Mickey
Stanley
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 20, 1942 in Usa, MI, GRAND RAPIDS
 
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
1964 21 WOR AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1965 22 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1966 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 8
1967 24 KCR AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1968 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1969 26 KCR AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8
1970 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8
1971 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1972 29 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
1973 30 CLE AL $ 381,429   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1974 31 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
1975 32 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1976 33 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1977 34 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1978 35 IND AL $ 504,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 36 BAL AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 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
1964 21 AAA   82 323 47 92 20 2 16 48 9 3 27 15 .285 .340 .508 .848 54.2  
    AA   54 211 28 51 7 1 8 35 5 4 26 23 .242 .325 .398 .723 28.2  
1965 22 KCR AL 15 44 3 11 0 0 0 5 3 1 2 2 .250 .271 .250 .521 3.8 0.1
    AAA   108 356 56 121 17 3 21 64 10 6 47 32 .340 .417 .581 .998 78.9  
1966 23 NYG NL 36 23 6 6 3 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 .261 .320 .391 .711 2.3 0.5
    AAA   29 76 17 27 8 0 7 19 0 0 2 7 .355 .372 .737 1.109 17.8  
1967 24 AAA   137 575 79 167 31 7 20 60 14 9 48 41 .290 .345 .473 .818 89.7  
1968 25 KCR AL 93 112 13 27 4 0 1 11 6 3 8 4 .241 .292 .304 .595 8.6 0.5
1969 26 AAA   137 580 91 191 34 4 23 89 13 3 50 56 .329 .383 .521 .903 107.8  
1970 27 KCR AL 48 103 13 19 4 1 1 10 4 3 2 11 .184 .200 .272 .472 4.8 0.0
1971 28 KCR AL 52 77 14 19 4 1 2 14 12 2 6 6 .247 .298 .403 .700 10.1 1.6
1972 29 KCR AL 50 87 25 27 5 0 4 15 8 5 10 11 .310 .378 .506 .883 15.8 3.0
1973 30 KCR AL 94 287 41 81 13 1 9 43 7 7 18 24 .282 .321 .429 .750 38.0 4.6
  CLE AL 46 151 23 36 6 1 4 17 4 3 15 16 .238 .305 .371 .676 17.3 1.9
  TOT   140 438 64 117 19 2 13 60 11 10 33 40 .267 .316 .409 .724 55.3 6.5
1974 31 CLE AL 129 424 74 124 23 1 10 55 14 4 30 28 .292 .338 .422 .760 53.5 7.0
1975 32 CLE AL 130 414 62 113 25 2 4 54 10 5 41 38 .273 .336 .372 .707 49.1 6.3
1976 33 CLE AL 144 508 65 126 28 8 15 80 6 5 38 34 .248 .299 .423 .722 57.9 6.7
1977 34 CLE AL 152 543 61 127 21 2 10 60 14 8 33 48 .234 .278 .335 .613 46.0 1.9
1978 35 IND AL 84 215 19 45 6 1 3 26 5 1 15 25 .209 .260 .288 .548 16.6 0.3
    AAA   54 204 25 55 7 0 6 26 1 3 17 16 .270 .326 .392 .718 25.4  
1979 36 AAA   126 370 50 122 19 2 7 46 3 1 27 35 .330 .375 .449 .824 58.4  
12 Years Sim 1073 2988 419 761 142 18 63 395 94 47 220 249 .255 .304 .378 .682 323.7 34.4
7 Years AAA 673 2484 365 775 136 18 100 352 50 25 218 202 .312 .366 .502 .868 432.2  
1 Years AA 54 211 28 51 7 1 8 35 5 4 26 23 .242 .325 .398 .723 28.2  
8 Years Minors 727 2695 393 826 143 19 108 387 55 29 244 225 .306 .362 .494 .856 460.4  
162 Game Average 451 63 114 21 2 9 59 14 7 33 37 .255 .304 .378 .682 48.9  
Career Highs 152 543 74 127 28 8 15 80 14 10 41 48 .310 .378 .506 .883 57.9  
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   1997 277 486 91 15 45 279 72 34 142 168 .243 .292 .372 .664 218.7
vs LH   991 142 275 51 3 18 116 22 13 78 81 .277 .327 .390 .717 124.8
Home 527 1440 209 372 69 8 39 199 42 27 99 117 .258 .305 .399 .703 172.2
Away 546 1548 210 389 73 10 24 196 52 20 121 132 .251 .303 .358 .661 171.4
RISP   800 0 211 47 7 14 314 0 0 70 72 .264 .315 .393 .708 100.0
Pinch Hitting   147 24 41 9 2 1 30 4 3 13 13 .279 .338 .388 .725 18.5
Close/Late   393 65 104 15 4 3 49 0 0 37 40 .265 .326 .346 .672 45.1
Mar/Apr 164 428 63 120 30 2 9 68 20 9 35 40 .280 .332 .423 .755 59.2
May 191 511 61 146 31 1 7 77 18 11 32 48 .286 .325 .391 .716 62.5
June 201 583 81 133 28 4 11 66 14 7 45 50 .228 .284 .346 .630 57.5
July 184 498 74 136 22 6 14 69 14 10 28 39 .273 .309 .426 .735 63.3
August 157 454 67 108 17 3 15 65 10 8 40 31 .238 .298 .388 .686 53.1
Sep/Oct 176 514 73 118 14 2 7 50 18 2 40 41 .230 .284 .305 .589 47.9
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
1965 22 KCR AL LF 11 11 97.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.4
    CF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1966 23 NYG NL RF 5 0 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 25 KCR AL RF 8 6 56.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.3
    LF 8 4 41.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.10    
    CF 6 4 31.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.90    
    3B 2 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1970 27 KCR AL 3B 17 16 141.0 8 33 1 2 .976 2.62   0.5
