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Ed
Albosta		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 27, 1918 in Usa, MI, SAGINAW
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 22 SLC NL   6 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5
1942 23 SLC NL   6 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
1943 24 STL NL   6 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 25 STL NL   6 7 7 7 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 26 STL NL   6 8 8 8 1 2 1 3 3 3
1946 27 STL NL   6 8 8 8 1 2 1 3 3 3
1947 28 STL NL   6 9 9 9 2 2 2 3 3 3
1948 29 STL NL   6 9 9 9 2 2 2 3 3 3
1949 30 STL NL   5 10 10 10 2 2 2 4 4 4
1950 31 STL NL $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 2 2 2 5 5 5
1951 32 STL NL $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 2 2 2 5 5 5
1952 33 STL NL $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 2 2 2 3 3 3
1953 34 STL NL $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 2 2 2 3 3 3
1954 35 STL NL $ 350,000 5 9 9 9 2 2 2 3 3 3
1955 36 STL NL   5 9 9 9 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 10 10 10 2 2 2 5 5 5
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
1941 22 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 23 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 24 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 25 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 26 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 27 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 28 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 29 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 30 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 31 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 32 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 33 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 34 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 35 STL NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 36 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1941 22 A   15 7 .682 30 30 3 1 0 215.0 138 46 11 94 238 1.93 .184 .275 .265 .540  
1942 23 A   9 9 .500 30 30 1 0 0 207.3 134 63 9 96 246 2.73 .180 .274 .255 .529  
1943 24 A   12 7 .632 27 27 3 1 0 188.3 138 49 12 76 235 2.34 .204 .284 .284 .568  
1944 25 AA   11 10 .524 25 25 0 0 0 155.3 128 69 16 83 190 4.00 .218 .315 .341 .656  
1945 26 AA   8 9 .471 25 25 1 1 0 164.0 117 63 11 95 203 3.46 .195 .305 .287 .592  
1946 27 AA   13 2 .867 20 20 1 0 0 135.7 79 29 10 72 167 1.92 .170 .281 .262 .544  
1947 28 AA   4 4 .500 65 5 0 0 9 82.3 70 29 11 48 100 3.17 .231 .336 .380 .716  
1948 29 AA   1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 19.0 16 8 2 12 30 3.79 .213 .322 .333 .655  
1949 30 AA   0 3 .000 59 0 0 0 5 53.3 50 29 6 39 80 4.89 .249 .371 .368 .739  
1950 31 STL NL 8 7 .533 59 0 0 0 6 63.3 65 37 10 36 59 5.26 .271 .365 .458 .823 4.4
    AA   1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 3 14.0 9 6 2 6 22 3.86 .184 .273 .388 .660  
1951 32 STL NL 1 5 .167 29 0 0 0 14 18.7 28 27 5 27 17 13.02 .359 .523 .654 1.177 0.0
1952 33 STL NL 7 2 .778 50 0 0 0 7 60.3 42 20 9 44 57 2.98 .199 .340 .360 .700 9.0
1953 34 STL NL 0 6 .000 39 0 0 0 19 37.3 38 23 5 27 29 5.55 .275 .393 .428 .820 1.2
1954 35 STL NL 0 2 .000 39 0 0 0 2 50.3 51 30 6 48 47 5.36 .260 .407 .408 .815 0.9
1955 36 STL NL 0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 16 6 11 12 8.47 .246 .355 .600 .955 0.0
6 Years Sim 16 22 .421 232 0 0 0 48 247.0 240 153 41 193 221 5.58 .259 .387 .447 .834 15.4
7 Years AA 38 28 .576 221 75 2 1 17 623.7 469 233 58 355 792 3.36 .206 .313 .319 .632  
3 Years A 36 23 .610 87 87 7 2 0 610.7 410 158 32 266 719 2.33 .189 .277 .268 .545  
10 Years Minors 74 51 .592 308 162 9 3 17 1234.3 879 391 90 621 1511 2.85 .197 .296 .294 .590  
Season Average 2 3 .400 38 0 0 0 8 41.2 40 25 6 32 36 5.58 .259 .387 .447 .834  
Career Highs 8 7 .778 59 0 0 0 19 63.3 65 37 10 48 59 13.02 .359 .523 .654 1.177  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   112 72 17 106 118   .217 .350 .359 .709
vs LH   128 81 24 87 103   .311 .431 .558 .989
Home 11 13 .458 121 0 0 0 20 130.3 124 72 18 91 106 4.97 .254 .371 .429 .800
Away 5 9 .357 111 0 0 0 28 116.7 116 81 23 102 115 6.25 .264 .403 .467 .870
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 27 0 0 0 11 30.6 23 16 6 23 24 4.70 .209 .346 .391 .737
May 6 5 .545 41 0 0 0 8 46.0 41 25 5 40 43 4.89 .250 .397 .402 .799
June 3 3 .500 38 0 0 0 4 43.7 45 24 4 31 43 4.95 .271 .386 .452 .838
July 4 4 .500 36 0 0 0 6 27.7 27 18 3 19 18 5.86 .262 .377 .408 .785
August 1 5 .167 50 0 0 0 7 56.7 63 48 16 59 57 7.63 .284 .434 .532 .966
Sep/Oct 1 3 .250 40 0 0 0 12 42.3 41 22 7 21 36 4.68 .252 .337 .436 .773
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
1945 26 AA   11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1948 29 AA   14 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1950 31 STL NL 59 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.5 0.2
    AA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1952 33 STL NL 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1953 34 STL NL 69 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1954 35 STL NL 69 8 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4 0.0
1955 36 STL NL 45 5 11 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 305 22 33 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 10 .182 .182 .273 .455 -0.1 0.2
3 Years AA 26 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 11 17 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .182 .182 .273 .455 -0.1  
Career Highs 69 8 12 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.5  
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   13 23 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 6 .154 .154 .308 .462 -0.2
vs LH   9 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
Home 161 11 15 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5 .182 .182 .364 .545 0.4
Away 86 11 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.2
RISP   9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Close/Late   5 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
Mar/Apr 11 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.0
May 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 45 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .600 .800 0.7
July 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 53 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.3
Sep/Oct 38 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 31 STL NL P 59 0 63.3 4 16 1 2 .952 2.84    
1951 32 STL NL P 29 0 18.7 1 4 1 0 .833 2.41    
1952 33 STL NL P 50 0 60.3 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.34    
1953 34 STL NL P 39 0 37.3 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.17    
1954 35 STL NL P 39 0 50.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.97    
    3B 2 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1955 36 STL NL P 16 0 17.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  P 232 0 247.0 11 48 2 6 .967 2.15    
  3B 5 0 14.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64   0.0
Career Totals   237 0 261.0 11 49 2 6 .968 2.07    
Career Highs   59 0 63.3 4 16 1 2 1.000 2.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1953 34 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
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
1953 34 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1950-10-6
1951-3-14
1953-3-19
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Tom Gorman (972)
  2. Wayland Dean (970)
  3. Ken Holcombe (969)
  4. George Culver (966)
  5. George Zuverink (964)
  6. Willie Underhill (964)
  7. Jim Umbricht (964)
  8. Mike Thompson (963)
  9. Don Newhauser (960)
  10. Dwight Bernard (960)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 81st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1941
Injured on 8/15/1943 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 6/25/1944 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/13/1946 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/11/1946 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/22/1949 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/2/1950
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/14/1950, off Jake Mooty (TAM)
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by St. Louis on 9/22/1955
 
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