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Del
Crandall		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 5, 1930 in Usa, CA, ONTARIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1958    1964   
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 19 TAM AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
1950 20 TAM AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 9 8 8
1951 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1952 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1953 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1954 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1955 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 26 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 9 8 8
1957 27 CIN NL $ 371,429   5 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 5 9 9 9
1958 28 CIN NL $ 1,492,857   5 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1959 29 CIN NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 9 8 8
1960 30 CIN NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 8 8
1961 31 CIN NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1962 32 SDP NL $ 3,750,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 3 2 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1963 33 SDP NL $ 3,750,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1964 34 SDP NL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 3 2 2 3 2 3 8 7 7
1965 35 SDP NL $ 3,750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 3 2 3 3 2 3 7 7 7
1966 36 TAM AL $ 624,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 3 2 2 3 2 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 3 2 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 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 19 AA   137 533 89 164 24 4 38 100 5 7 84 37 .308 .402 .582 .984 117.0  
1950 20 AAA   137 582 99 151 22 1 31 103 6 5 72 43 .259 .341 .460 .801 92.6  
1951 21 CIN NL 22 75 7 20 0 0 2 10 0 0 2 7 .267 .282 .347 .629 7.2 0.3
    AAA   81 317 47 84 18 0 15 52 0 0 41 18 .265 .349 .464 .813 51.6  
    AA   54 215 32 56 8 1 11 24 1 1 22 19 .260 .329 .460 .790 32.7  
1952 22 CIN NL 135 500 50 115 16 1 14 60 1 2 24 44 .230 .267 .350 .617 41.1 0.3
1953 23 CIN NL 65 227 29 57 5 1 10 34 0 1 11 17 .251 .282 .414 .696 26.5 2.8
    AAA   81 304 45 83 14 1 20 51 1 1 45 27 .273 .367 .523 .890 57.9  
1954 24 CIN NL 122 363 44 93 7 2 14 66 0 0 42 31 .256 .333 .402 .736 50.2 6.8
1955 25 CIN NL 105 305 35 73 5 0 15 48 1 0 22 26 .239 .290 .403 .693 35.7 3.3
1956 26 CIN NL 143 445 57 109 18 0 15 71 0 1 32 50 .245 .293 .387 .679 49.0 5.3
1957 27 CIN NL 157 547 61 140 10 4 22 99 0 0 43 62 .256 .309 .410 .718 66.1 9.9
1958 28 CIN NL 150 552 64 141 13 0 23 77 0 0 44 45 .255 .311 .404 .715 66.0 10.5
1959 29 CIN NL 77 264 32 68 7 0 10 22 0 0 15 25 .258 .295 .398 .693 29.6 3.8
1960 30 CIN NL 149 557 67 141 5 1 27 75 0 0 32 58 .253 .294 .411 .706 66.0 9.8
1961 31 CIN NL 143 524 63 126 7 3 19 43 1 1 38 74 .240 .292 .374 .666 57.5 10.1
1962 32 SDP NL 124 250 26 66 3 0 9 38 0 0 18 25 .264 .313 .384 .697 28.0 3.8
1963 33 SDP NL 130 340 43 92 10 0 8 34 0 1 18 38 .271 .306 .371 .676 36.5 5.2
1964 34 SDP NL 122 417 43 113 7 1 18 74 1 2 21 41 .271 .303 .422 .725 51.8 7.3
1965 35 SDP NL 57 133 9 29 1 0 3 19 0 0 5 21 .218 .243 .293 .536 8.3 0.0
1966 36 TAM AL 139 380 35 94 6 0 10 44 2 1 23 66 .247 .288 .342 .630 36.1 3.6
16 Years Sim 1840 5879 665 1477 120 13 219 814 6 9 390 630 .251 .297 .388 .685 655.7 82.7
3 Years AAA 299 1203 191 318 54 2 66 206 7 6 158 88 .264 .350 .477 .827 202.1  
2 Years AA 191 748 121 220 32 5 49 124 6 8 106 56 .294 .381 .547 .928 149.7  
5 Years Minors 490 1951 312 538 86 7 115 330 13 14 264 144 .276 .362 .504 .866 351.8  
162 Game Average 517 58 130 10 1 19 71 0 0 34 55 .251 .297 .388 .685 57.7  
Career Highs 157 557 67 141 18 4 27 99 2 2 44 74 .271 .333 .422 .736 66.1  
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   3316 384 827 59 10 128 463 4 3 204 332 .249 .293 .389 .682 382.4
vs LH   2563 281 650 61 3 91 351 2 6 186 298 .254 .302 .386 .689 303.6
Home 928 2913 322 734 48 6 112 407 3 7 199 308 .252 .299 .388 .687 342.9
Away 912 2966 343 743 72 7 107 407 3 2 191 322 .251 .295 .388 .683 343.1
RISP   1438 0 375 28 4 56 586 0 0 116 140 .261 .307 .403 .710 185.9
Pinch Hitting   270 28 69 4 0 11 53 0 1 20 35 .256 .307 .393 .700 32.9
Close/Late   740 85 180 13 1 29 108 0 0 54 77 .243 .296 .381 .677 85.3
Mar/Apr 289 909 110 232 19 0 41 146 0 0 67 105 .255 .305 .411 .716 116.5
May 323 1018 106 273 25 2 35 142 2 2 58 108 .268 .306 .400 .706 123.9
June 302 980 126 245 17 2 42 152 1 3 66 100 .250 .297 .400 .697 117.9
July 301 972 103 239 18 3 32 125 1 1 59 99 .246 .285 .369 .655 104.7
