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Claude
Passeau		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 208
 
Born: April 9, 1909 in Usa, MS, WAYNESBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1935   
All-Star Selections 1936    1937    1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 8 7
1936 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1937 28 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1938 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1939 30 NYG NL $ 1,744,286 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1940 31 NYG NL $ 2,685,714 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1941 32 NYG NL $ 2,685,714 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1942 33 NYG NL $ 1,900,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1943 34 NYG NL $ 1,900,000 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1944 35 TAM AL $ 1,900,000 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1945 36 TAM AL $ 2,500,000 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1946 37 TAM AL $ 2,500,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1947 38 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1948 39 PIT NL $ 1,500,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714 9 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 30 NYG NL $ 1,744,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 31 NYG NL $ 2,685,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 32 NYG NL $ 2,685,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 33 NYG NL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 34 NYG NL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 35 TAM AL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 36 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 37 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 38 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 39 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   3 3 3 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
1935 26 NYG NL 15 15 .500 31 31 20 2 0 239.0 233 97 11 70 62 3.65 .254 .308 .361 .669 16.3
    AAA   3 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 21.7 25 5 0 3 16 2.08 .284 .308 .364 .671  
1936 27 NYG NL 22 17 .564 42 42 27 3 0 337.7 385 171 17 92 104 4.56 .286 .332 .412 .744 18.2
1937 28 NYG NL 25 15 .625 43 43 19 3 0 344.0 394 145 15 84 147 3.79 .287 .330 .388 .718 22.3
1938 29 NYG NL 5 9 .357 15 15 6 0 0 111.0 127 57 4 25 38 4.62 .291 .325 .416 .742 3.3
1939 30 NYG NL 21 17 .553 44 44 14 2 0 337.0 360 154 9 116 129 4.11 .276 .333 .378 .711 16.4
1940 31 NYG NL 14 26 .350 44 44 19 0 0 337.3 364 174 17 110 147 4.64 .274 .328 .392 .720 11.3
1941 32 NYG NL 8 16 .333 36 36 10 0 0 262.0 313 148 21 91 106 5.08 .300 .356 .441 .797 9.0
1942 33 NYG NL 13 16 .448 35 35 11 0 0 259.0 290 136 27 70 98 4.73 .284 .329 .438 .767 11.3
1943 34 NYG NL 8 7 .533 73 6 0 0 13 110.7 109 58 8 42 34 4.72 .256 .323 .381 .704 8.0
1944 35 NYG NL 2 5 .286 34 0 0 0 12 33.7 43 25 3 13 13 6.68 .312 .371 .471 .842 0.8
  TAM AL 3 1 .750 24 0 0 0 2 26.7 23 9 1 6 13 3.04 .232 .276 .333 .610 3.9
  TOT   5 6 .455 58 0 0 0 14 60.3 66 34 4 19 26 5.07 .278 .332 .414 .746 4.8
1945 36 TAM AL 3 7 .300 75 0 0 0 1 85.0 109 50 12 33 36 5.29 .312 .372 .490 .862 1.9
1946 37 TAM AL 5 6 .455 44 6 0 0 9 71.7 76 31 7 33 25 3.89 .279 .358 .412 .770 5.3
1947 38 TAM AL 8 7 .533 38 16 0 0 1 137.7 157 66 9 47 63 4.31 .288 .348 .397 .746 7.4
1948 39 TAM AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 4.0 11 2 0 0 2 4.50 .500 .500 .545 1.045 0.4
    AAA   7 2 .778 65 0 0 0 8 64.0 53 20 3 31 45 2.81 .227 .318 .283 .601  
14 Years Sim 153 164 .483 584 318 126 10 38 2696.3 2994 1323 161 832 1017 4.42 .282 .334 .404 .738 135.8
2 Years AAA 10 2 .833 68 3 0 0 8 85.7 78 25 3 34 61 2.63 .243 .315 .305 .621  
Season Average 10 11 .476 41 22 9 0 2 192.6 213 94 11 59 72 4.42 .282 .334 .404 .738  
Career Highs 25 26 1.000 75 44 27 3 14 344.0 394 174 27 116 147 5.29 .500 .500 .545 1.045  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1364 557 57 339 601   .263 .308 .368 .675
vs LH   1630 766 104 493 416   .301 .359 .439 .798
Home 83 79 .512 309 160 60 8 23 1377.6 1527 669 86 423 536 4.37 .281 .333 .407 .740
