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Billy
Rogell		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 168
 
Born: November 24, 1904 in Usa, IL, SPRINGFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1931   
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 25 OAK AL $ 2,085,714   38 38 39 16 16 16 87 86 86 51 47 48 76 75 75
1931 26 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9
1932 27 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 10 6 6 6 9 9 9
1933 28 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 6 5 5 9 9 9
1934 29 OAK AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 6 5 5 9 9 9
1935 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 10 6 5 5 9 9 9
1936 31 OAK AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1937 32 OAK AL $ 612,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 4 9 8 8
1938 33 DET AL $ 550,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8
1939 34 CIN NL $ 550,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,085,714   38 38 39 16 16 16 87 86 86 51 47 48 76 75 75
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 25 OAK AL 141 450 60 115 31 5 5 78 10 4 30 34 .256 .304 .380 .684 45.7 4.5
1931 26 OAK AL 115 319 40 68 17 4 4 47 4 0 36 23 .213 .291 .329 .620 32.1 3.3
1932 27 OAK AL 80 130 16 30 8 2 1 22 1 1 12 9 .231 .294 .346 .640 13.8 1.5
1933 28 OAK AL 33 80 7 14 5 0 0 8 0 0 7 3 .175 .236 .238 .473 4.9 0.0
    AAA   72 286 52 84 20 3 8 45 5 5 48 17 .294 .395 .469 .864 51.8  
1934 29 AAA   137 561 101 176 49 10 1 64 18 7 84 33 .314 .403 .442 .845 97.7  
1935 30 OAK AL 123 317 47 81 19 9 4 36 2 0 29 16 .256 .316 .410 .726 39.7 4.9
1936 31 OAK AL 130 354 49 78 15 2 4 41 1 0 27 23 .220 .278 .308 .586 28.5 1.1
1937 32 OAK AL 73 133 13 23 5 0 1 11 0 0 9 10 .173 .225 .233 .458 5.6 0.0
1938 33 DET AL 130 457 59 122 25 4 4 22 21 4 32 48 .267 .314 .365 .680 53.3 5.7
1939 34 CIN NL 53 52 4 10 4 0 1 12 0 0 4 2 .192 .246 .327 .573 4.4 0.1
    AAA   81 325 46 68 19 3 4 36 6 0 25 30 .209 .266 .323 .589 28.5  
1940 35 AA   23 84 11 20 2 0 2 10 2 1 9 9 .238 .312 .333 .645 9.3  
9 Years Sim 878 2292 295 541 129 26 24 277 39 9 186 168 .236 .293 .346 .640 228.0 21.1
3 Years AAA 290 1172 199 328 88 16 13 145 29 12 157 80 .280 .363 .416 .779 178.0  
1 Years AA 23 84 11 20 2 0 2 10 2 1 9 9 .238 .305 .333 .639 9.3  
4 Years Minors 313 1256 210 348 90 16 15 155 31 13 166 89 .277 .360 .410 .770 187.2  
162 Game Average 422 54 99 23 4 4 51 7 1 34 30 .236 .293 .346 .640 42.1  
Career Highs 141 457 60 122 31 9 5 78 21 4 36 48 .267 .316 .410 .726 53.3  
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   1649 216 399 91 20 18 197 29 5 133 128 .242 .298 .354 .653 176.1
vs LH   643 79 142 38 6 6 80 10 4 53 40 .221 .280 .327 .606 58.7
Home 449 1175 159 289 59 14 12 140 17 6 78 98 .246 .292 .351 .643 118.9
Away 429 1117 136 252 70 12 12 137 22 3 108 70 .226 .294 .342 .636 115.8
RISP   581 0 155 44 6 7 236 0 0 49 45 .267 .319 .399 .718 72.8
Pinch Hitting   166 19 38 8 0 0 30 2 0 14 14 .229 .284 .277 .561 13.6
Close/Late   264 41 69 12 6 2 20 0 0 25 20 .261 .324 .375 .699 32.0
Mar/Apr 145 404 54 95 26 2 3 48 6 1 29 25 .235 .287 .332 .619 38.1
May 165 462 60 110 29 6 7 61 9 3 33 30 .238 .286 .372 .658 49.3
June 143 404 44 88 12 5 4 35 9 1 37 41 .218 .284 .302 .586 36.6
July 124 308 40 70 14 2 0 29 9 3 25 18 .227 .284 .286 .570 25.5
August 163 385 55 97 28 7 7 63 4 0 36 34 .252 .314 .416 .729 50.3
Sep/Oct 138 329 42 81 20 4 3 41 2 1 26 20 .246 .306 .359 .664 35.0
