Del
Bissonette
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 6, 1899 in Usa, ME, WINTHROP
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1931   
Bronze Rookie 1930   
All-Star Selections 1930    1931    1933    1934   
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
1930 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   94 94 83 59 68 65 63 80 75 46 61 56 68 75 73
1931 31 OAK AL $ 5,514,286   10 10 9 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 7 6 7 8 8
1932 32 OAK AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 7 9 8 5 7 6 7 8 8
1933 33 OAK AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 5 7 6 7 8 8
1934 34 OAK AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 7 6 7 8 8
1935 35 MON NL $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1936 36 MON NL $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 9 8 4 6 5 7 8 8
1937 37 BRK NL $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1938 38 NYA AL $ 5,200,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   94 94 83 59 68 65 63 80 75 46 61 56 68 75 73
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 OAK AL 154 599 139 214 31 7 26 103 2 6 76 46 .357 .426 .563 .989 124.1 26.2
1931 31 OAK AL 154 593 120 190 30 7 24 117 0 2 85 43 .320 .401 .516 .917 108.7 23.9
1932 32 OAK AL 150 589 100 201 44 2 25 105 0 0 66 48 .341 .406 .550 .956 115.1 25.1
1933 33 OAK AL 150 578 111 174 28 3 28 142 0 0 70 40 .301 .373 .505 .878 102.2 21.6
1934 34 OAK AL 144 537 97 178 35 4 24 118 0 1 63 50 .331 .402 .546 .948 103.6 21.5
1935 35 OAK AL 65 254 38 82 9 7 7 39 0 0 33 36 .323 .398 .496 .894 46.1 9.3
  MON NL 88 319 54 111 20 3 8 65 0 1 39 25 .348 .417 .505 .922 60.2 13.2
  TOT   153 573 92 193 29 10 15 104 0 1 72 61 .337 .409 .501 .909 106.3 22.5
1936 36 MON NL 139 471 83 152 33 7 15 103 0 0 56 48 .323 .392 .518 .910 87.8 18.7
1937 37 MON NL 51 188 22 62 10 2 7 35 1 1 22 17 .330 .394 .516 .910 35.0 7.2
  BRK NL 102 367 60 111 25 3 8 54 1 1 35 35 .302 .359 .452 .811 55.1 11.2
  TOT   153 555 82 173 35 5 15 89 2 2 57 52 .312 .371 .474 .845 90.1 18.4
1938 38 NYA AL 70 261 46 79 17 1 9 45 0 0 18 44 .303 .343 .479 .822 41.4 7.8
    AAA   56 225 27 65 12 2 2 25 1 3 20 46 .289 .347 .387 .734 28.8  
9 Years Sim 1267 4756 870 1554 282 46 181 926 4 12 563 432 .327 .395 .520 .915 879.3 185.8
1 Years AAA 56 225 27 65 12 2 2 25 1 3 20 46 .289 .346 .387 .732 28.8  
162 Game Average 608 111 198 36 5 23 118 0 1 71 55 .327 .395 .520 .915 112.4  
Career Highs 154 599 139 214 44 10 28 142 2 6 85 61 .357 .426 .563 .989 124.1  
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   3546 665 1221 209 41 134 689 1 11 454 315 .344 .416 .540 .956 732.4
vs LH   1210 205 333 73 5 47 237 3 1 109 117 .275 .332 .460 .792 182.5
Home 624 2297 419 740 138 22 82 436 0 7 258 217 .322 .388 .508 .896 425.3
Away 643 2459 451 814 144 24 99 490 4 5 305 215 .331 .402 .530 .932 489.6
RISP   1441 0 480 89 14 60 711 0 0 232 145 .333 .415 .539 .954 310.2
Pinch Hitting   86 14 19 1 1 1 10 0 0 10 15 .221 .302 .291 .593 8.2
Close/Late   503 84 174 25 5 20 106 0 0 76 33 .346 .429 .535 .964 108.3
Mar/Apr 206 797 145 258 48 8 34 166 0 1 94 72 .324 .392 .532 .924 155.7
May 233 891 151 300 53 8 37 170 0 2 90 82 .337 .396 .539 .935 174.0
June 229 858 142 263 41 7 24 141 1 3 106 83 .307 .379 .455 .834 145.0
July 197 721 156 255 58 11 34 176 0 3 101 71 .354 .431 .606 1.037 166.8
August 214 803 144 257 47 3 26 144 2 3 79 66 .320 .378 .483 .861 138.7
Sep/Oct 188 686 132 221 35 9 26 129 1 0 93 58 .322 .398 .513 .911 134.7
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 OAK AL 1B 151 148 1322.7 1674 137 14 157 .992 12.32   3.2
1931 31 OAK AL 1B 153 147 1328.0 1625 121 21 177 .988 11.83   2.7
1932 32 OAK AL 1B 150 142 1272.7 1656 137 14 181 .992 12.68   2.2
1933 33 OAK AL 1B 147 142 1260.7 1647 138 17 184 .991 12.74   2.3
1934 34 OAK AL 1B 139 133 1179.0 1561 115 12 156 .993 12.79   2.4
1935 35 OAK AL 1B 65 59 557.5 706 60 6 73 .992 12.37   1.2
  MON NL 1B 87 80 700.2 886 75 7 91 .993 12.35   2.0
  TOT   1B 152 139 1257.7 1592 135 13 164 .993 12.36   3.2
