Al
Zarilla
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 1, 1919 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 24 BSN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1944 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 6 5 8 9 9
1945 26 STL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1946 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
1947 28 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1948 29 STL NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1949 30 STL NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7
1950 31 STL NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1951 32 STL NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 7
1952 33 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1953 34 STL NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 9
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
1943 24 AAA   56 194 23 51 7 3 5 22 0 4 23 25 .263 .341 .407 .748 26.2  
    AA   81 305 46 92 16 0 10 47 5 4 55 25 .302 .408 .452 .861 56.8  
1944 25 BSN NL 46 146 16 38 3 3 2 15 0 3 10 6 .260 .310 .363 .673 16.2 1.8
    AAA   54 187 26 52 12 1 5 29 9 2 29 16 .278 .375 .433 .808 31.8  
    AA   26 90 11 32 5 0 2 11 1 3 17 6 .356 .458 .478 .936 18.4  
1945 26 AAA   137 529 104 144 32 6 18 78 10 7 80 36 .272 .368 .457 .825 89.0  
1946 27 STL NL 130 431 56 121 28 5 4 53 2 4 60 29 .281 .372 .397 .769 62.9 10.5
    AAA   25 84 10 24 7 1 2 19 1 1 10 5 .286 .362 .464 .826 13.5  
1947 28 STL NL 91 152 14 37 6 2 4 22 2 1 14 10 .243 .304 .388 .692 17.8 2.0
1948 29 AAA   136 538 99 177 31 4 21 81 2 6 71 49 .329 .407 .519 .926 105.1  
1949 30 AAA   121 431 68 117 35 1 9 72 7 0 75 49 .271 .379 .420 .799 71.8  
1950 31 AAA   135 476 68 139 30 6 12 93 5 10 90 54 .292 .405 .456 .860 86.6  
1951 32 AAA   137 506 71 143 22 3 13 85 9 8 74 61 .283 .374 .415 .789 79.6  
1952 33 STL NL 49 95 10 26 7 2 1 9 1 0 8 16 .274 .327 .421 .748 12.4 1.9
    AAA   54 206 23 62 10 2 3 33 3 2 18 17 .301 .357 .413 .770 29.3  
1953 34 STL NL 26 51 5 11 3 0 1 8 0 1 2 8 .216 .245 .333 .579 3.4 0.0
5 Years Sim 342 875 101 233 47 12 12 107 5 9 94 69 .266 .339 .389 .727 112.7 16.4
9 Years AAA 855 3151 492 909 186 27 88 512 46 40 470 312 .288 .382 .448 .830 532.8  
2 Years AA 107 395 57 124 21 0 12 58 6 7 72 31 .314 .418 .458 .876 75.2  
11 Years Minors 962 3546 549 1033 207 27 100 570 52 47 542 343 .291 .386 .450 .835 608.0  
162 Game Average 414 47 110 22 5 5 50 2 4 44 32 .266 .339 .389 .727 53.4  
Career Highs 130 431 56 121 28 5 4 53 2 4 60 29 .281 .372 .421 .769 62.9  
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   602 65 158 31 5 11 81 5 6 67 42 .262 .338 .385 .723 78.0
vs LH   273 36 75 16 7 1 26 0 3 27 27 .275 .341 .396 .737 35.0
Home 157 382 47 101 20 8 4 46 3 4 41 27 .264 .334 .390 .724 49.2
Away 185 493 54 132 27 4 8 61 2 5 53 42 .268 .342 .387 .730 63.7
RISP   198 0 53 11 2 1 84 0 0 37 19 .268 .376 .359 .734 29.6
Pinch Hitting   97 11 22 5 0 4 19 0 0 8 10 .227 .278 .402 .680 11.4
Close/Late   118 11 31 5 1 0 21 0 0 19 9 .263 .366 .322 .688 15.2
Mar/Apr 18 36 3 7 2 2 1 7 0 0 3 3 .194 .256 .444 .701 4.2
May 49 138 21 34 9 0 2 15 1 0 12 9 .246 .312 .355 .667 15.1
June 63 150 17 41 11 3 3 21 0 3 16 17 .273 .351 .447 .798 21.4
July 75 197 19 49 9 6 0 22 0 2 14 10 .249 .298 .355 .653 19.6
August 81 218 22 57 4 0 4 29 2 3 32 15 .261 .356 .335 .691 28.0
Sep/Oct 56 136 19 45 12 1 2 13 2 1 17 15 .331 .403 .478 .881 24.6
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
1944 25 BSN NL RF 46 46 364.0 74 3 3 0 .963 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 27 STL NL RF 125 120 1041.0 258 9 9 5 .967 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1947 28 STL NL RF 17 15 133.0 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 20 5 69.3 17 0 1 0 .944 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 2 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 33 STL NL RF 21 16 136.7 31 3 2 0 .944 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 7 4 48.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 34 STL NL RF 6 5 54.3 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 215 202 1729.0 409 18 14 6 .968 2.22 0 0 .000 0 4.3
  CF 33 10 136.3 28 1 1 1 .967 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 10 5 54.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
  C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   261 217 1924.3 447 20 15 7 .969 2.18 0 0 .000 0 4.3
Career Highs   127 120 1046.0 260 9 9 5 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
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.
Triples
1946-10-5
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1943
Had first career hit on 7/5/1944, off Bucky Jacobs (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1944, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
Traded from Boston (N) to St. Louis on 3/3/1945 (Going to STL: RF Al Zarilla. Going to BSN: RF Max West)
Injured on 4/14/1946 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/3/1948 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 5/3/1949 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 5/29/1949 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Injured on 8/16/1949 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Injured on 7/28/1950 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by St. Louis on 10/3/1953