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Mel
Mazzera		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 31, 1914 in Usa, CA, STOCKTON
 
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
1935 21 CLE AL     5 5 4 3 4 3 5 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
1936 22 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
1937 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 8
1938 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1939 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 4 3 6 8 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1940 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
1941 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 3 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
1942 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 8 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
1943 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 8 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
1944 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1945 31 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 8 7 5 6 6 7 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
1935 21 AA   137 530 65 145 41 6 18 79 6 6 66 49 .274 .354 .475 .829 86.3  
1936 22 AAA   137 528 79 154 39 7 16 89 6 3 61 55 .292 .365 .483 .848 89.4  
1937 23 AAA   137 534 69 143 33 4 15 69 1 5 66 59 .268 .348 .429 .777 78.5  
1938 24 AAA   137 517 68 156 36 4 10 74 4 3 61 50 .302 .375 .445 .820 83.3  
1939 25 AAA   137 548 88 168 46 5 20 102 5 6 51 51 .307 .366 .518 .884 95.5  
1940 26 CLE AL 87 156 22 40 9 2 3 23 0 0 15 7 .256 .326 .397 .723 20.3 3.0
1941 27 CLE AL 74 104 12 22 5 1 2 12 0 0 8 8 .212 .263 .337 .600 9.8 0.4
1942 28 CLE AL 95 172 19 46 10 1 3 28 0 0 14 10 .267 .323 .390 .712 18.7 2.6
1943 29 AAA   137 528 70 146 32 4 13 57 6 5 73 62 .277 .364 .426 .791 82.0  
1944 30 CLE AL 12 25 3 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .320 .346 .560 .906 4.2 0.9
    AAA   106 423 67 126 28 3 16 60 2 6 54 42 .298 .377 .492 .869 74.1  
1945 31 CLE AL 61 129 25 32 4 1 3 15 0 0 19 15 .248 .342 .364 .707 16.8 2.8
5 Years Sim 329 586 81 148 32 6 11 82 0 0 57 45 .253 .318 .384 .702 69.7 9.7
6 Years AAA 791 3078 441 893 214 27 90 451 24 28 366 319 .290 .367 .465 .832 502.8  
1 Years AA 137 530 65 145 41 6 18 79 6 6 66 49 .274 .361 .475 .836 86.3  
7 Years Minors 928 3608 506 1038 255 33 108 530 30 34 432 368 .288 .366 .466 .833 589.1  
162 Game Average 288 39 72 15 2 5 40 0 0 28 22 .253 .318 .384 .702 34.3  
Career Highs 95 172 25 46 10 2 3 28 0 0 19 15 .320 .346 .560 .906 20.3  
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   491 68 131 28 6 10 75 0 0 46 33 .267 .329 .409 .738 65.4
vs LH   95 13 17 4 0 1 7 0 0 11 12 .179 .264 .253 .517 6.6
Home 156 272 41 70 15 2 6 40 0 0 21 19 .257 .310 .393 .703 32.8
Away 173 314 40 78 17 4 5 42 0 0 36 26 .248 .326 .376 .702 39.2
RISP   153 0 41 6 0 5 65 0 0 10 19 .268 .311 .405 .717 19.2
Pinch Hitting   157 27 47 5 1 2 23 0 0 11 11 .299 .341 .382 .723 20.2
Close/Late   99 12 29 7 0 2 13 0 0 10 8 .293 .355 .424 .779 14.6
Mar/Apr 50 83 13 21 9 1 2 13 0 0 10 5 .253 .333 .458 .791 12.3
May 63 115 16 30 6 0 3 20 0 0 12 5 .261 .336 .391 .727 15.1
June 50 100 17 28 5 2 0 6 0 0 11 14 .280 .351 .370 .721 13.0
July 49 97 7 15 1 0 1 8 0 0 9 10 .155 .226 .196 .422 3.8
August 61 99 17 31 6 2 3 20 0 0 8 8 .313 .358 .505 .863 16.9
Sep/Oct 56 92 11 23 5 1 2 15 0 0 7 3 .250 .300 .391 .691 10.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1940 26 CLE AL 2B 18 12 110.3 35 40 4 16 .949 6.12   0.3
    LF 7 7 53.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.55   0.5
    CF 7 5 41.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.73    
    RF 6 5 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    1B 2 2 16.0 21 1 0 2 1.000 12.38   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 27 CLE AL 2B 11 5 51.3 13 18 0 7 1.000 5.44   0.1
    1B 6 5 41.0 41 4 0 6 1.000 9.88   0.1
    RF 4 3 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.1
    LF 3 2 20.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.35    
    CF 5 1 15.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1942 28 CLE AL CF 27 21 184.7 67 1 1 1 .986 3.31   1.1
    2B 13 6 62.7 13 21 0 5 1.000 4.88   0.2
    1B 6 5 44.0 57 1 0 4 1.000 11.86   0.1
    RF 5 2 18.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1944 30 CLE AL 2B 3 3 25.0 9 16 0 3 1.000 9.00   0.1
    CF 4 2 25.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.1
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 31 CLE AL LF 23 22 179.7 48 0 2 0 .960 2.40   0.5
    CF 11 4 43.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
    2B 5 3 25.0 6 9 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
    1B 4 1 15.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 10.20   0.0
    RF 3 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  CF 54 33 308.7 106 3 1 1 .991 3.18   1.1
  2B 50 29 274.3 76 104 4 32 .978 5.91   0.8
  LF 33 31 252.7 64 2 3 0 .957 2.35   1.0
  1B 18 13 116.0 135 7 0 12 1.000 11.02   0.2
  RF 20 12 95.3 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   177 118 1050.0 404 117 8 45 .985 4.47   3.2
Career Highs   51 34 309.7 141 43 4 18 1.000 5.65    
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  6. Curt Motton (975)
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  8. Hal Rice (971)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1935
Injured on 6/1/1938 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/1940, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1940, off Jim Winford (OAK)
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 9/17/1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/10/1945 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Released by Cleveland on 10/4/1945
 
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