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Bobby
Avila		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 2, 1924 in Mexico, , VERACRUZ
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1953    1954   
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
1949 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1950 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1951 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 9 9
1952 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1953 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1954 30 TAM AL $ 3,300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1955 31 TAM AL $ 3,992,857   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1956 32 TAM AL $ 4,940,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1957 33 TAM AL $ 4,940,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1958 34 TAM AL $ 4,940,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1959 35 TAM AL $ 1,300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1960 36 BSN NL $ 1,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
1961 37 BSN NL $ 1,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,940,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 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
1949 25 PIT NL 8 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.4 0.5
    AAA   133 466 83 148 22 4 22 87 19 11 65 32 .318 .401 .524 .925 93.2  
1950 26 PIT NL 42 37 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 .189 .302 .216 .519 2.3 0.0
1951 27 PIT NL 52 82 16 23 2 0 2 12 0 0 16 10 .280 .400 .378 .778 14.3 2.2
    AAA   80 322 65 95 16 1 13 42 9 4 50 31 .295 .390 .472 .862 59.3  
1952 28 TAM AL 138 452 64 143 22 1 6 51 0 0 66 34 .316 .403 .409 .812 74.0 14.0
1953 29 TAM AL 154 582 102 175 28 5 20 96 0 1 97 56 .301 .397 .469 .866 108.6 23.0
1954 30 TAM AL 149 596 118 194 27 2 19 99 0 0 77 59 .326 .401 .473 .874 105.6 22.0
1955 31 TAM AL 152 577 90 156 21 0 13 63 0 0 89 58 .270 .366 .374 .741 81.3 14.4
1956 32 TAM AL 145 498 66 128 14 2 13 62 3 1 76 70 .257 .355 .371 .726 65.9 8.8
1957 33 TAM AL 156 505 75 122 12 7 14 61 1 0 83 55 .242 .347 .376 .724 70.2 11.3
1958 34 TAM AL 68 133 18 37 6 0 2 11 0 0 17 24 .278 .358 .368 .726 18.4 3.4
1959 35 TAM AL 57 129 17 29 2 2 4 21 0 1 18 26 .225 .318 .364 .682 15.0 1.8
    AAA   14 57 5 17 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 11 .298 .298 .316 .614 5.2  
1960 36 BSN NL 25 43 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 14 .093 .204 .163 .367 1.0 0.0
1961 37 AAA   137 530 36 64 13 0 2 25 1 1 68 164 .121 .221 .157 .377 15.0  
12 Years Sim 1146 3641 572 1021 136 19 94 482 4 3 551 409 .280 .374 .406 .779 558.2 101.4
4 Years AAA 364 1375 189 324 52 5 37 158 31 16 183 238 .236 .325 .361 .687 172.7  
162 Game Average 514 80 144 19 2 13 68 0 0 77 57 .280 .374 .406 .779 78.9  
Career Highs 156 596 118 194 28 7 20 99 3 1 97 70 .429 .429 .571 1.000 108.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2413 377 693 95 16 64 320 2 3 333 245 .287 .373 .419 .792 383.7
vs LH   1228 195 328 41 3 30 162 2 0 218 164 .267 .375 .379 .754 190.9
Home 583 1797 267 490 45 10 51 234 2 2 270 207 .273 .366 .394 .760 274.3
Away 563 1844 305 531 91 9 43 248 2 1 281 202 .288 .381 .417 .798 300.3
RISP   896 0 255 27 4 31 370 0 0 137 117 .285 .372 .427 .800 149.8
Pinch Hitting   98 15 26 2 0 3 19 0 0 15 9 .265 .363 .378 .740 14.4
Close/Late   471 79 140 19 2 16 75 0 0 67 43 .297 .382 .448 .830 81.3
Mar/Apr 181 542 90 151 20 4 12 71 0 0 79 68 .279 .369 .397 .765 82.7
May 198 650 113 182 23 4 21 92 0 0 97 75 .280 .371 .425 .796 106.0
June 191 624 94 178 23 3 14 89 1 1 102 58 .285 .384 .399 .783 100.6
July 168 546 83 145 18 5 10 63 2 2 86 68 .266 .364 .372 .736 79.0
August 204 660 91 185 25 2 18 82 1 0 97 87 .280 .371 .406 .777 103.6
Sep/Oct 204 619 101 180 27 1 19 85 0 0 90 53 .291 .380 .430 .810 102.8
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
1949 25 PIT NL SS 4 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 26 PIT NL 2B 6 2 27.7 10 15 0 6 1.000 8.13   0.2
