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Harry
Chiti		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: November 16, 1932 in Usa, IL, KINCAID
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965   
All-Star Selections 1956    1960    1961   
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
1950 17 BSN NL     3 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 7
1951 18 BSN NL     4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1952 19 CIN NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
1953 20 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 4 8 7 7
1954 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1955 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1956 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1957 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 4 8 7 7
1958 25 CLE AL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1959 26 CLE AL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1960 27 CLE AL $ 2,260,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 7
1961 28 CLE AL $ 2,260,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 7
1962 29 CLE AL $ 2,260,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1963 30 SDP NL $ 4,250,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1964 31 SDP NL $ 4,250,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1965 32 SEM AL $ 4,250,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1966 33 SDP NL $ 4,250,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1967 34 SDP NL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 6
1968 35 SDP NL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
1969 36 BSN NL $ 3,200,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4
1970 37 BSN NL $ 3,200,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 8 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 17 A   133 399 61 114 14 1 23 72 8 6 44 58 .286 .357 .499 .855 69.4  
1951 18 AA   2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1  
    A   118 310 62 88 11 2 19 58 4 0 68 39 .284 .413 .516 .929 67.9  
1952 19 AA   134 464 55 103 20 2 18 73 2 4 53 47 .222 .302 .390 .692 56.3  
1953 20 CIN NL 6 22 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .217 .318 .536 1.7 0.1
    AA   135 546 82 145 34 1 26 85 9 4 73 56 .266 .352 .474 .827 91.6  
1954 21 CIN NL 24 62 2 10 4 0 1 5 0 0 5 9 .161 .224 .274 .498 2.7 0.0
    AAA   27 119 27 40 4 1 10 26 0 1 9 9 .336 .383 .639 1.021 26.0  
    AA   54 196 33 60 15 0 10 38 1 6 35 15 .306 .411 .536 .947 39.8  
1955 22 TAM AL 20 48 8 10 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 3 .208 .296 .333 .630 4.7 0.5
  CLE AL 107 359 34 91 22 2 10 42 0 0 32 52 .253 .314 .409 .723 43.6 5.0
  TOT   127 407 42 101 22 2 12 48 0 0 38 55 .248 .312 .400 .712 48.4 5.4
1956 23 CLE AL 151 510 56 128 23 3 17 70 0 0 37 63 .251 .299 .408 .707 61.6 6.2
1957 24 CLE AL 148 528 59 153 21 3 11 71 0 0 39 80 .290 .343 .403 .746 66.5 11.0
1958 25 CLE AL 145 552 65 146 21 1 18 72 1 0 31 81 .264 .304 .404 .708 63.6 8.6
1959 26 CLE AL 152 536 56 137 19 3 15 76 1 0 25 92 .256 .287 .386 .673 57.5 7.5
1960 27 CLE AL 143 526 59 148 27 1 18 74 0 0 26 79 .281 .313 .439 .752 67.0 12.6
1961 28 CLE AL 147 492 64 138 21 1 18 79 0 0 27 77 .280 .316 .437 .753 65.7 12.8
1962 29 CLE AL 129 415 39 104 18 0 15 57 1 0 22 90 .251 .291 .402 .694 46.4 6.6
1963 30 SDP NL 134 378 39 107 6 0 8 41 0 1 25 79 .283 .328 .362 .691 42.9 6.4
1964 31 SDP NL 88 230 21 57 11 2 6 25 0 0 13 43 .248 .287 .391 .678 23.6 2.8
1965 32 SEM AL 97 273 45 85 11 0 8 36 1 0 24 55 .311 .367 .440 .807 39.3 9.5
1966 33 SEM AL 66 156 20 46 6 2 1 19 0 0 20 21 .295 .376 .378 .755 21.1 4.1
  SDP NL 67 236 20 68 8 0 5 37 1 0 10 36 .288 .317 .386 .703 25.5 4.1
  TOT   133 392 40 114 14 2 6 56 1 0 30 57 .291 .342 .383 .725 46.6 8.3
1967 34 SDP NL 136 398 47 111 16 2 8 49 1 0 25 74 .279 .329 .389 .718 48.5 9.4
1968 35 SDP NL 84 258 26 61 6 0 7 25 0 0 14 38 .236 .276 .341 .617 22.5 2.4
1969 36 BSN NL 69 209 13 58 3 0 1 21 0 2 17 48 .278 .330 .306 .637 21.4 2.5
    AAA   80 321 40 113 8 0 12 51 1 1 27 83 .352 .402 .489 .891 58.6  
1970 37 BSN NL 87 251 18 48 2 0 0 15 0 2 13 73 .191 .233 .199 .432 8.4 0.0
18 Years Sim 2000 6439 694 1710 245 20 170 821 6 5 412 1096 .266 .310 .389 .699 734.2 112.0
2 Years AAA 107 440 67 153 12 1 22 77 1 2 36 92 .348 .395 .530 .925 84.6  
4 Years AA 325 1213 171 309 69 3 54 196 12 14 161 121 .255 .343 .450 .793 187.7  
