Pee Wee
Reese
 
Nickname: Pokey
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 23, 1918 in Usa, KY, EKRON
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1947   
Gold Glove 1946    1955    1956   
All-Star Selections 1942    1943    1944    1946    1949    1950    1952    1953    1954   
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
1940 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1941 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1942 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1943 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1944 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1945 26 CIN NL $ 2,685,714   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 5 6 10 9 10 8 8 8
1946 27 CIN NL $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1947 28 CIN NL $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1948 29 CIN NL $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 4 4 4 7 6 6 10 9 10 9 8 8
1949 30 MON NL $ 3,800,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 7 10 9 9 9 9 9
1950 31 MON NL $ 6,650,000   8 8 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 10 9 8 8
1951 32 MON NL $ 6,650,000   8 8 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 9 9 9 9
1952 33 MON NL $ 6,650,000   8 8 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 9 9 9 9
1953 34 MON NL $ 6,650,000   8 8 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 10 9 8 9
1954 35 TAM AL $ 6,650,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 8 8
1955 36 NYG NL $ 6,650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
1956 37 MON NL $ 610,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,650,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 7 10 9 10 9 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
1940 21 CIN NL 24 80 8 19 2 0 0 2 5 0 10 9 .238 .319 .263 .581 9.0 1.0
    AAA   135 536 80 132 21 5 12 61 20 4 81 62 .246 .345 .371 .716 75.7  
1941 22 CIN NL 102 368 51 103 10 2 6 35 8 8 59 38 .280 .381 .367 .748 53.2 8.0
    AAA   53 191 50 54 12 0 8 29 7 1 37 17 .283 .399 .471 .870 37.5  
1942 23 CIN NL 149 605 114 191 19 4 10 54 19 3 68 65 .316 .388 .410 .797 96.1 20.9
1943 24 CIN NL 155 639 131 210 32 4 9 61 22 3 73 60 .329 .396 .433 .830 108.0 21.9
1944 25 CIN NL 152 618 116 180 26 7 11 56 17 8 92 62 .291 .383 .409 .793 97.3 19.1
1945 26 CIN NL 147 524 79 125 14 3 8 46 14 9 88 57 .239 .346 .323 .669 66.0 9.0
1946 27 CIN NL 153 594 111 199 22 0 15 61 13 7 102 51 .335 .432 .448 .880 113.6 22.1
1947 28 CIN NL 152 579 115 185 21 2 10 52 19 7 121 57 .320 .437 .415 .852 110.2 21.5
1948 29 CIN NL 154 619 112 173 20 3 14 63 23 2 99 60 .279 .379 .389 .768 99.5 16.9
1949 30 MON NL 152 588 131 195 35 4 12 70 25 9 101 47 .332 .430 .466 .896 111.4 22.2
1950 31 MON NL 155 586 123 192 28 3 17 97 28 10 131 45 .328 .447 .473 .920 124.5 27.2
1951 32 MON NL 148 556 132 176 33 3 22 81 24 6 111 32 .317 .429 .505 .934 115.1 23.2
1952 33 MON NL 155 616 110 208 29 6 13 77 22 6 83 46 .338 .417 .468 .885 113.5 23.6
1953 34 MON NL 152 580 119 189 21 1 13 81 20 10 91 46 .326 .416 .433 .849 105.6 24.4
1954 35 TAM AL 154 619 130 201 23 4 14 67 36 17 118 48 .325 .434 .443 .876 119.9 26.2
1955 36 CIN NL 98 368 61 104 11 3 8 34 9 5 43 46 .283 .358 .394 .752 51.4 7.8
  NYG NL 54 176 21 44 5 0 2 19 5 3 15 32 .250 .313 .313 .625 16.7 1.1
  TOT   152 544 82 148 16 3 10 53 14 8 58 78 .272 .344 .368 .711 68.1 8.9
1956 37 MON NL 153 525 47 108 8 0 6 48 1 1 58 154 .206 .285 .255 .540 38.0 0.0
17 Years Sim 2409 9240 1711 2802 359 49 190 1004 310 114 1463 955 .303 .398 .414 .813 1549.0 296.0
2 Years AAA 188 727 130 186 33 5 20 90 27 5 118 79 .256 .361 .398 .759 113.2  
162 Game Average 621 115 188 24 3 12 67 20 7 98 64 .303 .398 .414 .813 104.2  
Career Highs 155 639 132 210 35 7 22 97 36 17 131 154 .338 .447 .505 .934 124.5  
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   5976 1092 1809 241 32 126 666 190 77 859 627 .303 .390 .417 .807 994.8
vs LH   3264 619 993 118 17 64 338 120 37 604 328 .304 .412 .410 .822 588.9
Home 1199 4430 808 1334 160 19 87 438 172 61 707 443 .301 .397 .405 .802 748.8
