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Don
Padgett		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 5, 1911 in Usa, NC, CAROLEEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940    1941    1943    1945    1946   
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
1937 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1938 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1939 27 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1940 28 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
1941 29 DET AL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 30 DET AL $ 3,592,857   8 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1943 31 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1944 32 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1945 33 DET AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1946 34 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1947 35 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 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
1937 25 BSN NL 141 450 53 146 19 6 8 65 1 0 28 28 .324 .365 .447 .811 64.2 13.9
1938 26 BSN NL 156 571 65 159 24 4 9 80 0 1 47 58 .278 .335 .382 .717 68.7 10.7
1939 27 DET AL 129 487 67 141 24 4 8 66 0 0 28 46 .290 .327 .405 .731 57.8 8.2
    AAA   15 56 7 19 3 1 1 3 1 2 10 4 .339 .439 .482 .922 11.0  
1940 28 DET AL 152 550 77 168 38 5 10 99 0 0 51 50 .305 .362 .447 .810 82.2 14.3
1941 29 DET AL 149 550 86 178 38 4 18 86 0 0 53 54 .324 .381 .505 .887 92.1 17.6
1942 30 DET AL 145 551 69 172 33 10 6 76 0 0 54 46 .312 .372 .441 .813 83.4 13.2
1943 31 MIN AL 154 575 83 182 37 4 3 64 0 0 45 69 .317 .365 .410 .775 78.8 11.6
1944 32 MIN AL 151 519 62 142 28 3 5 58 0 0 48 58 .274 .333 .368 .701 58.2 6.6
1945 33 DET AL 143 543 66 153 29 4 8 89 0 1 47 43 .282 .335 .394 .729 66.1 9.6
1946 34 DET AL 17 52 7 16 3 1 1 11 0 0 5 6 .308 .368 .462 .830 8.2 1.6
  SEM AL 41 126 21 38 9 1 2 22 0 0 9 12 .302 .348 .437 .785 17.3 2.6
  BSN NL 74 261 27 73 10 0 5 28 0 1 27 30 .280 .348 .375 .724 33.1 5.0
  TOT   132 439 55 127 22 2 8 61 0 1 41 48 .289 .351 .403 .754 58.5 9.2
1947 35 BSN NL 107 351 37 82 13 2 6 55 0 1 24 42 .234 .280 .333 .613 30.5 0.6
11 Years Sim 1559 5586 720 1650 305 48 89 799 1 4 466 542 .295 .348 .415 .763 740.7 115.6
1 Years AAA 15 56 7 19 3 1 1 3 1 2 10 4 .339 .439 .482 .922 11.0  
162 Game Average 580 74 171 31 4 9 83 0 0 48 56 .295 .348 .415 .763 77.0  
Career Highs 156 575 86 182 38 10 18 99 1 1 54 69 .324 .381 .505 .887 92.1  
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   3930 532 1184 209 40 71 602 1 1 350 360 .301 .357 .429 .786 581.6
vs LH   1656 188 466 96 8 18 197 0 3 116 182 .281 .327 .382 .709 199.6
Home 781 2777 383 822 156 23 49 406 1 1 220 265 .296 .346 .422 .768 390.8
Away 778 2809 337 828 149 25 40 393 0 3 246 277 .295 .350 .408 .759 390.4
RISP   1613 0 470 80 11 25 651 0 0 170 154 .291 .353 .401 .754 230.1
Pinch Hitting   159 23 48 8 2 3 37 0 0 17 12 .302 .373 .434 .807 24.8
Close/Late   656 89 195 30 5 8 80 0 0 57 63 .297 .354 .395 .749 89.4
Mar/Apr 258 883 112 251 51 5 14 114 1 2 87 85 .284 .349 .401 .750 121.0
May 276 951 129 276 57 10 14 163 0 1 69 84 .290 .338 .415 .753 127.4
June 255 899 132 267 38 9 15 140 0 1 75 82 .297 .347 .409 .756 125.3
July 260 958 124 294 53 8 17 129 0 0 82 101 .307 .360 .432 .792 143.1
August 259 978 109 283 51 6 13 125 0 0 77 95 .289 .341 .394 .734 127.6
Sep/Oct 251 917 114 279 55 10 16 128 0 0 76 95 .304 .356 .438 .794 136.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1937 25 BSN NL RF 112 108 896.0 193 12 10 1 .953 2.06 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 1 0 8.7 2 5 1 0 .875 7.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    C 4 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 26 BSN NL RF 144 143 1197.3 236 11 8 0 .969 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 4 3 28.3 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.49 0 0 .000 0  
    C 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 27 DET AL C 119 112 1015.3 379 39 5 0 .988 3.71 39 14 .359 1 6.3
    LF 3 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 28 DET AL C 144 133 1207.7 500 41 10 1 .982 4.03 59 12 .203 3 2.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 29 DET AL C 134 130 1175.0 392 38 1 1 .998 3.29 41 11 .268 4 6.0
