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Lavagetto		  
Nickname: Getto
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: December 1, 1912 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940    1941    1942    1944    1945    1946   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1935 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 8 7 7 9 9 9
1936 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 9
1937 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 9 10
1938 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1939 26 TAM AL $ 2,685,714   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 8 8 10 10 10
1940 27 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 8 9 10 10 10
1941 28 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 8 9 10 9 9
1942 29 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 9
1943 30 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 9 10 10 10
1944 31 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 8 8 9 9 9
1945 32 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 8 8 9 8 9
1946 33 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1947 34 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
1948 35 STL NL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
1949 36 STL NL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
1950 37 STL NL $ 1,250,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 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 21 AAA   127 488 65 126 32 1 6 54 13 9 65 19 .258 .345 .365 .710 63.0  
    AA   9 27 6 7 4 0 1 5 1 0 9 1 .259 .444 .519 .963 6.6  
1935 22 NYG NL 105 342 55 90 18 1 2 38 4 4 40 23 .263 .341 .339 .680 39.0 5.1
    AAA   40 147 28 44 8 1 4 25 3 1 28 8 .299 .411 .449 .860 27.9  
1936 23 NYG NL 150 544 95 165 31 4 5 55 10 4 75 25 .303 .390 .403 .793 84.9 14.8
1937 24 NYG NL 153 516 90 135 32 4 5 76 10 3 71 28 .262 .350 .368 .718 69.1 12.1
1938 25 NYG NL 142 470 82 140 37 5 1 62 12 5 60 22 .298 .374 .404 .779 68.1 10.4
1939 26 TAM AL 151 507 85 140 33 2 7 82 12 2 82 16 .276 .376 .391 .767 77.8 15.8
1940 27 TAM AL 152 613 104 191 34 8 14 96 14 9 73 23 .312 .383 .462 .844 104.3 21.8
1941 28 TAM AL 144 554 89 188 37 5 7 74 20 9 78 21 .339 .420 .462 .883 102.6 23.0
1942 29 TAM AL 155 620 108 181 36 3 10 77 12 8 93 34 .292 .385 .408 .793 99.7 21.3
1943 30 TAM AL 154 634 95 176 34 7 9 61 15 5 83 24 .278 .361 .396 .757 91.9 14.5
1944 31 TAM AL 158 637 121 204 21 6 16 70 12 12 87 34 .320 .402 .447 .849 109.9 20.0
1945 32 TAM AL 150 652 114 185 33 3 14 82 11 9 76 62 .284 .357 .408 .765 95.9 16.8
1946 33 TAM AL 151 616 115 170 38 7 9 62 11 1 89 59 .276 .370 .404 .774 94.6 17.2
1947 34 TAM AL 102 375 55 106 12 4 4 52 8 4 55 33 .283 .375 .368 .743 53.7 9.3
  NYA AL 26 89 13 27 4 0 2 10 2 1 10 11 .303 .370 .416 .786 13.7 2.0
  TOT   128 464 68 133 16 4 6 62 10 5 65 44 .287 .374 .377 .751 67.4 11.4
    AAA   29 102 13 24 4 0 3 9 3 2 23 14 .235 .376 .363 .739 15.9  
1948 35 STL NL 109 297 41 84 16 1 1 32 6 4 38 44 .283 .363 .354 .717 38.1 5.4
1949 36 STL NL 84 159 13 35 7 1 0 14 2 2 18 29 .220 .299 .277 .576 12.5 0.0
1950 37 STL NL 59 114 10 22 6 1 0 8 2 1 10 31 .193 .258 .263 .521 5.6 0.0
16 Years Sim 2145 7739 1285 2239 429 62 106 951 163 83 1038 519 .289 .373 .402 .775 1161.3 209.7
3 Years AAA 196 737 106 194 44 2 13 88 19 12 116 41 .263 .365 .381 .746 106.9  
1 Years AA 9 27 6 7 4 0 1 5 1 0 9 1 .259 .459 .519 .978 6.6  
4 Years Minors 205 764 112 201 48 2 14 93 20 12 125 42 .263 .368 .386 .755 113.5  
162 Game Average 584 97 169 32 4 8 71 12 6 78 39 .289 .373 .402 .775 87.7  
Career Highs 158 652 121 204 38 8 16 96 20 12 93 62 .339 .420 .462 .883 109.9  
