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Bud
Zipfel		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 18, 1938 in Usa, IL, BELLEVILLE
 
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
1961 22 CIN NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
1962 23 COL NL     4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 4
1963 24 COL NL     4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
1964 25 COL NL     4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
1965 26 COL NL     4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 4
1966 27 COL NL     4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
1967 28 COL NL     4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
1968 29 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
1969 30 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
1970 31 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
1971 32 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
1972 33 COL NL     3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 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
1961 22 A   137 517 76 137 19 4 37 80 14 5 65 135 .265 .347 .532 .879 96.2  
1962 23 A   137 536 71 137 19 4 27 76 8 16 80 112 .256 .352 .457 .809 85.4  
1963 24 A   130 461 76 155 20 2 33 88 11 8 74 90 .336 .428 .603 1.031 109.2  
1964 25 AA   104 355 58 92 16 4 19 65 8 4 42 69 .259 .338 .487 .825 58.7  
    A   26 99 22 28 6 1 6 15 3 3 15 19 .283 .377 .545 .923 19.4  
1965 26 AA   131 506 69 125 12 1 36 84 4 16 60 105 .247 .327 .488 .815 78.9  
1966 27 AA   135 511 61 109 13 1 28 66 11 12 71 116 .213 .309 .407 .716 67.9  
1967 28 AA   137 516 59 116 18 3 26 71 12 10 75 119 .225 .323 .422 .746 74.1  
1968 29 COL NL 50 89 15 16 0 1 3 11 0 0 7 19 .180 .247 .303 .551 6.2 0.0
1969 30 COL NL 39 77 6 13 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 27 .169 .188 .247 .434 3.0 0.0
1970 31 COL NL 65 132 10 23 2 2 0 11 3 0 12 33 .174 .241 .220 .461 5.7 0.0
    AAA   26 91 15 22 2 0 6 13 1 0 11 21 .242 .324 .462 .785 14.4  
1971 32 COL NL 56 123 13 33 3 1 5 14 2 0 6 29 .268 .300 .431 .731 15.8 2.7
1972 33 COL NL 15 32 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 .250 .333 .250 .583 2.8 0.2
    AAA   81 316 40 67 16 3 11 46 3 2 23 79 .212 .265 .386 .652 32.8  
5 Years Sim 225 453 47 93 8 4 9 40 6 1 31 116 .205 .256 .300 .556 33.6 3.0
2 Years AAA 107 407 55 89 18 3 17 59 4 2 34 100 .219 .280 .403 .683 47.2  
4 Years AA 507 1888 247 442 59 9 109 286 35 42 248 409 .234 .322 .448 .770 279.7  
4 Years A 430 1613 245 457 64 11 103 259 36 32 234 356 .283 .374 .528 .902 310.2  
10 Years Minors 1044 3908 547 988 141 23 229 604 75 76 516 865 .253 .340 .476 .816 637.0  
162 Game Average 326 33 66 5 2 6 28 4 0 22 83 .205 .256 .300 .556 24.2  
Career Highs 65 132 15 33 3 2 5 14 3 1 12 33 .268 .333 .431 .731 15.8  
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   345 37 76 8 3 9 35 3 1 27 86 .220 .277 .339 .616 33.4
vs LH   108 10 17 0 1 0 5 3 0 4 30 .157 .188 .176 .363 2.2
Home 108 212 21 49 3 3 4 18 4 1 17 54 .231 .286 .330 .616 21.1
Away 117 241 26 44 5 1 5 22 2 0 14 62 .183 .230 .274 .503 14.5
RISP   99 0 24 3 1 2 29 0 0 5 22 .242 .271 .354 .625 9.6
Pinch Hitting   16 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .313 .389 .313 .701 2.1
Close/Late   70 12 15 0 0 2 6 0 0 5 16 .214 .267 .300 .567 5.8
Mar/Apr 45 99 9 20 1 2 1 9 1 0 9 29 .202 .269 .283 .551 7.9
May 59 124 16 33 3 1 4 15 2 1 12 28 .266 .331 .403 .734 16.8
June 29 66 6 12 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 18 .182 .194 .227 .421 2.1
July 23 37 4 7 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 9 .189 .211 .297 .508 2.3
August 31 50 6 10 1 1 2 7 0 0 2 10 .200 .231 .380 .611 4.5
Sep/Oct 38 77 6 11 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 22 .143 .202 .169 .371 2.0
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
1968 29 COL NL 3B 28 17 179.3 8 40 1 2 .980 2.41   0.7
    LF 4 3 31.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.1
    1B 2 0 2.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.77   0.0
1969 30 COL NL 3B 23 9 93.0 3 19 0 2 1.000 2.13   0.3
    1B 11 9 67.0 73 2 2 7 .974 10.07   0.1
    LF 6 4 35.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.28   0.2
1970 31 COL NL 3B 53 41 358.0 23 99 5 8 .961 3.07   1.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1971 32 COL NL 3B 26 19 176.7 16 48 1 3 .985 3.26   0.9
    1B 16 11 109.7 134 6 4 10 .972 11.49   0.2
    LF 8 0 11.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79   0.0
1972 33 COL NL 1B 8 5 50.0 64 6 2 10 .972 12.60   0.1
    LF 5 3 30.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
  3B 130 86 807.0 50 206 7 15 .973 2.86   3.0
  1B 39 25 234.3 279 15 8 29 .974 11.29   0.4
  LF 24 10 109.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.3
  CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   194 121 1152.0 351 221 15 44 .974 4.47   3.6
Career Highs   57 41 365.7 151 99 5 13 .982 8.21    
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 29 COL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dave Cochrane (990)
  2. Kelly Paris (984)
  3. Bob Maier (980)
  4. Ivan Dejesus (980)
  5. Jack Dittmer (978)
  6. Soup Campbell (976)
  7. Jerry Royster (973)
  8. Bobby Floyd (973)
  9. Chuck Harmon (972)
  10. Fred Hatfield (969)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 52nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1961
Injured on 6/26/1963 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/16/1965 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/31/1966 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/10/1967 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/10/1968, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/14/1968, off Jim Duffalo (LAD)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Colorado on 10/1/1972
 
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