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George
Altman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 20, 1933 in Usa, NC, GOLDSBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Gold Glove 1970   
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
1959 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6
1960 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 4 5 4 5 5 5
1961 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 4 5 4 5 5 5
1962 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 4 5 4 4 5 5
1963 30 PIT NL $ 435,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 4 5 4 4 5 5
1964 31 PIT NL $ 882,143   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 5
1965 32 PIT NL $ 2,147,143   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 4
1966 33 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 5
1967 34 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
1968 35 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 5
1969 36 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4
1970 37 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
1971 38 OAK AL     5 5 4 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
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
1959 26 PIT NL 100 336 33 69 11 2 9 37 6 3 24 87 .205 .258 .330 .589 27.4 1.4
    AAA   26 106 21 31 5 2 8 21 4 2 10 20 .292 .353 .604 .957 21.5  
1960 27 PIT NL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0
    AAA   135 504 88 161 34 8 32 77 13 8 50 108 .319 .381 .609 .990 106.2  
1961 28 PIT NL 26 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.3 0.3
1962 29 PIT NL 64 58 12 12 1 0 2 7 3 2 5 14 .207 .277 .328 .605 5.8 0.4
1963 30 PIT NL 117 163 30 42 10 1 7 36 16 6 14 32 .258 .313 .460 .773 23.8 4.9
1964 31 PIT NL 135 365 45 98 21 3 10 45 17 10 29 80 .268 .323 .425 .748 46.3 8.7
1965 32 PIT NL 143 473 68 102 27 4 14 44 23 5 42 100 .216 .283 .378 .661 51.2 8.5
1966 33 TAM AL 154 511 65 125 28 4 13 62 17 5 62 132 .245 .326 .391 .718 67.5 10.1
1967 34 TAM AL 157 577 75 148 26 6 26 72 21 9 47 134 .256 .312 .458 .769 80.6 11.5
1968 35 TAM AL 148 444 60 109 16 5 12 53 26 4 37 106 .245 .301 .385 .686 54.1 10.1
1969 36 NYA AL 51 168 21 41 8 2 5 15 9 1 13 42 .244 .295 .405 .700 21.6 3.4
    AAA   52 201 27 52 8 2 10 27 9 4 23 41 .259 .335 .468 .802 32.1  
    AA   23 112 17 26 3 1 5 11 5 0 10 24 .232 .295 .411 .706 14.9  
    A   22 90 19 37 7 0 10 28 4 0 18 16 .411 .509 .822 1.331 31.2  
1970 37 NYA AL 152 552 54 115 16 6 8 45 21 2 27 150 .208 .245 .303 .548 41.8 1.4
1971 38 AA   137 501 62 131 21 1 22 81 8 5 56 104 .261 .336 .439 .775 74.7  
12 Years Sim 1256 3652 472 863 164 33 106 416 163 47 300 878 .236 .294 .386 .680 421.6 60.6
3 Years AAA 213 811 136 244 47 12 50 125 26 14 83 169 .301 .366 .573 .940 159.8  
2 Years AA 160 613 79 157 24 2 27 92 13 5 66 128 .256 .327 .434 .760 89.6  
1 Years A 22 90 19 37 7 0 10 28 4 0 18 16 .411 .509 .822 1.331 31.2  
6 Years Minors 395 1514 234 438 78 14 87 245 43 19 167 313 .289 .359 .532 .891 280.6  
162 Game Average 471 60 111 21 4 13 53 21 6 38 113 .236 .294 .386 .680 54.4  
Career Highs 157 577 75 148 28 6 26 72 26 10 62 150 .667 .667 .667 1.333 80.6  
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   2356 310 581 95 20 72 266 109 33 207 497 .247 .307 .396 .703 298.9
vs LH   1296 161 282 69 13 34 150 53 14 93 381 .218 .270 .370 .640 134.5
Home 620 1808 210 428 77 15 50 208 70 23 136 449 .237 .289 .379 .668 205.0
Away 622 1844 260 435 87 18 56 208 92 24 164 429 .236 .299 .394 .692 228.4
RISP   799 0 198 37 11 21 286 0 0 96 174 .248 .321 .401 .722 107.8
Pinch Hitting   218 34 55 10 2 7 46 10 2 26 48 .252 .329 .413 .742 31.7
Close/Late   496 82 130 27 3 11 54 0 0 53 109 .262 .330 .395 .726 65.8
Mar/Apr 164 511 66 120 31 3 14 66 28 2 35 122 .235 .285 .389 .675 60.4
May 213 630 83 147 33 6 19 75 24 5 47 153 .233 .285 .395 .680 74.2
June 207 633 79 148 22 5 16 61 34 12 68 151 .234 .306 .360 .667 75.4
July 200 667 72 157 33 6 20 74 28 9 46 154 .235 .284 .393 .677 76.6
August 230 668 94 156 21 7 26 86 24 6 57 165 .234 .296 .403 .698 83.5
