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Chris
Cannizzaro		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 3, 1938 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
All-Star Selections 1965   
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
1960 22 PIT NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 5 7 6 7 6 5 5
1961 23 PIT NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 6 7 7 6 6
1962 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
1963 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 7 7
1964 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 7 7
1965 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 7 7
1966 28 CLN NL $ 1,988,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6
1967 29 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6
1968 30 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6
1969 31 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6
1970 32 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 5 6
1971 33 NYA AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 10 9 9 6 5 6
1972 34 NYA AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5 10 9 9 6 5 5
1973 35 NYA AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 9 8 9 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 10 9 9 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
1960 22 A   137 450 35 104 17 0 2 29 6 9 95 88 .231 .365 .282 .647 54.9  
1961 23 AA   137 554 64 137 17 5 8 56 9 8 68 102 .247 .330 .339 .669 64.6  
1962 24 CLN NL 78 300 27 90 8 1 3 25 0 0 27 36 .300 .364 .363 .727 39.3 8.0
    AAA   81 327 42 79 12 0 2 24 3 1 34 65 .242 .313 .297 .610 32.0  
1963 25 CLN NL 157 505 62 120 18 2 1 27 2 5 70 94 .238 .332 .287 .619 51.1 7.0
1964 26 CLN NL 139 412 62 111 16 1 8 44 2 4 54 59 .269 .356 .371 .727 57.6 12.8
1965 27 CLN NL 106 284 49 93 12 2 4 29 1 1 46 38 .327 .425 .426 .851 50.8 13.3
1966 28 CLN NL 90 325 50 84 10 5 3 24 2 1 40 64 .258 .341 .348 .688 40.3 7.4
1967 29 CLN NL 110 343 55 100 11 1 5 40 1 2 36 61 .292 .358 .373 .731 46.2 9.6
1968 30 CLN NL 65 193 25 47 5 2 1 20 3 2 22 42 .244 .319 .306 .625 20.7 3.1
1969 31 CLN NL 40 120 14 27 5 0 1 10 1 4 15 32 .225 .309 .292 .600 9.9 0.3
1970 32 CLN NL 58 193 30 54 6 1 2 25 3 0 21 34 .280 .349 .352 .701 22.8 3.5
1971 33 NYA AL 147 461 48 97 11 5 7 45 3 5 71 112 .210 .317 .302 .619 45.3 4.8
1972 34 NYA AL 73 200 31 54 7 0 5 25 2 1 31 46 .270 .369 .380 .749 29.1 5.8
1973 35 AAA   129 429 72 116 23 2 11 57 3 7 100 81 .270 .408 .410 .819 76.7  
11 Years Sim 1063 3336 453 877 109 20 40 314 20 25 433 618 .263 .349 .344 .692 413.1 75.7
2 Years AAA 210 756 114 195 35 2 13 81 6 8 134 146 .258 .370 .361 .731 108.7  
1 Years AA 137 554 64 137 17 5 8 56 9 8 68 102 .247 .329 .339 .668 64.6  
1 Years A 137 450 35 104 17 0 2 29 6 9 95 88 .231 .367 .282 .650 54.9  
4 Years Minors 484 1760 213 436 69 7 23 166 21 25 297 336 .248 .357 .334 .691 228.2  
162 Game Average 508 69 133 16 3 6 47 3 3 65 94 .263 .349 .344 .692 63.0  
Career Highs 157 505 62 120 18 5 8 45 3 5 71 112 .327 .425 .426 .851 57.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1901 228 468 57 12 22 168 11 14 218 361 .246 .325 .324 .649 207.8
vs LH   1435 225 409 52 8 18 146 9 11 215 257 .285 .379 .370 .749 209.9
Home 531 1624 225 451 55 10 23 152 12 10 211 283 .278 .363 .366 .729 222.7
Away 532 1712 228 426 54 10 17 162 8 15 222 335 .249 .336 .322 .658 194.9
RISP   642 0 175 22 3 7 249 0 0 100 105 .273 .364 .349 .713 89.7
Pinch Hitting   129 13 31 2 0 0 18 0 0 22 21 .240 .346 .256 .602 14.0
Close/Late   408 54 89 13 3 6 46 0 0 66 68 .218 .326 .309 .635 46.4
Mar/Apr 178 594 91 155 17 6 6 64 4 6 89 110 .261 .356 .340 .696 77.0
May 181 571 82 142 17 5 2 34 5 8 76 134 .249 .341 .306 .647 62.3
June 142 425 65 122 19 2 5 52 3 3 61 68 .287 .378 .376 .755 62.2