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 25 OAK AL SS 110 101 898.3 151 370 22 71 .959 5.22   5.1
    2B 21 20 170.3 27 56 6 13 .933 4.39   0.3
1931 26 OAK AL SS 99 95 811.0 148 339 23 73 .955 5.40   4.0
1932 27 OAK AL SS 32 28 236.0 43 123 5 25 .971 6.33   1.4
    3B 1 1 8.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
1933 28 OAK AL SS 24 19 166.3 23 67 5 15 .947 4.87   0.8
    3B 2 2 16.0 2 5 1 0 .875 3.94   0.1
    1B 2 2 16.0 21 4 0 2 1.000 14.06   0.0
    2B 2 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1935 30 OAK AL SS 52 50 438.3 65 222 6 45 .980 5.89   3.0
    2B 14 10 84.7 19 26 2 9 .957 4.78   0.2
    1B 10 8 72.7 78 5 0 12 1.000 10.28   0.1
    3B 10 6 51.7 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.96   0.3
1936 31 OAK AL SS 96 88 754.7 147 322 22 65 .955 5.59   2.7
    2B 11 10 81.0 21 41 0 9 1.000 6.89   0.4
    3B 5 2 20.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.1
1937 32 OAK AL SS 13 12 108.0 13 41 2 9 .964 4.50   0.5
    3B 18 10 102.7 4 25 0 2 1.000 2.54   0.4
    2B 21 8 92.7 29 42 1 11 .986 6.90   0.4
    1B 7 1 19.0 22 1 1 2 .958 10.89   0.0
1938 33 DET AL SS 106 95 872.3 148 392 28 81 .951 5.57   4.3
    3B 8 6 54.0 2 15 1 1 .944 2.83   0.1
    1B 3 3 21.0 22 2 2 2 .923 10.29   0.0
    2B 5 1 19.0 3 11 0 2 1.000 6.63   0.1
1939 34 CIN NL SS 23 0 40.3 10 21 2 10 .939 6.92   0.3
    2B 8 0 22.0 4 14 0 2 1.000 7.36   0.2
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.1
  SS 555 488 4325.3 748 1897 115 394 .958 5.50   22.1
  2B 82 50 476.7 104 190 9 46 .970 5.55   1.5
  3B 47 27 259.0 20 66 2 4 .977 2.99   1.2
  1B 22 14 128.7 143 12 3 18 .981 10.84   0.2
Career Totals   706 579 5189.6 1015 2165 129 462 .961 5.51   25.0
Career Highs   131 121 1068.7 178 426 31 86 .982 6.91    
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 25 OAK AL 6 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .125 .286 .125 .411
1931 26 OAK AL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 3 .167 .304 .167 .471
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.
Triples
1935-5-9
 Stolen Bases
1930-10-10
1938-2-21
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  2. Al Kozar (949)
  3. Ed Montague (947)
  4. Bobby Knoop (947)
  5. Wally Kimmick (945)
  6. Rennie Stennett (943)
  7. Marv Breeding (942)
  8. Jerry Lumpe (940)
  9. Stu Clarke (940)
  10. Cal Ripken Jr. (939)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Carl Hubbell (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1930, off Urban Shocker (MIN)
6/1/1930: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1931
9/20/1933: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $650,000 per year, for 1 years
5/16/1934: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
9/22/1935: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,250,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Oakland on 10/1/1936
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/26/1937 to a 1-year deal worth $612,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/17/1938 to a 2-year deal worth $550,000 per year
Injured on 4/12/1939 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 6/1/1939 (Going to CIN: P Frank Barrett, P Herm Holshouser, P Roy Parmelee, P Oral Hildebrand, 2B Billy Rogell. Going to DET: 2B Dick Bartell)
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/5/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $317,635 per year
Injured on 3/6/1940 with a Broken Foot, out for 4 weeks
Released by Cincinnati on 5/1/1940
 
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