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Al
Van Camp		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 7, 1903 in Usa, IL, MOLINE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 HOU NL $ 300,000   55 55 55 16 16 16 63 63 63 36 36 36 74 74 74
1931 27 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1932 28 BRK NL $ 521,429   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1933 29 BRK NL $ 870,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1934 30 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1935 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1936 32 SDP NL $ 340,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1937 33 SDP NL $ 340,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 870,000   55 55 55 16 16 16 63 63 63 36 36 36 74 74 74
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
1930 26 HOU NL 140 472 69 137 22 5 1 47 0 0 38 33 .290 .343 .364 .707 55.7 9.5
1931 27 HOU NL 149 506 65 142 19 6 4 62 0 1 31 41 .281 .320 .366 .686 55.0 7.9
1932 28 BRK NL 95 204 27 67 7 3 3 24 0 0 15 14 .328 .376 .436 .812 31.9 5.7
1933 29 BRK NL 82 194 21 53 7 1 1 32 0 0 7 21 .273 .299 .335 .634 17.2 2.0
1934 30 BRK NL 58 185 34 58 8 1 1 21 0 0 11 26 .314 .357 .384 .741 24.7 4.2
1935 31 BOS AL 64 130 18 32 4 1 1 8 0 1 11 17 .246 .305 .315 .620 11.0 0.4
1936 32 SDP NL 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1937 33 SDP NL 118 313 24 70 11 2 2 18 2 0 14 36 .224 .258 .291 .549 20.7 0.1
8 Years Sim 713 2006 258 560 78 19 13 213 2 2 127 188 .279 .322 .356 .679 216.5 29.7
162 Game Average 455 58 127 17 4 2 48 0 0 28 42 .279 .322 .356 .679 49.2  
Career Highs 149 506 69 142 22 6 4 62 2 1 38 41 .500 .500 .500 1.000 55.7  
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   1097 155 296 40 10 7 118 0 2 66 112 .270 .311 .344 .654 113.7
vs LH   909 103 264 38 9 6 95 2 0 61 76 .290 .337 .372 .709 110.0
Home 349 982 127 290 34 10 5 109 2 1 52 86 .295 .331 .366 .697 113.9
Away 361 1024 131 270 44 9 8 104 0 1 75 102 .264 .314 .348 .662 109.9
RISP   516 0 149 20 2 4 193 0 0 42 51 .289 .339 .359 .697 62.8
Pinch Hitting   151 24 44 4 2 1 17 0 0 6 16 .291 .316 .364 .681 16.7
Close/Late   185 28 59 5 2 2 22 0 0 19 22 .319 .380 .400 .780 27.9
Mar/Apr 127 365 51 108 11 5 2 46 0 0 19 31 .296 .332 .370 .702 42.8
May 124 393 50 120 18 5 4 48 0 1 23 33 .305 .345 .407 .752 51.7
June 133 395 36 105 14 5 5 36 0 0 23 43 .266 .304 .365 .669 43.0
July 115 312 45 72 11 2 0 29 0 0 27 31 .231 .293 .279 .572 25.6
August 110 294 39 87 14 1 1 31 0 1 20 23 .296 .341 .361 .701 34.7
Sep/Oct 98 247 37 68 10 1 1 23 2 0 15 27 .275 .317 .336 .653 26.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 26 HOU NL LF 91 91 741.3 164 8 0 1 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 44 36 324.3 434 28 6 36 .987 12.82 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1931 27 HOU NL LF 103 103 880.3 205 7 0 1 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    1B 44 41 341.7 461 39 5 35 .990 13.17 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1932 28 BRK NL 1B 43 41 334.7 472 38 3 44 .994 13.72 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 2 1 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1933 29 BRK NL 1B 47 44 367.0 502 35 2 51 .996 13.17 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 30 BRK NL 1B 49 47 402.7 572 46 3 45 .995 13.81 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 3 3 1.000 0 0.2
1935 31 BOS AL 1B 30 25 218.0 289 15 2 25 .993 12.55 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 13 1 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1936 32 SDP NL 1B 2 0 4.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 33 SDP NL 1B 78 75 615.0 841 76 8 87 .991 13.42 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 6 6 52.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 3.29 1 1 1.000 4 0.1
    LF 3 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 337 309 2607.3 3574 278 29 324 .993 13.30 0 0 .000 0 6.5
  LF 216 197 1686.7 385 15 0 2 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 5.0
  C 7 7 61.0 19 4 0 1 1.000 3.39 4 4 1.000 4 0.3
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   565 513 4365.0 3983 297 30 327 .993 8.82 4 4 1.000 4 11.9
Career Highs   147 144 1222.0 863 77 9 88 1.000 13.60 3 3 1.000 4  
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
1930 26 HOU NL 17 57 8 19 4 1 1 14 0 0 4 3 .333 .371 .491 .862
1931 27 HOU NL 13 35 4 9 2 0 1 8 0 1 2 3 .257 .289 .400 .689
1933 29 BRK NL 4 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .200 .467 .200 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 34 102 15 30 6 1 2 22 0 1 11 9 .294 .357 .431 .788
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  6. Bill Buckner (953)
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History
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off George Blaeholder (DET)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/3/1930
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1930, off Lefty Gomez (PIT)
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $521,429 through salary arbitration
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/19/1934 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for full season
Released by Brooklyn on 9/20/1934
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/16/1935 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/7/1936 to a 2-year deal worth $340,000 per year
 
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