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John
Powers		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 8, 1929 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
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
1955 25 STL NL     3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4
1956 26 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5
1957 27 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5
1958 28 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
1959 29 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
1960 30 STL NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
1961 31 STL NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4
1962 32 WOR AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1963 33 WOR AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5
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
1955 25 A   137 483 84 131 25 1 41 102 3 4 102 89 .271 .398 .582 .980 110.2  
1956 26 STL NL 21 51 5 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 18 .098 .179 .235 .414 0.9 0.0
    A   106 377 70 101 22 1 33 81 2 2 85 78 .268 .403 .594 .997 89.0  
1957 27 STL NL 85 189 19 29 11 0 8 18 0 0 18 45 .153 .231 .339 .569 14.1 0.0
1958 28 STL NL 27 31 8 10 3 1 2 4 0 0 3 5 .323 .382 .677 1.060 7.2 1.3
1959 29 STL NL 44 38 6 4 0 1 2 6 0 0 7 12 .105 .261 .316 .577 3.3 0.0
1960 30 A   133 462 95 126 32 0 40 108 1 7 72 93 .273 .371 .602 .973 97.8  
1961 31 A   137 500 83 129 24 0 42 110 0 2 89 98 .258 .370 .558 .928 103.3  
1962 32 WOR AL 59 116 12 20 6 0 2 12 0 0 8 28 .172 .230 .276 .506 7.4 0.0
1963 33 WOR AL 77 115 5 14 1 1 2 9 0 0 9 28 .122 .190 .200 .390 3.4 0.0
1964 34 AAA   54 191 26 52 7 0 13 35 2 0 19 36 .272 .338 .513 .851 33.2  
6 Years Sim 313 540 55 82 22 3 18 53 0 0 48 136 .152 .228 .304 .532 36.2 1.3
1 Years AAA 54 191 26 52 7 0 13 35 2 0 19 36 .272 .347 .513 .860 33.2  
4 Years A 513 1822 332 487 103 2 156 401 6 15 348 358 .267 .392 .583 .975 400.3  
5 Years Minors 567 2013 358 539 110 2 169 436 8 15 367 394 .268 .388 .576 .964 433.6  
162 Game Average 279 28 42 11 1 9 27 0 0 24 70 .152 .228 .304 .532 18.8  
Career Highs 85 189 19 29 11 1 8 18 0 0 18 45 .323 .382 .677 1.060 14.1  
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   449 47 71 21 3 15 45 0 0 37 101 .158 .229 .318 .548 32.1
vs LH   91 8 11 1 0 3 8 0 0 11 35 .121 .223 .231 .454 4.6
Home 155 263 27 38 6 1 8 26 0 0 24 67 .144 .227 .266 .493 14.9
Away 158 277 28 44 16 2 10 27 0 0 24 69 .159 .230 .339 .569 21.8
RISP   128 0 17 3 0 5 34 0 0 9 35 .133 .187 .273 .460 6.3
Pinch Hitting   112 14 21 3 2 4 14 0 0 13 30 .188 .289 .357 .646 11.7
Close/Late   110 10 15 4 0 3 10 0 0 7 23 .136 .188 .255 .443 4.5
Mar/Apr 47 92 10 11 1 0 3 7 0 0 6 26 .120 .173 .228 .402 2.8
May 49 76 10 14 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 8 .184 .244 .316 .560 5.8
June 51 98 13 19 5 1 4 14 0 0 10 18 .194 .269 .388 .656 10.7
July 56 77 3 14 5 0 1 6 0 0 7 21 .182 .256 .286 .542 5.4
August 56 88 10 12 4 1 4 9 0 0 8 31 .136 .222 .341 .563 6.6
Sep/Oct 54 109 9 12 6 1 3 9 0 0 12 32 .110 .211 .266 .477 5.4
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
1956 26 STL NL RF 7 6 51.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 2 30.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 4 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 4 3 26.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 27 STL NL CF 37 35 282.3 72 3 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 15 6 76.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 7 67.0 16 1 1 0 .944 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 8 0 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 28 STL NL RF 3 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 9.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.73 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 29 STL NL RF 5 1 21.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 8 0 20.0 0 9 0 0 1.000 4.05 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 32 WOR AL LF 14 10 103.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 13 11 92.7 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 18 9 84.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 33 WOR AL 1B 16 12 103.0 125 6 0 15 1.000 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 16 2 38.3 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 5 3 24.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 1 14.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 66 52 440.7 109 4 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  RF 53 26 270.7 53 2 0 2 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  LF 48 23 251.3 59 3 1 0 .984 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  1B 18 12 107.0 131 6 0 16 1.000 11.52 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 26 4 78.0 4 23 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   213 117 1152.6 359 39 1 18 .997 3.11 0 0 .000 0 3.6
Career Highs   69 48 437.3 149 13 1 15 1.000 7.24 0 0 .000 0  
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1955
Had first career hit (double) on 8/12/1956, off Gus Keriazakos (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1956, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/11/1957
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/14/1960 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/21/1961 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Worcester on 4/2/1962 (Going to STL: P Tex Clevenger. Going to WOR: P Ernie Broglio, 3B John Powers, 3B Dick Gray)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/16/1964 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Released by Worcester on 6/1/1964
 
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