    CF 10 6 63.0 24 2 0 1 1.000 3.71   0.4
    RF 5 2 22.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.05    
    SS 3 1 13.7 2 7 1 2 .900 5.93   0.1
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 28 KCR AL 2B 16 7 83.7 22 31 3 11 .946 5.70   0.3
    3B 8 3 47.0 4 15 0 1 1.000 3.64   0.4
    SS 3 3 25.0 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.24   0.1
    CF 5 0 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    RF 8 0 11.3 3 0 1 0 .750 2.38    
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1972 29 KCR AL SS 13 10 100.0 15 39 4 9 .931 4.86   0.3
    2B 5 5 44.0 7 14 3 5 .875 4.30   0.1
    3B 5 5 42.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.14   0.2
    CF 9 0 24.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 30 KCR AL 3B 70 64 550.0 24 134 5 10 .969 2.59   1.6
    LF 4 3 29.8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.1
    SS 5 2 28.5 5 13 0 3 1.000 5.68   0.2
    RF 5 3 28.3 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
    CF 4 1 14.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63   0.0
  CLE AL 3B 34 32 298.0 13 72 2 5 .977 2.57   1.0
    LF 2 2 16.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.1
    SS 3 1 15.5 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.81   0.1
    RF 2 1 15.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.94   0.0
    CF 2 1 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
  TOT   3B 104 96 848.0 37 206 7 15 .972 2.58   2.6
      LF 6 5 46.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.2
      SS 8 3 44.0 8 20 0 4 1.000 5.73   0.2
      RF 7 4 43.6 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
      CF 6 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 .82   0.0
1974 31 CLE AL SS 59 58 519.7 78 216 4 33 .987 5.09   2.5
    RF 15 9 92.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.3
    LF 14 7 83.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.19    
    CF 12 6 62.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.02    
    3B 8 4 41.0 5 13 0 0 1.000 3.95   0.2
1975 32 CLE AL SS 60 57 518.0 76 207 5 27 .983 4.92   1.8
    RF 11 9 80.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.4
    3B 15 5 71.0 4 22 1 3 .963 3.30   0.4
    LF 16 6 71.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.14    
    CF 5 3 31.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.32    
1976 33 CLE AL SS 110 105 946.7 156 392 12 79 .979 5.21   5.2
    CF 10 8 75.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.4
    LF 7 6 51.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    RF 6 4 41.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    3B 3 1 15.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1977 34 CLE AL SS 150 141 1223.3 178 482 14 75 .979 4.86   4.1
    RF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1978 35 IND AL RF 27 26 220.0 48 1 3 0 .942 2.00   0.8
    SS 14 7 81.3 13 43 0 4 1.000 6.20   0.6
    3B 16 6 76.0 7 18 0 1 1.000 2.96   0.2
    LF 16 6 70.7 16 2 1 0 .947 2.29    
    CF 9 6 61.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.07    
  SS 420 385 3471.6 527 1414 40 234 .980 5.03   15.0
  3B 178 136 1289.0 68 324 9 23 .978 2.74   4.6
  RF 97 60 592.3 130 3 5 0 .964 2.02   1.9
  LF 82 45 467.3 84 4 1 0 .989 1.69   0.6
  CF 75 35 395.7 101 6 0 1 1.000 2.43   1.0
  2B 23 12 129.7 29 45 6 16 .925 5.14   0.4
Career Totals   875 673 6345.5 939 1796 61 274 .978 3.88   23.7
Career Highs   152 141 1229.0 195 482 14 79 1.000 4.85    
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
1974 31 CLE AL 5 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Career Post-Season Batting 5 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167
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.
Triples
1976-3-8
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Worcester in 1964
Had first career hit on 4/4/1965, off Gary Bell (BOS)
Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 2/1/1966 (Going to NYG: P Steve Blass, P Jim Merritt, LF Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Jimmy Wynn, C Orlando Mcfarlane)
Traded from New York (N) to Kansas City on 7/31/1966 (Going to NYG: RF Lou Clinton. Going to KCR: P Ron Willis, P Jim Roland, LF Mickey Stanley)
3/3/1967: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1968, off Rollie Sheldon (SEM)
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $381,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1973 (Going to CLE: P Don Sutton, P Joe Sparma, 3B Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Marvin Lane, P Ed Farmer)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1974, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/26/1975 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1976, hitting .344 with 4 HR, 21 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $504,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1979 to a minor league deal