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Phil
Linz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 4, 1939 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1968   
All-Star Selections 1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 WOR AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1963 24 WOR AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 7 7
1964 25 WOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
1965 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
1966 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
1967 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 8
1968 29 NYA AL $ 1,528,571   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1969 30 COL NL $ 2,270,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1970 31 TAM AL $ 2,270,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1971 32 TAM AL $ 2,270,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 8
1972 33 TAM AL $ 1,400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1973 34 TAM AL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1974 35 TAM AL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,270,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 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
1962 23 AA   31 117 19 30 8 0 4 15 0 0 16 10 .256 .346 .427 .773 17.6  
    A   106 386 36 104 18 3 7 58 2 2 61 48 .269 .369 .386 .755 57.5  
1963 24 AAA   136 544 70 158 26 3 5 40 1 2 57 92 .290 .358 .377 .735 72.9  
1964 25 WOR AL 53 206 18 57 9 2 1 18 0 0 19 27 .277 .338 .354 .692 21.7 2.6
    AAA   83 326 41 96 17 0 3 30 5 0 37 42 .294 .366 .374 .741 46.0  
1965 26 KCR AL 132 392 35 111 21 2 1 31 1 0 35 53 .283 .343 .355 .698 47.4 8.4
1966 27 NYA AL 153 546 59 166 28 3 2 62 0 1 45 72 .304 .357 .377 .734 69.2 13.1
1967 28 NYA AL 154 520 65 148 33 2 1 53 0 0 67 73 .285 .364 .362 .725 68.3 13.2
1968 29 NYA AL 154 530 50 143 23 1 7 61 1 0 56 61 .270 .339 .357 .696 63.3 9.6
1969 30 COL NL 152 595 66 166 34 4 5 67 3 1 38 76 .279 .320 .375 .695 69.6 10.0
1970 31 TAM AL 151 574 76 159 37 2 6 71 2 2 56 61 .277 .340 .380 .719 71.7 12.3
1971 32 TAM AL 155 512 64 145 18 2 4 40 2 2 39 53 .283 .333 .350 .683 56.7 8.4
1972 33 TAM AL 135 437 49 127 20 1 1 40 1 2 27 59 .291 .330 .348 .678 44.3 5.4
1973 34 TAM AL 74 177 18 52 9 0 0 21 0 0 10 28 .294 .330 .345 .674 18.9 2.8
1974 35 AAA   123 534 73 156 21 2 4 59 2 0 29 102 .292 .329 .361 .690 61.4  
10 Years Sim 1313 4489 500 1274 232 19 28 464 10 8 392 563 .284 .340 .363 .703 531.1 85.9
3 Years AAA 342 1404 184 410 64 5 12 129 8 2 123 236 .292 .348 .370 .719 180.3  
1 Years AA 31 117 19 30 8 0 4 15 0 0 16 10 .256 .346 .427 .773 17.6  
1 Years A 106 386 36 104 18 3 7 58 2 2 61 48 .269 .368 .386 .754 57.5  
5 Years Minors 479 1907 239 544 90 8 23 202 10 4 200 294 .285 .352 .377 .729 255.4  
162 Game Average 553 61 157 28 2 3 57 1 0 48 69 .284 .340 .363 .703 65.5  
Career Highs 155 595 76 166 37 4 7 71 3 2 67 76 .304 .364 .380 .734 71.7  
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   2828 307 772 131 12 22 303 8 3 230 385 .273 .327 .351 .678 323.3
vs LH   1661 193 502 101 7 6 161 2 5 162 178 .302 .363 .382 .745 225.2
Home 653 2222 271 653 111 11 11 226 6 5 208 284 .294 .354 .369 .722 286.8
Away 660 2267 229 621 121 8 17 238 4 3 184 279 .274 .327 .357 .684 261.7
RISP   980 0 283 50 6 7 405 0 0 107 127 .289 .349 .373 .723 131.8
Pinch Hitting   45 5 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .222 .271 .267 .538 3.1
Close/Late   490 31 131 26 2 5 44 0 0 35 66 .267 .315 .359 .674 54.4
Mar/Apr 205 690 71 197 32 3 3 65 2 1 54 106 .286 .337 .354 .691 81.1
May 221 779 89 238 38 6 4 73 1 3 70 89 .306 .361 .385 .746 105.4
June 211 725 83 189 34 2 4 61 2 0 67 104 .261 .322 .330 .651 78.5
July 228 793 98 245 48 2 6 94 1 2 70 92 .309 .365 .397 .762 110.5
