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Jack
Salveson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 5, 1914 in Usa, CA, FULLERTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1946    1947   
All-Star Selections 1943    1946    1947    1948    1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 19 CIN NL   7 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 3
1934 20 CLE AL   7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1935 21 CLE AL   6 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4
1936 22 CLE AL   6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4
1937 23 CLE AL   6 5 6 5 6 6 6 3 4 3
1938 24 CLE AL   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
1939 25 CLE AL   6 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1940 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1941 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6
1942 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
1943 29 CLE AL $ 2,485,714 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 6
1944 30 CLE AL $ 4,321,429 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1945 31 CLE AL $ 5,200,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1946 32 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1947 33 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1948 34 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 7
1949 35 TAM AL $ 2,999,999 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1950 36 MIN AL $ 4,600,000 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6
1951 37 MIN AL $ 4,600,000 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 8 9 8
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
1933 19 CIN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1934 20 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1935 21 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1936 22 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1937 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1938 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1939 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1940 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1941 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1942 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1943 29 CLE AL $ 2,485,714   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1944 30 CLE AL $ 4,321,429   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1945 31 CLE AL $ 5,200,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1946 32 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1947 33 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1948 34 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1949 35 TAM AL $ 2,999,999   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1950 36 MIN AL $ 4,600,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1951 37 MIN AL $ 4,600,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1933 19 AA   11 9 .550 26 26 3 1 0 179.7 188 67 11 44 125 3.36 .266 .309 .368 .678  
1934 20 AA   10 8 .556 30 30 4 0 0 225.3 193 52 8 56 178 2.08 .229 .278 .298 .576  
1935 21 AA   12 5 .706 28 28 2 0 0 200.3 164 54 7 69 167 2.43 .224 .291 .301 .591  
1936 22 AAA   11 10 .524 29 29 2 1 0 190.7 220 90 17 63 164 4.25 .287 .341 .426 .767  
1937 23 AAA   10 14 .417 26 26 1 0 0 159.3 173 72 26 61 121 4.07 .274 .338 .446 .784  
1938 24 AAA   12 8 .600 27 27 1 0 0 196.7 170 61 14 70 153 2.79 .231 .297 .349 .646  
1939 25 AAA   15 7 .682 29 29 3 1 0 199.7 211 77 14 53 167 3.47 .266 .312 .372 .685  
1940 26 CLE AL 11 9 .550 37 37 2 0 0 249.0 237 106 18 98 135 3.83 .252 .320 .370 .691 18.8
1941 27 CLE AL 17 10 .630 42 42 3 1 0 270.0 241 106 21 112 136 3.53 .243 .320 .366 .686 21.2
1942 28 CLE AL 18 11 .621 42 42 0 0 0 273.3 276 130 24 113 145 4.28 .265 .334 .409 .743 15.8
1943 29 CLE AL 19 12 .613 41 41 2 1 0 284.7 269 109 24 105 137 3.45 .249 .314 .370 .684 21.9
1944 30 CLE AL 16 11 .593 42 41 5 2 0 291.7 248 104 19 106 155 3.21 .229 .297 .331 .628 26.0
1945 31 CLE AL 13 13 .500 42 31 3 1 1 222.0 218 96 10 114 125 3.89 .261 .347 .370 .717 15.9
1946 32 CLE AL 18 10 .643 38 38 4 2 0 268.7 193 77 19 109 140 2.58 .199 .280 .310 .590 31.3
1947 33 CLE AL 20 12 .625 44 44 0 0 0 308.0 254 102 13 129 150 2.98 .223 .301 .301 .603 33.5
1948 34 CLE AL 15 20 .429 44 44 2 0 0 286.3 288 147 33 134 157 4.62 .264 .342 .409 .750 17.2
1949 35 TAM AL 18 8 .692 35 35 2 0 0 231.7 223 98 14 107 113 3.81 .251 .330 .348 .678 19.0
1950 36 TAM AL 9 5 .643 17 17 0 0 0 109.0 107 57 10 46 55 4.71 .257 .328 .374 .702 7.1
