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Del
Ennis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 8, 1925 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1957   
All-Star Selections 1947    1948    1949    1950    1951    1952    1953    1954    1955    1956    1957    1958   
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
1946 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 9 8 8
1947 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 6 7 9 9 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1948 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 5 5 9 8 9
1949 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 10 9 9 6 5 5 9 8 9
1950 25 MIN AL $ 5,371,429   9 9 9 8 8 8 10 9 9 6 5 6 9 9 9
1951 26 MIN AL $ 5,371,429   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 5 6 9 9 9
1952 27 MIN AL $ 5,670,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 5 5 9 8 8
1953 28 MIN AL $ 5,670,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 8 9 6 5 5 8 8 8
1954 29 MIN AL $ 5,670,000   9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 8 8 8
1955 30 NYG NL $ 5,670,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 6 5 5 9 8 8
1956 31 NYG NL $ 8,550,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 6 5 5 8 8 8
1957 32 NYG NL $ 8,550,000   8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8
1958 33 NYG NL $ 8,550,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 5 4 5 8 8 8
1959 34 NYG NL $ 8,550,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
1960 35 BSN NL $ 8,550,000   3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,550,000   9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 6 5 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
1946 21 MIN AL 74 276 39 98 18 2 9 41 0 0 24 15 .355 .408 .533 .941 53.6 8.5
    AAA   81 334 68 130 21 4 17 46 6 7 43 22 .389 .459 .629 1.088 81.6  
1947 22 MIN AL 144 539 81 166 36 7 19 96 3 0 57 47 .308 .372 .506 .879 90.6 13.5
1948 23 MIN AL 155 586 94 189 41 4 26 118 4 2 60 35 .323 .384 .539 .923 111.2 18.4
1949 24 MIN AL 158 581 103 188 39 6 32 124 3 1 80 37 .324 .401 .577 .978 121.7 20.8
1950 25 MIN AL 155 600 124 186 38 2 42 135 5 2 68 51 .310 .379 .590 .969 121.5 21.3
1951 26 MIN AL 153 604 105 197 43 8 21 99 0 1 63 54 .326 .388 .528 .917 108.3 19.4
1952 27 MIN AL 142 560 108 193 36 6 33 105 0 0 58 49 .345 .404 .607 1.011 118.5 22.7
1953 28 MIN AL 154 589 120 175 28 2 42 137 0 0 55 40 .297 .356 .565 .921 110.2 20.4
1954 29 MIN AL 156 583 122 176 43 6 38 117 0 0 69 50 .302 .373 .592 .964 119.2 26.1
1955 30 NYG NL 157 593 109 197 56 4 25 110 0 0 63 59 .332 .395 .567 .961 113.1 25.0
1956 31 NYG NL 157 589 126 182 41 4 44 144 0 0 79 63 .309 .389 .616 1.005 129.6 29.6
1957 32 NYG NL 157 590 132 190 37 6 39 112 0 0 72 65 .322 .393 .603 .997 125.5 27.6
1958 33 NYG NL 155 630 133 207 55 4 44 143 0 0 49 79 .329 .376 .638 1.014 131.2 30.2
1959 34 NYG NL 88 322 56 94 22 4 20 65 0 0 27 53 .292 .348 .571 .920 59.0 11.7
1960 35 AAA   137 542 64 140 13 6 18 67 4 7 47 150 .258 .317 .404 .722 68.9  
14 Years Sim 2005 7642 1452 2438 533 65 434 1546 15 6 824 697 .319 .384 .576 .960 1513.4 295.2
2 Years AAA 218 876 132 270 34 10 35 113 10 14 90 172 .308 .371 .490 .861 150.5  
162 Game Average 617 117 196 43 5 35 124 1 0 66 56 .319 .384 .576 .960 122.3  
Career Highs 158 630 133 207 56 8 44 144 5 2 80 79 .355 .408 .638 1.014 131.2  
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   4895 932 1532 335 42 264 999 5 2 490 435 .313 .374 .560 .934 954.6
vs LH   2747 520 906 198 23 170 547 10 4 334 262 .330 .401 .604 1.005 606.1
Home 1005 3735 691 1189 279 34 219 756 5 4 373 349 .318 .379 .587 .966 762.1
Away 1000 3907 761 1249 254 31 215 790 10 2 451 348 .320 .388 .566 .954 798.6
RISP   1934 0 628 145 16 121 1038 0 0 294 180 .325 .402 .604 1.006 442.9
Pinch Hitting   117 21 25 6 1 9 21 1 0 14 15 .214 .295 .513 .808 18.9
Close/Late   892 158 281 53 10 43 154 0 0 140 81 .315 .406 .541 .947 186.9
Mar/Apr 328 1251 249 405 86 7 65 248 2 1 142 115 .324 .390 .560 .950 253.4
May 324 1235 230 391 89 8 76 272 4 1 146 125 .317 .386 .586 .972 259.9
June 333 1274 249 424 94 7 85 286 1 2 120 105 .333 .389 .618 1.007 275.1
July 356 1358 255 432 94 15 65 250 0 0 146 122 .318 .383 .553 .936 266.6
August 332 1282 227 391 84 12 68 233 3 1 150 108 .305 .377 .548 .925 250.1
Sep/Oct 332 1242 242 395 86 16 75 257 5 1 120 122 .318 .376 .594 .970 255.6
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
