Charlie
Silvera
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 13, 1924 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1955    1956    1960   
All-Star Selections 1956   
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
1948 23 PIT NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 6 9 9 9
1949 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 9 9 9
1950 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 7 7 9 8 8
1951 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 8
1952 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
1953 28 CIN NL $ 1,892,857   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 8
1954 29 CIN NL $ 2,257,143   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 9
1955 30 CIN NL $ 2,257,143   7 7 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 7 8 9 9 9
1956 31 CIN NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 7 7 9 8 9
1957 32 CIN NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 6 7 9 8 8
1958 33 CIN NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 6 7 9 8 9
1959 34 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 8
1960 35 CIN NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1961 36 DET AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
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
1948 23 AAA   133 476 70 141 22 1 5 59 5 5 62 26 .296 .377 .378 .755 68.8  
1949 24 PIT NL 69 225 28 72 7 0 3 33 0 0 31 12 .320 .399 .391 .790 35.6 7.7
    AAA   81 344 61 98 18 2 4 28 4 3 54 29 .285 .382 .384 .766 52.3  
1950 25 PIT NL 116 302 37 75 8 1 3 29 0 0 53 30 .248 .361 .311 .673 37.8 3.9
1951 26 PIT NL 127 433 70 120 16 4 5 45 1 0 70 40 .277 .374 .367 .741 60.8 8.0
1952 27 PIT NL 72 243 38 80 11 1 1 23 0 1 30 17 .329 .401 .395 .797 37.7 6.9
  NYG NL 53 200 16 58 5 0 0 10 0 0 21 19 .290 .357 .315 .672 22.6 2.6
  TOT   125 443 54 138 16 1 1 33 0 1 51 36 .312 .382 .359 .741 60.3 9.4
1953 28 CIN NL 139 490 67 156 22 1 4 56 0 3 55 47 .318 .386 .392 .778 69.3 12.1
1954 29 CIN NL 141 573 75 160 9 2 6 64 0 0 64 47 .279 .352 .333 .686 70.0 9.5
1955 30 CIN NL 144 529 72 160 21 4 6 58 0 0 73 39 .302 .388 .391 .779 78.9 13.7
1956 31 CIN NL 143 492 54 134 18 3 6 62 0 0 62 46 .272 .356 .358 .714 60.8 9.6
1957 32 CIN NL 145 529 73 161 14 1 5 43 0 0 64 44 .304 .380 .363 .743 70.8 14.1
1958 33 CIN NL 128 437 60 105 13 2 3 41 0 0 45 47 .240 .311 .300 .610 40.5 3.8
1959 34 CIN NL 131 421 27 111 12 2 2 38 0 1 42 59 .264 .333 .316 .649 43.6 5.4
1960 35 CIN NL 134 459 42 111 14 4 2 33 0 0 27 85 .242 .284 .303 .587 37.0 2.8
1961 36 AAA   136 521 52 133 17 4 3 36 1 1 41 110 .255 .310 .321 .630 51.8  
12 Years Sim 1542 5333 659 1503 170 25 46 535 1 5 637 532 .282 .358 .349 .707 665.2 100.0
3 Years AAA 350 1341 183 372 57 7 12 123 10 9 157 165 .277 .351 .357 .708 172.9  
162 Game Average 560 69 157 17 2 4 56 0 0 66 55 .282 .358 .349 .707 69.9  
Career Highs 145 573 75 161 22 4 6 64 1 3 73 85 .320 .399 .392 .790 78.9  
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   3133 381 871 95 17 24 310 0 4 319 294 .278 .345 .342 .687 378.2
vs LH   2200 278 632 75 8 22 225 1 1 318 238 .287 .377 .359 .736 315.0
Home 771 2591 295 728 72 10 16 245 1 3 319 264 .281 .360 .335 .695 329.1
Away 771 2742 364 775 98 15 30 290 0 2 318 268 .283 .357 .362 .719 364.0
RISP   1126 0 348 37 5 11 450 0 0 165 131 .309 .391 .380 .771 176.6
Pinch Hitting   169 20 49 9 0 2 30 0 0 22 26 .290 .368 .379 .747 24.3
Close/Late   615 74 184 20 4 7 62 0 0 82 62 .299 .383 .379 .762 91.6
Mar/Apr 215 757 98 200 21 1 7 67 0 0 95 75 .264 .348 .322 .670 90.6
May 258 891 117 259 25 8 4 86 0 0 92 86 .291 .356 .350 .706 113.7
June 251 839 102 240 31 5 11 88 0 0 113 87 .286 .370 .374 .744 120.8
July 253 878 117 248 27 4 12 101 1 2 106 103 .282 .361 .363 .724 118.5
August 286 1000 124 291 37 2 7 112 0 1 119 94 .291 .366 .353 .719 133.4
