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Bobby
Bragan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 30, 1917 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
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
1940 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
1941 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1942 24 TAM AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1943 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1945 27 MIN AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9
1946 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
1947 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 2 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
1948 30 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 10 10 10
1949 31 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 10 9 9
1950 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 3 3 3 10 9 9
1951 33 CLE AL $ 600,000   4 4 5 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1952 34 CLE AL $ 600,000   4 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 3 9 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 3 9 8 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 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
1940 22 AA   137 548 58 140 17 3 14 53 9 5 56 24 .255 .325 .374 .699 68.4  
1941 23 AAA   96 413 40 111 15 0 11 44 3 3 26 26 .269 .312 .385 .697 48.6  
1942 24 AAA   83 325 38 92 9 1 7 40 6 2 40 26 .283 .362 .382 .743 46.8  
    AA   54 234 35 71 15 2 8 28 4 2 22 16 .303 .363 .487 .850 39.3  
1943 25 TAM AL 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833 0.8 0.0
    AAA   106 439 76 144 20 4 10 66 6 4 49 23 .328 .395 .460 .856 76.1  
1944 26 TAM AL 40 117 11 20 5 0 2 9 1 0 5 9 .171 .205 .265 .470 4.2 0.0
1945 27 AAA   119 362 35 83 11 0 10 43 0 3 27 20 .229 .283 .343 .625 34.8  
1946 28 MIN AL 67 186 9 38 8 0 1 19 0 0 13 8 .204 .255 .263 .518 10.9 0.0
1947 29 MIN AL 59 117 11 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 11 3 .188 .254 .214 .468 6.9 0.0
1948 30 MIN AL 38 54 11 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 3 .185 .254 .315 .569 4.8 0.2
1949 31 MIN AL 25 44 4 12 2 0 2 9 1 1 3 1 .273 .319 .455 .774 6.3 0.9
1950 32 MIN AL 51 133 9 23 2 0 1 9 0 0 15 3 .173 .257 .211 .467 5.9 0.0
1951 33 CLE AL 31 51 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 .176 .208 .176 .384 -0.5 0.0
1952 34 CLE AL 62 140 13 27 6 0 1 14 0 1 8 8 .193 .236 .257 .494 7.2 0.0
9 Years Sim 377 844 71 162 27 0 9 82 2 2 62 36 .192 .246 .256 .502 46.6 1.1
4 Years AAA 404 1539 189 430 55 5 38 193 15 12 142 95 .279 .339 .396 .735 206.2  
2 Years AA 191 782 93 211 32 5 22 81 13 7 78 40 .270 .336 .408 .744 107.7  
6 Years Minors 595 2321 282 641 87 10 60 274 28 19 220 135 .276 .338 .400 .738 313.9  
162 Game Average 362 30 69 11 0 3 35 0 0 26 15 .192 .246 .256 .502 20.0  
Career Highs 67 186 13 38 8 0 2 19 1 1 15 9 .500 .333 .500 .833 10.9  
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   567 49 103 21 0 6 49 1 0 37 26 .182 .230 .250 .481 30.0
vs LH   277 22 59 6 0 3 33 1 2 25 10 .213 .278 .267 .545 20.8
Home 174 400 35 68 7 0 3 30 2 0 26 19 .170 .219 .210 .429 15.7
Away 202 444 36 94 20 0 6 52 0 2 36 17 .212 .270 .297 .568 35.0
RISP   199 0 42 6 0 1 67 0 0 15 9 .211 .261 .256 .518 13.3
Pinch Hitting   53 5 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 3 .264 .339 .264 .603 5.3
Close/Late   93 7 23 2 0 2 14 0 0 12 6 .247 .327 .333 .660 11.2
Mar/Apr 74 162 12 27 4 0 2 11 0 1 12 2 .167 .223 .228 .451 7.1
May 72 192 17 43 11 0 2 25 1 1 13 12 .224 .273 .313 .586 15.8
June 67 134 7 25 4 0 0 12 0 0 13 5 .187 .257 .216 .473 7.3
July 49 107 9 16 1 0 1 8 0 0 6 6 .150 .195 .187 .382 2.5
August 58 123 13 22 2 0 3 14 1 0 9 6 .179 .233 .268 .501 7.8
Sep/Oct 55 126 13 29 5 0 1 12 0 0 9 5 .230 .279 .294 .573 10.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1943 25 TAM AL C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 26 TAM AL C 34 29 265.0 106 11 0 0 1.000 3.97 8 2 .250 1 1.1
1946 28 MIN AL C 53 49 424.3 141 12 1 0 .994 3.25 20 2 .100 3 1.6
    SS 4 0 6.3 0 6 0 0 1.000 8.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 29 MIN AL C 29 29 242.0 97 8 1 0 .991 3.90 7 3 .429 0 1.8
    2B 8 0 15.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 3 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 30 MIN AL C 14 11 98.7 31 5 1 0 .973 3.28 4 1 .250 0 0.4
    2B 11 0 23.3 3 10 0 3 1.000 5.02 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 0 7.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 6.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 31 MIN AL C 9 8 65.0 21 8 0 0 1.000 4.02 6 3 .500 1 0.3
    2B 7 2 28.3 4 15 0 2 1.000 6.04 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 2 0 3.3 1 1 1 0 .667 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 32 MIN AL C 42 37 316.0 155 12 1 1 .994 4.76 14 5 .357 1 2.5
    2B 8 0 20.3 6 10 0 0 1.000 7.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 33 CLE AL 2B 13 5 62.0 13 32 3 8 .938 6.53 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 8 4 38.0 7 8 1 2 .938 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 6 1 13.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 34 CLE AL 2B 41 25 234.3 54 93 5 18 .967 5.65 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 13 6 57.3 27 2 0 0 1.000 4.55 5 2 .400 0 0.4
    SS 7 3 33.7 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.01 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 201 170 1483.0 583 58 4 1 .994 3.89 64 18 .281 6 8.1
  2B 92 32 389.3 85 171 8 32 .970 5.92 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  SS 31 7 95.3 13 33 2 3 .958 4.34 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   325 209 1968.6 683 262 14 36 .985 4.32 64 18 .281 6 10.1
Career Highs   61 49 435.7 162 106 5 19 1.000 5.28 20 5 .500 3  
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
1940 22 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 30 MIN AL 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by San Diego in 1940
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Injured on 3/28/1941 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/26/1941 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5-6 weeks
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1942 (Going to TAM: C Bobby Bragan. Going to SDP: P Ray Prim)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1943, off Dizzy Trout (OAK)
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1944, off Johnny Vander meer (OAK)
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 4/2/1945 (Going to TAM: P Jack Hallett. Going to MIN: LF Frankie Gustine, C Bobby Bragan, P Jess Dobernic)
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/24/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $600,000 per year
 
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