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Ted
Sizemore		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 15, 1945 in Usa, AL, GADSDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1972    1975   
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
1969 24 CLE AL     7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 5 9 9 9
1970 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 5 10 10 10
1971 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 10
1972 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 10 10 10
1973 28 CLE AL $ 1,892,857   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1974 29 CLE AL $ 1,892,857   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1975 30 CLE AL $ 1,892,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1976 31 CLE AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1977 32 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1978 33 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1979 34 BAL AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
1980 35 WAS NL $ 2,505,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1981 36 WAS NL $ 2,505,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1982 37 WAS NL $ 2,505,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 5 10 10 10
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
1969 24 AAA   136 585 86 185 24 3 11 53 14 6 49 47 .316 .369 .424 .793 88.6  
1970 25 CLE AL 122 407 36 115 9 6 3 34 4 4 23 22 .283 .320 .356 .677 42.6 6.9
1971 26 CLE AL 151 566 64 153 25 4 7 55 4 2 51 31 .270 .328 .366 .694 65.3 12.2
1972 27 CLE AL 150 539 84 174 21 4 5 78 4 2 49 23 .323 .379 .404 .783 78.5 16.3
1973 28 CLE AL 129 455 51 122 22 2 2 48 6 5 26 20 .268 .310 .338 .649 43.6 4.4
1974 29 CLE AL 132 535 65 152 16 1 2 38 7 3 27 19 .284 .322 .329 .651 53.2 5.3
1975 30 CLE AL 144 583 90 195 44 2 4 60 5 5 34 9 .334 .368 .437 .805 86.2 16.3
1976 31 CLE AL 150 534 63 150 30 1 2 69 5 1 39 15 .281 .328 .352 .680 60.4 8.1
1977 32 CLN NL 148 481 46 131 23 1 7 49 1 0 27 10 .272 .313 .368 .681 47.6 7.0
1978 33 CLN NL 78 252 25 92 12 4 4 32 0 1 8 6 .365 .385 .492 .877 38.5 9.5
1979 34 BAL AL 152 564 61 167 25 2 6 64 0 0 35 14 .296 .338 .379 .717 67.1 9.1
1980 35 WAS NL 111 340 42 99 12 2 2 26 6 0 18 7 .291 .327 .356 .683 37.7 7.2
1981 36 WAS NL 73 205 22 57 9 3 0 17 0 0 9 24 .278 .312 .351 .663 21.0 4.4
1982 37 AAA   53 89 6 25 3 0 0 8 1 2 3 10 .281 .304 .315 .619 7.6  
12 Years Sim 1540 5461 649 1607 248 32 44 570 42 23 346 200 .294 .336 .376 .712 641.6 106.8
2 Years AAA 189 674 92 210 27 3 11 61 15 8 52 57 .312 .363 .409 .772 96.2  
162 Game Average 574 68 169 26 3 4 59 4 2 36 21 .294 .336 .376 .712 67.5  
Career Highs 152 583 90 195 44 6 7 78 7 5 51 31 .365 .385 .492 .877 86.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3321 387 926 151 13 28 336 24 17 187 134 .279 .317 .357 .674 362.1
vs LH   2140 262 681 97 19 16 234 18 6 159 66 .318 .367 .404 .770 302.5
Home 769 2638 289 757 115 14 17 276 17 8 176 103 .287 .331 .361 .692 307.1
Away 771 2823 360 850 133 18 27 294 25 15 170 97 .301 .341 .390 .731 357.5
RISP   1201 0 352 50 3 14 488 0 0 91 42 .293 .336 .375 .711 151.2
Pinch Hitting   70 2 18 3 2 0 14 0 0 3 9 .257 .284 .357 .641 6.8
Close/Late   574 51 185 25 3 6 76 0 0 43 19 .322 .367 .408 .774 82.5
Mar/Apr 223 785 99 232 42 4 9 107 6 2 40 31 .296 .329 .394 .723 96.8
May 282 1030 118 300 45 4 9 85 9 2 58 33 .291 .329 .369 .698 121.1
June 258 897 101 262 35 8 6 107 9 4 57 33 .292 .335 .369 .704 107.4
July 260 911 102 257 41 8 9 95 9 6 68 30 .282 .333 .374 .708 110.3
August 275 979 128 307 43 5 7 80 8 5 72 43 .314 .360 .389 .749 132.0
Sep/Oct 242 859 101 249 42 3 4 96 1 4 51 30 .290 .329 .360 .689 96.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 25 CLE AL 2B 105 98 826.3 185 351 9 77 .983 5.84 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 26 CLE AL 2B 148 144 1240.3 277 540 17 107 .980 5.93 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    C 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 2 0 .000 1 0.0
1972 27 CLE AL 2B 147 143 1232.3 292 532 15 120 .982 6.02 0 0 .000 0 6.0
1973 28 CLE AL 2B 128 124 1039.0 199 435 18 82 .972 5.49 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1974 29 CLE AL 2B 132 132 1115.3 229 481 11 92 .985 5.73 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1975 30 CLE AL 2B 143 141 1213.3 259 549 17 99 .979 5.99 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 31 CLE AL 2B 149 147 1262.0 257 510 15 108 .981 5.47 0 0 .000 0 4.5
1977 32 CLN NL 2B 147 147 1178.3 283 566 15 107 .983 6.48 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    RF 3 0 10.7 3 0 1 0 .750 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 33 CLN NL 2B 73 52 494.3 103 239 4 49 .988 6.23 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 34 BAL AL 2B 69 63 563.3 147 273 8 66 .981 6.71 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1980 35 WAS NL 2B 101 84 758.7 160 288 5 62 .989 5.31 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    3B 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 36 WAS NL 2B 51 46 396.3 81 166 6 35 .976 5.61 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 9 0 16.7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 9.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1393 1321 11319.6 2472 4930 140 1004 .981 5.89 0 0 .000 0 46.1
  SS 13 0 24.7 3 8 0 2 1.000 4.01 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 9 0 21.0 2 4 1 0 .857 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 6 0 19.7 5 0 1 0 .833 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 2 0 .000 1 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1423 1321 11393.0 2485 4943 142 1006 .981 5.87 2 0 .000 1 46.3
Career Highs   151 147 1262.0 292 566 18 120 .989 6.71 2 0 .000 1  
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
1972 27 CLE AL 4 17 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .294 .294 .529 .824
1974 29 CLE AL 5 18 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .263 .333 .596
1977 32 CLN NL 6 20 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .300 .333 .400 .733
1978 33 CLN NL 4 18 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .278 .316 .278 .594
1981 36 WAS NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 21 76 6 20 3 1 1 6 0 0 3 4 .263 .291 .368 .660
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.
Batting Average
1972-3-.323
1975-6-.334
 On-Base Pct
1972-10-.379
 Hits
1975-4-195
 Singles
1972-4-144
1975-4-145
1979-7-134
 Doubles
1975-2-44
 Triples
1970-8-6
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Dutch Meyer (927)
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  8. Paul Schaal (924)
  9. Mickey Rivers (916)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1969
Had first career hit on 4/2/1970, off Al Jackson (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1970, off Sandy Koufax (OAK)
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/5/1972
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/30/1975
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
10/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 1B Tony Solaita, RF Jim Spencer, 2B Ted Sizemore. Going to CLE: CF Tommie Agee, P Kevin Kobel, P Frank Maccormack, P Skip Guinn)
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/13/1979 to a 4-year deal worth $4,000,045 per year
Released by Baltimore on 10/28/1979
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/8/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $2,505,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia on 4/12/1981
 
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