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Al
Pilarcik		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 3, 1930 in Usa, IN, WHITING
 
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
1956 25 NYA AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 7 6 8 8 8
1957 26 NYA AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 5 5 7 6 8 8 8
1958 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1959 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 9 8
1960 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 8 8
1961 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 9 8 8 9 9
1962 31 NYA AL     8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 9 8 8 9 9
1963 32 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 9 8 8 9 8
1964 33 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1965 34 DET AL $ 1,270,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1966 35 DET AL $ 1,270,000   6 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1967 36 TAM AL $ 2,999,999   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4
1968 37 TAM AL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 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
1956 25 AAA   99 379 58 113 16 0 8 52 13 4 58 27 .298 .391 .404 .795 62.8  
1957 26 AAA   136 534 79 154 22 1 18 57 10 5 73 53 .288 .374 .434 .808 87.8  
1958 27 NYA AL 35 81 5 16 2 0 0 5 1 1 14 7 .198 .313 .222 .535 6.9 0.0
1959 28 NYA AL 125 297 63 91 18 3 4 36 2 0 48 26 .306 .401 .428 .828 50.6 11.0
1960 29 NYA AL 124 420 40 90 14 2 7 46 1 0 55 66 .214 .304 .307 .611 40.9 4.1
    AAA   2 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 1.2  
1961 30 NYA AL 136 453 67 148 22 1 13 55 4 1 37 41 .327 .377 .466 .843 70.1 15.1
1962 31 NYA AL 154 509 77 131 28 0 7 46 1 1 63 38 .257 .338 .354 .692 59.1 8.7
1963 32 BSN NL 156 529 49 112 12 1 11 61 1 2 58 44 .212 .293 .301 .594 45.9 3.5
1964 33 BSN NL 115 255 32 70 12 0 7 35 1 0 25 20 .275 .339 .404 .743 33.5 6.9
1965 34 BSN NL 17 19 3 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .368 .429 .526 .955 3.8 1.0
  TAM AL 54 191 18 44 7 1 3 17 0 0 15 28 .230 .288 .325 .613 17.7 2.5
  DET AL 43 88 10 23 6 0 3 18 0 0 9 6 .261 .330 .432 .762 12.0 2.6
  TOT   114 298 31 74 16 1 6 39 0 0 26 34 .248 .310 .369 .679 33.5 6.2
1966 35 DET AL 131 387 41 108 25 0 6 33 1 0 48 44 .279 .359 .390 .749 55.4 10.7
1967 36 TAM AL 136 366 37 94 10 2 4 41 1 0 34 71 .257 .321 .328 .649 36.4 3.8
1968 37 TAM AL 17 27 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .222 .323 .222 .545 2.5 0.4
    A   57 120 13 21 6 1 0 19 0 0 21 31 .175 .298 .242 .540 10.0  
11 Years Sim 1243 3622 443 940 159 10 65 398 13 5 412 398 .260 .335 .363 .698 434.8 70.4
3 Years AAA 237 919 138 269 39 1 26 109 23 9 132 81 .293 .380 .422 .803 151.8  
1 Years A 57 120 13 21 6 1 0 19 0 0 21 31 .175 .308 .242 .549 10.0  
4 Years Minors 294 1039 151 290 45 2 26 128 23 9 153 112 .279 .372 .401 .773 161.8  
162 Game Average 472 57 122 20 1 8 51 1 0 53 51 .260 .335 .363 .698 56.7  
Career Highs 156 529 77 148 28 3 13 61 4 2 63 71 .327 .401 .466 .843 70.1  
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   2767 365 778 130 8 55 338 12 5 332 264 .281 .358 .394 .752 396.1
vs LH   855 78 162 29 2 10 60 1 0 80 134 .189 .259 .263 .522 58.7
Home 622 1809 229 484 90 3 37 213 6 3 205 195 .268 .341 .382 .723 240.8
Away 621 1813 214 456 69 7 28 185 7 2 207 203 .252 .329 .344 .673 214.0
RISP   796 0 230 49 1 11 316 0 0 114 81 .289 .373 .394 .767 121.1
Pinch Hitting   273 31 81 17 1 3 41 0 1 36 31 .297 .376 .399 .775 41.1
Close/Late   497 45 144 32 1 8 62 0 0 65 51 .290 .372 .406 .778 75.3
Mar/Apr 189 503 58 133 32 1 12 58 0 2 49 46 .264 .329 .404 .733 65.9
May 243 712 89 178 26 1 17 76 3 0 84 90 .250 .330 .361 .691 89.1
June 221 698 90 179 31 5 10 71 1 1 69 87 .256 .322 .358 .680 81.9
July 193 575 60 154 23 1 6 70 2 0 65 61 .268 .343 .343 .686 70.3
August 213 636 81 162 24 2 12 69 3 0 75 64 .255 .333 .355 .688 79.2
Sep/Oct 184 498 65 134 23 0 8 54 4 2 70 50 .269 .360 .363 .724 68.5
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
1958 27 NYA AL CF 29 19 201.3 51 2 3 1 .946 2.37   0.6
    RF 4 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 28 NYA AL CF 49 35 331.3 83 2 0 1 1.000 2.31   1.4
    RF 21 17 165.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.36    
