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Kent
Hadley		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 17, 1934 in Usa, ID, POCATELLO
 
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 STL NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5
1959 24 STL NL     5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1960 25 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1961 26 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1962 27 WOR AL $ 480,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1963 28 WOR AL $ 480,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 29 DET AL $ 1,042,857   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1965 30 DET AL $ 1,042,857   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1966 31 DET AL $ 1,000,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1967 32 DET AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 33 DET AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5
1969 34 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,042,857   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
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 AA   31 136 23 40 7 3 12 29 0 0 11 33 .294 .347 .654 1.001 29.0  
    A   70 268 57 80 11 1 28 61 1 0 38 59 .299 .386 .660 1.046 64.3  
1959 24 AAA   136 493 101 126 14 1 50 96 0 1 58 125 .256 .334 .592 .926 97.8  
1960 25 STL NL 97 279 27 64 8 1 11 45 0 0 18 76 .229 .279 .384 .663 29.7 3.6
    AAA   31 135 29 41 5 1 15 32 0 1 10 28 .304 .352 .689 1.041 30.3  
1961 26 STL NL 80 110 12 26 5 0 3 12 0 0 10 27 .236 .298 .364 .661 10.6 1.1
    AAA   26 111 17 30 6 0 12 23 0 0 5 28 .270 .302 .649 .950 21.5  
1962 27 WOR AL 156 528 67 135 20 3 21 78 0 1 46 145 .256 .312 .424 .736 72.7 13.5
1963 28 WOR AL 152 458 48 97 9 3 20 47 0 0 57 114 .212 .299 .376 .675 48.5 5.8
1964 29 WOR AL 106 362 33 82 14 0 10 30 0 1 28 78 .227 .282 .348 .630 34.2 3.4
  DET AL 46 150 19 41 4 0 7 23 0 1 8 28 .273 .310 .440 .750 19.2 3.5
  TOT   152 512 52 123 18 0 17 53 0 2 36 106 .240 .290 .375 .665 53.4 7.0
1965 30 DET AL 137 428 58 103 16 1 26 62 0 0 36 83 .241 .298 .465 .763 56.9 10.1
1966 31 DET AL 147 484 59 106 13 1 24 57 0 0 44 111 .219 .285 .399 .684 53.9 6.9
1967 32 DET AL 115 246 27 55 8 0 9 47 0 0 23 63 .224 .288 .366 .654 26.7 2.7
1968 33 DET AL 158 553 45 103 21 4 10 50 0 0 49 144 .186 .250 .293 .543 37.2 0.0
1969 34 DET AL 162 565 43 83 19 0 18 45 0 0 39 142 .147 .201 .276 .477 25.3 0.0
10 Years Sim 1356 4163 438 895 137 13 159 496 0 3 358 1011 .215 .276 .369 .645 415.0 50.6
3 Years AAA 193 739 147 197 25 2 77 151 0 2 73 181 .267 .332 .618 .950 149.6  
1 Years AA 31 136 23 40 7 3 12 29 0 0 11 33 .294 .347 .654 1.001 29.0  
1 Years A 70 268 57 80 11 1 28 61 1 0 38 59 .299 .384 .660 1.045 64.3  
5 Years Minors 294 1143 227 317 43 6 117 241 1 2 122 273 .277 .346 .633 .979 242.9  
162 Game Average 497 52 106 16 1 18 59 0 0 42 120 .215 .276 .369 .645 49.6  
Career Highs 162 565 67 135 21 4 26 78 0 2 57 145 .256 .312 .465 .763 72.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2914 327 661 89 10 125 369 0 3 273 650 .227 .292 .393 .685 348.6
vs LH   1249 111 234 48 3 34 127 0 0 85 361 .187 .238 .312 .550 92.6
Home 678 2056 215 443 80 5 79 256 0 1 169 500 .215 .274 .375 .648 218.4
Away 678 2107 223 452 57 8 80 240 0 2 189 511 .215 .279 .363 .642 222.8
RISP   913 0 198 24 3 37 325 0 0 104 223 .217 .290 .371 .661 107.4
Pinch Hitting   270 26 55 7 0 10 37 0 0 18 65 .204 .253 .341 .594 23.9
Close/Late   570 47 107 19 2 15 53 0 0 57 140 .188 .260 .307 .567 47.8
Mar/Apr 213 731 68 157 24 1 28 87 0 1 59 199 .215 .272 .365 .637 75.3
May 254 782 85 180 25 3 29 102 0 0 64 186 .230 .288 .381 .669 88.3
June 235 738 81 153 24 2 26 69 0 0 67 176 .207 .273 .351 .624 73.9
July 231 641 67 150 24 2 27 84 0 1 50 160 .234 .287 .404 .691 76.3
August 211 594 61 114 14 3 18 77 0 1 48 126 .192 .251 .316 .568 48.5
Sep/Oct 212 677 76 141 26 2 31 77 0 0 70 164 .208 .283 .390 .673 78.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1960 25 STL NL RF 33 32 273.0 56 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 32 29 260.7 46 1 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 7 61.0 62 8 0 8 1.000 10.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1961 26 STL NL RF 7 7 55.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 7 4 38.3 42 1 0 2 1.000 10.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 5 2 28.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 27 WOR AL LF 99 98 836.0 155 3 5 0 .969 1.70 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 25 21 189.3 239 17 1 27 .996 12.17 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 26 21 187.7 42 88 3 16 .977 6.23 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
