Lou
Chiozza
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 172
 
Born: May 17, 1910 in Usa, LA, TALLULAH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1938    1940   
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
1934 24 SLC NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 3 9 9 9
1935 25 SLC NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1936 26 SLC NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
1937 27 SLC NL $ 1,800,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 9 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
1938 28 SLC NL $ 1,800,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
1939 29 SLC NL $ 2,821,429   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 9 8 2 3 3 9 10 10
1940 30 SLC NL $ 4,250,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 2 3 3 9 10 10
1941 31 SLC NL $ 4,250,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 9 2 3 3 9 9 9
1942 32 SLC NL $ 4,250,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 2 3 3 9 9 9
1943 33 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 2 3 3 8 9 9
1944 34 NYA AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 9 8 3 4 3 9 10 9
1945 35 MON NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 3 9 9 9
1946 36 SEM AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 3 4 3 9 9 9
1947 37 SEM AL $ 2,700,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 8 9 9 3 4 4 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
1934 24 SLC NL 125 400 63 117 24 4 2 34 1 2 29 18 .293 .341 .388 .729 49.2 5.9
1935 25 SLC NL 142 470 67 151 26 7 0 49 3 2 46 21 .321 .382 .406 .789 67.0 12.3
1936 26 SLC NL 138 545 94 173 35 12 2 49 8 2 31 20 .317 .353 .437 .790 77.4 13.1
1937 27 SLC NL 150 513 52 145 32 2 1 54 5 4 29 13 .283 .322 .359 .681 53.7 6.4
1938 28 SLC NL 145 490 61 165 36 5 1 62 5 3 48 15 .337 .397 .437 .834 74.5 15.4
1939 29 SLC NL 129 392 43 135 27 4 2 64 1 0 26 15 .344 .385 .449 .834 59.8 12.0
1940 30 SLC NL 157 616 66 172 37 6 4 67 2 3 43 25 .279 .327 .378 .705 72.5 13.1
1941 31 SLC NL 148 530 68 166 50 2 2 62 3 5 27 26 .313 .346 .426 .773 68.5 12.8
1942 32 SLC NL 135 492 67 141 32 7 0 33 6 1 29 27 .287 .329 .380 .709 56.4 10.4
1943 33 NYA AL 96 207 32 57 13 2 0 31 1 0 13 13 .275 .317 .357 .674 23.4 3.5
1944 34 NYA AL 107 302 40 89 13 5 2 36 4 0 18 24 .295 .339 .391 .729 36.9 5.2
1945 35 MON NL 101 299 33 89 21 0 2 44 1 2 31 14 .298 .364 .388 .752 41.6 7.2
1946 36 SEM AL 56 196 24 61 20 1 2 34 0 0 13 9 .311 .354 .454 .808 26.1 4.1
    AAA   56 213 23 62 11 0 1 22 7 3 23 13 .291 .360 .357 .717 28.0  
1947 37 SEM AL 118 219 23 61 9 3 1 21 0 0 20 11 .279 .338 .361 .698 23.1 2.3
14 Years Sim 1747 5671 733 1722 375 60 21 640 40 24 403 251 .304 .351 .402 .753 730.1 123.7
1 Years AAA 56 213 23 62 11 0 1 22 7 3 23 13 .291 .360 .357 .717 28.0  
162 Game Average 525 67 159 34 5 1 59 3 2 37 23 .304 .351 .402 .753 67.7  
Career Highs 157 616 94 173 50 12 4 67 8 5 48 27 .344 .397 .454 .834 77.4  
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   4806 639 1491 329 52 19 566 38 19 348 197 .310 .357 .412 .769 664.7
vs LH   865 94 231 46 8 2 74 2 5 55 54 .267 .314 .346 .659 88.4
Home 869 2783 363 844 208 27 14 330 17 14 192 123 .303 .349 .413 .761 373.2
Away 878 2888 370 878 167 33 7 310 23 10 211 128 .304 .352 .392 .744 379.9
RISP   1333 0 424 78 16 5 550 0 0 118 55 .318 .371 .412 .782 195.4
Pinch Hitting   325 32 99 21 2 1 46 0 1 22 21 .305 .350 .391 .741 41.6
Close/Late   719 67 232 45 9 2 89 0 0 62 24 .323 .375 .419 .794 107.0
Mar/Apr 309 993 130 303 69 8 7 122 8 3 61 52 .305 .348 .412 .760 132.6
May 298 987 141 309 68 10 3 114 6 1 69 51 .313 .358 .411 .769 136.8
June 297 951 129 293 60 8 5 97 12 6 71 30 .308 .356 .404 .760 129.9
July 274 893 100 257 47 11 1 99 3 4 60 29 .288 .334 .368 .703 104.3
August 307 966 119 304 68 13 3 111 7 7 84 41 .315 .370 .421 .791 140.8
Sep/Oct 262 881 114 256 63 10 2 97 4 3 58 48 .291 .334 .392 .726 108.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1934 24 SLC NL 2B 108 89 806.7 178 412 23 80 .962 6.58   2.5
    3B 8 7 61.0 2 16 1 1 .947 2.66   0.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1935 25 SLC NL 2B 112 100 898.7 233 419 26 96 .962 6.53   2.9
