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Whitey
Lockman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 25, 1926 in Usa, NC, LOWELL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1948    1950    1952    1953    1957   
All-Star Selections 1952    1953    1955    1958    1959    1961   
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
1945 18 CLE AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 9 10 9
1946 19 CLE AL     6 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 10 10 10
1947 20 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 10 10 10
1948 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1949 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1950 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1951 24 CLE AL $ 1,528,571   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1952 25 CLE AL $ 1,528,571   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1953 26 CLE AL $ 2,714,286   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1954 27 CLE AL $ 4,940,000   9 9 9 5 6 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1955 28 TAM AL $ 4,940,000   9 9 9 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 10 10 10
1956 29 TAM AL $ 4,940,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 9
1957 30 TAM AL $ 5,350,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1958 31 TAM AL $ 5,350,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1959 32 OAK AL $ 5,350,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1960 33 OAK AL $ 5,350,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 8
1961 34 OAK AL $ 5,410,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 8 9 8
1962 35 OAK AL $ 5,410,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 6 5 8 8 8
1963 36 OAK AL $ 5,410,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 7 7
1964 37 OAK AL $ 5,410,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,410,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 10 10 10
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
1945 18 A   137 510 97 149 23 3 24 63 17 6 108 23 .292 .416 .490 .906 106.9  
1946 19 AA   136 518 89 160 17 4 22 82 16 12 81 20 .309 .402 .485 .887 98.8  
1947 20 CLE AL 33 26 3 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 .269 .296 .423 .719 2.8 0.3
    AAA   106 388 54 123 12 1 14 52 12 5 56 16 .317 .403 .461 .864 72.0  
1948 21 CLE AL 149 544 88 152 24 1 21 76 1 1 50 21 .279 .338 .443 .781 78.5 9.9
1949 22 CLE AL 147 521 65 156 23 3 11 84 0 2 59 14 .299 .370 .418 .788 72.7 9.9
1950 23 CLE AL 148 556 68 158 19 3 15 83 1 1 52 20 .284 .344 .410 .754 75.3 10.8
1951 24 CLE AL 136 278 31 76 9 1 4 29 0 0 18 14 .273 .316 .356 .673 28.4 2.1
1952 25 CLE AL 156 605 79 179 25 2 17 90 0 1 35 15 .296 .334 .428 .762 78.1 9.8
1953 26 CLE AL 156 603 93 193 22 3 19 102 0 0 54 22 .320 .373 .461 .834 97.5 18.9
1954 27 CLE AL 158 581 92 184 33 5 11 78 0 0 55 16 .317 .375 .448 .822 89.9 16.9
1955 28 CLE AL 25 101 13 32 4 0 0 6 0 0 9 7 .317 .366 .356 .723 12.8 1.6
  TAM AL 128 461 85 151 20 4 13 77 1 1 48 12 .328 .385 .473 .858 78.2 16.5
  TOT   153 562 98 183 24 4 13 83 1 1 57 19 .326 .382 .452 .834 91.0 18.1
1956 29 TAM AL 154 595 88 189 23 4 12 94 2 0 64 23 .318 .380 .430 .810 96.4 17.0
1957 30 TAM AL 153 605 95 185 29 4 15 100 0 1 56 28 .306 .365 .441 .806 90.5 17.4
1958 31 TAM AL 153 586 75 186 19 6 17 110 0 0 59 36 .317 .379 .457 .837 94.4 19.9
1959 32 OAK AL 153 588 93 193 29 5 21 98 10 16 65 56 .328 .395 .502 .897 102.4 22.5
1960 33 OAK AL 158 590 66 162 14 9 13 83 20 9 49 61 .275 .328 .395 .723 74.4 13.5
1961 34 OAK AL 155 580 81 172 22 4 26 86 16 7 58 72 .297 .362 .483 .845 97.9 24.5
1962 35 OAK AL 153 566 81 168 22 4 15 72 15 6 56 64 .297 .361 .429 .790 80.4 17.1
1963 36 OAK AL 155 547 70 165 11 6 14 78 26 15 60 59 .302 .369 .420 .789 78.5 18.0
1964 37 OAK AL 132 406 34 99 8 1 1 23 3 2 24 68 .244 .287 .276 .563 28.9 2.0
18 Years Sim 2602 9339 1300 2807 358 66 245 1373 95 62 872 608 .301 .359 .432 .791 1358.0 248.3
1 Years AAA 106 388 54 123 12 1 14 52 12 5 56 16 .317 .400 .461 .861 72.0  
1 Years AA 136 518 89 160 17 4 22 82 16 12 81 20 .309 .403 .485 .887 98.8  
1 Years A 137 510 97 149 23 3 24 63 17 6 108 23 .292 .415 .490 .905 106.9  
3 Years Minors 379 1416 240 432 52 8 60 197 45 23 245 59 .305 .406 .480 .887 277.7  
162 Game Average 581 80 174 22 4 15 85 5 3 54 37 .301 .359 .432 .791 84.5  
Career Highs 158 605 98 193 33 9 26 110 26 16 65 72 .328 .395 .502 .897 102.4  
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   6144 955 1958 239 49 182 970 72 47 637 333 .319 .382 .462 .844 1041.8
vs LH   3195 345 849 119 17 63 403 23 15 235 275 .266 .314 .373 .687 373.1
Home 1309 4577 667 1368 156 38 119 673 44 33 430 298 .299 .358 .428 .785 686.2
