Jack
Saltzgaver
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 23, 1903 in Usa, IA, CROTON
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 29 ATL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 8 7 8 8 8
1933 30 ATL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 8 7 7 8 8
1934 31 ATL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 4 6 8 7 7 8 8
1935 32 ATL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 8 8
1936 33 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 7 6 7 8 7
1937 34 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 6 6
1938 35 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5 6 8 7 8 8 8
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
1932 29 ATL NL 91 150 17 33 4 1 2 11 0 0 23 15 .220 .320 .300 .620 16.6 1.6
1933 30 ATL NL 69 141 22 34 1 3 2 17 0 0 17 13 .241 .323 .333 .656 15.0 2.0
1934 31 ATL NL 94 154 27 34 1 0 1 15 0 0 21 12 .221 .311 .247 .557 14.4 0.9
1935 32 ATL NL 29 23 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 6 .087 .214 .217 .432 1.4 0.0
1936 33 ATL NL 38 90 11 26 8 0 1 14 0 0 11 10 .289 .366 .411 .777 12.1 1.9
  DET AL 46 115 15 30 2 1 1 12 0 0 10 10 .261 .317 .322 .639 11.4 0.9
  TOT   84 205 26 56 10 1 2 26 0 0 21 20 .273 .339 .361 .700 23.6 2.8
1937 34 DET AL 122 349 32 95 8 2 3 45 2 1 45 61 .272 .351 .332 .683 43.9 5.7
1938 35 BSN NL 28 26 2 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 .192 .192 .308 .500 1.3 0.0
    AAA   25 81 10 27 2 1 1 7 1 1 5 14 .333 .372 .420 .792 11.8  
1939 36 AAA   28 105 7 25 1 0 0 6 0 2 7 21 .238 .286 .248 .533 6.8  
    AA   26 98 7 21 1 0 1 7 1 1 13 25 .214 .306 .255 .561 8.5  
7 Years Sim 517 1048 128 259 25 8 11 124 2 1 130 133 .247 .328 .318 .645 116.3 13.0
2 Years AAA 53 186 17 52 3 1 1 13 1 3 12 35 .280 .320 .323 .643 18.6  
1 Years AA 26 98 7 21 1 0 1 7 1 1 13 25 .214 .306 .255 .561 8.5  
3 Years Minors 79 284 24 73 4 1 2 20 2 4 25 60 .257 .315 .299 .614 27.1  
162 Game Average 328 40 81 7 2 3 38 0 0 40 41 .247 .328 .318 .645 36.4  
Career Highs 122 349 32 95 10 3 3 45 2 1 45 61 .273 .351 .361 .700 43.9  
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   891 107 223 22 6 8 107 2 1 116 112 .250 .334 .315 .650 102.5
vs LH   157 21 36 3 2 3 17 0 0 14 21 .229 .289 .331 .620 15.7
Home 256 550 67 140 15 5 4 66 2 0 56 68 .255 .320 .322 .642 59.8
Away 261 498 61 119 10 3 7 58 0 1 74 65 .239 .336 .313 .649 58.4
RISP   271 0 76 9 1 5 113 0 0 30 36 .280 .340 .376 .716 36.7
Pinch Hitting   31 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 7 .161 .278 .226 .504 1.9
Close/Late   113 12 27 3 1 0 9 0 0 17 14 .239 .336 .283 .619 12.2
Mar/Apr 72 108 13 32 4 0 3 20 0 0 17 18 .296 .389 .417 .806 18.2
May 113 263 26 62 8 1 3 33 0 0 32 34 .236 .319 .308 .627 27.7
June 88 179 28 43 7 3 1 21 1 0 27 18 .240 .332 .330 .661 21.9
July 75 148 18 42 1 3 1 12 0 1 12 16 .284 .337 .351 .689 17.4
August 90 204 28 52 4 1 2 22 0 0 20 23 .255 .319 .314 .632 21.5
Sep/Oct 79 146 15 28 1 0 1 16 1 0 22 24 .192 .297 .219 .516 11.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1932 29 ATL NL 3B 35 23 211.7 10 64 5 4 .937 3.15   1.1
    2B 53 13 194.3 47 88 3 23 .978 6.25   0.9
1933 30 ATL NL 2B 39 16 173.3 40 75 5 14 .958 5.97   0.4
    3B 22 19 164.3 10 43 2 3 .964 2.90   0.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1934 31 ATL NL 3B 41 23 226.7 16 58 2 7 .974 2.94   0.9
    2B 52 12 168.3 50 69 6 21 .952 6.36   0.4
1935 32 ATL NL 3B 17 3 54.3 4 11 1 0 .938 2.48   0.2
    2B 4 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1936 33 ATL NL 2B 23 17 148.2 44 73 4 16 .967 7.11   0.9
    3B 12 10 81.7 6 21 1 2 .964 2.97   0.3
    SS 1 1 11.1 3 6 0 2 1.000 7.30   0.1
  DET AL 2B 28 20 186.4 56 91 5 21 .967 7.10   0.6
    3B 14 12 102.7 7 26 1 2 .971 2.89   0.6
    SS 2 2 13.9 3 7 1 3 .909 6.47   0.1
  TOT   2B 51 37 334.6 100 164 9 37 .967 7.10   1.5
      3B 26 22 184.4 13 47 2 4 .968 2.93   0.8
      SS 3 3 25.0 6 13 1 5 .950 6.84   0.2
1937 34 DET AL 2B 120 106 911.3 229 432 17 101 .975 6.53   3.5
    SS 2 1 10.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 6.30   0.1
1938 35 BSN NL 2B 9 1 17.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 6.88   0.1
    3B 6 1 16.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 328 185 1803.9 472 838 40 199 .970 6.54   6.7
  3B 147 91 857.4 55 227 12 18 .959 2.96   3.5
  SS 7 4 38.0 7 21 1 7 .966 6.63   0.3
  LF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   484 280 2705.3 537 1086 53 224 .968 5.40   10.6
Career Highs   122 107 921.3 230 438 17 103 1.000 6.53    
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
1932 29 ATL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Joe Demaestri (971)
  2. Julio Gonzalez (968)
  3. Pat Rockett (967)
  4. Larvell Blanks (967)
  5. Rocky Bridges (966)
  6. Dick Green (965)
  7. Charlie English (963)
  8. Joe Chamberlain (962)
  9. Bob Sheldon (961)
  10. Billy Gardner (961)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1932
Had first career hit on 4/13/1932, off Bill Hubbell (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1932, off Sheriff Blake (SDP)
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Atlanta to Detroit on 7/1/1936 (Going to ATL: P George Winn, 1B Ed Morgan, P Hal Wiltse, 2B Max Bishop, P Ed Brandt. Going to DET: 1B Lou Gehrig, 2B Jack Saltzgaver)
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/23/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/14/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Released by Cincinnati on 6/1/1939