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Rick
Auerbach		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 15, 1950 in Usa, CA, WOODLAND HILL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1981   
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
1971 21 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 5 7 7 7
1972 22 TAM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 7 8
1973 23 TAM AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1974 24 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1975 25 TAM AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1976 26 TAM AL     6 6 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1977 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1978 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 8 8
1979 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1980 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1981 31 TAM AL $ 428,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1982 32 TAM AL $ 1,892,857   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6
1983 33 TAM AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1984 34 OAK AL $ 2,000,001   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1985 35 OAK AL $ 2,000,001   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1986 36 OAK AL $ 2,000,001   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1987 37 OAK AL $ 2,000,001   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,001   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
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
1971 21 AA   83 332 33 84 13 1 2 21 6 1 42 36 .253 .337 .316 .653 38.5  
    A   54 200 17 55 8 1 2 15 1 3 33 18 .275 .378 .355 .733 28.2  
1972 22 AA   131 503 64 142 32 3 3 42 12 3 57 56 .282 .355 .376 .731 68.4  
1973 23 AA   136 546 76 147 25 2 6 54 12 7 64 44 .269 .346 .355 .701 69.1  
1974 24 AA   131 467 38 118 20 3 4 57 5 6 55 26 .253 .331 .334 .665 53.0  
    A   2 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.9  
1975 25 AAA   53 180 21 48 8 0 2 18 3 2 15 26 .267 .323 .344 .668 20.0  
    AA   83 353 47 102 21 1 2 36 4 4 39 27 .289 .360 .371 .731 46.6  
1976 26 AA   137 547 58 174 30 3 11 64 14 4 60 35 .318 .386 .444 .830 91.4  
1977 27 TAM AL 72 210 23 62 12 0 2 18 0 1 17 16 .295 .343 .381 .724 25.0 3.9
1978 28 TAM AL 60 159 12 35 0 1 1 14 2 1 6 8 .220 .247 .252 .499 8.4 0.0
    AAA   25 91 9 31 1 0 2 14 3 0 5 8 .341 .375 .418 .793 14.1  
1979 29 TAM AL 103 373 42 97 13 2 3 40 1 2 17 36 .260 .294 .330 .624 28.3 1.7
1980 30 TAM AL 152 608 58 173 15 2 14 62 2 0 24 70 .285 .311 .385 .696 68.3 8.3
1981 31 TAM AL 155 582 64 185 16 5 8 65 5 2 35 53 .318 .355 .404 .759 79.4 17.7
1982 32 TAM AL 155 607 65 180 26 3 8 58 3 1 25 69 .297 .325 .389 .714 69.1 11.0
1983 33 TAM AL 152 593 68 181 25 0 10 54 4 5 33 72 .305 .345 .398 .743 75.6 17.4
1984 34 OAK AL 78 211 27 54 5 2 3 23 4 1 16 29 .256 .302 .341 .643 23.1 2.5
1985 35 OAK AL 113 282 35 80 9 2 4 31 7 1 18 43 .284 .322 .372 .695 35.0 5.4
1986 36 OAK AL 105 220 20 61 8 0 2 29 0 0 11 32 .277 .313 .341 .654 22.3 3.1
1987 37 OAK AL 130 365 25 97 10 2 0 26 2 0 16 71 .266 .294 .304 .598 29.3 2.1
11 Years Sim 1275 4210 439 1205 139 19 55 420 30 14 218 499 .286 .321 .367 .688 463.9 73.1
2 Years AAA 78 271 30 79 9 0 4 32 6 2 20 34 .292 .336 .369 .705 34.0  
6 Years AA 701 2748 316 767 141 13 28 274 53 25 317 224 .279 .354 .370 .724 367.0  
2 Years A 56 211 19 58 8 1 2 15 2 3 33 19 .275 .377 .351 .727 29.1  
10 Years Minors 835 3230 365 904 158 14 34 321 61 30 370 277 .280 .354 .369 .723 430.2  
162 Game Average 534 55 153 17 2 6 53 3 1 27 63 .286 .321 .367 .688 58.9  
Career Highs 155 608 68 185 26 5 14 65 7 5 35 72 .318 .355 .404 .759 79.4  
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   2635 270 748 71 12 37 254 18 8 116 316 .284 .314 .362 .676 289.8
vs LH   1575 169 457 68 7 18 166 12 6 102 183 .290 .333 .377 .709 191.8
Home 632 2088 207 603 64 10 20 202 14 6 107 256 .289 .323 .358 .680 234.2
Away 643 2122 232 602 75 9 35 218 16 8 111 243 .284 .319 .377 .696 247.4
RISP   936 0 265 34 2 9 344 0 0 58 106 .283 .318 .353 .671 104.8
Pinch Hitting   120 12 30 3 0 1 14 0 0 8 6 .250 .308 .300 .608 10.7
Close/Late   533 47 150 19 3 4 65 0 0 35 66 .281 .326 .351 .677 59.7
Mar/Apr 177 590 62 168 18 1 5 41 4 3 22 72 .285 .310 .344 .655 59.9
May 215 722 81 216 25 3 11 76 10 3 48 81 .299 .341 .388 .729 94.0
June 221 733 80 222 25 5 5 85 2 3 34 76 .303 .334 .371 .705 85.8
July 200 618 68 186 19 4 10 66 5 1 42 60 .301 .342 .393 .735 82.1
August 237 770 71 200 24 3 11 67 4 2 35 111 .260 .292 .342 .633 74.5
Sep/Oct 225 777 77 213 28 3 13 85 5 2 37 99 .274 .308 .368 .677 85.2
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
