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Steve
Mesner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 183
 
Born: January 13, 1918 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1953   
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
1938 20 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
1939 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1940 22 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1941 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1942 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1943 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1944 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1945 27 OAK AL $ 634,286   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1946 28 OAK AL $ 634,286   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 29 OAK AL $ 544,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1948 30 OAK AL $ 544,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
1949 31 OAK AL $ 544,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 10 9 9
1950 32 OAK AL $ 544,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
1951 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
1952 34 OAK AL $ 592,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
1953 35 BRK NL $ 600,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
1954 36 BRK NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 634,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 4 4 4 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
1938 20 AAA   31 127 6 31 6 0 0 10 0 0 5 4 .244 .273 .291 .564 9.3  
    AA   106 397 44 107 17 0 3 36 9 2 52 20 .270 .354 .335 .689 50.9  
1939 21 AAA   47 184 16 52 8 0 1 11 0 0 15 2 .283 .337 .342 .679 21.1  
    AA   72 275 26 68 11 1 3 25 1 0 36 8 .247 .334 .327 .662 32.3  
1940 22 AAA   82 352 43 90 22 1 1 26 1 0 23 10 .256 .301 .332 .634 34.2  
    AA   54 212 18 70 13 0 0 24 1 0 27 5 .330 .406 .392 .797 33.6  
1941 23 OAK AL 22 65 8 18 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 .277 .309 .323 .632 5.8 0.5
    AAA   106 456 39 116 27 1 7 42 0 1 23 11 .254 .290 .364 .654 45.9  
1942 24 OAK AL 61 120 10 25 5 0 0 8 0 0 4 3 .208 .234 .250 .484 4.2 0.0
1943 25 OAK AL 88 152 22 50 12 2 2 27 0 0 14 1 .329 .383 .474 .857 25.4 5.0
1944 26 OAK AL 109 296 34 84 12 1 2 31 0 1 27 4 .284 .342 .351 .693 35.3 4.6
1945 27 OAK AL 74 217 27 54 9 1 2 18 1 0 14 3 .249 .300 .327 .628 19.4 1.7
1946 28 OAK AL 86 181 18 43 4 0 2 16 1 0 11 5 .238 .281 .293 .574 13.5 0.0
1947 29 OAK AL 104 256 25 76 14 1 1 32 0 0 18 9 .297 .345 .371 .716 32.1 6.0
1948 30 OAK AL 96 287 52 79 12 3 6 30 0 0 25 3 .275 .333 .401 .734 35.9 4.6
1949 31 OAK AL 118 299 43 75 12 0 2 27 0 0 21 19 .251 .296 .311 .607 25.6 0.6
1950 32 OAK AL 64 158 22 52 8 0 4 19 0 1 11 3 .329 .376 .456 .832 24.4 4.0
1951 33 OAK AL 122 344 41 103 13 2 5 43 0 0 19 12 .299 .338 .392 .730 40.8 5.3
1952 34 OAK AL 111 209 20 54 8 1 2 24 0 0 12 8 .258 .293 .335 .628 19.9 0.9
1953 35 BRK NL 147 506 40 131 23 1 9 66 0 0 26 31 .259 .291 .362 .653 49.6 4.0
1954 36 BRK NL 46 96 11 25 3 0 1 6 0 0 4 12 .260 .290 .323 .613 7.5 0.3
14 Years Sim 1248 3186 373 869 136 13 38 350 2 2 209 116 .273 .317 .359 .676 339.5 37.4
4 Years AAA 266 1119 104 289 63 2 9 89 1 1 66 27 .258 .298 .342 .640 110.5  
3 Years AA 232 884 88 245 41 1 6 85 11 2 115 33 .277 .360 .346 .706 116.8  
7 Years Minors 498 2003 192 534 104 3 15 174 12 3 181 60 .267 .326 .344 .670 227.3  
162 Game Average 413 48 112 17 1 4 45 0 0 27 15 .273 .317 .359 .676 44.1  
Career Highs 147 506 52 131 23 3 9 66 1 1 27 31 .329 .383 .474 .857 49.6  
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   1508 163 402 61 8 17 156 1 0 72 52 .267 .298 .351 .650 153.2
vs LH   1678 210 467 75 5 21 194 1 2 137 64 .278 .333 .367 .700 202.3
Home 595 1468 173 411 62 5 20 162 1 1 109 56 .280 .330 .370 .700 176.1
Away 653 1718 200 458 74 8 18 188 1 1 100 60 .267 .305 .350 .656 179.4
RISP   754 0 194 30 2 14 293 0 0 45 40 .257 .294 .358 .652 79.4
Pinch Hitting   282 26 71 5 1 3 48 0 0 20 4 .252 .301 .309 .609 26.5
Close/Late   400 32 111 17 3 4 43 0 0 29 15 .278 .326 .365 .691 46.7
Mar/Apr 195 450 55 132 25 2 6 53 1 0 37 20 .293 .348 .398 .745 60.5
May 216 522 70 158 20 3 9 74 0 1 30 17 .303 .338 .404 .742 68.4
June 196 492 45 132 19 1 5 54 0 0 28 13 .268 .307 .341 .648 50.4
July 189 510 54 121 26 2 8 57 0 0 30 19 .237 .280 .343 .623 47.7
August 226 633 69 170 26 2 4 53 0 1 38 26 .269 .312 .335 .647 63.7
Sep/Oct 226 579 80 156 20 3 6 59 1 0 46 21 .269 .320 .345 .665 64.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 23 OAK AL 2B 11 8 73.3 19 33 1 13 .981 6.38   0.3
    SS 8 6 51.0 6 30 0 7 1.000 6.35   0.3
    1B 4 1 15.0 21 0 0 3 1.000 12.60   0.0
    3B 1 1 7.0 2 3 1 0 .833 6.43   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 24 OAK AL SS 22 18 155.3 25 62 2 14 .978 5.04   0.9
    2B 8 6 46.0 12 17 1 3 .967 5.67   0.1
    3B 5 3 24.0 0 9 1 2 .900 3.38   0.1
