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Aaron
Pointer		  
Nickname: Hawk
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 19, 1942 in Usa, AR, LITTLE ROCK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 21 BSN NL     4 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 7 10 10 10 3 2 2
1964 22 BRK NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 3 2 2
1965 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 4 4
1966 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 4 4
1967 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 9 8 9 10 10 10 5 4 4
1968 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 4 4
1969 27 LAD NL $ 3,021,429   7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 4 4
1970 28 LAD NL $ 3,021,429   6 6 6 3 2 3 8 8 8 10 10 10 4 3 4
1971 29 LAD NL $ 3,021,429   6 6 6 3 2 3 9 8 8 10 10 10 4 3 4
1972 30 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 9 10 10 10 4 3 4
1973 31 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 8 10 10 10 4 4 4
1974 32 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10 3 3 3
1975 33 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 3 2 3 8 8 8 10 10 10 3 3 3
1976 34 COL NL     6 6 6 3 2 3 8 8 8 10 10 10 3 3 3
1977 35 SDP NL $ 3,000,004   4 4 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
1978 36 MIA NL $ 3,000,004   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 3 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 4 4
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
1963 21 A   136 430 84 122 36 0 23 61 8 2 154 135 .284 .473 .528 1.001 114.1  
1964 22 AAA   2 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1.5  
    AA   100 335 39 98 25 1 13 54 1 2 74 96 .293 .421 .490 .910 69.2  
    A   26 81 10 28 8 1 4 12 0 0 32 17 .346 .531 .617 1.148 25.9  
1965 23 LAD NL 97 332 47 81 17 0 10 30 0 0 65 79 .244 .378 .386 .764 54.3 10.2
    AAA   52 189 26 44 7 1 5 23 2 0 42 55 .233 .372 .360 .732 29.5  
1966 24 LAD NL 159 546 78 136 24 0 13 55 2 0 103 160 .249 .373 .364 .738 82.1 16.3
1967 25 LAD NL 159 553 81 135 32 1 14 50 3 0 85 166 .244 .354 .382 .736 77.2 16.2
1968 26 LAD NL 109 410 69 120 34 4 0 33 0 1 57 118 .293 .382 .395 .777 61.9 16.8
1969 27 LAD NL 154 605 91 159 37 1 10 66 1 0 99 176 .263 .375 .377 .752 89.2 21.5
1970 28 LAD NL 101 365 53 92 28 2 4 35 0 0 52 99 .252 .353 .373 .726 47.7 9.4
1971 29 LAD NL 137 507 66 134 30 0 6 46 3 1 76 141 .264 .367 .359 .726 70.8 13.4
1972 30 LAD NL 137 510 69 156 35 0 5 56 2 0 81 150 .306 .407 .404 .811 84.1 19.4
1973 31 LAD NL 89 262 37 71 14 3 2 20 0 0 56 72 .271 .401 .370 .771 42.3 9.6
1974 32 NYA AL 121 385 47 105 26 2 2 39 0 0 71 86 .273 .399 .366 .765 59.8 9.5
1975 33 NYA AL 158 536 76 130 32 2 6 50 1 0 90 145 .243 .355 .343 .698 68.4 10.6
1976 34 COL NL 52 153 27 32 6 0 1 25 3 0 31 45 .209 .363 .268 .631 19.6 3.0
    AAA   80 281 53 83 23 0 8 47 2 0 72 71 .295 .439 .463 .902 59.9  
1977 35 SDP NL 74 202 21 47 14 0 2 21 0 0 28 53 .233 .332 .332 .664 22.4 3.5
1978 36 MIA NL 49 112 14 18 2 1 0 8 1 0 18 19 .161 .288 .196 .484 8.0 0.0
14 Years Sim 1596 5478 776 1416 331 16 75 534 16 2 912 1509 .258 .372 .366 .738 787.8 159.4
3 Years AAA 134 477 81 129 30 1 14 71 4 0 114 128 .270 .414 .426 .840 90.9  
1 Years AA 100 335 39 98 25 1 13 54 1 2 74 96 .293 .430 .490 .919 69.2  
2 Years A 162 511 94 150 44 1 27 73 8 2 186 152 .294 .486 .542 1.028 140.0  
6 Years Minors 396 1323 214 377 99 3 54 198 13 4 374 376 .285 .447 .487 .934 300.1  
162 Game Average 556 78 143 33 1 7 54 1 0 92 153 .258 .372 .366 .738 80.0  
Career Highs 159 605 91 159 37 4 14 66 3 1 103 176 .306 .407 .404 .811 89.2  
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   3139 436 797 182 11 36 311 6 1 478 860 .254 .361 .353 .714 416.8
vs LH   2339 340 619 149 5 39 223 10 1 434 649 .265 .386 .383 .768 365.6
Home 794 2667 368 716 162 8 32 265 8 0 458 748 .268 .383 .371 .754 397.9
Away 802 2811 408 700 169 8 43 269 8 2 454 761 .249 .361 .361 .722 384.4
RISP   1170 0 317 73 2 16 419 0 0 219 328 .271 .392 .378 .770 183.3
Pinch Hitting   98 11 24 6 2 1 15 1 0 22 28 .245 .403 .378 .781 15.9
Close/Late   603 43 146 29 1 11 70 0 0 84 172 .242 .349 .348 .697 74.9
Mar/Apr 259 908 140 258 63 2 8 87 4 1 147 248 .284 .389 .384 .773 139.4
May 282 957 137 217 48 2 13 86 0 0 160 260 .227 .349 .322 .671 115.7
June 267 912 110 223 62 3 9 84 2 0 149 257 .245 .358 .349 .706 120.1
July 267 917 135 230 51 2 14 92 2 0 166 256 .251 .371 .357 .728 131.3
August 264 890 134 247 55 4 12 85 4 0 144 247 .278 .385 .389 .774 137.0
Sep/Oct 257 894 120 241 52 3 19 100 4 1 146 241 .270 .380 .398 .778 138.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 23 LAD NL 2B 93 87 768.7 205 300 14 63 .973 5.91   1.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 24 LAD NL 2B 156 140 1250.7 322 562 13 116 .986 6.36   6.1
