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Al
Javery		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 193
 
Born: June 5, 1918 in Usa, MA, WORCESTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1946    1947    1948   
All-Star Selections 1948   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 22 MON NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
1941 23 MON NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1942 24 MON NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1943 25 MON NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1944 26 MON NL $ 705,714 9 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1945 27 MON NL $ 1,892,857 9 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1946 28 BOS AL $ 2,207,143 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1947 29 MIN AL $ 5,100,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1948 30 MIN AL $ 5,100,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1949 31 MIN AL $ 5,100,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1950 32 MIN AL $ 6,510,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1951 33 MIN AL $ 6,510,000 10 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1952 34 NYG NL   10 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1953 35 SEM AL   9 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,510,000 10 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 22 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 23 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 24 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 25 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 26 MON NL $ 705,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 27 MON NL $ 1,892,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 28 BOS AL $ 2,207,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 29 MIN AL $ 5,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 30 MIN AL $ 5,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 31 MIN AL $ 5,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 32 MIN AL $ 6,510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 33 MIN AL $ 6,510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 34 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 35 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1940 22 MON NL 10 14 .417 29 29 14 3 0 221.7 233 98 11 69 83 3.98 .268 .320 .373 .693 11.8
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 1 0 0 38.3 56 18 2 12 17 4.23 .346 .391 .451 .841  
1941 23 MON NL 11 12 .478 49 19 7 1 5 184.3 210 97 11 68 73 4.74 .285 .346 .399 .745 8.0
1942 24 MON NL 6 2 .750 22 10 2 1 4 77.3 84 41 4 25 33 4.77 .278 .334 .381 .715 4.2
    AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.7 11 6 1 1 3 14.75 .550 .571 .850 1.421  
1943 25 MON NL 4 5 .444 35 0 0 0 3 47.3 56 24 7 16 14 4.56 .303 .350 .492 .841 3.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 37.0 34 13 2 12 19 3.16 .245 .305 .331 .636  
1944 26 MON NL 9 12 .429 32 25 10 0 1 207.0 218 112 19 71 80 4.87 .272 .331 .412 .743 5.6
1945 27 MON NL 11 19 .367 33 33 17 2 0 249.0 271 127 27 98 112 4.59 .276 .340 .413 .753 8.9
1946 28 BOS AL 16 8 .667 34 28 15 1 0 239.3 221 103 15 93 101 3.87 .245 .318 .366 .684 18.2
1947 29 MIN AL 12 20 .375 41 41 14 2 0 316.0 325 155 31 133 122 4.41 .268 .340 .404 .744 16.5
1948 30 MIN AL 22 14 .611 40 40 23 6 0 324.7 282 135 24 147 116 3.74 .238 .322 .351 .673 25.5
1949 31 MIN AL 16 15 .516 38 38 19 3 0 287.3 303 120 20 121 112 3.76 .272 .342 .366 .708 21.5
1950 32 PIT NL 12 15 .444 29 29 11 1 0 223.0 249 107 29 94 88 4.32 .289 .357 .432 .789 11.5
  MIN AL 4 4 .500 10 10 4 0 0 81.7 90 49 10 39 31 5.40 .286 .362 .419 .781 3.3
  TOT   16 19 .457 39 39 15 1 0 304.7 339 156 39 133 119 4.61 .288 .358 .429 .787 14.9
1951 33 MIN AL 11 11 .500 32 28 8 2 1 212.7 243 118 27 99 98 4.99 .287 .361 .445 .805 8.7
1952 34 NYG NL 10 23 .303 34 34 15 1 0 254.3 273 158 40 145 121 5.59 .281 .374 .460 .834 7.3
1953 35 SEM AL 2 2 .500 19 2 0 0 2 34.0 51 33 7 25 19 8.74 .349 .437 .575 1.012 0.0
14 Years Sim 156 176 .470 477 366 159 23 16 2959.6 3109 1477 282 1243 1203 4.49 .272 .343 .404 .746 153.9
3 Years AAA 5 4 .556 12 12 1 0 0 79.0 101 37 5 25 39 4.22 .315 .364 .424 .788  
