Woody
Rich
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 9, 1916 in Usa, NC, MORGANTON
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1941 25 BSN NL $ 510,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1942 26 BSN NL $ 510,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1943 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1944 28 BSN NL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1945 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1948 32 CLE AL $ 1,100,000 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1949 33 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1950 34 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
1951 35 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
1952 36 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1941 25 BSN NL $ 510,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1942 26 BSN NL $ 510,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1943 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1944 28 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1945 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1948 32 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1949 33 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1950 34 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1951 35 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1952 36 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
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
1939 23 CIN NL 1 2 .333 10 0 0 0 2 9.7 7 3 1 4 2 2.80 .212 .333 .303 .636 1.5
    AA   6 7 .462 37 18 1 0 1 144.3 143 48 8 34 104 2.99 .261 .304 .365 .669  
1940 24 AA   7 7 .500 17 17 4 1 0 125.7 118 49 1 42 99 3.51 .252 .313 .330 .644  
1941 25 AA   13 9 .591 30 30 2 0 0 218.7 196 65 9 64 172 2.68 .241 .296 .314 .610  
1942 26 BSN NL 2 7 .222 10 10 2 0 0 62.0 92 55 10 23 18 7.98 .350 .404 .548 .952 0.0
    AAA   8 9 .471 23 23 1 1 0 154.7 189 77 16 62 71 4.48 .305 .368 .452 .820  
1943 27 BSN NL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 28.0 31 17 3 14 9 5.46 .277 .357 .402 .759 0.7
    AA   11 9 .550 26 26 1 0 0 182.7 187 79 17 67 164 3.89 .264 .328 .385 .713  
1944 28 AAA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 10.0 12 4 2 6 6 3.60 .286 .375 .476 .851  
1945 29 BSN NL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 9.3 12 6 1 8 5 5.79 .324 .444 .514 .958 0.2
    AAA   5 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 1 69.7 67 15 3 22 46 1.94 .249 .306 .327 .633  
1946 30 AAA   4 0 1.000 39 0 0 0 3 69.3 85 45 7 33 46 5.84 .302 .376 .456 .831  
1948 32 AAA   2 3 .400 46 0 0 0 7 45.0 47 17 2 19 32 3.40 .278 .351 .379 .730  
    AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 2 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286  
1949 33 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 16.7 21 14 0 18 5 7.56 .304 .448 .377 .825 0.3
    AAA   2 3 .400 13 0 0 0 1 11.7 18 10 3 7 7 7.72 .367 .446 .612 1.059  
1950 34 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.4
    AAA   3 1 .750 39 0 0 0 0 60.7 61 29 7 25 47 4.30 .256 .327 .387 .714  
1951 35 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 45 0 0 0 1 58.0 60 29 3 37 20 4.50 .273 .381 .368 .749 4.1
    AAA   2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 17.7 17 6 0 16 9 3.06 .258 .402 .288 .690  
1952 36 AAA   1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 40.7 47 26 3 32 28 5.76 .285 .401 .382 .783  
7 Years Sim 8 11 .421 86 14 2 0 3 185.7 225 124 18 104 59 6.01 .303 .392 .442 .834 7.1
9 Years AAA 27 16 .628 230 23 1 1 12 479.3 543 229 43 222 292 4.30 .286 .361 .413 .774  
5 Years AA 37 32 .536 113 91 8 1 3 673.6 645 241 35 207 540 3.22 .254 .310 .347 .657  
14 Years Minors 64 48 .571 343 114 9 2 15 1152.9 1188 470 78 429 832 3.67 .267 .332 .375 .707  
Season Average 1 1 .500 12 2 0 0 0 26.5 32 17 2 14 8 6.01 .303 .392 .442 .834  
Career Highs 2 7 1.000 45 10 2 0 2 62.0 92 55 10 37 20 7.98 .350 .448 .548 .958  
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   123 57 8 39 27   .334 .398 .473 .871
vs LH   102 67 10 65 32   .273 .380 .412 .792
Home 7 3 .700 42 6 0 0 2 86.6 96 49 4 45 32 5.09 .286 .370 .375 .745
Away 1 8 .111 44 8 2 0 1 99.0 129 75 14 59 27 6.82 .318 .404 .498 .902
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 2 0 8 3 1.80 .256 .383 .282 .665
May 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 6.7 11 12 0 10 2 16.22 .367 .525 .500 1.025
June 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 1 12.7 16 13 2 12 5 9.24 .296 .424 .463 .887
July 1 2 .333 27 0 0 0 2 33.3 25 10 2 15 13 2.70 .216 .305 .319 .624
August 3 2 .600 15 5 1 0 0 43.3 51 26 3 19 10 5.40 .297 .366 .401 .768
Sep/Oct 1 7 .125 21 9 1 0 0 79.7 112 61 11 40 26 6.89 .338 .410 .517 .926
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 26 BSN NL 10 22 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .227 .261 .227 .488 1.4 0.0
1943 27 BSN NL 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.5 0.0
1945 29 BSN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1949 33 CLE AL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1951 35 CLE AL 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
5 Years Sim 75 33 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .182 .229 .182 .410 1.4 0.0
162 Game Average 71 2 12 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 4 .182 .229 .182 .410 3.0  
Career Highs 45 22 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .227 .286 .227 .488 1.4  
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   25 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .200 .259 .200 .459 1.3
vs LH   8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Home 29 14 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 1.4
Away 39 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .105 .150 .105 .255 -0.3
RISP   9 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.9
Close/Late   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 15 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5
Sep/Oct 20 20 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .200 .238 .200 .438 0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1939 23 CIN NL P 10 0 9.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80    
1942 26 BSN NL P 10 10 62.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1943 27 BSN NL P 4 4 28.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1945 29 BSN NL P 5 0 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1949 33 CLE AL P 11 0 16.7 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.32    
1950 34 CLE AL P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 35 CLE AL P 45 0 58.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.48    
Career Totals   86 14 185.7 14 36 0 1 1.000 2.42    
Career Highs   45 10 62.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 4.32    
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1939
Earned first career win on 7/28/1939
Released by Cincinnati on 7/1/1940
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/17/1941 to a 2-year deal worth $510,000 per year
Had first career hit on 8/18/1942, off Ralph Birkofer (SEM)
Released by Boston (N) on 10/19/1946
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/18/1948 to a 1-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year