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Dale
Mitchell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 23, 1921 in Usa, OK, COLONY
 
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
1946 24 MON NL     7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 6 4 5 4 10 10 10
1948 26 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1949 27 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1950 28 MON NL $ 457,143   9 9 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1951 29 MON NL $ 1,039,286   9 9 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 5 10 10 10
1952 30 MON NL $ 1,039,286   9 9 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 5 10 10 10
1953 31 MON NL $ 1,108,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1954 32 CIN NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1955 33 NYA AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1956 34 STL NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1957 35 STL NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1958 36 STL NL $ 450,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 5 10 10 10
1959 37 MON NL $ 450,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 5 6 5 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
1946 24 AAA   137 561 69 160 15 3 14 71 19 10 71 8 .285 .366 .398 .763 83.9  
1947 25 MON NL 115 369 60 126 15 2 6 31 7 7 28 5 .341 .388 .442 .830 57.9 10.7
1948 26 MON NL 86 141 22 41 5 0 2 39 0 0 12 2 .291 .338 .369 .706 17.8 2.1
1949 27 MON NL 58 127 18 43 6 0 2 27 0 0 12 4 .339 .390 .433 .823 18.6 2.9
1950 28 MON NL 76 137 24 49 5 0 4 26 1 0 15 0 .358 .418 .482 .900 26.0 5.9
1951 29 MON NL 67 113 24 31 3 0 4 18 0 0 13 3 .274 .346 .407 .754 15.7 2.2
1952 30 MON NL 68 101 24 45 3 1 3 23 0 0 12 0 .446 .500 .584 1.084 25.2 6.5
    AAA   2 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .500 1.000 1.5  
1953 31 MON NL 124 275 39 84 12 1 7 43 0 0 32 5 .305 .375 .433 .808 41.1 8.5
1954 32 CIN NL 125 416 51 114 19 5 6 49 3 3 37 6 .274 .331 .387 .718 52.6 7.5
1955 33 NYA AL 53 217 32 67 11 1 3 25 5 3 13 8 .309 .346 .410 .756 25.5 3.2
    AAA   31 104 11 35 5 2 2 8 1 4 10 3 .337 .395 .481 .876 17.2  
1956 34 NYA AL 51 188 22 53 8 1 3 16 1 1 13 2 .282 .325 .383 .708 22.3 2.7
  STL NL 105 387 44 101 21 1 6 55 3 1 28 10 .261 .309 .367 .676 41.6 3.9
  TOT   156 575 66 154 29 2 9 71 4 2 41 12 .268 .314 .372 .686 63.9 6.7
1957 35 STL NL 156 563 65 160 26 2 9 64 7 5 39 14 .284 .330 .385 .715 68.0 9.1
1958 36 STL NL 121 240 31 62 6 1 5 25 4 1 18 6 .258 .309 .354 .663 25.4 1.9
1959 37 STL NL 18 28 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 .250 .300 .321 .621 2.3 0.0
    AAA   93 239 39 72 6 1 11 41 5 6 27 9 .301 .372 .473 .845 40.3  
13 Years Sim 1223 3302 457 983 142 15 60 443 31 22 274 66 .298 .349 .404 .754 440.0 67.3
4 Years AAA 263 910 120 269 27 6 27 121 25 20 110 20 .296 .370 .427 .798 143.0  
162 Game Average 437 60 130 18 1 7 58 4 2 36 8 .298 .349 .404 .754 58.3  
Career Highs 156 575 66 160 29 5 9 71 7 7 41 14 .446 .500 .584 1.084 68.0  
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   2434 357 776 103 11 50 345 20 19 206 34 .319 .369 .432 .801 372.0
vs LH   868 100 207 39 4 10 98 11 3 68 32 .238 .293 .327 .620 84.3
Home 602 1620 227 476 78 5 31 217 14 8 139 32 .294 .347 .406 .753 224.4
Away 621 1682 230 507 64 10 29 226 17 14 135 34 .301 .351 .403 .754 231.9
RISP   806 0 259 33 3 13 361 0 0 81 15 .321 .372 .418 .790 125.6
Pinch Hitting   373 64 115 11 0 8 71 1 0 42 2 .308 .375 .402 .777 57.1
Close/Late   475 77 152 21 1 9 81 0 0 54 11 .320 .386 .425 .812 77.0
Mar/Apr 228 577 75 155 29 4 8 62 5 4 39 10 .269 .315 .374 .689 65.9
May 221 625 73 189 24 2 12 79 7 5 46 14 .302 .345 .405 .749 85.6
June 189 517 83 166 22 2 12 78 5 3 44 12 .321 .372 .441 .813 81.4
July 184 499 72 153 22 3 7 73 7 3 43 7 .307 .361 .405 .766 71.2
August 210 577 94 191 26 4 17 89 3 4 60 8 .331 .393 .478 .871 102.0
Sep/Oct 191 507 60 129 19 0 4 62 4 3 42 15 .254 .309 .316 .625 50.2
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
1947 25 MON NL LF 86 83 648.0 131 5 0 1 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 8 6 53.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 0 13.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.29 0 0 .000 0  
1948 26 MON NL LF 23 19 172.3 45 0 1 0 .978 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 4 0 11.7 2 1 1 0 .750 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1949 27 MON NL RF 20 14 128.0 37 1 3 0 .927 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 13 12 103.3 27 1 1 0 .966 2.44 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 0 27.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
