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Chet
Laabs		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 30, 1912 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1942   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 25 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1938 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6
1939 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1940 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1941 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
1942 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
1943 31 TAM AL $ 1,414,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
1944 32 TAM AL $ 1,030,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1945 33 MIN AL $ 1,030,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,414,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
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
1937 25 AAA   137 492 86 133 23 7 34 93 6 2 83 84 .270 .376 .553 .928 101.5  
1938 26 AAA   131 489 78 135 30 5 19 89 10 5 77 88 .276 .375 .474 .849 87.1  
1939 27 NYG NL 80 125 23 38 6 2 3 16 0 0 14 17 .304 .379 .456 .835 21.4 5.6
1940 28 NYG NL 115 335 56 77 20 2 7 38 0 0 47 69 .230 .323 .364 .687 39.4 5.4
1941 29 NYG NL 39 25 9 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 7 .200 .355 .200 .555 2.5 0.0
  TAM AL 38 121 15 35 7 2 6 31 2 0 6 17 .289 .331 .529 .860 19.4 3.6
  TOT   77 146 24 40 7 2 6 32 3 0 12 24 .274 .335 .473 .808 21.9 3.7
    AAA   2 8 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .250 .455 .375 .830 1.7  
1942 30 TAM AL 139 491 70 133 26 5 19 97 0 0 59 86 .271 .345 .460 .806 76.1 14.8
1943 31 TAM AL 108 274 29 51 8 2 5 37 0 0 30 59 .186 .266 .285 .550 20.8 0.0
1944 32 TAM AL 84 152 22 36 7 3 3 17 1 0 19 30 .237 .322 .382 .703 18.9 2.2
1945 33 AA   135 438 76 123 26 6 29 107 3 5 95 91 .281 .409 .566 .975 98.7  
6 Years Sim 603 1523 224 375 74 16 43 237 4 0 181 285 .246 .326 .401 .726 198.6 31.6
3 Years AAA 270 989 167 270 54 12 53 183 16 7 163 173 .273 .375 .513 .888 190.2  
1 Years AA 135 438 76 123 26 6 29 107 3 5 95 91 .281 .409 .566 .975 98.7  
4 Years Minors 405 1427 243 393 80 18 82 290 19 12 258 264 .275 .386 .529 .915 288.9  
162 Game Average 409 60 100 19 4 11 63 1 0 48 76 .246 .326 .401 .726 53.4  
Career Highs 139 491 70 133 26 5 19 97 3 0 59 86 .304 .379 .473 .835 76.1  
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   996 136 222 38 11 22 132 2 0 119 204 .223 .305 .349 .654 112.5
vs LH   527 88 153 36 5 21 105 2 0 62 81 .290 .365 .497 .862 92.4
Home 294 746 108 180 35 8 18 111 2 0 81 141 .241 .315 .382 .697 92.5
Away 309 777 116 195 39 8 25 126 2 0 100 144 .251 .336 .418 .754 112.4
RISP   416 0 110 26 1 11 184 0 0 49 80 .264 .336 .411 .747 58.9
Pinch Hitting   153 33 42 6 0 5 28 0 0 19 30 .275 .358 .412 .770 22.8
Close/Late   184 36 35 5 1 6 27 0 0 20 39 .190 .273 .326 .599 17.3
Mar/Apr 77 155 23 32 7 3 4 25 0 0 24 25 .206 .315 .368 .683 19.3
May 117 299 42 82 18 7 6 44 0 0 37 61 .274 .354 .441 .795 46.1
June 118 329 45 77 16 2 5 40 0 0 39 67 .234 .314 .340 .655 36.9
July 108 301 55 81 10 1 20 63 2 0 37 53 .269 .348 .508 .856 53.9
August 106 252 35 61 15 2 5 39 2 0 26 47 .242 .309 .377 .685 30.4
Sep/Oct 77 187 24 42 8 1 3 26 0 0 18 32 .225 .295 .326 .621 18.3
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
1939 27 NYG NL LF 18 12 113.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.2
    CF 6 4 37.7 7 0 1 0 .875 1.67    
    RF 5 5 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    1B 7 0 12.0 18 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1940 28 NYG NL LF 89 88 745.0 148 3 2 0 .987 1.82   1.6
    CF 7 4 39.0 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92    
    RF 1 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 2 0 3.0 7 0 1 1 .875 21.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 29 NYG NL LF 17 14 45.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.1
    RF 3 2 8.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.07   0.0
    CF 3 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
  TAM AL LF 17 14 191.4 53 1 2 0 .964 2.54   0.4
    RF 3 2 35.6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.26   0.0
    CF 2 0 6.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.03   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.0
  TOT   LF 34 28 236.7 65 1 2 0 .971 2.51   0.5
      RF 6 4 44.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.23   0.0
      CF 5 0 8.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.25   0.0
      1B 4 0 4.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.66   0.0
1942 30 TAM AL LF 131 125 1124.3 275 5 7 1 .976 2.24   2.3
    CF 3 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1943 31 TAM AL LF 65 65 535.0 144 5 4 1 .974 2.51   1.3
    RF 9 7 63.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.98    
    CF 5 2 22.7 4 0 1 0 .800 1.59    
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 32 TAM AL RF 15 15 127.0 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.55   1.2
    LF 14 14 116.3 24 0 1 0 .960 1.86    
    CF 7 7 60.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
  LF 351 332 2870.4 679 14 16 2 .977 2.17   5.9
  RF 36 32 276.7 64 1 1 0 .985 2.11   1.2
  CF 33 17 172.3 44 1 3 0 .938 2.35   0.0
  1B 15 0 21.4 32 0 1 2 .970 13.48   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   436 381 3341.7 819 16 21 4 .975 2.25   7.2
Career Highs   135 125 1130.0 280 5 7 1 .988 2.52    
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
1938 26 NYG NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 27 NYG NL 5 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333
1940 28 NYG NL 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
1942 30 TAM AL 7 25 4 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 .200 .286 .400 .686
1944 32 TAM AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 20 42 7 9 4 2 1 4 0 0 3 10 .214 .267 .476 .743
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.
Strikeouts
1942-6-86
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1937
Injured on 5/6/1938 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/25/1939, off Hal Schumacher (SLC)
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1941 (Going to NYG: P Lefty Gomez, 2B Billy Herman. Going to TAM: LF Chet Laabs, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Montreal on 7/27/1941
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1941, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1942
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,030,000 per year, for 2 years
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 4/2/1945 (Going to TAM: P Nick Strincevich. Going to MIN: P Ed Klieman, P Whitey Wilshere, LF Chet Laabs)
 
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