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Jimmy
Wasdell		  
Nickname: Way Back
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 15, 1914 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
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
1937 23 BSN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1938 24 BSN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1939 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1940 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1941 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1942 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 9
1943 29 BSN NL $ 1,342,857   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1944 30 BSN NL $ 1,342,857   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1945 31 BSN NL $ 950,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
1946 32 BSN NL $ 950,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 4 4 9 10 9
1947 33 PIT NL $ 400,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 4 4 9 10 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 9 10 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,342,857   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 4 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
1937 23 AAA   60 73 9 29 3 0 1 17 0 2 6 2 .397 .443 .479 .922 13.3  
    AA   26 99 16 25 6 0 1 10 3 0 18 6 .253 .368 .343 .711 14.3  
1938 24 AAA   137 537 84 165 17 2 8 68 16 7 53 14 .307 .369 .391 .761 77.8  
1939 25 BSN NL 68 155 22 45 8 1 3 20 2 1 15 6 .290 .355 .413 .768 22.5 4.7
    AAA   2 9 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .556 .556 .667 1.222 2.5  
1940 26 BSN NL 129 320 33 84 15 2 3 34 7 3 20 16 .263 .306 .350 .656 32.1 3.7
1941 27 BSN NL 110 212 20 52 10 0 1 24 4 2 11 10 .245 .284 .307 .591 17.1 0.9
1942 28 BSN NL 156 593 67 180 28 7 8 65 12 14 29 26 .304 .335 .415 .750 74.0 11.4
1943 29 BSN NL 150 564 78 175 31 5 3 71 8 3 41 22 .310 .361 .399 .760 73.1 14.6
1944 30 BSN NL 143 413 46 123 13 2 9 50 5 3 29 8 .298 .342 .404 .747 53.3 7.5
1945 31 BSN NL 61 101 11 24 4 0 0 17 2 1 4 2 .238 .267 .277 .544 6.7 0.0
    AAA   54 210 28 59 10 2 4 16 1 5 21 4 .281 .346 .405 .751 27.8  
1946 32 AAA   128 390 52 108 16 1 9 55 7 6 42 22 .277 .347 .392 .740 53.1  
1947 33 AAA   91 122 28 39 4 0 4 34 3 3 15 5 .320 .394 .451 .845 20.9  
7 Years Sim 817 2358 277 683 109 17 27 281 40 27 149 90 .290 .333 .385 .717 278.7 42.7
6 Years AAA 472 1341 203 405 51 5 26 190 28 23 137 48 .302 .366 .406 .772 195.3  
1 Years AA 26 99 16 25 6 0 1 10 3 0 18 6 .253 .364 .343 .708 14.3  
7 Years Minors 498 1440 219 430 57 5 27 200 31 23 155 54 .299 .366 .401 .767 209.6  
162 Game Average 467 54 135 21 3 5 55 7 5 29 17 .290 .333 .385 .717 55.3  
Career Highs 156 593 78 180 31 7 9 71 12 14 41 26 .310 .361 .415 .768 74.0  
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   1575 201 476 75 15 18 198 34 19 106 56 .302 .347 .403 .750 210.1
vs LH   783 76 207 34 2 9 83 6 8 43 34 .264 .303 .347 .651 78.4
Home 417 1204 153 341 52 9 13 142 21 15 73 52 .283 .324 .374 .698 140.0
Away 400 1154 124 342 57 8 14 139 19 12 76 38 .296 .341 .396 .737 148.5
RISP   579 0 183 30 1 2 234 0 0 44 20 .316 .364 .382 .746 77.5
Pinch Hitting   214 28 55 5 2 3 39 2 0 16 8 .257 .310 .341 .651 23.0
Close/Late   336 41 74 12 3 1 36 0 0 24 12 .220 .272 .283 .555 25.2
Mar/Apr 133 372 29 101 10 0 4 40 7 7 18 15 .272 .306 .331 .637 35.6
May 146 421 50 117 12 2 7 52 6 4 32 17 .278 .330 .366 .695 50.3
June 132 381 50 114 25 4 5 53 5 6 27 19 .299 .345 .425 .771 51.9
July 129 350 52 104 19 4 5 43 5 3 22 7 .297 .342 .417 .759 46.8
August 149 451 48 133 24 2 3 49 8 3 29 19 .295 .338 .377 .714 55.5
Sep/Oct 128 383 48 114 19 5 3 44 9 4 21 13 .298 .334 .397 .731 48.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1939 25 BSN NL RF 25 22 180.7 31 3 1 0 .971 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 20 15 130.0 31 1 2 0 .941 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 2 16.0 19 0 0 1 1.000 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1940 26 BSN NL RF 52 43 394.3 71 1 2 1 .973 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 34 28 255.0 327 22 3 39 .991 12.32 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1941 27 BSN NL 1B 46 37 325.7 428 41 5 28 .989 12.96 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 16 7 81.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.22 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 8 2 29.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    C 4 2 21.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 9.70 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1942 28 BSN NL 1B 148 145 1260.7 1577 128 18 181 .990 12.17 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1943 29 BSN NL 1B 144 138 1212.7 1540 120 14 166 .992 12.32 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1944 30 BSN NL RF 92 86 743.3 173 2 6 0 .967 2.12 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 30 1 82.7 106 11 0 11 1.000 12.74 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 9 3 38.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 31 BSN NL 1B 17 3 65.7 76 10 0 9 1.000 11.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 9 3 46.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 12 1 40.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
    C 3 0 4.0 2 0 1 0 .667 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 423 354 3218.3 4073 332 40 435 .991 12.32 0 0 .000 0 7.9
  RF 189 156 1399.0 295 6 9 1 .971 1.94 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  LF 66 26 304.3 60 1 3 0 .953 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 8 2 27.3 26 0 1 0 .963 8.56 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   687 538 4950.9 4455 339 53 436 .989 8.71 0 0 .000 0 11.5
Career Highs   152 145 1269.7 1579 128 18 181 .992 12.26 0 0 .000 0  
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.
Games
1942-4-156
 At-Bats
1942-6-593
1943-10-564
 Hits
1942-8-180
1943-8-175
 Singles
1942-7-137
1943-7-136
 Triples
1942-4-7
 Stolen Bases
1942-8-12
1943-10-8
Caught Stealing
1942-1-14
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1937
Had first career hit on 4/14/1939, off Dutch Leonard (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1939, off Van Mungo (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1942, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/2/1943 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/1/1943
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1944: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $950,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/17/1947 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
 
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