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Wayne
Lamaster		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 13, 1907 in Usa, IN, SPEED
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 30 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3
1938 31 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3
1939 32 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3
1940 33 DET AL $ 464,286 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3
1941 34 DET AL $ 464,286 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1942 35 DET AL $ 464,286 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 464,286 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 33 DET AL $ 464,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 34 DET AL $ 464,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 35 DET AL $ 464,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 464,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1937 30 PIT NL 14 15 .483 41 41 7 0 0 290.0 286 131 26 98 155 4.07 .255 .313 .390 .704 19.1
1938 31 PIT NL 9 11 .450 33 31 4 2 0 210.3 219 80 15 58 118 3.42 .265 .312 .372 .684 16.8
1939 32 PIT NL 8 14 .364 36 36 5 1 0 257.0 261 116 16 78 119 4.06 .264 .317 .380 .697 16.4
1940 33 PIT NL 8 5 .615 43 2 0 0 11 60.7 66 29 6 28 25 4.30 .281 .355 .426 .780 6.9
  DET AL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 2 9.0 14 7 1 3 6 7.00 .359 .405 .487 .892 0.0
  TOT   9 6 .600 50 2 0 0 13 69.7 80 36 7 31 31 4.65 .292 .362 .434 .796 6.9
1941 34 DET AL 5 4 .556 31 0 0 0 8 34.7 48 23 4 19 14 5.97 .333 .409 .486 .895 1.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 20.7 7 3 2 9 17 1.31 .103 .208 .235 .443  
1942 35 DET AL 2 4 .333 13 0 0 0 0 22.3 26 11 2 3 7 4.43 .295 .319 .455 .773 1.4
    AAA   3 6 .333 11 11 0 0 0 69.0 66 34 13 26 56 4.43 .244 .311 .456 .766  
1943 36 AAA   4 7 .364 17 17 0 0 0 115.3 127 43 19 48 72 3.36 .282 .351 .456 .807  
6 Years Sim 47 54 .465 204 110 16 3 21 884.0 920 397 70 287 444 4.04 .267 .322 .392 .714 61.6
3 Years AAA 8 13 .381 38 28 0 0 0 205.0 200 80 34 83 145 3.51 .254 .325 .437 .761  
Season Average 7 9 .438 34 18 2 0 3 147.3 153 66 11 47 74 4.04 .267 .322 .392 .714  
Career Highs 14 15 .600 50 41 7 2 13 290.0 286 131 26 98 155 5.97 .333 .409 .486 .895  
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   657 278 48 207 321   .268 .325 .391 .716
vs LH   263 119 22 80 123   .265 .320 .395 .715
Home 28 28 .500 106 59 9 3 7 469.6 500 228 42 154 232 4.37 .276 .332 .404 .736
Away 19 26 .422 98 51 7 0 14 414.3 420 169 28 133 212 3.67 .258 .314 .379 .693
Mar/Apr 4 9 .308 39 12 3 0 10 122.7 105 49 9 43 62 3.60 .237 .305 .359 .663
May 15 11 .577 49 23 2 0 4 193.3 213 84 16 53 93 3.91 .277 .324 .402 .725
June 11 7 .611 33 18 2 1 3 136.3 144 58 10 51 63 3.83 .269 .332 .384 .717
July 10 4 .714 28 17 5 2 2 146.0 127 44 9 41 73 2.71 .236 .290 .336 .627
August 4 9 .308 24 21 2 0 0 144.0 163 83 14 57 77 5.19 .284 .349 .437 .786
Sep/Oct 3 14 .176 31 19 2 0 2 141.7 168 79 12 42 76 5.02 .289 .337 .418 .754
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
1937 30 PIT NL 41 95 8 19 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 31 .200 .208 .242 .450 4.1 0.0
1938 31 PIT NL 33 61 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .164 .190 .180 .371 1.6 0.0
1939 32 PIT NL 36 88 7 22 3 1 0 7 0 0 4 19 .250 .283 .307 .589 7.3 0.3
1940 33 PIT NL 43 12 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.3 0.1
  DET AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   50 12 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.3 0.1
1942 35 DET AL 13 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2
5 Years Sim 173 262 22 58 6 2 0 23 0 0 7 73 .221 .242 .260 .501 15.5 0.5
162 Game Average 245 20 54 5 1 0 21 0 0 6 68 .221 .242 .260 .501 14.6  
Career Highs 50 95 8 22 3 1 0 9 0 0 4 31 .500 .500 .500 1.000 7.3  
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   186 19 43 5 1 0 15 0 0 5 47 .231 .251 .269 .520 11.1
vs LH   76 3 15 1 1 0 8 0 0 2 26 .197 .218 .237 .455 3.1
Home 94 127 11 28 3 1 0 14 0 0 4 33 .220 .244 .260 .504 7.1
Away 79 135 11 30 3 1 0 9 0 0 3 40 .222 .239 .259 .498 7.1
RISP   64 0 16 0 1 0 21 0 0 3 14 .250 .284 .281 .565 5.0
Close/Late   23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .087 .087 .087 .174 -1.0
Mar/Apr 28 32 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .156 .182 .188 .369 0.5
May 42 58 7 19 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 15 .328 .328 .379 .707 6.5
June 27 39 3 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 10 .179 .200 .205 .405 1.0
July 24 45 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .200 .250 .222 .472 2.3
August 21 44 1 11 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 9 .250 .267 .318 .585 3.4
Sep/Oct 21 44 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .159 .178 .182 .360 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1937 30 PIT NL P 41 41 290.0 28 71 3 5 .971 3.07    
1938 31 PIT NL P 33 31 210.3 11 41 1 4 .981 2.23    
1939 32 PIT NL P 36 36 257.0 20 48 1 4 .986 2.38    
1940 33 PIT NL P 43 2 60.7 10 17 0 2 1.000 4.01    
  DET AL P 7 0 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00    
  TOT   P 50 2 69.7 12 20 0 2 1.000 4.13    
1941 34 DET AL P 31 0 34.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.86    
1942 35 DET AL P 13 0 22.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.02    
Career Totals   204 110 884.0 77 190 5 15 .982 2.72    
Career Highs   50 41 290.0 28 71 3 5 1.000 4.13    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1938-7-3.42
 Saves
1940-5-11
1941-8-8
 Shutouts
1938-8-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1937-3-26
 Strikeouts
1937-5-155
 Walks Allowed
1937-8-98
Hits per 9IP
1937-7-8.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1937-5-4.8
1938-5-5.0
 WHiP
1937-10-1.32
 OAVG
1937-7-.255
 OOBP
1937-7-.313
1938-10-.312
 OOPS
1938-9-.684
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1937
Had first career hit on 4/18/1937, off Spud Chandler (BSN)
Earned first career win on 4/18/1937
Injured on 6/29/1938 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1938, going 2-0, 0.00
Injured on 4/7/1939 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1939 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/31/1940 (Going to PIT: RF Stan Benjamin, P Jim Tobin, 3B Randy Moore. Going to DET: P Wayne Lamaster, SS Woody English)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
Released by Detroit on 7/31/1943
 
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