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Billy
Goodman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 22, 1926 in Usa, NC, CONCORD
 
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
1947 21 PIT NL     8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 9
1948 22 PIT NL     8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 9 9 9
1949 23 BSN NL     8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 9 10 10
1950 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 10 10 10
1951 25 BSN NL     8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 6 5 10 10 10
1952 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1953 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 9
1954 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 4 3 9 9 9
1955 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1956 30 BSN NL $ 350,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1957 31 BSN NL $ 645,714   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1958 32 BSN NL $ 645,714   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1959 33 CIN NL $ 650,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6
1960 34 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 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
1947 21 AAA   129 442 83 137 31 2 5 54 5 4 63 23 .310 .396 .423 .819 72.9  
1948 22 AAA   127 487 80 160 24 3 10 54 5 3 80 22 .329 .423 .452 .875 92.0  
1949 23 AAA   137 544 74 177 24 3 12 78 6 4 60 26 .325 .392 .447 .839 91.6  
1950 24 BSN NL 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .077 .200 .077 .277 0.1 0.0
    AAA   93 125 35 41 5 0 7 32 1 1 36 7 .328 .478 .536 1.014 32.2  
1951 25 AAA   137 498 87 162 32 2 12 76 11 5 75 14 .325 .414 .470 .883 94.0  
1952 26 BSN NL 37 91 12 25 3 0 3 16 1 0 9 3 .275 .340 .407 .747 12.3 1.9
    AAA   36 145 24 46 2 1 3 25 2 2 17 5 .317 .389 .407 .796 22.8  
1953 27 BSN NL 107 326 42 97 18 0 12 62 1 0 27 16 .298 .351 .463 .814 48.7 10.0
1954 28 BSN NL 115 325 42 80 11 0 5 48 1 0 14 14 .246 .278 .326 .604 24.7 0.9
1955 29 BSN NL 42 89 12 26 4 1 3 10 0 0 3 7 .292 .315 .461 .776 11.5 1.9
1956 30 BSN NL 61 121 20 41 8 0 3 21 0 0 6 8 .339 .375 .479 .854 18.0 3.9
1957 31 BSN NL 76 134 18 39 10 3 2 21 0 0 9 8 .291 .336 .455 .791 19.6 3.5
1958 32 BSN NL 88 234 29 58 12 2 3 26 0 0 7 23 .248 .273 .355 .628 21.6 1.8
1959 33 CIN NL 120 347 30 86 9 2 4 39 0 0 13 58 .248 .273 .320 .593 26.7 1.2
1960 34 AAA   120 346 36 89 14 4 5 29 1 3 21 71 .257 .300 .364 .664 36.1  
9 Years Sim 649 1680 206 453 75 8 35 244 3 0 90 138 .270 .307 .386 .694 183.0 25.1
7 Years AAA 779 2587 419 812 132 15 54 348 31 22 352 168 .314 .396 .439 .835 441.7  
162 Game Average 419 51 113 18 1 8 60 0 0 22 34 .270 .307 .386 .694 45.7  
Career Highs 120 347 42 97 18 3 12 62 1 0 27 58 .339 .375 .479 .854 48.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1341 176 371 56 4 27 203 3 0 79 97 .277 .317 .385 .702 159.6
vs LH   339 30 82 19 4 8 41 0 0 11 41 .242 .268 .392 .660 33.9
Home 304 805 105 228 46 4 24 129 2 0 35 64 .283 .316 .440 .756 105.7
Away 345 875 101 225 29 4 11 115 1 0 55 74 .257 .299 .337 .636 87.9
RISP   410 0 133 25 2 9 201 0 0 30 36 .324 .364 .461 .825 65.1
Pinch Hitting   115 14 24 5 0 3 31 0 0 5 9 .209 .244 .330 .574 8.9
Close/Late   235 16 58 13 3 3 44 0 0 11 19 .247 .283 .366 .649 23.0
Mar/Apr 95 230 33 82 13 0 8 49 0 0 11 11 .357 .384 .517 .901 40.9
May 111 304 38 71 9 2 7 47 1 0 17 28 .234 .276 .345 .622 28.7
