Joe
Gallagher
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 7, 1914 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1942   
All-Star Selections 1944   
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
1939 25 PIT NL     5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6
1940 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6
1941 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7
1942 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7
1943 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7
1944 30 MON NL $ 1,378,571   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7
1945 31 OAK AL $ 3,439,286   6 6 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6
1946 32 OAK AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
1947 33 OAK AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
1948 34 MON NL $ 1,060,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6
1949 35 MON NL $ 1,060,000   6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 6
1950 36 BSN NL $ 320,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,439,286   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7
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
1939 25 AAA   21 73 8 22 4 1 4 13 0 1 4 9 .301 .338 .548 .886 12.3  
    AA   116 456 57 126 25 0 24 84 6 7 32 59 .276 .324 .489 .813 69.1  
1940 26 PIT NL 101 342 33 86 16 4 9 46 1 0 14 49 .251 .280 .401 .680 40.0 5.4
    AAA   54 224 32 71 14 1 13 42 6 2 10 33 .317 .346 .563 .909 40.5  
1941 27 PIT NL 141 522 70 135 26 7 15 92 2 0 21 86 .259 .289 .421 .710 57.5 8.8
1942 28 PIT NL 154 557 79 167 36 8 19 83 3 3 23 68 .300 .330 .496 .826 78.7 12.5
1943 29 PIT NL 154 555 60 156 24 2 11 77 6 3 17 63 .281 .305 .391 .696 61.5 8.9
1944 30 PIT NL 25 99 14 34 8 2 6 16 0 0 5 11 .343 .371 .646 1.018 20.5 4.8
  MON NL 105 268 51 99 17 3 11 49 0 1 17 31 .369 .406 .578 .985 52.6 12.5
  TOT   130 367 65 133 25 5 17 65 0 1 22 42 .362 .397 .597 .994 73.1 17.2
1945 31 OAK AL 135 431 65 123 25 3 13 57 1 0 29 55 .285 .328 .448 .775 60.9 11.2
1946 32 OAK AL 121 224 29 56 7 1 6 26 0 0 11 29 .250 .284 .371 .654 22.8 1.5
1947 33 OAK AL 89 162 27 44 5 1 8 26 0 0 8 22 .272 .302 .463 .765 21.6 3.6
1948 34 MON NL 94 273 38 85 18 4 6 40 1 0 13 21 .311 .342 .473 .815 39.9 7.3
1949 35 MON NL 22 78 6 16 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 16 .205 .244 .218 .462 3.5 0.0
    AAA   72 226 37 64 11 1 6 22 5 3 17 32 .283 .333 .420 .754 30.8  
1950 36 BSN NL 59 140 16 39 7 1 3 18 0 1 10 29 .279 .322 .407 .730 17.5 1.8
    AAA   25 26 5 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 .308 .357 .423 .780 3.9  
11 Years Sim 1200 3651 488 1040 190 36 107 539 14 8 172 480 .285 .317 .445 .762 477.0 78.1
4 Years AAA 172 549 82 165 29 3 24 79 11 6 33 79 .301 .344 .495 .840 87.5  
1 Years AA 116 456 57 126 25 0 24 84 6 7 32 59 .276 .324 .489 .813 69.1  
5 Years Minors 288 1005 139 291 54 3 48 163 17 13 65 138 .290 .335 .493 .827 156.6  
162 Game Average 492 65 140 25 4 14 72 1 1 23 64 .285 .317 .445 .762 64.4  
Career Highs 154 557 79 167 36 8 19 92 6 3 29 86 .362 .397 .597 .994 78.7  
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   1809 216 454 96 20 43 250 9 4 77 271 .251 .283 .397 .680 195.8
vs LH   1842 272 586 94 16 64 289 5 4 95 209 .318 .350 .491 .841 293.8
Home 586 1755 231 491 89 17 44 246 4 5 84 233 .280 .312 .425 .737 222.0
Away 614 1896 257 549 101 19 63 293 10 3 88 247 .290 .322 .463 .784 267.6
RISP   939 0 269 50 10 29 399 0 0 54 134 .286 .320 .454 .774 132.2
Pinch Hitting   224 34 63 12 1 6 36 0 0 21 37 .281 .347 .424 .771 32.0
Close/Late   444 64 139 22 2 14 63 0 0 30 53 .313 .360 .466 .826 69.5
Mar/Apr 190 597 88 171 27 7 28 101 1 1 24 77 .286 .316 .496 .812 88.7
