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Ben
Huffman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 18, 1914 in Usa, VA, RILEYVILLE
 
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
1937 22 TAM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 6 2 3 2 10 10 10
1938 23 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 3 2 10 10 10
1939 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1940 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1941 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1942 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 1 2 2 10 10 10
1943 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 2 9 9 9
1944 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 2 9 9 9
1945 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 2 9 9 9
1946 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 2 9 9 9
1947 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 2 7 7 7
1948 33 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 3 2 10 10 10
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
1937 22 A   137 514 59 159 42 1 6 59 2 0 39 14 .309 .358 .430 .788 74.5  
1938 23 DET AL 109 352 24 81 13 3 1 32 0 0 11 12 .230 .262 .293 .555 25.5 0.0
1939 24 DET AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   27 109 10 36 5 0 0 11 0 0 9 2 .330 .381 .376 .758 15.2  
    AA   56 231 21 58 17 2 0 31 0 0 15 7 .251 .297 .342 .639 22.3  
1940 25 PIT NL 44 145 10 25 4 0 0 9 0 0 2 0 .172 .182 .200 .382 3.3 0.0
    AAA   25 103 15 29 11 0 0 10 0 0 8 2 .282 .333 .388 .722 12.5  
    AA   1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1  
1941 26 PIT NL 38 124 10 32 4 0 1 18 0 0 3 7 .258 .282 .315 .597 11.2 1.1
1942 27 PIT NL 20 54 4 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 3 .278 .298 .333 .632 5.7 0.7
1943 28 PIT NL 37 111 6 32 5 0 0 4 0 1 2 4 .288 .301 .333 .634 9.2 0.9
1944 29 PIT NL 16 45 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .156 .174 .200 .374 0.8 0.0
1945 30 PIT NL 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1946 31 PIT NL 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
1947 32 PIT NL 7 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0
1948 33 A   136 506 49 140 23 0 6 65 2 6 29 54 .277 .316 .358 .674 53.9  
10 Years Sim 291 853 58 195 32 3 2 73 0 1 22 35 .229 .252 .280 .532 56.0 2.9
2 Years AAA 52 212 25 65 16 0 0 21 0 0 17 4 .307 .362 .382 .744 27.7  
2 Years AA 57 236 22 59 17 2 0 32 0 0 15 7 .250 .309 .339 .648 22.4  
2 Years A 273 1020 108 299 65 1 12 124 4 6 68 68 .293 .348 .394 .742 128.3  
6 Years Minors 382 1468 155 423 98 3 12 177 4 6 100 79 .288 .343 .384 .727 178.4  
162 Game Average 474 32 108 17 1 1 40 0 0 12 19 .229 .252 .280 .532 31.2  
Career Highs 109 352 24 81 13 3 1 32 0 1 11 12 .333 .333 .667 1.000 25.5  
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   614 50 144 23 3 2 54 0 1 13 24 .235 .257 .292 .549 39.5
vs LH   239 8 51 9 0 0 19 0 0 9 11 .213 .240 .251 .491 12.5
Home 141 450 29 104 12 2 1 38 0 1 10 17 .231 .249 .273 .523 26.5
Away 145 403 29 91 20 1 1 35 0 0 12 18 .226 .255 .288 .543 25.5
RISP   203 0 44 9 2 0 68 0 0 3 8 .217 .233 .281 .513 10.8
Pinch Hitting   29 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 .310 .355 .345 .700 3.5
Close/Late   123 6 29 4 0 0 11 0 0 4 4 .236 .260 .268 .528 7.7
Mar/Apr 50 153 15 35 8 1 0 17 0 0 5 6 .229 .256 .294 .550 10.2
May 51 149 12 38 9 1 0 14 0 0 6 4 .255 .297 .329 .626 12.9
June 52 162 8 36 2 1 0 9 0 0 7 7 .222 .251 .247 .498 9.3
July 57 175 7 36 7 0 1 14 0 0 3 7 .206 .225 .263 .488 8.2
August 34 101 11 27 3 0 1 11 0 0 1 3 .267 .282 .327 .608 8.3
Sep/Oct 40 113 5 23 3 0 0 8 0 1 0 8 .204 .202 .230 .432 3.2
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
1938 23 DET AL C 103 96 872.3 344 23 4 1 .989 3.79 12 8 .667 0 4.2
1939 24 DET AL C 1 0 0.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 27.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1940 25 PIT NL C 42 37 330.7 127 17 0 0 1.000 3.92 15 6 .400 3 2.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 26 PIT NL C 35 33 286.0 125 14 0 0 1.000 4.37 8 2 .250 1 2.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 27 PIT NL C 17 14 119.0 55 8 0 0 1.000 4.76 11 3 .273 0 0.9
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 28 PIT NL C 31 29 249.0 91 7 3 1 .970 3.54 4 1 .250 3 0.6
    1B 2 1 8.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 29 PIT NL C 10 8 75.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.96 2 0 .000 2 0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 16.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 30 PIT NL 1B 3 1 10.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 5 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 31 PIT NL C 5 0 5.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 14.40 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 21.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 32 PIT NL 1B 2 1 10.0 10 1 0 3 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 250 218 1951.3 791 73 7 2 .992 3.98 53 20 .377 9 10.5
  1B 12 6 58.7 78 5 0 6 1.000 12.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   263 224 2012.3 869 78 7 8 .993 4.24 53 20 .377 9 10.6
Career Highs   103 96 872.3 344 23 4 3 1.000 27.27 15 8 .667 3  
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1937
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 3/3/1938 (Going to DET: C Ben Huffman. Going to TAM: P Mike Ryba)
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/3/1938, off Whit Wyatt (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1938, off Harry Gumbert (CLE)
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1939 (Going to PIT: LF Al Simmons, C Ben Huffman, 3B Bob Kennedy. Going to DET: P Dutch Leonard, P Stu Flythe)
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1942: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1945: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
5/1/1946: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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