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Gil
McDougald		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 19, 1928 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1958   
Gold Glove 1958    1963    1964   
All-Star Selections 1952    1953    1956    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961    1962    1963   
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
1951 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7
1952 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 9 7 8 8 8 8
1953 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1954 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1955 27 NYG NL $ 4,764,286   7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1956 28 NYG NL $ 4,764,286   7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7
1957 29 NYG NL $ 7,840,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 7 7 8 7 8
1958 30 NYG NL $ 7,840,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 7 7 8 7 7
1959 31 NYG NL $ 7,840,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 7
1960 32 NYG NL $ 7,840,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 9 7 8 7 6 6 7 7 7
1961 33 NYG NL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7
1962 34 MIN AL $ 9,000,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 5 6 7 7 7
1963 35 MIN AL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7
1964 36 MIN AL $ 9,000,000   4 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3
1965 37 NYA AL $ 465,000   1 1 1 2 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 8 8 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
1951 23 CLE AL 132 466 74 131 25 5 19 77 0 0 68 65 .281 .371 .479 .849 81.1 13.2
    AAA   25 86 23 28 1 3 14 21 2 0 18 13 .326 .442 .895 1.338 29.9  
1952 24 CLE AL 155 566 116 178 25 5 34 124 0 0 83 50 .314 .399 .557 .955 114.6 20.2
1953 25 CLE AL 160 573 112 194 47 8 27 106 0 0 79 43 .339 .418 .590 1.008 124.6 28.6
1954 26 CLE AL 154 571 112 165 43 3 32 100 0 0 95 56 .289 .389 .543 .932 116.1 24.5
1955 27 NYG NL 149 535 86 142 34 8 26 94 1 2 76 72 .265 .358 .505 .863 94.9 17.2
1956 28 NYG NL 157 617 133 175 45 9 32 89 3 0 76 90 .284 .362 .541 .903 113.5 23.8
1957 29 NYG NL 156 602 118 185 44 4 36 106 3 2 64 94 .307 .375 .573 .948 119.1 25.3
1958 30 NYG NL 159 594 134 192 38 7 50 134 1 0 72 88 .323 .399 .663 1.062 139.6 32.8
1959 31 NYG NL 140 549 109 178 39 6 35 94 2 2 53 104 .324 .383 .608 .991 111.2 23.9
1960 32 NYG NL 157 568 97 182 43 5 31 107 1 3 58 98 .320 .383 .577 .960 111.8 28.0
1961 33 NYG NL 156 617 96 165 29 5 35 91 2 1 42 109 .267 .317 .501 .818 93.5 16.3
1962 34 NYG NL 25 97 17 28 5 1 3 11 1 1 13 24 .289 .373 .454 .826 15.5 3.6
  MIN AL 127 487 85 134 24 9 23 73 3 3 47 84 .275 .340 .503 .843 79.9 18.1
  TOT   152 584 102 162 29 10 26 84 4 4 60 108 .277 .345 .495 .840 95.4 21.6
1963 35 MIN AL 153 566 89 157 29 8 25 94 6 6 48 92 .277 .335 .489 .825 85.7 20.7
1964 36 MIN AL 150 497 48 117 16 2 10 47 1 9 35 102 .235 .288 .336 .624 44.7 3.4
1965 37 NYA AL 7 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.8 0.0
    AAA   111 443 29 77 14 4 1 19 2 1 42 108 .174 .245 .230 .476 23.9  
15 Years Sim 2137 7920 1426 2324 486 85 418 1347 24 29 909 1175 .293 .366 .535 .901 1444.9 299.5
2 Years AAA 136 529 52 105 15 7 15 40 4 1 60 121 .198 .284 .338 .622 53.8  
162 Game Average 600 108 176 36 6 31 102 1 2 68 89 .293 .366 .535 .901 109.5  
Career Highs 160 617 134 194 47 10 50 134 6 9 95 109 .339 .418 .663 1.062 139.6  
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   5031 864 1417 283 58 272 898 12 14 501 760 .282 .347 .523 .870 878.8
vs LH   2889 562 907 203 27 146 449 12 15 408 415 .314 .399 .555 .954 595.8
Home 1075 3906 712 1157 262 37 219 654 9 12 432 597 .296 .368 .550 .918 742.7
Away 1062 4014 714 1167 224 48 199 693 15 17 477 578 .291 .365 .519 .884 731.9
RISP   1829 0 538 101 21 88 827 0 0 257 284 .294 .373 .517 .890 348.7
Pinch Hitting   102 19 23 2 0 5 22 1 0 18 15 .225 .341 .392 .734 15.4
Close/Late   950 163 282 53 10 46 153 0 0 125 152 .297 .380 .519 .899 179.7
Mar/Apr 340 1286 224 376 75 14 65 218 4 6 138 191 .292 .361 .524 .885 231.5
May 377 1418 232 395 98 13 53 215 6 5 162 236 .279 .351 .478 .829 232.3
June 355 1317 245 382 81 9 82 239 4 5 144 200 .290 .359 .552 .911 249.1
July 354 1274 236 410 78 17 78 241 6 4 137 168 .322 .391 .593 .984 268.1
