Goody
Rosen
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 155
 
Born: August 28, 1912 in Can, ON, TORONTO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1939   
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 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1938 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1939 26 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1940 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1941 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1942 29 SDP NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1943 30 SDP NL $ 3,121,429   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1944 31 DET AL $ 3,121,429   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1945 32 DET AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1946 33 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1947 34 SDP NL     8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,121,429   8 8 8 3 3 3 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
1937 24 MON NL 22 73 16 28 7 2 0 15 0 0 8 2 .384 .439 .534 .973 13.1 2.9
    AAA   135 522 76 151 20 7 6 62 12 16 76 42 .289 .380 .389 .768 76.6  
1938 25 MON NL 88 304 46 101 19 2 5 42 0 0 36 17 .332 .398 .457 .855 52.1 10.1
    AAA   54 221 37 70 8 1 4 29 4 8 26 17 .317 .389 .416 .805 33.6  
1939 26 MON NL 127 431 53 130 17 6 4 55 5 0 47 29 .302 .372 .397 .769 60.8 13.0
1940 27 MON NL 51 157 24 47 5 3 0 15 5 2 15 10 .299 .358 .369 .728 20.5 3.6
  BSN NL 98 330 48 92 16 4 4 34 10 4 40 16 .279 .354 .388 .742 46.2 7.3
  TOT   149 487 72 139 21 7 4 49 15 6 55 26 .285 .355 .382 .737 66.7 10.9
1941 28 SDP NL 112 434 71 137 19 5 7 76 0 0 30 23 .316 .359 .431 .790 59.6 11.5
    AAA   26 91 13 23 5 0 4 17 2 5 16 3 .253 .364 .440 .804 14.0  
1942 29 SDP NL 129 433 67 137 15 5 4 57 1 0 55 31 .316 .390 .402 .792 67.4 11.8
1943 30 SDP NL 142 449 67 138 23 5 5 54 0 0 49 14 .307 .377 .414 .791 62.5 11.1
1944 31 DET AL 132 455 89 131 24 1 7 44 2 2 64 36 .288 .374 .391 .765 67.7 10.8
1945 32 DET AL 130 376 67 107 33 2 3 53 3 1 59 23 .285 .380 .407 .787 57.7 11.0
1946 33 DET AL 53 113 14 33 8 0 0 15 1 0 18 6 .292 .386 .363 .749 15.9 2.8
  SDP NL 68 221 15 48 7 3 2 15 1 1 17 16 .217 .272 .303 .575 15.7 0.0
  TOT   121 334 29 81 15 3 2 30 2 1 35 22 .243 .313 .323 .636 31.6 2.8
1947 34 SDP NL 120 296 46 94 18 2 5 47 3 1 40 20 .318 .394 .443 .837 51.8 12.6
11 Years Sim 1272 4072 623 1223 211 40 46 522 31 11 478 243 .300 .372 .406 .778 590.9 108.6
3 Years AAA 215 834 126 244 33 8 14 108 18 29 118 62 .293 .377 .402 .779 124.2  
162 Game Average 518 79 155 26 5 5 66 3 1 60 30 .300 .372 .406 .778 75.3  
Career Highs 149 487 89 139 33 7 7 76 15 6 64 36 .384 .439 .534 .973 67.7  
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   3476 541 1064 188 35 38 456 25 9 422 191 .306 .379 .413 .792 541.5
vs LH   596 82 159 23 5 8 66 6 2 56 52 .267 .330 .362 .693 72.3
Home 642 2029 303 604 108 22 14 232 15 5 238 121 .298 .370 .393 .763 296.0
Away 630 2043 320 619 103 18 32 290 16 6 240 122 .303 .374 .418 .792 317.8
RISP   1028 0 300 51 16 6 446 0 0 164 69 .292 .379 .390 .769 161.4
Pinch Hitting   210 35 65 11 1 0 30 1 0 28 8 .310 .389 .371 .761 31.2
Close/Late   554 65 164 20 3 3 63 0 0 67 25 .296 .370 .359 .729 76.2
Mar/Apr 176 560 85 175 38 4 3 61 5 2 71 38 .313 .387 .411 .798 88.3
May 200 621 95 180 28 6 7 77 4 2 70 46 .290 .363 .388 .751 87.5
June 219 688 117 232 38 11 11 115 7 1 96 36 .337 .417 .472 .889 130.4
July 223 759 107 216 44 2 7 96 5 1 76 45 .285 .344 .375 .719 99.6
August 234 767 113 218 29 11 13 87 7 1 82 44 .284 .354 .402 .756 109.7
Sep/Oct 220 677 106 202 34 6 5 86 3 4 83 34 .298 .373 .388 .761 98.3
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
1937 24 MON NL CF 19 19 154.0 43 5 2 1 .960 2.81   0.6
    RF 2 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 25 MON NL CF 79 77 674.7 188 10 0 1 1.000 2.64   2.1
    3B 4 0 5.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 26 MON NL CF 113 103 929.7 282 17 1 2 .997 2.89   4.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1940 27 MON NL LF 29 27 228.3 44 2 1 0 .979 1.81   0.9
    CF 15 12 105.0 34 3 1 0 .974 3.17   0.0
    RF 3 2 16.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BSN NL LF 57 52 493.4 95 5 2 0 .980 1.82   2.9
    CF 30 23 227.0 72 6 1 1 .987 3.09   0.0
