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Tony
Kubek		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 201
 
Born: October 12, 1936 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Gold Glove 1958    1960    1967    1968    1969   
All-Star Selections 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
1957 20 BRK NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1958 21 BRK NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1960 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
1961 24 BRK NL $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
1962 25 BRK NL $ 1,892,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 3 4 4 6 7 7
1963 26 BRK NL $ 2,385,714   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1964 27 BRK NL $ 2,890,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1965 28 NYG NL $ 2,890,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1966 29 NYG NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6
1967 30 NYG NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 31 NYG NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1969 32 NYG NL $ 3,400,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
1970 33 COL NL     6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1971 34 DET AL $ 700,007   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1972 35 BOS AL $ 700,007   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1973 36 BOS AL $ 700,007   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,400,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5 8 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
1957 20 BRK NL 120 429 54 120 15 1 5 40 0 0 17 48 .280 .309 .354 .663 42.9 5.6
    AAA   24 59 5 22 6 0 0 3 3 0 6 6 .373 .431 .475 .905 11.3  
1958 21 BRK NL 133 499 58 144 27 3 3 40 0 0 31 59 .289 .330 .373 .703 57.3 9.4
1959 22 BRK NL 126 447 49 134 23 5 2 47 0 0 17 71 .300 .328 .387 .715 52.3 9.8
1960 23 BRK NL 152 598 80 173 45 5 3 67 0 0 36 84 .289 .329 .396 .725 70.6 12.6
1961 24 BRK NL 147 526 82 158 23 1 6 41 0 0 28 86 .300 .338 .382 .720 63.4 10.2
1962 25 BRK NL 127 410 54 120 18 3 2 31 0 0 27 58 .293 .337 .366 .703 45.0 7.4
1963 26 BRK NL 142 465 52 132 19 4 4 41 0 0 24 70 .284 .321 .368 .689 48.8 7.5
1964 27 BRK NL 154 594 74 153 26 5 9 44 0 0 47 95 .258 .310 .364 .674 66.7 14.4
1965 28 LAD NL 101 345 36 82 14 3 7 33 0 0 21 46 .238 .285 .357 .641 33.1 3.4
  NYG NL 55 157 17 34 3 1 3 17 0 0 18 31 .217 .299 .306 .605 14.8 1.1
  TOT   156 502 53 116 17 4 10 50 0 0 39 77 .231 .290 .341 .630 47.9 4.5
1966 29 NYG NL 153 527 69 149 29 2 8 52 1 0 39 62 .283 .335 .391 .725 64.8 13.2
1967 30 NYG NL 150 481 55 126 24 4 8 56 4 3 44 79 .262 .324 .378 .703 55.2 9.4
1968 31 NYG NL 136 392 61 105 17 2 6 60 0 0 53 62 .268 .355 .367 .722 52.9 10.2
1969 32 NYG NL 133 413 48 102 24 4 6 39 0 0 35 106 .247 .309 .368 .677 45.2 5.1
1970 33 COL NL 98 353 41 82 10 2 2 29 0 2 25 87 .232 .282 .289 .571 26.4 1.6
1971 34 NYG NL 24 58 6 17 3 0 1 11 0 0 5 9 .293 .349 .397 .746 7.3 1.4
  DET AL 71 205 32 44 8 3 5 21 0 2 19 57 .215 .286 .356 .642 19.9 1.7
  TOT   95 263 38 61 11 3 6 32 0 2 24 66 .232 .300 .365 .665 27.2 3.1
1972 35 DET AL 8 31 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .290 .290 .419 .710 3.3 0.3
  BOS AL 62 177 23 41 7 1 0 16 0 0 10 38 .232 .277 .282 .560 11.9 0.0
  TOT   70 208 28 50 8 1 1 18 0 0 10 41 .240 .279 .303 .582 15.2 0.3
    AAA   19 29 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 11 .207 .207 .345 .552 1.6  
1973 36 AAA   27 28 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .143 .200 .179 .379 0.6  
16 Years Sim 2092 7107 896 1925 336 49 81 687 5 7 496 1151 .271 .320 .366 .686 781.7 124.2
3 Years AAA 70 116 9 32 8 0 1 7 3 1 8 21 .276 .328 .371 .699 13.6  
162 Game Average 550 69 149 26 3 6 53 0 0 38 89 .271 .320 .366 .686 60.5  
Career Highs 156 598 82 173 45 5 10 67 4 3 53 106 .300 .355 .396 .725 70.6  
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   5000 661 1433 244 31 58 501 1 4 345 709 .287 .334 .383 .716 615.2
vs LH   2107 235 492 92 18 23 186 4 3 151 442 .234 .286 .327 .613 193.6
Home 1044 3506 462 967 155 23 43 332 2 3 254 555 .276 .326 .370 .696 412.5
Away 1048 3601 434 958 181 26 38 355 3 4 242 596 .266 .314 .362 .676 396.4
RISP   1465 0 417 85 16 19 562 0 0 107 254 .285 .330 .403 .733 189.5
Pinch Hitting   156 14 36 8 0 1 18 0 0 11 24 .231 .286 .301 .587 12.9
Close/Late   776 107 233 38 8 10 69 0 0 55 115 .300 .347 .409 .755 105.2
Mar/Apr 323 1147 142 297 46 12 15 122 0 0 79 180 .259 .307 .359 .666 124.5
May 370 1284 166 350 60 8 18 118 2 1 83 215 .273 .320 .374 .693 148.0
June 332 1139 145 305 57 4 14 104 0 0 90 196 .268 .322 .362 .683 130.9
July 375 1289 168 381 64 10 13 143 1 2 78 205 .296 .337 .391 .728 161.1
August 353 1150 131 303 57 8 6 94 2 4 77 188 .263 .310 .343 .653 117.9
