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Hal
Wagner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: July 2, 1915 in Usa, NJ, EAST RIVERTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1941    1943    1945    1947    1948    1949    1950   
All-Star Selections 1942    1945    1947    1948    1950   
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
1937 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1938 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1939 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10
1940 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 7 8 8 9 10 10
1941 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 10
1942 26 OAK AL $ 4,492,857   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 10
1943 27 OAK AL $ 4,492,857   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
1944 28 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 9 10 10 9 9 9
1945 29 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 10 9 9 9
1946 30 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 10 9 9 9
1947 31 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1948 32 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 9 9
1949 33 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 8 10 9 8 8 8
1950 34 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
1951 35 OAK AL $ 6,750,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1952 36 NYA AL $ 416,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,750,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 10 10 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
1937 21 AAA   17 57 11 15 4 2 1 13 0 0 13 8 .263 .400 .456 .856 10.8  
    AA   105 399 50 112 20 2 5 36 6 1 60 18 .281 .375 .378 .753 59.8  
1938 22 OAK AL 23 82 9 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 9 3 .244 .326 .280 .607 7.0 0.3
    AAA   96 393 48 97 27 1 5 43 7 6 49 12 .247 .330 .359 .689 47.3  
1939 23 OAK AL 87 279 46 82 20 3 4 42 0 0 34 14 .294 .370 .430 .800 42.2 8.7
1940 24 OAK AL 103 324 55 86 13 0 5 31 0 0 51 11 .265 .366 .352 .718 43.5 8.1
1941 25 OAK AL 128 428 85 142 26 5 11 70 0 2 77 19 .332 .434 .493 .927 86.1 18.1
1942 26 OAK AL 141 505 85 165 24 3 7 62 0 0 63 28 .327 .401 .428 .829 80.3 16.7
1943 27 OAK AL 132 468 77 129 21 4 5 50 0 0 65 25 .276 .363 .370 .733 60.0 8.4
1944 28 OAK AL 123 371 56 105 26 4 3 62 0 0 66 31 .283 .394 .399 .793 58.1 9.3
1945 29 OAK AL 139 497 92 128 21 1 11 55 1 1 93 34 .258 .378 .370 .748 72.6 12.7
1946 30 OAK AL 153 499 70 111 24 3 7 45 0 0 93 37 .222 .345 .325 .670 59.2 5.5
1947 31 OAK AL 149 493 81 133 30 3 12 76 1 0 94 32 .270 .386 .416 .802 81.5 17.3
1948 32 OAK AL 144 505 79 147 19 0 12 61 0 0 96 38 .291 .406 .400 .806 85.3 13.8
1949 33 OAK AL 136 441 83 122 25 4 11 57 0 0 97 40 .277 .406 .426 .833 80.7 13.5
1950 34 OAK AL 146 531 100 163 30 3 8 67 0 0 91 46 .307 .411 .420 .831 91.3 16.0
1951 35 OAK AL 135 443 62 107 15 1 13 49 0 0 64 27 .242 .336 .368 .704 58.3 7.5
1952 36 NYA AL 65 195 20 50 3 3 3 19 0 0 18 24 .256 .319 .349 .668 21.5 1.6
    AAA   54 176 32 58 9 1 10 31 1 0 36 23 .330 .443 .563 1.006 42.0  
15 Years Sim 1804 6061 1000 1690 300 37 112 755 2 3 1011 409 .279 .383 .396 .779 927.5 157.5
3 Years AAA 167 626 91 170 40 4 16 87 8 6 98 43 .272 .369 .425 .794 100.1  
1 Years AA 105 399 50 112 20 2 5 36 6 1 60 18 .281 .383 .378 .761 59.8  
4 Years Minors 272 1025 141 282 60 6 21 123 14 7 158 61 .275 .375 .407 .781 159.9  
162 Game Average 544 89 151 26 3 10 67 0 0 90 36 .279 .383 .396 .779 83.3  
Career Highs 153 531 100 165 30 5 13 76 1 2 97 46 .332 .434 .493 .927 91.3  
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   4487 785 1290 232 28 77 551 2 3 803 255 .287 .396 .403 .799 749.0
vs LH   1574 215 400 68 9 35 204 0 0 208 154 .254 .342 .375 .718 210.7
Home 894 2957 487 849 138 22 53 361 2 1 483 203 .287 .388 .402 .791 478.5
Away 910 3104 513 841 162 15 59 394 0 2 528 206 .271 .378 .390 .767 481.3
RISP   1436 0 412 64 8 28 588 0 0 253 100 .287 .389 .401 .790 238.4
Pinch Hitting   208 30 54 10 3 3 41 0 0 43 13 .260 .384 .380 .764 33.5
Close/Late   740 115 191 34 7 13 109 0 0 160 44 .258 .390 .376 .766 120.7
Mar/Apr 277 945 181 278 49 10 21 125 0 0 166 53 .294 .401 .434 .834 167.3
May 292 989 170 275 52 5 19 126 0 3 170 73 .278 .387 .398 .785 157.8
June 284 923 165 264 52 8 15 117 1 0 176 72 .286 .399 .408 .808 158.6
July 284 937 142 242 40 2 22 130 0 0 153 67 .258 .364 .376 .739 136.9
August 341 1163 175 317 46 9 14 119 1 0 174 73 .273 .368 .364 .732 164.8
Sep/Oct 326 1104 167 314 61 3 21 138 0 0 172 71 .284 .381 .402 .783 174.4
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
1938 22 OAK AL C 23 23 197.0 97 13 1 0 .991 5.03 9 5 .556 1 1.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 23 OAK AL C 74 69 615.3 239 19 0 1 1.000 3.77 22 7 .318 0 4.1