Away 70 85 .452 275 158 66 2 16 1318.6 1467 654 75 409 481 4.46 .283 .335 .402 .737
Mar/Apr 31 26 .544 95 55 24 0 5 471.3 535 223 27 123 189 4.26 .288 .333 .411 .743
May 23 38 .377 107 61 25 3 6 507.6 589 271 30 155 180 4.80 .292 .343 .416 .758
June 27 33 .450 98 65 22 4 4 481.0 536 259 30 160 198 4.85 .283 .339 .402 .741
July 21 19 .525 87 45 15 0 7 388.6 435 185 15 125 135 4.28 .282 .336 .396 .732
August 21 24 .467 93 44 13 1 10 394.0 434 193 23 134 164 4.41 .278 .335 .402 .737
Sep/Oct 30 24 .556 104 48 33 2 7 453.6 465 192 36 135 151 3.81 .266 .318 .396 .714
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
1935 26 NYG NL 31 82 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26 .085 .118 .085 .203 -2.3 0.0
1936 27 NYG NL 42 120 16 23 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 39 .192 .205 .217 .422 3.3 0.0
1937 28 NYG NL 43 127 6 25 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 47 .197 .203 .205 .408 3.7 0.0
1938 29 NYG NL 15 40 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .150 .171 .150 .321 -0.1 0.0
1939 30 NYG NL 44 117 4 15 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 49 .128 .128 .154 .282 -1.2 0.0
1940 31 NYG NL 44 111 4 18 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 34 .162 .183 .189 .372 2.9 0.0
1941 32 NYG NL 36 90 9 20 6 2 0 9 1 0 1 23 .222 .231 .333 .564 6.1 0.0
1942 33 NYG NL 35 89 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .112 .112 .112 .225 -2.0 0.0
1943 34 NYG NL 73 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .235 .278 .235 .513 1.2 0.0
1944 35 NYG NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TAM AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1945 36 TAM AL 75 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1946 37 TAM AL 44 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.5 0.0
1947 38 TAM AL 38 41 2 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 .268 .268 .293 .561 3.1 0.0
1948 39 AAA   5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
13 Years Sim 578 849 49 141 14 2 1 49 1 1 12 280 .166 .178 .191 .369 15.0 0.0
1 Years AAA 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 237 13 39 3 0 0 13 0 0 3 78 .166 .178 .191 .369 4.2  
Career Highs 75 127 16 25 6 2 1 9 1 1 3 49 .268 .278 .333 .564 6.1  
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   598 37 110 10 2 1 40 1 1 10 183 .184 .197 .212 .410 15.6
vs LH   251 12 31 4 0 0 9 0 0 2 97 .124 .133 .139 .273 -4.1
Home 263 394 24 60 4 0 0 24 0 0 4 147 .152 .163 .162 .325 0.2
Away 250 455 25 81 10 2 1 25 1 1 8 133 .178 .192 .215 .408 11.4
RISP   236 0 36 4 1 0 47 0 0 5 89 .153 .169 .178 .347 1.9
Close/Late   64 1 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 .141 .141 .172 .313 -0.3
Mar/Apr 69 157 5 28 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 46 .178 .189 .191 .380 2.7
May 72 166 12 31 2 0 1 13 0 1 3 46 .187 .201 .217 .418 4.6
June 65 155 7 23 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 69 .148 .159 .161 .321 -0.1
July 66 114 9 23 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 35 .202 .216 .219 .435 3.5
August 68 117 7 12 3 2 0 11 0 0 2 40 .103 .117 .162 .279 -1.7
Sep/Oct 66 140 9 24 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 44 .171 .183 .193 .376 2.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1935 26 NYG NL P 31 31 239.0 20 48 0 3 1.000 2.56    
1936 27 NYG NL P 42 42 337.7 24 79 5 7 .954 2.75    
1937 28 NYG NL P 43 43 344.0 18 84 5 6 .953 2.67    
1938 29 NYG NL P 15 15 111.0 7 31 1 1 .974 3.08    
1939 30 NYG NL P 44 44 337.0 28 75 2 9 .981 2.75    
1940 31 NYG NL P 44 44 337.3 25 82 2 2 .982 2.85    
1941 32 NYG NL P 36 36 262.0 18 62 2 5 .976 2.75    
1942 33 NYG NL P 35 35 259.0 15 61 3 2 .962 2.64    
1943 34 NYG NL P 73 6 110.7 9 30 0 2 1.000 3.17    
1944 35 NYG NL P 34 0 33.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.67    
  TAM AL P 24 0 26.7 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.04    
  TOT   P 58 0 60.3 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.83    
1945 36 TAM AL P 75 0 85.0 6 26 0 2 1.000 3.39    
1946 37 TAM AL P 44 6 71.7 2 18 1 1 .952 2.51    
1947 38 TAM AL P 38 16 137.7 9 30 1 1 .975 2.55    
1948 39 TAM AL P 6 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   584 318 2696.3 185 642 22 41 .974 2.76    