    LF 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1967 25 LAD NL 2B 128 117 1066.0 225 495 20 97 .973 6.08   4.3
    LF 28 23 216.7 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.4
1968 26 LAD NL 2B 106 101 876.0 209 335 22 70 .961 5.59   1.7
1969 27 LAD NL 2B 5 0 10.7 1 4 1 1 .833 4.22   0.0
1970 28 LAD NL 2B 8 0 12.7 6 6 1 0 .923 8.53   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1971 29 LAD NL 2B 98 96 800.0 202 315 7 74 .987 5.82   4.7
    LF 28 26 225.3 49 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.7
1972 30 LAD NL 2B 71 67 586.3 148 215 4 54 .989 5.57   2.7
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1973 31 LAD NL LF 10 0 24.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.1
    2B 10 0 14.3 4 7 1 2 .917 6.91   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 32 NYA AL 2B 88 86 724.7 134 254 12 38 .970 4.82   1.4
    LF 2 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
1975 33 NYA AL 2B 156 149 1284.0 235 454 11 94 .984 4.83   4.4
1976 34 COL NL 1B 47 42 332.3 381 29 4 33 .990 11.10   0.3
    2B 4 1 13.0 5 6 1 2 .917 7.62   0.1
1977 35 SDP NL 1B 35 33 278.7 374 30 4 44 .990 13.05   0.5
    LF 28 25 211.0 50 1 0 1 1.000 2.18   0.3
    2B 10 1 30.0 12 25 0 6 1.000 11.10   0.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 36 MIA NL LF 36 33 267.0 53 1 1 1 .982 1.82   0.6
    2B 12 2 44.0 8 16 1 4 .960 4.91   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 945 847 7481.0 1716 2994 108 621 .978 5.67   27.1
  LF 136 107 973.7 208 2 1 2 .995 1.94   2.1
  1B 83 75 612.0 755 59 8 77 .990 11.97   0.8
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1166 1029 9069.6 2679 3056 117 700 .980 5.69   29.9
Career Highs   157 149 1284.0 436 562 22 116 .992 10.97    
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
1969 27 LAD NL 7 27 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 11 .148 .303 .185 .488
1970 28 LAD NL 9 21 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 .143 .321 .238 .560
1974 32 NYA AL 19 57 8 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 16 21 .298 .452 .386 .838
1975 33 NYA AL 4 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .231 .333 .231 .564
1976 34 COL NL 9 26 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .423 .516 .500 1.016
Career Post-Season Batting 48 144 19 38 10 0 0 16 0 0 34 51 .264 .406 .333 .739
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
1972-8-.306
 On-Base Pct
1966-5-.373
1968-9-.359*
1969-7-.375
1972-1-.407
 Games
1966-1-159
1967-2-159
1969-10-154
1975-2-158
 At-Bats
1969-3-605
 Runs
1969-8-91
 Doubles
1967-10-32
1968-5-34
1969-6-37
1972-7-35
Walks
1966-2-103
1967-3-85
1969-1-99
1972-7-81
 Strikeouts
1966-1-160
1967-1-166
1968-8-118
1969-1-176
1971-3-141
1972-2-150
1975-3-145
CAR-37-1509
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Willie Davis (897)
  2. Al Gionfriddo (896)
  3. Fred Sington (893)
  4. Ray Sanders (885)
  5. Wally Backman (880)
  6. Connie Ryan (872)
  7. Wes Parker (871)
  8. Ed Morgan (871)
  9. Dom Dallessandro (866)
  10. Terry Puhl (863)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1963
Injured on 6/13/1963 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/3/1963 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Traded from Boston (N) to Brooklyn on 2/1/1964 (Going to BSN: CF Mickey Mantle. Going to BRK: LF Aaron Pointer)
Injured on 6/5/1964 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
Injured on 7/31/1964 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/2/1965, off Chuck Stobbs (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/3/1965, off Dick Radatz (OAK)
Injured on 8/19/1965 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 8/31/1965
Injured on 3/21/1968 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/10/1968 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/19/1970 with a Broken Foot, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/13/1970 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1971, hitting .588 with 0 HR, 0 RBI
Injured on 6/2/1971 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
9/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/3/1973 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (A) on 3/3/1974 (Going to LAD: 3B Bill Madlock, P Jim Maloney. Going to NYA: LF Curt Blefary, 2B Aaron Pointer)
Injured on 8/19/1974 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/5/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $3,429,384 per year
Released by Colorado on 10/29/1976
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/2/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,004 per year
Injured on 5/26/1977 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from San Diego to Miami on 2/4/1978 (Going to SDP: P Ken Holtzman. Going to MIA: SS Taylor Duncan, 1B Mike Jorgensen, 1B Aaron Pointer)
 
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