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Wally
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 213
 
Born: July 9, 1929 in Usa, OH, ST. WENDELIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960    1963   
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
1949 19 SEM AL     4 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1950 20 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1951 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1952 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1953 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1954 24 SEM AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1955 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1956 26 SEM AL $ 1,700,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
1957 27 SEM AL $ 1,700,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1958 28 SEM AL $ 1,700,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7
1959 29 BRK NL $ 1,700,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
1960 30 NYG NL $ 3,790,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7
1961 31 NYG NL $ 3,790,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 6 6
1962 32 DET AL $ 5,900,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1963 33 DET AL $ 5,900,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
1964 34 BRK NL $ 5,900,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
1965 35 LAD NL $ 5,900,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4
1966 36 TAM AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,900,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 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
1949 19 AAA   111 430 77 125 20 1 41 113 4 10 51 79 .291 .366 .628 .994 91.6  
    AA   24 85 14 27 8 1 4 20 0 0 16 13 .318 .426 .576 1.002 19.4  
1950 20 SEM AL 87 280 40 66 11 4 20 53 0 0 26 60 .236 .303 .518 .821 42.5 5.6
    AAA   26 116 32 45 5 2 14 36 1 1 10 17 .388 .437 .828 1.264 34.3  
1951 21 SEM AL 106 298 50 77 17 3 16 62 0 0 35 51 .258 .336 .497 .833 51.2 8.5
1952 22 SEM AL 81 231 40 66 17 2 12 48 0 0 22 40 .286 .346 .532 .879 39.6 7.1
1953 23 SEM AL 40 112 10 21 8 1 0 16 0 0 9 19 .188 .244 .277 .521 7.5 0.0
1954 24 SEM AL 44 77 14 24 5 0 5 14 0 0 10 11 .312 .386 .571 .958 16.0 3.6
1955 25 SEM AL 126 366 53 83 17 2 17 52 0 0 43 62 .227 .307 .423 .730 48.2 5.7
1956 26 SEM AL 157 588 99 164 38 3 26 95 0 0 59 120 .279 .345 .486 .831 94.2 19.5
1957 27 SEM AL 149 562 78 132 28 2 24 79 0 1 51 129 .235 .303 .420 .723 70.5 10.7
1958 28 SEM AL 143 552 69 143 33 2 22 101 0 0 59 113 .259 .329 .446 .775 75.9 12.9
1959 29 BRK NL 155 565 77 153 25 2 27 88 0 0 60 109 .271 .339 .465 .805 85.4 16.6
1960 30 BRK NL 77 275 43 89 14 0 19 62 0 0 29 52 .324 .386 .582 .967 55.8 13.6
  NYG NL 77 278 39 85 12 1 14 46 0 0 24 58 .306 .361 .507 .868 47.1 10.7
  TOT   154 553 82 174 26 1 33 108 0 0 53 110 .315 .373 .544 .917 102.9 24.3
1961 31 NYG NL 159 565 96 162 28 5 36 97 0 0 66 111 .287 .363 .545 .908 103.2 21.0
1962 32 NYG NL 26 89 14 20 4 1 4 12 0 0 17 24 .225 .349 .427 .776 13.7 2.7
  DET AL 124 446 64 122 29 3 20 62 0 0 53 80 .274 .353 .487 .839 72.5 14.9
  TOT   150 535 78 142 33 4 24 74 0 0 70 104 .265 .352 .477 .829 86.2 17.6
1963 33 DET AL 156 582 101 150 32 5 26 105 1 3 63 100 .258 .327 .464 .791 86.1 16.7
1964 34 BRK NL 140 497 57 118 20 1 16 70 3 0 57 107 .237 .315 .378 .693 60.3 13.4
1965 35 LAD NL 124 347 35 93 13 3 4 40 0 1 33 75 .268 .335 .357 .692 38.9 5.9
1966 36 TAM AL 123 246 24 51 3 1 5 32 0 0 18 81 .207 .260 .289 .549 19.0 1.2
17 Years Sim 2094 6956 1003 1819 354 41 313 1134 4 5 734 1402 .262 .332 .459 .791 1027.8 190.3
2 Years AAA 137 546 109 170 25 3 55 149 5 11 61 96 .311 .378 .670 1.049 125.8  
1 Years AA 24 85 14 27 8 1 4 20 0 0 16 13 .318 .417 .576 .994 19.4  
3 Years Minors 161 631 123 197 33 4 59 169 5 11 77 109 .312 .384 .658 1.042 145.3  
162 Game Average 538 77 140 27 3 24 87 0 0 56 108 .262 .332 .459 .791 79.5  
Career Highs 159 588 101 174 38 5 36 108 3 3 70 129 .315 .386 .571 .958 103.2  
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   3831 544 988 191 23 149 554 2 4 385 788 .258 .327 .436 .763 545.6
vs LH   3125 459 831 163 18 164 580 2 1 349 614 .266 .338 .487 .825 513.7
