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Wayne
Belardi		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 5, 1930 in Usa, CA, ST. HELENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1957   
All-Star Selections 1958    1961   
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
1950 19 NYA AL     4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6
1951 20 NYA AL     4 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
1952 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1953 22 NYG NL     6 6 5 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1954 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 7 7
1958 27 NYG NL $ 3,300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1959 28 NYG NL $ 3,570,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1960 29 NYG NL $ 3,570,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1961 30 OAK AL $ 3,570,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 7 7
1962 31 OAK AL $ 3,570,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
1963 32 OAK AL $ 5,130,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
1964 33 OAK AL $ 5,130,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1965 34 NYG NL $ 5,130,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5
1966 35 TAM AL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,130,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 4 5 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
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
1950 19 AA   31 99 24 24 0 0 12 23 0 0 20 10 .242 .370 .606 .976 22.9  
    A   103 360 94 132 9 2 56 115 7 2 94 39 .367 .498 .869 1.367 132.4  
1951 20 AA   125 446 79 135 5 2 38 89 4 7 74 47 .303 .402 .578 .980 99.2  
1952 21 AAA   137 531 110 153 23 1 47 100 5 8 74 67 .288 .375 .601 .976 113.5  
1953 22 AAA   136 529 106 158 19 4 29 82 1 4 77 60 .299 .388 .514 .902 102.1  
1954 23 NYG NL 139 512 83 135 23 2 23 95 0 0 52 67 .264 .337 .451 .789 75.8 9.3
    AAA   2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7  
1955 24 NYG NL 154 567 83 148 13 1 22 83 0 1 64 90 .261 .340 .404 .743 82.4 12.2
1956 25 NYG NL 148 531 83 142 19 2 26 89 0 0 49 69 .267 .337 .458 .795 76.9 12.9
1957 26 NYG NL 154 540 75 168 20 3 21 96 0 0 83 80 .311 .406 .476 .882 100.6 20.6
1958 27 NYG NL 150 559 90 150 19 3 30 97 0 0 64 88 .268 .354 .474 .828 91.8 16.2
1959 28 NYG NL 134 486 73 138 23 2 28 82 1 0 56 95 .284 .362 .512 .875 85.1 16.5
1960 29 NYG NL 155 555 79 137 20 0 23 76 0 0 65 104 .247 .331 .407 .738 77.8 14.0
1961 30 OAK AL 158 546 101 157 23 5 21 88 0 0 69 96 .288 .379 .463 .842 96.5 23.5
1962 31 OAK AL 156 556 101 158 25 3 26 97 0 0 69 75 .284 .369 .480 .849 93.3 21.2
1963 32 OAK AL 156 550 74 126 13 1 23 72 1 3 79 90 .229 .330 .382 .712 73.2 14.1
1964 33 OAK AL 157 523 68 119 14 2 13 45 3 2 79 86 .228 .338 .337 .675 63.6 11.4
1965 34 OAK AL 98 326 37 83 6 1 11 53 0 1 30 63 .255 .326 .380 .706 41.8 8.4
  NYG NL 30 34 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .235 .333 .265 .598 3.1 0.3
  TOT   128 360 42 91 7 1 11 58 0 1 34 72 .253 .327 .369 .696 45.0 8.6
1966 35 TAM AL 115 137 11 28 4 0 1 13 1 0 16 46 .204 .306 .255 .561 11.4 0.9
13 Years Sim 1904 6422 963 1697 223 25 268 991 6 7 779 1058 .264 .351 .432 .783 973.5 181.6
3 Years AAA 275 1062 216 312 42 5 76 182 6 12 152 128 .294 .389 .557 .947 216.3  
2 Years AA 156 545 103 159 5 2 50 112 4 7 94 57 .292 .407 .583 .991 122.1  
1 Years A 103 360 94 132 9 2 56 115 7 2 94 39 .367 .504 .869 1.374 132.4  
6 Years Minors 534 1967 413 603 56 9 182 409 17 21 340 224 .307 .417 .622 1.039 470.8  
162 Game Average 546 81 144 18 2 22 84 0 0 66 90 .264 .351 .432 .783 82.8  
Career Highs 158 567 101 168 25 5 30 97 3 3 83 104 .311 .406 .512 .882 100.6  
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   4194 658 1138 148 17 178 672 5 5 524 639 .271 .359 .442 .801 662.1
vs LH   2228 305 559 75 8 90 319 1 2 255 419 .251 .335 .413 .747 310.9
Home 948 3171 482 860 130 13 135 500 2 2 373 513 .271 .355 .448 .803 497.2
Away 956 3251 481 837 93 12 133 491 4 5 406 545 .257 .347 .416 .763 475.9
RISP   1594 0 460 54 8 74 705 0 0 225 245 .289 .374 .472 .846 283.4
Pinch Hitting   194 16 42 3 0 3 22 0 0 17 46 .216 .293 .278 .571 15.7
Close/Late   817 103 201 25 0 26 100 0 0 114 132 .246 .342 .372 .714 110.1
Mar/Apr 309 1074 172 268 40 4 35 152 0 0 131 181 .250 .338 .392 .730 145.0
May 332 1154 172 298 31 3 55 192 0 0 141 192 .258 .348 .433 .781 174.9
June 330 1124 172 310 49 8 46 167 0 3 144 156 .276 .365 .456 .822 183.2
July 315 1041 135 274 34 5 37 134 0 0 103 174 .263 .335 .412 .747 143.3
August 333 1086 171 295 33 2 53 196 4 3 154 190 .272 .367 .452 .819 181.8
Sep/Oct 285 943 141 252 36 3 42 150 2 1 106 165 .267 .349 .445 .795 144.8
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
1954 23 NYG NL 1B 128 124 1112.3 1258 92 15 127 .989 10.92   2.6
    LF 5 4 38.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.3
    RF 3 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 24 NYG NL 1B 149 146 1306.3 1428 86 8 124 .995 10.43   2.7
    RF 2 1 10.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 25 NYG NL 1B 145 143 1234.7 1430 112 9 136 .994 11.24   2.4
    3B 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 26 NYG NL 1B 151 147 1311.3 1506 98 11 126 .993 11.01   3.0
