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Joe
Adcock		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: October 30, 1927 in Usa, LA, COUSHATTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1952    1954    1955    1956   
All-Star Selections 1951    1954    1956    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961    1962   
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
1950 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1951 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6
1952 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7
1953 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1954 26 PIT NL $ 5,007,143   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 27 PIT NL $ 5,007,143   8 8 9 10 10 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1956 28 PIT NL $ 5,971,429   8 8 9 10 10 10 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1957 29 MON NL $ 23,165,000   8 8 9 10 10 10 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1958 30 MON NL $ 23,165,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1959 31 MON NL $ 23,165,000   7 7 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 32 MON NL $ 23,165,000   7 7 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1961 33 DET AL $ 18,000,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1962 34 DET AL $ 18,000,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1963 35 TOR AL $ 18,000,000   5 5 6 8 7 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1964 36 TOR AL $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 23,165,000   8 8 9 10 10 10 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 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 22 NYA AL 54 195 32 64 10 0 16 53 0 0 19 30 .328 .384 .626 1.010 40.9 8.6
    AAA   105 419 90 138 20 3 36 107 4 4 55 63 .329 .407 .649 1.056 100.0  
1951 23 NYA AL 151 557 98 183 27 3 39 112 0 0 68 85 .329 .400 .598 .998 117.2 22.9
1952 24 NYA AL 104 394 61 111 16 0 21 54 0 0 37 60 .282 .344 .482 .826 61.4 9.3
  PIT NL 53 196 42 65 14 1 17 48 0 0 24 19 .332 .405 .673 1.078 46.2 10.5
  TOT   157 590 103 176 30 1 38 102 0 0 61 79 .298 .364 .546 .910 107.6 19.8
1953 25 PIT NL 143 537 101 155 19 3 48 132 0 0 60 75 .289 .357 .603 .960 107.7 20.7
1954 26 PIT NL 158 609 107 189 29 0 44 144 0 0 59 93 .310 .370 .575 .945 115.8 23.9
1955 27 PIT NL 154 575 102 178 32 1 43 131 1 0 78 93 .310 .391 .593 .984 118.3 26.0
1956 28 PIT NL 157 583 106 168 25 1 42 121 0 0 60 108 .288 .354 .551 .905 106.0 24.0
1957 29 MON NL 157 598 104 181 33 1 40 99 0 0 60 97 .303 .365 .562 .927 111.4 24.0
1958 30 MON NL 151 571 101 182 27 5 40 96 0 0 68 106 .319 .390 .594 .984 118.9 26.2
1959 31 MON NL 155 586 112 162 27 3 40 109 0 0 48 139 .276 .332 .538 .870 92.6 15.5
1960 32 MON NL 151 582 94 163 24 4 38 109 0 0 36 145 .280 .320 .531 .851 91.1 16.5
1961 33 DET AL 155 603 86 185 26 2 40 120 0 0 40 121 .307 .346 .556 .902 107.3 20.3
1962 34 DET AL 156 616 83 174 27 4 35 121 0 0 27 108 .282 .311 .510 .820 91.3 17.4
1963 35 DET AL 77 306 43 86 14 3 15 53 1 0 14 63 .281 .312 .493 .805 42.6 8.7
  TOR AL 78 290 34 75 11 2 15 38 1 0 24 59 .259 .314 .466 .780 40.2 8.4
  TOT   155 596 77 161 25 5 30 91 2 0 38 122 .270 .313 .480 .793 82.8 17.1
1964 36 TOR AL 142 453 41 94 14 1 15 54 2 1 29 105 .208 .255 .342 .597 38.2 4.5
15 Years Sim 2196 8251 1347 2415 375 34 548 1594 5 1 751 1506 .293 .350 .546 .896 1447.1 287.4
1 Years AAA 105 419 90 138 20 3 36 107 4 4 55 63 .329 .405 .649 1.055 100.0  
162 Game Average 608 99 178 27 2 40 117 0 0 55 111 .293 .350 .546 .896 106.8  
Career Highs 158 616 112 189 33 5 48 144 2 1 78 145 .329 .400 .626 1.010 118.9  
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   5292 845 1493 241 22 326 998 4 1 445 960 .282 .336 .521 .857 904.8
vs LH   2959 502 922 134 12 222 596 1 0 306 546 .312 .375 .590 .965 614.3
Home 1104 4047 662 1181 208 17 256 774 4 1 377 753 .292 .351 .541 .892 739.5
Away 1092 4204 685 1234 167 17 292 820 1 0 374 753 .294 .350 .550 .900 779.6
RISP   2058 0 617 103 13 159 1020 0 0 257 377 .300 .371 .594 .966 436.7
Pinch Hitting   140 20 39 9 0 6 23 1 0 14 26 .279 .338 .471 .809 22.4
Close/Late   975 140 296 50 6 59 199 0 0 132 197 .304 .385 .549 .934 197.4
Mar/Apr 355 1370 207 380 41 6 85 221 0 1 124 267 .277 .336 .502 .838 229.0
May 366 1396 232 437 74 8 107 307 1 0 101 239 .313 .358 .607 .966 282.1
June 340 1291 223 400 65 6 96 267 0 0 115 232 .310 .366 .593 .959 261.3
July 359 1385 239 391 51 6 94 301 2 0 113 249 .282 .334 .531 .866 241.7
August 398 1463 241 426 81 3 93 263 2 0 166 269 .291 .363 .541 .904 277.1
