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Al
Gionfriddo		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 8, 1922 in Usa, PA, DYSART
 
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
1944 22 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 7 9 8 9 9 9
1945 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 7 9 8 9 9 9
1946 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 8 10 9 9 10 10
1947 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 8 10 9 9 9 9
1948 26 MIN AL $ 928,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 9 10 10 9 9 9
1949 27 MIN AL $ 1,707,143   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 9 10 10 9 9 9
1950 28 MIN AL $ 1,707,143   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 9 10 10 9 10 10
1951 29 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 9 10 10 9 9 9
1952 30 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 9 10 10 8 9 9
1953 31 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 8 10 9 8 9 9
1954 32 MIN AL $ 2,750,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 8 10 9 8 9 9
1955 33 NYG NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 8 10 9 8 9 9
1956 34 NYG NL $ 2,750,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 7 7 5 6 6
1957 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
1958 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 9 10 10 9 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
1944 22 AAA   56 203 44 66 12 6 4 42 9 9 39 4 .325 .434 .502 .936 41.5  
    AA   74 199 34 46 8 0 0 14 10 7 52 14 .231 .390 .271 .662 27.3  
1945 23 MIN AL 156 538 70 124 30 7 2 46 0 6 92 40 .230 .341 .323 .665 63.8 7.3
1946 24 MIN AL 153 548 61 123 18 13 2 47 3 5 99 33 .224 .342 .316 .657 66.1 4.7
1947 25 MIN AL 153 512 70 137 22 4 3 29 4 12 83 29 .268 .369 .344 .712 64.6 6.6
1948 26 MIN AL 155 563 104 163 31 9 1 44 34 18 87 27 .290 .383 .382 .765 86.1 12.0
1949 27 MIN AL 141 440 73 110 27 5 2 40 22 7 71 34 .250 .350 .348 .698 58.5 5.1
1950 28 MIN AL 126 291 54 87 14 3 1 34 18 13 61 14 .299 .418 .378 .796 47.6 6.4
1951 29 MIN AL 158 567 92 145 20 5 7 67 36 11 99 43 .256 .365 .346 .711 79.2 9.3
1952 30 MIN AL 153 587 101 164 26 6 5 62 33 11 102 45 .279 .383 .370 .752 91.5 12.3
1953 31 MIN AL 153 562 115 160 28 8 6 57 33 15 97 47 .285 .391 .395 .786 93.1 16.5
1954 32 MIN AL 155 564 92 162 21 5 5 49 45 22 88 44 .287 .382 .369 .750 85.2 14.8
1955 33 NYG NL 104 311 52 83 15 5 0 25 25 5 61 19 .267 .386 .347 .733 47.5 8.0
1956 34 NYG NL 87 73 12 24 4 1 1 14 3 2 3 8 .329 .351 .452 .803 9.8 1.4
1957 35 NYG NL 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0
    AAA   111 396 32 72 11 1 7 47 13 6 47 97 .182 .269 .268 .536 30.8  
1958 36 AA   137 473 47 72 19 4 6 30 14 10 89 128 .152 .286 .247 .534 39.1  
13 Years Sim 1699 5557 898 1482 256 71 35 514 257 127 943 383 .267 .371 .357 .729 793.2 104.4
2 Years AAA 167 599 76 138 23 7 11 89 22 15 86 101 .230 .326 .347 .673 72.3  
2 Years AA 211 672 81 118 27 4 6 44 24 17 141 142 .176 .320 .254 .574 66.4  
4 Years Minors 378 1271 157 256 50 11 17 133 46 32 227 243 .201 .322 .298 .620 138.7  
162 Game Average 529 85 141 24 6 3 49 24 12 89 36 .267 .371 .357 .729 75.6  
Career Highs 158 587 115 164 31 13 7 67 45 22 102 47 .329 .418 .452 .803 93.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3946 676 1106 183 51 26 374 194 100 736 251 .280 .392 .372 .764 625.8
vs LH   1611 222 376 73 20 9 140 63 27 207 132 .233 .319 .320 .639 177.8
Home 842 2703 448 739 129 38 17 256 126 60 478 175 .273 .381 .368 .749 411.8
Away 855 2854 450 743 127 33 18 258 130 67 465 208 .260 .362 .347 .709 391.6
RISP   1194 0 330 64 15 4 440 0 0 223 76 .276 .381 .365 .746 183.8
Pinch Hitting   179 20 58 6 3 0 32 3 5 33 17 .324 .430 .391 .821 30.5
Close/Late   626 106 171 29 6 3 66 0 1 94 42 .273 .367 .353 .720 85.9
Mar/Apr 283 970 147 256 52 10 7 86 43 23 148 62 .264 .360 .360 .720 133.6
May 303 1034 191 291 48 13 10 89 50 21 177 72 .281 .385 .382 .767 163.6
June 289 923 143 235 40 14 5 82 45 22 163 74 .255 .364 .345 .709 129.0
July 274 899 134 230 36 13 2 82 38 17 156 66 .256 .363 .331 .695 122.0
August 282 902 152 258 44 11 6 88 41 25 158 58 .286 .390 .379 .769 141.5
Sep/Oct 263 829 129 212 36 10 5 87 40 18 141 51 .256 .364 .341 .705 114.2
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
