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Dave
Pope		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 17, 1921 in Usa, AL, TALLADEGA
 
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
1952 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5
1953 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5
1954 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5
1955 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 6 5
1956 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5
1957 36 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 3 4 4
1958 37 MIN AL     5 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 6 5
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
1952 31 NYG NL 69 113 21 22 4 1 0 6 4 3 5 22 .195 .229 .248 .477 4.0 0.0
1953 32 NYG NL 122 317 38 87 17 4 6 39 12 10 15 47 .274 .312 .410 .722 37.1 3.9
1954 33 NYG NL 97 264 35 68 13 2 6 23 2 1 10 46 .258 .282 .390 .672 27.3 1.8
1955 34 NYG NL 91 135 20 35 6 2 2 13 4 1 11 24 .259 .311 .378 .689 16.1 1.6
1956 35 NYG NL 45 85 11 23 7 1 3 14 0 1 3 3 .271 .297 .482 .779 10.8 1.4
1957 36 MIN AL 57 67 14 12 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 17 .179 .225 .254 .479 2.6 0.0
1958 37 AA   137 502 58 121 17 3 12 50 12 4 41 116 .241 .298 .359 .657 55.4  
6 Years Sim 481 981 139 247 50 11 17 96 23 16 48 159 .252 .287 .377 .664 97.9 8.6
1 Years AA 137 502 58 121 17 3 12 50 12 4 41 116 .241 .305 .359 .663 55.4  
162 Game Average 330 46 83 16 3 5 32 7 5 16 53 .252 .287 .377 .664 33.0  
Career Highs 122 317 38 87 17 4 6 39 12 10 15 47 .274 .312 .482 .779 37.1  
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   824 113 215 45 9 14 85 19 14 44 128 .261 .298 .388 .686 90.9
vs LH   157 26 32 5 2 3 11 4 2 4 31 .204 .228 .318 .547 10.4
Home 239 482 77 129 29 5 11 55 13 5 19 77 .268 .292 .417 .709 57.2
Away 242 499 62 118 21 6 6 41 10 11 29 82 .236 .282 .339 .621 44.1
RISP   203 0 58 12 1 8 81 0 0 11 30 .286 .313 .473 .785 29.5
Pinch Hitting   138 17 36 14 1 3 20 0 2 9 23 .261 .307 .442 .749 17.1
Close/Late   133 37 31 8 1 1 15 0 0 5 20 .233 .259 .331 .590 10.6
Mar/Apr 93 225 34 69 15 1 6 28 6 5 9 37 .307 .331 .462 .793 31.5
May 89 223 28 40 10 3 3 12 6 1 7 42 .179 .204 .291 .496 12.2
June 81 131 15 28 7 1 2 12 2 1 12 24 .214 .286 .328 .614 12.2
July 70 130 18 42 7 4 3 12 0 3 5 12 .323 .346 .508 .853 19.8
August 82 139 19 34 7 0 0 16 4 5 9 26 .245 .283 .295 .578 10.6
Sep/Oct 66 133 25 34 4 2 3 16 5 1 6 18 .256 .298 .383 .681 14.9
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
1952 31 NYG NL RF 19 13 118.0 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 9 8 65.0 14 1 1 0 .938 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 11 5 46.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1953 32 NYG NL CF 61 55 461.7 139 6 1 3 .993 2.83 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 36 7 112.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 6 53.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 33 NYG NL CF 49 46 421.3 123 2 2 1 .984 2.67 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 10 7 46.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.77 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 3 28.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1955 34 NYG NL CF 13 12 104.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 11 6 59.3 11 0 1 0 .917 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 7 51.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 35 NYG NL LF 12 11 89.0 24 2 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 13 10 88.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1957 36 MIN AL LF 23 17 140.7 34 3 0 1 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 6 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 151 132 1154.7 328 10 4 4 .988 2.63 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  LF 96 50 468.0 105 7 0 1 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  RF 51 33 290.0 54 1 1 1 .982 1.71 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  3B 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   301 215 1923.6 489 18 5 6 .990 2.37 1 0 .000 0 6.6
Career Highs   104 68 629.3 174 7 2 3 1.000 2.59 1 0 .000 0  
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
1956 35 NYG NL 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
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.
Caught Stealing
1953-4-10
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Johnny Blatnik (975)
  2. Dave Bergman (973)
  3. George Vukovich (969)
  4. Bob Elliott (969)
  5. Al Zarilla (967)
  6. Ricky Nelson (967)
  7. Hank Bauer (967)
  8. Mel Mazzera (965)
  9. Stan Rojek (964)
  10. Devon White (963)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 52nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1952
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Had first career hit on 4/13/1952, off Bob Harris (DET)
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1953, off Robin Roberts (SDP)
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 4/3/1953
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Injured on 9/11/1954 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 3/3/1957 (Going to MIN: P Billy Pierce, CF Dave Pope. Going to NYG: LF George Wilson)
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/2/1958 to a minor league deal
Injured on 6/13/1958 with a Stiff Neck, out for 5 days
 
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