August 308 967 118 238 22 3 37 130 1 2 69 106 .246 .298 .390 .688 113.3
Sep/Oct 317 1033 102 250 19 3 32 119 1 1 71 112 .242 .290 .359 .649 109.7
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
1951 21 CIN NL C 19 19 157.0 84 4 0 0 1.000 5.04 4 1 .250 1 0.1
1952 22 CIN NL C 130 128 1122.7 557 43 5 1 .992 4.81 45 13 .289 3 3.9
1953 23 CIN NL 3B 64 64 517.3 30 119 19 11 .887 2.59 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1954 24 CIN NL 3B 112 108 919.7 72 180 18 14 .933 2.47 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 25 CIN NL 3B 75 68 582.7 37 155 14 11 .932 2.97 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    C 20 20 177.0 124 8 1 0 .992 6.71 4 3 .750 0 1.7
1956 26 CIN NL 3B 122 118 1022.0 66 246 28 23 .918 2.75 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    C 8 8 64.0 47 0 0 0 1.000 6.61 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 3 3 27.0 8 16 0 3 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 27 CIN NL 3B 151 146 1280.3 79 297 21 23 .947 2.64 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    C 1 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 28 CIN NL 3B 125 124 1072.0 70 246 22 24 .935 2.65 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    C 25 24 215.7 136 6 2 0 .986 5.93 1 1 1.000 1 0.6
1959 29 CIN NL C 50 46 410.0 343 11 1 0 .997 7.77 9 3 .333 2 2.3
    3B 25 20 183.0 15 44 2 6 .967 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1960 30 CIN NL 3B 144 143 1252.0 57 280 31 20 .916 2.42 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    C 5 0 8.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 31 CIN NL C 135 122 1116.3 817 34 5 1 .994 6.86 30 6 .200 1 1.3
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 32 SDP NL C 32 31 255.0 154 7 0 0 1.000 5.68 6 4 .667 0 1.6
    3B 69 13 239.3 11 67 5 6 .940 2.93 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 33 SDP NL C 63 63 535.3 363 15 4 0 .990 6.35 30 6 .200 0 1.8
    3B 34 16 168.3 10 49 1 7 .983 3.15 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1964 34 SDP NL C 98 96 857.3 501 44 3 0 .995 5.72 55 20 .364 3 5.9
    3B 6 4 33.3 2 11 1 0 .929 3.51 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1965 35 SDP NL C 29 24 215.0 137 9 2 0 .986 6.11 16 6 .375 2 1.4
    3B 8 4 40.0 1 11 0 2 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1966 36 TAM AL C 79 78 631.7 291 34 4 1 .988 4.63 52 22 .423 1 3.0
    3B 51 4 132.3 7 31 1 6 .974 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  3B 989 832 7448.3 458 1736 163 153 .931 2.65 0 0 .000 0 21.4
  C 695 659 5771.3 3564 215 27 3 .993 5.89 252 85 .337 14 24.0
  2B 5 3 30.0 9 17 0 3 1.000 7.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1691 1494 13259.6 4032 1969 190 159 .969 4.07 252 85 .337 14 45.5
Career Highs   152 148 1287.7 818 297 31 26 1.000 6.83 55 22 1.000 3  
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
1962 32 SDP NL 6 12 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .417 .429 .667 1.095
1963 33 SDP NL 6 14 3 5 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 .357 .400 .929 1.329
1964 34 SDP NL 5 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .200 .238 .200 .438
1965 35 SDP NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 19 47 4 14 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 5 .298 .333 .532 .865
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.
Games
1957-3-157
 RBIs
1957-8-99
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Earl Battey (909)
  2. Harry Chiti (901)
  3. Yogi Berra (888)
  4. Tim Hosley (885)
  5. Brian Downing (880)
  6. Duke Sims (878)
  7. Bill Sudakis (870)
  8. Tom Haller (868)
  9. Del Rice (859)
  10. Johnny Romano (853)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1949
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 2/1/1951 (Going to CIN: C Del Crandall, 2B Creepy Crespi, 3B Dario Lodigiani, RF George Case. Going to TAM: 1B Ray Sanders)
Had first career hit on 9/1/1951, off Hal Manders (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/10/1951, off Jim Hearn (DET)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $371,429 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/11/1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,492,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Injured on 7/15/1959 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/2/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Drove in 9 runs against Boston (N) on 5/30/1964
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/26/1966 to a 1-year deal worth $624,000 per year
4/2/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
 
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