2 Years A 251 709 123 202 25 3 42 130 12 6 112 97 .285 .383 .506 .890 137.2  
8 Years Minors 683 2362 361 664 106 7 118 403 25 22 309 310 .281 .365 .482 .847 409.5  
162 Game Average 521 56 138 19 1 13 66 0 0 33 88 .266 .310 .389 .699 59.5  
Career Highs 152 552 65 153 27 3 18 79 1 2 39 92 .311 .367 .440 .807 67.0  
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   3691 361 920 132 13 84 438 4 1 191 631 .249 .287 .360 .647 374.3
vs LH   2748 333 790 113 7 86 383 2 4 221 465 .287 .340 .428 .768 390.7
Home 998 3217 315 854 109 11 81 388 4 2 208 545 .265 .311 .382 .693 377.0
Away 1002 3222 379 856 136 9 89 433 2 3 204 551 .266 .309 .396 .706 388.1
RISP   1590 0 433 54 6 41 617 0 0 124 266 .272 .319 .391 .711 201.2
Pinch Hitting   263 34 82 8 1 10 68 0 0 22 43 .312 .360 .464 .824 42.8
Close/Late   832 67 230 40 4 16 117 0 0 77 149 .276 .338 .392 .730 109.4
Mar/Apr 337 1100 110 276 43 1 23 140 1 2 60 189 .251 .290 .355 .645 110.5
May 334 1042 118 279 43 3 30 117 1 0 77 192 .268 .318 .401 .719 131.9
June 320 1037 123 277 42 5 24 127 0 0 77 171 .267 .318 .387 .705 126.2
July 293 936 103 239 31 5 18 97 1 0 64 140 .255 .304 .357 .661 101.0
August 365 1175 124 347 42 5 39 190 0 1 65 207 .295 .331 .439 .770 164.4
Sep/Oct 350 1149 116 292 44 1 36 150 3 2 69 197 .254 .298 .388 .686 131.1
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
1953 20 CIN NL C 6 5 48.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 5.63 1 1 1.000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 21 CIN NL C 18 14 128.0 66 4 1 0 .986 4.92 8 1 .125 0 0.4
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 22 TAM AL 3B 17 16 107.2 7 25 1 2 .970 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 2 2 12.9 8 0 0 0 1.000 5.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLE AL 3B 89 88 783.8 49 179 6 11 .974 2.62 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    C 11 11 94.1 55 1 0 0 1.000 5.36 2 1 .500 0 0.6
    RF 1 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 106 104 891.0 56 204 7 13 .974 2.63   3.9
      C 13 13 107.0 63 1 0 0 1.000 5.38 2 1 .500 0 0.6
      RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1956 23 CLE AL C 131 126 1124.7 603 42 2 2 .997 5.16 38 12 .316 1 7.2
    RF 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 0 11.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 6.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 0 8.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1957 24 CLE AL C 130 130 1154.0 653 40 2 0 .997 5.40 22 6 .273 2 3.1
    3B 9 0 14.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1958 25 CLE AL C 129 127 1139.0 722 37 3 0 .996 6.00 27 8 .296 2 6.2
    3B 5 0 12.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1959 26 CLE AL 3B 148 148 1195.0 61 273 5 30 .985 2.52 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 27 CLE AL 3B 94 89 760.7 47 171 6 22 .973 2.58 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    C 45 44 378.0 359 17 1 0 .997 8.95 15 8 .533 0 1.9
    LF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 28 CLE AL 3B 98 86 759.7 50 180 6 16 .975 2.72 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    C 45 45 366.0 320 14 2 1 .994 8.21 13 3 .231 0 2.0
    RF 5 1 22.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 29 CLE AL LF 60 56 490.7 84 3 0 1 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 34 34 268.7 167 18 0 0 1.000 6.20 14 7 .500 0 1.8
    RF 14 6 78.3 13 1 1 0 .933 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 12 5 52.0 2 13 2 2 .882 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1963 30 SDP NL 3B 71 69 572.0 33 131 1 5 .994 2.58 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 28 22 196.3 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 10 8 71.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 1 13.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 31 SDP NL 3B 38 30 283.7 17 68 1 5 .988 2.70 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 19 14 122.3 78 12 0 0 1.000 6.62 9 4 .444 0 1.2
    RF 8 5 45.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 8 5 40.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1965 32 SEM AL C 68 61 554.3 366 35 5 1 .988 6.51 52 21 .404 0 2.2
    3B 14 0 22.7 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1966 33 SEM AL C 35 34 249.1 156 10 0 0 1.000 6.00 13 4 .308 0 1.7