Home 1025 3338 494 874 182 17 157 589 3 1 353 683 .262 .332 .468 .800 517.5
Away 1069 3618 509 945 172 24 156 545 1 4 381 719 .261 .331 .451 .783 541.8
RISP   1785 0 460 91 7 100 809 0 0 236 386 .258 .339 .485 .824 300.8
Pinch Hitting   276 45 77 15 1 12 52 0 0 28 58 .279 .345 .471 .816 44.0
Close/Late   881 124 254 39 7 44 151 0 0 105 165 .288 .364 .498 .862 156.2
Mar/Apr 329 1105 171 289 50 7 52 199 2 2 134 232 .262 .341 .461 .801 175.1
May 354 1219 175 346 76 8 62 227 1 2 125 242 .284 .349 .512 .861 210.6
June 344 1129 181 315 64 12 49 188 0 1 118 216 .279 .348 .487 .836 185.8
July 339 1146 154 305 64 3 47 174 0 0 120 220 .266 .334 .450 .784 172.4
August 356 1119 153 268 61 4 53 191 0 0 120 254 .239 .314 .443 .757 158.5
Sep/Oct 372 1238 169 296 39 7 50 155 1 0 117 238 .239 .307 .403 .710 156.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1950 20 SEM AL RF 65 64 539.7 117 4 5 1 .960 2.02   1.3
    1B 9 8 77.3 99 9 2 8 .982 12.57   0.1
    LF 6 0 19.0 1 0 2 0 .333 0.47    
    CF 6 0 11.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45    
1951 21 SEM AL RF 73 73 604.3 127 3 7 1 .949 1.94   1.3
    CF 4 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1952 22 SEM AL CF 47 41 362.0 103 3 0 0 1.000 2.64   1.6
    RF 18 17 131.3 22 1 1 0 .958 1.58    
    1B 2 0 10.7 16 1 1 1 .944 14.35   0.0
1953 23 SEM AL RF 24 23 194.0 34 3 0 3 1.000 1.72   0.5
    LF 4 3 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    1B 4 3 22.0 33 5 0 1 1.000 15.55   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 24 SEM AL CF 11 9 79.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.2
    LF 6 3 32.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    RF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 5 1 13.0 13 2 0 2 1.000 10.38   0.0
1955 25 SEM AL CF 77 69 638.0 170 3 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.8
    RF 19 5 76.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
    LF 6 6 50.0 5 0 1 0 .833 0.90    
    1B 4 3 28.0 32 6 0 4 1.000 12.21   0.1
1956 26 SEM AL RF 144 143 1284.0 266 9 8 3 .972 1.93   2.3
    LF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 27 SEM AL RF 145 145 1286.7 268 3 7 0 .975 1.90   3.8
    CF 2 1 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
1958 28 SEM AL RF 87 87 783.3 161 2 5 0 .970 1.87   3.0
    LF 56 56 494.0 110 1 4 0 .965 2.02    
1959 29 BRK NL RF 134 128 1149.0 241 3 11 0 .957 1.91   3.9
    1B 19 13 127.3 136 8 2 9 .986 10.18   0.3
    LF 3 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1960 30 BRK NL RF 56 56 490.0 106 1 2 0 .982 1.97   1.4
    1B 19 16 150.4 185 14 1 17 .995 11.91   0.1
    LF 0 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  NYG NL RF 56 56 488.4 106 1 1 0 .991 1.97   1.4
    1B 19 16 149.9 184 14 1 16 .995 11.89   0.6
    LF 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 112 112 978.4 212 2 3 0 .986 1.97   2.8
      1B 38 32 300.3 369 28 2 33 .995 11.90   0.7
      LF 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1961 31 NYG NL 1B 149 144 1306.0 1497 115 14 116 .991 11.11   2.6
    CF 3 0 11.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 32 NYG NL RF 25 25 220.5 40 1 1 0 .976 1.67   0.5
    CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL RF 119 118 1046.5 187 7 3 1 .985 1.67   3.5
    CF 3 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 144 143 1267.0 227 8 4 1 .983 1.67   4.0
      CF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1963 33 DET AL RF 151 149 1342.3 271 4 7 2 .975 1.84   3.9
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1964 34 BRK NL RF 100 98 855.7 198 6 11 2 .949 2.15   1.2
    LF 35 34 304.3 63 0 3 0 .955 1.86    
    CF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1965 35 LAD NL CF 69 50 492.7 128 2 2 1 .985 2.37   1.5
    LF 19 15 142.3 34 0 2 0 .944 2.15    
    1B 12 10 81.7 94 9 0 10 1.000 11.35   0.1
    RF 4 1 17.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.53    
1966 36 TAM AL RF 29 28 220.0 52 2 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.6
    CF 29 13 118.3 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.98    
    1B 10 8 67.0 84 11 0 6 1.000 12.76   0.2
