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Chris
Van Cuyk		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 225
 
Born: January 3, 1927 in Usa, WI, KIMBERLY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 4 3 3
1951 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 4 3 3
1952 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 4 3 3
1953 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 6 5 5 5 3 4
1954 27 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4
1955 28 NYA AL $ 585,714 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 5 4 4
1956 29 NYA AL $ 585,714 5 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5
1957 30 NYA AL $ 550,000 4 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5
1958 31 NYA AL $ 550,000 4 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5
1959 32 NYA AL $ 550,000 3 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5
1960 33 NYA AL $ 550,000 3 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5
1961 34 NYA AL $ 550,000 2 8 7 8 5 5 5 5 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 8 7 7 5 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 585,714 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5
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
1950 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1951 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1953 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1954 27 NYA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1955 28 NYA AL $ 585,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1956 29 NYA AL $ 585,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1957 30 NYA AL $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1958 31 NYA AL $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1959 32 NYA AL $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1960 33 NYA AL $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1961 34 NYA AL $ 550,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 585,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 23 NYA AL 11 23 .324 45 45 5 0 0 284.0 315 206 44 200 156 6.53 .287 .397 .474 .870 5.4
1951 24 NYA AL 11 11 .500 27 27 0 0 0 152.7 169 106 22 88 90 6.25 .281 .371 .460 .831 5.0
    AA   7 3 .700 12 12 0 0 0 81.7 71 33 12 32 98 3.64 .228 .300 .379 .680  
1952 25 NYA AL 3 8 .273 34 8 0 0 3 81.0 95 54 14 52 42 6.00 .296 .395 .495 .891 2.1
    AAA   5 5 .500 12 12 0 0 0 82.0 67 36 12 35 76 3.95 .217 .297 .372 .669  
1953 26 NYA AL 3 7 .300 50 6 0 0 0 91.0 108 49 14 58 55 4.85 .298 .393 .482 .876 3.0
1954 27 NYA AL 13 10 .565 39 39 0 0 0 224.3 202 112 26 118 128 4.49 .242 .339 .390 .729 12.9
1955 28 NYA AL 3 10 .231 30 25 0 0 0 131.7 141 75 17 57 84 5.13 .270 .343 .440 .782 4.3
    AA   5 1 .833 7 7 0 0 0 47.7 35 20 5 25 78 3.78 .207 .309 .320 .629  
1956 29 NYA AL 6 3 .667 41 0 0 0 6 57.3 47 24 8 31 50 3.77 .222 .320 .401 .721 6.9
    AAA   4 2 .667 21 4 1 0 1 51.3 28 12 5 15 56 2.10 .156 .222 .285 .507  
1957 30 NYA AL 2 2 .500 60 0 0 0 7 72.0 66 34 12 26 56 4.25 .238 .309 .430 .739 5.1
1958 31 NYA AL 2 3 .400 25 0 0 0 3 41.3 42 18 9 21 31 3.92 .266 .350 .494 .844 3.1
    AAA   3 0 1.000 21 5 0 0 1 31.0 27 5 2 6 36 1.45 .235 .273 .322 .594  
1959 32 NYA AL 14 5 .737 92 0 0 0 8 98.7 90 59 22 45 79 5.38 .242 .330 .476 .806 5.5
1960 33 NYA AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 7.7 5 3 2 2 11 3.52 .192 .250 .423 .673 0.9
    AAA   1 2 .333 50 0 0 0 5 44.0 38 16 4 19 65 3.27 .232 .311 .348 .659  
1961 34 NYA AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 2 12.0 14 6 1 9 9 4.50 .318 .439 .500 .939 0.2
    AAA   2 2 .500 50 0 0 0 2 33.0 24 13 4 15 45 3.55 .203 .293 .356 .649  
1962 35 AAA   3 3 .500 44 0 0 0 3 41.7 40 27 10 19 59 5.83 .252 .331 .478 .809  
12 Years Sim 69 82 .457 458 150 5 0 29 1253.6 1294 746 191 707 791 5.36 .268 .363 .451 .814 54.4
6 Years AAA 18 14 .563 198 21 1 0 12 283.0 224 109 37 109 337 3.47 .215 .289 .362 .651  
2 Years AA 12 4 .750 19 19 0 0 0 129.3 106 53 17 57 176 3.69 .221 .304 .358 .662  
8 Years Minors 30 18 .625 217 40 1 0 12 412.3 330 162 54 166 513 3.54 .217 .293 .361 .654  
Season Average 5 6 .455 38 12 0 0 2 104.5 107 62 15 58 65 5.36 .268 .363 .451 .814  
Career Highs 14 23 1.000 92 45 5 0 8 284.0 315 206 44 200 156 6.53 .318 .439 .500 .939  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   873 478 123 479 499   .275 .371 .452 .823
vs LH   421 268 68 228 292   .253 .344 .449 .793
Home 38 35 .521 234 73 0 0 15 625.3 609 350 100 342 412 5.04 .256 .350 .452 .801
Away 31 47 .397 224 77 5 0 14 628.3 685 396 91 365 379 5.67 .279 .373 .450 .823
Mar/Apr 11 11 .500 54 26 0 0 3 184.0 200 104 36 95 126 5.09 .279 .363 .494 .857
May 9 11 .450 57 20 1 0 3 162.6 150 85 17 83 96 4.70 .248 .339 .387 .725
June 12 14 .462 84 26 1 0 2 225.0 203 109 31 102 151 4.36 .241 .323 .415 .738
