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Wally
Judnich		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 24, 1917 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1940    1941    1944    1945    1949    1951   
All-Star Selections 1941    1943    1944    1945    1946    1947    1950    1952   
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
1940 23 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1941 24 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1942 25 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
1943 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1944 27 NYG NL $ 2,414,286   8 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1945 28 NYG NL $ 4,364,286   8 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1946 29 NYG NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8
1947 30 NYG NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8
1948 31 NYG NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1949 32 DET AL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 6 7 6 7 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1950 33 DET AL $ 7,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1951 34 DET AL $ 7,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1952 35 DET AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1953 36 NYA AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1954 37 MON NL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 5 8 8 8
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
1940 23 SLC NL 130 494 76 135 26 4 15 59 5 1 60 60 .273 .353 .433 .786 70.0 14.1
    AAA   26 105 23 37 7 1 12 31 2 1 12 10 .352 .419 .781 1.200 29.5  
1941 24 SLC NL 157 587 90 168 39 6 19 78 1 2 49 66 .286 .341 .470 .811 83.0 14.4
1942 25 SLC NL 158 571 79 142 25 5 24 91 3 2 70 67 .249 .329 .436 .765 83.1 15.2
1943 26 STL NL 53 184 27 46 11 2 4 25 0 0 25 23 .250 .335 .397 .732 24.5 3.8
  NYG NL 105 370 46 93 15 4 14 71 1 0 43 38 .251 .325 .427 .752 50.7 6.7
  TOT   158 554 73 139 26 6 18 96 1 0 68 61 .251 .329 .417 .746 75.2 10.5
1944 27 NYG NL 155 599 117 203 44 5 22 117 0 1 57 61 .339 .392 .539 .931 116.1 23.4
1945 28 NYG NL 156 614 91 187 38 5 26 127 1 0 54 63 .305 .355 .510 .865 104.8 17.5
1946 29 NYG NL 158 577 91 159 37 3 26 96 0 1 63 72 .276 .346 .485 .832 91.0 16.9
1947 30 NYG NL 151 561 92 186 40 3 24 117 1 0 63 53 .332 .395 .542 .937 108.8 23.9
1948 31 NYG NL 154 574 94 177 41 2 22 106 0 0 69 71 .308 .377 .502 .879 104.6 24.1
1949 32 DET AL 154 625 103 188 31 4 20 141 0 0 63 63 .301 .361 .459 .821 95.9 13.9
1950 33 DET AL 156 615 126 189 40 3 26 150 0 0 98 62 .307 .397 .509 .906 122.1 22.1
1951 34 DET AL 126 532 86 145 31 1 17 116 0 0 49 55 .273 .331 .430 .762 73.4 11.8
1952 35 DET AL 153 623 88 188 29 5 20 118 0 0 60 87 .302 .361 .461 .822 96.0 15.7
1953 36 NYA AL 154 615 71 144 17 4 13 69 0 0 48 95 .234 .287 .338 .626 61.9 4.6
1954 37 MON NL 80 247 23 55 9 2 6 20 0 0 17 55 .223 .271 .348 .619 21.3 0.7
15 Years Sim 2200 8388 1300 2405 473 58 298 1501 12 7 888 991 .287 .352 .464 .816 1306.9 228.8
1 Years AAA 26 105 23 37 7 1 12 31 2 1 12 10 .352 .419 .781 1.200 29.5  
162 Game Average 617 95 177 34 4 21 110 0 0 65 72 .287 .352 .464 .816 96.2  
Career Highs 158 625 126 203 44 6 26 150 5 2 98 95 .339 .397 .542 .937 122.1  
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   5425 938 1650 314 40 219 1052 10 5 616 567 .304 .371 .498 .869 968.8
vs LH   2963 362 755 159 18 79 449 2 2 272 424 .255 .316 .401 .716 376.7
Home 1103 4131 641 1172 247 25 158 767 3 2 427 499 .284 .348 .470 .819 663.4
Away 1097 4257 659 1233 226 33 140 734 9 5 461 492 .290 .356 .457 .813 682.1
RISP   2414 0 711 141 16 85 1145 0 0 343 285 .295 .371 .472 .842 428.2
Pinch Hitting   95 17 26 6 0 4 21 0 0 16 8 .274 .375 .463 .838 16.9
Close/Late   898 130 253 42 8 30 153 0 0 130 100 .282 .370 .447 .817 150.5
Mar/Apr 358 1420 222 416 90 12 53 249 1 0 143 169 .293 .356 .485 .841 236.5
May 395 1490 215 398 75 12 38 241 2 2 161 179 .267 .336 .410 .746 207.3
June 369 1389 221 413 75 9 57 250 4 1 151 164 .297 .362 .487 .849 239.5
July 336 1261 210 377 79 11 58 251 3 1 131 139 .299 .363 .517 .880 226.2
August 380 1451 221 405 71 9 41 256 2 2 168 180 .279 .350 .425 .775 217.9
Sep/Oct 362 1377 211 396 83 5 51 254 0 1 134 160 .288 .348 .466 .814 218.0
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
1940 23 SLC NL CF 124 123 1098.7 296 9 1 2 .997 2.50 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 4 0 8.0 10 0 1 0 .909 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 24 SLC NL CF 149 144 1276.3 390 10 2 3 .995 2.82 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 25 SLC NL CF 150 146 1289.3 381 10 2 1 .995 2.73 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 1 1 .833 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 26 STL NL CF 50 49 421.4 107 2 1 1 .991 2.33 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    1B 1 0 2.4 2 0 0 1 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL CF 100 98 832.9 210 4 1 1 .995 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 3 0 4.6 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 150 147 1254.3 317 6 2 2 .994 2.32   3.8
      1B 4 0 7.0 6 0 0 2 1.000 7.71   0.0
1944 27 NYG NL 1B 127 124 1099.0 1458 116 7 136 .996 12.89 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    CF 25 25 219.0 62 2 0 1 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1945 28 NYG NL 1B 153 149 1334.7 1791 134 11 155 .994 12.98 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1946 29 NYG NL 1B 156 148 1312.3 1631 121 9 156 .995 12.02 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 30 NYG NL 1B 150 145 1281.0 1587 115 9 148 .995 11.96 0 0 .000 0 3.7
1948 31 NYG NL 1B 152 148 1328.0 1561 132 9 130 .995 11.47 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 32 DET AL CF 150 148 1307.3 413 10 2 3 .995 2.91 0 0 .000 0 6.2
