Mike
Kreevich
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 168
 
Born: June 10, 1908 in Usa, IL, MOUNT OLIVE
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 23 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1932 24 MON NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1933 25 NYG NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1934 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1935 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1936 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1937 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1938 30 OAK AL $ 885,714   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1939 31 OAK AL $ 1,985,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 9 9
1940 32 OAK AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1941 33 OAK AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1942 34 OAK AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1943 35 CLE AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 10
1944 36 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 8 8
1945 37 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1946 38 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 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
1931 23 AAA   82 311 54 76 13 1 4 39 13 3 43 12 .244 .336 .331 .667 38.6  
    AA   55 233 37 74 12 4 1 25 13 11 22 12 .318 .376 .416 .793 33.8  
1932 24 AAA   137 588 107 191 38 2 9 66 30 16 58 27 .325 .385 .442 .828 95.3  
1933 25 AAA   131 508 77 157 28 6 4 70 22 16 58 14 .309 .380 .411 .791 76.5  
1934 26 NYG NL 89 204 33 56 12 2 2 38 4 9 12 14 .275 .311 .382 .693 21.2 1.3
    AAA   37 143 18 38 7 3 3 22 3 4 17 10 .266 .344 .420 .763 19.9  
1935 27 NYG NL 42 46 10 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 .217 .280 .239 .519 2.7 0.0
  OAK AL 54 104 14 26 3 2 1 18 0 1 9 4 .250 .310 .346 .656 11.2 1.1
  TOT   96 150 24 36 4 2 1 19 0 2 13 7 .240 .301 .313 .614 13.9 1.1
1936 28 OAK AL 137 458 58 140 27 6 5 71 1 4 32 21 .306 .351 .424 .775 58.2 11.0
1937 29 OAK AL 128 412 51 100 20 4 5 52 0 5 29 23 .243 .289 .347 .636 37.6 2.2
1938 30 OAK AL 147 462 67 145 21 12 3 69 0 3 47 25 .314 .374 .431 .805 68.8 13.5
1939 31 OAK AL 118 388 48 110 24 6 3 52 0 2 29 17 .284 .330 .399 .730 48.2 8.2
1940 32 OAK AL 92 238 31 70 6 4 1 24 2 1 22 13 .294 .352 .366 .718 28.4 4.8
1941 33 OAK AL 97 224 33 57 9 1 1 18 0 2 17 10 .254 .306 .317 .623 19.2 0.7
1942 34 OAK AL 78 134 27 33 5 0 1 21 0 1 15 8 .246 .320 .306 .626 12.6 1.1
1943 35 CLE AL 85 169 25 48 7 3 4 22 0 0 13 7 .284 .330 .432 .762 22.9 3.5
1944 36 CLE AL 76 99 14 19 4 0 1 16 0 3 5 4 .192 .226 .263 .489 3.4 0.0
1945 37 STL NL 59 74 6 13 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 18 .176 .247 .230 .477 3.5 0.0
1946 38 STL NL 53 62 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .161 .200 .177 .377 0.8 0.0
13 Years Sim 1255 3074 423 837 142 41 27 408 7 32 244 179 .272 .323 .372 .695 338.8 47.2
4 Years AAA 387 1550 256 462 86 12 20 197 68 39 176 63 .298 .368 .408 .776 230.4  
1 Years AA 55 233 37 74 12 4 1 25 13 11 22 12 .318 .377 .416 .794 33.8  
5 Years Minors 442 1783 293 536 98 16 21 222 81 50 198 75 .301 .369 .409 .778 264.1  
162 Game Average 396 54 108 18 5 3 52 0 4 31 23 .272 .323 .372 .695 43.7  
Career Highs 147 462 67 145 27 12 5 71 4 9 47 25 .314 .374 .432 .805 68.8  
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   1830 266 499 90 25 18 248 5 21 142 106 .273 .323 .379 .701 214.4
vs LH   1244 157 338 52 16 9 160 2 11 102 73 .272 .324 .361 .685 142.1
Home 627 1494 202 405 68 16 14 193 3 17 120 90 .271 .323 .366 .689 170.6
Away 628 1580 221 432 74 25 13 215 4 15 124 89 .273 .324 .377 .701 185.9
RISP   793 0 249 50 7 7 360 0 0 60 43 .314 .352 .421 .773 114.0
Pinch Hitting   236 30 60 10 1 3 41 0 2 16 20 .254 .300 .343 .644 23.5
Close/Late   367 68 95 13 7 1 59 0 0 33 25 .259 .318 .341 .658 40.2
Mar/Apr 204 514 63 128 21 5 6 68 0 3 39 33 .249 .300 .344 .644 52.2
May 225 553 88 149 20 9 6 62 1 11 44 20 .269 .322 .371 .692 62.2
June 197 450 55 119 23 5 1 67 1 5 36 31 .264 .315 .344 .659 47.2
July 180 463 71 148 37 8 5 65 3 3 29 30 .320 .359 .467 .826 70.4
August 231 563 70 142 19 6 6 79 1 5 52 31 .252 .313 .339 .652 59.9
Sep/Oct 218 531 76 151 22 8 3 67 1 5 44 34 .284 .336 .373 .709 64.5
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 26 NYG NL LF 30 27 240.0 68 3 0 1 1.000 2.66   1.6
    CF 14 9 96.0 23 1 1 0 .960 2.25    
    RF 7 7 58.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.17    
    1B 14 0 24.7 37 1 0 1 1.000 13.87   0.1
    3B 5 0 11.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.27   0.1
1935 27 NYG NL RF 14 9 59.1 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.3
    CF 6 0 9.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 5 0 7.5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
    1B 4 0 4.3 7 1 0 2 1.000 16.74   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  OAK AL RF 17 11 132.9 43 1 1 1 .978 2.98   0.7
    CF 7 0 21.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    LF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 6 0 16.8 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.61   0.1
    1B 4 0 9.7 16 1 0 4 1.000 15.77   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 31 20 192.0 62 1 1 1 .984 2.95   1.0
      CF 13 0 30.6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