    3B 10 4 42.0 0 12 1 1 .923 2.57   0.2
    CF 7 0 16.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
1936 26 SLC NL 2B 119 110 982.0 269 435 33 100 .955 6.45   1.4
    3B 8 7 58.0 5 17 1 2 .957 3.41   0.3
    CF 5 2 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
1937 27 SLC NL 2B 80 78 695.3 194 377 21 90 .965 7.39   4.4
    CF 51 41 361.7 112 1 0 0 1.000 2.81   1.9
    3B 7 2 24.0 4 8 1 1 .923 4.50   0.2
1938 28 SLC NL 2B 114 111 996.3 274 517 28 116 .966 7.15   4.6
    CF 21 3 67.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.2
    3B 5 0 8.7 0 5 0 2 1.000 5.20   0.1
1939 29 SLC NL 3B 97 85 751.7 40 217 22 26 .921 3.08   1.8
    2B 10 0 25.7 9 12 2 4 .913 7.37   0.1
    CF 5 3 24.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.88   0.0
1940 30 SLC NL 2B 151 148 1277.7 375 615 43 148 .958 6.97   3.5
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
1941 31 SLC NL 2B 117 107 942.0 242 399 19 86 .971 6.12   1.9
    3B 21 13 127.3 6 31 6 4 .860 2.62   0.3
1942 32 SLC NL 3B 110 104 892.7 71 249 28 25 .920 3.23   2.7
    2B 9 5 44.3 6 10 0 4 1.000 3.25   0.0
    CF 5 4 38.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.0
1943 33 NYA AL 3B 29 25 230.7 15 62 7 5 .917 3.00   1.0
    2B 22 8 106.3 23 46 4 8 .945 5.84   0.5
    CF 10 6 58.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.41   0.4
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 34 NYA AL 3B 74 71 574.3 35 152 11 8 .944 2.93   3.2
    2B 20 16 138.0 27 66 1 8 .989 6.07   0.6
    CF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 35 MON NL 3B 70 64 558.3 46 140 13 12 .935 3.00   2.4
    2B 16 10 97.7 22 55 3 17 .963 7.10   0.4
    SS 5 2 25.0 4 16 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.2
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1946 36 SEM AL 2B 34 34 289.3 81 141 15 30 .937 6.91   1.7
    SS 16 16 138.3 22 62 7 13 .923 5.47   0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1947 37 SEM AL CF 32 18 189.0 56 2 1 1 .983 2.76   0.6
    2B 44 8 143.3 45 65 4 16 .965 6.91   0.4
    3B 14 5 58.3 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.78   0.2
  2B 956 824 7443.3 1978 3569 222 803 .962 6.71   25.0
  3B 457 387 3395.0 228 928 91 87 .927 3.06   12.6
  CF 141 77 789.3 233 3 2 1 .992 2.69   3.3
  SS 21 18 163.3 26 78 7 15 .937 5.73   0.4
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1576 1306 11793.9 2465 4578 322 906 .956 5.37   41.4
Career Highs   154 148 1284.7 376 618 43 148 .974 6.96    
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
1943 33 NYA AL 6 18 7 6 3 1 1 7 0 0 2 0 .333 .400 .778 1.178
Career Post-Season Batting 6 18 7 6 3 1 1 7 0 0 2 0 .333 .400 .778 1.178
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.
Batting Average
1938-4-.337
1941-8-.313
On-Base Pct
1938-5-.397
Games
1940-3-157
At-Bats
1940-3-616
Hits
1940-7-172
Singles
1940-8-125
Doubles
1936-10-35
1938-6-36
1940-4-37
1941-1-50
1942-10-32
Triples
1936-3-12
1942-4-7
Stolen Bases
1936-8-8
Caught Stealing
1937-9-4
1941-8-5
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1934
Had first career hit on 4/10/1934, off Jack Russell (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1934, off Ivy Andrews (SEM)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle (M) on 5/24/1935
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1937, hitting .577 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1938, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1939, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 8/30/1939 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
10/3/1939: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (C), $4,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1940, hitting .379 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Injured on 5/25/1942 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/18/1943 to a 3-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Minnesota on 9/21/1943
Injured on 6/11/1944 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Montreal on 3/3/1945 (Going to NYA: 3B Merv Connors. Going to MON: 3B Lou Chiozza)
Injured on 9/7/1945 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/22/1946 to a 2-year deal worth $2,700,000 per year