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Al
Epperly		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 199
 
Born: May 7, 1918 in Usa, IA, GLIDDEN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 20 TAM AL   6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1939 21 BSN NL   6 5 5 5 2 3 2 3 3 3
1940 22 BSN NL   6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
1941 23 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 2 3 2 4 4 4
1942 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1943 25 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1944 26 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1945 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1946 28 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1947 29 MON NL $ 1,780,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1948 30 PIT NL $ 1,780,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1949 31 PIT NL $ 1,780,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1950 32 PIT NL $ 1,780,000 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1952 34 BSN NL   8 4 5 4 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,780,000 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
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
1938 20 TAM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 21 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 22 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 23 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 25 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 26 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 28 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 29 MON NL $ 1,780,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 30 PIT NL $ 1,780,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 31 PIT NL $ 1,780,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 32 PIT NL $ 1,780,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 34 BSN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,780,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 20 AA   4 1 .800 5 5 2 1 0 40.3 16 4 0 13 31 0.89 .116 .192 .138 .330  
    A   8 6 .571 20 20 4 2 0 149.0 107 41 7 60 145 2.48 .202 .283 .279 .561  
1939 21 A   1 1 .500 31 0 0 0 1 43.3 26 6 0 12 48 1.25 .171 .232 .224 .455  
1940 22 A   4 2 .667 78 0 0 0 8 67.7 53 20 4 20 70 2.66 .220 .280 .290 .570  
1941 23 A   3 3 .500 78 0 0 0 5 67.0 48 10 0 14 61 1.34 .207 .252 .241 .493  
1942 24 BSN NL 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 34 15 2 14 14 5.19 .327 .407 .442 .849 0.8
    A   8 9 .471 30 30 1 0 0 212.0 148 60 8 99 207 2.55 .195 .288 .261 .548  
1943 25 AA   11 8 .579 28 28 2 1 0 182.7 173 71 8 78 189 3.50 .248 .324 .331 .655  
1944 26 AAA   2 2 .500 32 0 0 0 0 51.3 56 14 1 32 38 2.45 .283 .383 .318 .701  
1945 27 BSN NL 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 10.3 6 2 1 5 4 1.74 .182 .289 .364 .653 2.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 22 0 0 0 3 33.7 29 12 1 19 18 3.21 .238 .340 .336 .676  
1946 28 BSN NL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.0 20 16 3 14 1 14.40 .392 .523 .667 1.190 0.0
    AAA   1 4 .200 43 0 0 0 5 30.7 36 19 4 22 24 5.58 .295 .403 .467 .870  
1947 29 MON NL 2 3 .400 28 2 0 0 4 47.0 52 30 4 31 7 5.74 .292 .393 .410 .803 1.3
    AAA   9 2 .818 16 16 0 0 0 109.3 84 31 4 76 74 2.55 .211 .337 .266 .603  
1948 30 AAA   1 0 1.000 3 2 0 0 0 14.7 10 4 1 8 12 2.46 .182 .286 .255 .540  
    AA   12 5 .706 24 24 1 1 0 166.3 133 73 11 85 154 3.95 .219 .315 .313 .627  
1949 31 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 1 20.3 19 9 2 15 5 3.98 .260 .382 .342 .724 2.0
1950 32 AAA   5 9 .357 18 18 1 0 0 104.7 117 54 12 75 73 4.64 .292 .403 .459 .862  
1951 33 AAA   1 3 .250 4 4 0 0 0 20.3 31 21 2 23 13 9.30 .369 .505 .488 .993  
1952 34 AA   7 4 .636 21 18 2 1 0 130.0 87 44 12 53 110 3.05 .186 .269 .316 .585  
5 Years Sim 5 6 .455 59 6 0 0 5 113.7 131 72 12 79 31 5.70 .298 .403 .433 .835 6.1
7 Years AAA 22 21 .512 138 40 1 0 8 364.6 363 155 25 255 252 3.83 .263 .378 .366 .744  
4 Years AA 34 18 .654 78 75 7 4 0 519.3 409 192 31 229 484 3.33 .214 .298 .308 .606  
5 Years A 24 21 .533 237 50 5 2 14 539.0 382 137 19 205 531 2.29 .199 .277 .264 .541  
16 Years Minors 80 60 .571 453 165 13 6 22 1422.9 1154 484 75 689 1267 3.06 .222 .313 .307 .620  
Season Average 1 1 .500 11 1 0 0 1 22.7 26 14 2 15 6 5.70 .298 .403 .433 .835  