1936 36 MON NL 1B 131 115 1025.7 1249 99 10 120 .993 11.83   1.9
1937 37 MON NL 1B 50 46 426.9 537 42 6 56 .990 12.21   0.9
  BRK NL 1B 100 91 815.7 1027 79 12 106 .989 12.20   1.2
  TOT   1B 150 137 1242.6 1564 121 18 162 .989 12.20   2.1
1938 38 NYA AL 1B 68 62 560.0 695 53 11 58 .986 12.02   1.2
Career Totals   1241 1165 10448.9 13263 1056 130 1359 .991 12.33   21.3
Career Highs   153 148 1328.0 1674 138 21 184 .993 12.79    
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
1930 30 OAK AL 6 23 7 7 1 1 0 4 1 0 6 0 .304 .452 .435 .886
1931 31 OAK AL 16 63 17 28 5 2 3 17 0 0 10 5 .444 .514 .730 1.244
1933 33 OAK AL 11 47 11 21 4 0 4 14 0 0 4 2 .447 .490 .787 1.277
1935 35 MON NL 7 32 6 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 .281 .343 .375 .718
1936 36 MON NL 13 54 11 20 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 3 .370 .414 .500 .914
Career Post-Season Batting 53 219 52 85 13 5 8 48 1 0 27 12 .388 .454 .603 1.057
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
1930-4-.357
1932-6-.341
1934-7-.331
CAR-11-.327
On-Base Pct
1930-7-.426
1931-10-.401
1932-6-.406
1934-6-.402
1936-7-.392
CAR-26-.395
Slugging Pct
1930-3-.563
1932-4-.550
1933-8-.505
1934-3-.546
1936-8-.518
1937-8-.474
CAR-25-.520
OPS
1930-4-.989
1931-10-.917
1932-5-.956
1933-10-.878
1934-2-.948
1936-6-.910
1937-7-.845
CAR-16-.915
XR
1930-4-124.1
1931-9-108.7
1932-3-115.1
1933-7-102.2
1934-4-103.6
1937-5-90.1
Games
1932-4-150
1933-5-150
1937-10-153
At-Bats
1932-5-589
1933-7-578
Runs
1930-1-139
1931-5-120
1932-7-100
1933-4-111
Hits
1930-7-214
1932-1-201
1937-8-173
Total Bases
1930-3-337
1931-9-306
1932-4-324
1933-5-292
1934-5-293
1937-6-263
Singles
1932-9-130
Doubles
1932-3-44
1937-9-35
Homeruns
1930-5-26
1931-8-24
1932-4-25
1933-3-28
1934-3-24
1937-10-15
RBIs
1931-8-117
1932-6-105
1933-1-142
1934-2-118
1936-9-103
1937-7-89
Walks
1931-6-85
1933-10-70
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 112    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Carl Hubbell (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1930, off Red Lucas (SEM)
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against California on 9/27/1930
Won Bronze Rookie in 1930, hitting .357 with 26 HR, 103 RBI
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,514,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/8/1931, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
7/31/1931: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1931
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1932, hitting .416 with 4 HR, 20 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/9/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 7/18/1933
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/20/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1933, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1933, hitting .356 with 11 HR, 47 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 10/3/1933
5/16/1934: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1934, hitting .383 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Injured on 7/14/1934 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1934, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 6/16/1935 (Going to MON: 1B Del Bissonette, RF Ben Chapman. Going to OAK: 1B Harvey Hendrick, P Paul Derringer, P Jack Wilson)
Injured on 4/2/1936 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Injured on 4/28/1936 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 5/11/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1936, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/23/1936
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1937, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Montreal to Brooklyn on 6/1/1937 (Going to BRK: 1B Del Bissonette, 2B Heinie Schuble, 3B Pepper Martin, RF Bobby Estalella. Going to MON: SS Bill Barrett, P Ken Heintzelman)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/6/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $5,200,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/26/1938