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Frenchy
Bordagaray		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 3, 1910 in Usa, CA, COALINGA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1937    1938   
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
1934 24 MON NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
1935 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
1936 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1937 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1938 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1939 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1940 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1941 31 NYG NL $ 600,006   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1942 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1943 33 NYG NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,006   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
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 AAA   137 578 92 173 36 4 1 66 12 7 47 23 .299 .352 .381 .733 74.5  
1935 25 CLE AL 97 235 33 71 10 1 0 25 0 0 17 7 .302 .350 .353 .704 28.5 4.1
1936 26 CLE AL 84 202 15 46 9 0 0 11 6 2 6 23 .228 .248 .272 .520 11.8 0.0
1937 27 CLE AL 155 529 39 118 23 2 3 48 10 2 20 54 .223 .250 .291 .541 35.7 0.0
1938 28 CLE AL 129 427 51 119 15 7 1 35 7 5 27 44 .279 .322 .354 .676 43.9 4.1
1939 29 CLE AL 151 554 50 131 27 6 3 41 6 4 19 60 .236 .260 .323 .583 43.9 0.8
1940 30 CLE AL 83 141 31 45 7 0 2 12 2 1 8 11 .319 .366 .411 .777 20.3 3.6
1941 31 NYG NL 87 166 16 36 8 1 0 11 1 0 9 16 .217 .257 .277 .534 10.6 0.0
1942 32 NYG NL 32 53 4 20 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .377 .377 .509 .887 8.6 1.9
1943 33 AAA   80 139 22 29 7 2 2 18 0 0 18 20 .209 .299 .331 .630 14.6  
8 Years Sim 818 2307 239 586 106 17 9 184 32 14 106 220 .254 .287 .326 .613 203.2 14.4
2 Years AAA 217 717 114 202 43 6 3 84 12 7 65 43 .282 .344 .371 .715 89.1  
162 Game Average 456 47 116 20 3 1 36 6 2 20 43 .254 .287 .326 .613 40.2  
Career Highs 155 554 51 131 27 7 3 48 10 5 27 60 .377 .377 .509 .887 43.9  
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   1379 148 352 72 15 5 106 19 9 52 140 .255 .282 .340 .622 124.3
vs LH   928 91 234 34 2 4 78 13 5 54 80 .252 .294 .306 .600 81.8
Home 409 1125 121 301 55 10 5 82 17 8 52 95 .268 .299 .348 .647 111.8
Away 409 1182 118 285 51 7 4 102 15 6 54 125 .241 .275 .306 .581 94.3
RISP   528 0 124 12 2 1 162 0 0 29 49 .235 .268 .271 .539 37.7
Pinch Hitting   74 6 21 4 0 1 7 1 0 3 5 .284 .316 .378 .695 8.4
Close/Late   234 38 47 11 1 1 17 0 0 16 31 .201 .249 .269 .518 14.9
Mar/Apr 151 416 42 107 25 1 1 38 6 2 23 40 .257 .296 .329 .626 39.1
May 158 451 46 115 15 3 2 39 7 0 24 41 .255 .292 .315 .607 41.5
June 137 407 39 101 18 5 1 31 5 4 17 40 .248 .279 .324 .603 34.1
July 131 371 48 94 20 2 0 23 2 2 9 33 .253 .272 .318 .590 28.7
August 110 299 29 83 17 3 1 22 8 4 14 30 .278 .309 .365 .674 32.0
Sep/Oct 131 363 35 86 11 3 4 31 4 2 19 36 .237 .273 .317 .590 30.7
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
1935 25 CLE AL 3B 45 41 335.0 21 75 4 5 .960 2.58   0.9
    2B 18 13 121.7 30 34 3 12 .955 4.73   0.2
    CF 4 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.1
    RF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 4 0 3.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
1936 26 CLE AL CF 56 53 448.3 137 3 0 1 1.000 2.81   1.6
    RF 13 2 34.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.38    
    LF 6 1 19.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.84    
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1937 27 CLE AL CF 152 152 1285.7 396 23 2 2 .995 2.93   4.6
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 28 CLE AL CF 127 127 1063.0 329 13 1 5 .997 2.90   3.5
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1939 29 CLE AL CF 143 140 1182.0 304 12 2 2 .994 2.41   6.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1940 30 CLE AL CF 22 19 171.0 54 1 0 1 1.000 2.89   0.7
    3B 21 3 59.0 4 8 1 1 .923 1.83   0.1
    1B 19 5 57.7 74 5 1 9 .988 12.33   0.1
    LF 4 1 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    2B 2 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 31 NYG NL CF 45 41 343.0 93 4 0 1 1.000 2.55   1.0
    RF 7 2 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    LF 10 0 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    1B 6 1 11.0 21 1 0 2 1.000 18.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 6.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 32 NYG NL CF 10 9 67.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.3
    1B 2 0 10.3 14 1 0 2 1.000 13.07   0.0
    2B 6 0 6.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.27   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 559 542 4573.0 1335 56 5 12 .996 2.74   17.8
  3B 73 44 404.0 26 84 5 6 .957 2.45   1.0
  2B 34 13 149.0 38 45 3 14 .965 5.01   0.3
  1B 35 6 90.0 123 9 1 14 .992 13.20   0.2
  RF 29 5 85.0 16 0 1 0 .941 1.69    
  LF 24 2 60.0 18 0 1 0 .947 2.70    
Career Totals   754 612 5361.0 1556 194 16 46 .991 2.94   19.3
Career Highs   153 152 1287.7 396 110 7 18 1.000 4.40    
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
1937-10-155
 Stolen Bases
1936-6-6
1937-4-10
1938-8-7
 Caught Stealing
1938-7-5
1939-10-4
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Jim Norris (961)
  5. Gene Locklear (955)
  6. Larry Herndon (955)
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  8. Mel Clark (952)
  9. Sam Mejias (948)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Montreal in 1934
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 2/5/1935 (Going to MON: RF Ed Boland. Going to CLE: RF Frenchy Bordagaray)
Had first career hit on 4/4/1935, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
Injured on 5/26/1936 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1937, off Van Mungo (SLC)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/29/1938 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/20/1938 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/27/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $600,006 per year
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1942: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
 
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