Career Highs 2 3 1.000 28 4 0 0 4 47.0 52 30 4 31 14 14.40 .392 .523 .667 1.190  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   62 35 5 41 22   .283 .396 .411 .807
vs LH   69 37 7 38 9   .314 .415 .455 .869
Home 0 4 .000 37 4 0 0 1 66.3 75 46 5 56 18 6.24 .287 .413 .406 .819
Away 5 2 .714 22 2 0 0 4 47.3 56 26 7 23 13 4.95 .315 .393 .472 .865
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 16 2 0 0 1 34.0 39 21 1 26 7 5.56 .305 .422 .383 .805
May 1 1 .500 11 0 0 0 1 11.7 12 6 0 7 1 4.63 .293 .396 .317 .713
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .091 .167 .091 .258
July 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 2 2 3 0 3.38 .273 .360 .545 .905
August 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 3.3 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .167 .231 .167 .397
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 24 4 0 0 2 56.0 71 43 9 41 21 6.91 .316 .421 .502 .923
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
1941 23 A   10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1942 24 BSN NL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0
    A   6 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.1  
1943 25 AA   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1944 26 AAA   20 7 8 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 1.1  
1945 27 BSN NL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1946 28 BSN NL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1947 29 MON NL 28 7 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 2.0 0.7
1949 31 PIT NL 18 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
5 Years Sim 63 20 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 .300 .300 .400 .700 1.9 0.9
1 Years AAA 20 7 8 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 1.1  
1 Years AA 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2 Years A 16 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2  
4 Years Minors 43 13 13 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 3 .231 .231 .308 .538 0.5  
162 Game Average 51 10 15 5 0 0 7 0 2 0 5 .300 .300 .400 .700 4.8  
Career Highs 28 7 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 .571 .571 .714 1.286 2.0  
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   11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 0.6
vs LH   9 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1
Home 37 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.4
Away 24 9 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .556 .889 1.4
RISP   4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0
Mar/Apr 16 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3
June 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 22 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1942 24 BSN NL P 4 4 26.0 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.46    
1945 27 BSN NL P 6 0 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
1946 28 BSN NL P 7 0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1947 29 MON NL P 28 2 47.0 2 6 1 0 .889 1.53    
1949 31 PIT NL P 14 0 20.3 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.43    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  P 59 6 113.7 9 25 1 2 .971 2.69    
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   60 6 114.7 9 26 1 2 .972 2.75    
Career Highs   28 4 47.0 3 9 1 2 1.000 4.64    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1938
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (G) on 2/1/1939 (Going to NYG: P Al Epperly. Going to TAM: 3B Cookie Lavagetto, P Roy Sherid)
Traded from New York (G) to Boston (N) on 2/13/1939 (Going to NYG: SS Otto Bluege. Going to BSN: P Al Epperly, P Pretzel Pezzullo)
Had first career hit on 9/6/1942, off Jack Salveson (CLE)
Injured on 6/1/1943 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/14/1945
Released by Boston (N) on 10/19/1946
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/4/1947 to a 4-year deal worth $1,780,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1948 (Going to MON: P Hal White. Going to PIT: P Tiny Bonham, P Al Epperly)
6/1/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/6/1950 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Released by Pittsburgh on 5/1/1951
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/6/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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