Don
Lang
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 15, 1915 in Usa, CA, SELMA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 23 SLC NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 24 SLC NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 25 SLC NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 29 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 30 CIN NL $ 517,143 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 31 CIN NL $ 714,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 32 CIN NL $ 1,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 33 CIN NL $ 1,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 34 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1938 23 SLC NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1939 24 SLC NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1940 25 SLC NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1941 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1942 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1943 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1944 29 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1945 30 CIN NL $ 517,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1946 31 CIN NL $ 714,286   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1947 32 CIN NL $ 1,200,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1948 33 CIN NL $ 1,200,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1949 34 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,200,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
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
1945 30 CIN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
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   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0   1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
May 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
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
1938 23 AAA   1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1  
    AA   136 491 48 132 32 0 5 63 7 1 78 55 .269 .369 .365 .734 70.7  
1939 24 AAA   82 313 51 96 16 2 4 42 1 5 49 33 .307 .401 .409 .809 50.8  
    AA   52 188 24 48 7 0 4 16 4 3 31 18 .255 .361 .356 .717 26.2  
1940 25 SLC NL 152 494 50 121 20 4 5 66 0 0 44 84 .245 .306 .332 .638 48.0 5.9
1941 26 SLC NL 22 56 7 12 1 1 0 8 0 0 7 7 .214 .297 .268 .565 5.2 0.2
  CIN NL 49 141 15 42 6 1 2 12 0 0 17 18 .298 .373 .397 .770 21.1 3.4
  TOT   71 197 22 54 7 2 2 20 0 0 24 25 .274 .351 .360 .712 26.3 3.6
    AAA   82 289 49 87 11 0 7 37 4 1 63 27 .301 .426 .412 .838 54.9  
1942 27 CIN NL 66 90 9 17 3 0 0 12 0 0 10 15 .189 .265 .222 .487 6.0 0.0
    AAA   54 202 37 57 12 1 6 32 1 3 29 21 .282 .372 .441 .813 32.5  
1943 28 CIN NL 32 79 13 29 5 0 1 10 0 0 8 10 .367 .425 .468 .894 13.6 2.8
    AAA   54 226 34 81 12 0 8 35 2 4 23 21 .358 .418 .518 .935 43.6  
1944 29 CIN NL 66 98 12 33 3 1 1 13 0 0 9 16 .337 .393 .418 .811 15.1 3.3
1945 30 CIN NL 75 120 14 37 5 0 2 15 0 0 8 22 .308 .357 .400 .757 15.1 2.8
1946 31 CIN NL 84 187 30 50 9 1 5 21 0 0 18 24 .267 .330 .406 .737 24.5 3.0
1947 32 CIN NL 55 100 15 32 8 1 2 17 0 0 11 12 .320 .387 .480 .867 15.9 2.9
1948 33 CIN NL 44 71 6 16 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 7 .225 .263 .239 .503 3.2 0.0
1949 34 MON NL 15 36 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .278 .333 .361 .694 3.9 0.4
10 Years Sim 660 1472 176 399 64 9 18 187 0 0 139 219 .271 .333 .363 .697 171.4 24.8
5 Years AAA 273 1033 172 321 51 3 25 146 8 13 165 102 .311 .404 .439 .842 181.9  
2 Years AA 188 679 72 180 39 0 9 79 11 4 109 73 .265 .368 .362 .731 96.9  
7 Years Minors 461 1712 244 501 90 3 34 225 19 17 274 175 .293 .390 .408 .798 278.8  
162 Game Average 361 43 97 15 2 4 45 0 0 34 53 .271 .333 .363 .697 42.1  
Career Highs 152 494 50 121 20 4 5 66 0 0 44 84 .367 .425 .480 .894 48.0  
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   897 121 242 44 5 13 120 0 0 76 148 .270 .326 .373 .699 108.6
vs LH   575 55 157 20 4 5 67 0 0 63 71 .273 .345 .348 .693 71.1
Home 328 696 87 202 28 4 11 96 0 0 72 98 .290 .355 .389 .745 96.7
Away 332 776 89 197 36 5 7 91 0 0 67 121 .254 .313 .340 .653 82.9
RISP   376 0 109 14 2 6 159 0 0 33 56 .290 .340 .386 .726 49.9
