Red
Embree
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 30, 1917 in Usa, CA, ELMONTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1946    1947   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 23 NYG NL   9 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
1942 24 NYG NL   8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1943 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1944 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1945 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1946 28 NYG NL $ 4,335,714 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1947 29 NYG NL $ 4,600,000 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
1948 30 NYG NL $ 4,600,000 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 5 5
1949 31 NYG NL $ 4,600,000 9 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 5
1950 32 NYG NL $ 3,700,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1951 33 DET AL $ 3,700,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1952 34 DET AL $ 3,700,000 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1953 35 CIN NL $ 3,700,000 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
1954 36 CIN NL $ 3,330,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1955 37 CLE AL $ 3,330,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,600,000 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 23 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 24 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1945 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1946 28 NYG NL $ 4,335,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1947 29 NYG NL $ 4,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1948 30 NYG NL $ 4,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1949 31 NYG NL $ 4,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1950 32 NYG NL $ 3,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1951 33 DET AL $ 3,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 34 DET AL $ 3,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1953 35 CIN NL $ 3,700,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1954 36 CIN NL $ 3,330,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1955 37 CLE AL $ 3,330,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,600,000   3 3 3 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
1941 23 AAA   13 6 .684 21 21 1 0 0 140.7 147 66 9 56 103 4.22 .266 .334 .373 .707  
1942 24 AAA   11 11 .500 30 30 3 1 0 208.3 208 90 21 71 161 3.89 .255 .315 .385 .699  
1943 25 NYG NL 19 15 .559 43 43 11 0 0 324.7 325 156 33 112 164 4.32 .260 .320 .411 .731 16.0
1944 26 NYG NL 18 15 .545 41 41 13 0 0 315.0 307 140 21 100 177 4.00 .255 .312 .395 .707 19.5
1945 27 NYG NL 22 14 .611 44 44 14 0 0 338.0 314 141 31 110 150 3.75 .244 .302 .379 .681 22.6
1946 28 NYG NL 24 15 .615 43 43 14 3 0 332.0 313 148 51 116 158 4.01 .248 .310 .426 .736 19.2
1947 29 NYG NL 22 12 .647 41 41 12 3 0 319.3 306 159 42 139 164 4.48 .254 .331 .434 .765 18.1
1948 30 NYG NL 21 12 .636 41 41 11 2 0 317.0 296 149 47 130 171 4.23 .247 .321 .417 .738 20.8
1949 31 NYG NL 13 6 .684 67 13 1 0 3 162.0 161 90 23 62 107 5.00 .257 .324 .415 .739 7.2
1950 32 NYG NL 9 9 .500 45 20 6 1 0 171.3 157 105 28 82 100 5.52 .248 .334 .433 .767 7.0
1951 33 DET AL 18 7 .720 40 27 3 0 3 213.3 214 108 33 89 135 4.56 .259 .330 .450 .780 14.3
1952 34 DET AL 17 13 .567 48 32 4 2 2 257.0 219 111 26 110 198 3.89 .229 .309 .368 .676 18.3
1953 35 CIN NL 13 17 .433 41 41 5 1 0 308.3 290 142 50 123 199 4.14 .246 .317 .418 .735 15.0
1954 36 CIN NL 0 1 .000 24 1 0 0 1 39.7 45 28 10 21 29 6.35 .285 .365 .519 .884 0.2
1955 37 AAA   1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 1 23.0 20 6 1 10 28 2.35 .238 .319 .333 .652  
    AA   2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 2.3 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 .000 .125 .000 .125  
12 Years Sim 196 136 .590 518 387 94 12 9 3097.6 2947 1477 395 1194 1752 4.29 .250 .319 .413 .732 178.0
3 Years AAA 25 18 .581 67 51 4 1 1 372.0 375 162 31 137 292 3.92 .258 .322 .377 .700  
1 Years AA 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 2.3 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 .000 .125 .000 .125  
4 Years Minors 27 18 .600 70 51 4 1 2 374.3 375 162 31 138 295 3.90 .257 .321 .376 .697  