    SS 6 1 15.3 6 7 0 1 1.000 7.63   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 27 PIT NL 1B 23 14 144.0 171 10 3 17 .984 11.31   0.2
    2B 11 0 15.7 6 5 0 3 1.000 6.32   0.1
    SS 7 0 14.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 5.14   0.1
1952 28 TAM AL SS 133 131 1129.7 197 472 19 79 .972 5.33   5.2
    1B 3 0 3.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.84   0.0
1953 29 TAM AL SS 152 149 1358.0 215 535 18 101 .977 4.97   6.3
1954 30 TAM AL SS 146 145 1282.0 193 585 14 106 .982 5.46   8.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1955 31 TAM AL SS 152 150 1302.7 199 573 15 104 .981 5.33   5.8
1956 32 TAM AL 2B 144 144 1304.0 295 520 13 118 .984 5.63   9.3
1957 33 TAM AL 2B 152 151 1343.0 307 527 23 115 .973 5.59   6.4
    SS 3 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1958 34 TAM AL 2B 28 11 134.0 29 67 2 13 .980 6.45   1.0
    SS 12 11 91.0 10 47 1 8 .983 5.64   0.7
    1B 6 5 48.3 62 2 0 3 1.000 11.92   0.1
    3B 2 2 16.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
1959 35 TAM AL 3B 10 9 84.3 7 18 2 0 .926 2.67   0.4
    SS 12 9 83.0 13 32 0 4 1.000 4.88   0.6
    1B 9 6 65.3 81 0 3 6 .964 11.16   0.1
    2B 10 3 55.0 12 16 0 4 1.000 4.58   0.3
1960 36 BSN NL 1B 20 11 115.0 120 11 0 10 1.000 10.25   0.1
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 628 596 5292.0 836 2261 67 404 .979 5.27   27.1
  2B 356 311 2887.3 662 1153 38 259 .979 5.66   17.4
  1B 62 36 377.3 439 25 6 36 .987 11.07   0.7
  3B 13 11 102.3 10 19 2 0 .935 2.55   0.4
  RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1061 954 8662.6 1947 3458 113 699 .980 5.62   45.5
Career Highs   156 151 1358.0 310 585 23 118 1.000 10.37    
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 29 TAM AL 10 41 7 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 4 4 .293 .348 .488 .836
1956 32 TAM AL 13 42 7 13 5 0 1 5 0 0 6 5 .310 .388 .500 .888
1957 33 TAM AL 10 30 4 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 2 .267 .385 .367 .751
1958 34 TAM AL 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 37 115 19 34 8 0 4 18 0 0 18 12 .296 .380 .470 .849
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
1952-6-.316
1954-1-.326
 On-Base Pct
1952-6-.403
1953-6-.397
1954-6-.401
 XR
1953-7-108.6
1954-10-105.6
 Games
1957-8-156
 At-Bats
1954-8-596
1955-9-577
 Runs
1954-5-118
Hits
1953-7-175
1954-2-194
 Total Bases
1954-9-282
 Singles
1953-6-122
1954-4-146
1955-7-122
 Triples
1957-4-7
 Walks
1953-7-97
1955-5-89
1957-10-83
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Roy Hartsfield (926)
  2. Max Bishop (922)
  3. Charlie Gehringer (917)
  4. Bernie James (912)
  5. Bernie Allen (912)
  6. Ken Boswell (908)
  7. Jerry Standaert (906)
  8. Bill Cissell (904)
  9. Rob Andrews (900)
  10. Doc Gautreau (896)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1949
Injured on 4/21/1949 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 9/1/1949, off Joe Nuxhall (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1951, off Ernie Johnson (CLE)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 2/3/1952 (Going to PIT: SS Andy Anderson. Going to TAM: 2B Bobby Avila, P Jackie Collum)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/26/1952
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 5/1/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1954, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 7/12/1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,992,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,940,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/31/1956 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Injured on 3/26/1958 with a Broken Hand, out for 10 weeks
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/18/1959 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to TAM: LF Dick Kokos, 2B Hank Thompson, 1B Bill Skowron. Going to BSN: LF Irv Noren, RF Gus Bell, 2B Bobby Avila)
 
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