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Andy
Pafko		  
Nickname: Pruschka
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 25, 1921 in Usa, WI, BOYCEVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1955   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 22 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 27 PIT NL $ 2,564,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 28 PIT NL $ 2,564,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 29 PIT NL $ 2,564,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 30 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 31 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 32 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 33 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 34 DET AL $ 3,250,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 35 SDP NL $ 3,250,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 36 PIT NL $ 3,250,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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  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
1943 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1944 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
1945 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1946 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1947 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1948 27 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1949 28 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1950 29 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1951 30 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1952 31 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1953 32 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1954 33 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1955 34 DET AL $ 3,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 35 SDP NL $ 3,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 8 8
1957 36 PIT NL $ 3,250,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
1944 23 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 4 1 1 0 15.45 .500 .545 1.000 1.545 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 4 1 1 0 15.45 .500 .545 1.000 1.545 0.0
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   3 1 0 1 0   .600 .667 .600 1.267
vs LH   2 3 1 0 0   .400 .400 1.400 1.800
Away 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 4 1 1 0 15.45 .500 .545 1.000 1.545
August 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 4 1 1 0 15.45 .500 .545 1.000 1.545
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
1943 22 PIT NL 65 214 25 54 3 3 6 28 1 6 14 16 .252 .300 .379 .679 22.6 2.6
    AAA   82 319 51 107 14 1 18 54 9 4 40 23 .335 .409 .555 .964 67.6  
1944 23 PIT NL 130 444 66 119 19 3 10 51 5 3 38 22 .268 .330 .392 .722 56.2 7.9
    AAA   26 105 14 32 4 2 5 17 3 4 11 3 .305 .371 .524 .894 18.7  
1946 25 PIT NL 143 493 66 121 15 3 16 58 1 3 40 28 .245 .300 .385 .686 52.2 6.0
1947 26 PIT NL 144 476 77 145 22 5 14 61 1 4 46 30 .305 .370 .460 .830 78.8 15.6
1948 27 PIT NL 148 546 95 154 21 3 18 69 5 2 56 42 .282 .351 .430 .781 77.8 13.3
1949 28 PIT NL 148 551 79 145 17 4 24 87 2 3 42 43 .263 .313 .439 .753 73.1 11.2
1950 29 PIT NL 118 336 42 82 11 5 11 51 0 1 35 22 .244 .312 .405 .717 42.9 3.7
    AAA   25 105 19 32 1 1 5 16 2 0 16 8 .305 .397 .476 .873 20.3  
1951 30 PIT NL 111 290 41 78 5 3 11 42 2 1 26 23 .269 .332 .421 .753 41.2 5.4
1952 31 PIT NL 114 272 41 77 14 3 11 40 1 1 18 23 .283 .330 .478 .808 38.9 6.3
1953 32 PIT NL 112 361 44 104 9 2 12 55 1 2 29 30 .288 .341 .424 .765 48.6 7.3
1954 33 PIT NL 124 306 38 75 6 0 11 37 0 3 31 31 .245 .319 .373 .691 36.8 4.2
1955 34 DET AL 147 495 60 120 10 2 14 66 8 3 54 60 .242 .318 .356 .673 57.7 5.7
1956 35 SDP NL 128 341 48 90 13 1 14 57 0 0 30 57 .264 .325 .431 .756 46.6 8.3
1957 36 AAA   135 505 86 158 19 0 35 90 5 8 36 69 .313 .359 .558 .917 93.3  
13 Years Sim 1632 5125 722 1364 165 37 172 702 27 32 459 427 .266 .328 .413 .741 673.5 97.4
4 Years AAA 268 1034 170 329 38 4 63 177 19 16 103 103 .318 .385 .545 .930 199.9  
162 Game Average 508 71 135 16 3 17 69 2 3 45 42 .266 .328 .413 .741 66.9  
Career Highs 148 551 95 154 22 5 24 87 8 6 56 60 .305 .370 .478 .830 78.8  
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   3158 466 874 105 22 108 455 18 21 283 251 .277 .338 .427 .764 447.0
vs LH   1967 256 490 60 15 64 247 9 11 176 176 .249 .312 .392 .704 242.6
Home 805 2482 343 642 64 20 78 318 14 14 225 228 .259 .322 .395 .717 317.1
Away 827 2643 379 722 101 17 94 384 13 18 234 199 .273 .333 .431 .764 372.5
RISP   1268 0 324 38 5 43 496 0 0 146 98 .256 .326 .395 .721 172.5
Pinch Hitting   215 31 64 11 4 12 43 0 1 14 25 .298 .345 .553 .898 37.8
Close/Late   607 91 172 26 4 26 75 0 0 60 47 .283 .349 .468 .817 97.0
Mar/Apr 224 658 84 165 17 2 18 80 5 3 54 53 .251 .309 .365 .674 75.2