August 365 1342 249 390 85 15 66 212 1 7 177 209 .291 .375 .524 .899 250.6
Sep/Oct 346 1283 240 371 69 17 74 222 3 2 151 171 .289 .363 .542 .906 243.1
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
1951 23 CLE AL SS 76 72 642.3 93 263 10 59 .973 4.99   1.8
    3B 49 48 419.3 32 100 5 12 .964 2.83   1.4
    2B 4 0 4.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 24 CLE AL SS 95 91 802.7 143 354 22 67 .958 5.57   3.6
    3B 51 48 437.3 39 114 13 12 .922 3.15   1.2
    2B 5 0 15.7 4 7 1 2 .917 6.32   0.1
1953 25 CLE AL 3B 140 136 1226.0 86 297 23 21 .943 2.81   4.1
    SS 13 3 47.0 3 19 2 2 .917 4.21   0.2
    2B 7 0 10.0 5 7 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.1
1954 26 CLE AL 3B 149 149 1338.3 97 331 24 26 .947 2.88   5.3
    SS 2 0 7.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.1
    2B 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1955 27 NYG NL 2B 94 93 821.7 160 318 8 66 .984 5.24   3.6
    3B 47 47 418.7 24 109 8 4 .943 2.86   1.0
    SS 5 0 8.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
1956 28 NYG NL 2B 150 145 1318.3 282 508 17 111 .979 5.39   5.5
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 4 0 6.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1957 29 NYG NL 2B 148 143 1303.7 245 515 19 103 .976 5.25   5.8
    SS 3 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1958 30 NYG NL 2B 147 144 1329.0 278 513 20 95 .975 5.36   7.5
    3B 3 1 11.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.09   0.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1959 31 NYG NL 2B 133 133 1195.7 261 473 11 93 .985 5.52   6.9
    SS 4 0 9.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.66   0.1
    3B 2 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1960 32 NYG NL 2B 146 145 1308.0 227 530 16 100 .979 5.21   7.7
    3B 5 0 14.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
1961 33 NYG NL 2B 152 148 1355.3 265 557 24 113 .972 5.46   6.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1962 34 NYG NL 2B 24 24 220.1 46 92 3 18 .979 5.64   1.0
    3B 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  MIN AL 2B 123 123 1078.3 227 452 17 87 .976 5.67   1.9
    3B 2 0 7.2 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
    SS 2 0 2.8 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.64   0.0
  TOT   2B 147 147 1298.4 273 544 20 105 .976 5.66   2.9
      3B 2 0 8.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.14   0.1
      SS 2 0 3.4 1 3 0 0 1.000 10.59   0.0
1963 35 MIN AL 2B 144 143 1286.3 305 602 11 122 .988 6.35   5.2
    SS 3 3 29.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 4.03   0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 36 MIN AL 2B 148 146 1247.3 314 556 20 123 .978 6.28   4.0
    3B 1 0 7.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.1
1965 37 NYA AL 2B 4 2 21.0 7 7 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
    SS 2 1 11.0 2 4 1 1 .857 4.91   0.0
  2B 1432 1389 12517.4 2628 5140 167 1034 .979 5.59   55.6
  3B 456 429 3897.3 284 963 73 75 .945 2.88   13.3
  SS 214 170 1581.7 251 670 36 133 .962 5.24   6.1
Career Totals   2102 1988 17996.4 3163 6773 276 1242 .973 4.97   74.9
Career Highs   160 149 1358.3 314 610 36 123 .988 6.29    
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
1956 28 NYG NL 11 45 11 19 7 0 1 15 0 0 6 5 .422 .491 .644 1.135
1957 29 NYG NL 10 43 9 13 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .302 .340 .419 .759
1958 30 NYG NL 12 51 14 17 5 0 5 13 0 0 2 11 .333 .352 .725 1.077
1959 31 NYG NL 7 28 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .214 .241 .321 .563
1960 32 NYG NL 4 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .143 .188 .214 .402
Career Post-Season Batting 44 181 39 57 21 0 6 35 0 0 12 32 .315 .357 .530 .887
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
1952-7-.314
1953-2-.339
1957-7-.307
1958-3-.323
1959-1-.324
1960-3-.320
 On-Base Pct
1952-7-.399
1953-2-.418
1954-10-.389
1958-4-.399
1959-4-.383
1960-4-.383
 Slugging Pct
1952-10-.557
1953-3-.590
1954-7-.543
1956-9-.541
1957-3-.573
1958-2-.663
1959-2-.608
1960-3-.577
1961-10-.501
1962-8-.503
1963-7-.489
CAR-16-.535
 OPS
1952-8-.955
1953-3-1.008
1954-6-.932
1956-10-.903
1957-3-.948
1958-2-1.062
1959-2-.991
1960-3-.960
1963-7-.825
CAR-21-.901
 XR
1952-8-114.6
1953-3-124.6
1954-6-116.1
1956-3-113.5
1957-2-119.1
1958-1-139.6
1959-4-111.2
1960-2-111.8
1961-10-93.5
