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Greg
Goossen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: December 14, 1945 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1973   
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
1965 19 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1966 20 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1967 21 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1968 22 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1969 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1970 24 MON NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1971 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1972 26 MON NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1973 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1974 28 MON NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1975 29 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1976 30 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1977 31 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1978 32 NYA AL $ 400,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1979 33 NYA AL $ 400,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1980 34 NYA AL $ 400,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1981 35 NYA AL $ 390,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 36 NYA AL $ 390,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
1983 37 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
1984 38 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
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
1965 19 AAA   15 57 9 13 5 0 3 9 0 0 3 15 .228 .267 .474 .740 7.2  
    AA   77 277 31 81 13 3 12 30 2 0 42 68 .292 .386 .491 .877 52.1  
1966 20 MON NL 10 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .273 .455 0.4 0.0
    AAA   54 228 28 64 10 2 14 32 0 0 18 55 .281 .333 .526 .860 38.8  
1967 21 MON NL 126 311 26 66 21 1 10 49 0 0 11 95 .212 .245 .383 .628 26.7 2.3
1968 22 MON NL 140 447 36 84 15 0 13 50 0 0 35 124 .188 .257 .309 .566 34.8 0.9
1969 23 MON NL 54 125 11 33 8 0 3 19 1 0 11 32 .264 .333 .400 .733 16.5 2.7
1970 24 AAA   137 448 78 120 32 2 21 78 0 2 71 91 .268 .368 .489 .857 79.9  
1971 25 MON NL 14 40 4 8 3 0 2 7 0 0 2 12 .200 .238 .425 .663 3.5 0.4
    AAA   125 384 62 98 19 0 18 55 0 2 54 87 .255 .347 .445 .792 60.4  
1972 26 MON NL 11 26 5 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .346 .414 .538 .952 5.0 1.4
    AAA   26 94 11 26 5 0 7 18 1 1 14 26 .277 .370 .553 .924 18.8  
1973 27 MON NL 4 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   78 266 40 78 23 0 16 46 2 0 33 45 .293 .371 .560 .931 52.6  
1974 28 MON NL 44 161 23 32 11 1 6 18 0 0 9 33 .199 .261 .391 .653 15.0 0.8
1975 29 MON NL 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2
1976 30 AA   137 497 73 134 30 3 31 77 1 3 92 76 .270 .384 .529 .913 100.0  
1977 31 NYA AL 9 26 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 5 7 .115 .258 .346 .604 2.2 0.0
    AAA   137 498 67 129 32 2 21 83 1 0 68 100 .259 .348 .458 .806 80.2  
1978 32 NYA AL 40 114 12 25 10 2 2 17 0 0 9 23 .219 .274 .395 .669 11.8 1.2
1979 33 NYA AL 43 121 14 26 4 1 5 18 0 0 8 16 .215 .273 .388 .661 13.3 1.6
1980 34 NYA AL 118 365 39 81 17 1 9 49 0 2 28 59 .222 .288 .348 .636 37.2 4.6
1981 35 NYA AL 75 189 16 29 9 1 3 14 0 0 15 46 .153 .220 .259 .479 10.9 0.0
1982 36 NYA AL 97 251 26 43 13 0 7 27 0 0 18 61 .171 .237 .307 .544 18.2 0.0
1983 37 NYA AL 17 28 4 3 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 9 .107 .167 .250 .417 0.3 0.0
1984 38 AAA   137 475 29 58 14 0 1 31 2 1 38 113 .122 .187 .158 .345 5.9  
16 Years Sim 805 2225 219 446 117 7 64 280 1 3 154 525 .200 .262 .346 .607 196.2 16.0
8 Years AAA 709 2450 324 586 140 6 101 352 6 6 299 532 .239 .333 .425 .758 343.9  
2 Years AA 214 774 104 215 43 6 43 107 3 3 134 144 .278 .391 .516 .907 152.1  
10 Years Minors 923 3224 428 801 183 12 144 459 9 9 433 676 .248 .347 .447 .794 496.0  
162 Game Average 447 44 89 23 1 12 56 0 0 30 105 .200 .262 .346 .607 39.5  
Career Highs 140 447 39 84 21 2 13 50 1 2 35 124 .346 .414 .667 1.000 37.2  
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   1597 157 318 85 5 45 202 1 3 97 380 .199 .254 .343 .597 132.1
vs LH   628 62 128 32 2 19 78 0 0 57 145 .204 .281 .352 .633 61.4
Home 403 1127 109 226 63 5 30 154 0 2 69 258 .201 .258 .345 .603 94.1
Away 402 1098 110 220 54 2 34 126 1 1 85 267 .200 .266 .346 .612 99.4
RISP   528 0 114 33 0 17 194 0 0 30 116 .216 .260 .375 .635 50.7
Pinch Hitting   125 11 26 6 0 4 21 0 0 8 21 .208 .252 .352 .604 11.3
Close/Late   286 23 57 14 0 10 38 0 0 25 56 .199 .276 .353 .629 27.5
Mar/Apr 106 288 26 58 20 1 2 34 0 0 17 63 .201 .259 .299 .558 19.5