July 12 17 .414 91 26 0 0 7 219.6 246 136 33 105 145 5.57 .280 .356 .464 .820
August 10 13 .435 82 22 0 0 7 209.0 198 110 34 119 134 4.74 .248 .345 .434 .779
Sep/Oct 15 16 .484 90 30 3 0 7 253.3 297 202 40 203 139 7.18 .301 .420 .493 .913
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
1950 23 NYA AL 45 98 8 20 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 13 .204 .235 .245 .480 5.2 0.0
1951 24 NYA AL 27 48 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .229 .245 .250 .495 2.9 0.0
1952 25 NYA AL 34 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0
1953 26 NYA AL 50 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0
1954 27 NYA AL 39 83 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .193 .212 .205 .417 1.4 0.0
1955 28 NYA AL 30 46 3 8 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 .174 .208 .261 .469 2.0 0.0
1956 29 NYA AL 41 8 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.3 0.4
1957 30 NYA AL 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1958 31 NYA AL 25 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2
1959 32 NYA AL 92 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
10 Years Sim 443 327 23 62 7 2 0 20 0 1 6 42 .190 .211 .223 .435 11.4 0.6
162 Game Average 119 8 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 15 .190 .211 .223 .435 4.2  
Career Highs 92 98 8 20 2 1 0 9 0 1 2 15 .375 .375 .500 .875 5.2  
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   211 12 43 6 1 0 19 0 1 2 24 .204 .219 .242 .460 7.6
vs LH   116 11 19 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 18 .164 .198 .190 .388 2.3
Home 225 140 10 28 2 2 0 3 0 0 3 17 .200 .222 .243 .465 5.8
Away 218 187 13 34 5 0 0 17 0 1 3 25 .182 .203 .209 .412 4.1
RISP   71 0 11 2 0 0 17 0 0 1 10 .155 .178 .183 .361 0.5
Close/Late   15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3
Mar/Apr 40 47 4 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .255 .314 .277 .590 3.5
May 40 44 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .205 .222 .227 .449 1.4
June 42 62 3 10 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 6 .161 .175 .210 .384 0.8
July 66 58 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .190 .190 .207 .397 1.2
August 60 48 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .167 .184 .188 .371 0.7
Sep/Oct 65 68 4 12 2 1 0 6 0 0 2 13 .176 .200 .235 .435 2.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 23 NYA AL P 45 45 284.0 17 57 1 4 .987 2.35    
1951 24 NYA AL P 27 27 152.7 12 26 0 1 1.000 2.24    
1952 25 NYA AL P 34 8 81.0 3 20 1 2 .958 2.56    
1953 26 NYA AL P 50 6 91.0 5 14 0 1 1.000 1.88    
1954 27 NYA AL P 39 39 224.3 12 34 0 2 1.000 1.85    
1955 28 NYA AL P 30 25 131.7 9 23 0 2 1.000 2.19    
1956 29 NYA AL P 41 0 57.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.41    
1957 30 NYA AL P 60 0 72.0 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.63    
1958 31 NYA AL P 25 0 41.3 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.31    
1959 32 NYA AL P 92 0 98.7 4 15 1 2 .950 1.73    
1960 33 NYA AL P 6 0 7.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.52    
1961 34 NYA AL P 9 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   458 150 1253.6 66 216 3 19 .989 2.02    
Career Highs   92 45 284.0 17 57 1 4 1.000 3.52    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1950-2-23
 Winning Pct
1959-5-.737
 Games Pitched
1957-10-60
1959-1-92
 Games Started
1950-1-45
 Innings Pitched
1950-9-284.0
 Hits Allowed
1950-6-315
Homeruns Allowed
1950-1-44
 Strikeouts
1950-5-156
 Walks Allowed
1950-1-200
1954-7-118
 Hits per 9IP
1954-10-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1950-10-4.9
1954-10-5.1
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dick Estelle (946)
  2. Frank Bertaina (941)
  3. Wayne Twitchell (937)
  4. Whitey Ford (928)
  5. Bill Henry (924)
  6. Paul Erickson (923)
  7. Joe Coleman (919)
  8. Les Cain (919)
  9. Lou Brissie (918)
  10. Bob Lemon (917)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Lew Burdette (987)
  2. Frank Lary (986)
  3. Jack Harshman (983)
  4. Joe Bowman (983)
  5. Bill Harris (981)
  6. Gary Bell (981)
  7. Bump Hadley (979)
  8. Joe Heving (978)
  9. Warren Hacker (977)
  10. Al Gerheauser (977)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1950
Had first career hit on 4/7/1950, off Robin Roberts (SDP)
Earned first career win on 4/21/1950
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
3/3/1956: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $550,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/13/1958 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
10/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $550,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by New York (A) on 10/3/1962
 
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