Sep/Oct 378 1346 205 381 63 5 73 235 0 0 132 250 .283 .344 .500 .844 227.9
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
1950 22 NYA AL 1B 50 50 419.0 508 35 6 60 .989 11.66   1.0
    RF 4 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1951 23 NYA AL LF 144 143 1237.3 257 10 7 2 .974 1.94   2.8
    RF 3 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1952 24 NYA AL 1B 98 97 866.7 1116 91 5 102 .996 12.53   2.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  PIT NL 1B 50 50 440.3 567 46 3 52 .995 12.53   1.7
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 148 147 1307.0 1683 137 8 154 .996 12.53   4.4
      LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
1953 25 PIT NL 1B 129 128 1119.0 1391 122 14 119 .991 12.17   2.8
    RF 11 10 92.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.3
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1954 26 PIT NL 1B 152 148 1317.7 1717 133 9 158 .995 12.64   2.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 27 PIT NL 1B 146 144 1285.0 1757 131 11 152 .994 13.22   2.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1956 28 PIT NL 1B 150 149 1300.0 1784 147 14 191 .993 13.37   2.7
    RF 4 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
1957 29 MON NL 1B 105 99 895.7 1063 80 9 85 .992 11.49   2.8
    LF 47 43 392.3 60 2 5 1 .925 1.42   0.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1958 30 MON NL 1B 94 91 823.3 984 61 9 95 .991 11.42   2.0
    RF 46 45 408.0 78 1 2 0 .975 1.74   1.6
    LF 8 0 19.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1959 31 MON NL 1B 146 141 1259.3 1443 96 16 115 .990 11.00   2.8
    LF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    RF 3 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
1960 32 MON NL 1B 123 119 1059.7 1289 99 12 89 .991 11.79   1.0
    RF 27 20 188.3 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.01   1.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1961 33 DET AL RF 121 121 1091.7 208 5 4 2 .982 1.76   3.8
    1B 27 25 233.3 241 23 3 19 .989 10.18   0.5
    LF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1962 34 DET AL 1B 152 149 1341.3 1630 123 12 154 .993 11.76   2.9
    RF 3 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1963 35 DET AL 1B 75 73 665.2 836 60 6 94 .993 12.12   0.9
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOR AL 1B 76 73 652.8 820 58 6 92 .993 12.10   2.5
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 151 146 1318.0 1656 118 12 186 .993 12.11   3.4
      RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1964 36 TOR AL 1B 123 110 924.7 1087 78 7 93 .994 11.34   1.7
    RF 14 1 42.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.2
    LF 6 2 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
  1B 1697 1646 14605.0 18236 1384 142 1670 .993 12.09   32.3
  RF 244 197 1874.3 385 6 6 2 .985 1.88   7.0
  LF 223 188 1712.7 339 13 12 3 .967 1.85   3.6
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2165 2031 18192.9 18960 1403 160 1675 .992 10.07   42.9
Career Highs   155 149 1349.3 1785 147 16 191 .996 13.30    
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
1952 24 PIT NL 10 35 8 8 4 0 3 9 0 0 7 7 .229 .349 .600 .949
1954 26 PIT NL 7 29 4 6 0 0 3 11 0 0 4 8 .207 .294 .517 .811
1955 27 PIT NL 5 20 1 6 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 3 .300 .333 .600 .933
1956 28 PIT NL 5 17 7 8 1 0 4 10 0 0 3 1 .471 .550 1.235 1.785
1959 31 MON NL 13 49 9 16 3 0 2 5 0 0 7 9 .327 .411 .510 .921
1960 32 MON NL 6 18 5 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .278 .316 .556 .871
1962 34 DET AL 5 21 3 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 6 .238 .238 .524 .762
Career Post-Season Batting 51 189 37 54 11 1 16 50 0 0 23 38 .286 .360 .608 .968
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
1951-3-.329
1954-7-.310
1955-9-.310
1957-9-.303
1958-5-.319
1961-6-.307
 On-Base Pct
1951-10-.400
1958-6-.390
 Slugging Pct
1951-3-.598
1953-2-.603
1954-3-.575
1955-3-.593
1956-7-.551
1957-5-.562
1958-6-.594
1959-7-.538
1960-7-.531
1961-4-.556
1962-5-.510
1963-8-.480
CAR-10-.546
 OPS
1951-3-.998
1953-2-.960
1954-5-.945
1955-5-.984
1956-8-.905
1957-6-.927
1958-7-.984
1961-5-.902
CAR-25-.896
 XR
1951-4-117.2
1953-6-107.7
1954-5-115.8
1955-4-118.3
1956-7-106.0
1957-5-111.4
1958-6-118.9
1959-9-92.6
1960-10-91.1
1961-4-107.3
1962-10-91.3
CAR-31-1447.1
 Games
1954-1-158
1956-3-157
1957-3-157
1961-8-155
1962-9-156
At-Bats
1954-2-609
1955-10-575
1956-9-583
1957-4-598
1958-10-571
1959-2-586
1960-10-582
1961-5-603
1962-4-616
1963-7-596
 Runs
1953-10-101
