Gordon
Goldsberry
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 30, 1927 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
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
1949 21 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 7
1950 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1951 23 BSN NL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 9 8
1952 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 9 8
1953 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1954 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 10 9 7 8 8
1955 27 BSN NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 6 7 7
1956 28 BSN NL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 10 9 6 7 6
1957 29 BSN NL $ 3,135,714   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 10 9 5 6 6
1958 30 SEM AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 10 9 5 6 6
1959 31 BSN NL $ 750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 10 9 5 6 6
1960 32 NYG NL $ 808,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 10 9 5 6 6
1961 33 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 5
1962 34 WAS NL     5 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 4
1963 35 TOR AL $ 510,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 4
1964 36 TOR AL $ 510,000   3 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3
1965 37 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,135,714   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 8 9 8
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 21 AAA   2 6 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 1.333 1.905 2.9  
    AA   109 413 90 120 35 3 10 43 6 8 119 48 .291 .449 .462 .912 89.6  
    A   26 91 22 23 7 0 2 14 2 0 34 13 .253 .456 .396 .852 20.3  
1950 22 BSN NL 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0.7 0.1
    AAA   85 101 26 39 6 1 6 34 0 1 31 9 .386 .530 .644 1.174 31.3  
1951 23 AAA   137 457 75 142 16 3 10 54 9 6 87 57 .311 .421 .425 .845 84.6  
1952 24 BSN NL 118 356 54 106 13 2 6 47 0 0 65 22 .298 .401 .396 .797 60.7 11.1
1953 25 BSN NL 133 421 66 111 20 1 6 64 0 0 70 38 .264 .369 .359 .727 55.3 9.6
1954 26 BSN NL 133 433 74 122 11 6 12 57 2 0 84 46 .282 .398 .418 .816 77.5 15.8
1955 27 BSN NL 113 373 61 103 11 3 7 45 0 0 49 35 .276 .359 .378 .737 49.9 7.8
1956 28 BSN NL 132 364 61 112 13 5 14 57 0 0 56 54 .308 .397 .486 .883 67.2 14.7
1957 29 BSN NL 105 212 31 64 17 1 1 30 0 0 28 35 .302 .383 .406 .789 31.4 6.1
1958 30 SEM AL 107 318 55 77 16 1 5 30 0 0 43 77 .242 .333 .346 .679 38.6 5.6
1959 31 BSN NL 46 53 9 15 1 1 2 12 0 0 13 13 .283 .418 .453 .871 10.7 2.2
1960 32 NYG NL 13 13 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .231 .375 .308 .683 1.8 0.4
1961 33 SDP NL 117 174 14 45 7 2 2 27 0 0 24 39 .259 .347 .356 .703 21.5 3.8
1962 34 WAS NL 45 84 5 17 5 1 1 6 0 0 9 27 .202 .277 .321 .598 7.1 0.6
    AAA   56 227 27 58 7 2 3 20 3 4 26 49 .256 .332 .344 .676 26.3  
1963 35 TOR AL 14 12 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .417 .845 2.2 0.8
    AAA   81 283 17 69 4 1 1 23 3 3 52 70 .244 .361 .276 .637 33.6  
    AA   54 163 20 47 5 0 3 21 3 3 41 50 .288 .431 .374 .806 29.8  
1964 36 TOR AL 53 46 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 13 .196 .275 .283 .557 4.0 0.3
1965 37 TAM AL 32 35 2 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 8 .200 .263 .343 .606 3.0 0.2
15 Years Sim 1168 2898 440 795 117 24 58 386 2 0 457 412 .274 .372 .391 .763 431.4 79.2
5 Years AAA 361 1074 148 311 35 7 21 132 15 14 197 185 .290 .398 .394 .792 178.7  
2 Years AA 163 576 110 167 40 3 13 64 9 11 160 98 .290 .444 .438 .881 119.4  
1 Years A 26 91 22 23 7 0 2 14 2 0 34 13 .253 .456 .396 .852 20.3  
8 Years Minors 550 1741 280 501 82 10 36 210 26 25 391 296 .288 .417 .408 .825 318.4  
162 Game Average 401 61 110 16 3 8 53 0 0 63 57 .274 .372 .391 .763 59.8  
Career Highs 133 433 74 122 20 6 14 64 2 0 84 77 .333 .429 .486 .883 77.5  
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   2521 385 707 107 23 47 331 2 0 386 341 .280 .375 .397 .772 391.1
vs LH   377 55 88 10 1 11 55 0 0 71 71 .233 .353 .353 .706 53.5
Home 572 1393 217 400 58 12 33 190 0 0 210 205 .287 .379 .417 .796 226.3
Away 596 1505 223 395 59 12 25 196 2 0 247 207 .262 .365 .367 .733 218.2
