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Hal
Trosky		  
Nickname: Hoot
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 217
 
Born: November 11, 1912 in Usa, IA, NORWAY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1935    1936    1937    1938    1939    1940   
All-Star Selections 1936    1937    1938   
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
1933 20 BOS AL     7 7 7 6 7 6 8 9 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1934 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1935 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1936 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 9 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1937 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 9
1938 25 BOS AL $ 3,907,143   9 9 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1939 26 BOS AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 9
1940 27 BOS AL $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1941 28 TAM AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1942 29 TAM AL $ 7,000,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 4 9 9 9
1943 30 TAM AL $ 7,000,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 31 TAM AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1945 32 CLE AL $ 4,350,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1946 33 OAK AL $ 4,350,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1947 34 OAK AL $ 4,350,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 10 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
1933 20 AAA   137 527 100 173 37 7 30 130 10 7 81 41 .328 .418 .596 1.014 119.7  
1934 21 BOS AL 99 308 60 95 22 5 11 65 2 0 41 14 .308 .390 .519 .909 57.3 9.8
    AAA   37 141 25 53 13 1 8 32 6 7 22 10 .376 .460 .652 1.113 35.3  
1935 22 BOS AL 152 550 86 159 28 6 19 106 1 3 51 27 .289 .344 .465 .810 83.7 12.4
1936 23 BOS AL 157 565 123 172 45 8 21 114 3 1 69 26 .304 .376 .524 .900 101.9 20.8
1937 24 BOS AL 154 584 94 190 40 5 19 109 3 3 54 25 .325 .380 .509 .888 98.4 19.8
1938 25 BOS AL 154 599 118 205 45 7 23 130 2 1 60 37 .342 .401 .556 .957 118.4 28.4
1939 26 BOS AL 156 600 109 185 50 6 23 126 1 1 52 19 .308 .359 .527 .886 103.7 20.6
1940 27 BOS AL 158 583 98 176 46 12 22 134 0 0 51 28 .302 .352 .535 .888 99.9 22.8
1941 28 TAM AL 133 437 69 140 34 9 9 77 0 0 58 28 .320 .399 .501 .900 77.1 17.0
1942 29 TAM AL 150 550 90 168 32 5 21 105 0 0 58 31 .305 .366 .496 .862 93.2 19.7
1943 30 TAM AL 154 596 97 174 34 4 25 116 0 0 77 46 .292 .366 .488 .854 103.0 17.0
1944 31 TAM AL 142 589 79 172 29 3 20 110 0 0 42 50 .292 .338 .453 .791 81.6 12.0
1945 32 CLE AL 142 392 38 88 26 2 4 60 1 0 32 44 .224 .279 .332 .611 35.0 1.9
1946 33 OAK AL 100 249 19 66 12 2 4 30 0 1 14 18 .265 .300 .378 .677 27.2 2.4
1947 34 OAK AL 136 441 65 129 28 2 13 65 2 0 36 44 .293 .344 .454 .797 65.9 13.6
14 Years Sim 1987 7043 1145 2119 471 76 234 1347 15 10 695 437 .301 .360 .489 .849 1146.3 218.3
2 Years AAA 174 668 125 226 50 8 38 162 16 14 103 51 .338 .423 .608 1.031 155.0  
162 Game Average 574 93 172 38 6 19 109 1 0 56 35 .301 .360 .489 .849 93.5  
Career Highs 158 600 123 205 50 12 25 134 3 3 77 50 .342 .401 .556 .957 118.4  
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   5161 853 1593 356 60 177 1015 12 9 513 303 .309 .367 .504 .871 904.8
vs LH   1882 292 526 115 16 57 332 3 1 182 134 .279 .340 .448 .788 282.4
Home 997 3437 553 1020 217 30 100 649 8 6 349 219 .297 .357 .465 .822 554.1
Away 990 3606 592 1099 254 46 134 698 7 4 346 218 .305 .363 .512 .875 633.1
RISP   2148 0 666 142 23 71 1044 0 0 294 140 .310 .378 .497 .875 401.1
