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Ron
Northey		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 26, 1920 in Usa, PA, MAHANOY CITY
 
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
1942 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 9 9 9
1943 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
1944 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1945 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1946 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 6 5 8 9 9
1947 27 OAK AL $ 435,714   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1948 28 OAK AL $ 650,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1949 29 OAK AL $ 650,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1950 30 OAK AL $ 650,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1951 31 OAK AL $ 650,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1952 32 OAK AL $ 2,530,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 5 9 9 9
1953 33 OAK AL $ 2,530,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1954 34 BRK NL $ 2,100,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1955 35 BRK NL $ 2,100,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1956 36 BRK NL $ 2,100,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 7 7
1957 37 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 7 7 7
1958 38 DET AL     3 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,530,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
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
1942 22 OAK AL 4 13 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .385 .467 .385 .851 2.1 0.3
    AAA   137 553 91 190 27 3 24 85 5 8 51 23 .344 .399 .533 .932 106.0  
1943 23 OAK AL 80 280 33 77 8 0 4 40 0 0 31 14 .275 .345 .346 .691 36.6 5.0
    AAA   54 221 31 76 9 1 8 36 2 4 20 10 .344 .398 .502 .901 40.0  
1944 24 OAK AL 118 424 62 126 25 4 5 62 0 2 40 26 .297 .358 .410 .768 55.7 8.0
    AAA   28 116 16 36 2 0 5 14 0 4 6 7 .310 .344 .457 .801 16.2  
1945 25 OAK AL 109 330 32 77 14 0 5 27 0 0 30 19 .233 .298 .321 .620 27.2 1.0
1946 26 OAK AL 155 527 53 132 26 2 12 65 1 0 58 33 .250 .327 .376 .702 63.0 6.7
1947 27 OAK AL 157 558 81 152 29 3 20 93 0 1 56 41 .272 .338 .443 .780 80.9 15.6
1948 28 OAK AL 149 506 89 151 29 1 20 95 1 0 64 32 .298 .376 .478 .854 86.4 14.0
1949 29 OAK AL 143 477 70 130 29 2 12 73 0 0 60 24 .273 .350 .417 .768 67.1 8.7
1950 30 OAK AL 119 261 40 66 16 1 7 40 0 0 29 10 .253 .325 .402 .728 32.8 3.5
1951 31 OAK AL 115 159 23 42 9 0 7 26 0 0 14 10 .264 .324 .453 .777 21.2 3.0
1952 32 OAK AL 133 329 50 103 21 1 15 71 0 0 39 11 .313 .385 .520 .905 62.1 11.0
1953 33 OAK AL 126 308 44 89 14 0 13 46 1 0 20 28 .289 .326 .461 .787 43.4 6.1
1954 34 BRK NL 112 233 35 64 7 1 3 27 0 0 30 9 .275 .355 .352 .707 30.4 3.9
1955 35 BRK NL 68 150 18 35 6 1 2 15 0 0 7 10 .233 .268 .327 .594 11.3 0.3
1956 36 BRK NL 21 32 6 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 .281 .361 .313 .674 3.7 0.5
1957 37 DET AL 51 120 4 30 11 0 0 8 0 0 4 16 .250 .274 .342 .616 9.4 0.8
    AAA   27 110 16 39 5 0 8 24 1 1 7 15 .355 .393 .618 1.011 23.5  
1958 38 AAA   137 528 56 127 14 6 10 43 4 7 51 103 .241 .307 .347 .654 56.5  
16 Years Sim 1660 4707 642 1288 245 16 125 695 3 3 488 286 .274 .341 .412 .753 633.4 88.4
5 Years AAA 383 1528 210 468 57 10 55 202 12 24 135 158 .306 .363 .465 .827 242.3  
162 Game Average 459 62 125 23 1 12 67 0 0 47 27 .274 .341 .412 .753 61.8  
Career Highs 157 558 89 152 29 4 20 95 1 2 64 41 .385 .467 .520 .905 86.4  
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   3520 504 1012 187 11 100 566 0 1 377 199 .288 .355 .432 .787 534.2
vs LH   1187 138 276 58 5 25 129 3 2 111 87 .233 .298 .353 .651 127.1
Home 833 2286 323 628 111 9 60 336 1 1 250 145 .275 .345 .410 .755 325.4
Away 827 2421 319 660 134 7 65 359 2 2 238 141 .273 .337 .414 .751 335.9
RISP   1304 0 361 57 5 37 518 0 0 129 85 .277 .335 .413 .749 183.9
Pinch Hitting   410 55 113 14 3 6 67 1 0 38 19 .276 .334 .368 .702 51.4
Close/Late   609 76 165 34 2 12 84 0 0 87 37 .271 .362 .392 .754 89.3
Mar/Apr 230 641 83 167 32 2 22 110 0 1 63 61 .261 .325 .420 .745 87.9
May 231 609 91 159 25 2 24 102 1 0 65 32 .261 .331 .427 .758 87.7
June 292 861 107 231 44 3 13 112 0 0 87 49 .268 .335 .372 .707 108.1
July 292 815 131 219 42 3 20 102 0 0 80 47 .269 .334 .401 .735 109.1
August 318 931 114 256 51 3 23 132 1 1 95 50 .275 .342 .410 .752 129.8
Sep/Oct 297 850 116 256 51 3 23 137 1 1 98 47 .301 .370 .449 .819 138.6
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