Sep/Oct 279 968 101 265 29 5 5 81 0 2 112 87 .274 .349 .330 .679 116.2
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
1949 24 PIT NL C 67 64 575.7 289 18 2 0 .994 4.80 25 6 .240 0 4.0
    1B 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 25 PIT NL C 83 62 592.7 318 25 1 3 .997 5.21 27 10 .370 0 4.9
    1B 11 7 65.0 94 5 0 8 1.000 13.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1951 26 PIT NL 1B 112 107 886.7 988 91 5 117 .995 10.95 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    C 6 5 47.3 22 2 0 0 1.000 4.56 3 2 .667 0 0.2
1952 27 PIT NL 1B 58 56 466.6 570 41 4 46 .993 11.79 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 12 10 79.0 45 3 1 0 .980 5.47 4 1 .250 0 0.2
  NYG NL 1B 42 41 377.7 462 33 4 37 .992 11.80 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 8 7 64.0 37 2 0 0 1.000 5.48 4 1 .250 0 0.4
  TOT   1B 100 97 844.3 1032 74 8 83 .993 11.79   2.2
      C 20 17 143.0 82 5 1 0 .989 5.48 8 2 .250 0 0.6
1953 28 CIN NL C 132 117 1053.7 606 44 7 0 .989 5.55 59 18 .305 3 4.9
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 29 CIN NL C 140 140 1251.3 734 39 5 0 .994 5.56 45 10 .222 5 4.1
1955 30 CIN NL C 128 120 1088.3 717 38 2 0 .997 6.24 32 14 .438 5 9.4
    1B 14 11 100.0 103 9 0 8 1.000 10.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1956 31 CIN NL C 135 127 1148.7 748 47 3 1 .996 6.23 23 12 .522 6 9.3
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 6.3 7 2 0 0 1.000 12.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 32 CIN NL C 140 128 1145.0 699 31 1 0 .999 5.74 35 11 .314 3 4.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 33 CIN NL C 114 111 988.7 610 30 7 0 .989 5.83 30 10 .333 0 2.9
1959 34 CIN NL C 111 110 973.3 786 32 3 0 .996 7.56 24 8 .333 4 5.4
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 35 CIN NL C 109 106 925.0 720 42 6 0 .992 7.41 37 13 .351 1 4.9
    1B 3 0 9.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1185 1107 9932.6 6331 353 38 4 .994 6.06 348 116 .333 27 55.0
  1B 252 222 1920.6 2243 182 13 219 .995 11.36 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  SS 4 1 14.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1444 1331 11881.2 8583 538 51 224 .994 6.91 348 116 .333 27 59.2
Career Highs   142 140 1251.3 1114 93 9 117 .999 10.88 59 18 .667 6  
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
1952-3-.312
1953-7-.318
1957-8-.304
On-Base Pct
1953-7-.386
1957-9-.380
Singles
1952-10-120
1953-6-129
1954-1-143
1955-2-129
1956-10-107
1957-2-141
Triples
1960-10-4
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. J.C. Martin (918)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1948
Injured on 7/4/1948 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/4/1949, off Hugh Mulcahy (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1949, off Max Lanier (TAM)
Injured on 7/26/1951 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/31/1952 (Going to NYG: P Dave Koslo, C Charlie Silvera. Going to PIT: P Lou Brissie, RF Bill Burgo, C Ray Lamanno)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/28/1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 2/1/1953 (Going to NYG: 1B Chuck Connors. Going to CIN: P Red Embree, 3B Eddie Bockman, C Charlie Silvera)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/27/1954 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
7/31/1955: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1955
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1956
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis on 6/28/1960
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1960
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1961 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/5/1961 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days