Eddie
Bockman
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 26, 1920 in Usa, CA, SANTA ANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1952   
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
1946 25 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1947 26 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1948 27 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1949 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1950 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1951 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1952 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1953 32 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1954 33 CIN NL $ 580,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 580,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
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 25 AA   137 518 76 142 23 3 27 93 9 10 70 81 .274 .361 .486 .847 89.2  
1947 26 AA   129 508 47 143 22 1 18 94 8 8 57 93 .281 .354 .435 .789 77.0  
1948 27 AAA   135 555 81 159 21 2 23 76 9 6 52 93 .286 .348 .456 .803 86.2  
1949 28 DET AL 59 167 24 46 7 2 6 31 4 1 11 33 .275 .318 .449 .768 23.9 3.4
  NYG NL 20 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
  TOT   79 172 29 47 8 2 6 31 4 1 11 34 .273 .315 .448 .763 24.3 3.4
1950 29 NYG NL 50 46 19 16 4 0 3 7 0 0 4 10 .348 .400 .630 1.030 10.3 2.2
1951 30 NYG NL 119 299 40 80 15 0 7 47 4 3 27 44 .268 .327 .388 .715 34.7 3.1
1952 31 NYG NL 157 551 62 148 25 2 16 77 10 9 42 103 .269 .319 .408 .728 68.5 8.1
1953 32 CIN NL 81 137 14 43 8 0 4 23 1 0 8 30 .314 .352 .460 .812 20.5 3.8
1954 33 AAA   92 344 67 124 23 2 21 77 10 4 36 50 .360 .421 .622 1.043 79.5  
5 Years Sim 486 1205 164 334 60 4 36 185 19 13 92 221 .277 .327 .423 .751 158.2 20.6
2 Years AAA 227 899 148 283 44 4 44 153 19 10 88 143 .315 .376 .519 .895 165.7  
2 Years AA 266 1026 123 285 45 4 45 187 17 18 127 174 .278 .355 .461 .816 166.2  
4 Years Minors 493 1925 271 568 89 8 89 340 36 28 215 317 .295 .365 .488 .853 331.9  
162 Game Average 401 54 111 20 1 12 61 6 4 30 73 .277 .327 .423 .751 52.7  
Career Highs 157 551 62 148 25 2 16 77 10 9 42 103 .348 .400 .630 1.030 68.5  
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   679 109 203 37 2 25 110 10 6 49 117 .299 .345 .470 .815 105.1
vs LH   526 55 131 23 2 11 75 9 7 43 104 .249 .305 .363 .668 58.1
Home 247 605 88 167 37 0 20 91 10 6 37 111 .276 .317 .436 .754 80.9
Away 239 600 76 167 23 4 16 94 9 7 55 110 .278 .337 .410 .747 82.3
RISP   326 0 95 22 0 9 142 0 0 28 64 .291 .343 .442 .785 48.1
Pinch Hitting   82 9 22 5 0 2 18 0 0 3 14 .268 .294 .402 .697 9.2
Close/Late   132 42 43 7 1 4 23 0 0 18 20 .326 .408 .485 .893 24.9
Mar/Apr 65 159 22 46 2 2 5 22 3 4 14 34 .289 .345 .421 .766 22.4
May 83 218 29 53 11 0 9 33 4 3 18 41 .243 .303 .417 .720 27.4
June 95 211 39 71 13 1 8 39 2 1 11 42 .336 .368 .521 .889 36.8
July 80 216 26 61 12 0 7 39 3 3 17 44 .282 .331 .435 .766 30.2
August 76 212 25 58 13 1 3 24 4 1 16 33 .274 .325 .387 .711 26.3
Sep/Oct 73 189 21 45 9 0 4 28 3 1 16 27 .238 .298 .349 .647 20.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 28 DET AL 2B 29 28 313.6 85 152 0 34 1.000 6.80   2.1
    3B 10 4 67.1 2 15 2 2 .895 2.28   0.2
    SS 10 0 22.7 5 5 0 2 1.000 3.96   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  NYG NL 2B 10 10 8.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.21   0.1
    3B 4 2 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 3 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 39 38 322.3 87 156 0 35 1.000 6.79   2.2
      3B 14 6 69.0 2 15 2 2 .895 2.22   0.2
      SS 13 0 23.3 5 5 0 2 1.000 3.86   0.1
      1B 3 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1950 29 NYG NL SS 11 3 37.7 7 19 0 3 1.000 6.21   0.3
    2B 11 3 30.7 4 11 0 2 1.000 4.40   0.1
    3B 5 2 21.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    1B 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 30 NYG NL 1B 78 76 627.7 798 64 5 86 .994 12.36   2.1
    SS 11 1 29.3 6 15 0 2 1.000 6.44   0.2
    3B 9 1 25.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.16   0.1
    2B 5 1 16.0 1 10 1 0 .917 6.19   0.0
1952 31 NYG NL 3B 141 139 1204.7 90 362 13 38 .972 3.38   5.4
    SS 5 3 30.0 7 21 1 4 .966 8.40   0.2
    1B 1 1 8.0 11 0 0 2 1.000 12.38   0.0
    2B 4 0 5.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 7.95   0.1
1953 32 CIN NL 1B 21 18 155.0 179 17 2 13 .990 11.38   0.3
    2B 16 4 60.0 19 24 1 7 .977 6.45   0.3
    3B 20 1 43.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.1
    SS 7 0 9.3 2 4 0 2 1.000 5.79   0.1
  3B 189 149 1362.7 100 393 15 41 .970 3.26   5.8
  1B 105 95 795.7 991 81 7 101 .994 12.13   2.4
  2B 75 46 434.6 111 206 2 44 .994 6.56   2.7
  SS 47 7 129.6 27 64 1 13 .989 6.32   0.9
Career Totals   416 297 2722.6 1229 744 25 199 .987 6.52   11.8
Career Highs   151 143 1248.3 805 388 14 89 1.000 11.60    
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
1952-3-157
Caught Stealing
1952-7-9
Strikeouts
1952-6-103
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1946
Injured on 8/24/1947 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 2/1/1949 (Going to NYG: P Johnny Sain, 2B Eddie Stanky. Going to DET: P Ray Scarborough, P Bob Porterfield, 3B Eddie Bockman)
Had first career hit on 4/4/1949, off Cliff Chambers (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1949, off Mickey Mcdermott (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1949, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to NYG: LF Paul O'dea, 3B Eddie Bockman. Going to DET: 2B Eddie Stanky, 1B Gene Hermanski)
4/2/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1952
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 2/1/1953 (Going to NYG: 1B Chuck Connors. Going to CIN: P Red Embree, 3B Eddie Bockman, C Charlie Silvera)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $580,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/14/1954 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season