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   5111 843 1445 264 46 72 610 104 54 647 337 .283 .364 .395 .758 742.6
vs LH   2628 442 794 165 16 34 341 59 29 391 182 .302 .391 .416 .807 432.1
Home 1051 3718 645 1097 214 28 51 457 89 40 477 247 .295 .375 .409 .784 572.4
Away 1094 4021 640 1142 215 34 55 494 74 43 561 272 .284 .371 .395 .767 602.3
RISP   1852 0 564 115 12 26 809 0 0 270 123 .305 .387 .422 .809 306.4
Pinch Hitting   116 20 31 9 1 1 21 2 1 14 13 .267 .346 .388 .734 15.6
Close/Late   880 137 238 45 6 11 118 0 0 121 52 .270 .357 .373 .730 122.0
Mar/Apr 331 1239 207 373 80 12 21 163 30 9 151 61 .301 .376 .436 .812 201.0
May 378 1356 216 389 73 11 12 150 25 19 190 103 .287 .374 .383 .757 198.0
June 362 1284 215 355 65 8 20 161 24 14 183 76 .276 .367 .386 .753 187.8
July 354 1324 219 387 65 13 19 185 38 13 170 94 .292 .372 .404 .776 203.2
August 364 1302 202 370 70 11 18 160 24 16 171 104 .284 .368 .396 .764 191.1
Sep/Oct 356 1234 226 365 76 7 16 132 22 12 173 81 .296 .383 .408 .790 193.6
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
1935 22 NYG NL 3B 101 100 825.7 58 217 17 11 .942 3.00   3.2
    2B 2 0 6.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 7.50   0.0
    SS 3 0 4.0 0 3 2 0 .600 6.75   0.0
1936 23 NYG NL 3B 148 148 1291.3 82 343 21 33 .953 2.96   8.0
    SS 2 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 24 NYG NL 3B 153 147 1275.7 92 298 29 21 .931 2.75   5.6
1938 25 NYG NL 3B 131 128 1101.3 74 282 24 26 .937 2.91   4.9
    SS 5 5 42.7 11 12 1 2 .958 4.85   0.2
1939 26 TAM AL 3B 132 132 1182.0 96 276 29 21 .928 2.83   3.7
    2B 5 0 9.3 1 2 1 1 .750 2.89   0.0
    SS 4 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1940 27 TAM AL 3B 130 127 1130.7 68 267 19 27 .946 2.67   3.5
    2B 15 14 128.7 33 54 1 13 .989 6.09   0.6
    SS 4 0 12.0 1 8 1 0 .900 6.75   0.1
1941 28 TAM AL SS 113 106 965.0 147 393 17 70 .969 5.04   4.2
    2B 18 15 140.3 41 54 3 19 .969 6.09   0.4
    3B 8 7 68.0 3 16 3 0 .864 2.51   0.2
1942 29 TAM AL SS 130 127 1142.7 165 460 11 81 .983 4.92   7.0
    2B 24 22 197.7 53 72 6 11 .954 5.69   0.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 30 TAM AL SS 151 148 1336.3 221 524 11 104 .985 5.02   8.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
1944 31 TAM AL SS 150 148 1335.7 216 574 17 109 .979 5.32   7.6
    2B 3 0 7.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 7.71   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 .667 6.00   0.0
1945 32 TAM AL SS 149 148 1324.0 214 600 17 115 .980 5.53   8.1
    2B 1 0 2.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1946 33 TAM AL SS 146 143 1268.0 205 584 20 117 .975 5.60   7.5
    3B 3 0 7.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 34 TAM AL SS 80 79 726.2 122 346 8 59 .983 5.80   2.3
    3B 20 18 157.3 13 32 3 2 .938 2.57   0.6
    2B 1 0 0.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  NYA AL SS 21 20 167.8 28 80 2 14 .982 5.79   1.2
    3B 5 4 36.4 3 8 1 0 .917 2.72   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 101 99 894.0 150 426 10 73 .983 5.80   3.5
      3B 25 22 193.7 16 40 4 2 .933 2.60   0.6
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1948 35 STL NL 3B 81 71 608.0 42 192 22 19 .914 3.46   1.5
    SS 5 0 11.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.09   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1949 36 STL NL 3B 47 30 270.3 21 91 7 9 .941 3.73   0.0
    SS 30 6 99.3 12 44 0 5 1.000 5.07   0.4
    2B 4 0 6.0 3 3 1 0 .857 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 37 STL NL SS 22 16 144.0 13 56 0 11 1.000 4.31   0.6
    3B 24 10 106.0 4 32 1 3 .973 3.06   0.4
    2B 9 0 16.0 3 11 0 3 1.000 7.88   0.2
  SS 1015 946 8590.6 1356 3692 107 688 .979 5.29   47.1
