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Len
Gabrielson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 14, 1940 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972   
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
1960 20 MIN AL     5 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 5 7 6
1961 21 MIN AL     6 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1962 22 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1963 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1964 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1965 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1966 26 CLN NL $ 550,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1967 27 CLN NL $ 550,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1968 28 CLN NL $ 550,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1969 29 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1970 30 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 4 6 5 6 7 7
1971 31 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 4 6 5 5 6 6
1972 32 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 5 4 6 5
1973 33 NYG NL $ 1,750,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1974 34 MIN AL $ 1,750,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1975 35 MIN AL $ 1,750,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5
1976 36 MIN AL $ 1,750,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 4 6 5 6 7 7
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
1960 20 AAA   56 221 40 74 14 1 15 45 7 1 20 48 .335 .390 .611 1.001 48.3  
    AA   81 321 55 96 16 2 12 41 7 4 37 48 .299 .372 .474 .845 54.8  
1961 21 AAA   137 545 85 149 28 3 18 88 12 5 47 103 .273 .331 .435 .766 77.7  
1962 22 CLN NL 74 242 32 67 17 2 2 23 0 0 23 33 .277 .342 .388 .731 29.1 5.4
    AAA   54 224 34 76 11 3 6 34 5 6 18 27 .339 .388 .496 .884 38.6  
1963 23 CLN NL 140 427 44 115 13 4 11 49 6 2 34 55 .269 .325 .396 .721 53.3 10.0
1964 24 CLN NL 116 262 26 64 9 1 3 22 2 2 24 27 .244 .303 .321 .624 26.0 3.5
1965 25 CLN NL 91 127 21 43 9 0 0 12 4 1 9 11 .339 .382 .409 .792 18.6 4.9
1966 26 CLN NL 65 106 10 30 3 4 1 13 0 0 5 9 .283 .315 .415 .730 12.6 2.5
1967 27 CLN NL 76 143 26 41 3 1 3 12 7 1 15 20 .287 .354 .385 .739 19.0 4.1
1968 28 CLN NL 91 164 29 48 11 2 1 22 0 2 13 16 .293 .348 .402 .751 21.3 4.6
1969 29 CLN NL 117 345 52 102 13 1 6 38 8 0 32 44 .296 .352 .391 .743 48.9 9.7
1970 30 CLN NL 128 524 82 164 25 5 8 80 16 5 45 65 .313 .365 .426 .790 77.4 15.6
1971 31 CLN NL 110 350 46 95 13 4 11 52 6 3 40 46 .271 .344 .426 .770 53.0 9.0
1972 32 CLN NL 137 499 69 153 31 0 17 82 5 4 30 69 .307 .346 .471 .817 76.0 15.5
1973 33 CLN NL 64 174 22 47 8 1 3 17 5 3 15 34 .270 .325 .379 .704 20.5 2.9
  NYG NL 54 175 19 51 4 0 4 26 6 3 14 32 .291 .340 .383 .723 21.8 3.7
  TOT   118 349 41 98 12 1 7 43 11 6 29 66 .281 .332 .381 .714 42.3 6.7
1974 34 NYG NL 72 210 31 55 9 1 5 21 1 0 18 30 .262 .317 .386 .703 26.0 3.8
    AAA   31 101 17 25 4 0 5 18 5 0 15 17 .248 .345 .436 .780 16.8  
1975 35 MIN AL 119 245 23 66 10 2 3 33 8 7 18 45 .269 .315 .363 .678 28.3 3.1
1976 36 AAA   135 545 61 176 17 4 1 44 15 11 43 100 .323 .372 .374 .747 73.2  
14 Years Sim 1454 3993 532 1141 178 28 78 502 74 33 335 536 .286 .340 .403 .743 531.6 98.4
5 Years AAA 413 1636 237 500 74 11 45 229 44 23 143 295 .306 .361 .447 .808 254.6  
1 Years AA 81 321 55 96 16 2 12 41 7 4 37 48 .299 .367 .474 .841 54.8  
6 Years Minors 494 1957 292 596 90 13 57 270 51 27 180 343 .305 .362 .451 .813 309.5  
162 Game Average 444 59 127 19 3 8 55 8 3 37 59 .286 .340 .403 .743 59.2  
Career Highs 140 524 82 164 31 5 17 82 16 7 45 69 .339 .382 .471 .817 77.4  
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   3466 471 1023 162 22 69 449 65 31 298 422 .295 .350 .414 .764 492.5
vs LH   527 61 118 16 6 9 53 9 2 37 114 .224 .273 .328 .602 48.5
Home 718 1972 256 573 85 14 45 266 32 17 158 256 .291 .342 .416 .758 274.8
Away 736 2021 276 568 93 14 33 236 42 16 177 280 .281 .338 .390 .728 266.2
RISP   939 0 290 50 9 22 409 0 0 85 130 .309 .356 .452 .808 148.1
Pinch Hitting   327 39 88 8 5 3 37 3 3 30 46 .269 .329 .352 .680 38.1
Close/Late   574 87 157 20 2 4 67 0 0 50 88 .274 .328 .336 .664 64.7
Mar/Apr 228 656 90 171 27 4 17 63 8 4 52 83 .261 .314 .392 .705 80.9
May 240 678 91 198 38 4 11 91 17 4 59 97 .292 .345 .409 .754 95.6
June 246 659 76 166 22 5 7 82 11 5 60 91 .252 .312 .332 .645 70.6
July 240 615 88 201 39 4 13 98 11 3 53 72 .327 .381 .467 .848 102.8
August 242 645 89 184 28 6 17 81 11 8 53 95 .285 .338 .426 .764 90.6
Sep/Oct 258 740 98 221 24 5 13 87 16 9 58 98 .299 .350 .397 .747 100.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 22 CLN NL LF 53 53 450.0 112 2 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 9 3 38.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 10 0 18.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 9 0 15.7 22 3 0 2 1.000 14.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 23 CLN NL RF 106 100 896.3 197 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    1B 12 0 26.3 26 0 0 2 1.000 8.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 8 0 16.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 1 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1964 24 CLN NL RF 44 42 384.0 89 1 1 0 .989 2.11 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 16 15 136.7 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 15 0 29.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 11 0 20.0 23 6 1 4 .967 13.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 25 CLN NL RF 21 16 137.