    1B 4 2 18.0 22 2 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 25 OAK AL 1B 14 12 113.0 133 11 1 18 .993 11.47   0.2
    SS 9 7 58.0 7 19 2 3 .929 4.03   0.1
    2B 5 5 39.0 5 13 0 3 1.000 4.15   0.2
    3B 6 4 38.0 1 18 1 1 .950 4.50   0.3
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 26 OAK AL SS 53 51 400.0 66 175 7 36 .972 5.42   1.4
    2B 8 8 59.0 15 26 1 8 .976 6.25   0.2
    1B 10 6 55.7 73 9 1 8 .988 13.26   0.1
    3B 7 5 42.0 1 9 1 1 .909 2.14   0.1
    RF 13 0 31.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.1
    LF 11 0 26.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1945 27 OAK AL SS 37 27 252.7 51 116 1 19 .994 5.95   1.4
    3B 15 10 104.0 8 23 4 0 .886 2.68   0.2
    2B 12 9 79.3 18 27 0 4 1.000 5.11   0.3
    1B 5 3 26.0 34 2 0 4 1.000 12.46   0.1
    RF 4 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1946 28 OAK AL 3B 21 15 134.7 5 45 0 6 1.000 3.34   0.7
    SS 13 10 89.7 16 41 2 9 .966 5.72   0.6
    2B 9 8 67.0 18 30 2 5 .960 6.45   0.3
    RF 9 5 51.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.1
    LF 7 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 2 1 8.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38   0.0
1947 29 OAK AL 1B 32 31 251.0 265 29 1 22 .997 10.54   0.6
    3B 19 12 123.7 10 38 2 7 .960 3.49   0.6
    SS 12 8 80.3 18 25 2 8 .956 4.82   0.3
    2B 13 5 56.0 19 19 2 3 .950 6.11   0.2
    LF 5 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 30 OAK AL RF 47 46 377.3 83 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.9
    SS 18 9 98.0 15 34 2 7 .961 4.50   0.3
    3B 15 3 43.3 3 7 1 1 .909 2.08   0.1
    1B 6 5 37.0 48 3 0 5 1.000 12.41   0.1
    2B 10 3 34.0 5 13 0 1 1.000 4.76   0.2
    LF 5 2 23.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74    
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1949 31 OAK AL RF 40 38 291.0 76 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.9
    SS 28 10 126.0 24 41 0 8 1.000 4.64   0.5
    2B 14 7 74.0 22 30 0 7 1.000 6.32   0.3
    3B 15 4 54.7 2 16 2 2 .900 2.96   0.1
    1B 6 2 27.0 40 2 0 3 1.000 14.00   0.1
    LF 5 0 10.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1950 32 OAK AL 2B 36 31 264.7 67 105 3 19 .983 5.85   0.9
    SS 10 2 28.7 5 17 1 4 .957 6.91   0.2
    3B 6 2 23.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 33 OAK AL RF 66 64 517.0 106 0 1 0 .991 1.85   1.3
    SS 28 17 159.0 27 68 1 13 .990 5.38   0.9
    2B 20 6 76.3 18 32 0 9 1.000 5.90   0.4
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 34 OAK AL 3B 39 28 259.7 18 44 5 2 .925 2.15   0.4
    2B 39 5 111.7 26 46 1 11 .986 5.80   0.1
    SS 18 5 57.0 8 22 0 2 1.000 4.74   0.3
    LF 3 2 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.1
    RF 3 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 35 BRK NL SS 144 138 1185.3 205 572 13 104 .984 5.90   5.5
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1954 36 BRK NL SS 36 25 222.3 51 94 1 28 .993 5.87   1.2
    2B 5 0 8.0 4 4 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 436 333 2963.3 524 1316 34 262 .982 5.59   14.2
  RF 193 153 1296.7 284 0 1 0 .996 1.97   3.4
  2B 191 101 990.3 248 396 11 86 .983 5.85   3.4
  3B 152 87 858.0 51 215 18 22 .937 2.79   2.9
  1B 87 63 557.7 654 60 3 69 .996 11.52   1.3
  LF 39 4 105.3 23 3 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.1
  CF 3 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
Career Totals   1101 742 6781.2 1786 1990 67 439 .983 5.01   25.3
Career Highs   145 138 1187.3 315 573 13 104 .994 7.42    
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
1942 24 OAK AL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
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  3. Ron Oester (956)
  4. Phil Garner (953)
  5. Bucky Dent (953)
  6. Creepy Crespi (948)
  7. Ed Kranepool (944)
  8. Larry Brown (940)
  9. Red Schoendienst (937)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Detroit in 1938
Traded from Detroit to Oakland on 4/2/1939 (Going to OAK: 3B Steve Mesner, P Tony Kaufmann. Going to DET: P Mace Brown)
Injured on 5/18/1939 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/4/1939 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/16/1941 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/31/1941, off Bob Logan (DET)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Hit first career homerun on 6/6/1943, off Joe Krakauskas (DET)
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $634,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $634,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $544,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/22/1948 with a Strained Calf Muscle, out for 2 weeks
3/3/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
Injured on 6/26/1950 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $592,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1953
Released by Brooklyn on 10/3/1954
 
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