1958 27 NYG NL 1B 147 142 1271.0 1452 99 10 111 .994 10.98   3.5
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 28 NYG NL 1B 127 127 1145.3 1270 113 13 116 .991 10.87   2.5
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 29 NYG NL 1B 153 149 1331.0 1529 119 18 128 .989 11.14   4.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 30 OAK AL 1B 136 134 1182.3 1353 103 11 111 .993 11.08   2.8
    RF 13 10 97.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.4
    LF 3 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
    3B 3 0 14.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64   0.0
1962 31 OAK AL 1B 149 149 1295.3 1540 126 15 157 .991 11.58   3.7
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 32 OAK AL 1B 130 130 1157.7 1433 99 14 111 .991 11.91   3.2
    3B 17 17 147.7 10 24 2 5 .944 2.07   0.3
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 1 1 .800 4.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 33 OAK AL 1B 151 148 1273.3 1444 122 12 119 .992 11.07   3.6
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1965 34 OAK AL 1B 66 62 665.0 773 61 7 74 .992 11.29   1.0
    RF 2 2 17.5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
    LF 6 0 12.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.54   0.0
    3B 2 0 5.7 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.16   0.0
  NYG NL 1B 20 19 70.7 82 6 1 8 .989 11.20   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 86 81 735.7 855 67 8 82 .991 11.28   1.2
      RF 3 2 19.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.1
      LF 8 0 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
      3B 3 0 6.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.86   0.0
1966 35 TAM AL LF 6 6 48.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.94   0.1
    3B 18 1 39.7 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.59   0.1
    1B 5 5 39.0 54 4 0 4 1.000 13.38   0.1
    RF 9 2 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1657 1625 14395.3 16552 1240 144 1452 .992 11.12   36.3
  3B 49 18 222.3 10 35 2 7 .957 1.82   0.5
  RF 38 18 193.4 36 1 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.6
  LF 27 12 128.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.3
  SS 2 1 10.0 1 3 1 1 .800 3.60   0.0
Career Totals   1773 1674 14949.7 16623 1279 147 1460 .992 10.78   37.6
Career Highs   155 149 1332.0 1541 126 18 157 1.000 11.51    
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
1956 25 NYG NL 11 43 5 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 .326 .383 .326 .709
1957 26 NYG NL 10 41 4 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 .268 .318 .341 .660
1958 27 NYG NL 12 43 11 14 4 0 4 10 0 0 7 9 .326 .412 .698 1.109
1959 28 NYG NL 7 27 2 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .370 .593
1960 29 NYG NL 4 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .083 .214 .167 .381
1961 30 OAK AL 12 47 4 12 4 0 2 7 0 0 3 12 .255 .300 .468 .768
1962 31 OAK AL 5 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .222 .333 .278 .611
1965 34 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 62 232 28 62 12 1 7 26 0 0 20 40 .267 .329 .418 .748
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
1957-5-.311
 On-Base Pct
1957-2-.406
1961-7-.379
1962-10-.369
 OPS
1959-9-.875
1961-9-.842
1962-8-.849
 XR
1961-8-96.5
1962-8-93.3
 Games
1960-9-155
1961-1-158
1962-9-156
1963-9-156
1964-4-157
 Runs
1961-3-101
1962-3-101
Hits
1957-8-168
 Total Bases
1962-8-267
 Singles
1957-4-124
 Homeruns
1962-10-26
 RBIs
1958-9-97
1961-9-88
1962-5-97
 Walks
1957-4-83
1961-9-69
1963-6-79
1964-6-79
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1950
Injured on 3/6/1951 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to New York (N) on 3/3/1952 (Going to NYA: LF Pat Seerey. Going to NYG: 1B Wayne Belardi, 3B Sammy Esposito)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1954, off Mike Fornieles (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1954, off Joey Jay (CIN)
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/4/1954
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 8/31/1954
Hit 3 homeruns against Cincinnati, driving in 6 runs on 8/4/1956
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1956, hitting .363 with 11 HR, 28 RBI
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/8/1958 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
10/3/1958: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $3,570,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1959, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 2/13/1961 (Going to OAK: 1B Wayne Belardi, C Johnny Pramesa. Going to NYG: P Mickey Mcdermott)
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/18/1961
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
7/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,130,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1962, hitting .378 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Worcester on 8/15/1962
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 7/31/1965 (Going to NYG: 1B Wayne Belardi. Going to OAK: P Pete Charton)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/10/1966 to a 2-year deal worth $800,000 per year
 
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