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Howdy
Groskloss		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 191
 
Born: April 9, 1907 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
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
1930 23 NYG NL     44 44 44 9 9 9 48 48 48 22 23 23 72 73 73
1931 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1932 25 SLC NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1933 26 SLC NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 3 3 8 8 8
1934 27 SLC NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1935 28 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 8 8 8
1936 29 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 8 8 8
1937 30 NYG NL $ 1,041,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1938 31 NYG NL $ 1,041,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
1939 32 NYG NL $ 1,200,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
1940 33 NYG NL $ 1,200,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
1941 34 BOS AL $ 1,200,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1942 35 PIT NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1943 36 PIT NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1944 37 NYA AL $ 900,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1945 38 NYA AL $ 900,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   44 44 44 9 9 9 48 48 48 22 23 23 72 73 73
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
1930 23 AAA   45 187 28 58 8 4 4 31 6 2 16 11 .310 .365 .460 .824 30.2  
    AA   90 355 56 113 17 5 5 41 14 5 41 20 .318 .389 .437 .826 59.3  
1931 24 AAA   137 557 67 157 31 2 5 59 10 13 43 35 .282 .333 .372 .705 65.0  
1932 25 AAA   137 576 64 177 34 5 1 62 13 7 28 28 .307 .339 .389 .728 70.9  
1933 26 AAA   135 553 71 174 31 5 2 71 9 4 41 28 .315 .362 .400 .762 76.3  
1934 27 SLC NL 107 292 31 69 10 1 2 22 1 2 15 25 .236 .275 .298 .573 22.1 0.0
1935 28 SLC NL 116 343 45 97 20 3 1 31 3 1 11 34 .283 .305 .367 .673 36.1 4.1
1936 29 SLC NL 124 324 50 92 15 5 5 37 3 0 19 21 .284 .323 .407 .730 39.6 5.2
1937 30 SLC NL 55 153 10 38 5 2 0 15 0 1 6 15 .248 .275 .307 .582 10.7 0.0
  NYG NL 28 49 8 21 4 1 1 11 0 0 3 2 .429 .462 .612 1.074 10.6 2.9
  TOT   83 202 18 59 9 3 1 26 0 1 9 17 .292 .321 .381 .702 21.3 2.9
1938 31 NYG NL 133 368 38 98 17 3 1 42 0 0 15 27 .266 .293 .337 .630 32.7 1.8
1939 32 NYG NL 151 486 51 136 26 1 4 60 0 0 20 35 .280 .307 .362 .669 50.5 9.5
1940 33 NYG NL 44 59 7 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .254 .279 .288 .567 3.6 0.0
1941 34 NYG NL 69 133 18 41 9 0 1 19 0 0 5 17 .308 .331 .398 .729 16.0 2.6
  BOS AL 51 169 25 40 8 0 1 16 1 1 10 20 .237 .278 .302 .580 13.5 0.5
  TOT   120 302 43 81 17 0 2 35 1 1 15 37 .268 .301 .344 .645 29.5 3.1
1942 35 PIT NL 98 251 41 80 13 5 6 23 1 1 12 20 .319 .350 .482 .832 36.6 6.3
1943 36 PIT NL 82 165 26 49 9 1 1 12 1 2 10 17 .297 .335 .382 .717 20.0 3.6
1944 37 NYA AL 41 94 11 26 5 1 0 12 0 0 5 5 .277 .304 .351 .655 10.3 0.9
1945 38 NYA AL 69 79 17 23 4 0 0 6 1 0 4 2 .291 .325 .342 .667 7.7 0.9
12 Years Sim 1168 2965 378 825 147 23 23 308 11 8 137 242 .278 .309 .367 .676 310.1 38.3
4 Years AAA 454 1873 230 566 104 16 12 223 38 26 128 102 .302 .345 .394 .739 242.4  
1 Years AA 90 355 56 113 17 5 5 41 14 5 41 20 .318 .387 .437 .824 59.3  
5 Years Minors 544 2228 286 679 121 21 17 264 52 31 169 122 .305 .352 .401 .753 301.6  
162 Game Average 411 52 114 20 3 3 42 1 1 19 33 .278 .309 .367 .676 43.0  
Career Highs 151 486 51 136 26 5 6 60 3 2 20 37 .319 .350 .482 .832 50.5  
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   1705 209 476 79 13 14 177 5 3 72 145 .279 .306 .365 .672 182.0
vs LH   1260 169 349 68 10 9 131 6 5 65 97 .277 .313 .368 .681 137.4
Home 567 1445 189 409 75 13 13 133 7 3 62 127 .283 .312 .380 .692 162.2
Away 601 1520 189 416 72 10 10 175 4 5 75 115 .274 .306 .354 .660 157.3
RISP   662 0 206 30 6 3 254 0 0 33 55 .311 .336 .388 .724 83.1
Pinch Hitting   106 10 25 2 1 2 9 0 1 2 7 .236 .248 .330 .578 7.9
Close/Late   310 57 90 13 3 2 21 0 0 15 29 .290 .322 .371 .693 35.3
Mar/Apr 173 375 44 105 21 4 2 50 2 1 19 30 .280 .313 .373 .686 41.7
May 222 527 70 153 26 3 3 58 2 4 22 42 .290 .316 .368 .684 57.3
June 182 490 54 127 19 5 3 29 4 2 21 44 .259 .288 .337 .625 45.6
July 186 430 66 116 26 7 6 44 0 1 28 28 .270 .315 .405 .720 52.2
August 218 621 77 177 26 3 7 66 2 0 24 49 .285 .311 .370 .681 68.3
Sep/Oct 187 522 67 147 29 1 2 61 1 0 23 49 .282 .311 .352 .663 54.3
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 27 SLC NL 2B 72 64 528.0 150 253 8 64 .981 6.87   1.8
    SS 28 12 136.0 22 73 4 12 .960 6.29   0.5
