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Jesse
Hill		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 20, 1907 in Usa, MO, YATES
 
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
1935 28 DET AL     5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1936 29 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1937 30 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8
1938 31 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1939 32 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1940 33 DET AL     7 7 8 1 1 1 8 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1941 34 SEM AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1942 35 SEM AL     6 6 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1943 36 SEM AL     6 6 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 8 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 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
1935 28 AAA   113 433 55 106 33 5 3 61 7 1 57 45 .245 .333 .365 .698 54.7  
1936 29 DET AL 36 93 13 28 5 2 1 22 1 0 13 7 .301 .383 .430 .813 14.7 2.7
    AAA   81 314 44 89 16 3 2 34 9 2 44 27 .283 .372 .373 .744 45.9  
1937 30 DET AL 60 124 11 31 5 1 0 10 3 1 11 13 .250 .309 .306 .615 10.5 0.3
1938 31 DET AL 143 554 77 166 27 7 3 46 25 10 51 67 .300 .359 .390 .748 74.3 9.3
1939 32 DET AL 126 346 44 102 22 7 0 24 14 9 27 27 .295 .345 .399 .744 43.0 6.2
1940 33 DET AL 101 208 27 60 10 4 0 33 2 1 14 24 .288 .332 .375 .707 25.0 3.3
1941 34 SEM AL 93 169 30 57 9 0 1 27 0 0 13 18 .337 .378 .408 .787 26.1 4.7
1942 35 SEM AL 93 238 39 84 13 3 1 37 0 0 18 27 .353 .395 .445 .841 38.9 7.6
1943 36 SEM AL 45 92 7 25 3 2 0 9 0 0 3 11 .272 .289 .348 .636 8.6 0.4
    AAA   53 191 34 64 9 3 0 26 2 4 20 19 .335 .398 .414 .812 29.3  
8 Years Sim 697 1824 248 553 94 26 6 208 45 21 150 194 .303 .354 .393 .747 241.1 34.5
3 Years AAA 247 938 133 259 58 11 5 121 18 7 121 91 .276 .357 .377 .735 129.9  
162 Game Average 423 57 128 21 6 1 48 10 4 34 45 .303 .354 .393 .747 56.0  
Career Highs 143 554 77 166 27 7 3 46 25 10 51 67 .353 .395 .445 .841 74.3  
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   953 129 276 46 16 4 104 24 13 74 106 .290 .339 .384 .723 120.8
vs LH   871 119 277 48 10 2 104 21 8 76 88 .318 .370 .403 .773 126.4
Home 345 915 131 274 45 11 5 106 20 9 68 102 .299 .344 .389 .733 119.8
Away 352 909 117 279 49 15 1 102 25 12 82 92 .307 .364 .397 .761 127.4
RISP   440 0 125 18 5 3 179 0 0 43 42 .284 .339 .368 .707 56.4
Pinch Hitting   248 28 74 13 3 1 40 4 0 18 26 .298 .339 .387 .727 32.6
Close/Late   274 33 84 13 0 1 42 0 0 22 35 .307 .353 .365 .718 35.0
Mar/Apr 104 281 43 83 11 5 0 20 9 7 20 38 .295 .343 .370 .713 33.8
May 119 291 32 94 20 4 2 38 6 1 20 29 .323 .362 .440 .802 44.1
June 107 256 35 70 11 2 1 18 6 3 28 32 .273 .345 .344 .689 31.2
July 132 301 37 83 16 4 1 43 4 3 24 26 .276 .325 .365 .691 35.1
August 123 348 50 105 14 4 2 42 10 5 33 36 .302 .361 .382 .743 47.7
Sep/Oct 112 347 51 118 22 7 0 47 10 2 25 33 .340 .381 .444 .825 55.3
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
1936 29 DET AL CF 17 16 130.7 38 0 2 0 .950 2.62   0.4
    1B 9 9 73.0 81 6 3 6 .967 10.73   0.1
1937 30 DET AL CF 22 17 152.7 42 0 2 0 .955 2.48   0.6
    LF 6 6 55.3 13 0 2 0 .867 2.11    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 10.15   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1938 31 DET AL CF 141 135 1187.3 376 18 25 6 .940 2.99   2.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 32 DET AL CF 43 39 352.0 114 6 6 0 .952 3.07   1.4
    1B 18 18 160.7 215 8 4 15 .982 12.49   0.2
    3B 8 8 70.0 6 9 1 2 .938 1.93   0.2
    LF 4 4 33.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1940 33 DET AL CF 40 28 265.3 76 2 7 1 .918 2.65   1.2
    1B 6 6 49.0 64 2 1 6 .985 12.12   0.1
    LF 7 1 34.3 8 1 1 0 .900 2.36    
1941 34 SEM AL CF 26 20 186.0 47 0 4 0 .922 2.27   1.0
    LF 7 2 32.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 3 3 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 35 SEM AL CF 47 45 397.7 100 4 4 2 .963 2.35   2.0
    1B 3 3 25.0 34 3 1 5 .974 13.32   0.1
    LF 3 2 22.0 8 0 1 0 .889 3.27    
1943 36 SEM AL LF 14 14 116.0 18 1 4 0 .826 1.47   0.1
    CF 7 1 18.7 2 0 1 0 .667 0.96    
    1B 1 1 8.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  CF 343 301 2690.3 795 30 51 9 .942 2.76   9.0
  1B 38 38 324.7 414 20 9 33 .980 12.03   0.5
  LF 42 29 293.7 64 3 8 0 .893 2.05   0.1
  3B 8 8 70.0 6 9 1 2 .938 1.93   0.2
  RF 5 5 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
  SS 2 0 3.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 7.38   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   439 381 3426.3 1288 66 69 44 .952 3.56   9.9
Career Highs   142 135 1188.3 376 24 25 17 .971 5.52    
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
1941 34 SEM AL 3 9 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 3 9 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
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.
Singles
1938-9-129
 Stolen Bases
1938-1-25
1939-5-14
 Caught Stealing
1938-1-10
1939-4-9
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pat McNulty (970)
  2. Wes Schulmerich (969)
  3. Guy Curtright (964)
  4. Red Treadway (963)
  5. Johnny Mokan (962)
  6. Jim Small (961)
  7. Maurice Archdeacon (958)
  8. Johnny Dickshot (957)
  9. Tom Oliver (955)
  10. Myril Hoag (954)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1935
Injured on 5/5/1935 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1935 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/6/1936, off Hub Pruett (MON)
Injured on 9/10/1937 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 5/5/1938
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,375,714 through salary arbitration
Released by Detroit on 10/12/1940
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/1941 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/22/1942
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/5/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/1/1943
 
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