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Dusty
Rhodes		  
Nickname: American Dream
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 13, 1927 in Usa, AL, MATHEWS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1957    1959   
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
1952 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1953 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1954 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1955 28 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
1956 29 NYA AL $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1957 30 NYA AL $ 1,707,143   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1958 31 NYA AL $ 2,421,429   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
1959 32 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1960 33 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
1961 34 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6
1962 35 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6
1963 36 SEM AL $ 3,230,000   7 7 7 6 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5
1964 37 SEM AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
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
1952 25 OAK AL 23 76 8 20 3 1 1 9 0 0 6 12 .263 .313 .368 .682 8.7 0.8
    AAA   109 403 76 96 9 0 36 95 6 3 77 65 .238 .360 .529 .889 80.6  
    AA   26 97 20 30 5 0 10 31 1 3 21 8 .309 .432 .670 1.102 25.4  
1953 26 OAK AL 157 491 58 122 18 1 21 75 0 0 44 87 .248 .309 .418 .727 61.1 7.4
1954 27 OAK AL 101 122 15 29 1 0 5 21 0 0 16 21 .238 .324 .369 .693 15.2 2.0
1955 28 MON NL 138 367 46 97 7 1 16 53 1 0 49 68 .264 .349 .420 .769 54.1 10.2
1956 29 NYA AL 149 512 68 146 15 3 20 84 0 0 42 81 .285 .339 .443 .782 72.1 10.5
1957 30 NYA AL 153 462 74 134 18 6 23 80 0 0 50 87 .290 .357 .504 .861 80.8 14.9
1958 31 NYA AL 151 476 60 121 22 3 16 65 0 2 41 89 .254 .311 .414 .725 59.3 7.5
1959 32 NYA AL 157 562 96 150 26 3 29 97 1 0 63 97 .267 .339 .479 .817 90.5 17.7
1960 33 NYA AL 156 533 75 138 19 5 20 89 0 0 71 102 .259 .342 .426 .767 77.6 13.9
1961 34 NYA AL 149 538 78 157 18 1 22 74 0 0 50 114 .292 .351 .452 .803 81.3 16.2
1962 35 NYA AL 157 579 68 153 18 3 17 81 0 0 54 125 .264 .328 .394 .721 72.0 11.4
1963 36 NYA AL 75 264 38 74 8 0 13 48 1 3 24 49 .280 .338 .458 .796 36.4 7.3
  SEM AL 70 244 29 72 4 0 8 41 0 2 19 54 .295 .345 .410 .755 30.3 5.5
  TOT   145 508 67 146 12 0 21 89 1 5 43 103 .287 .341 .435 .776 66.7 12.8
1964 37 SEM AL 24 76 7 17 4 0 0 8 0 0 8 20 .224 .294 .276 .570 6.4 0.4
13 Years Sim 1660 5302 720 1430 181 27 211 825 3 7 537 1006 .270 .335 .433 .768 745.6 125.7
1 Years AAA 109 403 76 96 9 0 36 95 6 3 77 65 .238 .357 .529 .886 80.6  
1 Years AA 26 97 20 30 5 0 10 31 1 3 21 8 .309 .425 .670 1.095 25.4  
2 Years Minors 135 500 96 126 14 0 46 126 7 6 98 73 .252 .371 .556 .927 106.1  
162 Game Average 517 70 139 17 2 20 80 0 0 52 98 .270 .335 .433 .768 72.8  
Career Highs 157 579 96 157 26 6 29 97 1 5 71 125 .292 .357 .504 .861 90.5  
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   3740 534 1064 136 22 156 624 3 6 384 619 .284 .349 .458 .807 592.7
vs LH   1562 186 366 45 5 55 201 0 1 153 387 .234 .302 .375 .677 184.2
Home 828 2608 370 714 94 13 97 375 1 3 271 493 .274 .341 .431 .772 385.4
Away 832 2694 350 716 87 14 114 450 2 4 266 513 .266 .330 .435 .765 391.5
RISP   1292 0 393 45 4 70 606 0 0 168 275 .304 .375 .508 .883 245.2
Pinch Hitting   257 35 74 8 0 12 58 0 1 27 51 .288 .356 .459 .815 41.3
Close/Late   674 98 204 14 5 39 120 0 0 76 122 .303 .372 .512 .884 125.2
Mar/Apr 278 889 106 221 28 5 30 128 0 1 79 168 .249 .306 .393 .698 110.0
May 288 889 131 266 28 7 35 135 0 3 111 155 .299 .374 .465 .838 152.8
June 270 860 124 232 29 1 36 145 0 1 86 154 .270 .334 .431 .766 125.4
July 256 847 113 225 31 5 32 124 1 1 76 167 .266 .325 .427 .752 118.1
August 271 889 127 245 32 6 42 145 1 1 89 182 .276 .341 .467 .808 140.6
Sep/Oct 297 928 119 241 33 3 36 148 1 0 96 180 .260 .329 .418 .747 130.1
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
