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Bobby
Estalella		  
Nickname: By Starlight
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 25, 1911 in Cuba, , CARDENAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1946   
All-Star Selections 1938    1940    1946   
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
1935 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1936 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
1937 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1938 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1939 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1940 29 BRK NL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
1941 30 BRK NL $ 2,807,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
1942 31 BRK NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
1943 32 BRK NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
1944 33 BRK NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1945 34 BRK NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1946 35 BRK NL $ 4,290,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1947 36 BRK NL $ 4,290,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1948 37 TAM AL $ 1,180,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,290,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
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
1935 24 MON NL 20 56 9 22 6 0 1 16 0 0 7 4 .393 .460 .554 1.014 12.2 3.2
    AAA   135 544 95 167 31 5 18 76 18 12 91 49 .307 .406 .482 .888 104.1  
1936 25 MON NL 92 254 51 69 14 5 4 46 0 1 42 30 .272 .371 .413 .785 37.2 6.0
    AAA   55 212 46 86 17 0 11 48 11 3 42 21 .406 .504 .642 1.145 60.3  
1937 26 MON NL 48 124 17 36 4 2 3 23 2 2 23 16 .290 .399 .427 .826 20.4 3.7
  BRK NL 101 350 58 100 19 5 9 63 5 4 52 39 .286 .377 .446 .823 54.8 10.9
  TOT   149 474 75 136 23 7 12 86 7 6 75 55 .287 .383 .441 .824 75.2 14.6
1938 27 BRK NL 156 534 84 158 24 6 8 72 5 3 117 73 .296 .419 .408 .828 93.3 21.1
1939 28 BRK NL 153 544 82 138 28 2 8 54 2 3 76 78 .254 .342 .357 .699 67.6 9.2
1940 29 BRK NL 154 563 76 144 33 7 9 58 0 0 82 77 .256 .351 .387 .738 75.5 12.1
1941 30 BRK NL 155 522 82 147 31 6 13 63 0 0 90 59 .282 .388 .439 .826 86.8 17.9
1942 31 BRK NL 148 460 76 132 28 3 9 68 0 0 74 50 .287 .386 .420 .806 71.7 15.3
1943 32 BRK NL 141 393 62 99 19 3 11 64 1 0 68 43 .252 .358 .399 .758 58.0 9.5
1944 33 BRK NL 136 411 73 121 21 4 6 56 0 0 75 45 .294 .405 .409 .814 67.8 14.9
1945 34 BRK NL 139 376 65 101 25 4 6 55 0 0 71 48 .269 .384 .404 .788 58.8 12.1
1946 35 BRK NL 152 498 101 161 28 9 17 103 0 0 91 55 .323 .427 .518 .945 101.9 24.2
1947 36 BRK NL 151 524 69 146 36 4 13 77 0 0 81 80 .279 .373 .437 .810 85.4 15.8
1948 37 TAM AL 54 121 14 26 3 2 3 13 1 2 9 23 .215 .280 .347 .627 10.6 0.4
    AAA   28 93 21 28 3 1 6 20 1 1 20 9 .301 .425 .548 .973 21.3  
14 Years Sim 1800 5730 919 1600 319 62 120 831 16 15 958 720 .279 .381 .419 .801 902.1 176.3
3 Years AAA 218 849 162 281 51 6 35 144 30 16 153 79 .331 .434 .529 .963 185.6  
162 Game Average 515 82 144 28 5 10 74 1 1 86 64 .279 .381 .419 .801 81.2  
Career Highs 156 563 101 161 36 9 17 103 7 6 117 80 .393 .460 .554 1.014 101.9  
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   3495 554 977 197 36 72 517 7 9 554 457 .280 .377 .418 .795 564.0
vs LH   2235 365 623 122 26 48 314 9 6 404 263 .279 .388 .421 .809 379.8
Home 901 2770 439 767 142 29 55 386 8 6 469 334 .277 .381 .409 .790 448.8
Away 899 2960 480 833 177 33 65 445 8 9 489 386 .281 .382 .429 .811 495.0
RISP   1477 0 419 87 18 34 662 0 0 304 188 .284 .399 .436 .835 272.1
Pinch Hitting   292 47 83 21 1 3 58 0 1 44 39 .284 .373 .394 .767 44.1
Close/Late   775 131 230 36 1 21 115 0 0 153 85 .297 .411 .427 .838 142.9
Mar/Apr 285 921 162 236 48 8 15 122 1 1 164 119 .256 .367 .375 .741 136.8
May 284 922 145 282 57 10 27 146 3 1 158 124 .306 .407 .477 .884 176.8
June 290 953 150 260 54 10 26 148 4 4 148 128 .273 .369 .432 .801 155.0
July 295 937 150 253 37 12 20 129 5 2 168 113 .270 .383 .399 .782 151.6
August 319 961 151 260 60 14 15 143 3 7 168 116 .271 .375 .409 .784 153.0
Sep/Oct 327 1036 161 309 63 8 17 143 0 0 152 120 .298 .388 .424 .811 170.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1935 24 MON NL RF 12 11 89.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.2
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1936 25 MON NL RF 25 24 182.0 40 3 1 1 .977 2.13   1.0
    3B 26 18 180.7 12 51 5 2 .926 3.14   0.9
    CF 23 9 114.3 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
    LF 8 4 41.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.10    
    1B 4 0 6.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
1937 26 MON NL RF 24 24 171.9 34 1 1 0 .972 1.83   0.5
    LF 10 9 68.3 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.0
    3B 7 5 40.1 2 9 1 1 .917 2.47   0.1
    CF 5 0 10.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.36   0.0
  BRK NL RF 50 49 469.8 92 3 3 0 .969 1.82   1.5
    LF 21 19 186.7 31 3 1 0 .971 1.64   0.0
    3B 16 11 109.6 5 25 1 2 .968 2.46   0.3
    CF 11 0 29.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.07   0.0
  TOT   RF 74 73 641.7 126 4 4 0 .970 1.82   2.0
      LF 31 28 255.0 42 4 1 0 .979 1.62   0.0
      3B 23 16 149.7 7 34 2 3 .953 2.46   0.4
      CF 16 0 40.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.0
1938 27 BRK NL 1B 102 101 926.7 1103 88 11 105 .991 11.57   3.3
    RF 43 38 354.0 84 3 2 0 .978 2.21   1.5
    LF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1939 28 BRK NL 1B 136 130 1184.7 1452 117 6 129 .996 11.92   3.5