1950 28 MON NL RF 24 24 197.0 63 4 2 1 .971 3.06 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 10 5 48.7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.66 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1951 29 MON NL LF 17 14 120.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 16 10 89.0 27 0 1 0 .964 2.73 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 30 MON NL RF 8 8 69.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 4 33.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 2 23.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
1953 31 MON NL CF 44 35 316.0 113 1 0 0 1.000 3.25 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 21 19 150.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 12 6 65.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0  
1954 32 CIN NL RF 103 91 838.3 186 5 7 0 .965 2.05 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 7 2 28.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
1955 33 NYA AL CF 53 52 463.3 136 4 1 1 .993 2.72 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1956 34 NYA AL LF 33 30 280.8 62 2 2 0 .970 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 10 10 84.0 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 8 8 65.4 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  STL NL LF 68 63 576.8 128 3 3 1 .978 2.04 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    CF 21 21 172.6 50 3 1 1 .981 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 16 15 134.3 36 0 1 0 .973 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 101 93 857.6 190 5 5 1 .975 2.05   3.1
      CF 31 31 256.6 75 4 1 2 .988 2.77   0.0
      RF 24 23 199.7 53 0 1 0 .981 2.39   0.0
1957 35 STL NL CF 132 119 1068.0 297 9 6 5 .981 2.58 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    LF 19 17 145.3 30 1 1 1 .969 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1958 36 STL NL LF 21 17 152.7 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 21 14 138.7 20 0 1 0 .952 1.30 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 18 16 126.7 33 4 1 2 .974 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
1959 37 STL NL LF 4 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 326 287 2476.9 545 14 10 3 .982 2.03 0 0 .000 0 6.9
  CF 315 256 2320.3 679 24 9 10 .987 2.73 0 0 .000 0 9.1
  RF 242 198 1806.7 435 12 16 1 .965 2.23 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   884 741 6604.8 1659 50 35 14 .980 2.33 0 0 .000 0 19.0
Career Highs   156 147 1313.9 329 10 8 6 1.000 2.83 0 0 .000 0  
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
1949 27 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1950 28 MON NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1951 29 MON NL 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167
1952 30 MON NL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
1953 31 MON NL 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 24 20 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .200 .304 .250 .554
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
1957-10-156
 Singles
1957-5-123
 Stolen Bases
1957-4-7
1958-9-4
 Caught Stealing
1947-10-7
1957-5-5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Harry Rice (947)
  4. Showboat Fisher (944)
  5. Gene Moore (943)
  6. Johnny Watwood (938)
  7. Taffy Wright (937)
  8. Ernie Sulik (937)
  9. Dave Harris (936)
  10. Danny Taylor (935)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Montreal in 1946
Injured on 5/18/1946 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/30/1946 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/3/1947, off Junior Thompson (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1947, off Frank Barrett (CIN)
Injured on 6/3/1947 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $457,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/20/1950 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,039,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,039,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/8/1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,108,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/8/1954 to a 4-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (A) on 2/1/1955 (Going to NYA: RF Dale Mitchell. Going to CIN: 1B Howie Schultz)
Injured on 5/23/1955 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to St. Louis on 6/1/1956 (Going to STL: P Jim Bunning, LF Tito Francona, RF Dale Mitchell. Going to NYA: 2B Bobby Brown, LF Ralph Kiner, 1B Earl Torgeson)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/13/1957
10/16/1957: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $450,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Montreal on 5/1/1959 (Going to STL: SS Ron Samford. Going to MON: RF Dale Mitchell)
 
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