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Virgil
Jester		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 198
 
Born: July 23, 1927 in Usa, CO, DENVER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960    1961   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 24 OAK AL   6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1953 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1954 26 OAK AL   6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1955 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 4 4
1956 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
1957 29 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 8 9 8 5 5 5
1958 30 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1959 31 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1960 32 OAK AL $ 3,664,286 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1961 33 OAK AL $ 4,428,571 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1962 34 OAK AL $ 4,490,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 3
1963 35 OAK AL $ 4,490,000 5 3 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,490,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
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
1952 24 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 26 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 32 OAK AL $ 3,664,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 33 OAK AL $ 4,428,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 34 OAK AL $ 4,490,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 35 OAK AL $ 4,490,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,490,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 24 AA   2 2 .500 54 0 0 0 2 47.7 43 17 0 16 29 3.21 .249 .312 .301 .613  
1954 26 AAA   3 1 .750 42 0 0 0 1 70.3 89 49 12 25 58 6.27 .308 .363 .498 .861  
1955 27 AAA   2 3 .400 23 0 0 0 2 25.3 24 8 2 9 18 2.84 .247 .311 .361 .672  
1956 28 OAK AL 0 1 .000 13 1 1 0 0 29.3 28 15 5 7 10 4.60 .248 .292 .442 .734 0.4
1957 29 OAK AL 9 5 .643 47 0 0 0 6 64.0 60 27 9 12 40 3.80 .248 .281 .430 .711 7.7
1958 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 1 16.7 24 10 1 4 6 5.40 .329 .364 .466 .829 0.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286  
1959 31 OAK AL 15 15 .500 35 35 6 3 0 257.0 238 93 31 53 158 3.26 .245 .285 .390 .675 15.3
1960 32 OAK AL 17 9 .654 37 37 5 3 0 277.3 222 75 28 45 169 2.43 .218 .252 .338 .590 23.7
1961 33 OAK AL 17 17 .500 41 41 10 1 0 305.7 310 126 35 52 213 3.71 .263 .295 .394 .689 15.9
1962 34 OAK AL 13 16 .448 34 34 5 0 0 239.0 276 127 31 39 122 4.78 .293 .322 .433 .754 5.6
1963 35 OAK AL 4 12 .250 23 21 0 0 0 136.7 187 86 20 32 53 5.66 .324 .358 .467 .825 0.0
1964 36 AA   5 3 .625 76 0 0 0 7 62.3 65 25 8 21 39 3.61 .267 .326 .420 .746  
8 Years Sim 75 76 .497 244 169 27 7 7 1325.6 1345 559 160 244 771 3.80 .263 .297 .401 .698 68.7
3 Years AAA 5 4 .556 66 0 0 0 3 98.0 114 57 14 34 78 5.24 .290 .347 .458 .805  
2 Years AA 7 5 .583 130 0 0 0 9 110.0 108 42 8 37 68 3.44 .260 .320 .370 .690  
5 Years Minors 12 9 .571 196 0 0 0 12 208.0 222 99 22 71 146 4.28 .274 .333 .413 .746  
Season Average 9 9 .500 30 21 3 0 0 165.7 168 69 20 30 96 3.80 .263 .297 .401 .698  
Career Highs 17 17 .654 47 41 10 3 6 305.7 310 127 35 53 213 5.66 .329 .364 .467 .829  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   682 284 80 109 440   .249 .278 .382 .660
vs LH   663 275 80 135 331   .278 .317 .423 .740
Home 44 38 .537 130 92 15 5 1 734.3 743 316 87 124 411 3.87 .262 .293 .395 .688
Away 31 38 .449 114 77 12 2 6 591.3 602 243 73 120 360 3.70 .264 .301 .409 .710
Mar/Apr 17 9 .654 41 28 2 0 2 221.0 193 84 17 42 135 3.42 .232 .269 .330 .599
May 14 14 .500 37 34 6 1 0 258.0 255 99 31 43 141 3.45 .259 .290 .391 .681
June 11 19 .367 39 34 6 3 1 242.3 279 134 38 47 123 4.98 .291 .324 .459 .783
July 11 11 .500 42 23 3 0 0 188.7 220 94 26 30 114 4.48 .293 .320 .449 .769
August 11 11 .500 50 28 5 0 3 231.3 223 78 25 47 143 3.03 .252 .289 .386 .675
Sep/Oct 11 12 .478 35 22 5 3 1 184.3 175 70 23 35 115 3.42 .249 .284 .388 .672
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
1956 28 OAK AL 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0
1957 29 OAK AL 47 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.3 0.5
1958 30 OAK AL 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1959 31 OAK AL 35 85 5 12 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 30 .141 .146 .165 .311 1.5 0.0
1960 32 OAK AL 37 91 7 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .187 .213 .198 .411 3.1 0.0
1961 33 OAK AL 41 97 5 17 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 42 .175 .190 .186 .376 2.4 0.0