  MIN AL 11 5 .688 22 22 1 0 0 143.7 138 62 14 66 73 3.88 .252 .331 .377 .707 11.7
  TOT   20 10 .667 39 39 1 0 0 252.7 245 119 24 112 128 4.24 .254 .329 .376 .705 18.8
1951 37 MIN AL 2 0 1.000 26 5 0 0 0 54.0 57 43 2 42 27 7.17 .275 .390 .357 .747 0.0
12 Years Sim 187 126 .597 472 439 24 7 1 2992.0 2749 1237 221 1281 1548 3.72 .245 .320 .360 .680 239.4
4 Years AAA 48 39 .552 111 111 7 2 0 746.3 774 300 71 247 605 3.62 .264 .322 .397 .718  
3 Years AA 33 22 .600 84 84 9 1 0 605.3 545 173 26 169 470 2.57 .239 .292 .321 .612  
7 Years Minors 81 61 .570 195 195 16 3 0 1351.6 1319 473 97 416 1075 3.15 .253 .309 .363 .672  
Season Average 15 10 .600 39 36 2 0 0 249.3 229 103 18 106 129 3.72 .245 .320 .360 .680  
Career Highs 20 20 1.000 44 44 5 2 1 308.0 288 147 33 134 157 7.17 .275 .390 .409 .750  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1207 555 88 521 848   .229 .299 .330 .628
vs LH   1542 682 133 760 700   .258 .342 .386 .728
Home 85 78 .521 242 223 8 3 0 1510.3 1427 657 116 629 737 3.92 .251 .325 .365 .690
Away 102 48 .680 230 216 16 4 1 1481.7 1322 580 105 652 811 3.52 .239 .319 .355 .674
Mar/Apr 26 22 .542 75 71 2 0 0 471.6 459 230 44 227 235 4.39 .256 .339 .389 .728
May 30 19 .612 75 67 1 1 0 466.6 416 172 29 206 249 3.32 .238 .318 .342 .661
June 33 24 .579 77 74 3 1 0 503.6 478 224 41 177 270 4.00 .252 .316 .373 .689
July 33 21 .611 79 79 2 1 0 513.6 467 205 32 235 270 3.59 .244 .326 .350 .676
August 36 23 .610 85 80 9 2 0 542.0 495 214 40 227 289 3.55 .241 .317 .354 .671
Sep/Oct 29 17 .630 81 68 7 2 1 494.3 434 192 35 209 235 3.50 .238 .316 .352 .668
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 26 CLE AL 37 86 8 23 2 1 1 11 0 1 0 12 .267 .267 .349 .616 6.3 0.0
1941 27 CLE AL 42 96 8 23 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 .240 .237 .250 .487 5.2 0.0
1942 28 CLE AL 42 93 4 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .215 .215 .215 .430 2.2 0.0
1943 29 CLE AL 41 105 10 24 0 0 2 11 0 0 3 7 .229 .248 .286 .533 7.8 0.0
1944 30 CLE AL 41 99 5 21 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .212 .257 .242 .500 4.1 0.0
1945 31 CLE AL 42 75 12 16 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 8 .213 .224 .240 .464 2.9 0.0
1946 32 CLE AL 38 99 9 27 3 1 0 9 0 0 1 7 .273 .284 .323 .608 8.7 0.5
1947 33 CLE AL 44 103 9 36 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 17 .350 .368 .359 .727 13.4 2.3
1948 34 CLE AL 44 99 8 16 1 0 2 11 0 0 1 11 .162 .168 .232 .401 2.4 0.0
1949 35 TAM AL 35 88 10 25 3 1 0 10 0 0 5 5 .284 .323 .341 .663 9.4 0.9
1950 36 TAM AL 17 39 4 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .256 .275 .308 .583 2.9 0.0
  MIN AL 22 48 4 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .245 .292 .537 3.3 0.0
  TOT   39 87 8 22 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 .253 .258 .299 .557 6.2 0.0
1951 37 MIN AL 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 471 1042 91 254 18 4 5 88 0 1 21 107 .244 .258 .283 .541 68.3 3.7
162 Game Average 358 31 87 6 1 1 30 0 0 7 36 .244 .258 .283 .541 23.5  
Career Highs 44 105 12 36 4 1 2 11 0 1 6 17 .350 .368 .359 .727 13.4  
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   664 56 166 11 2 3 63 0 1 12 69 .250 .262 .286 .548 45.3
vs LH   378 35 88 7 2 2 25 0 0 9 38 .233 .252 .278 .530 23.7
Home 242 475 39 117 6 2 3 41 0 0 11 55 .246 .263 .286 .549 33.1
Away 229 567 52 137 12 2 2 47 0 1 10 52 .242 .254 .280 .535 35.9
RISP   272 0 63 4 1 0 80 0 0 6 34 .232 .246 .254 .500 14.9
Close/Late   50 6 14 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .280 .308 .320 .628 4.8
Mar/Apr 71 166 12 35 2 1 0 5 0 1 5 18 .211 .234 .235 .469 7.3
May 67 168 14 44 3 1 3 22 0 0 2 16 .262 .266 .345 .611 14.8
June 77 178 16 40 3 1 1 16 0 0 1 17 .225 .228 .270 .497 9.2
July 79 165 17 40 2 1 1 18 0 0 6 17 .242 .269 .285 .554 12.0
August 80 196 18 49 5 0 0 16 0 0 2 23 .250 .260 .276 .536 12.2
Sep/Oct 68 169 14 46 3 0 0 11 0 0 5 16 .272 .293 .290 .583 13.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1940 26 CLE AL P 37 37 249.0 12 25 1 3 .974 1.34    
1941 27 CLE AL P 42 42 270.0 7 46 1 6 .981 1.77    
1942 28 CLE AL P 42 42 273.3 17 39 0 3 1.000 1.84    
1943 29 CLE AL P 41 41 284.7 27 38 2 4 .970 2.06    
1944 30 CLE AL P 41 41 291.7 23 43 0 0 1.000 2.04    
1945 31 CLE AL P 42 31 222.0 12 41 1 5 .981 2.15    
1946 32 CLE AL P 38 38 268.7 18 56 0 3 1.000 2.48    
1947 33 CLE AL P 44 44 308.0 20 58 1 5 .987 2.28    
1948 34 CLE AL P 44 44 286.3 18 51 1 5 .986 2.17    
1949 35 TAM AL P 35 35 231.7 11 39 1 3 .980 1.94    
1950 36 TAM AL P 17 17 109.0 9 19 1 1 .966 2.31    