    3B 9 8 64.0 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.67   0.2
1935 28 SLC NL 2B 56 54 458.7 121 210 8 40 .976 6.50   1.5
    3B 39 37 280.0 19 76 2 4 .979 3.05   1.7
    SS 13 7 69.3 14 17 1 5 .969 4.02   0.1
1936 29 SLC NL 2B 55 50 453.3 115 185 4 37 .987 5.96   0.6
    SS 32 13 151.3 29 47 6 14 .927 4.52   0.2
    3B 19 7 84.3 5 25 0 4 1.000 3.20   0.5
1937 30 SLC NL SS 29 20 215.2 29 97 3 17 .977 5.27   0.3
    2B 13 11 103.2 27 49 0 15 1.000 6.63   0.6
    3B 8 3 35.7 3 14 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.4
  NYG NL SS 15 10 70.4 9 32 1 6 .976 5.24   0.6
    2B 7 5 33.8 9 16 0 5 1.000 6.66   0.2
    3B 4 1 11.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.85   0.1
  TOT   SS 44 30 285.6 38 129 4 23 .977 5.26   0.9
      2B 20 16 137.0 36 65 0 20 1.000 6.64   0.8
      3B 12 4 47.4 4 18 0 0 1.000 4.18   0.5
1938 31 NYG NL SS 89 79 673.0 99 281 8 62 .979 5.08   3.5
    3B 30 17 163.7 10 40 0 5 1.000 2.75   0.8
    2B 8 5 48.7 9 20 1 1 .967 5.36   0.2
1939 32 NYG NL SS 103 102 874.7 155 394 9 71 .984 5.65   5.7
    2B 44 41 335.7 75 144 1 27 .995 5.87   1.3
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 7.38   0.1
1940 33 NYG NL 2B 20 7 82.0 20 34 2 10 .964 5.93   0.3
    SS 10 7 60.7 11 28 0 8 1.000 5.79   0.5
    CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1941 34 NYG NL 2B 51 44 285.2 61 133 1 28 .995 6.12   1.4
    SS 12 3 35.5 7 14 1 2 .955 5.32   0.2
    3B 4 2 15.3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.76   0.0
  BOS AL 2B 38 32 368.8 80 171 2 37 .992 6.13   1.2
    SS 9 3 45.9 9 18 1 3 .964 5.29   0.2
    3B 3 1 19.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.28   0.1
  TOT   2B 89 76 654.0 141 304 3 65 .993 6.12   2.6
      SS 21 6 81.4 16 32 2 5 .960 5.31   0.4
      3B 7 3 35.0 1 7 0 2 1.000 2.06   0.1
1942 35 PIT NL 3B 48 43 355.0 18 104 0 11 1.000 3.09   2.0
    SS 21 9 99.0 18 44 0 7 1.000 5.64   0.4
    2B 19 8 90.0 27 46 1 12 .986 7.30   0.4
1943 36 PIT NL SS 34 15 164.0 24 66 0 17 1.000 4.94   1.2
    2B 15 12 98.7 32 50 0 8 1.000 7.48   0.6
    3B 18 10 97.7 16 23 1 1 .975 3.59   0.7
1944 37 NYA AL SS 12 11 105.0 18 36 2 5 .964 4.63   0.5
    2B 12 11 101.7 18 49 3 9 .957 5.93   0.4
    3B 10 1 24.7 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.28   0.2
1945 38 NYA AL SS 33 11 127.3 22 46 1 17 .986 4.81   0.6
    2B 6 5 44.0 4 22 0 2 1.000 5.32   0.2
    3B 8 0 15.0 0 5 0 3 1.000 3.00   0.1
  2B 416 349 3031.6 748 1382 31 295 .986 6.32   10.7
  SS 440 302 2827.3 466 1193 37 246 .978 5.28   14.7
  3B 206 130 1175.4 77 326 3 33 .993 3.09   6.9
  CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1063 781 7039.3 1291 2901 71 574 .983 5.36   32.3
Career Highs   149 143 1214.0 230 541 12 99 .996 6.39    
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
1937 30 NYG NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1938 31 NYG NL 7 25 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .280 .280 .280 .560
1939 32 NYG NL 10 32 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .156 .206 .250 .456
1945 38 NYA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 60 5 12 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 .200 .226 .250 .476
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by New York (G) in 1930
Injured on 4/17/1931 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Traded from New York (G) to St. Louis (C) on 2/14/1932 (Going to SLC: LF Goose Goslin, 1B Paul Easterling, 2B Howdy Groskloss. Going to NYG: LF Bibb Falk)
Had first career hit on 4/8/1934, off Van Mungo (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1934, off Ray Benge (NYA)
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis (C) to New York (G) on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: 3B Johnny Burnett, 1B Ed Morgan. Going to NYG: 1B Dale Alexander, 2B Howdy Groskloss)
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/29/1938 with a Sore Back, out for one week
7/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $1,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 8/24/1938
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1941 (Going to NYG: 1B Eddie Waitkus. Going to BOS: 2B Howdy Groskloss, C Ernie Lombardi, P Oscar Judd)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/5/1942 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/24/1942
Injured on 4/16/1943 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/7/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $900,000 per year
9/22/1945: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $610,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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