1962 34 OAK AL 34 75 6 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 20 .147 .156 .187 .343 1.0 0.0
1963 35 OAK AL 23 43 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .093 .111 .116 .227 -1.7 0.0
8 Years Sim 244 405 27 64 3 1 1 27 0 1 7 133 .158 .172 .178 .350 6.4 0.5
162 Game Average 268 17 42 1 0 0 17 0 0 4 88 .158 .172 .178 .350 4.2  
Career Highs 47 97 7 17 1 1 1 7 0 1 3 42 .600 .600 .600 1.200 3.1  
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   270 22 49 2 1 0 18 0 1 4 79 .181 .191 .196 .387 5.3
vs LH   135 5 15 1 0 1 9 0 0 3 54 .111 .135 .141 .275 -1.8
Home 100 214 13 29 2 0 1 17 0 1 6 77 .136 .156 .159 .314 -0.2
Away 114 191 14 35 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 56 .183 .191 .199 .390 3.6
RISP   100 0 15 1 0 0 25 0 0 1 29 .150 .150 .160 .310 -0.1
Close/Late   28 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .179 .167 .179 .345 0.3
Mar/Apr 30 63 6 10 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 19 .159 .203 .190 .393 1.5
May 36 81 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 28 .099 .120 .111 .232 -2.1
June 36 80 6 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 31 .138 .157 .188 .344 0.7
July 23 54 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -1.6
August 33 70 5 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 .200 .192 .200 .392 1.6
Sep/Oct 35 57 3 15 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .263 .263 .281 .544 3.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1956 28 OAK AL P 13 1 29.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1957 29 OAK AL P 47 0 64.0 6 17 0 2 1.000 3.23    
1958 30 OAK AL P 14 0 16.7 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.32    
1959 31 OAK AL P 35 35 257.0 12 54 0 6 1.000 2.31    
1960 32 OAK AL P 37 37 277.3 19 58 3 2 .963 2.50    
1961 33 OAK AL P 41 41 305.7 27 50 1 3 .987 2.27    
1962 34 OAK AL P 34 34 239.0 23 45 1 4 .986 2.56    
1963 35 OAK AL P 23 21 136.7 8 32 1 0 .976 2.63    
Career Totals   244 169 1325.6 98 269 6 17 .984 2.49    
Career Highs   47 41 305.7 27 58 3 6 1.000 4.32    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1961 33 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 31.3 20 5 3 7 21 1.44 .175 .223 .289 .513
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 31.3 20 5 3 7 21 1.44 .175 .223 .289 .513
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
1961 33 OAK AL 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1959-7-3.26
1960-2-2.43
 Wins
1960-8-17
 Losses
1961-7-17
 Winning Pct
1960-5-.654
 Games Started
1961-8-41
 Complete Games
1961-7-10
Shutouts
1959-5-3
1960-5-3
 Innings Pitched
1961-8-305.7
 Hits Allowed
1961-4-310
 Homeruns Allowed
1961-7-35
1962-10-31
 Walks per 9IP
1959-4-1.9
1960-5-1.5
1961-5-1.5
1962-4-1.5
CAR-30-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1960-7-7.2
WHiP
1959-5-1.13
1960-2-0.96
CAR-40-1.20
 OAVG
1960-8-.218
 OOBP
1959-5-.285
1960-2-.252
CAR-45-.297
 OSLG
1960-9-.338
 OOPS
1960-4-.590
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Eddie Watt (951)
  2. Rob Dressler (951)
  3. Rick Aguilera (948)
  4. Don Robinson (943)
  5. Joe Cowley (938)
  6. Jakie May (937)
  7. Craig Lefferts (937)
  8. Bruce Hurst (934)
  9. Joe Schaffernoth (933)
  10. Jim Slaton (932)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jakie May (998)
  2. Jim Bunning (997)
  3. Bill Lee (995)
  4. Hi Bithorn (994)
  5. Guy Bush (992)
  6. Red Shea (990)
  7. George Pipgras (989)
  8. Walter Beall (989)
  9. Tim McNamara (988)
  10. Joe Coleman (988)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 74th overall pick, by Oakland in 1952
Earned first career win on 4/4/1957
Had first career hit on 9/11/1957, off Walt Masterson (TAM)
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1959, going 5-0, 1.73
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1960, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Injured on 7/14/1960 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1960, winning 2 games with a 2.35 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1960, going 5-0, 2.20
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
7/31/1961: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,490,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Injured on 4/22/1962 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 6/27/1962, off Jack Kralick (WOR)
Injured on 8/31/1962 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (N) on 2/3/1964 (Going to OAK: C Red Wilson. Going to CLN: DH Ray Barker, 2B Jim Gilliam, P Virgil Jester)
Injured on 7/14/1964 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Released by Cleveland (N) on 9/1/1964
 
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