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George
Alusik		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 11, 1935 in Usa, PA, ASHLEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1969   
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
1958 23 BRK NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1959 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1960 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1961 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1962 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1963 28 BRK NL $ 428,571   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1964 29 SDP NL $ 428,571   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
1965 30 SDP NL $ 428,571   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
1966 31 SDP NL $ 1,350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1967 32 SDP NL $ 1,350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1968 33 DET AL $ 1,350,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1969 34 DET AL $ 1,350,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 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
1958 23 AAA   86 345 63 104 18 5 30 81 1 1 41 54 .301 .376 .643 1.019 77.5  
1959 24 BRK NL 31 80 12 15 2 1 2 13 0 0 8 22 .188 .258 .313 .571 7.1 0.5
    AAA   54 217 22 56 13 0 12 28 0 0 29 49 .258 .346 .484 .829 36.5  
1960 25 BRK NL 87 267 32 75 17 0 9 37 0 0 24 46 .281 .336 .446 .781 38.9 7.4
1961 26 BRK NL 128 388 30 90 22 2 7 43 0 0 22 67 .232 .271 .353 .624 34.1 2.3
1962 27 BRK NL 123 416 53 100 17 5 15 69 0 0 29 71 .240 .291 .413 .705 48.5 6.8
1963 28 BRK NL 111 230 20 50 7 0 4 18 0 0 25 38 .217 .297 .300 .597 19.9 1.7
1964 29 SDP NL 31 60 6 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 9 9 .233 .329 .333 .662 7.9 1.3
1965 30 SDP NL 50 85 11 23 4 0 4 16 0 0 11 8 .271 .354 .459 .813 12.8 2.7
1966 31 SDP NL 77 218 21 53 10 1 9 24 0 0 18 22 .243 .298 .422 .720 27.0 4.7
1967 32 SDP NL 63 177 21 37 4 0 7 17 1 0 18 34 .209 .282 .350 .632 18.3 2.3
1968 33 DET AL 156 556 55 132 29 3 17 64 0 1 32 89 .237 .280 .392 .672 57.5 5.4
1969 34 DET AL 152 502 40 100 24 2 10 36 1 2 25 113 .199 .242 .315 .557 35.4 1.3
11 Years Sim 1009 2979 301 689 139 14 85 344 2 3 221 519 .231 .285 .373 .658 307.1 36.3
2 Years AAA 140 562 85 160 31 5 42 109 1 1 70 103 .285 .363 .582 .945 114.1  
162 Game Average 478 48 110 22 2 13 55 0 0 35 83 .231 .285 .373 .658 49.3  
Career Highs 156 556 55 132 29 5 17 69 1 2 32 113 .281 .354 .459 .813 57.5  
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   1270 127 273 57 8 31 128 1 3 72 243 .215 .259 .346 .605 110.5
vs LH   1709 174 416 82 6 54 216 1 0 149 276 .243 .303 .393 .696 206.8
Home 516 1540 141 349 71 8 41 174 2 2 92 278 .227 .272 .363 .635 149.6
Away 493 1439 160 340 68 6 44 170 0 1 129 241 .236 .298 .384 .682 167.6
RISP   659 0 148 28 2 22 242 0 0 69 118 .225 .290 .373 .664 76.3
Pinch Hitting   113 13 35 10 2 2 21 0 0 10 15 .310 .368 .487 .855 18.6
Close/Late   357 31 89 15 0 10 32 0 0 28 54 .249 .303 .375 .679 41.0
Mar/Apr 167 510 48 121 24 2 18 62 0 0 28 90 .237 .278 .398 .676 56.0
May 173 538 58 129 34 4 13 52 1 2 31 88 .240 .281 .390 .672 57.2
June 173 520 58 125 18 5 14 61 1 1 37 86 .240 .290 .375 .665 56.8
July 160 458 48 106 24 0 12 55 0 0 45 78 .231 .301 .362 .664 51.1
August 143 417 44 88 19 0 16 57 0 0 27 83 .211 .261 .372 .632 40.8
Sep/Oct 193 536 45 120 20 3 12 57 0 0 53 94 .224 .293 .340 .632 55.4
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
1959 24 BRK NL RF 19 19 156.0 39 2 0 0 1.000 2.37   1.0
    LF 5 4 29.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.72    
1960 25 BRK NL RF 81 79 639.7 138 3 1 1 .993 1.98   2.0
    LF 3 2 19.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95    
1961 26 BRK NL RF 112 110 897.7 192 5 0 1 1.000 1.98   3.1
    LF 5 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    2B 2 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1962 27 BRK NL RF 116 115 999.0 267 7 0 0 1.000 2.47   2.0
    CF 6 6 36.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 3.00    
1963 28 BRK NL RF 92 56 536.7 144 8 0 3 1.000 2.55   2.2
    LF 2 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00    
1964 29 SDP NL LF 18 14 123.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.5
    RF 10 4 37.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1965 30 SDP NL LF 21 20 160.0 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.4
    RF 8 3 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1966 31 SDP NL RF 60 59 497.7 137 1 0 0 1.000 2.50   1.7
    LF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1967 32 SDP NL RF 50 48 385.0 84 3 0 1 1.000 2.03   1.3
    LF 11 1 33.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1968 33 DET AL RF 153 147 1297.0 259 14 1 3 .996 1.89   4.8
1969 34 DET AL RF 150 148 1273.7 276 13 0 5 1.000 2.04   4.0
    LF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  RF 851 788 6747.0 1551 57 2 14 .999 2.14   22.2
  LF 69 41 397.0 101 1 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.9
  CF 6 6 36.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 3.00    
  2B 2 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
Career Totals   928 835 7181.3 1662 61 2 15 .999 2.16   23.1
Career Highs   153 148 1297.0 279 14 1 5 1.000 2.59    
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
1964 29 SDP NL 4 12 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .417 .667
1965 30 SDP NL 2 8 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
1966 31 SDP NL 12 39 1 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .205 .225 .231 .456
1967 32 SDP NL 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 25 66 3 16 3 1 0 8 0 0 1 9 .242 .254 .318 .572
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.
Games
1968-9-156
 Triples
1962-10-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  7. Danny Tartabull (945)
  8. Jim Hickman (945)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1958
Injured on 4/6/1958 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/25/1958 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/5/1958 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/19/1959, off Warren Spahn (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/28/1959, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Injured on 8/18/1960 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Injured on 8/2/1962 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 2/21/1964 (Going to SDP: CF Bob Allison, RF George Alusik, SS Don Buddin, P Seth Morehead. Going to BRK: 3B Woody Woodward, P Ryne Duren)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
9/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/3/1968 (Going to SDP: CF Bobby Del greco. Going to DET: P Milt Pappas, RF George Alusik, CF Jack Reed)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1969
 
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