Pinch Hitting   207 26 50 9 0 0 19 0 0 19 26 .242 .301 .285 .586 18.4
Close/Late   166 16 35 4 0 0 12 0 0 16 29 .211 .279 .235 .514 11.2
Mar/Apr 106 202 27 51 9 2 1 27 0 0 19 27 .252 .316 .332 .647 21.5
May 76 167 20 45 9 0 1 19 0 0 19 31 .269 .342 .341 .684 20.2
June 137 320 42 96 13 1 6 48 0 0 29 49 .300 .358 .403 .761 45.4
July 99 230 26 61 11 1 4 32 0 0 7 33 .265 .288 .374 .661 23.4
August 107 240 33 69 10 4 4 32 0 0 28 36 .288 .363 .413 .775 35.7
Sep/Oct 135 313 28 77 12 1 2 29 0 0 37 43 .246 .323 .310 .633 33.5
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 25 SLC NL 3B 150 150 1241.7 93 345 23 30 .950 3.17   3.0
1941 26 SLC NL 1B 11 11 80.5 104 9 1 9 .991 12.63   0.3
    3B 7 7 52.2 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.76   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CIN NL 1B 24 23 200.5 258 21 2 24 .993 12.52   0.3
    3B 16 15 130.1 10 31 1 4 .976 2.84   0.5
    RF 1 0 2.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
  TOT   1B 35 34 281.0 362 30 3 33 .992 12.56   0.6
      3B 23 22 182.3 14 43 1 5 .983 2.81   0.7
      RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1942 27 CIN NL 3B 8 7 63.0 8 10 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.3
    1B 8 7 61.0 76 5 1 11 .988 11.95   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1943 28 CIN NL 3B 11 10 83.0 3 22 3 1 .893 2.71   0.3
    LF 7 5 45.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.40   0.1
    1B 9 4 42.7 55 4 0 3 1.000 12.45   0.1
1944 29 CIN NL 3B 16 13 108.7 6 25 0 2 1.000 2.57   0.5
    1B 17 4 55.3 64 6 0 5 1.000 11.39   0.1
    LF 8 4 39.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.1
1945 30 CIN NL 1B 26 8 95.3 103 13 1 11 .991 10.95   0.2
    3B 10 10 78.0 9 25 2 1 .944 3.92   0.5
    LF 10 2 31.7 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.41   0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1946 31 CIN NL LF 34 28 239.0 46 1 1 0 .979 1.77   0.7
    3B 13 11 95.7 8 31 1 3 .975 3.67   0.7
    1B 18 8 84.0 89 12 0 7 1.000 10.82   0.2
1947 32 CIN NL 3B 15 14 114.7 11 37 3 5 .941 3.77   0.6
    LF 9 3 36.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.1
    1B 6 3 26.0 32 1 0 4 1.000 11.42   0.1
1948 33 CIN NL 3B 14 13 93.0 5 30 0 0 1.000 3.39   0.5
    1B 7 3 32.0 41 4 2 3 .957 12.66   0.1
    LF 6 0 11.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.27   0.0
1949 34 MON NL 1B 9 8 62.0 81 6 0 12 1.000 12.63   0.2
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 262 250 2064.9 157 570 33 48 .957 3.17   7.0
  1B 135 79 739.3 903 81 7 89 .993 11.98   1.8
  LF 75 42 402.7 88 3 2 2 .978 2.03   1.2
  RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   477 371 3214.9 1150 654 42 139 .977 5.05   10.1
Career Highs   150 150 1241.7 377 345 23 38 1.000 11.78    
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 27 CIN NL 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
1943 28 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1944 29 CIN NL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1945 30 CIN NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1946 31 CIN NL 8 22 5 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 4 .273 .385 .409 .794
1947 32 CIN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 33 CIN NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 26 35 6 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 4 .286 .390 .371 .762
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.
Strikeouts
1940-7-84
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1938
Injured on 5/6/1938 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/30/1939 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/14/1939 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/17/1939 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/3/1940, off Cliff Melton (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1940, off Johnny Humphries (SDP)
Traded from St. Louis to Cincinnati on 6/1/1941 (Going to SLC: SS Don Heffner. Going to CIN: 3B Don Lang)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $714,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Released by Cincinnati on 2/7/1949
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 4/2/1949 to a minor league deal
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949