Career Highs   75 44 344.0 28 84 5 9 1.000 3.39    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1935 26 NYG NL 2 2 .500 4 4 3 0 0 33.3 45 21 3 9 11 5.67 .336 .378 .522 .900
1936 27 NYG NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 10.3 11 7 0 3 4 6.10 .275 .326 .375 .701
1937 28 NYG NL 0 3 .000 5 5 2 0 0 37.7 46 21 1 12 9 5.02 .301 .352 .412 .763
1939 30 NYG NL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 26.3 43 23 2 8 9 7.86 .371 .411 .500 .911
1940 31 NYG NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 18 11 1 5 4 8.03 .340 .397 .491 .887
1944 35 TAM AL 1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 1 5.7 8 5 0 2 2 7.95 .364 .417 .455 .871
1945 36 TAM AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 5 6 2 4 0 11.59 .278 .409 .778 1.187
1946 37 TAM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 2 0 0.00 .167 .375 .167 .542
1947 38 TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 11 .313 29 17 6 0 1 132.6 177 94 9 46 39 6.38 .326 .379 .473 .852
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
1935 26 NYG NL 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .250 .500
1936 27 NYG NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 28 NYG NL 5 13 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .308 .522
1939 30 NYG NL 4 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .400 .500
1940 31 NYG NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 17 42 5 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15 .143 .163 .262 .425
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1935-7-3.65
 Wins
1936-2-22
1937-2-25
1939-3-21
 Losses
1936-8-17
1939-8-17
1940-1-26
1941-8-16
 Winning Pct
1937-4-.625
 Saves
1943-5-13
1944-6-12
1946-7-9
 Games Pitched
1943-7-73
1945-4-75
Games Started
1936-9-42
1937-3-43
1939-1-44
1940-1-44
 Complete Games
1935-4-20
1936-2-27
1937-8-19
1940-6-19
 Shutouts
1935-4-2
1936-2-3
1937-4-3
1939-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1936-4-337.7
1937-3-344.0
1939-3-337.0
1940-4-337.3
 Hits Allowed
1936-5-385
1937-2-394
1939-3-360
1940-1-364
 Homeruns Allowed
1942-5-27
Strikeouts
1937-8-147
1940-7-147
 Walks Allowed
1939-4-116
1940-8-110
 Walks per 9IP
1937-10-2.2
1942-9-2.4
 Hits per 9IP
1935-5-8.8
 WHiP
1935-6-1.27
 OAVG
1935-5-.254
OOBP
1935-6-.308
 OSLG
1935-6-.361
 OOPS
1935-6-.669
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 72    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  8. Schoolboy Rowe (913)
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  1. Harvey Haddix (994)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (G) in 1935
Had first career hit on 4/24/1935, off Clay Bryant (SLC)
Earned first career win on 4/24/1935
Injured on 7/23/1935 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Won Bronze Rookie in 1935, going 15-15, 3.65 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1936, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1936, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Injured on 10/11/1936 with a Broken Finger, out for 5-6 weeks
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Injured on 5/30/1938 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,744,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1939, winning 2 games with a 1.04 ERA
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1939, going 7-1, 2.24
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1940, off Sid Hudson (CIN)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/25/1941 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
7/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,900,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/1/1942 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1944 (Going to NYG: P Bob Muncrief, P Mace Brown, C Willard Hershberger, RF Ben Chapman, P Lefty Mills. Going to TAM: P Ralph Birkofer, P Claude Passeau, C Buddy Rosar)
7/31/1944: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Injured on 3/30/1946 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/15/1947 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1948 (Going to PIT: P Claude Passeau. Going to TAM: C Walker Cooper)
 
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