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Nino Bongiovanni	Nickname: Bon Jovi   Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 5' 10'' Weight: 200   Born: December 21, 1911 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1938	26	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1939	27	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1940	28	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1941	29	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1942	30	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1943	31	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1944	32	DET	AL	$ 500,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1945	33	DET	AL	$ 500,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1946	34	DET	AL	$ 500,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1947	35	DET	AL	$ 500,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1948	36	PIT	NL	$ 500,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 500,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3

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
1938	26	DET	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	1	1	1	4	5	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1939	27	DET	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	1	1	1	4	5	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1940	28	DET	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	1	1	1	5	5	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1941	29	DET	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	1	1	1	5	6	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1942	30	DET	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	1	1	1	5	5	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1943	31	DET	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	1	1	1	5	5	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1944	32	DET	AL	$ 500,000				8	8	8	1	1	1	5	6	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1945	33	DET	AL	$ 500,000				8	8	8	1	1	1	5	5	5	2	2	2	10	10	10
1946	34	DET	AL	$ 500,000				7	7	7	1	1	1	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1947	35	DET	AL	$ 500,000				6	6	6	1	1	1	4	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
1948	36	PIT	NL	$ 500,000				6	6	6	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				5	5	5	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 500,000				9	9	8	1	1	1	5	6	5	2	2	2	10	10	10

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
1946	34	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	.100	.250	.100	.350	0.3
1 Years Sim				1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	.100	.250	.100	.350	0.3

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										1	0	0	1	0		.125	.222	.125	.347
vs LH										0	0	0	1	0		.000	.333	.000	.333
Home	1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	.100	.250	.100	.350
May	1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	.100	.250	.100	.350

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
1938	26	AAA		31	117	7	24	2	0	0	8	0	0	10	5	.205	.268	.222	.490	6.9
		AA		106	412	33	100	13	1	0	23	0	0	41	13	.243	.311	.279	.590	37.4
1939	27	DET	AL	3	10	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	1.7	0.4
		AAA		135	588	75	181	28	0	8	58	1	2	21	20	.308	.332	.396	.728	71.8
1940	28	DET	AL	12	36	1	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.194	.389	0.2	0.0
		AAA		31	117	18	30	4	0	0	6	0	0	16	0	.256	.346	.291	.636	13.0
1941	29	DET	AL	100	360	51	132	19	1	1	43	0	0	8	9	.367	.380	.433	.814	51.4	10.0
1942	30	DET	AL	98	368	45	118	21	0	1	33	0	0	13	4	.321	.342	.386	.728	42.9	5.4
1943	31	DET	AL	81	244	27	68	8	0	3	19	0	1	9	5	.279	.304	.348	.653	22.2	1.6
1944	32	DET	AL	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	0.6	0.2
		AAA		83	334	51	102	9	0	7	45	0	0	22	5	.305	.348	.395	.744	44.8
1945	33	DET	AL	6	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	1.9	0.5
		AAA		135	556	62	183	33	0	4	50	0	1	41	10	.329	.375	.410	.785	80.3
1946	34	DET	AL	30	58	8	12	3	0	0	8	0	0	6	3	.207	.277	.259	.536	3.1	0.0
1947	35	DET	AL	26	89	12	29	4	0	0	12	0	0	5	4	.326	.368	.371	.739	10.2	1.6
1948	36	AAA		87	139	18	44	10	0	0	18	1	0	14	8	.317	.379	.388	.768	20.0
9 Years Sim				360	1177	145	375	57	1	5	123	0	1	42	25	.319	.342	.381	.723	134.0	19.7
6 Years AAA				502	1851	231	564	86	0	19	185	2	3	124	48	.305	.347	.382	.729	236.8
1 Years AA				106	412	33	100	13	1	0	23	0	0	41	13	.243	.309	.279	.588	37.4
7 Years Minors				608	2263	264	664	99	1	19	208	2	3	165	61	.293	.340	.363	.703	274.2
162 Game Average					529	65	168	25	0	2	55	0	0	18	11	.319	.342	.381	.723	60.3
Career Highs				100	368	51	132	21	1	3	43	0	1	13	9	.600	.667	.800	1.467	51.4