Away 1293 4762 633 1439 202 28 126 700 51 29 442 310 .302 .360 .436 .796 728.7
RISP   2340 0 723 90 20 67 1083 0 0 296 150 .309 .379 .450 .829 400.5
Pinch Hitting   220 23 64 13 1 4 48 0 1 15 11 .291 .331 .414 .744 29.0
Close/Late   1126 148 333 34 5 28 158 0 0 147 67 .296 .377 .409 .787 176.9
Mar/Apr 416 1485 227 456 53 9 49 233 18 8 151 88 .307 .369 .454 .823 243.8
May 439 1592 231 491 68 14 58 276 15 12 151 116 .308 .367 .478 .845 267.0
June 431 1581 210 493 69 12 33 236 16 17 138 98 .312 .367 .433 .800 239.1
July 418 1509 208 451 55 8 39 217 15 6 142 106 .299 .358 .423 .781 226.1
August 469 1672 221 494 54 13 31 200 12 8 140 115 .295 .348 .399 .747 229.2
Sep/Oct 429 1500 203 422 59 10 35 211 19 11 150 85 .281 .346 .404 .750 209.7
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
1947 20 CLE AL CF 9 0 24.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 4.13 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 21 CLE AL CF 138 134 1166.0 415 19 4 4 .991 3.35 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 10.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 22 CLE AL CF 140 139 1195.3 350 10 3 4 .992 2.71 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    1B 3 1 12.0 16 1 0 2 1.000 12.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1950 23 CLE AL CF 137 136 1200.0 350 17 2 3 .995 2.75 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 2 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 2.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 15.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 24 CLE AL 1B 39 18 203.0 268 21 0 26 1.000 12.81 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 31 16 172.3 44 1 0 1 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 24 11 123.0 34 0 1 0 .971 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
1952 25 CLE AL CF 144 143 1266.0 390 13 3 3 .993 2.86 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    LF 4 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 9.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 26 CLE AL CF 142 140 1261.7 373 10 2 3 .995 2.73 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    LF 8 6 54.3 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 27 CLE AL LF 105 101 905.7 194 10 2 4 .990 2.03 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 47 42 392.7 108 3 4 2 .965 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 9.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 28 CLE AL CF 20 20 195.2 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 5 4 41.8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL CF 104 103 901.1 222 6 2 0 .991 2.28 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 23 21 192.9 46 0 1 0 .979 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 124 123 1096.3 270 7 2 0 .993 2.27   3.7
      LF 28 25 234.7 56 0 1 0 .982 2.15   0.0
1956 29 TAM AL CF 151 149 1355.7 346 10 3 1 .992 2.36 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    SS 1 0 3.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 12.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1957 30 TAM AL CF 151 148 1339.7 353 7 2 3 .994 2.42 0 0 .000 0 4.9
1958 31 TAM AL CF 150 149 1338.0 340 9 2 6 .994 2.35 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 32 OAK AL CF 147 147 1317.7 322 7 4 3 .988 2.25 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    1B 3 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 33 OAK AL CF 149 144 1274.3 314 6 4 1 .988 2.26 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    LF 2 2 16.7 2 0 1 0 .667 1.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 34 OAK AL CF 145 143 1276.0 251 11 3 3 .989 1.85 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    LF 6 6 60.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 35 OAK AL CF 147 143 1257.7 247 9 4 3 .985 1.83 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    LF 5 0 9.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1963 36 OAK AL CF 111 108 947.3 192 5 3 1 .985 1.87 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 42 42 357.7 63 1 2 0 .970 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.7 3 1 0 1 1.000 21.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 37 OAK AL C 89 89 765.3 512 31 9 3 .984 6.39 81 20 .247 69 0.4
    CF 9 6 58.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 3.72 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 6 3 39.0 43 4 0 4 1.000 10.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 1 9.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 2072 2010 17938.6 4698 146 45 41 .991 2.43 0 0 .000 0 67.1
  LF 241 195 1809.0 391 15 7 4 .983 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  C 90 89 768.7 516 31 9 3 .984 6.40 81 20 .247 69 0.4
