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Zeke
Bonura		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 20, 1908 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1943   
All-Star Selections 1937    1938   
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
1934 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1935 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 7 6 7 10 10 10
1936 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 6 7 10 10 10
1937 28 CIN NL $ 3,364,286   7 7 7 9 8 8 9 9 9 7 6 7 10 9 9
1938 29 CIN NL $ 3,364,286   7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 9
1939 30 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 9 8 8 9 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 10
1940 31 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 9 9 9
1941 32 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 9 9 9
1942 33 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 6 9 9 9
1943 34 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1944 35 DET AL $ 4,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 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
1934 25 CIN NL 151 578 111 154 26 5 28 102 0 0 71 29 .266 .345 .474 .819 90.1 13.1
1935 26 CIN NL 148 552 103 158 38 4 24 108 0 0 71 25 .286 .364 .500 .864 95.7 18.4
1936 27 CIN NL 154 553 98 152 35 5 22 95 0 0 82 19 .275 .367 .476 .842 89.5 17.3
1937 28 CIN NL 158 599 94 162 27 4 24 98 0 0 66 18 .270 .342 .449 .791 89.3 16.6
1938 29 CIN NL 157 603 113 180 38 7 31 105 0 0 67 32 .299 .365 .539 .904 104.6 21.3
1939 30 MIN AL 154 551 90 150 35 4 25 93 0 0 67 29 .272 .348 .486 .834 84.9 14.7
1940 31 MIN AL 151 514 81 130 29 9 26 104 0 1 54 31 .253 .325 .496 .821 77.3 14.8
1941 32 MIN AL 156 585 87 175 37 3 23 106 0 0 63 29 .299 .369 .491 .859 93.2 17.0
1942 33 MIN AL 154 563 81 143 41 2 25 86 0 0 64 37 .254 .329 .467 .796 80.5 10.3
1943 34 MIN AL 159 595 91 171 39 9 19 94 0 0 53 62 .287 .345 .479 .824 91.2 13.4
1944 35 DET AL 58 142 11 28 7 0 3 24 0 0 8 19 .197 .235 .310 .545 9.7 0.0
11 Years Sim 1600 5835 960 1603 352 52 250 1015 0 1 666 330 .275 .347 .481 .829 906.0 156.7
162 Game Average 590 97 162 35 5 25 102 0 0 67 33 .275 .347 .481 .829 91.7  
Career Highs 159 603 113 180 41 9 31 108 0 1 82 62 .299 .369 .539 .904 104.6  
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   4064 643 1091 243 34 168 718 0 1 415 225 .268 .335 .469 .804 630.6
vs LH   1771 317 512 109 18 82 297 0 0 251 105 .289 .376 .510 .886 331.3
Home 793 2894 480 804 173 24 129 510 0 0 294 170 .278 .343 .488 .831 473.6
Away 807 2941 480 799 179 28 121 505 0 1 372 160 .272 .352 .475 .827 488.3
RISP   1559 0 451 94 10 67 695 0 0 224 96 .289 .369 .491 .860 284.4
Pinch Hitting   117 27 33 4 1 6 31 0 0 22 6 .282 .387 .487 .875 23.0
Close/Late   672 91 184 38 7 26 112 0 0 124 42 .274 .387 .467 .854 123.9
Mar/Apr 269 959 149 256 58 8 34 167 0 0 117 58 .267 .345 .450 .796 149.3
May 279 1045 165 297 68 14 44 180 0 0 107 43 .284 .348 .502 .850 177.0
June 271 999 165 282 63 2 47 183 0 0 120 47 .282 .358 .490 .848 172.1
July 260 921 158 239 44 10 42 163 0 0 109 63 .260 .336 .466 .802 145.6
August 272 978 174 281 58 12 39 176 0 1 123 63 .287 .366 .491 .857 171.0
Sep/Oct 249 933 149 248 61 6 44 146 0 0 90 56 .266 .329 .486 .815 146.9
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
1934 25 CIN NL 1B 146 141 1267.0 1547 121 11 136 .993 11.85   3.2
1935 26 CIN NL 1B 144 141 1233.3 1612 117 9 179 .995 12.62   2.6
1936 27 CIN NL 1B 149 140 1261.7 1618 139 9 149 .995 12.53   4.8
1937 28 CIN NL 1B 158 148 1323.7 1707 145 13 176 .993 12.59   3.3
1938 29 CIN NL 1B 155 144 1321.3 1636 113 9 149 .995 11.91   4.0
1939 30 MIN AL 1B 152 139 1236.7 1492 115 15 138 .991 11.70   2.8
1940 31 MIN AL 1B 147 128 1165.3 1389 100 11 125 .993 11.50   2.6
1941 32 MIN AL 1B 155 147 1320.7 1583 119 5 160 .997 11.60   3.1
1942 33 MIN AL 1B 152 146 1271.0 1479 121 16 145 .990 11.33   1.7
1943 34 MIN AL 1B 153 144 1286.7 1637 133 11 149 .994 12.38   1.9
1944 35 DET AL 1B 31 30 255.0 294 14 4 29 .987 10.87   0.6
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
  1B 1542 1448 12942.3 15994 1237 113 1535 .993 11.98   30.7
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   1543 1448 12944.3 15995 1239 113 1536 .993 11.98   30.7
Career Highs   158 148 1323.7 1707 145 16 179 .997 12.62    
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
1938 29 CIN NL 11 44 11 16 2 2 3 6 0 0 8 4 .364 .462 .705 1.166
Career Post-Season Batting 11 44 11 16 2 2 3 6 0 0 8 4 .364 .462 .705 1.166
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.
Slugging Pct
1934-10-.474
1938-2-.539
1939-10-.486
1940-9-.496
 OPS
1938-3-.904
 XR
1934-10-90.1
1937-6-89.3
1938-2-104.6
 Games
1934-1-151
1937-1-158
1938-5-157
1941-2-156
1943-1-159
 At-Bats
1934-9-578
1937-3-599
1938-5-603
1941-10-585
1943-8-595
 Runs
1934-2-111
1935-7-103
1936-10-98
1937-4-94
1938-2-113
Total Bases
1934-7-274
1935-9-276
1937-5-269
1938-2-325
1943-7-285
 Doubles
1935-7-38
1936-10-35
1938-3-38
1943-6-39
 Triples
1938-6-7
1940-4-9
1943-4-9
 Homeruns
1934-3-28
1935-4-24
1936-7-22
1937-3-24
1938-3-31
1939-5-25
1940-3-26
1941-8-23
1942-6-25
 RBIs
1934-6-102
1935-6-108
1936-10-95
1937-4-98
1938-5-105
1940-8-104
1941-5-106
 Walks
1934-8-71
1935-9-71
1936-4-82
1937-10-66
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 120    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1934
Had first career hit on 4/6/1934, off Jack Wilson (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1934, off Leon Chagnon (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1934, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1934, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1934, hitting .339 with 9 HR, 29 RBI
Injured on 8/30/1935 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/27/1936 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1936, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/5/1937
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1937, hitting .333 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1937, hitting .364 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1938, hitting .464 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 5/29/1938
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1938, hitting .402 with 5 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1938, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1938, hitting .305 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
7/31/1938: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Cincinnati to Minnesota on 2/1/1939 (Going to MIN: LF Ernie Koy, 1B Zeke Bonura, CF Wally Moses. Going to CIN: RF Tommy Henrich, 1B Lou Gehrig, CF Sam West)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1941, hitting .600 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 4/15/1943
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1943
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/15/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $4,100,000 per year
 
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