May 127 363 32 83 22 2 12 52 0 1 36 93 .229 .304 .399 .703 43.7
June 134 360 37 77 15 2 9 45 0 1 26 77 .214 .275 .342 .617 32.7
July 115 287 19 55 16 0 6 33 0 0 13 66 .192 .231 .310 .541 18.8
August 167 474 56 96 22 2 18 59 0 1 30 112 .203 .259 .371 .630 44.4
Sep/Oct 156 453 49 77 22 0 17 57 1 0 32 114 .170 .239 .331 .571 34.3
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
1966 20 MON NL C 4 1 19.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 7.11 1 1 1.000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1967 21 MON NL LF 78 69 598.7 123 9 1 3 .992 1.98 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    1B 17 3 53.7 63 1 1 8 .985 10.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 10 4 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 22 MON NL LF 82 79 658.0 138 1 1 1 .993 1.90 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 52 51 425.3 90 2 1 1 .989 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 23 MON NL RF 18 15 129.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 13 10 84.0 76 4 0 8 1.000 8.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 12 10 82.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.20 0 0 .000 0  
    C 5 1 17.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 25 MON NL 1B 10 10 81.7 102 8 0 8 1.000 12.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 26 MON NL C 7 6 52.3 32 1 0 0 1.000 5.68 2 0 .000 1 0.2
1973 27 MON NL C 2 1 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 28 MON NL C 37 37 319.3 241 11 1 0 .996 7.10 32 7 .219 1 0.9
    LF 9 1 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 29 MON NL RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 31 NYA AL RF 6 6 51.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1978 32 NYA AL C 29 26 233.3 132 9 2 0 .986 5.44 18 2 .111 0 0.5
    LF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 1 8.3 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 NYA AL C 33 31 273.7 164 10 1 1 .994 5.72 24 8 .333 0 1.3
    RF 8 2 30.3 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 16.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
1980 34 NYA AL RF 18 16 134.0 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 13 9 92.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 35 NYA AL C 29 29 247.0 121 16 3 0 .979 4.99 26 10 .385 0 1.1
    LF 23 7 102.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 11 7 65.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 3 33.0 31 1 0 4 1.000 8.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 36 NYA AL C 56 48 432.7 204 23 0 0 1.000 4.72 50 12 .240 0 2.6
    RF 26 13 145.3 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 9 4 42.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 1 8.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 37 NYA AL RF 10 3 50.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 237 183 1651.0 352 11 4 5 .989 1.98 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  C 209 182 1628.0 933 71 8 1 .992 5.55 154 40 .260 2 6.7
  RF 163 118 1090.3 244 7 1 2 .996 2.07 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  1B 52 28 272.7 295 15 1 32 .997 10.23 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   662 511 4645.9 1824 106 14 40 .993 3.74 154 40 .260 2 14.4
Career Highs   136 130 1086.3 250 25 3 11 1.000 11.02 50 12 1.000 1  
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.
Strikeouts
1968-6-124
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Bob Schmidt (943)
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  8. Mickey Livingston (938)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Montreal in 1965
Injured on 6/25/1965 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 6/16/1966, off Jack Meyer (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1967, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Injured on 9/30/1967 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Injured on 5/12/1970 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/14/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Traded from Colorado to New York (A) on 7/31/1977 (Going to NYA: LF Greg Goossen, P Steve Mccatty. Going to COL: 1B Rusty Staub)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/11/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $400,000 per year
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Injured on 9/13/1980 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks
10/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $390,000 per year, for 2 years
3/4/1982: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1984 to a minor league contract
 
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