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		1079	135	352	53	1	5	112	0	1	39	24	.326	.349	.391	.740	136.0
vs LH		98	10	23	4	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	.235	.257	.276	.533	6.2
Home	177	587	77	203	36	1	2	62	0	0	16	18	.346	.364	.421	.785	80.4
Away	183	590	68	172	21	0	3	61	0	1	26	7	.292	.320	.342	.662	61.8
RISP		260	0	81	8	0	2	111	0	0	7	5	.312	.326	.365	.691	29.3
Pinch Hitting		80	5	22	2	0	1	9	0	0	2	2	.275	.293	.338	.630	7.5
Close/Late		134	14	45	5	0	1	13	0	0	3	4	.336	.350	.396	.746	17.0
Mar/Apr	57	158	17	52	13	0	2	18	0	0	5	4	.329	.350	.449	.799	22.3
May	75	269	33	82	8	0	2	26	0	0	11	4	.305	.332	.357	.689	30.4
June	69	276	35	87	9	0	1	29	0	1	10	4	.315	.340	.359	.699	31.4
July	39	125	17	39	9	1	0	14	0	0	7	5	.312	.346	.400	.746	16.1
August	51	152	19	50	4	0	0	15	0	0	2	5	.329	.338	.355	.693	16.8
Sep/Oct	69	197	24	65	14	0	0	21	0	0	7	3	.330	.351	.401	.752	25.3

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
1939	27	DET	AL	LF	3	3	25.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.44					0.0
1940	28	DET	AL	RF	10	9	75.0	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.16					0.3
				CF	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1941	29	DET	AL	CF	80	79	651.3	170	2	6	0	.966	2.38					1.7
				LF	2	2	15.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.40
				RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1942	30	DET	AL	CF	68	63	575.3	135	3	0	2	1.000	2.16					2.8
				LF	7	7	62.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.03
				RF	7	7	59.0	21	0	0	0	1.000	3.20
1943	31	DET	AL	LF	47	47	381.0	98	3	1	1	.990	2.39					1.1
				RF	6	5	44.0	9	0	1	0	.900	1.84
				CF	4	1	12.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
				1B	2	0	5.0	6	1	0	1	1.000	12.60					0.0
1944	32	DET	AL	LF	2	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
				RF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1946	34	DET	AL	RF	6	6	49.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.57					0.5
				LF	5	5	43.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.72
				CF	2	2	18.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.50
				P	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				1B	2	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.42					0.0
1947	35	DET	AL	CF	21	21	173.7	51	1	0	1	1.000	2.69					1.0
				LF	3	3	24.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
				CF	177	166	1432.3	367	6	6	3	.984	2.34					5.5
				LF	69	68	558.0	141	3	1	1	.993	2.32					1.1
				RF	31	28	234.0	62	0	1	0	.984	2.38					0.8
				1B	4	0	6.7	7	1	0	1	1.000	10.81					0.0
				P	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Career Totals					282	262	2234.0	577	10	8	5	.987	2.36					7.4
Career Highs					83	81	696.3	174	4	6	2	1.000	2.75

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
1941	29	DET	AL	8	31	6	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	.419	.455	.516	.971
Career Post-Season Batting				8	31	6	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	.419	.455	.516	.971

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History

Drafted in 4th round, 58th overall pick, by Detroit in 1938

Had first career hit on 9/8/1939, off Slick Castleman (BSN)

Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1941, off Spud Chandler (TAM)

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 4/26/1942

10/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $500,000 per year, for 7 years

Injured on 6/6/1945 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days

Earned first career win on 5/27/1946

Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1948 (Going to PIT: C Ken Silvestri, P Jake Mooty, LF Nino Bongiovanni, 1B Frank Secory. Going to DET: P Johnny Sain, P Frank Papish, C Mickey Owen)

3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh

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