    RF 4 4 35.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.83 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 0 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1942 30 DET AL C 139 134 1222.3 469 46 10 0 .981 3.79 43 12 .279 3 2.7
    LF 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 31 MIN AL C 135 126 1135.7 502 38 5 3 .991 4.28 31 16 .516 1 9.9
    RF 5 4 36.3 11 1 1 0 .923 2.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 10 0 19.0 3 0 2 0 .600 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1944 32 MIN AL C 131 128 1130.0 507 59 12 2 .979 4.51 69 24 .348 3 5.5
    LF 17 0 29.7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 33 DET AL C 136 135 1200.3 603 37 6 2 .991 4.80 47 15 .319 4 5.7
    RF 3 2 25.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1946 34 DET AL C 11 10 82.7 33 4 1 0 .974 4.03 4 1 .250 0 0.3
    LF 4 4 33.2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SEM AL C 26 24 197.3 79 9 1 0 .989 4.01 10 1 .100 1 0.6
    LF 11 10 79.2 15 0 1 0 .938 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BSN NL C 47 44 422.1 170 19 3 0 .984 4.03 20 3 .150 2 1.8
    LF 19 18 169.5 33 1 2 0 .944 1.81 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 2 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 84 78 702.1 282 32 5 0 .984 4.03 34 5 .147 3 2.7
      LF 34 32 281.9 54 1 3 0 .948 1.76   0.5
      RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1947 35 BSN NL C 94 90 801.7 340 29 4 0 .989 4.14 42 11 .262 3 3.2
    RF 3 1 10.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1125 1066 9607.1 3980 359 58 9 .987 4.06 405 120 .296 25 44.4
  RF 276 262 2209.0 464 24 20 1 .961 1.99 0 0 .000 0 5.0
  LF 83 35 404.9 83 2 6 0 .934 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  SS 1 0 8.7 2 5 1 0 .875 7.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1485 1363 12229.6 4529 390 85 10 .983 3.62 405 120 .296 25 50.1
Career Highs   153 146 1235.7 609 59 13 3 .996 4.74 69 24 .516 4  
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
1941 29 DET AL 10 43 6 15 3 2 1 7 0 0 0 8 .349 .349 .581 .930
Career Post-Season Batting 10 43 6 15 3 2 1 7 0 0 0 8 .349 .349 .581 .930
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
1941-9-.324
1943-8-.317
 Slugging Pct
1941-8-.505
 OPS
1941-9-.887
 Games
1938-8-156
 Hits
1943-7-182
 Singles
1942-10-123
1943-4-138
Triples
1942-3-10
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Shanty Hogan (922)
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  6. Frank Torre (899)
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  8. Hal Wagner (888)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1937
Had first career hit on 4/4/1937, off Denny Galehouse (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1937, off Wayne Lamaster (PIT)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1937, hitting .367 with 3 HR, 17 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 9/18/1938
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1938, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 2/21/1939 (Going to DET: RF Don Padgett. Going to BSN: 2B Frankie Gustine)
Injured on 6/22/1939 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 5 runs on 6/16/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1940, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1940, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/23/1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
9/22/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 9/30/1942
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/3/1943 (Going to MIN: LF Don Padgett, LF Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Dutch Leonard. Going to DET: 1B George Mcquinn, P Cy Blanton)
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 9/11/1943
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 4/2/1945 (Going to MIN: LF Dave Philley, 2B Irv Hall, C Babe Phelps, CF Bob Seeds. Going to DET: C Don Padgett)
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/14/1945
Traded from Detroit to Seattle on 5/1/1946 (Going to SEM: C Don Padgett. Going to DET: C Butch Nieman)
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 7/1/1946 (Going to BSN: C Don Padgett. Going to SEM: P Dizzy Dean)
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
 
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