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Merv
Connors		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 202
 
Born: January 23, 1914 in Usa, CA, BERKELEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940    1941    1942    1943    1945    1946    1947   
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
1937 23 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5
1938 24 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
1939 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 8 9 7 6 7
1940 26 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
1941 27 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
1942 28 MON NL $ 4,150,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
1943 29 MON NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7
1944 30 MON NL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 7 6 7 10 9 9 7 6 7
1945 31 NYA AL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6
1946 32 NYA AL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6
1947 33 TAM AL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 7
1948 34 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 5 6
1949 35 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5 9 8 8 6 5 6
1950 36 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 5
1951 37 TAM AL $ 500,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 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
1937 23 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AA   136 536 103 169 35 3 40 82 7 1 76 99 .315 .400 .616 1.016 123.0  
1938 24 MON NL 29 62 8 12 0 1 4 8 0 0 6 18 .194 .265 .419 .684 6.7 0.3
    AAA   106 411 53 113 26 3 24 78 4 4 57 78 .275 .363 .528 .891 76.6  
1939 25 MON NL 150 560 75 136 25 4 22 86 0 0 72 126 .243 .327 .420 .746 74.6 12.8
1940 26 MON NL 157 560 93 158 24 3 26 94 0 0 82 88 .282 .372 .475 .847 95.7 19.1
1941 27 MON NL 155 561 110 154 34 5 35 113 0 0 104 67 .275 .387 .540 .927 110.3 22.5
1942 28 MON NL 150 501 90 132 24 5 30 105 0 0 95 80 .263 .381 .511 .892 91.4 17.4
1943 29 MON NL 155 576 120 161 26 6 38 116 0 0 92 92 .280 .379 .543 .922 107.2 22.8
1944 30 MON NL 56 188 32 53 11 0 10 34 0 0 32 23 .282 .386 .500 .886 33.7 6.9
1945 31 NYA AL 158 558 103 140 32 0 32 94 0 0 103 88 .251 .365 .480 .846 95.1 16.1
1946 32 NYA AL 154 559 104 152 31 2 31 97 0 1 92 97 .272 .371 .501 .872 102.1 17.4
1947 33 NYA AL 99 361 62 105 29 3 16 56 1 1 58 54 .291 .386 .521 .907 68.9 12.4
  TAM AL 53 198 40 42 8 0 8 35 0 0 34 32 .212 .328 .374 .701 26.2 3.4
  TOT   152 559 102 147 37 3 24 91 1 1 92 86 .263 .365 .469 .834 95.2 15.8
1948 34 TAM AL 52 189 29 50 10 1 8 44 0 0 37 33 .265 .382 .455 .837 33.9 5.5
  NYG NL 101 337 48 85 9 2 13 60 0 0 58 62 .252 .360 .407 .767 53.0 9.3
  TOT   153 526 77 135 19 3 21 104 0 0 95 95 .257 .368 .424 .792 86.9 14.9
1949 35 NYG NL 93 224 32 55 9 0 6 28 0 0 35 30 .246 .346 .366 .712 30.0 4.3
1950 36 NYG NL 80 195 29 50 8 0 14 35 0 0 24 38 .256 .333 .513 .846 34.8 5.4
  TAM AL 53 194 22 44 7 1 6 31 0 0 24 50 .227 .308 .366 .674 24.4 2.3
  TOT   133 389 51 94 15 1 20 66 0 0 48 88 .242 .321 .440 .760 59.1 7.6
1951 37 TAM AL 25 45 4 12 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 7 .267 .327 .356 .682 5.1 0.4
15 Years Sim 1721 5869 1001 1541 288 33 300 1040 1 2 952 985 .263 .364 .476 .840 993.1 178.2
1 Years AAA 106 411 53 113 26 3 24 78 4 4 57 78 .275 .362 .528 .890 76.6  
1 Years AA 136 536 103 169 35 3 40 82 7 1 76 99 .315 .400 .616 1.016 123.0  
2 Years Minors 242 947 156 282 61 6 64 160 11 5 133 177 .298 .383 .578 .961 199.6  
162 Game Average 552 94 145 27 3 28 97 0 0 89 92 .263 .364 .476 .840 93.5  
Career Highs 158 576 120 161 37 6 38 116 1 1 104 126 .282 .387 .543 .927 110.3  
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   3548 619 936 187 17 180 637 0 1 540 607 .264 .360 .478 .838 620.0
vs LH   2321 382 605 101 16 120 403 1 1 412 378 .261 .370 .473 .843 421.4
Home 875 2892 509 755 144 16 153 524 1 1 460 483 .261 .361 .481 .841 512.7
Away 846 2977 492 786 144 17 147 516 0 1 492 502 .264 .367 .472 .839 528.7
