George
Strickland
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 10, 1926 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1956    1957    1958    1960   
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
1950 24 SEM AL     3 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
1951 25 SEM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1952 26 SEM AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1953 27 SEM AL     4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1954 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7
1955 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1956 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1957 31 SEM AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1958 32 SEM AL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 7
1959 33 BRK NL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 7
1960 34 BRK NL $ 2,050,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 6
1961 35 BRK NL $ 2,050,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
1962 36 NYA AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,050,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 7
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
1950 24 A   137 508 90 118 19 4 14 48 7 9 142 63 .232 .400 .368 .768 87.7  
1951 25 AA   136 517 80 135 24 3 14 53 9 5 109 85 .261 .390 .400 .790 88.0  
1952 26 AAA   130 460 47 124 16 0 14 58 6 9 84 76 .270 .382 .396 .778 73.2  
1953 27 AAA   136 526 75 149 22 4 19 79 4 6 78 77 .283 .376 .449 .824 88.5  
1954 28 SEM AL 101 282 34 65 7 0 6 32 0 0 34 53 .230 .312 .319 .631 29.2 2.8
1955 29 SEM AL 147 488 79 124 18 0 9 60 0 0 68 85 .254 .345 .346 .692 60.7 7.5
1956 30 SEM AL 154 548 81 142 26 0 7 59 0 0 75 95 .259 .351 .345 .696 71.4 11.6
1957 31 SEM AL 156 511 67 124 19 1 8 43 0 0 79 88 .243 .345 .331 .675 63.3 9.9
1958 32 SEM AL 154 555 72 145 19 2 7 58 0 0 80 101 .261 .353 .341 .694 69.7 10.1
1959 33 BRK NL 148 488 53 121 19 2 3 45 0 0 56 102 .248 .325 .314 .638 51.9 7.1
1960 34 BRK NL 145 490 56 131 17 4 5 47 0 0 69 109 .267 .358 .349 .707 65.4 12.0
1961 35 BRK NL 105 329 32 81 5 3 0 16 0 0 17 78 .246 .289 .280 .569 22.3 0.2
1962 36 NYA AL 33 44 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .182 .234 .182 .416 1.0 0.0
    AAA   54 198 24 53 7 1 0 11 2 4 18 40 .268 .329 .313 .642 19.9  
9 Years Sim 1143 3735 478 941 130 12 45 360 0 0 480 719 .252 .338 .329 .667 435.0 61.3
3 Years AAA 320 1184 146 326 45 5 33 148 12 19 180 193 .275 .372 .405 .777 181.5  
1 Years AA 136 517 80 135 24 3 14 53 9 5 109 85 .261 .390 .400 .790 88.0  
1 Years A 137 508 90 118 19 4 14 48 7 9 142 63 .232 .404 .368 .772 87.7  
5 Years Minors 593 2209 316 579 88 12 61 249 28 33 431 341 .262 .384 .396 .780 357.2  
162 Game Average 529 67 133 18 1 6 51 0 0 68 101 .252 .338 .329 .667 61.7  
Career Highs 156 555 81 145 26 4 9 60 0 0 80 109 .267 .358 .349 .707 71.4  
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   2145 250 529 77 8 19 213 0 0 233 411 .247 .322 .317 .638 227.7
vs LH   1590 228 412 53 4 26 147 0 0 247 308 .259 .359 .347 .706 215.2
Home 582 1818 235 472 60 7 22 193 0 0 239 346 .260 .347 .337 .684 225.7
Away 561 1917 243 469 70 5 23 167 0 0 241 373 .245 .329 .322 .652 217.2
RISP   813 0 222 30 1 12 298 0 0 122 150 .273 .363 .357 .719 114.2
Pinch Hitting   16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .063 .250 .063 .313 0.4
Close/Late   397 47 77 11 1 4 23 0 0 47 82 .194 .285 .257 .542 30.5
Mar/Apr 185 596 78 149 22 1 10 68 0 0 66 115 .250 .327 .341 .667 68.8
May 200 676 81 173 25 2 11 66 0 0 86 143 .256 .341 .348 .689 84.4
June 198 653 77 157 22 4 2 62 0 0 83 129 .240 .324 .296 .620 68.0
July 177 584 80 142 21 0 8 60 0 0 78 102 .243 .333 .320 .654 67.2
August 185 595 86 154 22 2 7 48 0 0 91 105 .259 .357 .338 .695 78.1
Sep/Oct 198 631 76 166 18 3 7 56 0 0 76 125 .263 .345 .334 .679 76.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1954 28 SEM AL SS 71 52 477.7 92 239 12 49 .965 6.24   2.4
    2B 18 17 148.7 44 70 2 16 .983 6.90   0.6
    3B 11 11 95.0 10 29 0 6 1.000 3.69   0.7
1955 29 SEM AL 3B 100 99 849.7 62 248 2 18 .994 3.28   2.5
    SS 46 42 356.0 65 157 6 29 .974 5.61   1.9
    2B 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 30 SEM AL 2B 148 148 1291.3 305 620 29 138 .970 6.45   5.2
    3B 2 2 16.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
1957 31 SEM AL 2B 155 154 1309.3 311 588 15 139 .984 6.18   7.3
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 32 SEM AL 2B 150 150 1338.3 297 595 13 127 .986 6.00   6.1
    SS 4 2 19.3 2 11 1 1 .929 6.05   0.1
1959 33 BRK NL 2B 136 134 1145.7 207 436 6 89 .991 5.05   6.8
    SS 8 8 62.0 6 25 0 5 1.000 4.50   0.4
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1960 34 BRK NL 2B 143 143 1221.7 241 497 13 90 .983 5.44   5.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 3 1.000 7.00   0.0
1961 35 BRK NL 2B 74 73 622.0 132 270 6 58 .985 5.82   2.9
    SS 29 28 225.0 24 90 4 11 .966 4.56   1.1
1962 36 NYA AL 2B 10 5 55.0 10 15 0 2 1.000 4.09   0.1
    SS 16 3 52.7 10 21 0 6 1.000 5.30   0.4
    1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 835 824 7135.6 1547 3091 84 659 .982 5.85   34.3
  SS 174 135 1192.7 199 543 23 101 .970 5.60   6.3
  3B 114 112 961.3 73 282 2 24 .994 3.32   3.3
  1B 3 1 15.0 11 0 0 3 1.000 6.60   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1127 1072 9306.6 1830 3916 109 787 .981 5.56   43.9
Career Highs   156 154 1357.7 311 625 29 139 1.000 6.41    
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
1957 31 SEM AL 5 17 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .353 .476 .412 .888
Career Post-Season Batting 5 17 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .353 .476 .412 .888
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
1957-8-156
Triples
1960-10-4
Walks
1958-9-80
1960-7-69
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Rudy Meoli (917)
  7. Ron Theobald (915)
  8. Randy Ready (914)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1950
Injured on 6/2/1952 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/1952 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/7/1954, off Karl Spooner (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1954, off Al Aber (SDP)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1956
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Brooklyn on 2/1/1959 (Going to BRK: RF Wally Post, SS George Strickland. Going to SEM: LF Tommy Brown)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/19/1959
10/3/1959: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,050,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1960
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 2/3/1962 (Going to CLN: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Preston Ward. Going to NYA: 2B George Strickland)
Released by New York (A) on 11/1/1962