    RF 8 0 16.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.1
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1940 29 BRK NL RF 142 137 1223.0 266 7 6 0 .978 2.01   2.7
    CF 5 0 8.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32    
    LF 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1941 30 BRK NL RF 139 131 1175.0 258 6 6 1 .978 2.02   3.7
    3B 6 0 13.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.1
    CF 4 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    1B 3 0 8.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
1942 31 BRK NL RF 113 112 981.0 197 4 3 0 .985 1.84   3.3
    CF 12 3 51.0 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.47    
    LF 6 3 32.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 9 0 16.3 0 8 3 0 .727 4.41   0.0
    1B 4 0 7.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
1943 32 BRK NL CF 75 52 516.7 113 4 4 0 .967 2.04   2.0
    LF 26 20 193.7 38 1 2 1 .951 1.81    
    3B 14 12 111.0 6 31 1 5 .974 3.00   0.6
    RF 8 5 55.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1944 33 BRK NL 1B 35 33 287.0 382 28 1 47 .998 12.86   0.9
    RF 34 31 285.3 62 5 1 0 .985 2.11   2.0
    LF 21 19 185.0 33 3 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    CF 37 10 148.0 41 1 1 1 .977 2.55    
    3B 5 0 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
1945 34 BRK NL 1B 57 54 456.3 597 44 4 54 .994 12.64   1.4
    LF 22 21 168.0 43 1 0 1 1.000 2.36   0.9
    RF 12 11 103.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    CF 44 0 94.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.39    
    3B 5 0 19.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.26   0.2
1946 35 BRK NL 1B 131 125 1095.0 1446 116 12 150 .992 12.84   3.8
    LF 3 3 26.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.69   0.1
    CF 10 0 20.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.05    
    RF 3 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1947 36 BRK NL 1B 88 87 766.0 965 72 13 84 .988 12.18   1.4
    RF 59 57 505.3 111 1 1 0 .991 1.99   1.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 37 TAM AL 1B 12 11 97.0 136 8 2 16 .986 13.36   0.3
    3B 8 6 47.7 6 12 0 0 1.000 3.40   0.2
    CF 12 3 41.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.41   0.1
    RF 4 3 28.0 8 0 2 0 .800 2.57    
    LF 4 3 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
  RF 676 634 5649.4 1202 34 26 2 .979 1.97   17.5
  1B 576 541 4841.7 6112 475 49 588 .993 12.24   14.6
  CF 246 77 1065.0 259 8 6 2 .978 2.26   2.1
  LF 125 101 941.0 177 9 3 2 .984 1.78   1.0
  3B 108 52 569.4 33 158 11 10 .946 3.02   2.6
Career Totals   1731 1405 13066.3 7783 684 95 604 .989 5.83   37.8
Career Highs   153 144 1301.7 1456 122 14 150 1.000 12.24    
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
1935 24 MON NL 7 25 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .160 .276 .320 .596
1936 25 MON NL 8 13 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .308 .308 .308 .615
1943 32 BRK NL 6 23 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .130 .130 .130 .261
1944 33 BRK NL 5 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .083 .267 .083 .350
1945 34 BRK NL 9 30 5 9 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 2 .300 .417 .400 .817
1946 35 BRK NL 5 17 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 .235 .409 .235 .644
Career Post-Season Batting 40 120 13 25 1 0 2 17 0 0 18 17 .208 .312 .267 .578
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
1946-4-.323
 On-Base Pct
1937-7-.383
1938-2-.419
1941-9-.388
1942-8-.386
1944-8-.396*
1946-4-.427
 Slugging Pct
1946-6-.518
 OPS
1946-4-.945
 XR
1938-9-93.3
1941-8-86.8
1946-7-101.9
 Games
1938-8-156
1939-9-153
1940-9-154
1941-6-155
Runs
1939-7-82
1946-7-101
 Doubles
1940-6-33
1947-6-36
 Triples
1937-7-7
1940-5-7
1946-1-9
 RBIs
1937-9-86
1946-5-103
 Stolen Bases
1937-7-7
 Caught Stealing
1937-4-6
Walks
1937-6-75
1938-1-117
1939-6-76
1940-2-82
1941-3-90
1942-7-74
1946-6-91
1947-10-81
 Strikeouts
1939-8-78
1940-9-77
1947-4-80
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Montreal in 1935
Injured on 6/17/1935 with a Bruised Foot, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1935, off Ray Phelps (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1935, off Chief Hogsett (SLC)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
Traded from Montreal to Brooklyn on 6/1/1937 (Going to BRK: 1B Del Bissonette, 2B Heinie Schuble, 3B Pepper Martin, RF Bobby Estalella. Going to MON: SS Bill Barrett, P Ken Heintzelman)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1937, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1938, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/16/1941
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1941, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
7/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $4,290,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 9/15/1946
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1946, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1946, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 26 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1946
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 5/1/1948 to a 1-year deal worth $1,180,000 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay 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)
 
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