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Woodie Held	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 11'' Weight: 185   Born: March 25, 1932 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1967
Gold Glove	1956    1957

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
1954	22	NYG	NL					4	4	4	6	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	4	4	4
1955	23	NYG	NL					4	4	4	6	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	4	4	4
1956	24	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	5
1957	25	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5
1958	26	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5
1959	27	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5
1960	28	NYG	NL	$ 1,234,286				5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	6	5
1961	29	NYG	NL	$ 1,234,286				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	5	6	6
1962	30	NYG	NL	$ 1,234,286				6	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	5
1963	31	NYG	NL	$ 6,134,077				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	5
1964	32	NYG	NL	$ 6,134,077				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
1965	33	NYG	NL	$ 6,134,077				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
1966	34	NYG	NL	$ 6,134,077				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
1967	35	NYG	NL	$ 1,000,000				5	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
1968	36	SDP	NL					4	4	4	6	7	7	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	4	4
1969	37	TAM	AL					3	3	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	4	4
OOTP6 Min Ratings								3	3	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	4	4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,134,077				6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	6	6

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
1954	22	AAA		129	465	80	127	19	2	39	88	5	2	82	103	.273	.382	.574	.956	101.1
1955	23	AAA		131	470	85	128	22	0	38	87	5	5	96	123	.272	.396	.562	.957	103.7
1956	24	NYG	NL	152	470	64	110	19	0	21	62	0	0	53	121	.234	.314	.409	.723	63.5	9.4
1957	25	NYG	NL	156	503	59	103	26	3	18	72	0	0	51	128	.205	.277	.376	.653	51.4	3.4
1958	26	NYG	NL	104	315	44	68	13	1	9	27	0	0	48	69	.216	.319	.349	.668	40.6	4.7
1959	27	NYG	NL	111	263	35	60	8	1	8	27	0	0	30	68	.228	.316	.357	.674	29.8	3.4
1960	28	NYG	NL	120	359	47	72	8	2	16	42	0	1	35	109	.201	.281	.368	.649	39.4	4.4
1961	29	NYG	NL	72	158	20	37	6	0	9	30	0	0	16	48	.234	.316	.443	.759	22.7	3.5
1962	30	NYG	NL	158	559	60	133	29	1	18	64	0	0	56	128	.238	.311	.390	.701	66.1	10.6
1963	31	NYG	NL	146	491	64	131	14	4	16	60	1	2	51	104	.267	.335	.409	.744	67.4	12.1
1964	32	NYG	NL	146	442	58	99	13	1	17	56	0	0	62	107	.224	.328	.373	.701	59.1	8.9
1965	33	NYG	NL	112	284	29	66	10	0	7	29	1	0	32	62	.232	.316	.342	.657	32.3	4.8
1966	34	NYG	NL	60	79	9	15	0	1	4	9	0	0	3	23	.190	.220	.367	.587	6.5	0.3
1967	35	NYG	NL	37	63	6	11	1	0	3	7	0	0	4	19	.175	.221	.333	.554	5.1	0.0
1968	36	SDP	NL	90	225	24	44	8	1	5	28	0	0	21	54	.196	.264	.307	.571	18.4	1.0
1969	37	A		137	498	99	144	10	0	39	100	1	2	107	112	.289	.415	.544	.959	112.8
13 Years Sim				1464	4211	519	949	155	15	151	513	2	3	462	1040	.225	.306	.377	.682	502.4	66.4
2 Years AAA				260	935	165	255	41	2	77	175	10	7	178	226	.273	.397	.568	.965	204.8
1 Years A				137	498	99	144	10	0	39	100	1	2	107	112	.289	.420	.544	.964	112.8
3 Years Minors				397	1433	264	399	51	2	116	275	11	9	285	338	.278	.405	.560	.964	317.6
162 Game Average					465	57	105	17	1	16	56	0	0	51	115	.225	.306	.377	.682	55.6
Career Highs				158	559	64	133	29	4	21	72	1	2	62	128	.267	.335	.443	.759	67.4

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		2576	336	591	91	9	86	313	1	2	276	608	.229	.308	.372	.680	304.0
vs LH		1635	183	358	64	6	65	200	1	1	186	432	.219	.301	.385	.686	197.9
Home	727	2069	261	480	74	7	83	255	1	3	227	513	.232	.313	.395	.707	261.9
Away	737	2142	258	469	81	8	68	258	1	0	235	527	.219	.299	.359	.658	240.0
RISP		993	0	231	42	3	35	344	0	0	119	249	.233	.310	.387	.697	126.6
Pinch Hitting		116	15	22	1	0	5	13	0	0	10	25	.190	.260	.328	.587	10.3
Close/Late		488	54	103	15	2	11	38	0	0	64	111	.211	.310	.318	.628	51.0
Mar/Apr	251	756	81	147	17	1	19	68	0	1	82	210	.194	.277	.295	.572	64.7
May	272	797	99	196	36	4	30	112	0	2	93	199	.246	.327	.414	.741	109.6
June	230	623	78	141	26	5	21	77	0	0	72	156	.226	.312	.385	.697	76.9
July	230	665	83	141	26	2	17	65	2	0	63	158	.212	.283	.334	.617	64.8
August	246	704	105	170	23	2	37	103	0	0	74	162	.241	.319	.438	.756	99.8
Sep/Oct	235	666	73	154	27	1	27	88	0	0	78	155	.231	.314	.396	.711	86.2

