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Tommy
Henrich		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 20, 1913 in Usa, OH, MASSILLON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1938    1941    1942    1944   
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
1937 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 8 7 8 9 9
1938 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 8 8 8 9 8
1939 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 8 9 9 6 8 7 7 7 7
1940 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 8 7 7 7 7
1941 28 BOS AL $ 3,057,143   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 8 7 7 7 7
1942 29 BOS AL $ 3,721,429   6 6 5 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1943 30 BOS AL $ 3,721,429   7 7 6 6 7 6 8 10 9 6 7 7 7 8 7
1944 31 NYA AL $ 9,750,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 8 10 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1945 32 NYA AL $ 9,750,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 7 7 7 7 7
1946 33 SDP NL $ 9,750,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1947 34 SDP NL $ 9,750,000   6 6 5 5 6 6 7 9 8 5 7 6 7 7 7
1948 35 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   5 5 5 4 6 5 7 8 8 4 6 5 6 7 6
1949 36 DET AL     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 7 7 3 5 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 7 7 3 5 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,750,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 8 8 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
1937 24 MIN AL 26 83 18 28 4 0 2 18 1 0 21 6 .337 .471 .458 .929 18.3 4.1
    AAA   135 501 97 163 43 5 35 101 14 7 98 37 .325 .436 .641 1.076 127.7  
1938 25 MIN AL 155 516 84 129 42 10 15 93 2 1 84 36 .250 .354 .457 .811 83.5 14.5
1939 26 BOS AL 88 306 42 81 22 5 17 67 0 0 44 31 .265 .353 .536 .889 53.2 9.9
1940 27 BOS AL 156 542 92 144 39 12 23 112 1 0 67 65 .266 .345 .509 .854 89.8 19.4
1941 28 BOS AL 150 560 118 164 42 6 30 115 2 0 66 71 .293 .369 .550 .919 105.7 23.3
1942 29 BOS AL 130 467 66 127 40 7 12 92 2 0 56 50 .272 .351 .465 .816 73.1 12.9
1943 30 BOS AL 156 556 85 146 37 5 26 109 1 0 60 85 .263 .335 .487 .823 88.3 15.1
1944 31 NYA AL 147 535 79 134 44 4 17 90 4 0 73 86 .250 .338 .443 .781 79.6 11.8
1945 32 NYA AL 144 441 79 115 37 5 17 87 0 1 71 50 .261 .363 .483 .846 71.1 11.9
1946 33 NYA AL 47 152 27 36 9 1 5 29 0 0 16 22 .237 .306 .408 .714 18.6 1.7
  SDP NL 66 191 26 42 10 0 6 21 0 0 23 31 .220 .304 .366 .671 21.1 1.9
  TOT   113 343 53 78 19 1 11 50 0 0 39 53 .227 .305 .385 .690 39.6 3.6
    AAA   27 107 31 38 9 3 10 24 1 1 18 13 .355 .448 .776 1.224 31.4  
1947 34 SDP NL 132 368 62 103 25 2 15 70 0 1 41 40 .280 .351 .481 .832 56.6 12.4
1948 35 MIN AL 110 165 19 39 5 1 8 35 0 0 26 30 .236 .339 .424 .763 24.4 2.9
1949 36 DET AL 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0
    AAA   55 197 31 57 12 1 9 35 3 1 35 28 .289 .397 .497 .894 38.8  
13 Years Sim 1518 4892 797 1289 356 58 193 939 13 3 649 605 .263 .349 .478 .827 783.3 141.8
3 Years AAA 217 805 159 258 64 9 54 160 18 9 151 78 .320 .427 .624 1.051 197.9  
162 Game Average 522 85 137 37 6 20 100 1 0 69 64 .263 .349 .478 .827 83.6  
Career Highs 156 560 118 164 44 12 30 115 4 1 84 86 .337 .471 .550 .929 105.7  
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   3458 600 936 249 44 149 698 10 2 526 396 .271 .366 .497 .864 624.5
vs LH   1434 197 353 107 14 44 241 3 1 123 209 .246 .305 .432 .737 187.2
Home 757 2328 398 618 176 27 94 442 10 1 332 292 .265 .356 .485 .841 400.9
Away 761 2564 399 671 180 31 99 497 3 2 317 313 .262 .343 .472 .815 410.9
RISP   1453 0 410 133 14 53 682 0 0 223 171 .282 .369 .502 .871 267.3
Pinch Hitting   206 31 52 3 0 12 48 0 0 30 33 .252 .347 .442 .789 33.4
Close/Late   624 98 154 27 5 27 120 0 0 88 86 .247 .337 .436 .772 95.8
Mar/Apr 258 808 121 200 56 6 31 143 5 0 98 107 .248 .330 .447 .777 120.6
May 273 837 117 195 52 9 35 154 1 0 105 112 .233 .319 .442 .761 120.9
June 230 706 133 186 49 10 31 144 0 2 111 92 .263 .364 .493 .857 125.5
July 231 783 123 213 64 8 26 154 2 0 96 92 .272 .348 .474 .822 127.6
August 257 888 144 252 73 13 33 179 2 1 107 107 .284 .358 .507 .865 155.5
Sep/Oct 269 870 159 243 62 12 37 165 3 0 132 95 .279 .375 .506 .880 161.6
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
1937 24 MIN AL RF 24 24 212.7 64 2 2 0 .971 2.79   0.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 25 MIN AL LF 152 149 1281.0 299 2 5 0 .984 2.11   3.7
    1B 2 0 3.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1939 26 BOS AL RF 88 85 749.3 125 8 1 2 .993 1.60   1.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 27 BOS AL RF 113 110 957.7 164 6 2 2 .988 1.60   1.4
    LF 39 34 312.0 72 0 1 0 .986 2.08    
1941 28 BOS AL 1B 145 143 1291.0 1766 149 26 179 .987 13.35   2.8
