Augie
Galan
 
Nickname: Mr. Orange
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 23, 1912 in Usa, CA, BERKELEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1936    1939    1940    1941    1943    1945   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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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 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 9
1935 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 9 10 10 10
1936 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 9 10 10 10
1937 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 9 10 9 10 10 10
1938 26 NYG NL $ 2,078,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
1939 27 NYG NL $ 3,907,143   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
1940 28 NYG NL $ 4,614,286   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 9 10 9 10 10 10
1941 29 NYG NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 8 10 9 10 10 10
1942 30 BRK NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 8 10 9 10 10 10
1943 31 BRK NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
1944 32 BRK NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 9 3 4 4 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10
1945 33 BRK NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 10
1946 34 BRK NL $ 6,280,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
1947 35 BRK NL $ 6,280,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 8 9 8 8 9 9 8 9 9
1948 36 NYA AL $ 6,280,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8
1949 37 TAM AL $ 1,764,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,280,000   9 9 9 3 4 4 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
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 22 NYG NL 56 182 34 54 9 0 1 20 5 2 28 8 .297 .397 .363 .760 27.2 4.3
    AAA   90 305 67 106 23 1 9 49 14 5 83 23 .348 .487 .518 1.005 77.1  
1935 23 NYG NL 154 554 109 156 30 9 8 69 9 2 102 24 .282 .393 .412 .804 91.0 18.1
1936 24 NYG NL 154 546 93 156 35 8 16 95 7 6 87 25 .286 .384 .467 .851 91.4 15.5
1937 25 NYG NL 146 541 86 142 22 4 8 73 11 5 68 22 .262 .344 .362 .706 69.8 11.2
1938 26 NYG NL 153 558 106 183 31 7 8 81 9 6 92 20 .328 .422 .452 .874 101.3 19.3
1939 27 NYG NL 155 601 129 195 47 9 7 63 5 5 97 16 .324 .419 .468 .887 111.2 31.0
1940 28 NYG NL 158 633 108 211 42 3 8 67 7 4 72 19 .333 .401 .447 .848 108.7 23.2
1941 29 NYG NL 151 590 87 180 36 7 6 95 6 4 80 25 .305 .388 .420 .808 93.3 18.4
1942 30 NYG NL 102 400 64 125 31 5 3 40 4 1 52 14 .313 .391 .438 .828 62.3 10.9
  BRK NL 51 149 30 45 10 2 1 25 2 0 27 5 .302 .409 .416 .825 24.6 5.6
  TOT   153 549 94 170 41 7 4 65 6 1 79 19 .310 .396 .432 .828 86.9 16.5
1943 31 BRK NL 153 590 96 189 39 4 4 62 0 0 74 22 .320 .395 .420 .815 91.9 19.1
1944 32 BRK NL 146 509 104 160 28 6 11 74 0 0 84 15 .314 .408 .458 .866 90.4 20.9
1945 33 BRK NL 153 576 90 167 40 5 11 85 0 0 86 20 .290 .383 .434 .817 90.1 19.5
1946 34 BRK NL 146 540 99 149 30 3 9 75 0 0 90 31 .276 .379 .393 .771 81.1 15.5
1947 35 BRK NL 131 391 55 110 25 7 7 65 0 0 65 29 .281 .385 .435 .820 64.8 11.7
1948 36 NYA AL 138 450 68 143 36 3 15 82 5 3 93 32 .318 .431 .511 .942 96.0 11.9
1949 37 TAM AL 64 61 8 14 4 0 2 10 2 1 11 8 .230 .347 .393 .741 9.2 1.3
16 Years Sim 2211 7871 1366 2379 495 82 125 1081 72 39 1208 335 .302 .394 .434 .828 1304.4 257.3
1 Years AAA 90 305 67 106 23 1 9 49 14 5 83 23 .348 .486 .518 1.004 77.1  
162 Game Average 576 100 174 36 6 9 79 5 2 88 24 .302 .394 .434 .828 95.6  
Career Highs 158 633 129 211 47 9 16 95 11 6 102 32 .333 .431 .511 .942 111.2  
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   5564 991 1717 355 53 96 782 51 27 886 228 .309 .403 .443 .846 987.9
vs LH   2307 375 662 140 29 29 299 21 12 322 107 .287 .373 .410 .784 356.2
Home 1104 3792 663 1155 238 39 63 532 43 22 608 159 .305 .400 .438 .837 664.4
