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Ed
Linke		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 9, 1911 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 21 MON NL $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1934 22 MON NL $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1935 23 MON NL   5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1936 24 MON NL   5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1937 25 MON NL $ 300,000 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1938 26 MON NL $ 300,000 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1939 27 MON NL   4 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1940 28 MON NL $ 300,000 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1941 29 MON NL $ 375,000 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 375,000 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
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
1933 21 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1934 22 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1935 23 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 24 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1938 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1939 27 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1940 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1941 29 MON NL $ 375,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 375,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 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
1933 21 MON NL 6 5 .545 38 0 0 0 3 47.0 50 17 3 17 13 3.26 .282 .345 .395 .741 5.3
1934 22 MON NL 2 4 .333 37 2 0 0 3 65.0 74 39 3 26 15 5.40 .291 .359 .425 .784 2.9
    AAA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 10 1 16 6 9.32 .325 .518 .475 .993  
1935 23 AAA   3 5 .375 72 0 0 0 2 85.0 96 42 5 57 58 4.45 .282 .385 .382 .768  
1936 24 AAA   4 3 .571 81 0 0 0 5 89.7 99 37 9 37 73 3.71 .281 .350 .423 .773  
1937 25 AAA   7 3 .700 69 0 0 0 2 119.0 127 56 11 55 84 4.24 .270 .346 .397 .743  
1938 26 MON NL 0 2 .000 11 0 0 0 0 9.7 20 14 0 6 1 13.04 .435 .500 .522 1.022 0.0
    AAA   1 6 .143 21 21 0 0 0 73.3 80 27 4 35 46 3.31 .276 .354 .397 .750  
1939 27 AAA   3 3 .500 55 0 0 0 5 47.0 58 22 4 23 25 4.21 .312 .388 .425 .812  
1940 28 MON NL 9 5 .643 64 0 0 0 4 76.0 84 35 6 36 20 4.14 .272 .346 .411 .757 5.9
1941 29 AAA   2 3 .400 61 1 0 0 7 53.7 67 26 5 23 45 4.36 .306 .372 .429 .801  
1942 30 AAA   4 3 .571 63 0 0 0 3 81.0 89 31 6 35 50 3.44 .283 .354 .375 .729  
1945 33 A   1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 1 13.7 10 3 0 3 10 1.98 .208 .255 .250 .505  
4 Years Sim 17 16 .515 150 2 0 0 10 197.7 228 105 12 85 49 4.78 .290 .359 .419 .778 14.1
8 Years AAA 25 26 .490 431 22 0 0 24 558.3 629 251 45 281 387 4.05 .284 .365 .403 .767  
1 Years A 1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 1 13.7 10 3 0 3 10 1.98 .208 .255 .250 .505  
9 Years Minors 26 26 .500 447 22 0 0 25 572.0 639 254 45 284 397 4.00 .283 .363 .399 .762  
Season Average 4 4 .500 37 0 0 0 2 49.4 57 26 3 21 12 4.78 .290 .359 .419 .778  
Career Highs 9 5 .643 64 2 0 0 4 76.0 84 39 6 36 20 13.04 .435 .500 .522 1.022  
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   109 48 4 41 32   .267 .334 .380 .714
vs LH   119 57 8 44 17   .315 .386 .460 .847
Home 11 8 .579 77 2 0 0 4 115.7 137 72 7 52 32 5.60 .295 .366 .431 .797
Away 6 8 .429 73 0 0 0 6 82.0 91 33 5 33 17 3.62 .283 .349 .401 .750
Mar/Apr 3 3 .500 23 0 0 0 2 28.0 38 17 1 11 7 5.47 .328 .386 .448 .834
May 2 2 .500 21 0 0 0 3 38.0 41 23 2 20 10 5.45 .277 .363 .392 .755
June 2 2 .500 21 0 0 0 1 28.7 20 7 1 9 10 2.20 .194 .259 .311 .570
July 5 2 .714 22 0 0 0 0 22.3 31 16 3 10 7 6.45 .344 .410 .556 .966
August 3 3 .500 36 2 0 0 2 49.0 62 31 3 24 8 5.70 .305 .379 .414 .793
Sep/Oct 2 4 .333 27 0 0 0 2 31.7 36 11 2 11 7 3.13 .286 .343 .421 .764
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
1933 21 MON NL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1934 22 MON NL 37 12 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .583 .615 .583 1.199 3.0 0.9
1938 26 MON NL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1940 28 MON NL 64 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0 0.2
4 Years Sim 150 20 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 .450 .476 .500 .976 3.7 1.2
162 Game Average 21 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 .450 .476 .500 .976 4.0  
Career Highs 64 12 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .583 .615 .750 1.250 3.0  
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   14 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .429 .467 .500 .967 2.8
vs LH   6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2
Home 73 15 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .533 .533 .600 1.133 3.5
Away 24 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5
RISP   5 0 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .800 .833 1.000 1.833 2.5
Mar/Apr 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 14 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
June 13 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7
August 29 9 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .444 .944 1.9
Sep/Oct 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1933 21 MON NL P 38 0 47.0 2 12 1 2 .933 2.68    
1934 22 MON NL P 37 2 65.0 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.08    
1938 26 MON NL P 11 0 9.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.66    
1940 28 MON NL P 64 0 76.0 5 14 2 1 .905 2.25    
Career Totals   150 2 197.7 11 42 3 5 .946 2.41    
Career Highs   64 2 76.0 5 14 2 2 1.000 4.66    
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
1933 21 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 .222 .222 .222 .444
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
1933 21 MON NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1940-5-64
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Wes Stock (985)
  2. Ron Necciai (983)
  3. Chip Lang (982)
  4. Dick Barrett (980)
  5. Dave Schmidt (978)
  6. Johnny Kucab (977)
  7. Bob Purkey (976)
  8. Mark Lee (976)
  9. Danny Fife (975)
  10. Norm Branch (975)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Montreal in 1933
Earned first career win on 4/12/1933
Had first career hit on 4/10/1934, off Danny Macfayden (NYA)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $375,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $375,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Montreal on 10/13/1942
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 4/2/1944
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/11/1945 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 5/1/1945
 
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