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Joe
Gantenbein		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 168
 
Born: August 25, 1916 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
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
1939 22 MON NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 10 10
1940 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 10 10
1941 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 10 10
1942 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 6 3 4 4 9 10 10
1943 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 4 4 9 10 9
1944 27 TAM AL $ 1,200,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 9 10 9
1945 28 TAM AL $ 1,200,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,200,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
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 22 AAA   31 125 10 26 3 1 0 11 1 1 16 4 .208 .298 .248 .546 10.0  
    AA   105 431 60 117 15 2 15 43 3 5 39 21 .271 .332 .420 .752 59.0  
1940 23 MON NL 81 230 25 65 8 3 5 25 0 0 16 6 .283 .335 .409 .743 30.0 5.0
    AAA   54 209 21 53 9 2 5 36 0 2 19 11 .254 .316 .388 .703 25.1  
1941 24 TAM AL 108 305 34 83 9 4 3 22 0 0 16 10 .272 .307 .357 .665 31.7 3.9
1942 25 TAM AL 81 263 41 81 16 1 9 48 0 0 20 9 .308 .353 .479 .832 40.8 8.7
1943 26 TAM AL 92 281 27 61 3 1 4 24 0 0 22 18 .217 .273 .278 .551 19.0 0.0
1944 27 TAM AL 97 270 37 62 16 1 5 25 0 0 16 17 .230 .273 .352 .625 23.1 1.1
1945 28 TAM AL 32 104 7 18 4 0 0 12 0 0 9 2 .173 .237 .212 .448 4.4 0.0
    AAA   49 136 12 38 4 1 1 28 0 1 11 10 .279 .333 .346 .679 15.4  
1946 29 AAA   87 231 33 60 8 1 12 37 1 3 31 14 .260 .347 .459 .806 36.9  
6 Years Sim 491 1453 171 370 56 10 26 156 0 0 99 62 .255 .302 .361 .663 149.0 18.6
4 Years AAA 221 701 76 177 24 5 18 112 2 7 77 39 .252 .325 .378 .703 87.4  
1 Years AA 105 431 60 117 15 2 15 43 3 5 39 21 .271 .332 .420 .752 59.0  
5 Years Minors 326 1132 136 294 39 7 33 155 5 12 116 60 .260 .328 .394 .722 146.4  
162 Game Average 479 56 122 18 3 8 51 0 0 32 20 .255 .302 .361 .663 49.2  
Career Highs 108 305 41 83 16 4 9 48 0 0 22 18 .308 .353 .479 .832 40.8  
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   1053 122 267 44 8 18 113 0 0 74 44 .254 .302 .362 .664 114.1
vs LH   400 49 103 12 2 8 43 0 0 25 18 .258 .301 .358 .658 42.7
Home 249 753 95 205 28 8 12 87 0 0 58 42 .272 .323 .378 .702 91.4
Away 242 700 76 165 28 2 14 69 0 0 41 20 .236 .279 .341 .620 65.5
RISP   342 0 81 14 2 2 118 0 0 27 18 .237 .290 .307 .597 30.7
Pinch Hitting   59 5 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 4 .169 .222 .237 .460 2.8
Close/Late   150 15 46 7 0 5 16 0 0 12 5 .307 .358 .453 .811 23.3
Mar/Apr 65 185 23 42 8 2 5 25 0 0 11 5 .227 .269 .373 .642 18.6
May 88 254 36 67 8 0 7 36 0 0 18 10 .264 .311 .378 .689 30.0
June 93 311 32 69 13 4 3 19 0 0 17 15 .222 .261 .318 .579 24.9
July 74 233 33 68 8 1 6 29 0 0 19 7 .292 .349 .412 .761 32.6
August 80 198 19 53 5 1 2 16 0 0 14 12 .268 .313 .333 .646 20.9
Sep/Oct 91 272 28 71 14 2 3 31 0 0 20 13 .261 .313 .360 .673 30.0
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 23 MON NL SS 78 70 584.7 94 232 10 43 .970 5.02   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1941 24 TAM AL 3B 32 30 247.3 17 53 6 5 .921 2.55   0.9
    1B 30 29 226.0 247 28 4 27 .986 10.95   0.4
    2B 30 12 130.0 36 53 5 13 .947 6.16   0.3
    SS 11 10 85.3 12 44 1 9 .982 5.91   0.5
1942 25 TAM AL 3B 41 39 319.0 27 82 8 8 .932 3.08   2.1
    SS 13 13 117.0 15 45 1 7 .984 4.62   0.7
    2B 16 12 112.3 27 42 2 7 .972 5.53   0.2
    1B 6 6 53.7 50 3 3 7 .946 8.89   0.1
    LF 6 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
1943 26 TAM AL 3B 28 27 242.3 12 66 2 7 .975 2.90   1.5
    2B 19 14 135.3 40 53 4 20 .959 6.18   0.3
    SS 15 14 124.0 21 57 1 8 .987 5.66   0.9
    1B 6 6 52.0 57 4 2 3 .968 10.56   0.1
    LF 13 0 22.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.23   0.0
1944 27 TAM AL 3B 21 19 155.0 13 38 2 3 .962 2.96   0.7
    1B 20 19 154.0 186 13 3 19 .985 11.63   0.3
    2B 17 16 132.0 41 61 4 17 .962 6.95   0.9
    SS 14 14 113.3 12 58 1 4 .986 5.56   0.7
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1945 28 TAM AL 3B 14 13 114.0 7 24 1 3 .969 2.45   0.5
    2B 7 7 54.0 8 25 0 5 1.000 5.50   0.2
    SS 6 6 53.0 11 31 0 6 1.000 7.13   0.5
    1B 1 1 6.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00    
  3B 136 128 1077.7 76 263 19 26 .947 2.83   5.6
  SS 137 127 1077.3 165 467 14 77 .978 5.28   3.4
  2B 89 61 563.7 152 234 15 62 .963 6.16   1.9
  1B 63 61 491.7 545 49 12 57 .980 10.87   0.9
  LF 24 0 40.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.13   0.0
  CF 2 0 7.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
Career Totals   451 377 3257.3 945 1014 61 223 .970 5.41   11.9
Career Highs   103 81 688.7 312 232 16 54 .991 6.83    
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
1942 25 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 27 TAM AL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
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  6. Glenn Adams (968)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1939
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/1/1940, off Willis Hudlin (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1940, off Junior Thompson (TAM)
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1941 (Going to MON: SS Joe Cronin. Going to TAM: SS Joe Gantenbein)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1942, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
7/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,200,000 per year, for 3 years
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: C Fats Dantonio, 3B Joe Gantenbein. Going to TAM: P Bob Harris, P Ted Wilks, C Phil Masi)
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1946
 
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