Sep/Oct 339 1098 144 289 52 7 15 106 0 0 89 167 .263 .320 .364 .684 126.4
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
1957 20 BRK NL SS 116 110 953.3 171 391 19 89 .967 5.31   4.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 21 BRK NL SS 130 124 1063.0 156 454 20 94 .968 5.16   5.4
1959 22 BRK NL SS 119 118 1002.7 139 361 18 74 .965 4.49   5.4
1960 23 BRK NL SS 148 147 1299.7 186 524 22 99 .970 4.92   6.2
1961 24 BRK NL SS 141 124 1119.3 153 421 24 84 .960 4.62   5.6
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1962 25 BRK NL SS 99 92 782.0 109 310 17 54 .961 4.82   4.5
    1B 2 1 10.0 10 1 0 2 1.000 9.90   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 26 BRK NL SS 110 107 903.3 132 347 18 58 .964 4.77   4.1
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 27 BRK NL SS 150 142 1276.0 177 469 16 79 .976 4.56   4.0
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1965 28 LAD NL SS 95 84 787.7 114 337 18 52 .962 5.15   2.5
  NYG NL SS 51 46 375.0 54 160 8 25 .964 5.14   1.5
  TOT   SS 146 130 1162.7 168 497 26 77 .962 5.15   4.0
1966 29 NYG NL SS 149 138 1216.0 166 487 21 68 .969 4.83   3.6
1967 30 NYG NL SS 149 143 1245.7 175 549 19 95 .974 5.23   8.5
1968 31 NYG NL SS 132 122 1065.7 161 468 19 73 .971 5.31   7.2
1969 32 NYG NL SS 131 125 1072.7 143 465 25 82 .961 5.10   2.5
1970 33 COL NL SS 97 96 830.3 117 372 14 56 .972 5.30   2.8
1971 34 NYG NL SS 22 21 149.0 18 65 3 9 .965 5.01   0.7
  DET AL SS 64 61 533.3 66 232 13 31 .958 5.03   1.7
  TOT   SS 86 82 682.3 84 297 16 40 .960 5.03   2.4
1972 35 DET AL SS 8 8 75.5 11 31 1 5 .977 5.01   0.2
  BOS AL SS 60 58 467.4 69 195 5 32 .981 5.08   2.6
  SS 1971 1866 16217.5 2317 6638 300 1159 .968 4.97   73.9
  1B 2 1 10.0 10 1 0 2 1.000 9.90   0.0
  2B 1 1 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 2 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1979 1868 16247.2 2328 6644 300 1161 .968 4.97   74.0
Career Highs   151 147 1299.7 186 549 26 99 .981 5.31    
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
1965 28 NYG NL 11 35 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .200 .282 .200 .482
1967 30 NYG NL 19 57 4 12 3 1 1 4 0 0 4 14 .211 .262 .351 .613
1968 31 NYG NL 4 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .667 1.238
Career Post-Season Batting 34 98 8 22 4 1 1 4 0 0 9 24 .224 .290 .316 .606
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
1960-10-.289
1961-7-.300
 Games
1965-6-156
 At-Bats
1960-2-598
1964-3-594
 Hits
1960-6-173
 Singles
1958-8-111
1959-9-104
1960-8-120
1961-4-128
1964-9-113
 Doubles
1960-1-45
1966-9-29
Triples
1959-10-5
1960-6-5
1964-5-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Brideweser (939)
  2. Ken Oberkfell (916)
  3. Wayne Causey (902)
  4. Lee Lacy (900)
  5. Harvey Kuenn (897)
  6. Lou Klein (896)
  7. Odell Hale (893)
  8. Luke Appling (889)
  9. Don Blasingame (888)
  10. Chris Speier (886)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1957
Traded from New York (A) to Brooklyn on 4/2/1957 (Going to BRK: C Earl Battey, SS Tony Kubek. Going to NYA: 3B Randy Jackson)
Had first career hit on 5/5/1957, off Bob Anderson (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1957, off Joey Jay (CIN)
Injured on 7/31/1957 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1958
Injured on 6/5/1959 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 7/13/1959
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1959, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
7/1/1963: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,890,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (N) on 7/31/1965 (Going to NYG: SS Tony Kubek. Going to LAD: P Wally Bunker, SS Ron Hunt)
7/31/1965: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $3,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 8/12/1966
Hit for the cycle against Boston (N) on 8/25/1967
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1967
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1968
Injured on 9/29/1969 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1969
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/16/1970 to a 3-year deal worth $1,849,876 per year
Released by Colorado on 7/31/1970
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/26/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $700,007 per year
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1971 (Going to NYG: P Al Jackson. Going to DET: 3B Billy Williams, SS Tony Kubek)
Injured on 8/22/1971 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 3/25/1972 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 6/1/1972 (Going to BOS: P Don Drysdale, RF Oscar Gamble, P Paul Splittorff, SS Tony Kubek. Going to DET: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer)
 
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