  3B 987 922 8067.0 557 2059 177 173 .937 2.92   31.7
  2B 84 51 516.0 138 206 12 49 .966 6.00   1.6
  CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2089 1919 17177.6 2052 5957 296 910 .964 4.20   80.4
Career Highs   155 149 1345.7 221 602 30 117 .992 5.58    
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
1935 22 NYG NL 12 43 9 18 10 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 .419 .435 .651 1.086
1936 23 NYG NL 6 21 3 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 .238 .273 .333 .606
1937 24 NYG NL 14 46 4 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 6 3 .217 .308 .261 .569
1938 25 NYG NL 7 22 2 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 1 .182 .333 .227 .561
1942 29 TAM AL 7 27 5 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 .259 .355 .444 .799
1944 31 TAM AL 14 64 6 23 2 1 1 11 1 1 7 4 .359 .423 .469 .891
1945 32 TAM AL 10 42 6 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 5 .167 .222 .262 .484
1946 33 TAM AL 4 18 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .222 .263 .333 .596
Career Post-Season Batting 74 283 36 78 19 4 2 31 7 2 30 25 .276 .342 .392 .734
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
1940-6-.312
1941-2-.339
1944-8-.320
 On-Base Pct
1936-8-.390
1940-10-.383
1941-3-.420
1944-9-.402
 XR
1940-6-104.3
1941-8-102.6
1942-9-99.7
1944-6-109.9
 Games
1937-10-153
1944-2-158
 At-Bats
1940-2-613
1942-2-620
1943-1-634
1944-1-637
1945-1-652
1946-4-616
 Runs
1937-5-90
1940-6-104
1942-9-108
1944-4-121
1945-6-114
1946-4-115
Hits
1940-3-191
1941-6-188
1943-10-176
1944-1-204
1945-5-185
 Total Bases
1940-9-283
1944-5-285
1945-9-266
 Singles
1940-5-135
1941-3-139
1942-5-132
1943-7-126
1944-1-161
1945-3-135
CAR-44-1642
 Doubles
1938-5-37
1946-7-38
 Triples
1946-9-7
 Stolen Bases
1936-6-10
1937-5-10
1938-4-12
1939-7-12
1940-7-14
1941-4-20
1942-8-12
1943-4-15
1944-10-12
1945-8-11
1946-10-11
Caught Stealing
1935-9-4
1936-6-4
1938-5-5
1940-4-9
1941-4-9
1942-7-8
1943-9-5
1944-4-12
1945-5-9
 Walks
1936-6-75
1937-7-71
1939-3-82
1941-6-78
1942-4-93
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 90    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Lou Boudreau (907)
  2. Richie Hebner (891)
  3. Tony Cuccinello (885)
  4. Ken Oberkfell (882)
  5. Stan Hack (871)
  6. Harvey Kuenn (860)
  7. Lou Klein (856)
  8. Rod Carew (853)
  9. Rance Mulliniks (849)
  10. Phil Rizzuto (847)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Injured on 4/30/1935 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 5/22/1935, off Russ Van atta (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1935, off Vito Tamulis (SDP)
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (G) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1939 (Going to NYG: P Al Epperly. Going to TAM: 3B Cookie Lavagetto, P Roy Sherid)
6/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1940, hitting .625 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 7/27/1941
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/12/1942
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/25/1942
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1944, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/3/1944
9/1/1944: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland on 4/24/1946
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 5/5/1947, off Virgil Trucks (BOS)
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 7/31/1947 (Going to TAM: 3B Merv Connors. Going to NYA: SS Cookie Lavagetto)
Injured on 8/15/1947 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/24/1948 to a 4-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
 
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