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Bob
Kuzava		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 209
 
Born: May 28, 1923 in Usa, MI, WYANDOTTE
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 23 MON NL   10 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8
1947 24 MON NL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1948 25 MON NL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1950 27 MON NL $ 300,000 9 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1951 28 MON NL $ 2,582,857 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1952 29 MON NL $ 2,582,857 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1953 30 MON NL $ 2,582,857 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1954 31 DET AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1955 32 DET AL $ 1,500,000 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1956 33 NYG NL $ 1,500,000 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1957 34 SDP NL $ 1,500,000 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 35 SDP NL $ 1,500,000 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1959 36 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,582,857 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 23 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 28 MON NL $ 2,582,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 29 MON NL $ 2,582,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 30 MON NL $ 2,582,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 31 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 32 DET AL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 33 NYG NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 34 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 35 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 36 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,582,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1946 23 AAA   19 10 .655 30 30 4 1 0 210.0 206 86 10 93 138 3.69 .250 .326 .345 .671  
1947 24 MON NL 14 13 .519 30 30 15 2 0 244.3 244 93 25 95 106 3.43 .262 .329 .403 .732 17.2
    AAA   2 1 .667 6 6 1 0 0 43.7 45 13 3 13 22 2.68 .274 .328 .372 .700  
1948 25 MON NL 8 10 .444 27 26 7 1 0 188.7 199 114 18 103 85 5.44 .271 .359 .404 .763 3.2
1949 26 MON NL 15 8 .652 31 31 9 2 0 219.3 221 103 22 92 87 4.23 .263 .333 .402 .736 9.3
1950 27 MON NL 21 8 .724 35 32 13 1 1 255.7 246 116 27 104 124 4.08 .253 .324 .401 .725 15.9
1951 28 MON NL 13 13 .500 33 33 12 3 0 259.0 254 124 23 119 128 4.31 .261 .340 .380 .720 13.8
1952 29 MON NL 8 7 .533 92 2 0 0 7 107.0 117 60 14 70 62 5.05 .285 .383 .460 .843 5.0
1953 30 MON NL 9 5 .643 41 16 2 0 0 143.3 134 76 15 83 93 4.77 .246 .343 .371 .715 4.8
1954 31 DET AL 8 2 .800 76 5 0 0 18 117.7 105 48 5 72 72 3.67 .241 .346 .331 .677 14.3
1955 32 DET AL 11 8 .579 103 2 0 0 13 126.0 126 63 13 62 63 4.50 .264 .347 .397 .744 10.5
1956 33 DET AL 7 11 .389 22 22 3 1 0 155.7 163 102 27 87 119 5.90 .270 .361 .471 .832 2.3
  NYG NL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 41.0 26 9 4 16 30 1.98 .183 .264 .324 .588 4.7
  TOT   10 12 .455 27 27 4 1 0 196.7 189 111 31 103 149 5.08 .254 .343 .443 .786 7.1
1957 34 SDP NL 10 11 .476 27 27 3 1 0 204.3 199 94 27 91 137 4.14 .257 .334 .415 .748 9.3
1958 35 SDP NL 2 9 .182 34 9 1 0 4 90.7 103 50 18 50 57 4.96 .285 .367 .497 .864 0.8
1959 36 AA   0 2 .000 20 0 0 0 0 28.3 29 11 3 18 36 3.49 .248 .348 .333 .681  
12 Years Sim 129 106 .549 556 240 66 11 43 2152.6 2137 1052 238 1044 1163 4.40 .261 .342 .406 .748 111.1
2 Years AAA 21 11 .656 36 36 5 1 0 253.7 251 99 13 106 160 3.51 .254 .326 .349 .676  
1 Years AA 0 2 .000 20 0 0 0 0 28.3 29 11 3 18 36 3.49 .248 .348 .333 .681  
3 Years Minors 21 13 .618 56 36 5 1 0 282.0 280 110 16 124 196 3.51 .253 .329 .348 .676  
Season Average 10 8 .556 46 20 5 0 3 179.4 178 87 19 87 96 4.40 .261 .342 .406 .748  