      LF 4 3 26.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.0
      3B 11 0 24.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.85   0.1
      1B 8 0 14.0 23 2 0 6 1.000 16.07   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1936 28 OAK AL 3B 63 59 520.0 56 141 5 12 .975 3.41   2.7
    1B 35 29 249.0 301 31 3 38 .991 12.00   0.7
    LF 29 18 173.3 52 3 0 1 1.000 2.86   0.8
    RF 9 6 60.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.35    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1937 29 OAK AL 3B 86 79 695.3 46 203 1 19 .996 3.22   3.6
    1B 37 27 249.0 320 25 3 34 .991 12.47   0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 30 OAK AL 3B 145 143 1213.0 95 339 6 28 .986 3.22   6.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1939 31 OAK AL 3B 80 74 649.7 53 165 4 16 .982 3.02   3.1
    RF 22 21 166.3 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.6
    CF 11 11 88.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.66    
    1B 9 8 70.0 93 5 0 10 1.000 12.60   0.2
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 32 OAK AL 3B 58 48 428.3 28 99 0 6 1.000 2.67   1.7
    1B 14 8 71.0 83 7 0 11 1.000 11.41   0.1
    CF 3 2 17.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.12   0.0
    RF 4 2 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
    LF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 33 OAK AL 3B 52 48 407.3 23 114 3 9 .979 3.03   1.8
    1B 9 5 47.0 55 2 1 6 .983 10.91   0.1
    CF 6 1 26.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   0.1
    RF 9 1 21.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.95    
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 34 OAK AL 1B 13 9 81.3 112 5 1 12 .992 12.95   0.1
    3B 11 5 52.7 4 12 1 0 .941 2.73   0.2
    LF 8 5 49.7 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.63   0.5
    RF 9 5 47.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.06    
    CF 10 4 42.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.64    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 35 CLE AL 1B 18 13 107.0 143 7 1 9 .993 12.62   0.1
    3B 19 5 69.0 8 20 0 2 1.000 3.65   0.4
    LF 7 7 57.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.4
    CF 9 7 56.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.41    
    RF 7 7 53.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.72    
1944 36 CLE AL CF 18 3 57.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.3
    RF 10 3 35.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    1B 7 3 28.7 31 4 0 1 1.000 10.99   0.0
    3B 12 1 28.0 1 13 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.2
    LF 3 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
1945 37 STL NL 1B 16 13 112.3 135 13 1 10 .993 11.86   0.2
    3B 15 3 47.7 4 19 1 0 .958 4.34   0.3
    CF 3 1 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    LF 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1946 38 STL NL 3B 22 6 75.0 5 18 0 3 1.000 2.76   0.2
    CF 4 2 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.1
    LF 4 1 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 4 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    SS 1 0 4.3 3 2 0 1 1.000 10.39   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 579 471 4221.3 325 1150 21 99 .986 3.14   20.6
  1B 182 115 1058.0 1338 102 10 138 .993 12.25   2.1
  RF 116 73 662.7 167 3 3 1 .983 2.31   1.6
  LF 94 67 621.0 164 8 0 3 1.000 2.49   3.3
  CF 92 40 448.3 118 3 3 0 .976 2.43   0.5
  SS 6 0 10.9 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.94   0.1
Career Totals   1069 766 7022.1 2115 1269 37 242 .989 4.34   28.1
Career Highs   147 143 1217.0 419 339 9 53 1.000 8.45    
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 26 NYG NL 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1940 32 OAK AL 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
1942 34 OAK AL 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1943 35 CLE AL 6 6 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.167 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 19 24 3 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .360 .500 .860
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.
Triples
1938-2-12
Caught Stealing
1934-2-9
1936-8-4
1937-2-5
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Montreal in 1931
Traded from Montreal to New York (G) on 4/6/1933 (Going to MON: LF Al Simmons. Going to NYG: RF Mike Kreevich)
Injured on 9/5/1933 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/16/1934, off Jumbo Elliott (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1934, off Jumbo Elliott (BRK)
Traded from New York (G) to Oakland on 7/16/1935 (Going to NYG: 2B Max Bishop. Going to OAK: LF Mike Kreevich, C Ken O'dea, P Buck Marrow, P Mike Meola, P Al Grabowski)
Injured on 6/22/1936 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/6/1936
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $885,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,985,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/2/1939 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
7/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/6/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/13/1945 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year