CAR-32-1444.9
 Games
1952-8-155
1953-1-160
1956-3-157
1957-10-156
1958-2-159
1960-3-157
1961-6-156
At-Bats
1956-2-617
1957-3-602
1958-5-594
1961-1-617
 Runs
1952-6-116
1953-5-112
1954-10-112
1956-1-133
1957-3-118
1958-1-134
1959-4-109
1960-5-97
1961-6-96
CAR-28-1426
 Hits
1953-2-194
1956-6-175
1957-6-185
1958-2-192
1959-2-178
1960-1-182
1961-7-165
 Total Bases
1952-8-315
1953-3-338
1954-6-310
1956-3-334
1957-3-345
1958-2-394
1959-3-334
1960-2-328
1961-6-309
1963-8-277
CAR-26-4234
 Doubles
1953-4-47
1954-2-43
1955-7-34
1956-1-45
1957-3-44
1958-6-38
1959-1-39
1960-2-43
1961-10-29
CAR-35-486
 Triples
1953-3-8
1955-2-8
1956-2-9
1958-4-7
1959-6-6
1960-6-5
1962-3-9
1963-2-8
CAR-27-85
Homeruns
1952-5-34
1954-8-32
1956-9-32
1957-8-36
1958-2-50
1959-7-35
1960-9-31
1961-8-35
1963-9-25
CAR-26-418
 RBIs
1952-4-124
1953-9-106
1954-10-100
1957-5-106
1958-3-134
1959-10-94
1960-6-107
1963-7-94
 Walks
1952-9-83
1954-9-95
1956-10-76
1958-9-72
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 218    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 67    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1951
Injured on 4/21/1951 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1951, off Mel Parnell (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1951, off Dave Ferriss (SDP)
Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 5 runs on 4/26/1952
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/28/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1953, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 4/10/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1953, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/25/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1953, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1954, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1954, hitting .435 with 7 HR, 21 RBI
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to New York (N) on 4/2/1955 (Going to NYG: 3B Gil Mcdougald. Going to CLE: P Ike Delock, 2B Joey Amalfitano, CF Jim Pisoni, 1B Marv Blaylock, P Don Elston)
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 4/25/1955
Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 6 runs on 9/21/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1955, hitting .296 with 6 HR, 15 RBI
Injured on 9/27/1955 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1956, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
6/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $7,840,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against San Diego on 8/31/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1957, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1958, hitting .433 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1958, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Won Silver Slugger in 1958, hitting .323 with 50 HR, 134 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1958
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1959, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1959, hitting .376 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Injured on 8/19/1959 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/9/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1960, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/31/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1960, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1960, hitting .360 with 8 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1960, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
10/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/31/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1961, hitting .417 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: C Clay Dalrymple. Going to MIN: 2B Gil Mcdougald, 1B Frank Thomas, P Dave Hillman)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1962, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 8/8/1962, off Carl Bouldin (TOR)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 8/24/1962
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1963
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1964
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/13/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $465,000 per year
3/3/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
 
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