    LF 6 6 54.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  RF 1251 1218 10747.4 2218 50 69 13 .970 1.90   28.6
  1B 254 222 2037.0 2375 196 21 190 .992 11.36   4.2
  CF 260 184 1763.3 468 10 2 3 .996 2.44   4.2
  LF 150 123 1151.0 239 1 12 0 .952 1.88   0.0
Career Totals   1915 1747 15698.7 5300 257 104 206 .982 3.19   37.0
Career Highs   156 149 1348.3 1500 115 14 116 1.000 11.01    
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
1950 20 SEM AL 11 40 5 13 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 .325 .357 .500 .857
1951 21 SEM AL 4 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .333 .300 .633
1952 22 SEM AL 5 16 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .176 .188 .364
1953 23 SEM AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 27 SEM AL 5 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .105 .190 .105 .296
1960 30 NYG NL 4 15 2 5 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .933 1.267
1962 32 DET AL 5 20 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 9 .150 .190 .400 .590
1963 33 DET AL 4 12 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .417 .462 .833 1.295
Career Post-Season Batting 40 134 14 32 10 3 4 14 0 0 9 39 .239 .287 .448 .734
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.
Batting Average
1960-4-.315
 On-Base Pct
1960-8-.373
1961-6-.363
 Slugging Pct
1956-10-.486
1960-4-.544
1961-7-.545
1962-10-.487
1963-10-.464
 OPS
1960-4-.917
1961-6-.908
 XR
1960-4-102.9
1961-6-103.2
 Games
1956-2-157
1961-1-159
1963-9-156
At-Bats
1956-6-588
1963-10-582
 Runs
1956-7-99
1961-6-96
1963-4-101
 Hits
1956-8-164
1960-5-174
1961-8-162
 Total Bases
1956-8-286
1960-6-301
1961-7-308
1963-10-270
 Singles
1960-9-114
 Doubles
1956-5-38
1963-5-32
Homeruns
1960-6-33
1961-7-36
1963-8-26
 RBIs
1960-5-108
1963-5-105
 Strikeouts
1956-7-120
1957-7-129
CAR-49-1402
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 66    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Seattle in 1949
Had first career hit on 5/1/1950, off Johnny Antonelli (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1950, off Paul Calvert (NYG)
Hit 3 homeruns against Minnesota, driving in 5 runs on 9/2/1950
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/16/1952
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
3/3/1955: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $1,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/2/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1956, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1956, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 4/27/1957 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1957, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 7/23/1958 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Seattle to Brooklyn on 2/1/1959 (Going to BRK: RF Wally Post, SS George Strickland. Going to SEM: LF Tommy Brown)
Drove in 8 runs against Oakland on 7/23/1959
10/3/1959: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,790,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/25/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1960, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (N) on 7/1/1960 (Going to BRK: P Bob Friend, RF Harry Simpson. Going to NYG: RF Wally Post)
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/29/1961
10/3/1961: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 5 runs on 4/27/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1962, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: 1B John Herrnstein, 2B Don Hoak. Going to DET: RF Wally Post, C Ed Bailey, 3B Dick Groat)
Injured on 8/27/1962 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 8/28/1963
Injured on 10/7/1963 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Brooklyn on 2/21/1964 (Going to BRK: RF Wally Post, P Bob Grim. Going to DET: P Bob Friend, 2B Jerry Lumpe, P Orlando Pena)
Injured on 5/25/1964 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1965, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 7/29/1965 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/16/1966 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
4/2/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
 
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