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Gus
Suhr		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 3, 1906 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   53 53 50 34 38 37 63 70 68 67 77 74 69 72 71
1931 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
1932 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
1933 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
1934 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9 8 9 8 7 8 8
1935 29 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
1936 30 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
1937 31 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 7
1938 32 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 8 7 7 7
1939 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 7 6 6 6
1940 34 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 7 6 6 6
1941 35 OAK AL $ 340,000   4 4 4 1 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 2 2 8 9 9 7 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   53 53 50 34 38 37 63 70 68 67 77 74 69 72 71
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
1930 24 CHN NL 155 606 110 185 33 9 15 95 1 2 78 37 .305 .381 .464 .845 100.4 18.1
1931 25 CHN NL 56 178 33 39 10 3 4 28 0 0 25 17 .219 .314 .376 .690 21.9 3.3
    AAA   92 350 62 110 25 2 8 43 10 4 68 31 .314 .426 .466 .892 69.7  
1932 26 CIN NL 142 508 67 112 32 6 7 72 0 0 66 51 .220 .310 .348 .658 50.0 4.5
1933 27 CIN NL 85 182 18 43 14 0 2 21 2 1 30 26 .236 .341 .346 .687 23.1 3.0
1934 28 CIN NL 100 126 18 24 4 2 3 12 3 1 12 15 .190 .261 .325 .586 10.1 0.0
1935 29 CIN NL 107 224 37 58 14 2 5 42 0 2 27 21 .259 .337 .406 .744 28.5 3.9
1936 30 CIN NL 84 180 21 30 6 2 0 19 4 3 26 19 .167 .268 .222 .490 12.1 0.0
1937 31 CIN NL 62 157 18 37 9 2 1 21 3 1 26 20 .236 .342 .338 .680 18.8 2.9
1938 32 CIN NL 92 201 33 52 15 2 2 28 0 0 27 28 .259 .348 .383 .731 25.7 4.0
1939 33 BOS AL 99 317 38 75 20 0 3 41 5 1 42 52 .237 .323 .328 .651 33.6 3.3
1940 34 BOS AL 30 52 8 9 3 1 0 2 2 0 6 9 .173 .259 .269 .528 4.2 0.0
1941 35 OAK AL 17 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0
12 Years Sim 1029 2739 403 665 160 29 42 381 21 11 365 295 .243 .330 .368 .698 328.1 42.9
1 Years AAA 92 350 62 110 25 2 8 43 10 4 68 31 .314 .425 .466 .891 69.7  
162 Game Average 431 63 104 25 4 6 59 3 1 57 46 .243 .330 .368 .698 51.6  
Career Highs 155 606 110 185 33 9 15 95 5 3 78 52 .305 .381 .464 .845 100.4  
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   2043 309 493 118 18 32 297 19 10 292 200 .241 .334 .364 .698 263.0
vs LH   696 94 172 42 11 10 84 2 1 73 95 .247 .317 .382 .700 85.1
Home 524 1364 200 335 75 16 21 178 11 9 181 136 .246 .332 .370 .702 174.2
Away 505 1375 203 330 85 13 21 203 10 2 184 159 .240 .328 .367 .694 173.9
RISP   822 0 200 44 7 14 314 0 0 109 85 .243 .325 .365 .690 104.0
Pinch Hitting   204 33 45 11 2 5 39 4 1 39 23 .221 .347 .368 .715 29.1
Close/Late   361 68 90 27 4 7 50 0 0 53 31 .249 .345 .404 .749 51.7
Mar/Apr 159 437 53 96 18 5 2 39 2 3 62 52 .220 .315 .297 .612 44.3
May 178 445 66 103 23 4 7 62 4 2 58 55 .231 .318 .348 .666 52.3
June 152 416 49 110 30 7 4 62 3 1 50 38 .264 .341 .399 .740 57.0
July 163 439 80 111 34 3 15 85 4 0 57 53 .253 .337 .446 .784 67.3
August 198 530 78 123 32 4 6 67 4 3 88 54 .232 .340 .342 .682 66.9
Sep/Oct 174 472 76 122 23 6 8 66 3 2 50 43 .258 .328 .383 .711 60.1
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
1930 24 CHN NL 1B 153 150 1356.3 1823 154 13 146 .993 13.12 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1931 25 CHN NL C 48 46 416.0 97 19 4 1 .967 2.51 18 6 .333 0 2.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1932 26 CIN NL C 139 139 1224.7 443 32 10 0 .979 3.49 29 6 .207 0 2.3
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 27 CIN NL C 61 38 383.7 144 16 2 0 .988 3.75 9 1 .111 0 1.7
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 28 CIN NL 1B 19 15 129.0 171 18 0 22 1.000 13.19 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 12 2 37.7 12 2 0 0 1.000 3.35 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1935 29 CIN NL C 36 34 286.3 116 17 5 1 .964 4.18 8 3 .375 0 0.9
    1B 23 18 165.0 219 20 3 24 .988 13.04 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 30 CIN NL C 34 33 281.0 117 5 3 0 .976 3.91 8 1 .125 0 0.0
    1B 24 16 141.0 180 19 0 18 1.000 12.70 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 31 CIN NL C 39 36 318.0 120 15 1 0 .993 3.82 14 4 .286 0 1.2
    1B 13 8 70.3 98 1 1 7 .990 12.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 32 CIN NL C 35 33 264.7 112 11 3 0 .976 4.18 8 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 25 16 139.0 169 15 0 9 1.000 11.91 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 33 BOS AL C 96 90 805.3 357 35 7 0 .982 4.38 31 11 .355 0 2.7
    1B 4 2 17.0 26 1 0 2 1.000 14.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 34 BOS AL C 20 10 106.3 47 3 1 0 .980 4.23 1 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 5 2 24.0 30 0 1 6 .968 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 35 OAK AL C 8 0 16.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 528 461 4140.0 1570 155 36 2 .980 3.75 126 32 .254 0 12.4
  1B 272 227 2051.7 2727 229 18 235 .994 12.97 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   805 688 6200.6 4298 384 54 237 .989 6.80 126 32 .254 0 17.2
Career Highs   153 150 1356.3 1823 154 13 146 1.000 13.12 31 11 .375 0  
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
1931 25 CHN NL 5 14 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .786 1.214
1938 32 CIN NL 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 17 4 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .412 .412 .765 1.176
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.
Games
1930-8-155
 Runs
1930-9-110
 Triples
1930-4-9
 Homeruns
1930-10-15
 Caught Stealing
1936-9-3
 Walks
1930-7-78
1932-3-66
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/3/1930, off Willis Hudlin (SEP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1930, off George Uhle (MON)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (B) on 7/25/1930
Injured on 3/5/1931 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/20/1932 with a Broken Nose, out for 1-2 weeks
4/6/1933: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
Injured on 5/22/1933 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
4/6/1934: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/2/1936: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
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)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/4/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $340,000 per year
 
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