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Don
Pavletich		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 219
 
Born: July 13, 1938 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
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
1962 23 MIN AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1964 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1965 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1966 27 MIN AL $ 492,857   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1967 28 MIN AL $ 517,143   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1968 29 MIN AL $ 517,143   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1969 30 KCR AL $ 1,777,777   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7
1970 31 KCR AL $ 1,777,777   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1971 32 NYG NL $ 1,777,777   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 33 NYG NL $ 1,777,777   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1973 34 NYG NL $ 360,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1974 35 NYG NL $ 360,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 36 NYG NL     3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,777,777   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
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
1962 23 AAA   137 534 72 127 30 2 24 83 5 6 49 110 .238 .302 .436 .738 70.3  
1963 24 MIN AL 42 151 18 39 7 0 5 14 1 1 10 28 .258 .302 .404 .706 17.3 3.1
1964 25 MIN AL 53 151 22 39 7 1 7 22 1 0 9 36 .258 .299 .457 .756 21.7 3.5
1965 26 MIN AL 57 137 14 27 3 4 4 11 1 0 16 20 .197 .277 .365 .642 14.7 2.1
1966 27 MIN AL 44 108 12 20 7 0 2 10 1 1 11 19 .185 .261 .306 .566 8.0 0.1
1967 28 MIN AL 50 169 20 31 15 1 4 15 0 0 7 29 .183 .216 .355 .571 12.2 0.5
1968 29 MIN AL 99 259 31 58 12 2 8 36 3 0 17 50 .224 .267 .378 .645 27.3 3.7
1969 30 KCR AL 36 112 19 29 9 0 8 29 0 0 8 18 .259 .306 .554 .859 18.1 3.6
1970 31 KCR AL 31 97 5 19 3 0 2 8 0 0 6 20 .196 .257 .289 .546 6.6 0.0
1971 32 NYG NL 135 473 65 101 27 0 22 71 1 0 42 82 .214 .278 .410 .688 53.3 7.1
1972 33 NYG NL 131 488 46 99 22 2 11 59 3 1 29 96 .203 .247 .324 .570 37.4 0.8
1973 34 NYG NL 138 509 51 118 34 2 11 58 0 0 30 111 .232 .278 .371 .649 49.4 5.1
1974 35 NYG NL 76 227 21 47 10 0 8 30 0 2 12 47 .207 .248 .357 .605 18.6 0.0
1975 36 AA   121 359 47 90 33 1 21 59 1 5 41 54 .251 .328 .524 .851 59.2  
12 Years Sim 892 2881 324 627 156 12 92 363 11 5 197 556 .218 .268 .376 .644 284.5 29.6
1 Years AAA 137 534 72 127 30 2 24 83 5 6 49 110 .238 .299 .436 .736 70.3  
1 Years AA 121 359 47 90 33 1 21 59 1 5 41 54 .251 .330 .524 .854 59.2  
2 Years Minors 258 893 119 217 63 3 45 142 6 11 90 164 .243 .312 .471 .783 129.5  
162 Game Average 523 58 113 28 2 16 65 1 0 35 100 .218 .268 .376 .644 51.7  
Career Highs 138 509 65 118 34 4 22 71 3 2 42 111 .259 .306 .554 .859 53.3  
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   1804 198 392 104 8 52 209 9 2 129 348 .217 .270 .370 .641 181.4
vs LH   1077 126 235 52 4 40 154 2 3 68 208 .218 .264 .385 .649 110.4
Home 420 1344 140 296 71 5 45 167 8 2 83 277 .220 .268 .381 .649 137.0
Away 472 1537 184 331 85 7 47 196 3 3 114 279 .215 .268 .372 .639 154.7
RISP   678 0 167 41 5 22 255 0 0 48 139 .246 .289 .419 .708 83.2
Pinch Hitting   91 8 20 3 0 5 16 0 0 10 20 .220 .294 .418 .712 11.9
Close/Late   397 45 95 21 4 8 50 0 0 32 69 .239 .294 .373 .666 43.7
Mar/Apr 133 434 53 106 24 2 19 57 2 1 29 94 .244 .292 .440 .732 55.6
May 165 509 56 97 20 1 16 65 2 0 34 102 .191 .241 .328 .569 40.8