1963 28 WOR AL 2B 107 102 923.0 231 432 6 85 .991 6.46 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    RF 11 6 56.0 12 1 1 0 .929 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 11 3 41.0 46 7 0 2 1.000 11.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 11 2 37.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0  
1964 29 WOR AL 2B 52 47 430.1 115 181 4 37 .987 6.19 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 33 33 290.4 65 3 0 1 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 17 15 135.0 153 7 0 13 1.000 10.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  DET AL 2B 22 21 174.2 46 74 2 15 .984 6.20 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 15 14 117.6 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 7 7 54.7 62 3 0 5 1.000 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   2B 74 68 604.3 161 255 6 52 .986 6.20   3.2
      RF 48 47 408.0 91 4 0 2 1.000 2.10   1.1
      1B 24 22 189.7 215 10 0 18 1.000 10.67   0.4
1965 30 DET AL 2B 120 105 968.7 226 395 9 76 .986 5.77 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    1B 2 2 17.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 11.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 31 DET AL 2B 124 114 1023.0 279 419 16 104 .978 6.14 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 14 0 29.0 34 2 0 6 1.000 11.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 32 DET AL 2B 30 29 253.3 61 86 2 22 .987 5.22 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 17 13 121.7 23 1 2 0 .923 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 9 7 58.0 17 0 1 0 .944 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 2 1 1 .923 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 1 0 .000 1 0.0
1968 33 DET AL 1B 150 147 1302.0 1556 113 12 131 .993 11.54 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 5 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1969 34 DET AL 1B 162 162 1380.3 1537 130 9 157 .995 10.87 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 481 439 3960.0 1000 1675 42 355 .985 6.08 0 0 .000 0 15.8
  1B 404 369 3256.7 3761 291 23 354 .994 11.20 0 0 .000 0 7.8
  LF 165 144 1289.6 237 5 7 0 .972 1.69 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  RF 119 100 886.0 191 6 2 2 .990 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  C 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1172 1052 9398.6 5191 1977 74 711 .990 6.86 1 0 .000 1 26.9
Career Highs   163 162 1381.3 1559 440 16 157 1.000 11.40 1 0 .000 1  
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 DET AL 7 18 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .444 .655
Career Post-Season Batting 7 18 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .444 .655
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
1962-9-156
1968-2-158
1969-1-162
 Homeruns
1965-6-26
1966-7-24
 Strikeouts
1962-3-145
1968-3-144
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Gorman Thomas (923)
  2. Ken Phelps (912)
  3. Mike Jorgensen (912)
  4. Harry Anderson (910)
  5. Roman Mejias (907)
  6. Fred Whitfield (902)
  7. Sixto Lezcano (902)
  8. Felix Mantilla (901)
  9. Max West (900)
  10. Gary Gaetti (900)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Injured on 6/8/1958 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/3/1960, off Bob Friend (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1960, off Mike Garcia (BSN)
10/19/1961: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $480,000 per year, for 2 years
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Worcester to Detroit on 7/31/1964 (Going to WOR: P Jack Warner, P Bob Meyer. Going to DET: RF Dick Kokos, 1B Kent Hadley)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/16/1965
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/8/1967 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/15/1968
 
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