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Max
Bishop		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 5, 1899 in Usa, PA, WAYNESBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1931    1932    1933    1934   
All-Star Selections 1931    1933   
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
1930 30 CHN NL $ 6,436,800   66 66 61 41 41 41 61 68 66 126 148 141 64 70 68
1931 31 CHN NL $ 6,436,800   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1932 32 OAK AL $ 6,436,800   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1933 33 OAK AL $ 8,000,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1934 34 OAK AL $ 8,000,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1935 35 NYG NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1936 36 ATL NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1937 37 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 5
1938 38 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   66 66 61 41 41 41 61 68 66 126 148 141 64 70 68
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
1930 30 CHN NL 155 560 112 170 42 4 13 78 0 0 122 54 .304 .427 .463 .890 112.2 22.7
1931 31 CHN NL 156 557 123 166 41 2 18 101 3 1 131 61 .298 .429 .476 .905 114.1 28.9
1932 32 OAK AL 147 503 103 146 28 4 12 55 1 1 123 58 .290 .430 .433 .864 99.1 20.1
1933 33 OAK AL 148 509 120 157 32 6 15 83 0 0 120 59 .308 .444 .483 .928 106.0 24.9
1934 34 OAK AL 150 503 88 133 34 1 6 64 0 0 117 94 .264 .405 .372 .777 82.2 13.8
1935 35 OAK AL 84 273 51 75 15 0 5 31 1 0 57 39 .275 .401 .385 .785 43.6 7.4
  NYG NL 66 229 39 57 10 0 2 25 1 0 66 31 .249 .418 .319 .736 37.0 6.5
  TOT   150 502 90 132 25 0 7 56 2 0 123 70 .263 .409 .355 .763 80.6 13.9
1936 36 DET AL 68 257 55 63 8 0 8 33 1 0 57 41 .245 .383 .370 .753 41.0 6.5
  ATL NL 52 151 18 38 7 1 1 10 0 0 30 25 .252 .376 .331 .707 20.4 2.7
  TOT   120 408 73 101 15 1 9 43 1 0 87 66 .248 .380 .355 .736 61.4 9.2
1937 37 BSN NL 105 177 36 47 6 0 3 19 0 0 42 21 .266 .407 .350 .758 28.3 5.7
1938 38 BSN NL 98 198 25 56 7 4 1 18 0 0 42 42 .283 .405 .374 .779 32.4 6.1
9 Years Sim 1229 3917 770 1108 230 22 84 517 7 2 907 525 .283 .418 .417 .835 716.3 145.4
162 Game Average 516 101 146 30 2 11 68 0 0 119 69 .283 .418 .417 .835 94.4  
Career Highs 156 560 123 170 42 6 18 101 3 1 131 94 .308 .444 .483 .928 114.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2871 588 850 167 17 57 386 5 2 713 359 .296 .436 .426 .862 573.2
vs LH   1046 182 258 63 5 27 131 2 0 194 166 .247 .365 .394 .759 161.6
Home 609 1840 354 534 100 12 42 249 5 1 459 239 .290 .433 .426 .859 366.2
Away 620 2077 416 574 130 10 42 268 2 1 448 286 .276 .404 .409 .813 368.6
RISP   981 0 270 42 6 24 398 0 0 261 129 .275 .424 .404 .827 190.5
Pinch Hitting   126 22 38 7 0 0 18 0 0 28 16 .302 .427 .357 .784 21.6
Close/Late   449 79 133 23 1 10 66 0 0 100 57 .296 .421 .419 .840 85.2
Mar/Apr 201 643 132 166 28 3 12 83 1 0 143 83 .258 .393 .367 .760 105.1
May 223 749 152 221 56 5 18 94 0 1 161 106 .295 .422 .455 .878 146.2
June 206 660 121 180 36 4 16 77 2 0 139 92 .273 .400 .412 .812 116.7
July 200 625 133 185 43 3 10 82 2 0 153 83 .296 .434 .422 .856 123.1
August 216 674 131 202 43 2 14 95 1 1 176 86 .300 .443 .432 .875 139.1
Sep/Oct 183 566 101 154 24 5 14 86 1 0 135 75 .272 .412 .406 .819 104.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 30 CHN NL 2B 151 145 1290.0 357 601 22 117 .978 6.68   2.0
1931 31 CHN NL 2B 151 147 1325.0 347 648 23 141 .977 6.76   3.5
1932 32 OAK AL 2B 145 129 1171.3 318 592 21 145 .977 6.99   4.8