June 89 245 27 75 10 2 3 41 0 0 10 12 .306 .331 .400 .731 30.7
July 94 186 21 44 6 0 1 19 0 0 16 20 .237 .298 .285 .583 16.1
August 133 381 54 105 18 2 8 47 1 0 25 28 .276 .321 .396 .717 47.2
Sep/Oct 127 334 33 76 19 2 8 41 1 0 11 39 .228 .254 .368 .623 29.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1950 24 BSN NL 2B 3 3 27.0 12 10 1 3 .957 7.33   0.0
1952 26 BSN NL 3B 17 11 112.3 9 31 0 4 1.000 3.20   0.3
    2B 8 5 53.0 12 21 1 4 .971 5.60   0.2
    LF 4 3 26.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.1
    1B 4 1 15.0 21 1 0 1 1.000 13.20   0.0
1953 27 BSN NL 3B 76 71 627.7 37 161 12 9 .943 2.84   2.1
    1B 11 2 32.0 41 4 0 3 1.000 12.66   0.1
    2B 8 1 26.0 5 4 0 2 1.000 3.12   0.0
    LF 4 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1954 28 BSN NL 3B 75 61 577.3 35 140 4 12 .978 2.73   2.4
    1B 11 7 69.7 78 8 0 6 1.000 11.11   0.2
    2B 4 3 28.0 8 11 0 1 1.000 6.11   0.1
    LF 5 0 13.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1955 29 BSN NL 2B 11 11 90.0 25 34 2 13 .967 5.90   0.4
    3B 20 6 73.3 5 18 1 3 .958 2.82   0.2
    1B 4 2 19.0 25 2 0 2 1.000 12.79   0.0
    LF 4 1 14.7 8 1 0 0 1.000 5.53   0.1
1956 30 BSN NL 2B 27 21 177.7 39 75 2 20 .983 5.78   0.7
    3B 29 6 94.0 10 23 1 0 .971 3.16   0.4
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    1B 2 1 7.0 12 0 0 1 1.000 15.43   0.0
1957 31 BSN NL 2B 37 13 159.0 37 63 5 15 .952 5.66   0.7
    3B 27 8 105.3 8 26 2 2 .944 2.91   0.4
    LF 4 4 35.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.1
    1B 1 1 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 32 BSN NL 2B 55 49 411.3 99 153 6 41 .977 5.51   1.5
    1B 6 3 28.7 32 2 0 5 1.000 10.68   0.1
    3B 5 2 23.0 1 3 1 1 .800 1.57   0.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1959 33 CIN NL 2B 82 63 594.3 116 217 9 48 .974 5.04   2.8
    3B 31 27 234.0 12 48 4 4 .938 2.31   0.7
    LF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 280 192 1847.0 117 450 25 35 .958 2.76   6.5
  2B 235 169 1566.3 353 588 26 147 .973 5.41   6.5
  1B 40 17 181.3 217 17 0 18 1.000 11.61   0.5
  LF 27 10 125.3 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.4
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   584 388 3722.9 719 1057 51 201 .972 4.29   13.9
Career Highs   116 90 839.3 133 265 13 52 .990 7.33    
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
1957 31 BSN NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1947
Injured on 4/15/1948 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to St. Louis on 2/1/1949 (Going to STL: 1B Billy Goodman. Going to PIT: SS Jack Lohrke)
Traded from St. Louis to Boston (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: SS Glenn Crawford, 3B Billy Goodman, 2B Cecil Travis. Going to STL: P Joe Nuxhall, P Joe Haynes, 2B George Kell)
Had first career hit on 9/23/1950, off Randy Gumpert (STL)
Injured on 5/11/1952 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1952, off Windy Mccall (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1953, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 6/17/1953 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1953, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $645,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $645,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/4/1959 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
 
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