Season Average 11 12 .478 34 26 11 1 1 211.4 222 105 20 88 85 4.49 .272 .343 .404 .746  
Career Highs 22 23 .750 49 41 23 6 5 324.7 339 158 40 147 122 8.74 .349 .437 .575 1.012  
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   1446 685 129 508 635   .260 .322 .387 .709
vs LH   1663 792 153 735 568   .283 .363 .420 .783
Home 75 100 .429 242 188 79 11 6 1529.6 1614 795 130 646 619 4.68 .272 .344 .399 .742
Away 81 76 .516 235 178 80 12 11 1429.9 1495 682 152 597 584 4.29 .272 .343 .409 .752
Mar/Apr 14 27 .341 77 44 16 2 5 394.6 397 181 32 177 178 4.13 .263 .340 .383 .723
May 36 31 .537 89 72 33 4 1 564.6 631 279 57 223 235 4.45 .286 .351 .421 .772
June 23 32 .418 75 59 26 3 2 472.6 507 252 47 204 173 4.80 .274 .347 .414 .761
July 29 22 .569 80 59 29 6 4 487.0 493 235 48 188 206 4.34 .266 .334 .399 .733
August 27 35 .435 83 68 28 5 3 524.9 552 292 53 231 222 5.01 .271 .345 .412 .757
Sep/Oct 27 29 .482 73 64 28 3 2 515.6 529 238 45 220 189 4.15 .269 .342 .386 .729
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
1940 22 MON NL 29 82 5 15 4 0 0 11 0 0 1 25 .183 .193 .232 .424 2.5 0.0
1941 23 MON NL 49 54 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .148 .164 .148 .312 0.3 0.0
1942 24 MON NL 22 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0
1943 25 MON NL 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1944 26 MON NL 32 70 4 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 24 .129 .127 .129 .255 -0.7 0.0
1945 27 MON NL 33 84 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 26 .119 .149 .143 .292 0.0 0.0
1946 28 BOS AL 34 82 6 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 23 .146 .167 .183 .350 0.8 0.0
1947 29 MIN AL 41 98 3 12 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 29 .122 .157 .153 .310 0.4 0.0
1948 30 MIN AL 40 116 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .069 .069 .086 .155 -4.7 0.0
1949 31 MIN AL 38 92 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 37 .076 .096 .076 .172 -3.6 0.0
1950 32 PIT NL 29 69 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 .101 .100 .101 .201 -1.6 0.0
  MIN AL 10 27 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .185 .267 .185 .452 1.4 0.0
  TOT   39 96 4 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 31 .125 .150 .125 .275 -0.2 0.0
1951 33 MIN AL 32 74 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 27 .108 .152 .135 .287 -0.7 0.0
1952 34 NYG NL 34 85 4 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 25 .129 .159 .176 .336 1.0 0.0
1953 35 SEM AL 19 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.6 0.4
14 Years Sim 477 970 48 118 17 0 1 58 0 0 23 309 .122 .142 .142 .285 -4.1 0.4
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 329 16 40 5 0 0 19 0 0 7 104 .122 .142 .142 .285 -1.4  
Career Highs 49 116 6 15 4 0 1 11 0 0 4 37 .429 .500 .429 .929 2.5  
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   627 35 74 12 0 1 46 0 0 19 198 .118 .145 .142 .287 -6.0
vs LH   343 13 44 5 0 0 12 0 0 4 111 .128 .138 .143 .281 -4.2
Home 242 478 20 57 11 0 0 26 0 0 4 145 .119 .126 .142 .269 -8.1
Away 235 492 28 61 6 0 1 32 0 0 19 164 .124 .158 .142 .300 -2.2
RISP   258 0 35 7 0 1 56 0 0 4 88 .136 .147 .174 .322 -0.1
Close/Late   77 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 .104 .127 .117 .243 -1.7
Mar/Apr 71 123 7 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 36 .154 .180 .171 .350 1.0
May 74 183 12 17 5 0 1 16 0 0 8 56 .093 .131 .137 .268 -2.7
June 75 165 3 18 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 59 .109 .114 .115 .229 -4.6
July 72 156 9 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 53 .090 .107 .090 .197 -5.6
August 80 169 7 28 8 0 0 11 0 0 5 52 .166 .190 .213 .403 3.9
Sep/Oct 70 174 10 22 1 0 0 12 0 0 3 53 .126 .140 .132 .273 -2.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1940 22 MON NL P 29 29 221.7 20 39 0 5 1.000 2.40    
1941 23 MON NL P 49 19 184.3 17 40 3 2 .950 2.78    
1942 24 MON NL P 22 10 77.3 7 19 0 1 1.000 3.03    
1943 25 MON NL P 35 0 47.3 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.28    
1944 26 MON NL P 32 25 207.0 14 52 1 4 .985 2.87    
1945 27 MON NL P 33 33 249.0 26 55 1 4 .988 2.93    