  MIN AL P 22 22 143.7 12 24 2 2 .947 2.26    
  TOT   P 39 39 252.7 21 43 3 3 .955 2.28    
1951 37 MIN AL P 26 5 54.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.83    
Career Totals   471 439 2992.0 189 487 11 41 .984 2.03    
Career Highs   44 44 308.0 27 58 3 6 1.000 2.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1943 29 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 1.7 6 5 1 1 1 27.11 .545 .583 1.000 1.583
1949 35 TAM AL 0 1 .000 3 2 0 0 0 12.7 17 17 2 12 7 12.09 .354 .483 .583 1.067
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 4 3 0 0 0 14.3 23 22 3 13 8 13.83 .390 .500 .661 1.161
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
1943 29 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1949 35 TAM AL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1940-9-3.83
1941-5-3.53
1943-2-3.45
1944-3-3.21
1946-1-2.58
1947-1-2.98
1949-6-3.81
 Wins
1941-8-17
1942-7-18
1943-2-19
1946-6-18
1947-6-20
1948-9-15
1949-8-18
1950-6-20
 Losses
1948-7-20
 Winning Pct
1941-5-.630
1942-8-.621
1943-5-.613
1944-9-.593
1946-7-.643
1947-8-.625
1949-2-.692
1950-8-.667
 Games Started
1941-5-42
1942-8-42
1944-5-41
1947-1-44
1948-1-44
 Shutouts
1941-8-1
1944-5-2
1945-8-1
1946-3-2
Innings Pitched
1944-10-291.7
1948-8-286.3
 Hits Allowed
1948-9-288
 Homeruns Allowed
1942-8-24
1943-7-24
1948-7-33
 Strikeouts
1941-10-136
1942-7-145
1943-9-137
1944-8-155
1946-2-140
1947-7-150
1948-5-157
 Walks Allowed
1941-9-112
1942-8-113
1943-10-105
1946-9-109
 Hits per 9IP
1940-5-8.6
1941-5-8.0
1943-5-8.5
1944-1-7.7
1946-1-6.5
1947-3-7.4
1949-4-8.7
1950-9-8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
1940-7-4.9
1941-7-4.5
1942-6-4.8
1944-9-4.8
1945-4-5.1
1946-4-4.7
1947-7-4.4
1948-5-4.9
1949-9-4.4
 WHiP
1941-10-1.31
1943-5-1.31
1944-1-1.21
1946-1-1.12
1947-5-1.24
1949-10-1.42
 OAVG
1940-7-.252
1941-5-.243
1943-5-.249
1944-1-.229
1946-1-.199
1947-3-.223
1949-4-.251
1950-9-.254
 OOBP
1943-5-.314
1944-1-.297
1946-1-.280
1947-5-.301
1949-8-.330
 OSLG
1940-8-.370
1941-7-.366
1943-6-.370
1944-1-.331
1946-1-.310
1947-1-.301
1949-3-.348
1950-6-.376
 OOPS
1940-8-.691
1941-8-.686
1943-5-.684
1944-1-.628
1946-1-.590
1947-1-.603
1949-2-.678
1950-8-.705
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 161    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  5. Tom Underwood (913)
  6. Monte Pearson (913)
  7. Stu Miller (913)
  8. Tom Seaver (909)
  9. Whit Wyatt (906)
  10. Mike Marshall (903)
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  1. Schoolboy Rowe (980)
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  4. Clay Bryant (970)
  5. Johnny Sain (968)
  6. Ed Head (968)
  7. Murry Dickson (967)
  8. Ralph Birkofer (966)
  9. Dave Ferriss (965)
  10. Don Newcombe (960)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1933
Injured on 4/21/1933 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Cincinnati to Cleveland on 7/31/1934 (Going to CIN: 3B Pinky Higgins, 2B Hughie Critz, 2B Les Mallon. Going to CLE: SS Hal Rhyne, P Jack Salveson)
Injured on 5/10/1935 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/26/1937 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/10/1940, off Paul Dean (NYG)
Injured on 4/18/1940 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1940, off Pat Malone (TAM)
Earned first career win on 6/15/1940
Injured on 9/27/1942 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,485,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Injured on 10/4/1943 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,200,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/28/1945 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
10/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $6,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1946, going 4-1, 2.72
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against Boston (N) on 9/8/1946, striking out 5
Won Platinum Arm in 1946, going 18-10, 2.58 ERA
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1948, going 5-0, 3.33
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/12/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/13/1949 (Going to TAM: P Jack Salveson. Going to NYA: P Clayton Lambert)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/9/1950 to a 4-year deal worth $4,600,000 per year
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 7/1/1950 (Going to TAM: 1B Jack Sanford. Going to MIN: P Jack Salveson)
Injured on 7/28/1951 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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