    RF 7 3 35.1 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 86 79 721.7 139 7 3 0 .980 1.82   3.7
      CF 45 35 332.0 106 9 2 1 .983 3.12   0.0
      RF 10 5 51.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.0
      3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1941 28 SDP NL CF 99 95 838.7 222 6 1 1 .996 2.45   2.9
    LF 12 8 93.3 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 29 SDP NL CF 115 113 988.3 233 10 1 2 .996 2.21   3.2
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 30 SDP NL CF 112 108 961.7 270 9 2 2 .993 2.61   2.9
    LF 9 3 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    3B 4 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1944 31 DET AL CF 109 98 908.3 255 11 4 2 .985 2.64   3.5
    LF 3 2 20.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    RF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1945 32 DET AL CF 57 54 477.3 124 5 1 1 .992 2.43   2.0
    3B 29 19 182.7 10 42 1 5 .981 2.56   0.6
    LF 8 7 67.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.82    
    RF 10 6 64.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
1946 33 DET AL LF 25 23 171.9 36 1 1 1 .974 1.94   0.6
    RF 4 3 26.5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    CF 4 2 17.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.0
    3B 4 1 11.2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
    1B 1 1 6.1 8 0 0 0 1.000 11.80   0.0
  SDP NL LF 33 30 310.1 64 3 3 1 .957 1.94   0.9
    RF 6 4 47.8 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.0
    CF 4 3 30.9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.0
    3B 5 2 20.2 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.12   0.1
    1B 1 1 10.9 15 1 0 1 1.000 13.21   0.0
  TOT   LF 58 53 482.0 100 4 4 2 .963 1.94   1.5
      RF 10 7 74.3 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
      CF 8 5 48.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.0
      3B 9 3 31.4 2 9 0 1 1.000 3.15   0.1
      1B 2 2 17.0 23 1 0 1 1.000 12.71   0.0
1947 34 SDP NL CF 77 62 558.3 145 5 3 1 .980 2.42   1.8
    RF 10 7 65.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    LF 10 2 40.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    3B 10 2 33.0 1 15 1 1 .941 4.36   0.3
  CF 833 769 6871.0 1880 88 17 14 .991 2.58   23.1
  LF 188 154 1471.0 291 14 7 2 .978 1.87   5.2
  RF 52 28 299.6 68 2 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.0
  3B 66 24 273.4 14 73 2 7 .978 2.86   1.1
  1B 2 2 17.0 23 1 0 1 1.000 12.71   0.0
Career Totals   1141 977 8932.0 2276 178 26 24 .990 2.47   29.4
Career Highs   143 119 1108.0 285 48 5 6 1.000 2.90    
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
1937 24 MON NL 7 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .227 .346 .273 .619
1941 28 SDP NL 7 25 7 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .360 .448 .440 .888
1942 29 SDP NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 17 50 9 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 .280 .379 .340 .719
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
1942-8-.311*
On-Base Pct
1942-9-.384*
Triples
1939-10-6
1940-5-7
Stolen Bases
1940-5-15
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Montreal in 1937
Injured on 5/16/1937 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1937, off Ted Lyons (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/19/1938, off Bob Feller (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1938, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Injured on 8/29/1939 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 11 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 6/1/1940 (Going to MON: SS Glen Stewart. Going to BSN: CF Goody Rosen)
Traded from Boston (N) to San Diego on 4/2/1941 (Going to SDP: LF Goody Rosen. Going to BSN: 1B Eddie Miller)
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/3/1944 (Going to SDP: P Stu Flythe, P Freddy Schmidt, P Bill Lohrman, CF Ernie Sulik. Going to DET: LF Roy Cullenbine, C Babe Phelps, LF Goody Rosen)
6/1/1944: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 6/2/1944
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 7/1/1946 (Going to SDP: SS Eddie Basinski, CF Goody Rosen. Going to DET: P Bob Logan)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 9/6/1947
Released by San Diego on 10/19/1947