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1942 29 BOS AL 1B 122 121 1065.3 1479 103 8 152 .995 13.36   2.5
    RF 2 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 30 BOS AL RF 105 104 903.3 181 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   1.8
    1B 44 38 346.3 469 41 6 44 .988 13.25   0.6
    LF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 31 NYA AL 1B 127 127 1104.7 1312 117 7 139 .995 11.64   2.3
    RF 17 17 148.0 38 1 2 0 .951 2.37   0.5
    LF 7 0 10.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84    
1945 32 NYA AL RF 99 93 833.0 207 12 8 4 .965 2.37   3.1
    1B 21 11 117.3 136 12 0 8 1.000 11.35   0.3
    LF 13 7 72.0 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.75    
1946 33 NYA AL RF 36 34 314.9 76 2 2 0 .975 2.23   1.1
    1B 4 0 11.1 15 2 0 3 1.000 13.78   0.0
    LF 2 0 10.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.56   0.0
  SDP NL RF 50 47 403.8 98 3 2 0 .981 2.25   1.1
    1B 6 1 14.2 20 2 1 4 .957 13.94   0.0
    LF 4 1 12.9 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.19   0.0
  TOT   RF 86 81 718.7 174 5 4 0 .978 2.24   2.2
      1B 10 1 25.3 35 4 1 7 .975 13.87   0.0
      LF 6 1 23.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
1947 34 SDP NL 1B 91 76 673.3 881 67 1 93 .999 12.67   1.5
    LF 15 1 34.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.88   0.3
    RF 12 2 33.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.78    
1948 35 MIN AL 1B 33 19 172.0 212 18 1 22 .996 12.03   0.3
    LF 9 6 56.7 17 1 1 0 .947 2.86   0.6
    RF 16 0 39.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 595 536 4798.3 6296 511 50 645 .993 12.77   10.3
  RF 564 516 4606.0 983 34 19 8 .982 1.99   10.9
  LF 251 198 1805.7 423 5 7 0 .984 2.13   4.6
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1411 1250 11211.9 7702 550 76 653 .991 6.62   25.8
Career Highs   154 149 1294.0 1767 149 26 179 .999 13.33    
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
1945 32 NYA AL 5 18 3 4 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .556 .819
1948 35 MIN AL 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.667 2.417
Career Post-Season Batting 9 21 6 6 3 0 2 9 0 0 2 2 .286 .348 .714 1.062
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.
Slugging Pct
1940-7-.509
1941-4-.550
1943-9-.487
 OPS
1940-10-.854
1941-5-.919
 XR
1941-6-105.7
 Games
1940-8-156
1943-8-156
 Runs
1941-3-118
 Total Bases
1941-4-308
1943-10-271
Doubles
1941-8-42
1944-6-44
 Triples
1938-4-10
1940-1-12
1942-8-7
1945-10-5
 Homeruns
1940-8-23
1941-4-30
1943-4-26
 RBIs
1940-5-112
1941-4-115
1943-5-109
 Strikeouts
1943-7-85
1944-10-86
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Kent Hrbek (896)
  7. Chili Davis (895)
  8. Dave Parker (889)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Minnesota in 1937
Had first career hit on 9/1/1937, off Rip Sewell (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1937, off Lefty Gomez (TAM)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1938
Traded from Minnesota to Cincinnati on 2/1/1939 (Going to MIN: LF Ernie Koy, 1B Zeke Bonura, CF Wally Moses. Going to CIN: RF Tommy Henrich, 1B Lou Gehrig, CF Sam West)
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston (A) on 2/1/1939 (Going to CIN: P Emmett Nelson. Going to BOS: RF Tommy Henrich, C Gus Suhr)
Injured on 4/21/1939 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 7/29/1939 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1940, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1940, hitting .318 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1941, hitting .529 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Tampa Bay on 8/25/1941
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1941, hitting .355 with 9 HR, 27 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/5/1942 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1942
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/10/1944 to a 4-year deal worth $9,750,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1944
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1945, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1945, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to San Diego on 6/1/1946 (Going to SDP: 3B Nap Reyes, 1B Tommy Henrich. Going to NYA: LF Roberto Ortiz, RF Johnny Rizzo, 3B Ellis Clary)
Injured on 7/20/1946 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 5/2/1947
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/2/1948 to a 1-year deal worth $2,250,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $436,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 7/1/1949 (Going to SEM: SS Mike Goliat, 1B Tommy Henrich, P Emil Kush. Going to DET: P Marius Russo)
Released by Seattle on 7/1/1949
 
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