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Roy
Sievers		  
Nickname: Squirrel
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 18, 1926 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950    1951    1958   
All-Star Selections 1950    1951    1953    1954    1955    1956    1958   
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
1949 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1950 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7
1951 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1952 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7
1953 26 PIT NL $ 3,364,286   8 8 8 7 6 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 8 7 7
1954 27 PIT NL $ 4,278,571   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7
1955 28 PIT NL $ 5,410,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1956 29 TAM AL $ 5,410,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1957 30 TAM AL $ 5,410,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1958 31 TAM AL $ 5,410,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1959 32 TAM AL $ 6,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1960 33 TAM AL $ 6,250,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 6 6 6
1961 34 TAM AL $ 6,250,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
1962 35 TAM AL $ 6,250,000   3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,250,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7
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
1949 22 PIT NL 81 262 27 67 12 1 5 38 0 0 34 37 .256 .342 .366 .709 33.9 5.7
    AAA   72 269 67 85 15 0 21 57 6 8 67 45 .316 .452 .606 1.058 69.2  
1950 23 PIT NL 154 531 91 161 27 3 22 80 0 0 105 62 .303 .418 .490 .907 102.8 16.8
1951 24 PIT NL 157 577 107 177 42 4 20 99 2 0 98 80 .307 .404 .497 .901 114.2 21.3
1952 25 PIT NL 155 561 102 165 31 2 15 88 0 0 97 75 .294 .395 .437 .832 97.8 17.8
1953 26 PIT NL 153 621 114 203 31 6 24 88 0 0 73 81 .327 .395 .512 .907 122.8 25.6
1954 27 PIT NL 156 601 103 176 39 1 20 76 0 0 87 96 .293 .382 .461 .843 99.9 18.9
1955 28 PIT NL 156 604 121 193 36 5 32 102 0 0 84 76 .320 .403 .555 .958 121.2 27.2
1956 29 TAM AL 155 587 92 158 34 4 17 101 0 0 83 95 .269 .358 .428 .785 89.7 13.8
1957 30 TAM AL 152 567 75 151 35 4 16 71 0 0 82 97 .266 .359 .427 .786 84.6 15.2
1958 31 TAM AL 152 582 83 167 34 6 26 102 0 2 54 83 .287 .348 .500 .848 95.7 19.3
1959 32 TAM AL 157 514 79 129 24 1 21 74 1 0 83 111 .251 .354 .424 .778 76.9 14.3
1960 33 TAM AL 107 341 45 79 14 0 15 55 0 0 40 68 .232 .322 .405 .727 44.1 7.9
1961 34 TAM AL 110 239 30 61 14 4 7 23 0 0 22 58 .255 .322 .435 .757 31.8 6.1
1962 35 TAM AL 61 105 14 34 7 0 2 14 0 0 17 22 .324 .415 .448 .862 18.2 3.9
14 Years Sim 1906 6692 1083 1921 380 41 242 1011 3 2 959 1041 .287 .376 .465 .841 1133.5 213.7
1 Years AAA 72 269 67 85 15 0 21 57 6 8 67 45 .316 .449 .606 1.055 69.2  
162 Game Average 568 92 163 32 3 20 85 0 0 81 88 .287 .376 .465 .841 96.3  
Career Highs 157 621 121 203 42 6 32 102 2 2 105 111 .327 .418 .555 .958 122.8  
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   3965 623 1088 199 27 146 569 2 1 527 623 .274 .360 .449 .808 642.6
vs LH   2727 460 833 181 14 96 442 1 1 432 418 .305 .399 .488 .887 519.0
Home 942 3209 529 949 181 16 112 486 0 1 455 489 .296 .383 .467 .850 565.7
Away 964 3483 554 972 199 25 130 525 3 1 504 552 .279 .369 .463 .832 596.0
RISP   1538 0 448 81 7 59 710 0 0 261 258 .291 .385 .468 .853 285.2
Pinch Hitting   124 16 30 7 1 3 23 0 0 12 29 .242 .317 .387 .704 15.0
Close/Late   798 70 216 34 8 20 101 0 0 116 122 .271 .365 .409 .773 122.2
Mar/Apr 315 1115 161 300 66 5 44 162 0 0 149 179 .269 .354 .456 .810 181.0
May 310 1119 188 328 70 11 39 189 0 1 155 179 .293 .378 .480 .858 198.4
June 287 1011 179 298 54 7 38 158 1 0 135 135 .295 .377 .475 .852 178.0
July 320 1151 168 313 60 9 27 157 1 0 166 198 .272 .365 .410 .775 176.1
August 350 1221 201 370 79 3 48 184 0 0 176 184 .303 .390 .491 .880 227.3
Sep/Oct 324 1075 186 312 51 6 46 161 1 1 178 166 .290 .392 .477 .869 200.8
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
1949 22 PIT NL RF 49 46 405.3 88 2 4 0 .957 2.00   1.0
    1B 27 25 221.0 282 11 1 24 .997 11.93   0.6
    CF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1950 23 PIT NL LF 148 145 1257.7 254 7 3 1 .989 1.87   2.7
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 24 PIT NL LF 125 122 1063.7 266 5 2 1 .993 2.29   2.8
    1B 26 24 218.0 255 22 2 27 .993 11.44   0.4
    RF 6 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1952 25 PIT NL LF 149 147 1289.0 244 7 3 4 .988 1.75   1.9
    CF 5 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1953 26 PIT NL LF 146 145 1269.3 251 3 3 0 .988 1.80   2.2
    RF 4 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 6 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1954 27 PIT NL LF 150 147 1320.0 257 9 6 4 .978 1.81   1.6