RISP   1630 0 431 80 12 75 701 0 0 316 275 .264 .376 .466 .842 302.4
Pinch Hitting   132 31 37 3 0 10 27 0 0 37 21 .280 .438 .530 .968 32.0
Close/Late   692 92 196 30 6 32 131 0 0 142 116 .283 .404 .483 .887 138.6
Mar/Apr 296 1037 184 290 66 4 55 195 0 0 151 155 .280 .370 .510 .880 193.0
May 302 1025 187 281 52 8 68 211 0 0 204 168 .274 .393 .540 .932 218.1
June 284 976 163 251 47 6 41 151 0 0 149 168 .257 .354 .444 .798 158.7
July 263 914 134 221 42 5 39 148 0 0 142 161 .242 .342 .427 .769 140.9
August 304 1022 167 265 42 4 50 176 1 1 162 184 .259 .358 .455 .813 173.2
Sep/Oct 269 895 166 233 39 6 47 159 0 1 144 149 .260 .360 .475 .835 157.6
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
1938 24 MON NL 1B 11 10 86.0 109 7 1 11 .991 12.14   0.2
    SS 3 0 13.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.54   0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1939 25 MON NL 3B 143 142 1251.7 107 306 24 18 .945 2.97   4.8
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 3 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1940 26 MON NL 3B 144 144 1265.0 95 313 22 12 .949 2.90   4.3
    1B 4 0 11.0 11 3 0 0 1.000 11.45   0.0
    SS 4 0 9.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1941 27 MON NL 3B 144 141 1268.0 91 337 23 25 .949 3.04   5.5
    2B 6 0 12.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 3 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
1942 28 MON NL 3B 129 125 1106.0 78 252 23 20 .935 2.69   3.5
    2B 12 0 25.3 10 10 0 3 1.000 7.11   0.1
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 8 0 2 1.000 11.00   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1943 29 MON NL 3B 80 79 707.0 53 211 17 21 .940 3.36   3.2
    1B 65 64 565.7 671 67 4 54 .995 11.74   2.1
    2B 6 0 15.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.80   0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1944 30 MON NL 3B 27 25 206.0 10 45 5 2 .917 2.40   0.6
    1B 23 23 203.7 263 20 0 19 1.000 12.51   0.4
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 31 NYA AL 3B 145 145 1275.0 98 276 16 17 .959 2.64   6.0
    1B 5 1 18.7 24 2 0 4 1.000 12.54   0.1
    2B 3 0 6.3 1 3 1 0 .800 5.69   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1946 32 NYA AL 3B 126 125 1088.3 98 243 22 27 .939 2.82   2.8
    SS 22 18 164.3 25 67 2 12 .979 5.04   0.8
    2B 3 0 7.0 5 3 0 1 1.000 10.29   0.1
1947 33 NYA AL SS 66 64 569.0 100 277 5 48 .987 5.96   4.3
    3B 31 30 258.6 22 67 5 8 .947 3.10   0.2
    2B 1 0 4.5 1 3 0 1 1.000 8.00   0.0
  TAM AL SS 35 35 314.6 55 153 2 27 .990 5.95   1.1
    3B 16 16 143.0 12 37 2 4 .961 3.08   0.7
    2B 1 0 2.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  TOT   SS 101 99 883.6 155 430 7 75 .988 5.96   5.4
      3B 47 46 401.6 34 104 7 12 .952 3.09   0.9
      2B 2 0 7.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
1948 34 TAM AL 3B 33 33 303.6 17 76 6 5 .939 2.76   1.0
    SS 19 17 164.9 31 75 3 13 .972 5.79   0.5
  NYG NL 3B 65 63 534.0 29 133 11 10 .936 2.73   1.3
    SS 36 33 290.1 54 131 6 23 .969 5.74   3.1
  TOT   3B 98 96 837.6 46 209 17 15 .938 2.74   2.3
      SS 55 50 455.0 85 206 9 36 .970 5.76   3.6
1949 35 NYG NL 1B 59 55 476.0 572 40 6 50 .990 11.57   0.8
    SS 25 0 47.7 11 16 1 5 .964 5.10   0.3
    2B 5 0 12.0 4 10 0 0 1.000 10.50   0.2
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1950 36 NYG NL 1B 61 61 439.0 552 37 6 56 .990 12.08   0.3
    SS 7 0 14.1 2 7 1 1 .900 5.74   0.1
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TAM AL 1B 41 40 435.0 548 37 6 55 .990 12.10   1.3
    SS 5 0 13.9 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.18   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 102 101 874.0 1100 74 12 111 .990 12.09   1.6
      SS 12 0 28.0 4 13 1 2 .944 5.46   0.1
      2B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
      3B 1 0 .6 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1951 37 TAM AL 1B 15 9 73.0 102 7 0 10 1.000 13.44   0.2
    3B 10 3 39.3 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.75   0.2