1942 22 OAK AL RF 4 4 31.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.74   0.0
1943 23 OAK AL RF 77 77 652.3 127 0 3 0 .977 1.75   1.6
    LF 2 2 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 24 OAK AL LF 101 100 871.0 165 3 1 1 .994 1.74   1.8
    RF 15 14 111.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
1945 25 OAK AL RF 98 96 773.0 185 3 8 2 .959 2.19   2.1
    1B 2 0 11.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1946 26 OAK AL LF 150 149 1240.7 278 3 0 0 1.000 2.04   2.6
    CF 8 2 32.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1947 27 OAK AL LF 150 149 1286.3 323 3 3 2 .991 2.28   3.1
    CF 5 0 11.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.27    
    1B 5 0 5.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 28 OAK AL LF 126 118 1055.7 246 4 3 2 .988 2.13   2.5
    RF 13 6 61.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.33    
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1949 29 OAK AL LF 121 115 1016.3 233 6 1 1 .996 2.12   2.7
    RF 13 0 29.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1950 30 OAK AL LF 39 27 261.7 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.8
    CF 25 4 80.7 23 0 2 0 .920 2.57    
    RF 11 6 60.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.25    
    1B 9 7 58.0 59 3 1 8 .984 9.62   0.1
1951 31 OAK AL CF 44 10 139.3 39 0 1 0 .975 2.52   0.7
    LF 7 5 50.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    RF 9 3 37.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.22    
    1B 3 1 11.0 16 1 0 2 1.000 13.91   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 32 OAK AL RF 43 39 349.0 86 0 3 0 .966 2.22   1.2
    1B 26 23 211.3 253 12 4 24 .985 11.29   0.6
    CF 13 8 75.3 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.58    
    LF 8 4 44.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.21    
1953 33 OAK AL 1B 78 47 479.0 605 47 6 48 .991 12.25   0.7
    CF 23 6 92.7 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.82   0.5
    LF 13 0 33.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1954 34 BRK NL LF 45 38 323.7 76 1 0 1 1.000 2.14   0.9
    RF 26 6 90.0 20 0 2 0 .909 2.00    
    1B 8 3 30.0 30 2 0 7 1.000 9.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 35 BRK NL RF 22 17 153.0 26 0 2 0 .929 1.53   0.2
    1B 9 5 40.0 57 6 1 6 .984 14.18   0.1
    LF 6 4 37.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.92    
    CF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1956 36 BRK NL 1B 5 5 38.0 37 6 0 4 1.000 10.18   0.0
    LF 3 2 18.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 37 DET AL CF 19 17 144.7 36 1 3 1 .925 2.30   0.2
    1B 6 6 50.0 48 5 0 7 1.000 9.54   0.1
    LF 3 3 25.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    RF 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 776 716 6280.6 1432 20 9 7 .994 2.08   14.6
  RF 338 269 2360.3 507 3 21 2 .960 1.94   5.2
  1B 156 97 940.3 1132 85 12 106 .990 11.65   1.8
  CF 148 47 592.6 172 1 7 1 .961 2.63   1.4
  SS 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1420 1129 10177.9 3245 109 49 116 .986 2.97   23.0
Career Highs   162 151 1303.3 642 47 8 48 1.000 10.23    
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 22 OAK AL 10 31 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 .323 .389 .387 .776
Career Post-Season Batting 10 31 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 .323 .389 .387 .776
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
1946-6-155
1947-2-157
 RBIs
1947-9-93
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  5. Gus Bell (943)
  6. Tony Horton (942)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Oakland in 1942
Had first career hit on 9/23/1942, off Danny Macfayden (BSN)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Hit first career homerun on 6/9/1943, off Johnny Broaca (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1944, hitting .435 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $650,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1947, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1947, hitting .408 with 5 HR, 23 RBI
Injured on 4/7/1950 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,530,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1952, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1954 to a 3-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1957 to a minor league deal
7/1/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
 
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