1954-7-107
1956-5-106
1957-5-104
1958-6-101
1959-3-112
1960-6-94
CAR-43-1347
 Hits
1951-8-183
1954-3-189
1955-6-178
1957-7-181
1958-4-182
1959-6-162
1961-3-185
1962-6-174
CAR-42-2415
 Total Bases
1951-4-333
1953-2-324
1954-3-350
1955-2-341
1956-5-321
1957-4-336
1958-5-339
1959-6-315
1960-5-309
1961-3-335
1962-3-314
1963-6-286
CAR-19-4502
 Singles
1954-9-116
1958-9-110
1961-9-117
 Doubles
1955-9-32
1957-7-33
Triples
1958-9-5
1960-10-4
 Homeruns
1951-4-39
1953-2-48
1954-4-44
1955-3-43
1956-5-42
1957-4-40
1958-4-40
1959-3-40
1960-4-38
1961-2-40
1962-2-35
1963-4-30
CAR-7-548
 RBIs
1951-9-112
1953-1-132
1954-2-144
1955-2-131
1956-4-121
1957-8-99
1959-4-109
1960-4-109
1961-2-120
1962-1-121
1963-10-91
CAR-18-1594
 Strikeouts
1951-9-85
1955-10-93
1956-10-108
1958-6-106
1959-5-139
1960-4-145
1961-10-121
1963-7-122
CAR-39-1506
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 218    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1950
Had first career hit on 7/31/1950, off Bob Porterfield (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1950, off Dave Koslo (OAK)
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/11/1951
Injured on 5/5/1951 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 4 runs on 6/27/1951
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1951, hitting .398 with 12 HR, 33 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1952 (Going to PIT: 1B Joe Adcock, P Saul Rogovin, P Dave Koslo. Going to NYA: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Norm Zauchin, CF Elmer Valo)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1952, hitting .330 with 9 HR, 25 RBI
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1952
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 5/14/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1953, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 5/24/1953 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Cincinnati, driving in 4 runs on 8/1/1953
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1953, hitting .315 with 13 HR, 27 RBI
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,143 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1954, hitting .352 with 8 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1955, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1955, hitting .330 with 11 HR, 31 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Tampa Bay on 6/6/1955
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1955, hitting .337 with 7 HR, 30 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1955, hitting .375 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,971,429 through salary arbitration
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/4/1956
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1956
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/2/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $23,165,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1957, hitting .363 with 10 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1957, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1957, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1957, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 7/28/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1958, hitting .655 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 9/28/1958 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/13/1959
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
6/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $18,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1960, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/26/1960
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1960, hitting .356 with 10 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1961 (Going to MON: RF Larry Doby, P Chris Short, 2B Rocky Bridges, 3B Dick Williams. Going to DET: 1B Joe Adcock, SS Felix Mantilla, LF Chuck Tanner)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1961, hitting .381 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1961, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 4/14/1962, off Dean Chance (SEM)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Toronto on 5/16/1962
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1962, hitting .322 with 6 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 500th career homerun on 9/2/1962, off Charlie Beamon (MON)
Traded from Detroit to Toronto on 7/1/1963 (Going to TOR: 1B Joe Adcock. Going to DET: 1B Roman Mejias, RF Roberto Clemente)
 
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