August 244 841 96 223 47 6 5 98 2 0 70 88 .265 .322 .353 .675 94.6
Sep/Oct 204 661 63 182 33 0 6 73 2 2 61 84 .275 .334 .352 .686 78.4
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
1964 25 WOR AL SS 52 52 469.3 87 188 17 46 .942 5.27   0.7
    1B 1 1 7.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29   0.0
1965 26 KCR AL SS 87 86 771.0 97 303 21 44 .950 4.67   4.1
    3B 14 13 118.7 17 22 1 4 .975 2.96   0.2
    2B 7 7 61.0 20 22 0 9 1.000 6.20   0.3
    1B 3 2 18.0 24 1 1 1 .962 12.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1966 27 NYA AL SS 149 146 1230.7 157 477 34 83 .949 4.64   6.4
    CF 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 28 NYA AL SS 150 150 1265.3 156 533 28 78 .961 4.90   6.7
1968 29 NYA AL SS 149 147 1276.3 170 588 37 87 .953 5.35   6.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1969 30 COL NL SS 146 140 1275.0 174 491 23 82 .967 4.69   6.1
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 31 TAM AL SS 147 145 1267.0 170 508 31 81 .956 4.82   4.7
    2B 3 0 6.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
1971 32 TAM AL SS 152 151 1250.3 201 521 29 104 .961 5.20   5.6
    1B 1 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 33 TAM AL SS 135 135 1096.7 166 449 21 76 .967 5.05   6.1
1973 34 TAM AL 3B 23 19 160.0 16 27 0 1 1.000 2.42   0.6
    SS 24 11 106.7 28 47 0 14 1.000 6.33   0.8
    2B 15 5 70.0 12 23 1 3 .972 4.50   0.3
    CF 7 4 43.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.1
    1B 5 5 38.0 36 6 0 3 1.000 9.95   0.1
  SS 1191 1163 10008.3 1406 4105 241 695 .958 4.96   47.5
  3B 43 33 295.7 33 54 1 5 .989 2.65   0.9
  2B 27 12 141.0 35 48 1 14 .988 5.30   0.6
  1B 10 8 69.0 73 7 1 5 .988 10.43   0.1
  CF 10 4 52.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.3
Career Totals   1281 1220 10566.0 1560 4216 244 719 .959 4.92   49.5
Career Highs   155 151 1288.0 206 590 37 104 .995 5.35    
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
1966 27 NYA AL 5 21 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .286 .476
1967 28 NYA AL 9 31 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .290 .371 .387 .759
1969 30 COL NL 20 79 10 25 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 9 .316 .365 .354 .719
1972 33 TAM AL 5 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368
1973 34 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 40 145 14 40 8 0 0 7 0 0 12 20 .276 .331 .331 .662
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
1966-7-.304
 At-Bats
1969-8-595
 Hits
1966-10-166
1969-9-166
 Singles
1966-6-133
1969-5-123
1971-9-121
 Doubles
1969-9-34
1970-4-37
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Alan Bannister (959)
  2. Julio Franco (958)
  3. Skeeter Newsome (956)
  4. Johnny Ray (946)
  5. Rick Auerbach (940)
  6. Bob Aspromonte (939)
  7. Tony Piet (938)
  8. Dick Smith (933)
  9. Danny O'Connell (930)
  10. Hubie Brooks (929)
History
Had first career hit on 7/4/1964, off Herb Score (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/15/1964, off Dick Hall (NYA)
Traded from Kansas City to New York (A) on 2/1/1966 (Going to NYA: SS Phil Linz, P Ralph Lumenti. Going to KCR: RF Sandy Valdespino)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,270,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1968
Traded from New York (A) to Colorado on 2/21/1969 (Going to COL: SS Phil Linz, CF Ellis Burton. Going to NYA: 1B Jim Breazeale, 3B Wayne Garrett)
Traded from Colorado to Tampa Bay on 2/13/1970 (Going to COL: 2B Bernie Allen, P Horacio Pina. Going to TAM: SS Phil Linz)
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,400,000 per year, for 4 years
7/31/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 8/19/1974 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
 
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