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Jose
Zardon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 155
 
Born: May 20, 1923 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1956   
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
1945 22 OAK AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 9
1946 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1947 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1948 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1949 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1950 27 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1951 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1952 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 1 2 9 8 8
1953 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 1 2 9 8 8
1954 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 9
1955 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1956 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 1 2 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 2 1 2 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
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
1945 22 AAA   137 551 78 156 24 11 7 71 14 8 32 26 .283 .322 .405 .727 68.7  
1946 23 CLE AL 131 374 39 84 18 6 1 29 0 1 22 24 .225 .267 .313 .580 28.4 0.8
1947 24 CLE AL 57 175 29 47 10 3 2 18 0 1 9 9 .269 .303 .394 .697 19.7 2.4
    AAA   80 319 39 92 14 1 3 30 10 9 15 15 .288 .320 .367 .687 34.7  
1948 25 CLE AL 112 336 53 96 20 4 0 24 1 1 14 13 .286 .315 .369 .684 35.7 3.6
1949 26 CLE AL 76 224 23 59 9 1 0 20 0 5 8 5 .263 .292 .313 .604 17.2 0.4
    AAA   30 118 10 30 8 0 0 10 4 3 10 7 .254 .313 .322 .635 11.5  
1950 27 CLE AL 5 14 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .071 .188 .143 .330 0.3 0.0
    AAA   118 477 71 138 17 5 0 43 16 12 38 29 .289 .342 .346 .688 54.9  
1951 28 AAA   134 560 61 148 27 5 3 47 17 17 36 26 .264 .309 .346 .655 55.8  
1952 29 CLE AL 36 23 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 .261 .320 .391 .711 2.6 0.3
1953 30 AAA   137 554 65 159 31 6 1 46 19 6 27 55 .287 .320 .370 .690 63.3  
1954 31 AAA   123 477 64 135 26 8 3 43 9 10 20 38 .283 .312 .390 .702 52.7  
1955 32 CLE AL 92 130 16 35 6 3 0 17 2 1 4 12 .269 .291 .362 .653 11.3 0.9
1956 33 CLE AL 150 514 51 122 20 5 0 38 2 5 18 57 .237 .263 .296 .558 31.5 0.0
8 Years Sim 659 1790 221 450 85 23 3 149 5 15 79 121 .251 .283 .330 .613 146.5 8.4
7 Years AAA 759 3056 388 858 147 36 17 290 89 65 178 196 .281 .320 .369 .689 341.5  
162 Game Average 440 54 110 20 5 0 36 1 3 19 29 .251 .283 .330 .613 36.0  
Career Highs 150 514 53 122 20 6 2 38 2 5 22 57 .286 .320 .394 .711 35.7  
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   884 101 194 33 11 1 61 2 6 34 71 .219 .248 .285 .533 54.9
vs LH   906 120 256 52 12 2 88 3 9 45 50 .283 .317 .373 .690 98.4
Home 328 887 107 226 38 14 2 86 4 6 42 62 .255 .289 .336 .625 80.4
Away 331 903 114 224 47 9 1 63 1 9 37 59 .248 .278 .323 .601 72.8
RISP   377 0 90 21 8 0 131 0 0 22 26 .239 .280 .337 .617 33.9
Pinch Hitting   80 6 19 4 0 0 11 0 0 3 8 .238 .265 .288 .553 5.5
Close/Late   168 40 45 7 1 1 14 0 2 14 14 .268 .322 .339 .662 17.8
Mar/Apr 121 309 48 71 12 5 1 25 0 1 16 16 .230 .268 .311 .578 24.1
May 118 314 35 85 13 6 0 28 1 3 11 21 .271 .298 .350 .648 29.6
June 115 332 31 81 18 5 0 35 0 2 13 24 .244 .275 .328 .603 26.8
July 97 256 22 54 9 1 0 15 3 3 12 19 .211 .245 .254 .499 13.8
August 96 291 40 82 16 3 2 30 0 2 11 23 .282 .305 .378 .683 31.1
Sep/Oct 111 288 44 77 17 3 0 16 1 4 16 18 .267 .306 .347 .653 27.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1946 23 CLE AL LF 103 81 712.7 177 5 5 2 .973 2.30 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    CF 11 7 75.3 24 2 0 1 1.000 3.11 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 8 71.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
1947 24 CLE AL CF 25 25 209.0 71 3 3 1 .961 3.19 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 20 19 162.7 38 0 1 0 .974 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1948 25 CLE AL LF 64 59 485.3 134 3 2 0 .986 2.54 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 15 10 87.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 11 10 86.0 24 0 2 0 .923 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 26 CLE AL LF 51 47 388.0 89 3 3 1 .968 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 13 5 62.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0  
1950 27 CLE AL CF 4 4 32.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1952 29 CLE AL RF 5 1 16.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 1 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0  
1955 32 CLE AL CF 43 15 204.3 52 3 0 0 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 8 2 36.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 33 CLE AL CF 148 146 1231.7 361 13 6 2 .984 2.73 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 263 213 1916.3 563 23 9 5 .985 2.75 0 0 .000 0 8.2
  LF 233 190 1639.3 411 11 10 3 .977 2.32 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  RF 48 38 340.7 86 2 3 1 .967 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   547 441 3901.3 1065 36 22 9 .980 2.54 0 0 .000 0 13.8
Career Highs   149 146 1233.7 361 13 6 3 1.000 3.66 0 0 .000 0  
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
1956-8-5
 Caught Stealing
1956-8-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Detroit in 1945
Traded from Detroit to Oakland on 7/31/1945 (Going to DET: P Johnny Vander meer. Going to OAK: CF Jose Zardon, P Charley Schanz, P Tiny Bonham, P Russ Meers, P Clyde Shoun)
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland on 2/1/1946 (Going to OAK: 1B Hal Trosky, P George Jeffcoat, SS Al Cuccinello. Going to CLE: 1B Gene Hasson, CF Jose Zardon)
Had first career hit on 4/25/1946, off Frank Lamanna (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1946, off Ralph Winegarner (TAM)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/1/1950 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1956
 
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