    LF 19 14 132.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
1960 29 NYA AL LF 76 74 648.0 125 5 0 2 1.000 1.81   3.0
    CF 47 47 407.0 87 6 0 3 1.000 2.06    
1961 30 NYA AL LF 106 104 893.7 183 3 2 0 .989 1.87   1.9
    RF 15 1 31.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.90    
    CF 8 0 20.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1962 31 NYA AL LF 125 115 1041.3 213 6 2 2 .991 1.89   4.2
    CF 14 4 54.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.17    
    RF 5 3 33.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.55    
1963 32 BSN NL RF 104 101 899.7 181 6 0 1 1.000 1.87   2.2
    LF 44 41 355.7 42 2 3 0 .936 1.11    
    CF 6 1 17.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1964 33 BSN NL LF 42 37 308.0 57 3 1 0 .984 1.75   0.8
    RF 9 8 66.0 15 1 1 0 .941 2.18    
    CF 9 7 63.7 14 1 1 0 .938 2.12    
1965 34 BSN NL LF 6 5 19.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.1
    RF 5 4 16.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    1B 1 1 3.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TAM AL LF 18 16 196.1 42 1 1 0 .977 1.97   0.2
    RF 17 14 165.4 28 3 1 0 .969 1.69   0.0
    1B 3 3 32.6 42 4 1 3 .979 12.70   0.1
    CF 5 0 9.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
  DET AL LF 15 13 91.1 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.4
    RF 14 11 76.8 13 1 1 0 .933 1.64   0.0
    1B 2 2 15.1 20 2 0 1 1.000 13.11   0.0
    CF 4 0 4.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 39 34 306.7 66 1 1 0 .985 1.97   0.6
      RF 36 29 258.7 44 4 2 0 .960 1.67   0.0
      1B 6 6 50.9 66 6 1 4 .986 12.73   0.2
      CF 10 0 15.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.0
1966 35 DET AL 1B 94 85 717.3 848 66 23 77 .975 11.47   0.4
    CF 11 8 83.0 20 0 2 0 .909 2.17   0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    RF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 36 TAM AL CF 80 59 549.0 153 4 6 0 .963 2.57   2.3
    RF 24 17 163.7 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 11 4 44.0 61 1 3 3 .954 12.68   0.1
    LF 4 0 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1968 37 TAM AL CF 8 5 51.7 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.09   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  LF 458 420 3716.4 721 20 9 4 .988 1.79   10.5
  CF 271 185 1794.1 442 17 13 6 .972 2.30   4.4
  RF 223 179 1653.7 333 12 3 1 .991 1.88   2.2
  1B 111 95 812.2 975 73 27 84 .975 11.61   0.6
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1064 879 7977.3 2471 122 52 95 .980 2.93   17.8
Career Highs   154 143 1272.7 872 66 25 77 1.000 10.33    
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
1961-3-.320*
 On-Base Pct
1961-10-.370*
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1956
Injured on 7/23/1956 with a Fractured Hip, out for 10 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/5/1958, off Russ Kemmerer (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/31/1959, off Ralph Terry (SEM)
Injured on 7/28/1960 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1960, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
3/3/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1961, hitting .625 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Released by New York (A) on 11/1/1962
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/7/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year
7/31/1964: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $1,270,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1965 (Going to BSN: RF Pancho Herrera, P Leo Kiely, 3B Lee Walls. Going to TAM: 3B Rich Rollins, P Dave Morehead, LF Al Pilarcik, LF Gino Cimoli, P Rob Gardner)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1965 (Going to TAM: P Russ Kemmerer, P Jack Aker, P Larry Jaster. Going to DET: RF Al Pilarcik, P Frank Baumann, P Raul Sanchez)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/20/1967 to a 1-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year
6/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,100,000 per year, for 1 years
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 7/17/1968 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
 
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