    CF 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 28 PIT NL LF 97 93 826.7 170 5 3 3 .983 1.91   3.2
    CF 58 53 474.7 102 6 5 2 .956 2.05    
    RF 1 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1956 29 TAM AL 1B 153 149 1346.0 1685 116 15 152 .992 12.04   3.3
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1957 30 TAM AL 1B 149 146 1293.3 1538 131 4 142 .998 11.61   3.4
    CF 2 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1958 31 TAM AL 1B 150 149 1323.0 1618 134 13 156 .993 11.92   3.5
    LF 1 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.0
1959 32 TAM AL CF 98 96 832.7 210 4 10 0 .955 2.31   3.8
    RF 36 31 278.7 69 1 2 0 .972 2.26    
    1B 19 19 156.0 187 16 0 15 1.000 11.71   0.4
1960 33 TAM AL CF 72 70 603.0 165 1 4 1 .976 2.48   0.0
    RF 25 22 209.0 57 1 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    LF 2 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1961 34 TAM AL CF 59 40 389.0 102 2 1 2 .990 2.41   1.0
    1B 11 6 63.0 74 7 0 6 1.000 11.57   0.1
    RF 9 0 18.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.48    
    LF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1962 35 TAM AL RF 26 21 182.3 35 1 1 0 .973 1.78   0.3
    1B 12 2 34.3 36 3 0 5 1.000 10.22   0.1
    CF 10 0 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 5 0 9.0 2 1 1 1 .750 3.00    
  LF 827 799 7058.6 1453 37 21 14 .986 1.90   14.4
  1B 551 520 4662.3 5683 440 35 528 .994 11.82   11.9
  CF 318 259 2354.0 596 13 20 5 .968 2.33   4.8
  RF 162 123 1147.0 263 5 7 0 .975 2.10   1.3
Career Totals   1858 1701 15221.9 7995 495 83 547 .990 5.02   32.4
Career Highs   161 149 1350.0 1687 134 15 156 .998 12.02    
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
1952 25 PIT NL 10 39 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 8 11 .103 .255 .179 .435
1954 27 PIT NL 7 26 6 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 7 3 .423 .545 .654 1.199
1955 28 PIT NL 5 19 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .316 .409 .526 .935
1956 29 TAM AL 13 51 5 14 6 0 2 7 0 0 3 11 .275 .315 .510 .825
1957 30 TAM AL 10 32 4 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 6 .281 .378 .406 .785
1958 31 TAM AL 7 27 3 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .148 .207 .259 .466
1959 32 TAM AL 12 46 5 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 16 .196 .245 .261 .506
Career Post-Season Batting 64 240 32 57 14 0 7 25 0 0 31 58 .238 .325 .383 .708
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.
Batting Average
1950-10-.303
1953-2-.327
1955-3-.320
 On-Base Pct
1950-4-.418
1953-5-.395
1954-9-.382
1955-7-.403
 Slugging Pct
1955-9-.555
1958-10-.500
 OPS
1951-9-.901
1953-8-.907
1955-8-.958
 XR
1950-8-102.8
1951-7-114.2
1953-2-122.8
1954-10-99.9
1955-3-121.2
 Games
1950-10-154
1951-2-157
1952-8-155
1954-7-156
1955-7-156
1956-10-155
1959-4-157
At-Bats
1951-7-577
1953-1-621
1954-5-601
1955-2-604
1956-7-587
 Runs
1951-10-107
1953-5-114
1954-10-103
1955-3-121
 Hits
1950-10-161
1951-6-177
1953-1-203
1954-5-176
1955-2-193
 Total Bases
1951-5-287
1953-4-318
1955-4-335
1958-9-291
 Singles
1953-3-142
1954-9-116
1955-3-120
 Doubles
1951-1-42
1954-2-39
1955-4-36
1957-6-35
1958-9-34
Triples
1953-4-6
1955-9-5
1958-5-6
 Homeruns
1955-8-32
1958-10-26
 RBIs
1956-8-101
1958-7-102
 Walks
1950-9-105
1952-9-97
1959-8-83
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Norm Siebern (936)
  2. Bob Nieman (934)
  3. Jackie Jensen (930)
  4. Fred Lynn (926)
  5. Jim Spencer (919)
  6. Earl Robinson (901)
  7. Sal Bando (901)
  8. Whitey Kurowski (897)
  9. Bob Hazle (895)
  10. Mike Easler (894)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1949
Injured on 5/30/1949 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 7/4/1949, off Frank Barrett (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1949, off Mike Garcia (BOS)
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1950
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1951, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1951
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1952, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
10/21/1954: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1955, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1956 (Going to PIT: P Billy Hoeft, 3B Billy Johnson. Going to TAM: LF Roy Sievers, 3B Eddie Yost, P Karl Drews)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1956, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
7/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $6,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1958
Injured on 5/15/1960 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1960, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
 
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