1933 33 OAK AL 2B 147 142 1255.3 328 655 24 149 .976 7.05   6.8
1934 34 OAK AL 2B 150 139 1229.0 347 562 12 131 .987 6.66   4.1
1935 35 OAK AL 2B 81 77 635.7 173 301 13 55 .973 6.71   2.5
  NYG NL 2B 64 60 567.6 155 268 11 50 .975 6.71   2.1
  TOT   2B 145 137 1203.3 328 569 24 105 .974 6.71   4.6
1936 36 DET AL 2B 63 60 595.7 155 302 11 67 .976 6.90   2.0
    3B 1 1 7.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.29   0.0
  ATL NL 2B 49 46 342.0 89 173 6 39 .978 6.89   2.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  TOT   2B 112 106 937.7 244 475 17 106 .977 6.90   4.0
      3B 2 1 11.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.64   0.0
1937 37 BSN NL 2B 61 36 359.7 100 166 6 38 .978 6.66   0.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 38 BSN NL 2B 65 51 435.7 122 210 13 47 .962 6.86   1.5
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1127 1032 9207.0 2491 4478 162 979 .977 6.81   32.3
  3B 3 1 13.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.38   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1131 1033 9222.0 2491 4480 163 979 .977 6.80   32.3
Career Highs   151 147 1325.0 357 655 24 149 .987 7.05    
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
1931 31 CHN NL 5 20 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .400 .429 .500 .929
1933 33 OAK AL 11 44 8 16 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 12 .364 .472 .455 .926
1935 35 NYG NL 12 50 7 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 10 6 .280 .400 .280 .680
Career Post-Season Batting 28 114 17 38 3 0 1 14 0 0 20 18 .333 .433 .386 .819
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.
On-Base Pct
1930-3-.427
1931-3-.429
1932-3-.430
1933-2-.444
1934-5-.405
CAR-4-.418
 OPS
1931-8-.905
1932-10-.864
1933-5-.928
 XR
1930-7-112.2
1931-3-114.1
1932-8-99.1
1933-5-106.0
 Games
1930-8-155
1931-4-156
1934-5-150
 Runs
1930-6-112
1931-2-123
1932-6-103
1933-2-120
 Doubles
1930-10-42
Homeruns
1931-6-18
 Walks
1930-1-122
1931-1-131
1932-2-123
1933-1-120
1934-1-117
 Strikeouts
1930-9-54
1931-9-61
1934-2-94
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bobby Avila (922)
  2. Ken Boswell (907)
  3. Eddie Stanky (895)
  4. Billy Johnson (894)
  5. Roy Hartsfield (888)
  6. Charlie Gehringer (883)
  7. Jerry Standaert (879)
  8. Joel Youngblood (875)
  9. Bobby Reeves (874)
  10. Lew Riggs (873)
History
Had first career hit on 4/3/1930, off Willis Hudlin (SEP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1930, off Pea ridge Day (SLB)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 4/15/1930
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1931
9/21/1932: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1932
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1933
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1934
Traded from Oakland to New York (G) on 7/16/1935 (Going to NYG: 2B Max Bishop. Going to OAK: LF Mike Kreevich, C Ken O'dea, P Buck Marrow, P Mike Meola, P Al Grabowski)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1935, hitting .552 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/12/1936 to a 4-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/30/1936 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Atlanta on 7/1/1936 (Going to ATL: P George Winn, 1B Ed Morgan, P Hal Wiltse, 2B Max Bishop, P Ed Brandt. Going to DET: 1B Lou Gehrig, 2B Jack Saltzgaver)
Injured on 9/9/1936 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
 
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