May 272 794 115 211 28 8 26 98 3 3 78 78 .266 .331 .419 .750 110.6
June 293 929 134 260 27 5 34 149 5 11 78 58 .280 .334 .429 .763 130.3
July 266 862 132 245 36 7 32 124 4 5 77 78 .284 .348 .454 .802 130.3
August 297 961 138 258 32 10 35 123 5 5 103 74 .268 .341 .432 .773 141.2
Sep/Oct 280 921 119 225 25 5 27 128 5 5 69 86 .244 .298 .370 .668 102.0
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
1943 22 PIT NL CF 52 51 423.0 123 4 1 0 .992 2.70   1.8
    3B 11 9 81.7 2 18 0 3 1.000 2.20   0.4
    RF 4 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1944 23 PIT NL CF 121 119 1002.3 274 6 11 2 .962 2.51   3.2
    RF 8 2 33.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.18    
    3B 3 0 3.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
    P 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.86    
1946 25 PIT NL RF 81 80 699.7 140 6 8 0 .948 1.88   2.8
    CF 62 61 518.0 149 7 4 3 .975 2.71    
    3B 5 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 26 PIT NL RF 82 80 688.3 141 11 1 0 .993 1.99   1.2
    LF 31 30 258.0 48 2 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    3B 17 9 91.0 9 20 2 1 .935 2.87   0.1
    CF 4 4 34.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1948 27 PIT NL CF 124 124 1096.3 301 8 6 3 .981 2.54   3.6
    RF 16 15 139.7 31 0 4 0 .886 2.00    
    LF 4 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1949 28 PIT NL CF 145 144 1253.7 343 14 9 1 .975 2.56   4.5
    RF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 29 PIT NL CF 68 65 582.7 201 7 2 3 .990 3.21   2.8
    RF 16 8 87.7 14 0 1 0 .933 1.44    
    LF 9 9 78.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.19    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 30 PIT NL CF 36 36 281.0 88 1 2 1 .978 2.85   1.4
    RF 22 18 154.3 33 1 2 0 .944 1.98    
    LF 13 12 97.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    3B 14 9 83.7 7 25 0 1 1.000 3.44   0.7
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 31 PIT NL CF 24 22 199.0 55 1 1 0 .982 2.53   1.1
    RF 20 16 139.0 30 4 1 2 .971 2.20    
    LF 16 15 129.0 33 3 1 1 .973 2.51    
    3B 15 3 54.3 3 18 1 1 .955 3.48   0.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 32 PIT NL CF 70 67 571.0 160 5 4 1 .976 2.60   1.8
    RF 17 12 126.7 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    LF 11 8 75.0 15 0 2 0 .882 1.80    
    3B 5 4 34.0 2 6 2 1 .800 2.12   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1954 33 PIT NL 3B 47 31 298.0 20 77 8 6 .924 2.93   0.8
    CF 29 24 203.0 51 1 0 1 1.000 2.31   0.6
    RF 12 9 88.3 17 0 1 0 .944 1.73    
    LF 12 8 86.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1955 34 DET AL CF 137 136 1187.0 341 10 5 4 .986 2.66   5.1
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1956 35 SDP NL CF 71 71 605.0 169 7 4 2 .978 2.62   2.8
    RF 14 10 98.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.65    
    3B 19 7 82.3 7 11 2 0 .900 1.97   0.1
    LF 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 943 924 7956.0 2265 71 49 21 .979 2.64   28.6
  RF 296 251 2280.6 457 24 19 3 .962 1.90   4.0
  3B 142 72 750.6 55 179 15 13 .940 2.81   2.6
  LF 102 83 746.7 152 6 3 1 .981 1.90    
  P 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.86    
  2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1487 1330 11740.2 2931 282 86 39 .974 2.46   35.2
Career Highs   150 144 1266.7 344 78 12 7 .993 2.89    
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 31 PIT NL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
1954 33 PIT NL 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533
Career Post-Season Batting 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .222 .364 .222 .586
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.
Triples
1947-7-5
 Caught Stealing
1943-6-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1943
Had first career hit on 6/1/1943, off Emil Kush (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/12/1943, off Bill Sayles (MIN)
Injured on 8/30/1943 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Injured on 5/12/1946 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1947, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/14/1948 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/4/1949
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1955
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: P Walt Craddock, SS Vern Stephens. Going to SDP: CF Andy Pafko, CF Stan Musial, SS Alvin Dark)
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/7/1957 (Going to DET: CF Andy Pafko, LF Don Lenhardt, LF Bill Howerton, P Bobby Shantz. Going to SDP: P Al Sima)
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 2/7/1957 (Going to PIT: CF Andy Pafko. Going to DET: P Jack Bruner)
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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