Career Highs 21 13 .800 103 33 15 3 18 259.0 254 124 31 119 149 5.44 .285 .383 .497 .864  
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   1523 753 168 741 828   .265 .349 .411 .760
vs LH   614 299 70 303 335   .250 .333 .393 .725
Home 62 56 .525 284 119 31 6 24 1104.6 1122 558 115 549 571 4.55 .266 .350 .409 .759
Away 67 50 .573 272 121 35 5 19 1048.0 1015 494 123 495 592 4.24 .255 .338 .402 .739
Mar/Apr 18 18 .500 69 37 7 0 5 307.6 302 158 46 175 169 4.62 .257 .354 .432 .785
May 19 25 .432 99 49 14 3 9 423.6 407 188 41 178 231 3.99 .254 .329 .397 .725
June 32 13 .711 98 45 9 0 6 396.3 445 215 37 196 208 4.88 .284 .363 .418 .781
July 18 22 .450 90 41 12 2 9 338.3 348 172 37 163 196 4.58 .270 .352 .404 .756
August 21 15 .583 101 33 13 5 5 333.6 302 152 37 166 169 4.10 .244 .333 .395 .728
Sep/Oct 21 13 .618 99 35 11 1 9 353.0 333 167 40 166 190 4.26 .250 .334 .389 .723
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
1947 24 MON NL 30 76 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .066 .101 .079 .180 -3.0 0.0
1948 25 MON NL 27 64 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .031 .060 .031 .091 -3.4 0.0
1949 26 MON NL 31 81 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 29 .062 .061 .086 .147 -3.8 0.0
1950 27 MON NL 35 86 3 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 27 .058 .080 .116 .196 -2.5 0.0
1951 28 MON NL 33 93 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 .075 .075 .086 .161 -4.1 0.0
1952 29 MON NL 92 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
1953 30 MON NL 41 41 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .171 .190 .171 .361 0.9 0.0
1954 31 DET AL 76 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .167 .231 .250 .481 0.7 0.0
1955 32 DET AL 103 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6 0.0
1956 33 DET AL 22 56 2 4 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 24 .071 .102 .143 .245 -0.7 0.0
  NYG NL 5 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .267 .467 0.6 0.0
  TOT   27 71 3 7 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 31 .099 .122 .169 .291 -0.1 0.0
1957 34 SDP NL 27 66 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 28 .091 .129 .106 .235 -1.2 0.0
1958 35 SDP NL 34 23 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .174 .174 .217 .391 0.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 556 627 21 52 12 1 1 25 0 0 13 231 .083 .104 .110 .214 -15.9 0.2
162 Game Average 182 6 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 67 .083 .104 .110 .214 -4.6  
Career Highs 103 93 4 7 3 1 1 5 0 0 3 33 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.9  
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   407 17 35 10 1 1 17 0 0 10 145 .086 .111 .123 .234 -11.1
vs LH   220 4 17 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 86 .077 .089 .086 .176 -9.5
Home 284 304 12 29 7 0 1 13 0 0 4 118 .095 .110 .128 .238 -8.1
Away 272 323 9 23 5 1 0 12 0 0 9 113 .071 .098 .093 .191 -12.6
RISP   162 0 12 5 0 0 22 0 0 3 63 .074 .089 .105 .194 -6.3
Close/Late   51 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .078 .077 .098 .175 -2.3
Mar/Apr 37 89 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 37 .079 .108 .090 .197 -3.8
May 99 129 5 13 8 1 0 9 0 0 3 43 .101 .120 .178 .299 -1.3
June 94 129 7 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 46 .054 .076 .054 .130 -7.2
July 73 100 4 9 2 0 1 9 0 0 2 35 .090 .107 .140 .247 -2.2
August 59 86 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 .105 .103 .116 .220 -2.7
Sep/Oct 98 94 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 42 .074 .112 .074 .187 -3.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 24 MON NL P 30 30 244.3 17 61 0 4 1.000 2.87    
1948 25 MON NL P 27 26 188.7 11 38 0 5 1.000 2.34    
1949 26 MON NL P 31 31 219.3 12 42 0 1 1.000 2.22    
1950 27 MON NL P 35 32 255.7 15 52 1 9 .985 2.36    
1951 28 MON NL P 33 33 259.0 10 53 2 5 .969 2.19    