Season Average 16 11 .593 43 32 7 1 0 258.1 245 123 32 99 146 4.29 .250 .319 .413 .732  
Career Highs 24 17 .720 67 44 14 3 3 338.0 325 159 51 139 199 6.35 .285 .365 .519 .884  
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   1335 710 206 518 984   .233 .297 .396 .692
vs LH   1612 767 189 676 768   .266 .340 .430 .769
Home 104 68 .605 255 197 49 6 4 1609.0 1473 752 217 630 902 4.21 .242 .314 .413 .726
Away 92 68 .575 263 190 45 6 5 1488.6 1474 725 178 564 850 4.38 .258 .325 .414 .738
Mar/Apr 28 19 .596 84 57 15 4 2 472.3 416 180 50 158 267 3.43 .234 .297 .377 .674
May 33 24 .579 91 66 20 2 3 544.0 538 259 70 225 314 4.29 .256 .328 .428 .756
June 24 30 .444 97 63 15 3 2 508.3 478 254 66 200 280 4.50 .248 .318 .412 .730
July 40 22 .645 84 67 18 0 0 529.3 532 279 72 209 295 4.74 .260 .328 .419 .747
August 35 19 .648 80 68 13 2 1 531.6 518 265 71 208 304 4.49 .256 .326 .435 .760
Sep/Oct 36 22 .621 82 66 15 1 1 512.0 465 240 66 194 292 4.22 .243 .312 .403 .715
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
1943 25 NYG NL 43 105 9 14 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 25 .133 .139 .181 .320 1.4 0.0
1944 26 NYG NL 41 120 5 23 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 16 .192 .198 .225 .423 3.8 0.0
1945 27 NYG NL 44 117 4 19 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 26 .162 .168 .179 .348 1.0 0.0
1946 28 NYG NL 43 113 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 24 .106 .113 .115 .228 -2.0 0.0
1947 29 NYG NL 41 102 3 24 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 14 .235 .257 .255 .512 7.1 0.0
1948 30 NYG NL 41 113 9 27 7 1 0 16 0 0 3 21 .239 .256 .319 .575 9.3 0.0
1949 31 NYG NL 67 36 0 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .194 .194 .222 .417 1.3 0.0
1950 32 NYG NL 45 46 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .261 .271 .304 .575 4.5 0.0
1951 33 DET AL 40 68 4 10 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 19 .147 .164 .191 .356 2.0 0.0
1952 34 DET AL 48 86 8 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 20 .209 .236 .233 .469 4.1 0.0
1953 35 CIN NL 41 107 4 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 20 .121 .130 .150 .279 -1.1 0.0
1954 36 CIN NL 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6 0.0
12 Years Sim 518 1023 51 179 24 2 2 86 0 0 18 202 .175 .188 .208 .396 30.9 0.0
162 Game Average 319 15 55 7 0 0 26 0 0 5 63 .175 .188 .208 .396 9.6  
Career Highs 67 120 9 27 7 1 1 16 0 0 3 26 .261 .271 .319 .575 9.3  
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   637 29 113 17 0 2 57 0 0 13 127 .177 .191 .214 .405 16.2
vs LH   386 22 66 7 2 0 29 0 0 5 75 .171 .181 .199 .381 6.6
Home 255 508 27 92 9 2 1 48 0 0 7 90 .181 .191 .213 .403 12.4
Away 263 515 24 87 15 0 1 38 0 0 11 112 .169 .185 .204 .388 10.4
RISP   270 0 60 6 0 2 86 0 0 5 48 .222 .229 .267 .496 14.7
Close/Late   59 2 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .220 .233 .237 .471 2.6
Mar/Apr 75 148 8 24 2 0 0 14 0 0 5 32 .162 .188 .176 .364 2.2
May 83 188 12 36 4 0 1 18 0 0 2 43 .191 .198 .229 .427 5.9
June 97 152 4 19 6 0 0 5 0 0 3 30 .125 .142 .164 .306 -0.9
July 71 180 10 26 5 1 0 15 0 0 4 31 .144 .159 .183 .342 1.2
August 68 180 12 46 6 0 1 23 0 0 4 32 .256 .270 .306 .576 13.8
Sep/Oct 70 175 5 28 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 34 .160 .160 .177 .337 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 25 NYG NL P 43 43 324.7 17 42 2 3 .967 1.64    
1944 26 NYG NL P 41 41 315.0 16 55 1 2 .986 2.03    
1945 27 NYG NL P 44 44 338.0 22 67 3 4 .967 2.37    
1946 28 NYG NL P 43 43 332.0 15 57 2 4 .973 1.95    
1947 29 NYG NL P 41 41 319.3 17 63 5 7 .941 2.25    
1948 30 NYG NL P 41 41 317.0 29 54 0 3 1.000 2.36    
1949 31 NYG NL P 67 13 162.0 8 26 0 2 1.000 1.89    
1950 32 NYG NL P 45 20 171.3 7 34 0 1 1.000 2.15    
1951 33 DET AL P 40 27 213.3 12 41 0 3 1.000 2.24    
1952 34 DET AL P 48 32 257.0 22 34 0 3 1.000 1.96    
1953 35 CIN NL P 41 41 308.3 14 38 2 2 .963 1.52    
1954 36 CIN NL P 24 1 39.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.82    
Career Totals   518 387 3097.6 181 517 15 34 .979 2.03    
Career Highs   67 44 338.0 29 67 5 7 1.000 2.37    
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