  3B 1098 1071 9451.1 714 2308 176 170 .945 2.88   34.2
  1B 292 263 2322.0 2867 220 23 259 .993 11.97   5.4
  SS 230 168 1625.6 290 755 20 135 .981 5.79   10.6
  2B 42 0 93.7 27 40 1 7 .985 6.44   0.5
Career Totals   1662 1502 13492.4 3898 3323 220 571 .970 4.82   50.7
Career Highs   155 146 1303.0 1104 538 26 113 1.000 11.83    
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
1937 23 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1941 27 MON NL 5 18 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .222 .333 .389 .722
1945 31 NYA AL 6 21 4 6 0 1 2 5 0 0 5 2 .286 .423 .667 1.090
1947 33 TAM AL 7 24 6 9 4 1 0 5 0 0 8 4 .375 .515 .625 1.140
1948 34 NYG NL 12 41 8 11 3 1 1 4 0 0 11 10 .268 .423 .463 .886
Career Post-Season Batting 31 105 20 30 7 3 4 17 0 0 26 19 .286 .429 .524 .952
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.
On-Base Pct
1940-10-.372
1941-10-.387
 Slugging Pct
1940-6-.475
1941-2-.540
1942-5-.511
1943-3-.543
1946-5-.501
1947-9-.469
 OPS
1940-7-.847
1941-2-.927
1942-5-.892
1943-2-.922
1946-8-.872
 XR
1940-5-95.7
1941-2-110.3
1942-8-91.4
1943-3-107.2
1946-10-102.1
1947-7-95.2
 Games
1940-3-157
1941-6-155
1943-6-155
1945-2-158
1946-10-154
 At-Bats
1939-9-560
1941-9-561
1943-8-576
Runs
1940-4-93
1941-2-110
1942-9-90
1943-2-120
1945-10-103
1947-7-102
 Total Bases
1940-5-266
1941-2-303
1942-7-256
1943-2-313
1945-8-268
1946-8-280
1947-6-262
 Doubles
1941-7-34
1947-6-37
 Triples
1943-7-6
 Homeruns
1939-3-22
1940-3-26
1941-2-35
1942-3-30
1943-1-38
1945-3-32
1946-5-31
1947-7-24
 RBIs
1939-6-86
1940-3-94
1941-2-113
1942-4-105
1943-3-116
1945-9-94
1947-10-91
Walks
1940-2-82
1941-1-104
1942-2-95
1943-2-92
1945-4-103
 Strikeouts
1939-2-126
1940-6-88
1941-10-67
1942-3-80
1943-4-92
1945-5-88
1946-3-97
1947-4-86
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 119    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Montreal in 1937
Injured on 6/29/1937 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/1/1938, off Pat Caraway (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1938, off Chief Hogsett (SLC)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (G) on 6/21/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1940, hitting .577 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1941, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 5/26/1941
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1941, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1942, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1942, hitting .422 with 8 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
9/22/1942: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $7,500,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1943, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 7/19/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1943, hitting .414 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1943, hitting .356 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Injured on 6/6/1944 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 3/3/1945 (Going to NYA: 3B Merv Connors. Going to MON: 3B Lou Chiozza)
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1946, hitting .364 with 8 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1947 (Going to TAM: 3B Merv Connors. Going to NYA: SS Cookie Lavagetto)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/30/1947
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 6/1/1948 (Going to NYG: 3B Merv Connors, P Ray Scarborough. Going to TAM: P Jake Mooty, SS Jimmy Outlaw, RF Bobby Estalella)
9/22/1948: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/5/1949 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1950 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Branca, P Sheldon Jones, 1B Merv Connors. Going to NYG: P Bob Hooper, 1B Pat Seerey)
9/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $500,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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