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Fred
Sington		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: February 24, 1910 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
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 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 9 8 8 10 8 9 7 6 7
1935 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 9 8 8 10 9 9 7 6 7
1936 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8 10 9 9 7 7 7
1937 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 10 9 9 7 6 7
1938 28 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 10 9 10 7 7 7
1939 29 NYA AL $ 2,031,429   6 6 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1940 30 NYA AL $ 4,490,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1941 31 DET AL $ 4,490,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 9 10 10 10 7 6 7
1942 32 DET AL $ 4,490,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 9 8 9 10 9 10 7 6 7
1943 33 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 10 9 9 7 6 6
1944 34 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 10 8 9 6 5 6
1945 35 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 8 7 8 9 8 8 5 5 5
1946 36 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 8 6 7 5 4 4
1947 37 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 5 5 3 3 3
1948 38 MIN AL $ 2,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,490,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 9 8 9 10 10 10 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
1934 24 NYG NL 23 58 0 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 5 .172 .206 .224 .430 1.6 0.0
    AAA   103 361 54 84 25 2 6 54 3 5 62 57 .233 .345 .363 .708 47.6  
1935 25 NYG NL 33 88 14 28 8 2 0 13 0 0 15 16 .318 .419 .455 .874 16.8 3.8
  NYA AL 22 55 14 12 4 2 1 11 0 0 16 9 .218 .394 .418 .813 10.0 1.8
  TOT   55 143 28 40 12 4 1 24 0 0 31 25 .280 .409 .441 .850 26.8 5.6
    AAA   17 22 5 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 3 3 .318 .400 .591 .991 4.8  
1936 26 NYA AL 96 178 23 45 16 1 1 29 0 0 24 22 .253 .345 .371 .716 21.9 3.4
1937 27 NYA AL 73 109 18 27 7 0 0 17 0 0 17 17 .248 .349 .312 .661 13.0 1.9
1938 28 NYA AL 116 292 34 80 19 2 6 45 0 1 64 48 .274 .406 .414 .820 52.5 10.7
1939 29 NYA AL 154 561 71 152 42 9 10 108 0 0 80 77 .271 .359 .431 .791 85.0 16.2
1940 30 NYA AL 157 558 98 157 44 6 15 112 0 0 95 90 .281 .385 .462 .848 94.1 20.4
1941 31 NYA AL 25 86 22 20 1 1 6 11 0 0 20 22 .233 .380 .477 .856 16.7 2.8
  DET AL 82 268 52 76 19 2 8 35 0 0 39 49 .284 .375 .459 .834 44.6 7.7
  TOT   107 354 74 96 20 3 14 46 0 0 59 71 .271 .376 .463 .839 61.3 10.5
1942 32 DET AL 129 485 93 132 35 5 7 57 0 0 69 81 .272 .366 .408 .774 71.0 9.9
1943 33 MIN AL 138 408 52 107 26 2 7 71 0 0 67 75 .262 .362 .387 .750 59.1 7.4
1944 34 MIN AL 156 529 82 131 39 6 15 91 0 2 83 91 .248 .350 .429 .779 77.3 11.2
1945 35 MIN AL 157 539 89 151 42 5 18 89 1 0 99 108 .280 .393 .477 .870 97.5 19.5
1946 36 MIN AL 155 541 72 149 34 3 7 55 0 0 74 124 .275 .361 .388 .749 71.7 7.4
1947 37 MIN AL 44 90 7 16 2 1 0 6 0 0 11 19 .178 .269 .222 .491 6.3 0.0
    AAA   56 190 18 34 6 1 0 14 2 3 24 49 .179 .271 .221 .492 11.4  
1948 38 AAA   112 327 29 48 11 0 3 22 0 1 47 78 .147 .254 .208 .462 18.1  
14 Years Sim 1560 4845 741 1293 341 47 101 758 1 3 776 853 .267 .368 .419 .787 738.9 124.1
4 Years AAA 288 900 106 173 43 4 10 95 5 9 136 187 .192 .299 .282 .581 82.0  
162 Game Average 503 76 134 35 4 10 78 0 0 80 88 .267 .368 .419 .787 76.7  
Career Highs 157 561 98 157 44 9 18 112 1 2 99 124 .281 .409 .477 .870 97.5  
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   3017 450 759 198 26 70 480 1 1 445 575 .252 .347 .404 .751 437.3
vs LH   1828 291 534 143 21 31 278 0 2 331 278 .292 .401 .444 .845 326.6
Home 784 2392 369 664 172 27 52 384 1 1 357 427 .278 .371 .437 .808 388.7
Away 776 2453 372 629 169 20 49 374 0 2 419 426 .256 .365 .402 .767 375.3
RISP   1356 0 390 92 14 40 624 0 0 233 226 .288 .385 .465 .849 246.9
Pinch Hitting   208 36 58 11 2 1 39 0 0 47 36 .279 .408 .365 .773 35.0
Close/Late   552 68 129 28 5 14 83 0 0 106 109 .234 .358 .379 .737 82.0
Mar/Apr 265 804 144 217 45 8 23 133 0 1 143 145 .270 .380 .432 .812 136.3
May 256 791 130 215 71 5 17 133 0 0 112 132 .272 .363 .439 .802 124.6
June 254 791 124 220 52 15 16 113 0 0 117 146 .278 .372 .442 .814 129.5
July 247 779 112 212 58 8 15 128 1 1 126 148 .272 .372 .425 .797 125.4
August 291 907 122 223 61 5 18 139 0 0 159 161 .246 .358 .384 .742 132.9
Sep/Oct 247 773 109 206 54 6 12 112 0 1 119 121 .266 .363 .398 .761 115.1
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
1934 24 NYG NL 1B 17 17 141.0 159 8 0 12 1.000 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1935 25 NYG NL 1B 24 23 180.8 220 22 2 21 .992 12.05 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL 1B 16 16 122.2 148 15 2 14 .988 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 40 39 303.0 368 37 4 35 .990 12.03   0.5
      LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1936 26 NYA AL 1B 45 35 299.0 367 33 7 31 .983 12.04 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 4 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1937 27 NYA AL RF 14 10 88.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 19 7 75.3 92 7 0 10 1.000 11.83 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 28 NYA AL 1B 83 74 650.3 798 75 8 75 .991 12.08 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 6 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1939 29 NYA AL 1B 147 143 1270.0 1554 110 15 148 .991 11.79 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 30 NYA AL 1B 144 141 1261.7 1617 115 14 172 .992 12.36 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 6 5 55.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1941 31 NYA AL 1B 15 12 124.2 175 13 3 15 .984 13.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 9 8 82.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  DET AL 1B 50 40 358.8 504 39 9 42 .984 13.62 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 31 27 238.0 44 1 1 0 .978 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  TOT   1B 65 52 483.0 679 52 12 57 .984 13.62   1.1
      LF 40 35 320.3 59 1 1 0 .984 1.69   0.6
1942 32 DET AL LF 90 83 754.3 137 5 4 2 .973 1.69 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 39 39 323.0 448 34 3 39 .994 13.43 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1943 33 MIN AL RF 99 93 826.7 184 6 5 1 .974 2.07 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 21 5 71.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 10 5 49.0 62 6 1 6 .986 12.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1944 34 MIN AL 1B 147 145 1254.0 1510 111 17 154 .990 11.63 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 6 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 35 MIN AL 1B 150 147 1301.7 1571 126 21 160 .988 11.73 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 5 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1946 36 MIN AL 1B 150 147 1277.0 1665 110 13 159 .993 12.51 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1947 37 MIN AL 1B 39 26 237.7 326 19 0 32 1.000 13.06 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 1095 1017 8925.6 11216 843 115 1090 .991 12.16 0 0 .000 0 18.7
  LF 182 131 1265.3 246 6 5 2 .981 1.79 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  RF 134 105 962.7 207 6 6 1 .973 1.99 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  3B 2 1 9.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1415 1254 11166.2 11670 856 127 1093 .990 10.10 0 0 .000 0 23.5
Career Highs   156 147 1328.0 1665 126 21 172 1.000 13.06 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
1934 24 NYG NL 10 32 5 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 .313 .405 .375 .780
1937 27 NYA AL 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
1939 29 NYA AL 6 19 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 .158 .385 .211 .595
1941 31 DET AL 10 39 7 11 3 1 1 7 0 0 5 9 .282 .364 .487 .851
Career Post-Season Batting 29 98 17 25 6 1 1 13 0 0 18 20 .255 .371 .367 .738
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.
On-Base Pct
1940-8-.385
 Games
1940-2-157
1944-8-156
1945-3-157
1946-6-155
 Doubles
1939-9-42
1940-5-44
1945-7-42
 Triples
1939-4-9
1945-10-5
 RBIs
1939-6-108
1940-5-112
 Walks
1939-5-80
1940-4-95
1945-6-99
Strikeouts
1940-10-90
1942-7-81
1943-10-75
1944-8-91
1945-2-108
1946-1-124
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Ray Sanders (950)
  2. Ed Morgan (943)
  3. Willie Upshaw (913)
  4. Carl Yastrzemski (903)
  5. Carlos May (903)
  6. Mike Epstein (903)
  7. Donn Clendenon (900)
  8. Leon Durham (899)
  9. Floyd Robinson (897)
  10. Chet Lemon (896)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Had first career hit on 8/6/1934, off Garland Braxton (BRK)
Traded from New York (G) to New York (A) on 6/16/1935 (Going to NYG: P Danny Macfayden, P Bud Tinning. Going to NYA: P Thornton Lee, 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Kent Greenfield, RF Beauty Mcgowan)
Hit first career homerun on 8/21/1935, off Walter Beall (NYG)
Injured on 3/11/1936 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,031,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1939, hitting .567 with 0 HR, 13 RBI
7/31/1939: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,490,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 6/19/1940
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/27/1940
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1940, hitting .388 with 4 HR, 22 RBI
Injured on 4/30/1941 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 6/1/1941 (Going to DET: 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey. Going to NYA: RF Beau Bell, 3B Warren Huston)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1941, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,250,000 per year, for 7 years
Injured on 8/29/1942 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/3/1943 (Going to MIN: LF Don Padgett, LF Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Dutch Leonard. Going to DET: 1B George Mcquinn, P Cy Blanton)
Injured on 6/11/1943 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/7/1945
 
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