Bob
Seeds
 
Nickname: Suitcase Bob
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 24, 1907 in Usa, TX, RINGGOLD
 
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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 23 CIN NL     36 36 39 28 22 24 55 48 50 38 30 32 77 72 74
1931 24 CIN NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 8 8 8
1932 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 8 8 8
1933 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 8 8 8
1934 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 9 8 9
1935 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 9 8 9
1936 29 CIN NL $ 435,714   7 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1937 30 CIN NL $ 1,800,000   7 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1938 31 SEM AL     6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1939 32 BRK NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1940 33 BRK NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 4 9 9 9
1941 34 BRK NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1942 35 BRK NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1943 36 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1944 37 DET AL $ 3,000,001   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 8 9
1945 38 MIN AL $ 3,000,001   3 3 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
1946 39 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,001   36 36 39 28 22 24 55 48 50 38 30 32 77 72 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 23 AA   137 544 71 163 24 4 7 59 16 10 69 29 .300 .378 .397 .776 82.1  
1931 24 AAA   17 74 8 15 3 2 3 17 1 1 6 6 .203 .263 .419 .681 8.3  
    AA   120 489 76 171 24 6 13 64 12 5 40 17 .350 .399 .503 .902 89.9  
1932 25 CIN NL 99 222 21 50 6 0 3 26 0 0 18 9 .225 .288 .293 .581 17.1 0.3
1933 26 CIN NL 117 199 26 51 5 2 3 25 1 0 16 13 .256 .313 .347 .660 20.5 1.9
1934 27 CIN NL 99 137 22 44 4 1 4 28 0 0 13 5 .321 .373 .453 .825 23.2 3.8
1935 28 CIN NL 118 388 50 106 13 3 4 46 4 2 28 31 .273 .319 .353 .672 42.7 4.8
1936 29 CIN NL 131 375 62 108 15 4 4 45 0 0 29 18 .288 .339 .381 .720 45.0 7.3
1937 30 CIN NL 137 348 46 93 10 1 3 44 0 0 27 16 .267 .317 .328 .644 32.1 3.3
1938 31 SEM AL 50 56 9 15 1 0 1 8 0 0 5 5 .268 .323 .339 .662 5.8 0.8
1939 32 BRK NL 96 268 32 78 8 1 3 36 1 1 23 16 .291 .347 .362 .709 30.6 4.5
1940 33 BRK NL 89 229 32 77 8 4 6 38 0 0 17 14 .336 .382 .485 .867 36.7 7.6
1941 34 BRK NL 132 316 49 99 10 3 3 49 0 0 19 13 .313 .351 .392 .743 40.0 6.6
1942 35 BRK NL 107 285 36 85 10 1 6 37 0 0 21 16 .298 .352 .404 .755 35.6 6.4
1943 36 BRK NL 85 156 20 46 5 1 2 22 0 0 9 6 .295 .331 .378 .710 17.5 2.5
1944 37 DET AL 99 243 40 81 11 0 8 34 5 2 18 15 .333 .380 .477 .858 39.6 7.2
1945 38 MIN AL 11 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   135 504 66 151 20 3 10 46 10 8 44 80 .300 .356 .411 .767 71.2  
1946 39 MIN AL 32 34 6 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 .235 .297 .294 .591 2.5 0.1
15 Years Sim 1402 3264 452 942 108 21 50 438 12 5 246 189 .289 .338 .381 .719 388.5 57.2
2 Years AAA 152 578 74 166 23 5 13 63 11 9 50 86 .287 .347 .412 .759 79.5  
2 Years AA 257 1033 147 334 48 10 20 123 28 15 109 46 .323 .390 .447 .837 172.0  
4 Years Minors 409 1611 221 500 71 15 33 186 39 24 159 132 .310 .375 .435 .809 251.5  
162 Game Average 377 52 108 12 2 5 50 1 0 28 21 .289 .338 .381 .719 44.9  
Career Highs 137 388 62 108 15 4 8 49 5 2 29 31 .336 .382 .485 .867 45.0  
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   1351 179 365 41 12 19 184 5 2 86 93 .270 .312 .360 .673 150.7
vs LH   1913 273 577 67 9 31 254 7 3 160 96 .302 .356 .395 .751 263.7
Home 698 1622 206 482 50 12 20 208 6 2 121 95 .297 .345 .380 .725 209.4
Away 704 1642 246 460 58 9 30 230 6 3 125 94 .280 .331 .381 .712 205.0
RISP   869 0 249 38 9 15 373 0 0 66 59 .287 .331 .403 .734 114.7
Pinch Hitting   536 72 145 19 3 11 101 1 0 30 36 .271 .308 .379 .687 61.5
Close/Late   444 65 134 14 3 4 80 0 0 39 22 .302 .354 .374 .728 59.0
Mar/Apr 229 501 70 154 13 2 10 59 2 2 30 39 .307 .345 .401 .746 66.9
May 235 529 75 155 14 4 8 59 3 1 44 35 .293 .347 .380 .727 69.5
June 235 550 91 159 15 4 8 80 3 0 44 28 .289 .341 .375 .715 70.4
July 230 632 80 170 18 3 10 67 2 1 51 39 .269 .324 .354 .679 73.0
August 239 556 67 172 24 3 9 94 1 0 39 20 .309 .351 .412 .763 77.9
Sep/Oct 233 496 69 132 24 5 5 79 1 1 38 28 .266 .322 .365 .686 56.5
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
1932 25 CIN NL RF 45 43 370.7 99 2 6 2 .944 2.45   1.2
    LF 7 3 37.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.97    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.30   0.0
1933 26 CIN NL LF 32 19 187.3 52 1 1 0 .981 2.55   0.8