1946 21 MIN AL LF 69 67 590.3 137 7 7 1 .954 2.20   1.5
    RF 4 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 22 MIN AL LF 134 132 1158.0 244 3 8 1 .969 1.92   2.9
    RF 6 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1948 23 MIN AL LF 143 142 1265.7 241 2 8 0 .968 1.73   4.0
    RF 11 0 21.7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.25    
1949 24 MIN AL LF 145 143 1278.0 257 7 4 4 .985 1.86   3.1
    RF 13 0 23.7 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.52    
1950 25 MIN AL LF 149 145 1312.3 227 9 4 1 .983 1.62   3.1
    RF 4 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1951 26 MIN AL RF 146 146 1307.7 260 4 2 1 .992 1.82   3.7
    CF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 3 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1952 27 MIN AL RF 139 137 1214.3 265 9 9 2 .968 2.03   2.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 28 MIN AL RF 140 138 1233.3 263 8 8 2 .971 1.98   4.0
    CF 5 3 34.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.64    
    LF 7 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1954 29 MIN AL LF 147 146 1314.3 294 3 12 0 .961 2.03   3.7
    RF 6 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 30 NYG NL LF 146 144 1289.7 283 6 12 2 .960 2.02   3.3
    RF 4 2 22.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.68    
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1956 31 NYG NL LF 144 144 1277.0 234 7 5 1 .980 1.70   2.8
    RF 8 0 21.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 32 NYG NL LF 145 144 1298.3 279 8 9 1 .970 1.99   3.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    RF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1958 33 NYG NL LF 147 144 1325.0 289 5 7 2 .977 2.00   3.7
    CF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 34 NYG NL LF 82 81 716.0 134 2 5 0 .965 1.71   1.9
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 1462 1432 12843.3 2623 59 81 13 .971 1.88   33.2
  RF 493 423 3894.6 817 23 20 6 .977 1.94   10.5
  CF 23 3 69.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.71    
Career Totals   1978 1858 16807.6 3461 82 101 19 .972 1.90   43.7
Career Highs   158 146 1341.0 295 9 12 5 .993 2.17    
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
1948 23 MIN AL 4 16 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 .563 .650 .813 1.463
1954 29 MIN AL 13 52 9 18 1 1 2 7 0 0 7 3 .346 .424 .519 .943
1956 31 NYG NL 11 43 6 12 3 1 0 7 0 0 6 6 .279 .380 .395 .775
1957 32 NYG NL 10 41 11 17 4 0 5 10 0 0 5 5 .415 .468 .878 1.346
1958 33 NYG NL 12 49 15 18 5 0 3 11 0 0 5 5 .367 .426 .653 1.079
1959 34 NYG NL 7 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .074 .000 .074
Career Post-Season Batting 57 226 48 74 14 2 11 38 0 0 29 30 .327 .405 .553 .958
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
1947-6-.308
1948-6-.323
1949-7-.324
1951-4-.326
1952-2-.345
1955-2-.332
1956-5-.309
1957-3-.322
1958-1-.329
CAR-20-.319
 On-Base Pct
1952-5-.404
1955-10-.395
1956-5-.389
1957-6-.393
 Slugging Pct
1947-4-.506
1948-3-.539
1949-5-.577
1950-4-.590
1951-9-.528
1952-3-.607
1953-4-.565
1954-5-.592
1955-6-.567
1956-2-.616
1957-1-.603
1958-4-.638
CAR-4-.576
 OPS
1947-4-.879
1948-7-.923
1949-6-.978
1950-4-.969
1951-9-.917
1952-2-1.011
1953-5-.921
1954-4-.964
1955-7-.961
1956-2-1.005
1957-1-.997
1958-4-1.014
CAR-6-.960
 XR
1947-10-90.6
1948-7-111.2
1949-6-121.7
1950-7-121.5
1951-9-108.3
1952-4-118.5
1953-6-110.2
1954-5-119.2
1955-7-113.1
1956-2-129.6
1957-1-125.5
1958-3-131.2
CAR-22-1513.4
 Games
1948-10-155
1949-1-158
1950-7-155
1954-8-156
1955-3-157
1956-3-157
1957-3-157
At-Bats
1948-6-586
1950-5-600
1951-9-604
1953-8-589
1955-5-593
1956-7-589
1957-6-590
1958-1-630
 Runs
1950-5-124
1952-10-108
1953-3-120
1954-4-122
1955-7-109
1956-3-126
1957-1-132
1958-2-133
CAR-24-1452
 Hits
1948-4-189
1949-5-188
1950-10-186
1951-2-197
1952-2-193
1953-7-175
1955-1-197
1956-3-182
1957-4-190
1958-1-207
CAR-36-2438
 Total Bases
1947-4-273
1948-2-316
1949-4-335
1950-4-354
1951-6-319
1952-5-340
1953-4-333
1954-3-345
1955-3-336
1956-2-363
1957-2-356
1958-1-402
CAR-23-4403
 Singles
1951-7-125
1957-10-108
 Doubles
1947-7-36
1948-5-41
1949-9-39
1951-5-43
1952-7-36
1954-2-43
1955-1-56
1956-2-41
1957-4-37
1958-1-55
CAR-18-533
Triples
1947-4-7
1951-5-8
1952-8-6
1954-3-6
1957-7-6
 Homeruns
1948-6-26
1949-6-32
1950-4-42
1952-6-33
1953-2-42
1954-6-38
1956-4-44
1957-6-39
1958-3-44
CAR-21-434
 RBIs
1947-8-96
1948-3-118
1949-8-124