1945 23 MIN AL CF 153 148 1264.3 427 9 22 5 .952 3.10 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    RF 4 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1946 24 MIN AL CF 149 143 1257.3 320 5 17 2 .950 2.33 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 2 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1947 25 MIN AL RF 113 109 876.7 172 8 14 2 .928 1.85 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    CF 26 25 234.0 73 0 2 0 .973 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 1 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1948 26 MIN AL RF 150 144 1227.7 256 7 14 2 .949 1.93 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    LF 2 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1949 27 MIN AL RF 128 111 972.0 200 7 11 2 .950 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    CF 5 0 15.3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 0 13.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 28 MIN AL RF 77 52 497.7 112 2 4 0 .966 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 13 8 76.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 14 4 65.0 16 0 1 0 .941 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 29 MIN AL LF 153 148 1324.3 278 10 17 4 .944 1.96 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 3 0 10.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1952 30 MIN AL LF 152 149 1298.3 274 5 15 2 .949 1.93 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1953 31 MIN AL LF 146 142 1226.3 288 6 9 1 .970 2.16 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    CF 4 4 36.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 32 MIN AL RF 154 148 1299.3 269 4 8 1 .972 1.89 0 0 .000 0 3.5
1955 33 NYG NL RF 88 75 661.0 127 3 5 0 .963 1.77 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1956 34 NYG NL LF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 720 639 5556.6 1143 31 56 7 .954 1.90 0 0 .000 0 16.4
  LF 487 448 3979.3 866 21 41 7 .956 2.01 0 0 .000 0 10.7
  CF 360 324 2892.3 851 14 45 7 .951 2.69 0 0 .000 0 7.2
  C 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1571 1411 12439.9 2863 66 142 21 .954 2.12 0 0 .000 0 34.3
Career Highs   159 149 1334.7 430 10 22 5 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0  
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
1948 26 MIN AL 4 18 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 .278 .381 .333 .714
1954 32 MIN AL 3 10 3 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .545 .800 1.345
Career Post-Season Batting 7 28 7 10 4 0 0 1 2 1 4 1 .357 .438 .500 .938
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.
On-Base Pct
1953-7-.391
 Games
1945-5-156
1948-10-155
1951-1-158
 Runs
1948-9-104
1953-4-115
 Singles
1948-10-122
1952-7-127
1953-9-118
1954-7-131
 Triples
1945-7-7
1946-1-13
1948-1-9
1952-8-6
1953-3-8
1954-8-5
1955-9-5
 Stolen Bases
1948-3-34
1949-5-22
1950-5-18
1951-2-36
1952-3-33
1953-3-33
1954-2-45
1955-3-25
Caught Stealing
1945-8-6
1946-8-5
1947-3-12
1948-2-18
1949-7-7
1950-3-13
1951-2-11
1952-4-11
1953-2-15
1954-1-22
1955-7-5
1956-8-2
CAR-46-127
 Walks
1946-9-99
1951-7-99
1952-4-102
1953-7-97
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Aaron Pointer (896)
  2. Gene Richards (879)
  3. Willie Davis (874)
  4. Wally Backman (864)
  5. Terry Puhl (861)
  6. Dom Dallessandro (860)
  7. Dick Howser (851)
  8. Wes Parker (850)
  9. Snuffy Stirnweiss (845)
  10. Gary Holman (843)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1944
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 5/1/1944 (Going to NYG: CF Joe Dimaggio, P Tom Baker. Going to MIN: SS Creepy Crespi, P Hal Gregg, CF Al Gionfriddo, P Oscar Judd)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1945, off Bud Byerly (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1945, off Rube Melton (STL)
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 10/6/1954 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 2/3/1955 (Going to NYG: RF Al Gionfriddo. Going to MIN: C Bud Sheely)
Injured on 7/20/1955 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
10/3/1956: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/2/1957 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
 
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