Away 1107 4079 703 1224 257 43 62 549 29 17 600 176 .300 .390 .430 .819 679.7
RISP   2009 0 617 132 15 38 870 0 0 303 92 .307 .391 .444 .836 350.7
Pinch Hitting   197 27 62 8 2 1 27 2 0 35 11 .315 .416 .391 .807 34.1
Close/Late   972 172 303 60 8 15 142 0 0 161 49 .312 .408 .436 .844 173.6
Mar/Apr 343 1216 215 353 69 8 19 166 10 3 191 48 .290 .388 .407 .795 196.8
May 373 1388 232 417 95 18 22 210 12 12 187 64 .300 .384 .442 .826 228.5
June 363 1282 217 406 94 6 23 184 14 3 210 47 .317 .410 .453 .864 237.4
July 361 1287 233 387 64 17 21 166 17 8 218 54 .301 .402 .426 .828 224.7
August 402 1421 266 438 96 17 20 167 12 6 230 72 .308 .404 .442 .846 252.2
Sep/Oct 369 1277 203 378 77 16 20 188 7 7 172 50 .296 .378 .428 .806 204.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1934 22 NYG NL LF 47 44 375.3 88 1 1 0 .989 2.13   1.3
    RF 7 5 45.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60    
1935 23 NYG NL LF 142 138 1222.7 290 10 4 4 .987 2.21   4.2
    RF 7 6 57.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.56    
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1936 24 NYG NL LF 106 95 864.0 183 4 1 1 .995 1.95   3.7
    RF 50 50 421.0 93 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1937 25 NYG NL LF 72 67 607.3 136 3 5 0 .965 2.06   3.3
    RF 72 69 587.0 132 4 3 1 .978 2.09    
    CF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 26 NYG NL RF 135 134 1189.7 265 6 6 2 .978 2.05   3.3
    LF 14 0 30.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.78    
    CF 3 3 26.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1939 27 NYG NL RF 152 146 1317.0 304 8 3 2 .990 2.13   2.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 28 NYG NL RF 149 143 1308.0 296 10 5 3 .984 2.11   3.3
    LF 6 0 15.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60    
1941 29 NYG NL CF 101 98 879.0 233 3 7 1 .971 2.42   3.2
    RF 46 42 384.0 112 1 3 0 .974 2.65    
    LF 3 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1942 30 NYG NL RF 54 52 508.9 103 1 3 1 .972 1.84   2.3
    CF 39 33 334.2 71 1 5 0 .935 1.94   0.0
    LF 3 2 22.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.80   0.0
  BRK NL RF 27 26 197.7 40 1 1 0 .976 1.87   1.0
    CF 19 16 129.8 28 1 2 0 .935 2.01   0.0
    LF 2 1 8.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.0
  TOT   RF 81 78 706.6 143 2 4 1 .973 1.85   3.3
      CF 58 49 464.0 99 2 7 0 .935 1.96   0.0
      LF 5 3 31.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .86   0.0
1943 31 BRK NL RF 149 146 1305.0 258 10 3 4 .989 1.85   3.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 32 BRK NL RF 128 122 1115.3 215 4 4 2 .982 1.77   2.8
    CF 13 0 26.7 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 33 BRK NL RF 145 141 1262.3 268 3 4 0 .985 1.93   2.7
    LF 3 2 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    CF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1946 34 BRK NL RF 143 141 1240.7 241 3 5 0 .980 1.77   1.6
    CF 2 0 3.7 1 0 1 0 .500 2.46    
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1947 35 BRK NL RF 101 98 839.7 167 2 6 1 .966 1.81   1.4
    CF 12 0 31.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.19    
    LF 5 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 36 NYA AL RF 128 127 1098.3 258 10 4 2 .985 2.20   3.3
    CF 6 0 12.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55    
1949 37 TAM AL RF 13 0 34.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.2
    CF 16 0 31.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.73    
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  RF 1506 1448 12911.2 2778 63 51 18 .982 1.98   27.4
  LF 411 349 3200.7 716 19 11 5 .985 2.07   12.4
  CF 225 150 1502.0 380 6 15 1 .963 2.31   3.2
Career Totals   2142 1947 17613.9 3874 88 77 24 .981 2.02   43.0
Career Highs   158 146 1323.0 347 10 11 4 1.000 2.90    
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