May 192 609 85 171 29 9 10 79 3 3 33 74 .281 .318 .407 .726 74.9
June 204 648 75 191 39 3 14 100 5 1 32 89 .295 .327 .429 .756 86.4
July 195 570 83 173 35 6 20 89 1 1 27 82 .304 .333 .491 .825 87.2
August 210 591 60 139 28 4 12 80 1 1 29 86 .235 .272 .357 .629 55.4
Sep/Oct 209 636 97 195 32 7 23 90 3 1 27 72 .307 .335 .487 .822 97.0
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
1940 26 PIT NL RF 61 49 421.0 94 5 9 1 .917 2.12   2.3
    LF 52 51 407.0 83 3 5 0 .945 1.90    
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1941 27 PIT NL RF 139 137 1150.0 232 10 12 0 .953 1.89   1.9
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1942 28 PIT NL RF 148 145 1252.0 316 8 10 1 .970 2.33   2.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 29 PIT NL RF 98 96 847.0 231 4 16 2 .936 2.50   3.6
    LF 52 48 402.7 74 2 3 0 .962 1.70    
1944 30 PIT NL RF 13 13 150.6 32 2 2 1 .944 2.03   0.5
    LF 8 3 48.1 10 1 1 0 .917 2.06   0.0
  MON NL RF 56 54 410.7 86 5 6 1 .938 1.99   1.3
    LF 33 13 131.2 26 1 1 1 .964 1.85   0.0
  TOT   RF 69 67 561.3 118 7 8 2 .940 2.00   1.7
      LF 41 16 179.3 36 2 2 1 .950 1.91   0.0
1945 31 OAK AL RF 77 53 514.0 103 4 6 2 .947 1.87   1.3
    1B 34 34 287.3 360 24 4 33 .990 12.03   0.6
    LF 19 13 122.0 18 2 3 0 .870 1.48    
1946 32 OAK AL 1B 31 31 268.0 350 19 4 37 .989 12.39   0.6
    LF 28 4 90.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.40   0.2
    RF 21 4 63.0 10 1 3 1 .786 1.57    
1947 33 OAK AL RF 35 21 211.0 55 2 2 0 .966 2.43   0.7
    LF 17 3 52.3 11 1 1 0 .923 2.06    
    1B 3 3 25.0 33 3 0 6 1.000 12.96   0.1
    CF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50    
1948 34 MON NL RF 67 67 552.0 117 10 8 3 .941 2.07   1.5
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1949 35 MON NL RF 20 19 172.0 49 0 4 0 .925 2.56   0.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1950 36 BSN NL LF 42 34 295.0 69 3 4 0 .947 2.20   0.5
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  RF 737 658 5747.3 1325 52 78 12 .946 2.16   15.7
  LF 258 169 1559.3 317 13 19 1 .946 1.90   0.7
  1B 68 68 580.3 743 46 8 76 .990 12.24   1.3
  CF 3 2 20.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
Career Totals   1066 897 7906.9 2393 111 105 89 .960 2.85   17.6
Career Highs   150 145 1255.0 481 30 19 38 .981 8.64    
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.
Slugging Pct
1942-6-.496
Games
1942-7-154
1943-10-154
Total Bases
1942-4-276
Doubles
1942-3-36
Triples
1941-10-7
1942-3-8
Homeruns
1942-10-19
RBIs
1941-5-92
Caught Stealing
1942-10-3
Strikeouts
1941-5-86
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1939
Had first career hit on 6/1/1940, off Al Javery (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 6/9/1940, off Bob Logan (DET)
Injured on 7/7/1941 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1941, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 7/30/1942
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1942
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/30/1943
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1944, hitting .393 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 5/1/1944 (Going to PIT: 3B Luis Olmo. Going to MON: RF Joe Gallagher)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 6/1/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,439,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 2/13/1945 (Going to OAK: RF Joe Gallagher. Going to MON: C Jim Hegan, SS Pinky Higgins)
9/22/1945: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/2/1948 to a 2-year deal worth $1,060,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $320,000 per year