1952 29 MON NL P 92 2 107.0 3 23 0 3 1.000 2.19    
1953 30 MON NL P 41 16 143.3 8 27 2 3 .946 2.20    
1954 31 DET AL P 76 5 117.7 4 22 1 2 .963 1.99    
1955 32 DET AL P 103 2 126.0 14 24 0 4 1.000 2.71    
1956 33 DET AL P 22 22 155.7 13 28 0 2 1.000 2.37    
  NYG NL P 5 5 41.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.41    
  TOT   P 27 27 196.7 16 36 0 3 1.000 2.38    
1957 34 SDP NL P 27 27 204.3 11 48 3 2 .952 2.60    
1958 35 SDP NL P 34 9 90.7 3 20 1 2 .958 2.28    
Career Totals   556 240 2152.6 124 446 10 43 .983 2.38    
Career Highs   103 33 259.0 17 61 3 9 1.000 2.87    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1949 26 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 3 1 18.00 .400 .625 1.000 1.625
1950 27 MON NL 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 0 7.3 5 2 0 0 3 2.46 .192 .192 .269 .462
1951 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 3 4 0 5 3 21.69 .429 .667 .571 1.238
1952 29 MON NL 0 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 10 4 3 2 30.00 .471 .550 1.235 1.785
1953 30 MON NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 4 0 3 4 6.00 .333 .407 .375 .782
1954 31 DET AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 5 4 1 3 0 10.81 .333 .444 .800 1.244
1956 33 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 3 1 1 9 3.86 .280 .308 .440 .748
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 4 .333 25 0 0 0 0 29.3 38 29 7 18 22 8.90 .319 .409 .580 .989
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
1954 31 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1947-4-3.43
1950-10-4.08
 Wins
1950-5-21
 Winning Pct
1949-9-.652
1950-4-.724
 Saves
1954-3-18
1955-4-13
 Games Pitched
1952-1-92
1954-5-76
1955-1-103
 Complete Games
1947-9-15
1950-7-13
1951-10-12
Shutouts
1947-6-2
1949-8-2
1951-3-3
1956-6-1
 Homeruns Allowed
1950-10-27
 Walks per 9IP
1950-9-3.7
 Hits per 9IP
1951-10-8.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1950-10-4.4
1951-10-4.4
 WHiP
1950-8-1.37
OOBP
1950-7-.324
 OSLG
1951-10-.380
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 45    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Johnny Broaca (989)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Montreal in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 5/14/1947, off Charley Schanz (OAK)
Earned first career win on 6/4/1947
Injured on 7/18/1948 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 4/5/1949 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1949, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
Hit first career homerun on 7/28/1950, off Ellis Kinder (BOS)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1950, going 5-0, 1.67
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,582,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,582,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,582,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/31/1953 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 8-9 weeks
6/1/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Ferris Fain, P Bob Kuzava, P Ken Johnson, LF Jim Greengrass, 2B Gene Mauch)
5/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/17/1956 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/31/1956 (Going to NYG: P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Hughes. Going to DET: CF Jim Pyburn)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 2/3/1957 (Going to NYG: P Robin Roberts. Going to SDP: LF Frank Campos, P Bob Kuzava, SS Alex Grammas)
Injured on 6/1/1957 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/20/1958 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
10/22/1958: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $350,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Cincinnati 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)
 
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