1946 28 BOS AL P 34 28 239.3 16 63 0 5 1.000 2.97    
1947 29 MIN AL P 41 41 316.0 27 79 4 5 .964 3.02    
1948 30 MIN AL P 40 40 324.7 31 94 3 10 .977 3.47    
1949 31 MIN AL P 38 38 287.3 24 57 1 6 .988 2.54    
1950 32 PIT NL P 29 29 223.0 12 54 3 6 .957 2.66    
  MIN AL P 10 10 81.7 5 20 1 2 .962 2.75    
  TOT   P 39 39 304.7 17 74 4 8 .958 2.69    
1951 33 MIN AL P 32 28 212.7 13 42 0 1 1.000 2.33    
1952 34 NYG NL P 34 34 254.3 11 55 1 6 .985 2.34    
1953 35 SEM AL P 19 2 34.0 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.71    
Career Totals   477 366 2959.6 230 688 18 57 .981 2.79    
Career Highs   49 41 324.7 31 94 4 10 1.000 3.71    
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
1941 23 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 30 MIN AL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 9 7 1 8 1 7.88 .310 .459 .483 .942
1953 35 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 .200 .429 .200 .629
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 4 1 1 0 1 11.0 10 7 1 10 2 5.73 .270 .426 .405 .831
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 30 MIN AL 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1948-5-3.74
1949-3-3.76
 Wins
1946-8-16
1948-2-22
 Losses
1945-3-19
1947-5-20
1949-9-15
1952-1-23
 Winning Pct
1946-5-.667
1948-10-.611
 Saves
1941-10-5
 Games Started
1948-10-40
Complete Games
1945-5-17
1946-2-15
1947-4-14
1948-1-23
1949-1-19
1950-10-11
1951-8-8
1952-7-15
CAR-38-159
 Shutouts
1940-3-3
1945-4-2
1946-9-1
1947-5-2
1948-1-6
1949-1-3
1951-4-2
CAR-39-23
 Innings Pitched
1947-8-316.0
1948-3-324.7
 Hits Allowed
1947-5-325
 Homeruns Allowed
1945-10-27
1947-7-31
1950-4-29
1952-3-40
 Walks Allowed
1947-10-133
1948-4-147
1952-4-145
Hits per 9IP
1946-6-8.3
1948-3-7.8
 WHiP
1946-7-1.31
1948-8-1.32
 OAVG
1946-6-.245
1948-3-.238
 OOBP
1946-8-.318
1948-9-.322
 OSLG
1946-7-.366
1948-5-.351
1949-5-.366
 OOPS
1946-9-.684
1948-5-.673
1949-7-.708
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Hal Newhouser (909)
  7. Bill Singer (908)
  8. Claude Passeau (906)
  9. Hugh Mulcahy (905)
  10. Bill Voiselle (901)
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  1. Bob Chipman (993)
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  3. Ken Heintzelman (992)
  4. Stu Miller (989)
  5. Lefty Grove (988)
  6. Joe Dobson (987)
  7. Dick Donovan (985)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Montreal in 1940
Had first career hit (double) on 5/10/1940, off Lee Stine (PIT)
Earned first career win on 5/10/1940
Injured on 3/28/1942 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1942, going 2-0, 1.17
Injured on 5/24/1943 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $705,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,207,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 3/3/1946 (Going to BOS: P Al Javery, P Newt Kimball. Going to MON: P Howie Fox)
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1946
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/3/1947 to a 3-year deal worth $5,100,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1947
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1948, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1948, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1948, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1948
Injured on 4/16/1949 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1949, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/6/1950 to a 4-year deal worth $6,510,000 per year
Traded from Pittsburgh to Minnesota on 7/31/1950 (Going to PIT: 3B Lee Handley, P Jack Banta. Going to MIN: P Al Javery)
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 2/21/1952 (Going to NYG: P Al Javery. Going to MIN: SS Jim Tabor, LF Paul O'dea, P Paul Calvert, RF Paul Lehner)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1952, off Johnny Sain (BSN)
Injured on 5/24/1952 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Released by New York (N) on 10/19/1952
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/2/1953 to a 2-year deal worth $310,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/20/1953
 
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