1950 33 DET AL CF 152 147 1330.7 354 8 1 1 .997 2.45 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    1B 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 34 DET AL CF 125 125 1129.0 339 7 1 2 .997 2.76 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 35 DET AL CF 150 150 1342.0 398 8 3 3 .993 2.72 0 0 .000 0 7.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 36 NYA AL CF 152 152 1331.7 356 13 5 2 .987 2.49 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1954 37 MON NL CF 61 59 518.3 144 1 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 4 1 15.0 19 2 0 0 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1389 1366 12097.6 3452 84 19 20 .995 2.63 0 0 .000 0 42.2
  1B 756 715 6397.3 8074 621 47 729 .995 12.23 0 0 .000 0 15.2
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2148 2081 18499.9 11526 705 66 749 .995 5.95 0 0 .000 0 57.4
Career Highs   157 152 1343.0 1791 134 11 156 1.000 12.98 0 0 .000 0  
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
1947 30 NYG NL 5 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .273 .250 .523
1948 31 NYG NL 12 47 6 12 5 0 1 8 0 0 6 9 .255 .327 .426 .753
1949 32 DET AL 7 27 5 10 3 1 1 6 0 0 2 5 .370 .400 .667 1.067
1950 33 DET AL 7 28 4 10 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 2 .357 .345 .500 .845
1951 34 DET AL 11 48 9 21 5 0 2 20 0 0 3 4 .438 .471 .667 1.137
1952 35 DET AL 12 47 5 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 8 .340 .404 .404 .808
Career Post-Season Batting 54 217 30 73 18 1 5 50 0 0 18 29 .336 .381 .498 .878
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.
Batting Average
1944-2-.339
1945-5-.305
1947-1-.332
1948-9-.308
 On-Base Pct
1947-8-.395
 Slugging Pct
1941-8-.470
1944-2-.539
1945-5-.510
1947-3-.542
1950-10-.509
 OPS
1944-2-.931
1945-7-.865
1947-2-.937
 XR
1941-10-83.0
1944-1-116.1
1945-3-104.8
1947-3-108.8
1948-8-104.6
1950-6-122.1
 Games
1941-2-157
1942-1-158
1943-2-158
1944-8-155
1945-4-156
1946-1-158
1950-3-156
At-Bats
1941-5-587
1942-10-571
1944-4-599
1945-3-614
1946-6-577
1949-3-625
1950-1-615
1952-2-623
1953-2-615
CAR-45-8388
 Runs
1941-7-90
1944-1-117
1945-10-91
1950-3-126
 Hits
1941-9-168
1944-1-203
1945-2-187
1947-2-186
1948-4-177
1949-5-188
1950-7-189
1952-6-188
CAR-44-2405
 Total Bases
1941-3-276
1942-10-249
1944-1-323
1945-2-313
1946-6-280
1947-3-304
1948-6-288
1950-6-313
CAR-47-3888
 Singles
1944-7-132
1945-8-118
1949-4-133
1952-4-134
 Doubles
1941-3-39
1944-1-44
1945-6-38
1946-3-37
1947-1-40
1948-2-41
1950-5-40
CAR-43-473
Triples
1943-7-6
 Homeruns
1940-10-15
1941-6-19
1942-6-24
1945-7-26
1946-7-26
 RBIs
1943-7-96
1944-2-117
1945-1-127
1946-6-96
1947-4-117
1949-4-141
1950-3-150
1951-7-116
1952-8-118
CAR-27-1501
 Walks
1950-9-98
 Strikeouts
1946-9-72
1952-5-87
1953-6-95
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 156    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Richie Zisk (879)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1940
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1940, off Johnny Broaca (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1940, off Johnny Humphries (SDP)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1940
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1941
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/15/1942
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1942, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Traded from St. Louis to New York (N) on 6/1/1943 (Going to SLC: P Ray Scarborough. Going to NYG: CF Wally Judnich)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1943, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,414,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1944, hitting .552 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1944, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1944, hitting .412 with 7 HR, 28 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 9/23/1944
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1944, hitting .373 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1944, hitting .339 with 22 HR, 117 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,364,286 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/11/1945
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1945, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1945, hitting .381 with 7 HR, 31 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
10/4/1945: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1945
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1946, hitting .471 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/4/1946
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1947, hitting .366 with 5 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1947, hitting .378 with 5 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1947, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/15/1948
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 3/3/1949 (Going to NYG: P Hal Manders, 1B Ray Sanders. Going to DET: 1B Wally Judnich)
6/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/24/1949
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/4/1949
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1949
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/23/1950
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Injured on 7/4/1951 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 9/8/1951, off Vern Bickford (CIN)
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1951
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYA: CF Wally Judnich, 1B Ray Sanders, P Jim Hearn. Going to DET: RF Ted Beard)
Injured on 5/25/1953 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/9/1954 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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