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
1956	24	NYG	NL	3B	149	149	1242.0	67	308	8	21	.979	2.72					4.1
				SS	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1957	25	NYG	NL	3B	154	153	1311.7	86	325	10	21	.976	2.82					5.1
				SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1958	26	NYG	NL	3B	104	103	891.0	62	238	10	18	.968	3.03					5.1
				SS	1	0	3.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	9.00					0.1
1959	27	NYG	NL	3B	72	69	620.7	36	152	4	15	.979	2.73					3.0
				SS	5	2	23.0	2	10	2	2	.857	4.70					0.1
				CF	2	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
				2B	3	0	6.0	1	3	0	1	1.000	6.00					0.0
1960	28	NYG	NL	3B	99	98	839.0	46	186	9	14	.963	2.49					3.5
				CF	6	6	46.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.15					0.1
				SS	9	2	27.0	6	11	0	1	1.000	5.67					0.2
				2B	2	2	18.0	6	11	1	2	.944	8.50					0.2
1961	29	NYG	NL	SS	33	19	192.0	23	81	6	15	.945	4.88					1.1
				CF	13	11	99.0	23	0	3	0	.885	2.09					0.3
				2B	12	12	97.0	21	38	1	5	.983	5.47					0.4
				3B	10	0	33.0	0	16	0	0	1.000	4.36					0.3
1962	30	NYG	NL	CF	98	98	866.3	211	2	9	0	.959	2.21					2.7
				3B	51	49	421.3	30	105	5	13	.964	2.88					1.0
				2B	2	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
				SS	4	0	6.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	4.50					0.0
1963	31	NYG	NL	SS	110	109	959.0	146	395	20	68	.964	5.08					3.2
				3B	26	25	228.3	10	52	2	3	.969	2.44					0.7
				2B	7	0	14.7	5	7	0	3	1.000	7.37					0.1
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1964	32	NYG	NL	SS	102	98	848.7	128	352	18	63	.964	5.09					5.1
				2B	35	30	267.7	73	110	8	17	.958	6.15					0.2
				3B	4	4	34.0	2	10	0	0	1.000	3.18					0.1
1965	33	NYG	NL	SS	91	76	698.0	111	301	18	54	.958	5.31					3.0
				2B	11	0	17.3	6	9	1	3	.938	7.79					0.1
				CF	2	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				3B	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1966	34	NYG	NL	CF	11	8	78.0	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.08					0.2
				2B	13	2	45.7	5	20	2	3	.926	4.93					0.2
				SS	17	0	39.0	8	29	1	6	.974	8.54					0.3
1967	35	NYG	NL	CF	19	18	146.7	41	0	2	0	.953	2.52					0.5
				2B	10	0	14.0	4	3	0	1	1.000	4.50					0.0
				SS	5	0	8.0	4	4	0	1	1.000	9.00					0.1
1968	36	SDP	NL	SS	69	67	531.7	66	195	13	33	.953	4.42					2.3
				3B	12	4	48.0	3	6	3	1	.750	1.69					0.0
				2B	5	4	35.0	7	12	2	4	.905	4.89					0.1
				3B	682	654	5672.0	342	1398	51	106	.972	2.76					22.9
				SS	450	373	3340.3	497	1382	78	245	.960	5.06					15.5
				CF	152	141	1250.0	306	2	14	0	.957	2.22					3.9
				2B	100	50	521.3	129	214	15	39	.958	5.92					1.4
Career Totals					1384	1218	10783.6	1274	2996	158	390	.964	3.56					43.7
Career Highs					155	153	1313.7	243	472	26	80	.979	5.31

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
1956	24	NYG	NL	11	33	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	8	.182	.250	.333	.583
1957	25	NYG	NL	10	29	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	.345	.441	.379	.820
1958	26	NYG	NL	12	40	7	6	2	0	3	7	0	0	3	15	.150	.244	.425	.669
1959	27	NYG	NL	7	20	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	5	.150	.292	.350	.642
1960	28	NYG	NL	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
1965	33	NYG	NL	4	7	2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	1.429	2.000
Career Post-Season Batting				45	130	18	30	8	1	6	18	0	0	13	35	.231	.320	.446	.766

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 1957-10-156 1962-3-158 Doubles 1962-7-29 Strikeouts 1956-5-121 1957-4-128 1962-7-128

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954

Injured on 5/31/1954 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week

Injured on 5/4/1955 with a Strained Calf Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks

Injured on 8/27/1955 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks

Had first career hit on 4/2/1956, off Dick Weik (STL)

Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1956, off Tom Morgan (BRK)

Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956

Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1956

Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1957

Injured on 5/30/1958 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks

Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958

2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,234,286 through salary arbitration

2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,234,286 through salary arbitration

Drove in 8 runs against San Diego on 9/1/1961

Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1961, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 13 RBI

2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,234,286 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/15/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $6,134,077 per year

Injured on 6/17/1963 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks

10/22/1966: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967

Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 4/2/1968 (Going to SDP: SS Woodie Held. Going to NYG: P Bob Botz)

Released by San Diego on 10/31/1968

Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 3/2/1969 to a minor league contract

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