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Dick
Conger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 3, 1921 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 19 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
1941 20 CLE AL   6 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
1942 21 CLE AL   6 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3
1943 22 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 3 3 3
1944 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 6 7 6 3 3 3
1945 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 9 9 9 6 7 6 3 3 3
1946 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 9 9 9 6 7 6 3 3 3
1947 26 SDP NL $ 920,000 5 9 9 9 6 7 6 3 3 3
1948 27 SDP NL $ 920,000 5 9 9 9 6 7 6 3 3 3
1949 28 SDP NL $ 920,000 5 9 9 9 5 6 6 3 3 3
1950 29 SDP NL $ 920,000 5 9 9 9 5 6 6 3 3 3
1951 30 SDP NL $ 900,000 5 9 10 9 5 6 6 3 3 3
1952 31 BSN NL $ 900,000 4 9 10 9 5 6 5 3 3 3
1953 32 BSN NL $ 900,000 4 9 9 9 4 5 5 3 3 3
1954 33 BSN NL $ 900,000 4 9 9 9 4 5 4 3 3 3
1955 34 OAK AL $ 300,000 4 8 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1956 35 PIT NL $ 300,000 3 8 8 8 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 4 4 4 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 920,000 6 9 10 9 6 7 6 4 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 19 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 20 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 21 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 26 SDP NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 27 SDP NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 28 SDP NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 29 SDP NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 30 SDP NL $ 900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 31 BSN NL $ 900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 32 BSN NL $ 900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 33 BSN NL $ 900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 34 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 35 PIT NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1940 19 AAA   2 19 .095 29 29 3 0 0 182.7 209 109 16 90 113 5.37 .284 .362 .410 .771  
1941 20 AA   9 14 .391 30 30 1 0 0 201.3 180 87 12 77 181 3.89 .236 .306 .328 .634  
1942 21 AA   8 14 .364 30 30 1 0 0 205.0 184 77 19 82 197 3.38 .241 .314 .367 .681  
1943 22 CLE AL 2 1 .667 23 0 0 0 4 28.7 44 23 4 12 12 7.22 .344 .400 .539 .939 0.0
    AA   7 4 .636 13 13 1 1 0 99.0 71 24 8 28 107 2.18 .196 .254 .298 .552  
1944 23 CLE AL 1 4 .200 33 0 0 0 3 53.3 74 40 9 28 20 6.75 .338 .410 .525 .935 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 2 0 3 8 4.50 .368 .455 .474 .928  
1945 24 CLE AL 4 1 .800 32 0 0 0 14 40.0 28 7 1 12 29 1.58 .197 .265 .261 .525 10.6
1946 25 CLE AL 2 2 .500 33 0 0 0 17 31.7 24 11 3 14 23 3.13 .211 .300 .325 .625 6.8
1947 26 CLE AL 2 6 .250 34 0 0 0 16 32.0 40 24 4 11 22 6.75 .310 .357 .488 .845 1.1
  SDP NL 2 5 .286 31 0 0 0 5 33.3 30 17 3 19 18 4.59 .244 .338 .374 .712 3.0
  TOT   4 11 .267 65 0 0 0 21 65.3 70 41 7 30 40 5.65 .278 .347 .433 .780 4.0
1948 27 SDP NL 2 3 .400 44 0 0 0 2 30.0 37 26 8 13 24 7.80 .298 .374 .524 .898 0.0
1949 28 SDP NL 1 3 .250 12 0 0 0 1 10.0 10 6 2 4 6 5.40 .270 .341 .459 .801 0.4
    AAA   9 8 .529 23 23 1 1 0 152.0 124 61 14 70 159 3.61 .218 .304 .335 .639  
1950 29 SDP NL 4 0 1.000 42 2 0 0 3 28.7 15 11 1 13 18 3.45 .156 .268 .229 .497 5.6
1951 30 SDP NL 4 4 .500 30 2 0 0 3 31.0 31 16 4 19 25 4.65 .270 .370 .435 .805 2.5
1952 31 BSN NL 12 10 .545 70 0 0 0 8 73.3 68 42 10 42 50 5.15 .252 .353 .444 .798 6.0
1953 32 BSN NL 9 1 .900 44 0 0 0 8 46.0 31 21 8 30 42 4.11 .190 .316 .374 .690 7.7
1954 33 BSN NL 2 10 .167 53 1 0 0 8 89.3 94 72 19 57 71 7.25 .269 .376 .489 .864 0.0
1955 34 SEM AL 1 4 .200 6 0 0 0 0 7.7 7 5 1 6 5 5.87 .241 .371 .448 .820 0.0
    AAA   3 2 .600 19 0 0 0 8 24.7 22 13 4 17 31 4.74 .244 .364 .422 .787  
    AA   0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 1 13.3 7 1 1 3 19 0.68 .152 .204 .217 .421  
1956 35 AA   3 3 .500 55 0 0 0 8 43.0 28 20 7 21 64 4.19 .190 .292 .361 .652  
13 Years Sim 48 54 .471 487 5 0 0 92 535.0 533 321 77 280 365 5.40 .261 .352 .435 .786 43.8
4 Years AAA 14 30 .318 76 52 4 1 8 363.3 362 185 34 180 311 4.58 .256 .340 .381 .721  
5 Years AA 27 35 .435 141 73 3 1 9 561.7 470 209 47 211 568 3.35 .226 .297 .337 .634  
9 Years Minors 41 65 .387 217 125 7 2 17 925.0 832 394 81 391 879 3.83 .238 .315 .355 .669  
Season Average 3 4 .429 37 0 0 0 7 41.2 41 24 5 21 28 5.40 .261 .352 .435 .786  
Career Highs 12 11 1.000 70 2 0 0 21 89.3 94 72 19 57 71 7.80 .344 .410 .539 .939  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   284 189 49 147 227   .249 .335 .435 .771
vs LH   249 132 28 133 138   .277 .370 .433 .803
Home 31 26 .544 254 2 0 0 37 280.0 273 168 40 156 179 5.40 .257 .352 .426 .778
Away 17 28 .378 233 3 0 0 56 255.0 260 153 37 124 186 5.40 .266 .349 .444 .793
Mar/Apr 6 14 .300 76 0 0 0 19 82.0 89 63 8 49 59 6.92 .275 .370 .420 .790
May 5 4 .556 49 0 0 0 12 50.7 43 21 8 22 40 3.73 .238 .320 .392 .712
June 6 9 .400 75 1 0 0 17 90.6 92 63 13 59 66 6.26 .264 .371 .448 .819
