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Woody
Jensen		  
Nickname: Redwood
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 11, 1907 in Usa, WA, BREMERTON
 
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
1931 23 DET AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 10 10 10
1932 24 DET AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 2 2 10 10 10
1933 25 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1934 26 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1935 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1936 28 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 2 2 10 10 10
1937 29 DET AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 10 10 10
1938 30 SLC NL $ 1,514,286   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 10 10 10
1939 31 SLC NL $ 1,514,286   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 1 1 1 10 10 10
1940 32 SDP NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 1 1 1 10 10 10
1941 33 SDP NL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1942 34 SDP NL $ 380,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
1943 35 SDP NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
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
1931 23 AAA   137 587 65 152 30 3 7 59 7 7 14 15 .259 .276 .356 .632 52.8  
1932 24 AAA   132 596 95 206 33 2 11 91 20 12 22 11 .346 .369 .463 .832 91.5  
1933 25 DET AL 20 54 5 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 3 .222 .259 .259 .518 3.3 0.0
    AAA   37 157 20 49 6 2 3 20 3 3 5 1 .312 .333 .433 .766 20.6  
1934 26 DET AL 43 137 17 34 9 1 0 10 0 0 3 0 .248 .262 .328 .591 11.3 0.5
1935 27 DET AL 52 189 25 53 9 1 2 19 0 0 11 3 .280 .312 .370 .683 23.9 3.0
1936 28 DET AL 85 321 42 88 12 7 3 58 1 0 8 6 .274 .287 .383 .671 31.9 2.8
1937 29 DET AL 99 323 45 101 14 3 2 56 2 1 11 4 .313 .342 .393 .735 40.9 6.8
1938 30 SLC NL 147 550 66 160 22 1 4 66 1 4 19 10 .291 .314 .356 .671 57.3 7.5
1939 31 SLC NL 151 560 68 160 36 3 6 49 0 0 12 8 .286 .301 .393 .694 55.8 6.6
1940 32 SDP NL 85 239 30 63 10 3 2 21 0 0 7 3 .264 .285 .356 .640 20.9 2.2
1941 33 SDP NL 52 140 11 32 8 1 1 19 0 0 3 4 .229 .243 .321 .564 7.3 0.0
1942 34 SDP NL 34 65 9 19 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 .292 .299 .369 .668 6.6 0.7
1943 35 SDP NL 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .182 .000 .182 -0.1 0.0
11 Years Sim 782 2587 318 722 125 21 20 313 4 5 80 43 .279 .300 .367 .667 259.2 30.2
3 Years AAA 306 1340 180 407 69 7 21 170 30 22 41 27 .304 .323 .413 .735 164.9  
162 Game Average 535 65 149 25 4 4 64 0 1 16 8 .279 .300 .367 .667 53.7  
Career Highs 151 560 68 160 36 7 6 66 2 4 19 10 .313 .342 .393 .735 57.3  
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   2061 265 588 97 18 17 262 3 4 69 33 .285 .307 .375 .682 222.4
vs LH   526 53 134 28 3 3 51 1 1 11 10 .255 .273 .337 .609 43.6
Home 388 1254 164 362 64 10 12 165 4 4 44 17 .289 .313 .384 .697 140.5
Away 394 1333 154 360 61 11 8 148 0 1 36 26 .270 .288 .350 .638 125.4
RISP   635 0 175 33 6 8 272 0 0 22 11 .276 .291 .384 .676 68.8
Pinch Hitting   78 10 22 3 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 .282 .296 .346 .642 7.5
Close/Late   336 34 87 19 3 0 40 0 0 14 5 .259 .287 .333 .621 30.2
Mar/Apr 132 458 55 116 24 2 5 51 0 0 11 9 .253 .270 .347 .617 40.0
May 126 422 44 115 20 2 2 48 1 1 12 3 .273 .293 .344 .637 39.3
June 123 416 52 122 21 4 6 52 0 1 20 11 .293 .327 .406 .734 51.7
July 138 444 50 119 14 4 2 50 1 0 13 6 .268 .285 .331 .616 40.0
August 138 442 66 126 19 5 2 49 1 1 10 9 .285 .299 .364 .663 44.7
Sep/Oct 123 405 51 124 27 4 3 63 1 2 14 5 .306 .330 .415 .745 50.2
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
1933 25 DET AL C 17 14 123.3 57 3 1 0 .984 4.38 3 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 26 DET AL C 30 28 241.0 83 12 1 1 .990 3.55 8 3 .375 0 1.2
    LF 2 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1935 27 DET AL C 47 43 356.3 137 5 1 0 .993 3.59 13 2 .154 0 1.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 28 DET AL C 75 72 661.7 241 16 0 1 1.000 3.50 12 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 4 3 28.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.54 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 2 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1937 29 DET AL CF 35 34 290.3 80 6 0 1 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 24 23 198.7 66 5 0 0 1.000 3.22 3 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 14 14 113.0 32 2 1 0 .971 2.71 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 7 62.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 30 SLC NL C 135 132 1206.3 440 46 2 2 .996 3.63 34 9 .265 0 6.0
    CF 4 0 8.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
1939 31 SLC NL C 127 119 1068.0 400 50 4 1 .991 3.79 62 16 .258 0 4.0
    CF 8 4 44.0 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 8 0 20.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 32 SDP NL CF 57 51 410.7 98 4 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 18 15 136.0 57 7 0 0 1.000 4.24 7 2 .286 0 0.8
    LF 4 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1941 33 SDP NL C 32 27 269.0 94 10 2 0 .981 3.48 16 4 .250 0 0.6
    CF 7 5 41.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 34 SDP NL C 18 15 136.0 61 9 0 0 1.000 4.63 7 3 .429 0 1.1
    LF 4 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 7 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1943 35 SDP NL C 4 2 18.7 15 1 0 0 1.000 7.72 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 3 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 527 490 4415.0 1651 164 11 5 .994 3.70 165 39 .236 0 20.9
  CF 123 97 831.0 211 12 0 1 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 3.6
  RF 38 16 156.7 40 3 1 0 .977 2.47 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 30 7 116.7 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 3 1 13.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   723 611 5534.3 1933 184 12 8 .994 3.44 165 39 .236 0 24.7
Career Highs   148 132 1226.3 447 55 4 3 1.000 6.04 62 16 .429 0  
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
1934 26 DET AL 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1940 32 SDP NL 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1942 34 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250
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.
At-Bats
1939-9-560
 Singles
1938-9-133
 Doubles
1939-6-36
 Caught Stealing
1938-10-4
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 41st overall pick, by Detroit in 1931
Had first career hit on 6/5/1933, off Willis Hudlin (SLC)
Injured on 4/16/1935 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 6/20/1935, off Bump Hadley (CLE)
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (C) on 3/3/1938 (Going to SLC: RF Woody Jensen. Going to DET: P Roxie Lawson)
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1939, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/9/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
7/31/1941: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $380,000 per year, for 1 years
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
10/22/1942: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $450,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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