Away 1210 4810 903 1468 199 30 103 566 138 53 756 512 .305 .399 .423 .823 834.9
RISP   1912 0 571 82 8 43 767 0 0 333 199 .299 .399 .417 .817 332.8
Pinch Hitting   78 17 30 3 0 0 14 3 0 16 4 .385 .484 .423 .907 17.0
Close/Late   1007 169 333 34 8 20 151 0 0 192 90 .331 .437 .440 .877 197.7
Mar/Apr 379 1479 294 444 60 9 37 168 64 17 250 137 .300 .401 .428 .829 266.6
May 395 1527 300 493 50 10 27 139 64 22 251 147 .323 .418 .422 .840 278.8
June 411 1587 286 463 44 6 33 162 46 21 225 175 .292 .379 .389 .769 245.6
July 386 1528 255 473 74 6 22 178 41 22 213 162 .310 .394 .409 .803 248.2
August 418 1577 304 475 66 8 35 188 51 22 278 178 .301 .406 .420 .825 280.1
Sep/Oct 420 1542 272 454 65 10 36 169 44 10 246 156 .294 .392 .420 .811 264.5
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
1940 21 CIN NL SS 23 22 191.7 26 87 1 9 .991 5.31   0.9
1941 22 CIN NL 2B 51 48 428.7 108 201 7 50 .978 6.49   2.3
    SS 51 46 415.7 76 173 9 34 .965 5.39   2.4
1942 23 CIN NL SS 80 73 690.3 105 277 11 54 .972 4.98   3.1
    2B 69 69 612.0 126 260 7 44 .982 5.68   1.9
1943 24 CIN NL 2B 131 128 1153.7 259 477 12 92 .984 5.74   5.0
    SS 21 21 190.0 25 72 7 16 .933 4.59   0.6
1944 25 CIN NL 2B 152 150 1327.7 317 547 8 116 .991 5.86   5.6
1945 26 CIN NL 2B 146 146 1287.7 325 584 16 144 .983 6.35   9.4
    SS 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1946 27 CIN NL 2B 151 141 1277.0 309 529 15 118 .982 5.91   8.0
    SS 1 1 11.0 2 5 1 0 .875 5.73   0.1
1947 28 CIN NL 2B 99 95 862.0 195 366 7 81 .988 5.86   4.4
    SS 52 49 443.0 74 194 9 35 .968 5.44   2.5
1948 29 CIN NL 2B 151 150 1333.7 298 551 18 111 .979 5.73   5.1
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
1949 30 MON NL SS 120 115 1029.0 144 388 17 69 .969 4.65   4.2
    2B 31 27 255.7 57 93 2 19 .987 5.28   0.6
1950 31 MON NL SS 89 88 774.7 130 280 19 60 .956 4.76   1.4
    2B 62 62 550.0 128 246 3 56 .992 6.12   2.9
1951 32 MON NL SS 82 75 667.3 108 262 11 50 .971 4.99   3.6
    2B 65 62 562.3 156 209 6 61 .984 5.84   2.1
1952 33 MON NL SS 94 91 824.0 117 337 16 70 .966 4.96   3.8
    2B 55 52 469.7 105 198 4 36 .987 5.81   2.6
1953 34 MON NL SS 113 106 974.0 137 384 22 69 .959 4.81   4.1
    2B 37 33 311.3 62 111 6 24 .966 5.00   1.2
1954 35 TAM AL 2B 152 150 1349.3 310 609 14 117 .985 6.13   8.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 36 CIN NL 2B 97 87 843.7 199 331 9 88 .983 5.65   4.1
  NYG NL 2B 54 48 391.3 93 154 4 41 .984 5.68   2.0
  TOT   2B 151 135 1235.0 292 485 13 129 .984 5.66   6.1
1956 37 MON NL 2B 152 151 1286.3 296 534 21 116 .975 5.81   7.6
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1655 1599 14301.9 3343 6000 159 1314 .983 5.88   73.1
  SS 731 687 6222.3 946 2460 123 467 .965 4.93   26.7
  1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   2387 2286 20528.2 4291 8460 282 1781 .978 5.59   99.8
Career Highs   153 151 1350.3 326 609 28 144 .991 6.33    
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
1942 23 CIN NL 13 56 12 19 1 0 2 5 4 2 7 1 .339 .413 .464 .877
1943 24 CIN NL 14 61 2 18 1 0 0 6 3 0 2 5 .295 .317 .311 .629
1944 25 CIN NL 12 53 11 18 1 0 2 6 3 1 7 5 .340 .417 .472 .888
1945 26 CIN NL 5 19 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 .316 .409 .421 .830
1946 27 CIN NL 12 48 10 14 2 0 0 5 2 0 8 6 .292 .393 .333 .726
1947 28 CIN NL 10 40 3 10 2 0 0 6 1 0 7 2 .250 .362 .300 .662
1948 29 CIN NL 7 25 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 2 .160 .400 .280 .680
1949 30 MON NL 9 38 9 19 4 0 0 7 5 0 8 3 .500 .587 .605 1.192
1950 31 MON NL 7 31 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .194 .265 .194 .458
1951 32 MON NL 12 57 8 19 2 1 0 7 1 0 3 4 .333 .367 .404 .770
1952 33 MON NL 5 16 6 5 1 0 0 3 3 2 8 0 .313 .542 .375 .917
1953 34 MON NL 12 53 10 13 2 0 2 7 2 0 11 7 .245 .375 .396 .771
Career Post-Season Batting 118 497 79 151 17 3 6 55 26 6 77 40 .304 .397 .386 .784
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
1942-7-.316
1943-4-.329
1946-3-.335
1947-4-.320
1949-3-.332
1950-1-.328
1951-5-.317
1952-1-.338
1953-3-.326
1954-2-.325
On-Base Pct
