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Howie Koplitz	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 11'' Weight: 195   Born: May 4, 1938 in Usa, WI, OSHKOSH

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1961	23	BOS	AL		6			3		4		3		4		5		5		6		6		6
1962	24	WOR	AL		6			3		4		3		5		6		5		6		7		6
1963	25	WOR	AL		7			3		4		4		5		6		6		6		7		7
1964	26	WOR	AL		7			4		5		4		5		6		6		7		8		8
1965	27	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	7			4		5		4		5		6		6		7		8		8
1966	28	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	7			4		4		4		5		6		6		8		9		9
1967	29	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	6			4		4		4		5		6		6		8		9		9
1968	30	KCR	AL	$ 1,100,000	6			4		4		4		5		6		6		9		9		9
1969	31	KCR	AL	$ 1,100,000	6			4		5		4		5		6		6		8		8		8
1970	32	KCR	AL	$ 1,100,000	6			4		5		4		5		6		6		7		8		8
1971	33	NYG	NL	$ 1,100,000	6			4		5		4		5		6		6		8		8		8
1972	34	BOS	AL	$ 300,000	6			3		4		4		4		5		5		8		8		8
OOTP6 Min Ratings					6			3		4		3		4		5		5		6		6		6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,100,000	7			4		5		4		5		6		6		9		9		9

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
1961	23	BOS	AL					1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1962	24	WOR	AL					1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1963	25	WOR	AL					1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1964	26	WOR	AL					1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1965	27	KCR	AL	$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1966	28	KCR	AL	$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1967	29	KCR	AL	$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1968	30	KCR	AL	$ 1,100,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1969	31	KCR	AL	$ 1,100,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1970	32	KCR	AL	$ 1,100,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1971	33	NYG	NL	$ 1,100,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
1972	34	BOS	AL	$ 300,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
OOTP6 Min Ratings								1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,100,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2

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
1961	23	AA		6	1	.857	81	0	0	0	9	70.7	63	19	4	22	73	2.42	.241	.300	.318	.618
1962	24	AA		3	2	.600	76	0	0	0	13	68.3	64	18	0	35	67	2.37	.256	.347	.284	.631
1963	25	AAA		0	2	.000	35	0	0	0	2	28.3	29	14	5	19	19	4.45	.261	.369	.423	.793
		AA		1	0	1.000	31	0	0	0	3	27.7	22	5	1	4	24	1.63	.229	.260	.292	.552
1964	26	AAA		17	6	.739	29	29	1	1	0	203.0	200	66	10	76	156	2.93	.258	.324	.346	.670
1965	27	KCR	AL	12	9	.571	34	25	7	2	1	202.0	178	68	8	76	92	3.03	.235	.304	.310	.613	13.9
1966	28	KCR	AL	3	4	.429	34	3	0	0	4	49.7	49	28	5	29	16	5.07	.259	.356	.392	.747	1.5
1967	29	KCR	AL	4	0	1.000	38	3	0	0	4	70.0	70	30	2	31	30	3.86	.258	.333	.347	.680	5.4
		AAA		3	0	1.000	31	0	0	0	1	41.7	42	18	1	15	33	3.89	.261	.324	.366	.690
1968	30	KCR	AL	7	4	.636	70	0	0	0	4	87.3	84	33	10	28	44	3.40	.251	.307	.383	.690	7.8
1969	31	KCR	AL	8	11	.421	54	0	0	0	9	122.3	118	54	7	48	58	3.97	.258	.327	.339	.667	7.5
1970	32	KCR	AL	5	7	.417	56	0	0	0	7	88.7	96	48	8	55	40	4.87	.278	.373	.406	.779	2.8
1971	33	NYG	NL	14	12	.538	33	33	2	0	0	229.3	234	102	21	100	99	4.00	.266	.341	.386	.728	16.3
1972	34	NYG	NL	3	5	.375	12	12	1	0	0	84.0	88	41	8	30	48	4.39	.269	.330	.388	.718	5.3
		BOS	AL	9	8	.529	22	22	2	0	0	147.3	161	67	14	65	69	4.09	.279	.351	.402	.753	10.5
		TOT		12	13	.480	34	34	3	0	0	231.3	249	108	22	95	117	4.20	.275	.343	.397	.740	15.8
1973	35	AAA		14	7	.667	30	30	4	2	0	216.3	200	69	15	90	112	2.87	.245	.320	.347	.667
8 Years Sim				65	60	.520	353	98	12	2	29	1080.6	1078	471	83	462	496	3.92	.261	.334	.368	.702	71.1
4 Years AAA				34	15	.694	125	59	5	3	3	489.3	471	167	31	200	320	3.07	.253	.325	.353	.678
3 Years AA				10	3	.769	188	0	0	0	25	166.7	149	42	5	61	164	2.27	.245	.314	.300	.614
7 Years Minors				44	18	.710	313	59	5	3	28	656.0	620	209	36	261	484	2.87	.251	.323	.340	.662
Season Average				8	7	.533	44	12	1	0	3	135.1	134	58	10	57	62	3.92	.261	.334	.368	.702
Career Highs				14	13	1.000	70	34	7	2	9	231.3	249	108	22	100	117	5.07	.278	.373	.406	.779