Sep/Oct 221 543 73 135 24 6 11 54 23 13 47 133 .249 .309 .376 .684 63.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 26 PIT NL CF 93 88 778.7 196 2 7 1 .966 2.29   1.7
    RF 4 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 27 PIT NL LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 28 PIT NL LF 7 0 13.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 29 PIT NL RF 8 4 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.1
    LF 6 1 20.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.90    
    CF 3 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1963 30 PIT NL RF 24 12 139.0 37 0 1 0 .974 2.40   0.7
    LF 13 5 62.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    CF 11 6 61.0 16 0 1 0 .941 2.36    
1964 31 PIT NL LF 50 37 353.0 94 1 2 0 .979 2.42   1.1
    RF 49 38 341.0 80 0 1 0 .988 2.11    
    CF 8 7 63.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1965 32 PIT NL CF 121 121 1061.7 285 4 6 2 .980 2.45   2.3
    RF 9 0 16.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    LF 7 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1966 33 TAM AL LF 126 125 1110.7 214 4 6 0 .973 1.77   1.3
    CF 14 3 51.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.61    
    RF 7 2 30.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
1967 34 TAM AL LF 120 119 1053.7 199 9 3 4 .986 1.78   2.8
    RF 26 22 221.7 44 0 1 0 .978 1.79    
    CF 9 0 21.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1968 35 TAM AL LF 109 99 885.0 172 5 2 2 .989 1.80   1.0
    CF 15 3 49.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.76    
    RF 10 3 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1969 36 NYA AL LF 37 35 289.0 61 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.4
    CF 7 6 56.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
    RF 6 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    1B 1 1 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88   0.0
1970 37 NYA AL LF 141 140 1183.0 244 5 9 4 .965 1.89   2.3
    CF 6 5 44.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    RF 5 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  LF 619 561 4988.3 1004 25 23 10 .978 1.86   8.8
  CF 287 240 2198.0 569 7 15 3 .975 2.36   4.0
  RF 152 83 873.0 196 0 3 0 .985 2.02   0.8
  1B 2 1 11.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 8.18   0.0
  SS 1 1 9.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   1061 886 8079.3 1779 38 41 14 .978 2.02   13.7
Career Highs   155 145 1296.3 291 11 9 4 1.000 2.44    
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
1962 29 PIT NL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 30 PIT NL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
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.
Games
1967-1-157
 At-Bats
1967-8-577
 Total Bases
1967-10-264
 Triples
1967-9-6
1970-8-6
 Homeruns
1967-7-26
 Stolen Bases
1963-10-16
1964-7-17
1965-8-23
Caught Stealing
1959-9-3
1963-10-6
1964-5-10
 Strikeouts
1966-5-132
1970-4-150
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Had first career hit on 5/1/1959, off Humberto Robinson (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1959, off Ted Gray (CIN)
Injured on 8/17/1959 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/18/1960 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/9/1960 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $882,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/20/1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,147,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/15/1966 to a 4-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Injured on 3/20/1966 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 6/17/1967
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 4/25/1969 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: C Earl Battey, 2B Lee Walls, LF George Altman. Going to TAM: P Jerry Crider)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1970
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1971 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/20/1971 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
 
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