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Slick
Castleman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 8, 1913 in Usa, TN, DONELSON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 20 DET AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
1935 21 DET AL   8 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1936 22 DET AL   8 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
1937 23 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 3
1938 24 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1939 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
1940 26 TAM AL   8 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
1941 27 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
1942 28 TAM AL   8 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
1943 29 TAM AL   8 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
1944 30 TAM AL   8 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
1945 31 TAM AL   7 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
1946 32 TAM AL   7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 20 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 21 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 22 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 23 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 24 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 26 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 28 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 29 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 30 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 31 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 32 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1934 20 DET AL 2 7 .222 15 12 1 0 0 78.3 107 56 7 38 25 6.43 .329 .397 .474 .871 0.0
    AAA   8 3 .727 16 16 1 1 0 112.3 109 46 7 47 68 3.69 .256 .330 .387 .717  
1935 21 AAA   5 15 .250 29 29 4 1 0 193.3 225 100 27 77 131 4.66 .291 .355 .448 .803  
1936 22 AAA   11 12 .478 30 30 2 0 0 207.0 224 78 18 85 142 3.39 .277 .345 .395 .740  
1937 23 AA   10 7 .588 21 21 3 0 0 157.3 118 45 9 54 156 2.57 .207 .276 .293 .569  
1938 24 AA   10 10 .500 25 25 0 0 0 173.0 165 69 19 53 154 3.59 .250 .306 .383 .689  
1939 25 BSN NL 3 3 .500 9 9 2 0 0 65.7 73 28 2 27 20 3.84 .293 .359 .394 .753 2.9
    AA   12 4 .750 24 24 2 0 0 176.0 154 56 12 63 148 2.86 .234 .301 .338 .639  
1940 26 AAA   2 12 .143 21 21 2 0 0 140.0 159 80 20 61 72 5.14 .290 .361 .464 .825  
    A   4 1 .800 7 7 1 0 0 54.3 41 10 2 11 49 1.66 .204 .245 .274 .519  
1941 27 TAM AL 3 1 .750 7 7 2 2 0 51.0 53 21 5 17 18 3.71 .273 .327 .418 .745 3.3
    A   11 10 .524 29 29 4 2 0 218.7 159 54 10 47 221 2.22 .201 .246 .271 .517  
1942 28 AAA   8 15 .348 30 30 2 0 0 195.3 210 101 21 98 131 4.65 .273 .355 .412 .767  
1943 29 AAA   7 12 .368 27 27 4 1 0 154.7 194 91 17 69 68 5.30 .313 .382 .442 .824  
1944 30 AAA   8 9 .471 28 28 1 0 0 163.7 173 89 21 100 84 4.89 .273 .372 .412 .784  
1945 31 AAA   11 12 .478 29 29 0 0 0 174.0 204 105 26 87 93 5.43 .291 .369 .459 .828  
1946 32 AAA   9 12 .429 28 28 1 0 0 171.3 204 102 28 102 91 5.36 .296 .387 .467 .854  
3 Years Sim 8 11 .421 31 28 5 2 0 195.0 233 105 14 82 63 4.85 .303 .367 .434 .801 6.2
9 Years AAA 69 102 .404 238 238 17 3 0 1511.6 1702 792 185 726 880 4.72 .285 .362 .432 .795  
3 Years AA 32 21 .604 70 70 5 0 0 506.3 437 170 40 170 458 3.02 .232 .295 .340 .635  
2 Years A 15 11 .577 36 36 5 2 0 273.0 200 64 12 58 270 2.11 .201 .245 .272 .517  
14 Years Minors 116 134 .464 344 344 27 5 0 2291.0 2339 1026 237 954 1608 4.03 .264 .336 .395 .730  
Season Average 2 3 .400 10 9 1 0 0 65.0 77 35 4 27 21 4.85 .303 .367 .434 .801  
Career Highs 3 7 .750 15 12 2 2 0 78.3 107 56 7 38 25 6.43 .329 .397 .474 .871  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   104 52 7 38 44   .276 .342 .411 .753
vs LH   129 53 7 44 19   .330 .398 .455 .853
Home 5 6 .455 16 15 3 1 0 107.3 134 63 10 42 33 5.28 .313 .374 .463 .837
Away 3 5 .375 15 13 2 1 0 87.7 99 42 4 40 30 4.31 .291 .366 .397 .763
July 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 16.0 20 16 1 9 3 9.00 .317 .403 .444 .847
August 0 6 .000 10 10 2 0 0 70.3 95 36 5 27 18 4.61 .335 .392 .461 .854
Sep/Oct 7 3 .700 18 15 3 2 0 108.7 118 53 8 46 42 4.39 .280 .351 .413 .764
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
1934 20 DET AL 15 25 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .120 .111 .160 .271 0.5 0.0
1939 25 BSN NL 9 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .238 .227 .238 .465 1.5 0.0
1941 27 TAM AL 7 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 31 63 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 .143 .136 .159 .295 0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 329 10 47 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 135 .143 .136 .159 .295 3.9  
Career Highs 15 25 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .238 .227 .238 .465 1.5  
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   38 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .184 .179 .211 .390 0.7
vs LH   25 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .080 .074 .080 .154 -1.2
Home 16 33 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .121 .114 .152 .266 -0.6
Away 15 30 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .167 .161 .167 .328 0.1
RISP   19 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .105 .091 .158 .249 -0.4
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .200 .250 .450 0.2
August 10 23 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .174 .167 .174 .341 0.2
Sep/Oct 18 36 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .111 .108 .139 .247 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 20 DET AL P 15 12 78.3 9 17 0 0 1.000 2.99    
1939 25 BSN NL P 9 9 65.7 3 12 1 2 .938 2.06    
1941 27 TAM AL P 7 7 51.0 2 12 1 2 .933 2.47    
Career Totals   31 28 195.0 14 41 2 4 .965 2.54    
Career Highs   15 12 78.3 9 17 1 2 1.000 2.99    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Shutouts
1941-3-2
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by Detroit in 1934
Had first career hit on 7/20/1934, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
Earned first career win on 7/29/1934
Injured on 4/12/1935 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/21/1937 (Going to BSN: P Slick Castleman. Going to DET: P Paul Gregory)
Injured on 6/6/1937 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/21/1938 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1940 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1940 (Going to BSN: 1B Art Shires. Going to TAM: P Slick Castleman)
Injured on 6/4/1943 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/9/1943 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
Injured on 6/19/1944 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/25/1944 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/20/1945 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/29/1946 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
 
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