Andy
Seminick
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 187
 
Born: September 12, 1920 in Usa, WV, PIERCE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948   
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
1943 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1944 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1945 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1946 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1947 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5
1948 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8 4 5 5
1949 28 NYG NL $ 1,971,429   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1950 29 NYG NL $ 2,257,143   5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1951 30 TAM AL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1952 31 TAM AL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1953 32 DET AL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1954 33 NYG NL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 3 3 3
1955 34 BOS AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 3 3 3
1956 35 TAM AL $ 400,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
1957 36 TAM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
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
1943 22 AAA   56 212 33 50 9 1 11 30 4 2 32 41 .236 .336 .443 .779 33.3  
    AA   81 286 67 90 12 2 31 69 4 5 69 49 .315 .448 .696 1.144 81.6  
1944 23 AAA   132 470 91 131 17 4 44 112 4 4 97 108 .279 .402 .613 1.015 112.6  
1945 24 NYG NL 69 204 30 48 7 2 12 35 0 0 41 51 .235 .357 .466 .823 38.5 6.1
    AAA   26 99 18 27 1 0 10 22 1 0 20 20 .273 .395 .586 .981 23.2  
1946 25 NYG NL 116 288 49 65 8 1 18 48 0 0 48 57 .226 .339 .448 .787 46.8 7.6
1947 26 NYG NL 113 255 42 67 13 0 10 36 0 0 43 54 .263 .369 .431 .801 41.2 7.6
1948 27 NYG NL 143 466 86 108 14 3 27 95 1 0 84 108 .232 .348 .448 .797 76.6 12.9
1949 28 NYG NL 140 470 91 121 30 2 21 84 0 0 98 114 .257 .386 .464 .850 84.6 15.8
1950 29 NYG NL 141 449 58 96 12 5 16 70 1 0 75 138 .214 .327 .370 .697 59.5 6.3
1951 30 NYG NL 23 66 15 16 5 1 0 4 0 0 15 17 .242 .390 .348 .739 9.7 1.3
  TAM AL 94 250 32 63 8 3 13 34 0 1 31 61 .252 .340 .464 .804 39.3 4.9
  TOT   117 316 47 79 13 4 13 38 0 1 46 78 .250 .351 .440 .791 49.0 6.2
1952 31 TAM AL 140 466 58 109 15 1 16 53 0 1 72 134 .234 .337 .373 .710 61.0 6.8
1953 32 TAM AL 40 124 19 32 3 0 4 16 0 0 15 27 .258 .336 .379 .715 16.0 2.2
  DET AL 65 189 24 46 9 3 9 39 1 0 25 48 .243 .329 .466 .794 29.4 4.2
  TOT   105 313 43 78 12 3 13 55 1 0 40 75 .249 .331 .431 .763 45.4 6.4
1954 33 NYG NL 142 486 79 134 26 4 19 82 0 0 69 127 .276 .367 .463 .830 83.6 12.1
1955 34 BOS AL 114 244 23 46 6 4 6 23 0 0 34 70 .189 .286 .320 .605 23.8 1.5
1956 35 TAM AL 33 33 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 9 .030 .256 .030 .286 -0.4 0.0
1957 36 TAM AL 11 19 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .053 .143 .105 .248 -0.6 0.0
    A   31 98 17 21 3 0 4 13 2 1 29 21 .214 .394 .367 .761 17.4  
13 Years Sim 1384 4009 611 953 157 29 171 623 3 3 661 1019 .238 .346 .419 .765 609.0 89.1
3 Years AAA 214 781 142 208 27 5 65 164 9 6 149 169 .266 .383 .563 .947 169.1  
1 Years AA 81 286 67 90 12 2 31 69 4 5 69 49 .315 .454 .696 1.150 81.6  
1 Years A 31 98 17 21 3 0 4 13 2 1 29 21 .214 .391 .367 .758 17.4  
5 Years Minors 326 1165 226 319 42 7 100 246 15 12 247 239 .274 .402 .579 .981 268.1  
162 Game Average 469 71 111 18 3 20 72 0 0 77 119 .238 .346 .419 .765 71.3  
Career Highs 143 486 91 134 30 5 27 95 1 1 98 138 .276 .386 .466 .850 84.6  
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   2157 362 531 88 18 95 365 1 1 366 547 .246 .356 .436 .791 352.1
vs LH   1852 249 422 69 11 76 258 2 2 295 472 .228 .335 .400 .735 266.3
Home 683 1997 317 500 86 19 92 340 2 1 331 485 .250 .358 .451 .809 334.5
Away 701 2012 294 453 71 10 79 283 1 2 330 534 .225 .334 .388 .722 283.9
RISP   1080 0 248 37 6 44 423 0 0 178 279 .230 .334 .397 .731 157.4
Pinch Hitting   217 32 43 6 2 9 33 0 1 42 50 .198 .330 .369 .698 29.6
Close/Late   537 82 136 13 3 24 85 0 0 101 127 .253 .370 .423 .793 90.9
Mar/Apr 223 657 94 145 24 6 20 96 0 0 119 171 .221 .340 .367 .707 91.1
May 237 711 97 161 28 5 24 87 1 1 103 187 .226 .326 .381 .707 94.0
June 223 671 106 166 22 5 29 104 2 0 107 158 .247 .349 .425 .774 106.1
July 215 618 100 147 24 5 33 107 0 0 66 164 .238 .310 .453 .763 89.7
August 246 682 109 168 26 3 38 134 0 2 123 176 .246 .364 .460 .824 118.9
Sep/Oct 239 670 105 166 33 5 27 95 0 0 143 163 .248 .382 .433 .815 118.6
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
1945 24 NYG NL C 64 60 535.7 220 21 6 0 .976 4.05 23 3 .130 6 1.9
    1B 2 0 7.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 25 NYG NL C 86 73 664.7 338 17 1 0 .997 4.81 20 7 .350 2 4.3