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										516	207	35	206	299		.237	.302	.331	.633
vs LH										562	264	48	256	197		.287	.370	.411	.781
Home	33	35	.485	171	49	6	1	14	533.0	536	265	42	247	263	4.47	.264	.343	.383	.726
Away	32	25	.561	182	49	6	1	15	547.6	542	206	41	215	233	3.39	.258	.327	.355	.681
Mar/Apr	9	15	.375	61	18	2	0	6	201.6	204	100	11	89	80	4.46	.266	.342	.362	.705
May	10	10	.500	68	11	1	0	4	160.0	175	75	15	70	87	4.22	.273	.344	.394	.738
June	8	7	.533	59	13	0	0	8	159.6	150	58	9	68	75	3.27	.253	.330	.368	.697
July	11	11	.500	50	17	1	0	2	169.0	177	85	18	65	74	4.53	.269	.335	.389	.724
August	12	9	.571	55	20	3	1	3	178.3	191	92	17	85	80	4.64	.278	.358	.393	.751
Sep/Oct	15	8	.652	60	19	5	1	6	212.0	181	61	13	85	100	2.59	.229	.304	.316	.620

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	27	KCR	AL	34	72	6	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	.125	.149	.125	.274	-0.5	0.0
1966	28	KCR	AL	34	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0.0	0.0
1967	29	KCR	AL	38	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.4	0.0
1968	30	KCR	AL	70	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0
4 Years Sim				176	96	6	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	28	.104	.122	.104	.227	-2.0	0.0
162 Game Average					88	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	.104	.122	.104	.227	-1.9
Career Highs				70	72	6	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	.143	.149	.143	.286	0.0

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		61	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	20	.066	.095	.066	.161	-3.1
vs LH		35	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.171	.171	.171	.343	0.2
Home	81	46	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.087	.087	.087	.174	-2.0
Away	95	50	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.120	.154	.120	.274	-0.9
RISP		18	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-0.5
Close/Late		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	-0.2
Mar/Apr	15	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.045	.087	.045	.132	-1.2
May	24	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.1
June	18	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.1
July	22	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-0.2
August	27	21	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.095	.136	.095	.232	-0.8
Sep/Oct	15	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.115	.115	.115	.231	-0.7

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1965	27	KCR	AL	P	34	25	202.0	13	45	1	6	.983	2.58
1966	28	KCR	AL	P	34	3	49.7	4	11	2	1	.882	2.72
1967	29	KCR	AL	P	38	3	70.0	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.41
1968	30	KCR	AL	P	70	0	87.3	10	15	0	1	1.000	2.58
1969	31	KCR	AL	P	54	0	122.3	5	15	0	2	1.000	1.47
1970	32	KCR	AL	P	56	0	88.7	4	16	0	0	1.000	2.03
1971	33	NYG	NL	P	33	33	229.3	16	33	1	4	.980	1.92
1972	34	NYG	NL	P	12	12	84.0	5	14	0	1	1.000	2.04
		BOS	AL	P	22	22	147.3	9	25	0	2	1.000	2.08
Career Totals					353	98	1080.6	70	181	4	18	.984	2.09
Career Highs					70	34	231.3	16	45	2	6	1.000	2.72

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
1968	30	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	6	0	0	0	0	7.7	9	6	0	7	6	7.05	.321	.457	.321	.779
1969	31	KCR	AL	0	0	.000	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	0	2	0	9.00	.333	.455	.556	1.010
1970	32	KCR	AL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500
Career Post-Season Pitching				0	1	.000	9	0	0	0	0	10.7	13	8	0	9	7	6.75	.317	.440	.366	.806

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
1968	30	KCR	AL	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Post-Season Batting				6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1965-10-3.03 Saves 1969-9-9 1970-9-7 Games Pitched 1968-7-70 1969-7-54 1970-7-56 Games Started 1971-4-33 Shutouts 1965-8-2 Walks Allowed 1971-6-100 OSLG 1965-7-.310 OOPS 1965-9-.613

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)

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History

Drafted in 5th round, 77th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1961

Earned first career win on 4/4/1965

Had first career hit on 4/8/1965, off Jim Brewer (COL)

Injured on 8/22/1966 with a Strained Back, out for one week

7/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 3/3/1971 (Going to NYG: 2B Chuck Schilling, P Howie Koplitz, P Phil Regan, C Don Pavletich. Going to KCR: P Buster Narum, P Jim Merritt, C Doc Edwards)

4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)

Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 6/1/1972 (Going to NYG: 3B Ken Reitz. Going to BOS: 3B Danny Cater, CF Larry Elliot, P Howie Koplitz, P Al Jackson, P Phil Regan)

Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/12/1973 to a 2-year deal worth $312,837 per year

Released by Colorado on 10/31/1973

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