Syd
Cohen
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 7, 1906 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 28 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 3 3 3
1935 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3
1936 30 NYG NL $ 300,000 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1937 31 NYG NL $ 300,000 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1938 32 NYG NL $ 350,000 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1939 33 NYG NL $ 548,571 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1940 34 NYG NL $ 450,000 2 6 5 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1941 35 NYG NL $ 450,000 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1942 36 NYG NL   1 5 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 5 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 548,571 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3
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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 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 32 NYG NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 33 NYG NL $ 548,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 34 NYG NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 35 NYG NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 36 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 548,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1934 28 NYG NL 6 5 .545 43 0 0 0 11 43.0 63 32 4 12 9 6.70 .335 .374 .473 .848 1.7
    AAA   1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 6 9.3 9 4 0 0 5 3.86 .250 .250 .306 .556  
1935 29 NYG NL 3 3 .500 42 0 0 0 2 48.3 57 20 4 11 11 3.72 .288 .327 .449 .777 3.4
1936 30 NYG NL 4 2 .667 35 0 0 0 7 40.3 45 15 4 9 19 3.35 .278 .316 .407 .723 5.8
1937 31 NYG NL 7 3 .700 40 0 0 0 5 49.0 53 23 6 16 20 4.22 .276 .330 .438 .768 4.5
1938 32 NYG NL 4 2 .667 40 0 0 0 4 45.3 40 14 1 16 21 2.78 .240 .304 .305 .610 6.0
1939 33 NYG NL 5 6 .455 50 0 0 0 4 53.0 70 40 4 25 25 6.79 .313 .384 .429 .813 0.0
1940 34 NYG NL 7 4 .636 54 0 0 0 3 56.3 54 18 1 24 22 2.88 .252 .325 .360 .685 6.6
1941 35 NYG NL 2 2 .500 44 0 0 0 3 52.7 44 21 2 13 23 3.59 .223 .282 .294 .576 5.4
1942 36 NYG NL 0 3 .000 29 0 0 0 0 34.0 39 21 3 12 10 5.56 .289 .342 .415 .757 0.8
9 Years Sim 38 30 .559 377 0 0 0 39 422.0 465 204 29 138 160 4.35 .277 .333 .397 .730 34.3
1 Years AAA 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 6 9.3 9 4 0 0 5 3.86 .250 .250 .306 .556  
Season Average 4 3 .571 41 0 0 0 4 46.9 51 22 3 15 17 4.35 .277 .333 .397 .730  
Career Highs 7 6 .700 54 0 0 0 11 56.3 70 40 6 25 25 6.79 .335 .384 .473 .848  
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   259 104 15 74 99   .270 .322 .379 .701
vs LH   206 100 14 64 61   .288 .346 .422 .768
Home 24 15 .615 197 0 0 0 14 236.6 252 116 16 85 83 4.41 .271 .332 .394 .726
Away 14 15 .483 180 0 0 0 26 185.3 213 88 13 53 77 4.27 .286 .333 .401 .734
Mar/Apr 6 3 .667 48 0 0 0 8 56.3 51 19 3 19 24 3.04 .238 .300 .318 .618
May 10 5 .667 60 0 0 0 7 71.0 62 26 3 22 30 3.30 .234 .293 .343 .636
June 7 2 .778 61 0 0 0 8 71.6 70 34 3 24 28 4.27 .255 .315 .347 .662
July 3 5 .375 59 0 0 0 4 61.3 75 35 2 28 24 5.14 .291 .360 .403 .763
August 5 7 .417 79 0 0 0 5 88.6 103 35 8 23 28 3.55 .296 .340 .420 .759
Sep/Oct 7 8 .467 70 0 0 0 8 73.0 104 55 10 22 26 6.78 .327 .371 .509 .880
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 28 NYG NL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0
1935 29 NYG NL 42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1936 30 NYG NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
1938 32 NYG NL 40 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1939 33 NYG NL 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1940 34 NYG NL 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1941 35 NYG NL 44 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2
1942 36 NYG NL 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 337 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .133 .278 .133 .411 0.9 0.2
162 Game Average 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133 .278 .133 .411 0.4  
Career Highs 54 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .667 0.6  
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   9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .111 .333 .111 .444 0.4
vs LH   6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Home 149 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .111 .333 .111 .444 0.4
Away 57 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 -0.1
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 33 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .667 .800 .667 1.467 1.2
July 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
Sep/Oct 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 28 NYG NL P 43 0 43.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.09    
1935 29 NYG NL P 42 0 48.3 0 11 0 1 1.000 2.05    
1936 30 NYG NL P 35 0 40.3 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.45    
1937 31 NYG NL P 40 0 49.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.20    
1938 32 NYG NL P 40 0 45.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.39    
1939 33 NYG NL P 50 0 53.0 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.72    
1940 34 NYG NL P 54 0 56.3 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.92    
1941 35 NYG NL P 44 0 52.7 3 10 1 2 .929 2.22    
1942 36 NYG NL P 29 0 34.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.06    
Career Totals   377 0 422.0 18 78 1 8 .990 2.05    
Career Highs   54 0 56.3 4 13 1 2 1.000 2.72    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1934 28 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .200 .333 .600 .933
1935 29 NYG NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 1 0 1 2 1.50 .273 .304 .364 .668
1936 30 NYG NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 4 1 0 1 0 2.70 .333 .385 .333 .718
1937 31 NYG NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .182 .182 .273 .455
1938 32 NYG NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 33 NYG NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 5 4 0 3 1 7.73 .263 .364 .368 .732
1940 34 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 1 21.3 18 6 0 6 5 2.53 .231 .286 .321 .606
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
1939 33 NYG NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1934-5-11
1936-8-7
1937-8-5
Games Pitched
1939-10-50
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Earned first career win on 5/24/1934
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had first career hit on 6/28/1938, off Larry French (BOS)
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $548,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $450,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
10/16/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $930,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by New York (N) on 10/13/1942