1947 29 NYG NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 10 3 1 2 12 1.59 .167 .194 .300 .494
1948 30 NYG NL 0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 30.0 28 16 5 14 15 4.80 .241 .323 .440 .763
1949 31 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1951 33 DET AL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 10 5 0 1 5 5.87 .323 .344 .387 .731
1952 34 DET AL 0 2 .000 4 2 0 0 0 17.3 19 12 3 4 16 6.23 .271 .311 .471 .782
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 8 .000 16 8 2 0 0 73.7 67 36 9 21 49 4.40 .238 .290 .404 .695
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
1947 29 NYG NL 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
1948 30 NYG NL 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200
1949 31 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1951 33 DET AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1952 34 DET AL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 16 23 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .087 .087 .130 .217
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1943-8-19
1944-9-18
1945-1-22
1946-2-24
1947-3-22
1948-6-21
1951-5-18
1952-10-17
Losses
1943-7-15
1953-6-17
Winning Pct
1943-10-.559
1945-8-.611
1946-10-.615
1947-7-.647
1948-9-.636
1949-7-.684
1951-2-.720
Games Pitched
1949-9-67
Games Started
1943-2-43
1944-6-41
1945-1-44
1946-2-43
1947-3-41
1948-8-41
1953-9-41
Complete Games
1945-10-14
1946-9-14
1948-8-11
Shutouts
1946-3-3
1947-3-3
1948-5-2
1952-5-2
Innings Pitched
1943-2-324.7
1944-8-315.0
1945-1-338.0
1946-2-332.0
1947-2-319.3
1948-7-317.0
1953-8-308.3
Hits Allowed
1943-5-325
1944-7-307
1945-5-314
1946-4-313
1947-8-306
1953-8-290
Homeruns Allowed
1943-1-33
1945-4-31
1946-1-51
1947-1-42
1948-1-47
1950-6-28
1951-8-33
1953-1-50
CAR-25-395
Strikeouts
1943-4-164
1944-2-177
1945-3-150
1946-3-158
1947-5-164
1948-6-171
1952-5-198
1953-6-199
Walks Allowed
1943-8-112
1944-9-100
1946-6-116
1947-5-139
1948-7-130
Walks per 9IP
1945-9-2.9
Hits per 9IP
1945-9-8.4
1947-9-8.6
1948-10-8.4
1950-10-8.2
1952-3-7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
1943-7-4.5
1944-2-5.1
1946-10-4.3
1947-7-4.6
1948-9-4.9
1949-3-5.9
1950-8-5.3
1951-7-5.7
1952-2-6.9
1953-9-5.8
WHiP
1944-9-1.29
1945-8-1.25
1946-8-1.29
1950-9-1.39
1952-8-1.28
OAVG
1945-7-.244
1947-10-.254
1948-9-.247
1952-2-.229
OOBP
1944-10-.312
1945-7-.302
1946-8-.310
1952-8-.309
1953-10-.317
OSLG
1952-5-.368
OOPS
1952-4-.676
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 156    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1941
Traded from Cleveland to New York (N) on 2/3/1941 (Going to NYG: CF Dom Dimaggio, P Red Embree. Going to CLE: CF Wally Berger)
Injured on 5/29/1941 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1943, off Murry Dickson (PIT)
Earned first career win on 4/3/1943
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1943, off Jimmie Deshong (BSN)
Won Bronze Rookie in 1943, going 19-15, 4.32 ERA
Injured on 6/13/1944 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,335,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
10/19/1946: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,600,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1948, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
10/18/1949: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $3,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: P Hugh Mulcahy, 3B Floyd Baker, P Dick Marlowe, 1B Mike Schemer. Going to DET: P Red Embree, CF Johnny Wyrostek)
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
Pitched NO-HITTER against Boston (N) on 6/27/1952, striking out 3
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 2/1/1953 (Going to NYG: P Red Embree. Going to DET: P Moe Burtschy)
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)
9/22/1953: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,330,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bob Turley, P Red Embree, 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss. Going to CIN: 2B Ralph Lapointe)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 5/1/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bill Henry, CF Jackie Jensen, LF Whitey Lockman. Going to CLE: P Red Embree, RF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti, P Bob Turley)