1950-6-135
1953-1-137
1954-6-117
1955-8-110
1956-1-144
1957-3-112
1958-2-143
CAR-20-1546
 Walks
1956-9-79
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 244    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 64    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 7/4/1946, off Virgil Trucks (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1946, off Lefty West (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Oakland on 9/23/1946
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 4/6/1947
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1947, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Injured on 9/17/1947 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 2 weeks
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1948, hitting .565 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/18/1949
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 6/1/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1949, hitting .520 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 4 runs on 9/2/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1949, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1949, hitting .393 with 8 HR, 28 RBI
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,371,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1950, hitting .467 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/11/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1950, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/30/1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,371,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $5,670,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1951, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1951, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 4/20/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1952, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Injured on 8/19/1952 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1953, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1953, hitting .308 with 12 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1954, hitting .344 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1954, hitting .354 with 7 HR, 21 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 2/1/1955 (Going to NYG: LF Del Ennis, P Erv Palica. Going to MIN: LF Steve Bilko, LF Jerry Lynch, P Paul Foytack, P Jack Banta, P Don Johnson)
3/3/1955: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $8,550,000 per year, for 7 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1955, hitting .550 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1955, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1955, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1956, hitting .398 with 9 HR, 34 RBI
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 7/5/1956
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 8/23/1956
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 3 runs on 4/4/1957
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 5/4/1957
Had 2000th career hit on 5/31/1957, off Don Newcombe (TAM)
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1957, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1957, hitting .408 with 7 HR, 18 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1957, hitting .322 with 39 HR, 112 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1958, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1958, hitting .415 with 8 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1958, hitting .414 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1958, hitting .320 with 11 HR, 36 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1958, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1958, hitting .317 with 12 HR, 31 RBI
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 4/14/1959
Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/14/1959
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1959, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Injured on 4/26/1959 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1959, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1959, hitting .435 with 8 HR, 32 RBI
Injured on 7/31/1959 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6-7 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: C Carl Sawatski, CF Harry Simpson. Going to BSN: LF Bob Addis, LF Del Ennis)
 
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