  1B 73 22 296.3 375 28 0 34 1.000 12.24 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  SS 2 0 5.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 9.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1 0 1.7 3 1 0 1 1.000 21.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2479 2316 20819.9 5985 225 61 84 .990 2.68 81 20 .247 69 72.5
Career Highs   158 150 1362.0 584 37 9 27 1.000 6.65 81 20 .247 69  
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 29 TAM AL 13 50 3 10 2 1 1 7 0 0 4 5 .200 .259 .340 .599
1957 30 TAM AL 10 41 5 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 1 .341 .413 .439 .852
1958 31 TAM AL 7 28 5 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 .214 .241 .429 .670
1959 32 OAK AL 6 22 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .227 .346 .227 .573
1961 34 OAK AL 12 49 10 14 3 0 1 4 2 1 2 7 .286 .314 .408 .722
1962 35 OAK AL 5 21 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .190 .381
Career Post-Season Batting 53 211 24 53 7 2 4 22 2 1 16 19 .251 .304 .360 .664
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
1953-4-.320
1954-5-.317
1955-1-.326
1956-2-.318
1957-2-.306
1958-3-.317
1959-2-.328
1961-9-.297
1962-9-.297
1963-10-.302
 On-Base Pct
1955-7-.382
1956-7-.380
1958-5-.379
1959-3-.395
1963-9-.369
 Slugging Pct
1959-10-.502
1961-8-.483
 OPS
1959-5-.897
1961-7-.845
 XR
1959-4-102.4
1961-7-97.9
CAR-40-1358.0
 Games
1952-3-156
1954-2-158
1960-1-158
1961-8-155
CAR-16-2602
At-Bats
1952-6-605
1953-3-603
1956-4-595
1957-4-605
1959-4-588
1960-10-590
CAR-18-9339
 Runs
1955-10-98
1957-9-95
1959-10-93
 Hits
1952-10-179
1953-3-193
1954-7-184
1955-3-183
1956-3-189
1957-1-185
1958-3-186
1959-1-193
1961-9-172
CAR-12-2807
 Total Bases
1959-6-295
1961-8-280
CAR-38-4032
 Singles
1949-8-119
1952-3-135
1953-1-149
1954-6-135
1955-2-142
1956-1-150
1957-1-137
1958-2-144
1959-1-138
1960-6-126
1961-7-120
1962-9-127
1963-6-134
CAR-5-2138
 Triples
1954-8-5
1958-5-6
1960-2-9
Homeruns
1961-8-26
 RBIs
1957-10-100
1958-6-110
1959-9-98
1961-10-86
CAR-46-1373
 Stolen Bases
1959-8-10
1960-4-20
1961-5-16
1962-9-15
1963-9-26
 Caught Stealing
1959-1-16
1960-2-9
1961-4-7
1962-9-6
1963-4-15
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 125    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1945
Had first career hit (double) on 8/3/1947, off Jake Mooty (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1948, off Joe Coleman (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1948, hitting .542 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1948
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1949, hitting .667 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/5/1950 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 4/3/1952
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/27/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1952, hitting .600 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,714,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
7/31/1953: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,940,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1953
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 5/7/1954
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Montreal on 8/8/1954
Traded from Cleveland to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bill Henry, CF Jackie Jensen, LF Whitey Lockman. Going to CLE: P Red Embree, RF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti, P Bob Turley)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1955, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
3/3/1956: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $5,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1957, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1957
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1958, hitting .636 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1958, hitting .436 with 7 HR, 33 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 2/3/1959 (Going to OAK: CF Whitey Lockman, RF Jackie Jensen. Going to TAM: P Humberto Robinson, CF Bill Bruton)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1959, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 8/13/1959, off Frank Baumann (NYG)
6/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,410,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1961, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Cleveland on 5/24/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1961, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 6/5/1962
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 9/11/1962
 
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