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 4 3 28.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 1 15.0 17 2 0 2 1.000 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 0 8.0 2 2 1 0 .800 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 26 CLN NL LF 15 8 87.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 11 8 72.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 27 CLN NL RF 26 23 192.3 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 14 7 75.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 3.72 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 4 0 6.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 15.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 28 CLN NL LF 21 19 169.0 28 2 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 14 6 71.0 87 6 0 8 1.000 11.79 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 11 8 61.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 29 CLN NL RF 103 96 840.7 157 5 0 1 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 6 4 36.0 6 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 5 0 19.7 1 3 1 0 .800 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 30 CLN NL 1B 2 2 15.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1971 31 CLN NL CF 4 4 34.0 12 1 1 1 .929 3.44 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1972 32 CLN NL 1B 11 11 95.0 111 7 1 9 .992 11.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 7 7 61.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 3 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
1973 33 CLN NL 1B 34 33 264.3 305 22 2 28 .994 11.14 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 9 7 60.2 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 5 5 43.4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 3 25.9 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  NYG NL 1B 28 28 265.7 306 22 3 28 .991 11.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 7 6 60.5 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 5 5 43.6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 3 26.1 3 7 1 1 .909 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 62 61 530.0 611 44 5 56 .992 11.12   1.2
      RF 16 13 120.7 25 2 0 1 1.000 2.01   0.7
      LF 10 10 87.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.0
      3B 7 6 52.0 5 14 1 2 .950 3.29   0.2
1974 34 NYG NL LF 36 36 315.3 91 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    1B 7 7 58.0 65 4 0 8 1.000 10.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 15 3 51.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 6 5 42.0 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 35 MIN AL RF 39 24 222.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 23 19 169.3 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 19 4 65.3 82 5 0 9 1.000 11.99 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 25 0 58.0 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 1 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  RF 410 340 3053.0 620 13 1 5 .998 1.87 0 0 .000 0 9.5
  LF 211 184 1642.3 406 8 0 1 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 3.7
  1B 155 92 918.0 1076 79 7 103 .994 11.32 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  3B 88 11 254.3 20 59 4 4 .952 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  CF 4 4 34.0 12 1 1 1 .929 3.44 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 1 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
Career Totals   869 631 5909.6 2142 160 13 114 .994 3.51 1 0 .000 2 16.2
Career Highs   129 101 948.7 663 60 6 59 1.000 8.24 1 0 .000 2  
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
1964 24 CLN NL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 26 CLN NL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1967 27 CLN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 28 CLN NL 8 21 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 .143 .250 .333 .583
1969 29 CLN NL 11 44 6 14 3 0 1 5 1 0 2 5 .318 .348 .455 .802
1970 30 CLN NL 7 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .103 .133 .103 .237
1971 31 CLN NL 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1972 32 CLN NL 16 58 6 17 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 8 .293 .369 .362 .731
Career Post-Season Batting 55 167 16 40 5 0 3 12 2 0 13 22 .240 .294 .323 .618
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
1970-6-.313
1972-7-.307
 Singles
1970-7-126
 Triples
1970-6-5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1960
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/1/1962, off Dave Stenhouse (CLE)
10/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $550,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/25/1970
Had 6 hits with 7 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/29/1970
7/31/1972: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1972, hitting .667 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1972, hitting .647 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (N) on 7/31/1973 (Going to NYG: CF Chico Salmon, RF Len Gabrielson, C Jerry Grote. Going to CLN: LF Dave Nicholson)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 8/28/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1973, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 7/31/1974 (Going to NYG: P Dick Estelle. Going to MIN: RF Len Gabrielson, 1B Ron Cash)
Injured on 6/26/1976 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 8/31/1976 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
 
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