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Rocky
Bridges		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 7, 1927 in Usa, TX, REFUGIO
 
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
1951 23 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1952 24 NYA AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1953 25 NYA AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1954 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1955 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1956 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1957 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1958 30 NYA AL     7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1959 31 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1960 32 DET AL $ 792,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1961 33 MON NL $ 792,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1962 34 MON NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 792,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
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
1951 23 AA   137 519 50 114 12 2 5 57 5 4 71 44 .220 .314 .279 .593 50.3  
1952 24 AAA   1 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 .800 1.600 1.9  
    AA   135 490 53 113 14 1 5 51 7 5 70 45 .231 .327 .294 .621 52.1  
1953 25 AAA   137 525 61 148 15 4 12 73 5 5 49 36 .282 .343 .394 .737 70.5  
1954 26 NYA AL 112 354 26 73 12 1 3 27 2 1 19 29 .206 .245 .271 .517 20.6 0.0
1955 27 NYA AL 147 446 49 119 13 1 4 37 5 0 30 23 .267 .312 .327 .639 43.2 3.6
1956 28 NYA AL 22 40 1 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .200 .250 .250 .500 2.6 0.0
    AAA   83 292 38 86 13 0 6 38 3 2 39 22 .295 .378 .401 .778 44.9  
1957 29 NYA AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   133 518 54 140 14 5 5 40 2 0 47 42 .270 .331 .346 .677 60.5  
1958 30 AAA   136 574 80 187 14 5 11 56 2 4 41 61 .326 .371 .425 .796 85.5  
1959 31 DET AL 148 475 57 138 18 2 8 37 0 0 30 69 .291 .333 .387 .720 58.5 10.5
1960 32 DET AL 70 139 10 31 6 0 2 14 0 0 8 18 .223 .265 .309 .575 10.2 0.1
1961 33 MON NL 10 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 0.9 0.2
    AAA   76 235 32 78 10 0 11 40 0 0 16 30 .332 .375 .515 .889 41.9  
1962 34 AAA   129 506 64 163 17 3 9 60 2 1 48 83 .322 .381 .421 .802 78.8  
7 Years Sim 512 1464 144 371 51 4 17 118 7 1 91 145 .253 .296 .329 .625 135.2 14.4
7 Years AAA 695 2655 330 806 83 17 54 307 14 12 240 274 .304 .360 .409 .769 384.0  
2 Years AA 272 1009 103 227 26 3 10 108 12 9 141 89 .225 .319 .286 .606 102.4  
9 Years Minors 967 3664 433 1033 109 20 64 415 26 21 381 363 .282 .349 .375 .724 486.4  
162 Game Average 463 45 117 16 1 5 37 2 0 28 45 .253 .296 .329 .625 42.8  
Career Highs 148 475 57 138 18 2 8 37 5 1 30 69 .291 .375 .387 .720 58.5  
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   921 96 239 36 3 13 84 2 1 59 84 .260 .304 .347 .651 95.9
vs LH   543 48 132 15 1 4 34 5 0 32 61 .243 .284 .297 .580 45.9
Home 259 719 82 189 27 1 11 54 3 0 44 68 .263 .305 .349 .655 75.9
Away 253 745 62 182 24 3 6 64 4 1 47 77 .244 .287 .309 .596 65.9
RISP   313 0 71 11 0 2 96 0 0 26 36 .227 .280 .281 .561 25.4
Pinch Hitting   61 1 12 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 7 .197 .234 .262 .497 3.5
Close/Late   191 9 47 7 0 3 12 0 0 15 12 .246 .301 .330 .631 19.1
Mar/Apr 68 169 19 57 4 1 2 18 2 0 13 15 .337 .383 .408 .791 25.8
May 105 279 21 59 11 2 2 18 0 0 17 35 .211 .258 .287 .544 19.5
June 90 279 32 74 13 0 3 35 1 0 12 23 .265 .294 .344 .638 27.3
July 80 244 22 60 9 0 3 16 2 0 21 22 .246 .306 .320 .625 24.6
August 91 259 29 63 7 1 5 18 1 0 21 30 .243 .299 .336 .635 26.8
Sep/Oct 78 234 21 58 7 0 2 13 1 1 7 20 .248 .269 .303 .572 17.8
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
1954 26 NYA AL LF 59 58 461.7 96 2 3 0 .970 1.91   0.9
    SS 41 37 315.3 60 135 8 35 .961 5.57   1.1
    3B 10 9 75.0 3 20 1 2 .958 2.76   0.2
    1B 2 1 6.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 3.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 10.81   0.0
1955 27 NYA AL LF 84 81 650.3 139 1 2 1 .986 1.94   1.5
    2B 43 36 307.7 72 151 8 28 .965 6.52   1.0
    3B 12 2 39.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.1
    SS 6 3 31.7 4 15 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.2
    1B 3 2 19.0 24 0 1 3 .960 11.37   0.0
1956 28 NYA AL SS 8 6 49.3 9 17 0 3 1.000 4.74   0.2
    3B 4 2 22.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.78   0.1
    2B 5 1 16.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.94   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 29 NYA AL SS 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 31 DET AL 2B 128 127 1085.0 229 441 15 95 .978 5.56   2.9
    SS 13 12 101.0 11 37 3 9 .941 4.28   0.2
    3B 5 2 22.0 0 7 1 1 .875 2.86   0.0
1960 32 DET AL LF 11 10 90.7 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.89   0.6
    RF 8 8 70.3 12 0 2 0 .857 1.54    
    CF 7 7 57.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.26    
    SS 19 0 34.3 3 16 0 1 1.000 4.98   0.2
    3B 7 0 22.7 2 8 1 1 .909 3.97   0.1
    1B 1 0 6.0 7 3 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
1961 33 MON NL SS 2 0 10.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.1
    2B 4 0 5.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.36   0.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 185 164 1422.0 305 606 23 123 .975 5.77   4.0
  LF 155 149 1204.7 245 4 5 2 .980 1.86   3.0
  SS 91 58 546.7 90 228 11 53 .967 5.24   2.1
  3B 40 15 185.3 8 50 3 4 .951 2.82   0.6
  RF 9 8 71.3 12 0 2 0 .857 1.51   0.0
  CF 7 7 57.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.26    
  1B 7 3 33.0 44 3 1 3 .979 12.82   0.1
Career Totals   494 404 3519.9 712 891 46 185 .972 4.10   9.7
Career Highs   148 141 1208.0 241 485 19 105 1.000 5.49    
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 53rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1951
Injured on 4/24/1951 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/6/1954, off Fred Hutchinson (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1954, off Connie Johnson (STL)
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 6/16/1954
Injured on 8/1/1958 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 3/3/1959 (Going to DET: 2B Rocky Bridges, 1B Earl Torgeson, 1B Tom Burgess, P Don Ferrarese. Going to NYA: DH Ted Kluszewski, 2B Bobby Hofman)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Montreal 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)
3/3/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Injured on 3/4/1961 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 4/27/1962 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/2/1962 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
 
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