53	45	418.0	174	25	0	0	1.000	4.28	19	7	.368	0	3.8
1945	24	CIN	NL	1B	68	64	576.3	698	49	9	78	.988	11.67	0	0	.000	0	1.1
				C	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1946	25	CIN	NL	C	47	45	407.0	189	17	1	2	.995	4.56	18	5	.278	0	3.6
				1B	46	43	376.3	450	30	4	47	.992	11.48	0	0	.000	0	1.0
1947	26	CIN	NL	C	77	74	670.3	307	24	2	1	.994	4.44	22	9	.409	1	5.7
				1B	3	1	16.0	18	0	1	0	.947	10.13	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1948	27	CIN	NL	C	82	81	714.7	307	29	5	0	.985	4.23	34	11	.324	0	5.5
1949	28	CIN	NL	1B	120	102	909.0	1191	97	11	106	.992	12.75	0	0	.000	0	1.9
				C	4	0	6.7	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.70	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1950	29	CIN	NL	1B	55	51	474.5	607	54	7	69	.990	12.54	0	0	.000	0	0.6
				C	19	17	161.3	88	5	1	0	.989	5.19	5	2	.400	2	0.6
		MON	NL	1B	22	21	154.2	197	18	2	23	.991	12.55	0	0	.000	0	0.5
				C	8	7	52.4	28	2	0	0	1.000	5.15	1	1	1.000	1	0.6
		TOT		1B	77	72	628.7	804	72	9	92	.990	12.54					1.1
				C	27	24	213.7	116	7	1	0	.992	5.18	6	3	.500	3	1.1
1951	30	MON	NL	C	102	97	870.7	454	44	2	0	.996	5.15	40	20	.500	2	8.3
1952	31	MON	NL	C	83	79	700.0	421	33	2	0	.996	5.84	31	13	.419	2	6.5
1953	32	MON	NL	C	72	67	610.3	408	24	1	0	.998	6.37	25	8	.320	1	4.6
1954	33	BRK	NL	C	50	47	425.0	199	22	0	1	1.000	4.68	18	9	.500	0	3.5
				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
1955	34	BRK	NL	C	77	76	654.0	288	18	2	1	.994	4.21	26	5	.192	1	2.0
				1B	4	0	7.7	10	1	0	2	1.000	12.92	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1956	35	BRK	NL	C	33	30	263.7	121	6	2	0	.984	4.34	7	0	.000	0	1.1
				1B	5	0	8.0	7	1	0	2	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1957	36	MON	NL	C	15	12	104.3	62	2	1	0	.985	5.52	4	0	.000	0	0.3
				1B	2	1	10.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	13.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				C	895	839	7521.3	3665	300	27	7	.993	4.74	307	114	.371	12	55.3
				1B	325	283	2532.0	3193	250	34	327	.990	12.24	0	0	.000	0	5.2
				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
Career Totals					1222	1122	10055.3	6858	550	61	334	.992	6.63	307	114	.371	12	60.5
Career Highs					124	102	915.7	1193	97	11	106	1.000	12.68	40	20	.565	3

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
1942	21	CIN	NL	10	32	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.156	.182	.156	.338
1943	22	CIN	NL	9	28	4	10	2	1	1	4	0	0	2	3	.357	.400	.607	1.007
1944	23	CIN	NL	4	12	5	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.583	.583	.833	1.417
1945	24	CIN	NL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1946	25	CIN	NL	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
1947	26	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
1948	27	CIN	NL	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542
1950	29	MON	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
1951	30	MON	NL	7	17	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.353	.421	.471	.892
1952	31	MON	NL	3	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.273	.606
1953	32	MON	NL	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154
Career Post-Season Batting				48	128	13	36	4	1	2	9	0	0	9	9	.281	.328	.375	.703

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1942

Had first career hit on 5/3/1942, off Walt Masterson (CLE)

Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1942, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)

Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943

Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1943

Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1945, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 6 RBI

2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,440,000 through salary arbitration

7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,400,000 per year, for 4 years

Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946

Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947

Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 9/9/1949

Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/16/1950

Traded from Cincinnati to Montreal on 7/1/1950 (Going to CIN: P Tom Poholsky. Going to MON: 1B Paul Gillespie)

7/31/1950: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $410,000 per year, for 4 years

Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1951

Injured on 5/5/1952 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 4 weeks

Won World Series with Montreal in 1953

Traded from Montreal to Brooklyn on 2/1/1954 (Going to MON: CF George Schmees. Going to BRK: C Paul Gillespie, SS Bobby Adams, P Bill Wight)

Injured on 7/22/1954 with a Broken Hip, out for full season

Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/18/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $2,131,000 per year

Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/19/1957 to a 2-year deal worth $302,000 per year

4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal

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