    CF 10 9 77.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.92    
    RF 9 7 61.0 19 0 1 0 .950 2.80    
    1B 5 0 11.7 10 2 0 1 1.000 9.26   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1934 27 CIN NL LF 19 13 123.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.5
    CF 8 6 46.0 17 0 1 0 .944 3.33    
    RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    1B 3 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1935 28 CIN NL LF 65 64 559.0 119 2 5 0 .960 1.95   1.2
    RF 18 17 140.7 38 0 3 0 .927 2.43    
    CF 21 7 84.0 19 0 2 0 .905 2.04    
    1B 5 0 7.3 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.28   0.0
1936 29 CIN NL RF 47 44 374.3 74 0 8 0 .902 1.78   1.7
    CF 40 34 297.7 81 2 4 1 .954 2.51    
    LF 18 12 106.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.19    
    1B 5 4 33.0 52 1 0 5 1.000 14.45   0.1
1937 30 CIN NL LF 58 49 447.7 98 1 2 0 .980 1.99   1.2
    RF 16 14 113.0 23 0 2 0 .920 1.83    
    CF 11 8 73.0 19 0 1 0 .950 2.34    
    1B 9 6 48.7 70 3 0 3 1.000 13.50   0.1
1938 31 SEM AL CF 7 1 21.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.43   0.2
    LF 4 2 20.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.66    
    1B 1 1 9.0 9 2 0 1 1.000 11.00   0.0
    SS 3 0 4.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1939 32 BRK NL RF 52 51 436.7 97 0 6 0 .942 2.00   1.2
    1B 10 8 69.3 92 3 2 9 .979 12.33   0.2
    CF 6 0 10.0 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70    
    LF 5 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1940 33 BRK NL 1B 49 42 356.0 433 39 3 39 .994 11.93   1.0
    LF 8 6 52.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.41   0.2
    CF 8 0 17.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60    
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 34 BRK NL 1B 57 49 422.0 546 59 5 55 .992 12.90   1.3
    RF 20 13 119.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.12   0.5
    LF 13 5 58.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.55    
    CF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1942 35 BRK NL 1B 59 55 462.3 582 50 4 52 .994 12.30   1.3
    LF 15 4 54.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.81   0.2
    RF 12 4 53.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.34    
    CF 7 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
1943 36 BRK NL 1B 19 17 151.0 195 12 1 19 .995 12.34   0.5
    RF 14 11 99.0 17 0 1 0 .944 1.55   0.2
    LF 10 0 24.7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.09    
    CF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1944 37 DET AL CF 31 25 232.7 65 1 1 0 .985 2.55   1.2
    LF 23 22 172.0 26 2 1 1 .966 1.47    
    RF 7 2 23.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 38 MIN AL RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1946 39 MIN AL LF 7 7 59.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.37   0.1
    RF 7 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    1B 3 0 4.3 7 2 0 1 1.000 18.71   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  LF 284 206 1906.0 396 8 11 2 .973 1.91   4.2
  RF 256 206 1822.6 416 2 29 2 .935 2.06   4.8
  1B 228 182 1583.0 2017 174 15 185 .993 12.46   4.6
  CF 159 90 888.7 244 5 10 1 .961 2.52   1.3
  SS 5 0 8.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.20   0.1
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   935 684 6212.9 3075 194 65 191 .981 4.74   15.0
Career Highs   110 94 811.0 602 61 13 55 1.000 10.26    
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
1938 31 SEM AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1943 36 BRK NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1930
Injured on 7/7/1931 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/6/1932, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
4/6/1933: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
Injured on 9/23/1933 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/15/1935 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/6/1938 to a 2-year deal worth $1,760,000 per year
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Released by Seattle (M) on 10/18/1938
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/22/1939 to a 4-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/11/1939
3/3/1940: Signed a minor league contract extension with Brooklyn
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/17/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,001 per year
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 4/2/1945 (Going to MIN: LF Dave Philley, 2B Irv Hall, C Babe Phelps, CF Bob Seeds. Going to DET: C Don Padgett)
9/1/1945: Signed a minor league contract extension with Minnesota