    1B 6 4 35.0 54 1 0 2 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1940 24 OAK AL C 97 89 794.0 342 36 5 0 .987 4.28 26 11 .423 2 5.4
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 25 OAK AL C 117 105 960.0 428 29 2 2 .996 4.28 25 11 .440 5 5.6
    3B 5 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 26 OAK AL C 128 122 1101.3 472 36 5 0 .990 4.15 44 16 .364 3 6.7
    3B 8 0 20.7 1 4 1 0 .833 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 27 OAK AL C 117 112 1007.7 562 48 8 1 .987 5.45 34 16 .471 3 7.8
    3B 11 0 17.0 0 9 0 0 1.000 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1944 28 OAK AL C 100 92 843.0 457 38 4 0 .992 5.28 36 16 .444 1 6.0
    3B 14 0 25.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 29 OAK AL C 132 127 1152.7 582 46 9 2 .986 4.90 54 24 .444 3 8.2
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 30 OAK AL C 136 127 1148.7 507 53 5 2 .991 4.39 54 22 .407 1 8.2
    3B 5 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 4.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 31 OAK AL C 139 125 1147.0 571 61 1 2 .998 4.96 65 33 .508 5 12.7
    3B 4 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 4.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 32 OAK AL C 134 125 1122.3 560 57 4 1 .994 4.95 50 16 .320 7 6.6
    3B 4 1 12.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 33 OAK AL C 128 118 1058.7 488 53 0 1 1.000 4.60 44 19 .432 1 9.0
    3B 4 0 14.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 34 OAK AL C 135 130 1174.0 656 53 5 0 .993 5.44 50 21 .420 1 9.5
    3B 7 3 35.7 3 8 1 3 .917 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 35 OAK AL C 108 101 885.7 484 54 7 0 .987 5.47 50 18 .360 1 6.2
    3B 5 3 30.0 2 6 1 0 .889 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 2 17.0 17 0 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 36 NYA AL 1B 26 26 205.0 274 19 0 24 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 16 14 111.0 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 12 12 103.3 41 3 1 0 .978 3.83 3 1 .333 1 0.2
  C 1580 1477 13310.6 6486 599 57 12 .992 4.79 566 236 .417 35 97.8
  3B 91 21 301.7 17 72 3 5 .967 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  1B 47 32 275.0 369 23 0 32 1.000 12.83 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1720 1530 13889.3 6873 694 60 49 .992 4.90 566 236 .417 35 99.6
Career Highs   146 133 1209.7 659 63 9 26 1.000 7.83 65 33 .556 7  
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
1940 24 OAK AL 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
1942 26 OAK AL 10 41 6 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 3 .317 .378 .366 .744
Career Post-Season Batting 12 47 7 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 3 .298 .365 .340 .706
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
1941-5-.332
1942-6-.327
 On-Base Pct
1941-2-.434
1942-9-.401
1948-9-.406
1950-8-.411
 OPS
1941-4-.927
 Singles
1942-6-131
 Walks
1941-7-77
1946-10-93
1947-9-94
1948-7-96
1949-8-97
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Milt May (917)
  2. Biff Pocoroba (906)
  3. Bill Dickey (905)
  4. Billy Sullivan (900)
  5. Don Padgett (888)
  6. Joe Schultz (866)
  7. Earl Battey (864)
  8. Harry Chiti (862)
  9. Babe Phelps (861)
  10. Tom Haller (852)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Oakland in 1937
Injured on 4/10/1937 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/23/1937 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 6/11/1938 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/9/1938, off Joe Beggs (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1939, off Garland Braxton (TAM)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 4/19/1942
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 9/5/1942
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1943, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/27/1943
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1943
Injured on 5/21/1944 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1945
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle on 4/3/1947
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1947
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 4/19/1948
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
9/22/1948: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1948
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1949
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1950
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 4/2/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $416,000 per year
 
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