    1B 6 5 46.0 49 6 0 6 1.000 10.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1947 26 NYG NL C 87 57 549.7 310 20 5 1 .985 5.40 25 6 .240 1 0.6
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 27 NYG NL C 141 129 1179.0 684 39 8 2 .989 5.52 37 8 .216 3 3.1
1949 28 NYG NL C 137 130 1182.7 630 37 10 0 .985 5.08 49 11 .224 5 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 29 NYG NL C 139 131 1174.0 625 40 12 1 .982 5.10 55 15 .273 8 0.9
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 30 NYG NL 1B 10 10 102.5 129 9 1 12 .993 12.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 7 6 67.9 36 3 0 0 1.000 5.17 3 1 .333 0 0.3
  TAM AL 1B 42 42 354.5 446 30 2 43 .996 12.08 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 28 27 234.8 123 9 2 1 .985 5.06 10 2 .200 1 0.8
  TOT   1B 52 52 457.0 575 39 3 55 .995 12.09   1.3
      C 35 33 302.7 159 12 2 1 .988 5.08 13 3 .231 1 1.2
1952 31 TAM AL C 89 87 753.0 359 26 3 1 .992 4.60 39 11 .282 3 4.1
    1B 50 49 399.0 490 41 6 47 .989 11.98 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1953 32 TAM AL C 31 28 263.8 159 11 2 0 .988 5.80 10 1 .100 1 0.9
    1B 2 2 17.7 21 3 0 0 1.000 12.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  DET AL C 50 46 406.9 245 16 3 1 .989 5.77 16 1 .063 1 0.1
    1B 4 4 27.3 33 4 1 1 .974 12.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 81 74 670.7 404 27 5 1 .989 5.78 26 2 .077 2 1.0
      1B 6 6 45.0 54 7 1 1 .984 12.20   0.1
1954 33 NYG NL C 136 130 1169.7 755 49 12 0 .985 6.19 57 16 .281 4 3.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 34 BOS AL C 45 40 356.3 223 5 2 1 .991 5.76 21 2 .095 0 1.2
    1B 30 11 135.7 185 13 3 18 .985 13.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1956 35 TAM AL C 7 4 41.7 33 1 0 0 1.000 7.35 2 1 .500 1 0.3
    1B 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 3 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 36 TAM AL C 5 3 35.0 15 3 0 0 1.000 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 8.7 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1052 951 8614.7 4755 297 66 8 .987 5.28 367 85 .232 36 21.7
  1B 154 123 1111.3 1386 106 13 134 .991 12.08 0 0 .000 0 2.9
  CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1208 1075 9737.0 6144 403 79 142 .988 6.05 367 85 .232 36 24.7
Career Highs   141 136 1184.7 849 67 12 56 1.000 9.30 57 16 .500 8  
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
1947 26 NYG NL 5 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .118 .286 .118 .403
1948 27 NYG NL 12 43 7 9 2 0 4 8 0 0 9 8 .209 .340 .535 .875
1949 28 NYG NL 5 18 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .389 .450 .444 .894
1956 35 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 23 79 11 18 3 0 4 12 0 0 15 15 .228 .347 .418 .765
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.
Homeruns
1948-8-27
Walks
1949-6-98
Strikeouts
1948-2-108
1949-1-114
1950-1-138
1952-2-134
1954-2-127
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Duke Sims (932)
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  4. Johnny Romano (913)
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  6. Lance Parrish (909)
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  8. Bill Salkeld (896)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1943
Injured on 5/31/1944 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 8/30/1944 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/3/1945, off Al Gerheauser (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1945, off Al Gerheauser (PIT)
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1949, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
7/31/1950: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Joe Demaestri, CF Johnny Hopp, 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer. Going to TAM: 3B Sid Gordon, LF Hank Edwards, CF Willard Marshall, C Andy Seminick)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1953 (Going to DET: C Andy Seminick, P Bob Porterfield, CF Bill Howerton. Going to TAM: C Butch Nieman, 2B Billy Johnson, 1B Johnny Wyrostek)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 2/1/1954 (Going to NYG: C Andy Seminick. Going to DET: P Bob Schultz)
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/4/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1954, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/11/1955 to a 3-year deal worth $2,105,000 per year
Released by Boston (A) on 10/3/1955
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/6/1956 to a 4-year deal worth $400,000 per year
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1957 (Going to PIT: C Faye Throneberry, C Andy Seminick, P Scott Cary. Going to TAM: C Stan Lopata, 3B Joe Garagiola)
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/16/1957