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Buddy
Rosar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 3, 1914 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 25 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 28 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 29 TAM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 30 TAM AL $ 500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 31 TAM AL $ 500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 32 TAM AL $ 500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 33 TAM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 34 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 35 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1939 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 5 10 9 10
1940 25 NYG NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1941 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 9 9
1942 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1943 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 10 9 10
1944 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
1945 30 TAM AL $ 500,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
1946 31 TAM AL $ 500,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 5 9 9 9
1947 32 TAM AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 9 9
1948 33 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 5 5 4 4 9 9 9
1949 34 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 9 9 9
1950 35 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1948 33 TAM AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 4.50 .429 .556 .429 .984 0.1
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 4.50 .429 .556 .429 .984 0.1
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 1 0 0 0   .500 .500 .500 1.000
vs LH   2 0 0 2 0   .400 .571 .400 .971
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 4.50 .429 .556 .429 .984
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 4.50 .429 .556 .429 .984
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
1939 24 NYG NL 5 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   120 428 51 105 18 0 1 42 8 3 40 16 .245 .310 .294 .604 40.5  
1940 25 AAA   133 463 55 114 13 0 3 42 3 3 41 19 .246 .308 .294 .601 42.7  
1941 26 NYG NL 14 39 6 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 1 .308 .400 .436 .836 7.0 1.5
    AAA   98 301 47 100 16 2 6 46 7 1 32 17 .332 .396 .458 .855 52.8  
1942 27 NYG NL 83 270 27 75 9 2 2 34 0 0 17 10 .278 .322 .348 .670 27.3 2.4
1943 28 NYG NL 40 100 9 28 6 0 0 11 0 0 11 4 .280 .342 .340 .682 11.8 1.3
1944 29 NYG NL 11 15 4 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 2 .600 .650 .600 1.250 5.3 1.5
  TAM AL 26 74 8 14 3 0 1 13 0 0 10 5 .189 .287 .270 .558 6.2 0.0
  TOT   37 89 12 23 3 0 1 20 0 0 14 7 .258 .355 .326 .681 11.5 1.5
1945 30 TAM AL 13 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .222 .364 .222 .586 1.0 0.1
1946 31 TAM AL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2
    AAA   56 199 22 50 8 1 3 26 3 2 18 8 .251 .313 .347 .660 21.8  
1947 32 TAM AL 10 9 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 .667 1.222 2.4 0.8
1948 33 TAM AL 39 107 12 24 3 0 0 13 0 0 18 5 .224 .336 .252 .588 9.8 0.7
1949 34 CIN NL 24 72 6 15 1 1 2 7 0 0 11 5 .208 .313 .333 .647 8.4 0.9
    AAA   48 148 20 44 7 1 0 16 3 1 19 9 .297 .377 .358 .735 20.8  
1950 35 CIN NL 39 96 7 25 1 0 0 15 0 0 9 5 .260 .324 .271 .595 6.4 0.0
11 Years Sim 308 808 84 211 26 3 6 105 0 0 90 38 .261 .334 .323 .657 85.6 9.4
5 Years AAA 455 1539 195 413 62 4 13 172 24 10 150 69 .268 .334 .339 .673 178.5  
162 Game Average 424 44 110 13 1 3 55 0 0 47 19 .261 .334 .323 .657 45.0  
Career Highs 83 270 27 75 9 2 2 34 0 0 18 10 .556 .556 .667 1.222 27.3  
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   378 38 84 11 1 4 46 0 0 41 23 .222 .296 .288 .584 34.4
vs LH   430 46 127 15 2 2 59 0 0 49 15 .295 .368 .353 .721 57.3
Home 137 355 44 104 13 2 3 51 0 0 49 13 .293 .376 .366 .742 51.3
Away 171 453 40 107 13 1 3 54 0 0 41 25 .236 .300 .289 .589 40.4
RISP   225 0 64 5 0 2 94 0 0 27 9 .284 .354 .333 .687 28.7
Pinch Hitting   66 9 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 10 5 .333 .421 .379 .800 10.8
Close/Late   121 14 32 6 1 1 14 0 0 18 6 .264 .357 .355 .713 16.4
Mar/Apr 40 97 7 23 2 0 1 6 0 0 9 4 .237 .299 .289 .588 8.8
May 54 129 16 29 5 1 2 16 0 0 16 9 .225 .311 .326 .636 13.9
June 54 157 17 48 2 1 1 28 0 0 19 4 .306 .376 .350 .727 21.9
July 55 167 12 47 8 1 1 31 0 0 19 10 .281 .351 .359 .710 21.7
August 53 140 20 30 4 0 1 13 0 0 16 6 .214 .295 .264 .559 11.7
Sep/Oct 51 118 12 34 5 0 0 11 0 0 11 5 .288 .354 .331 .684 13.8
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
1939 24 NYG NL C 4 3 29.7 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1941 26 NYG NL C 11 10 89.0 39 2 0 1 1.000 4.15 2 1 .500 0 0.3
1942 27 NYG NL C 79 67 620.7 270 27 1 0 .997 4.31 19 7 .368 2 3.6
1943 28 NYG NL C 30 26 232.3 105 10 1 1 .991 4.45 9 4 .444 1 1.3
1944 29 NYG NL C 7 7 38.4 17 2 0 0 1.000 4.45 1 1 1.000 0 0.2
  TAM AL C 18 16 167.0 74 9 0 0 1.000 4.47 7 3 .429 1 0.8
  TOT   C 25 23 205.4 91 11 0 0 1.000 4.47 8 4 .500 1 1.0
1945 30 TAM AL C 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 31 TAM AL C 2 0 6.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 32 TAM AL C 5 1 13.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 33 TAM AL C 29 29 243.3 100 15 1 0 .991 4.25 17 6 .353 1 1.6
    P 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 34 CIN NL C 23 19 181.3 83 4 1 0 .989 4.32 7 2 .286 2 0.5
1950 35 CIN NL C 25 21 190.3 104 9 0 0 1.000 5.34 12 7 .583 1 0.8
  C 236 199 1814.4 808 79 4 2 .996 4.40 74 31 .419 8 9.4
  P 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   238 199 1817.4 809 80 4 2 .996 4.40 74 31 .419 8 9.4
Career Highs   79 67 620.7 270 27 1 1 1.000 5.34 19 7 .583 2  
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
1944 29 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Earl Smith (982)
  2. Bernie Hungling (974)
  3. Bill Drescher (974)
  4. Pat Corrales (970)
  5. Rick Cerone (968)
  6. Bill Heath (967)
  7. Buck Crouse (966)
  8. Denny Williams (964)
  9. Jerry Narron (964)
  10. John Stearns (963)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1939
Had first career hit on 8/19/1939, off Mort Cooper (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/12/1941, off Virgil Trucks (BOS)
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1944 (Going to NYG: P Bob Muncrief, P Mace Brown, C Willard Hershberger, RF Ben Chapman, P Lefty Mills. Going to TAM: P Ralph Birkofer, P Claude Passeau, C Buddy Rosar)
7/31/1944: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
6/1/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/2/1949 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/2/1950 to a minor league deal
 
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