July 192 615 73 154 20 2 8 54 2 4 75 115 .250 .334 .328 .663 70.3
August 192 569 78 136 21 2 8 42 2 3 74 105 .239 .327 .325 .652 64.2
Sep/Oct 178 562 64 168 15 3 11 68 4 1 58 86 .299 .365 .395 .760 81.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 24 CLN NL 1B 75 74 651.0 723 65 3 70 .996 10.89 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 25 CLN NL 1B 147 144 1217.7 1374 112 15 131 .990 10.98 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    C 13 0 32.0 14 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 2 1 .500 0 0.1
1964 26 CLN NL 1B 57 53 467.3 554 31 4 31 .993 11.27 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 59 48 438.7 285 14 3 0 .990 6.13 35 11 .314 0 1.5
1965 27 CLN NL C 79 66 607.7 454 24 3 0 .994 7.08 54 15 .278 3 1.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 28 CLN NL C 85 83 751.3 567 37 2 1 .997 7.24 52 21 .404 3 4.2
1967 29 CLN NL C 89 82 743.0 565 20 1 0 .998 7.09 43 8 .186 2 3.0
    1B 7 6 47.0 59 2 0 8 1.000 11.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1968 30 CLN NL C 49 42 369.3 274 13 2 0 .993 6.99 15 6 .400 3 1.5
    1B 8 6 54.0 69 5 0 5 1.000 12.33 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1969 31 CLN NL C 25 22 193.7 114 11 1 1 .992 5.81 17 3 .176 0 0.5
    1B 13 13 111.0 118 7 0 12 1.000 10.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1970 32 CLN NL C 41 36 329.0 230 7 1 1 .996 6.48 26 4 .154 0 0.8
    1B 16 14 134.0 166 10 1 18 .994 11.82 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1971 33 NYA AL C 138 126 1134.3 636 57 9 2 .987 5.50 122 41 .336 0 5.6
1972 34 NYA AL C 33 29 262.0 140 14 3 0 .981 5.29 30 7 .233 0 0.7
    1B 18 15 122.0 129 6 1 15 .993 9.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 612 534 4865.0 3280 200 25 5 .993 6.44 396 117 .295 11 19.6
  1B 342 325 2805.0 3193 238 24 291 .993 11.01 0 0 .000 0 5.8
Career Totals   954 859 7670.0 6473 438 49 296 .993 8.11 396 117 .295 11 25.4
Career Highs   160 144 1249.7 1388 114 15 131 .998 10.85 122 41 .500 3  
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
1964 26 CLN NL 13 48 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .146 .180 .146 .326
1965 27 CLN NL 7 33 6 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 5 .303 .303 .576 .879
1966 28 CLN NL 13 45 9 13 2 1 2 4 0 0 6 10 .289 .373 .511 .884
1967 29 CLN NL 10 34 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .147 .194 .147 .342
1968 30 CLN NL 5 18 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 .222 .300 .222 .522
1969 31 CLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 49 179 22 39 5 1 4 12 0 1 12 32 .218 .267 .324 .591
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.
Games
1963-8-157
 Triples
1966-10-5
 Walks
1963-9-70
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rick Ferrell (947)
  2. Faye Throneberry (940)
  3. Ray Lamanno (939)
  4. Manny Sanguillen (935)
  5. Andy Etchebarren (933)
  6. Buck Martinez (931)
  7. Mike Scioscia (929)
  8. Ed Ott (929)
  9. Frankie Pytlak (925)
  10. Matt Batts (925)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Had first career hit on 7/4/1962, off Billy Hoeft (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/15/1962, off Don Rudolph (COL)
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,988,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1966: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
10/3/1970: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $750,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 2/1/1971 (Going to NYA: C Chris Cannizzaro, 1B Ray Barker. Going to CLN: P Don O'riley)
Injured on 8/7/1973 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
9/22/1973: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
 
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