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Lynn
King		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: November 28, 1907 in Usa, IA, VILLISCA
 
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
1935 27 OAK AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 7 7 8 9 8
1936 28 OAK AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
1937 29 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
1938 30 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
1939 31 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7
1940 32 NYA AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
1941 33 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7
1942 34 NYA AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 9 8
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
1935 27 A   137 484 57 115 13 2 6 60 15 9 124 36 .238 .393 .310 .703 73.6  
1936 28 A   4 14 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .286 .333 .357 .690 1.6  
1937 29 A   137 470 62 110 7 3 7 49 14 10 132 42 .234 .402 .306 .708 74.4  
1938 30 A   137 467 62 111 12 0 10 47 10 11 117 43 .238 .390 .328 .718 71.4  
1939 31 A   137 455 56 104 15 1 12 63 11 10 128 46 .229 .398 .345 .743 75.7  
1940 32 A   137 522 66 120 13 3 10 50 15 14 118 52 .230 .372 .324 .696 73.6  
1941 33 NYA AL 78 199 18 30 2 2 2 14 2 1 20 19 .151 .228 .211 .439 7.4 0.0
    AAA   26 113 9 26 4 1 0 9 5 2 14 16 .230 .315 .283 .598 11.1  
1942 34 NYA AL 51 108 12 17 2 1 1 9 4 0 13 9 .157 .248 .222 .470 7.4 0.0
    AAA   79 300 32 55 7 0 4 38 6 6 36 41 .183 .271 .247 .518 20.7  
2 Years Sim 129 307 30 47 4 3 3 23 6 1 33 28 .153 .235 .215 .450 14.8 0.0
2 Years AAA 105 413 41 81 11 1 4 47 11 8 50 57 .196 .283 .257 .540 31.8  
6 Years A 689 2412 304 564 61 9 45 272 65 54 620 221 .234 .389 .323 .712 370.4  
8 Years Minors 794 2825 345 645 72 10 49 319 76 62 670 278 .228 .375 .313 .688 402.2  
162 Game Average 385 37 59 5 3 3 28 7 1 41 35 .153 .235 .215 .450 18.6  
Career Highs 78 199 18 30 2 2 2 14 4 1 20 19 .157 .248 .222 .470 7.4  
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   224 21 35 2 1 3 14 5 1 24 18 .156 .238 .214 .452 11.9
vs LH   83 9 12 2 2 0 9 1 0 9 10 .145 .228 .217 .445 3.9
Home 57 141 18 23 3 1 2 12 2 0 17 15 .163 .253 .241 .494 9.4
Away 72 166 12 24 1 2 1 11 4 1 16 13 .145 .220 .193 .413 6.4
RISP   70 0 12 2 1 0 16 0 0 7 8 .171 .247 .229 .475 3.8
Pinch Hitting   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   19 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .263 .364 .263 .627 2.2
May 51 154 16 26 3 1 3 14 5 0 16 19 .169 .247 .260 .507 11.1
June 39 105 9 13 0 2 0 7 0 1 13 7 .124 .220 .162 .382 2.8
July 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
August 12 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .308 .333 .641 1.2
Sep/Oct 21 33 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .121 .194 .121 .316 0.4
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
1941 33 NYA AL 2B 38 24 228.0 61 106 5 23 .971 6.59   0.9
    1B 22 22 178.0 231 15 1 16 .996 12.44   0.2
    RF 6 5 45.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    SS 6 3 31.0 6 11 0 1 1.000 4.94   0.0
    CF 2 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1942 34 NYA AL SS 26 24 202.0 36 83 1 9 .992 5.30   0.4
    2B 15 8 84.3 26 37 0 9 1.000 6.72   0.4
    RF 3 1 10.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
  2B 53 32 312.3 87 143 5 32 .979 6.63   1.3
  SS 32 27 233.0 42 94 1 10 .993 5.25   0.5
  1B 23 22 180.0 236 15 1 16 .996 12.55   0.2
  RF 9 6 55.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.2
  CF 2 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
Career Totals   119 88 788.3 379 253 7 58 .989 7.22   2.1
Career Highs   74 55 490.0 310 132 6 40 .995 8.12    
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  6. Ron Clark (950)
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  8. Solly Drake (941)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by Oakland in 1935
Injured on 4/15/1935 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 4/5/1936 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 8/10/1938 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from Oakland to Detroit on 2/1/1940 (Going to OAK: P Johnny Murphy. Going to DET: CF Lynn King)
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 7/31/1940 (Going to NYA: CF Lynn King. Going to DET: LF Bob Johnson)
Had first career hit on 5/2/1941, off Junior Thompson (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/14/1941, off Rube Melton (SLC)
Released by New York (A) on 10/22/1942
 
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