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Bill
Burgo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 5, 1919 in Usa, PA, JOHNSTOWN
 
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
1943 23 MON NL     7 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1944 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1945 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1946 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1947 27 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1948 28 MON NL $ 462,857   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 9 9
1949 29 MON NL $ 517,143   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1950 30 MON NL $ 517,143   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 9 9
1951 31 MON NL $ 517,143   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 9 9
1952 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1953 33 PIT NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 9 9
1954 34 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 517,143   7 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
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
1943 23 AAA   137 573 89 169 27 3 10 66 11 16 49 12 .295 .350 .405 .755 76.2  
1944 24 MON NL 19 38 12 14 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 3 .368 .400 .526 .926 7.2 1.6
    AAA   111 471 79 158 24 3 14 56 8 9 30 9 .335 .375 .488 .864 77.8  
1945 25 MON NL 126 341 54 106 15 6 7 34 0 2 26 11 .311 .366 .452 .817 50.7 9.1
1946 26 MON NL 135 348 57 107 15 5 9 44 8 6 21 9 .307 .348 .457 .805 52.1 12.2
1947 27 MON NL 127 362 58 109 19 1 8 49 3 3 28 8 .301 .362 .425 .787 52.4 8.8
1948 28 MON NL 84 122 18 43 5 0 3 23 0 0 10 6 .352 .406 .467 .873 19.3 4.1
1949 29 MON NL 12 42 2 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 .214 .267 .262 .529 2.6 0.0
    AAA   110 425 71 140 23 3 14 54 9 8 39 24 .329 .386 .496 .882 74.8  
1950 30 AAA   137 560 96 172 29 4 27 89 18 10 52 24 .307 .366 .518 .884 100.4  
1951 31 MON NL 9 14 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 .286 .375 .500 .875 2.7 0.5
1952 32 NYG NL 23 79 8 19 2 0 2 3 1 0 6 0 .241 .310 .342 .652 9.0 0.8
  PIT NL 24 53 12 16 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 .302 .422 .340 .761 9.0 1.7
  TOT   47 132 20 35 4 0 2 4 2 0 16 0 .265 .358 .341 .699 18.0 2.6
    AAA   81 292 40 79 19 1 6 41 2 4 29 15 .271 .336 .404 .741 38.4  
1953 33 PIT NL 13 19 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .316 .350 .421 .771 1.9 0.2
1954 34 AAA   136 499 68 160 24 1 13 71 11 6 44 17 .321 .376 .451 .827 80.5  
9 Years Sim 572 1418 232 433 63 13 31 170 13 11 109 40 .305 .361 .434 .795 206.8 39.1
6 Years AAA 712 2820 443 878 146 15 84 377 59 53 243 101 .311 .384 .463 .848 448.0  
162 Game Average 401 65 122 17 3 8 48 3 3 30 11 .305 .361 .434 .795 58.6  
Career Highs 135 362 58 109 19 6 9 49 8 6 28 11 .368 .406 .526 .926 52.4  
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   499 85 130 19 6 10 61 3 2 28 15 .261 .307 .383 .690 55.8
vs LH   919 147 303 44 7 21 109 10 9 81 25 .330 .390 .461 .851 152.0
Home 287 729 117 222 32 8 16 97 6 7 49 18 .305 .356 .436 .792 104.2
Away 285 689 115 211 31 5 15 73 7 4 60 22 .306 .366 .431 .797 103.6
RISP   349 0 105 13 2 10 136 0 0 25 11 .301 .351 .436 .786 50.9
Pinch Hitting   214 31 59 7 2 7 41 0 0 9 4 .276 .326 .425 .751 26.9
Close/Late   217 37 67 7 2 10 36 0 0 15 4 .309 .363 .498 .861 36.2
Mar/Apr 99 236 34 82 8 6 4 32 3 1 16 9 .347 .389 .483 .872 40.6
May 90 242 47 84 13 5 3 26 2 3 24 6 .347 .407 .479 .887 42.8
June 89 256 41 70 7 0 8 43 2 3 17 9 .273 .326 .395 .721 31.4
July 100 282 42 85 13 1 8 27 4 1 17 8 .301 .350 .440 .789 40.7
August 84 183 29 57 10 1 3 14 2 2 9 6 .311 .357 .426 .783 24.7
Sep/Oct 106 219 38 55 12 0 5 28 0 1 26 2 .251 .339 .374 .713 27.6
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
1944 24 MON NL LF 8 7 62.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 25 MON NL LF 68 54 444.3 72 3 2 1 .974 1.52   1.1
    RF 28 21 200.3 48 1 1 0 .980 2.20    
    CF 9 0 18.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1946 26 MON NL LF 71 54 472.7 121 6 2 2 .984 2.42   1.1
    RF 23 14 130.3 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    CF 13 3 45.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40    
1947 27 MON NL LF 73 54 518.7 116 1 5 1 .959 2.03   1.4
    RF 21 12 118.0 20 1 1 1 .955 1.60    
    CF 13 7 77.3 17 4 0 1 1.000 2.44    
1948 28 MON NL CF 16 9 91.3 23 2 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.5
    LF 7 5 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 7 0 9.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 29 MON NL LF 10 10 87.0 35 1 2 1 .947 3.72   0.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 31 MON NL LF 4 4 33.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.36   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 32 NYG NL RF 12 11 113.5 21 2 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.9
    CF 9 7 70.5 20 0 1 0 .952 2.55   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
  PIT NL RF 12 12 83.5 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.3
    CF 9 8 51.8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 24 23 197.0 37 4 0 0 1.000 1.87   1.2
      CF 18 15 122.3 34 0 1 0 .971 2.50   0.0
      LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1953 33 PIT NL CF 3 3 25.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24   0.1
    RF 3 1 11.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 244 188 1665.7 370 12 11 6 .972 2.06   4.1
  RF 107 71 668.0 131 7 2 1 .986 1.86   1.2
  CF 75 37 386.6 94 6 1 1 .990 2.33   0.6
Career Totals   426 296 2720.3 595 25 14 8 .978 2.05   5.8
Career Highs   107 75 714.0 153 7 6 3 1.000 3.68    
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
1951 31 MON NL 6 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 .278 .294 .572
1952 32 PIT NL 7 31 0 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 .290 .290 .323 .613
Career Post-Season Batting 13 48 2 13 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 .271 .286 .313 .598
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
1945-8-6
1946-10-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Ed Coleman (954)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Montreal in 1943
Injured on 6/11/1943 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/2/1944, off Cliff Melton (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1944, off Bob Logan (BRK)
Injured on 8/20/1944 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $462,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/31/1950 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Injured on 4/1/1951 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to New York (N) on 7/1/1952 (Going to NYG: P Johnny Gee, CF Bill Burgo, P Al Jurisich. Going to MON: 3B Whitey Wietelmann)
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1952 (Going to NYG: P Dave Koslo, C Charlie Silvera. Going to PIT: P Lou Brissie, RF Bill Burgo, C Ray Lamanno)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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