June 156 495 57 110 32 0 12 57 3 2 36 97 .222 .277 .360 .637 48.5
July 145 486 49 94 25 2 16 59 2 0 31 91 .193 .241 .352 .593 41.9
August 156 507 62 113 33 5 16 68 0 1 32 82 .223 .270 .402 .672 54.2
Sep/Oct 137 450 47 107 22 2 13 57 2 1 35 90 .238 .291 .382 .673 50.7
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
1963 24 MIN AL C 39 36 319.0 182 17 5 0 .975 5.61 28 12 .429 1 2.0
1964 25 MIN AL C 42 38 349.0 179 28 0 0 1.000 5.34 46 19 .413 1 2.5
    1B 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 26 MIN AL C 34 34 303.0 154 26 5 0 .973 5.35 30 13 .433 0 2.1
    1B 3 0 10.3 13 1 0 1 1.000 12.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 27 MIN AL C 33 30 268.3 155 21 1 0 .994 5.90 31 14 .452 2 2.4
1967 28 MIN AL C 47 41 365.7 259 17 5 1 .982 6.79 42 11 .262 2 1.6
    1B 4 0 6.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 29 MIN AL C 47 44 372.3 258 26 4 1 .986 6.86 39 19 .487 1 2.0
    1B 25 19 166.0 171 14 2 16 .989 10.03 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 30 KCR AL C 28 26 235.0 182 11 1 0 .995 7.39 22 8 .364 0 0.7
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 31 KCR AL C 29 27 248.0 194 10 0 0 1.000 7.40 17 8 .471 0 1.3
1971 32 NYG NL C 131 127 1160.7 683 44 3 1 .996 5.64 78 26 .333 4 7.2
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 33 NYG NL C 131 130 1174.3 666 45 8 2 .989 5.45 72 28 .389 4 6.8
1973 34 NYG NL C 136 134 1193.7 691 55 3 3 .996 5.62 95 40 .421 3 8.1
    1B 2 0 5.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 35 NYG NL C 65 62 511.0 324 31 0 4 1.000 6.25 42 20 .476 3 4.1
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 762 729 6500.0 3927 331 35 12 .992 5.90 542 218 .402 21 40.9
  1B 40 19 193.0 197 16 2 17 .991 9.93 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   810 748 6705.0 4126 349 37 29 .992 6.01 542 218 .402 21 41.4
Career Highs   138 134 1199.0 697 55 8 17 1.000 7.84 95 40 .487 4  
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
1965 26 MIN AL 9 30 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 .133 .235 .333 .569
1969 30 KCR AL 3 10 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
1970 31 KCR AL 9 31 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .032 .143 .032 .175
Career Post-Season Batting 21 71 5 9 2 0 2 3 0 0 8 8 .127 .215 .239 .455
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.
Doubles
1973-7-34
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Earl Williams (971)
  2. Cliff Johnson (964)
  3. Mickey Tettleton (954)
  4. Jimmie Coker (948)
  5. Mike Stanley (941)
  6. Bennie Warren (940)
  7. Gene Oliver (939)
  8. Paul Ratliff (934)
  9. Duffy Dyer (933)
  10. Aaron Robinson (931)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1962
Had first career hit (double) on 4/8/1963, off Lee Stange (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1963, off Tom Qualters (NYA)
Injured on 8/12/1965 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/4/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $1,777,777 per year
Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 3/3/1971 (Going to NYG: 2B Chuck Schilling, P Howie Koplitz, P Phil Regan, C Don Pavletich. Going to KCR: P Buster Narum, P Jim Merritt, C Doc Edwards)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1971, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $360,000 per year, for 2 years
4/2/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
 
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