1934 22 NYG NL 13 46 10 13 2 2 1 7 1 1 10 1 .283 .404 .478 .882
1935 23 NYG NL 12 46 10 17 4 0 0 4 1 1 6 3 .370 .442 .457 .899
1936 24 NYG NL 6 20 2 7 1 1 1 6 0 1 5 2 .350 .480 .650 1.130
1937 25 NYG NL 14 53 10 15 4 0 0 6 4 0 12 2 .283 .415 .358 .774
1938 26 NYG NL 7 31 10 11 2 1 1 3 1 0 3 1 .355 .412 .581 .992
1939 27 NYG NL 10 42 10 18 3 1 3 9 0 2 7 2 .429 .510 .762 1.272
1940 28 NYG NL 6 24 8 10 2 1 2 4 0 0 5 3 .417 .517 .833 1.351
1943 31 BRK NL 7 27 2 12 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056
1944 32 BRK NL 4 11 2 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 .455 .538 .727 1.266
1945 33 BRK NL 9 37 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .189 .268 .189 .457
1946 34 BRK NL 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Career Post-Season Batting 91 342 67 116 22 7 8 47 7 6 58 17 .339 .434 .515 .949
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
1938-6-.328
1939-6-.324
1940-1-.333
1942-10-.310
1943-8-.320
1944-8-.314
1948-7-.318
On-Base Pct
1935-9-.393
1936-9-.384
1938-1-.422
1939-3-.419
1940-3-.401
1941-8-.388
1942-4-.396
1943-7-.395
1944-1-.408
1945-9-.383
1948-4-.431
CAR-28-.394
Slugging Pct
1939-6-.468
1948-6-.511
OPS
1938-4-.874
1939-5-.887
1940-5-.848
1942-10-.828
1944-10-.866
1948-3-.942
XR
1938-5-101.3
1939-2-111.2
1940-4-108.7
1941-4-93.3
1943-7-91.9
1945-10-90.1
Games
1939-6-155
1940-2-158
At-Bats
1939-3-601
1940-1-633
1941-4-590
1943-6-590
1945-8-576
Runs
1935-4-109
1937-8-86
1938-3-106
1939-1-129
1940-1-108
1942-7-94
1943-8-96
1944-4-104
1946-9-99
CAR-41-1366
Hits
1938-9-183
1939-3-195
1940-1-211
1941-6-180
1942-10-170
1943-6-189
1944-10-160
1945-10-167
CAR-47-2379
Total Bases
1939-2-281
1940-3-283
1941-7-248
1943-9-248
Singles
1938-6-137
1939-5-132
1940-1-158
1941-6-131
1943-6-142
CAR-38-1677
Doubles
1936-10-35
1939-1-47
1940-2-42
1941-6-36
1942-1-41
1943-1-39
1945-2-40
1948-8-36
CAR-31-495
Triples
1935-8-9
1936-8-8
1938-6-7
1939-2-9
1941-10-7
1942-4-7
1944-9-6
1947-3-7
CAR-33-82
Homeruns
1936-10-16
RBIs
1936-10-95
1941-4-95
Stolen Bases
1935-6-9
1936-10-7
1937-4-11
1938-5-9
Caught Stealing
1936-2-6
1937-6-5
1938-3-6
1941-9-4
Walks
1935-1-102
1936-3-87
1937-8-68
1938-3-92
1939-2-97
1940-6-72
1941-7-80
1942-6-79
1944-9-84
1945-7-86
1946-7-90
1948-10-93
CAR-37-1208
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 160    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Had first career hit on 7/17/1934, off Dutch Henry (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1934, off Ray Phelps (BRK)
Injured on 7/29/1934 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 4/22/1935
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1935, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1936, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1938, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/28/1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,614,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $5,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 6/16/1940
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1940, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Boston (N) on 4/4/1941
Drove in 10 runs against Boston (N) on 4/4/1941
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 7/23/1941 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Brooklyn on 7/31/1942 (Going to NYG: LF Phil Weintraub. Going to BRK: RF Augie Galan)
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $6,280,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Had 2000th career hit on 5/12/1946, off Russ Bauers (NYA)
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 3/3/1948 (Going to BRK: LF Roberto Ortiz, P Russ Bauers. Going to NYA: CF Dom Dallessandro, RF Augie Galan)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 5/27/1948
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/29/1948
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $1,764,000 per year