July 11 7 .611 81 0 0 0 14 84.3 93 56 16 39 53 5.98 .280 .356 .470 .826
August 9 10 .474 108 0 0 0 13 112.3 115 63 20 58 76 5.05 .270 .357 .484 .841
Sep/Oct 11 10 .524 98 4 0 0 18 115.0 101 55 12 53 71 4.31 .236 .320 .376 .696
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
1943 22 CLE AL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1944 23 CLE AL 33 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0
1945 24 CLE AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1946 25 CLE AL 33 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1947 26 CLE AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1950 29 SDP NL 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1951 30 SDP NL 30 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1952 31 BSN NL 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1953 32 BSN NL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1954 33 BSN NL 53 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .063 .000 .063 -0.4 0.0
1955 34 SEM AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
11 Years Sim 431 48 3 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 .042 .078 .042 .120 -1.9 0.0
1 Years AAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 18 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .042 .078 .042 .120 -0.7  
Career Highs 70 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
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   33 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .030 .059 .030 .089 -2.2
vs LH   15 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .067 .118 .067 .184 -0.8
Home 212 21 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.0
Away 167 27 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .074 .133 .074 .207 -1.1
RISP   12 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .167 .214 .167 .381 0.0
Close/Late   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Mar/Apr 35 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
May 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 33 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
July 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.4
August 43 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Sep/Oct 32 11 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 22 CLE AL P 23 0 28.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1944 23 CLE AL P 33 0 53.3 0 11 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1945 24 CLE AL P 32 0 40.0 6 10 0 2 1.000 3.60    
1946 25 CLE AL P 33 0 31.7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.99    
1947 26 CLE AL P 34 0 32.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.97    
  SDP NL P 31 0 33.3 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.16    
  TOT   P 65 0 65.3 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1948 27 SDP NL P 44 0 30.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.10    
1949 28 SDP NL P 12 0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1950 29 SDP NL P 42 2 28.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.45    
1951 30 SDP NL P 30 2 31.0 0 5 0 2 1.000 1.45    
1952 31 BSN NL P 70 0 73.3 5 16 0 1 1.000 2.58    
1953 32 BSN NL P 44 0 46.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.96    
1954 33 BSN NL P 53 1 89.3 4 13 1 1 .944 1.71    
1955 34 SEM AL P 6 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   487 5 535.0 29 100 1 8 .992 2.17    
Career Highs   70 2 89.3 6 16 1 2 1.000 3.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1943 22 CLE AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 3.00 .200 .273 .500 .773
1950 29 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 1 1 0 0 1 5.42 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 4.7 3 2 1 1 2 3.86 .214 .267 .429 .695
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1945-6-14
1946-2-17
1947-4-16
1952-7-8
1953-9-8
1954-8-8
 Games Pitched
1952-9-70
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1940
Injured on 3/22/1943 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/11/1943
Had first career hit on 9/8/1944, off Schoolboy Rowe (SDP)
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to San Diego on 7/31/1947 (Going to SDP: P Dick Conger. Going to CLE: CF Ralph Hodgin)
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/19/1949 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/22/1950 with a Broken Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
10/21/1950: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $900,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/30/1951 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 2/1/1952 (Going to SDP: P Vern Law. Going to BSN: RF Larry Doby, P Stubby Overmire, P Dick Conger, 3B Bob Dillinger, 2B Ray Boone)
Injured on 8/11/1954 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/2/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 6/1/1955
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 7/1/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/1956 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
4/2/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 7/19/1956 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks
 
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