1977 27 TAM AL 3B 57 51 423.3 31 114 4 11 .973 3.08 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 5 2 26.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 4.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 2 0 5.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 16.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 28 TAM AL 1B 38 38 313.0 378 37 3 36 .993 11.93 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 14 3 39.3 5 13 3 2 .857 4.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 8 2 26.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 29 TAM AL 1B 44 42 341.0 388 28 3 35 .993 10.98 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 12 7 66.3 11 33 0 4 1.000 5.97 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 8 5 48.7 7 27 0 3 1.000 6.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 17.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 30 TAM AL 1B 41 41 328.0 397 36 3 36 .993 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 3 3 26.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 2 18.0 8 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
    2B 4 0 9.0 5 8 0 3 1.000 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 31 TAM AL 3B 150 148 1308.3 77 357 5 31 .989 2.99 0 0 .000 0 6.2
    2B 3 0 7.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 32 TAM AL 3B 146 145 1259.0 72 343 14 30 .967 2.97 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    2B 4 0 10.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 33 TAM AL 3B 145 145 1239.7 81 315 9 33 .978 2.87 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    LF 2 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 4.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 3 0 4.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 34 OAK AL 3B 52 46 423.0 19 87 3 9 .972 2.26 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 6 1 22.0 5 6 1 1 .917 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 6 0 17.7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 8 0 17.0 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 9.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1985 35 OAK AL 3B 57 44 387.7 26 92 3 6 .975 2.74 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    2B 15 13 121.0 20 50 2 11 .972 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 18 2 52.0 10 23 1 5 .971 5.71 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 13 2 40.7 47 3 0 7 1.000 11.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 36 OAK AL SS 32 12 141.3 30 47 3 9 .963 4.90 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 24 15 140.7 31 61 2 10 .979 5.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 18 7 88.0 5 19 0 2 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 13 3 58.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 8 6 53.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 9 1 28.0 36 0 0 3 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 37 OAK AL 3B 58 50 404.7 26 97 1 11 .992 2.74 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 14 11 95.0 20 41 2 9 .968 5.78 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 14 7 76.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 11 9 74.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 20 6 73.0 87 4 0 12 1.000 11.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 11 7 68.0 22 21 2 7 .956 5.69 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 689 639 5562.6 338 1430 39 134 .978 2.86 0 0 .000 0 24.9
  1B 170 130 1142.3 1356 110 9 130 .994 11.55 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  2B 84 42 444.0 96 193 6 38 .980 5.86 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  SS 103 36 435.3 81 174 10 32 .962 5.27 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  RF 53 12 213.0 36 1 2 0 .949 1.56 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  LF 35 15 175.0 50 1 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 2 2 18.0 8 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
Career Totals   1136 876 7990.2 1965 1911 66 334 .983 4.37 1 0 .000 2 32.7
Career Highs   155 148 1321.7 416 362 14 42 .994 10.79 1 0 .000 2  
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
1977 27 TAM AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 34 OAK AL 9 19 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 .263 .286 .316 .602
1985 35 OAK AL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 22 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 .273 .292 .318 .610
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.
Batting Average
1981-5-.318
1983-7-.305
 Games
1981-9-155
1982-8-155
 At-Bats
1980-8-608
1982-7-607
 Hits
1981-4-185
1982-8-180
1983-5-181
 Singles
1980-6-142
1981-3-156
1982-5-143
1983-3-146
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Oakland in 1971
Injured on 4/4/1972 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/23/1972 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Traded from Oakland to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1972 (Going to TAM: 3B Rick Auerbach. Going to OAK: 2B Bobby Cox)
Injured on 5/22/1974 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Injured on 4/14/1975 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/16/1977, off Steve Hargan (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1977, off Joe Sambito (WAS)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia on 6/28/1980
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Kansas City on 7/12/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1980, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1982, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1983, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/7/1984 to a 4-year deal worth $2,000,001 per year
 
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