1952 25 OAK AL LF 23 23 176.0 33 3 2 0 .947 1.84   0.3
    RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 26 OAK AL LF 150 150 1184.3 235 14 11 5 .958 1.89   2.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1954 27 OAK AL LF 19 12 114.0 20 0 1 0 .952 1.58   0.2
    1B 5 3 31.0 37 2 0 3 1.000 11.32   0.0
    RF 7 0 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 28 MON NL LF 114 80 768.7 143 4 14 1 .913 1.72   1.0
    RF 6 0 13.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66    
1956 29 NYA AL RF 103 96 857.0 185 5 1 2 .995 2.00   2.2
    LF 34 31 269.3 67 2 2 0 .972 2.31    
1957 30 NYA AL RF 136 118 1061.0 235 8 1 0 .996 2.06   3.8
    LF 5 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1958 31 NYA AL LF 115 99 905.7 163 9 6 3 .966 1.71   2.2
    RF 19 14 141.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1959 32 NYA AL LF 132 126 1117.3 197 8 7 2 .967 1.65   2.1
    RF 18 16 146.3 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1960 33 NYA AL RF 135 132 1161.0 184 5 1 1 .995 1.47   2.4
    LF 15 12 110.0 11 1 1 0 .923 0.98    
1961 34 NYA AL RF 94 90 809.7 143 4 0 0 1.000 1.63   2.0
    LF 53 45 403.0 70 2 5 0 .935 1.61    
1962 35 NYA AL RF 150 146 1294.7 246 9 0 1 1.000 1.77   4.5
    LF 3 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1963 36 NYA AL RF 43 39 348.7 71 1 0 0 1.000 1.86   1.0
    1B 27 27 241.1 287 15 7 28 .977 11.27   0.7
    CF 1 1 9.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
  SEM AL RF 40 36 317.6 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.6
    1B 25 25 219.6 261 13 7 25 .975 11.23   0.0
    CF 1 1 8.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.05   0.0
  TOT   RF 83 75 666.3 136 1 0 0 1.000 1.85   1.6
      1B 52 52 460.7 548 28 14 53 .976 11.25   0.7
      CF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1964 37 SEM AL 1B 21 21 182.7 205 18 3 11 .987 10.99   0.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00   0.0
  RF 755 688 6176.6 1182 34 4 4 .997 1.77   16.4
  LF 663 580 5078.3 949 43 49 11 .953 1.76   8.7
  1B 79 76 675.4 792 48 17 68 .980 11.19   0.8
  CF 3 2 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
Career Totals   1500 1346 11950.3 2927 125 70 83 .978 2.30   26.0
Career Highs   153 150 1303.7 686 29 14 53 1.000 10.52    
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
1956-10-.285
1957-8-.290
 Slugging Pct
1957-8-.504
 OPS
1957-9-.861
 Games
1953-7-157
1959-4-157
1960-5-156
1962-3-157
 Runs
1959-7-96
 Total Bases
1959-9-269
Triples
1957-5-6
 Homeruns
1959-10-29
 RBIs
1959-10-97
1960-10-89
 Walks
1960-9-71
 Strikeouts
1953-7-87
1962-7-125
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Willard Marshall (961)
  2. Tony Armas (940)
  3. Andy Pafko (938)
  4. Wally Westlake (933)
  5. Bill Nicholson (933)
  6. Rick Reichardt (931)
  7. Roger Maris (931)
  8. Dave Winfield (925)
  9. Ben Oglivie (925)
  10. Hank Leiber (924)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Oakland in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1952, off Joe Black (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1952, off Ed Hanyzewski (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1953, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 3/3/1955 (Going to OAK: P Ted Gray, P Russ Kemmerer. Going to MON: LF Dusty Rhodes)
Injured on 7/31/1955 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 2/13/1956 (Going to MON: P Dave Jolly. Going to NYA: LF Dusty Rhodes)
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,421,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Injured on 8/15/1961 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
5/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,230,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/9/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1963, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to Seattle on 7/1/1963 (Going to SEM: LF Dusty Rhodes. Going to NYA: 1B Duke Snider)
Released by Seattle on 5/1/1964
 
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