    3B 21 11 95.3 5 21 0 1 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 1 8.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SDP NL C 35 35 347.9 218 15 1 1 .996 6.03 19 6 .316 1 2.2
    3B 21 12 133.1 8 29 0 1 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 2 1 11.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 70 69 597.0 374 25 1 1 .998 6.02 32 10 .313 1 3.9
      3B 42 23 228.4 13 50 0 2 1.000 2.48   0.9
      RF 3 2 20.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.66   0.1
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1967 34 SDP NL C 85 76 704.3 483 29 6 2 .988 6.54 43 14 .326 0 3.6
    3B 13 13 112.7 6 25 1 1 .969 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1968 35 SDP NL C 62 58 520.3 362 32 3 0 .992 6.81 37 18 .486 0 4.3
    3B 12 4 55.0 4 17 0 1 1.000 3.44 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
1969 36 BSN NL C 23 23 202.0 154 3 1 0 .994 7.00 9 1 .111 0 1.3
    3B 11 5 51.0 5 8 1 0 .929 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1970 37 BSN NL 3B 49 45 372.0 22 85 3 11 .973 2.59 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 33 31 257.7 153 9 2 0 .988 5.66 19 7 .368 0 1.2
    RF 8 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 916 871 7686.3 4958 319 29 7 .995 6.18 342 122 .357 6 41.1
  3B 729 621 5395.4 319 1245 34 109 .979 2.61 0 0 .000 0 19.1
  LF 114 84 772.0 135 5 0 1 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  RF 71 27 313.0 66 1 1 0 .985 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  SS 5 0 6.0 1 3 0 2 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1837 1603 14177.3 5480 1573 64 119 .991 4.48 342 122 .357 6 62.7
Career Highs   153 148 1201.0 723 274 8 30 1.000 6.39 52 21 1.000 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
1960 27 CLE AL 11 38 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .158 .195 .158 .353
1963 30 SDP NL 6 16 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750
1964 31 SDP NL 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .188 .200 .388
1965 32 SEM AL 18 61 9 19 2 0 2 5 0 0 6 16 .311 .373 .443 .816
1966 33 SDP NL 12 42 8 11 1 0 2 8 1 0 4 7 .262 .326 .429 .755
1967 34 SDP NL 7 26 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .269 .345 .269 .614
1968 35 SDP NL 7 30 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .267 .290 .333 .624
Career Post-Season Batting 65 228 21 58 4 1 5 23 1 0 16 47 .254 .301 .346 .647
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
1957-9-.290
 Singles
1957-5-118
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950
Traded from Boston (N) to Cincinnati on 2/1/1952 (Going to CIN: C Harry Chiti, SS Johnny Logan, LF Charlie Maxwell. Going to BSN: P Murray Wall)
Had first career hit on 9/4/1953, off Ben Flowers (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/25/1953, off Mel Parnell (STL)
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: RF Gus Bell, 2B Dick Groat, CF Faye Throneberry, LF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti. Going to CIN: 2B Pee wee Reese)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 5/1/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bill Henry, CF Jackie Jensen, LF Whitey Lockman. Going to CLE: P Red Embree, RF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti, P Bob Turley)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1955, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 8/11/1955 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 2 weeks
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 7/5/1957
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 8/11/1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1959: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,260,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1960, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/2/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Seattle on 3/3/1965 (Going to SDP: P Joe Shipley. Going to SEM: C Harry Chiti)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/1/1966 (Going to SEM: P Jay Ritchie. Going to SDP: C Harry Chiti, C Johnny Edwards, P Ray Sadecki)
Injured on 7/20/1966 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
10/13/1966: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 2/1/1969 (Going to SDP: RF Tony Conigliaro, C Bob Tillman. Going to BSN: LF Jim Hickman, C Harry Chiti)
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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