RISP   707 0 212 28 4 13 305 0 0 117 99 .300 .393 .406 .799 118.8
Pinch Hitting   360 43 94 14 3 9 65 0 0 61 74 .261 .366 .392 .758 55.4
Close/Late   396 45 106 14 2 11 54 0 0 72 58 .268 .376 .396 .773 64.1
Mar/Apr 206 570 82 152 18 4 13 80 0 0 79 97 .267 .353 .381 .734 81.1
May 217 537 87 151 24 4 6 74 1 0 92 88 .281 .386 .374 .761 83.0
June 179 454 68 128 23 2 5 41 1 0 69 54 .282 .376 .374 .750 67.2
July 184 480 72 130 20 3 11 72 0 0 72 67 .271 .364 .394 .758 72.2
August 185 429 69 117 12 4 14 56 0 0 69 54 .273 .372 .417 .789 70.0
Sep/Oct 197 428 62 117 20 7 9 63 0 0 76 52 .273 .382 .416 .798 71.1
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
1950 22 BSN NL 1B 3 1 13.0 20 1 1 2 .955 14.54   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1952 24 BSN NL 1B 85 76 664.0 799 56 5 65 .994 11.59   1.0
    RF 26 25 211.7 48 1 0 1 1.000 2.08   0.5
1953 25 BSN NL 1B 125 121 1056.0 1192 91 8 109 .994 10.93   3.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1954 26 BSN NL 1B 114 108 946.0 1022 92 10 91 .991 10.60   2.4
    RF 7 3 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
1955 27 BSN NL 1B 99 89 789.7 904 72 4 102 .996 11.12   1.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 28 BSN NL 1B 100 89 781.7 874 66 6 66 .994 10.82   1.9
    RF 5 1 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.1
1957 29 BSN NL 1B 48 40 339.3 397 41 0 45 1.000 11.62   0.8
    RF 10 5 56.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1958 30 SEM AL RF 69 68 607.0 150 2 0 1 1.000 2.25   1.9
    1B 3 0 8.3 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.64   0.0
1959 31 BSN NL RF 8 5 47.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.1
    1B 12 4 44.3 62 4 0 5 1.000 13.40   0.1
1960 32 NYG NL RF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1961 33 SDP NL 1B 23 15 146.7 171 10 2 17 .989 11.11   0.3
    RF 18 16 131.7 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.39   0.4
    SS 6 0 10.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.10   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 34 WAS NL RF 19 15 144.0 23 0 1 0 .958 1.44   0.2
    1B 6 1 18.3 21 1 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
1963 35 TOR AL 1B 2 0 2.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.15   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 36 TOR AL RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27   0.0
1965 37 TAM AL RF 1 0 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
  1B 623 544 4813.3 5478 436 36 505 .994 11.06   11.3
  RF 174 139 1295.7 294 4 1 2 .997 2.07   3.5
  SS 6 0 10.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.10   0.1
  CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   806 683 6124.3 5776 444 37 507 .994 9.14   14.9
Career Highs   127 121 1059.0 1193 92 10 109 1.000 13.20    
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
1957 29 BSN NL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
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.
On-Base Pct
1954-4-.398
Triples
1954-5-6
1956-10-5
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1949
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 2/1/1950 (Going to SEM: P Warren Hacker. Going to BSN: 1B Gordon Goldsberry, CF Richie Ashburn)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1952, off Phil Paine (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1952, off Whitey Ford (CIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 7/31/1952
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/5/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $1,600,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1958
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1959 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 9/1/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $808,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1961 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/9/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Released by Washington on 11/1/1962
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/5/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $510,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 7/1/1965 to a minor league deal