1942-7-.388
1943-6-.396
1946-1-.432
1947-2-.437
1949-3-.430
1950-2-.447
1951-2-.429
1952-5-.417
1953-3-.416
1954-2-.434
CAR-21-.398
Slugging Pct
1951-9-.505
OPS
1946-8-.880
1949-10-.896
1950-7-.920
1951-6-.934
1954-10-.876
XR
1942-5-96.1
1943-2-108.0
1944-5-97.3
1946-2-113.6
1947-2-110.2
1949-7-111.4
1950-1-124.5
1951-6-115.1
1952-5-113.5
1953-10-105.6
1954-4-119.9
CAR-20-1549.0
Games
1943-6-155
1946-10-153
1950-7-155
1952-8-155
CAR-30-2409
At-Bats
1942-3-605
1943-1-639
1944-1-618
1946-4-594
1947-6-579
1948-1-619
1949-5-588
1950-5-586
1952-1-616
1953-7-580
1954-2-619
CAR-21-9240
Runs
1942-1-114
1943-1-131
1944-3-116
1946-3-111
1947-2-115
1948-3-112
1949-1-131
1950-1-123
1951-1-132
1952-6-110
1953-3-119
1954-2-130
CAR-10-1711
Hits
1942-2-191
1943-1-210
1944-5-180
1946-1-199
1947-3-185
1948-8-173
1949-3-195
1950-1-192
1951-7-176
1952-1-208
1953-3-189
1954-1-201
CAR-13-2802
Total Bases
1943-5-277
1946-7-266
1949-8-274
1950-7-277
1951-8-281
1952-5-288
Singles
1942-1-158
1943-1-165
1944-5-136
1946-1-162
1947-1-152
1948-1-136
1949-2-144
1950-1-144
1952-1-160
1953-1-154
1954-1-160
1955-4-119
CAR-3-2204
Doubles
1943-9-32
1949-3-35
1951-7-33
Triples
1944-6-7
1952-4-6
Stolen Bases
1941-7-8
1942-4-19
1943-5-22
1944-6-17
1945-8-14
1946-9-13
1947-6-19
1948-4-23
1949-3-25
1950-5-28
1951-6-24
1952-8-22
1953-3-20
1954-4-36
1955-5-14
CAR-45-310
Caught Stealing
1941-2-8
1942-10-3
1944-4-8
1945-5-9
1946-9-7
1947-10-7
1949-5-9
1950-4-10
1951-8-6
1953-4-10
1954-3-17
1955-3-8
Walks
1944-6-92
1945-4-88
1946-2-102
1947-2-121
1948-7-99
1949-5-101
1950-2-131
1951-7-111
1953-9-91
1954-3-118
CAR-17-1463
Strikeouts
1956-2-154
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 188    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 75    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1940
Had first career hit on 9/1/1940, off Sam Nahem (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1941, off Thornton Lee (NYA)
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/3/1942
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Injured on 8/18/1942 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1942, hitting .452 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 10/3/1942
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 4/20/1943
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 5/1/1943
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Had 46-game hitting streak snapped on 8/11/1943
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1944, hitting .552 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1946
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 5/3/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1947, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/14/1948
Traded from Cincinnati to Montreal on 3/3/1949 (Going to MON: 2B Pee wee Reese. Going to CIN: P Ralph Branca)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
9/22/1949: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,650,000 per year, for 6 years
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/31/1950
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1950, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 27 RBI
Injured on 6/27/1951 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 5/12/1952, off Chuck Stobbs (SDP)
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/1/1952
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: CF Pete Reiser. Going to TAM: LF Monte Irvin, 2B Pee wee Reese, P Bobby Shantz)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1954, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: RF Gus Bell, 2B Dick Groat, CF Faye Throneberry, LF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti. Going to CIN: 2B Pee wee Reese)
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (N) on 7/31/1955 (Going to NYG: 2B Pee wee Reese. Going to CIN: P Erv Palica, P Ben Wade, P Bob Lemon)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1955
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/3/1956 to a 4-year deal worth $610,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1956