Pinch Hitting   236 34 64 16 2 4 55 0 1 29 16 .271 .346 .407 .752 33.4
Close/Late   859 141 274 57 9 27 152 0 0 123 36 .319 .399 .501 .900 165.4
Mar/Apr 302 1073 165 316 72 10 35 204 1 4 102 56 .295 .352 .478 .830 173.0
May 340 1243 178 370 86 17 41 247 3 2 124 86 .298 .356 .493 .849 209.9
June 349 1244 208 382 88 13 41 222 2 1 120 76 .307 .364 .498 .862 214.0
July 324 1158 206 336 61 5 44 210 4 0 116 77 .290 .351 .465 .817 186.7
August 350 1258 210 402 98 18 41 280 2 1 119 67 .320 .376 .524 .900 229.1
Sep/Oct 322 1067 178 313 66 13 32 184 3 2 114 75 .293 .358 .470 .828 174.4
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
1934 21 BOS AL 1B 88 74 672.7 906 66 1 75 .999 13.01 0 0 .000 0 1.7
1935 22 BOS AL 1B 148 137 1245.7 1701 149 18 173 .990 13.37 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1936 23 BOS AL 1B 153 145 1297.7 1789 126 11 160 .994 13.28 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1937 24 BOS AL 1B 151 145 1305.7 1794 151 12 170 .994 13.41 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1938 25 BOS AL 1B 152 148 1323.0 1776 137 12 173 .994 13.01 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1939 26 BOS AL 1B 152 147 1321.7 1831 122 8 178 .996 13.30 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1940 27 BOS AL 1B 156 145 1291.3 1825 142 15 178 .992 13.71 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1941 28 TAM AL 1B 116 101 934.7 1112 78 7 114 .994 11.46 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    C 1 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1942 29 TAM AL 1B 144 130 1201.3 1441 106 14 123 .991 11.59 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1943 30 TAM AL 1B 154 151 1368.7 1585 120 12 141 .993 11.21 0 0 .000 0 4.5
1944 31 TAM AL 1B 141 137 1254.7 1547 114 8 141 .995 11.91 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1945 32 CLE AL 1B 117 88 800.0 954 71 8 91 .992 11.53 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1946 33 OAK AL 1B 71 53 498.0 575 54 3 64 .995 11.37 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1947 34 OAK AL 1B 119 106 958.7 1130 81 9 113 .993 11.37 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  1B 1862 1707 15473.6 19966 1517 138 1894 .994 12.50 0 0 .000 0 35.5
  C 1 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1863 1707 15477.6 19968 1518 139 1894 .994 12.49 0 0 .000 1 35.5
Career Highs   156 151 1368.7 1831 151 18 178 .999 13.71 0 0 .000 1  
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
1934 21 BOS AL 13 40 10 11 4 0 2 10 0 0 9 4 .275 .400 .525 .925
1935 22 BOS AL 7 31 2 8 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 .258 .250 .419 .669
1936 23 BOS AL 11 43 5 10 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 2 .233 .277 .326 .602
1937 24 BOS AL 14 56 9 21 5 0 3 13 0 1 3 1 .375 .400 .625 1.025
1942 29 TAM AL 7 25 4 10 3 0 2 7 0 0 2 0 .400 .429 .760 1.189
1944 31 TAM AL 14 57 8 14 2 0 2 5 0 0 6 4 .246 .317 .386 .703
Career Post-Season Batting 66 252 38 74 21 1 9 47 1 1 22 12 .294 .346 .492 .838
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
1937-7-.325
1938-3-.342
 On-Base Pct
1938-6-.401
1941-8-.394*
 Slugging Pct
1936-7-.524
1937-8-.509
1938-4-.556
1939-7-.527
1940-4-.535
1942-10-.496
1943-8-.488
 OPS
1936-7-.900
1938-3-.957
1939-8-.886
1940-8-.888
1941-8-.889*
1942-10-.862
 XR
1936-9-101.9
1938-3-118.4
1939-6-103.7
1940-9-99.9
1943-8-103.0
 Games
1936-5-157
1939-6-156
1940-1-158
At-Bats
1938-6-599
1939-6-600
1940-8-583
1943-7-596
1944-9-589
 Runs
1936-3-123
1938-6-118
1939-4-109
 Hits
1937-6-190
1938-1-205
1939-5-185
1940-9-176
 Total Bases
1936-10-296
1937-6-297
1938-2-333
1939-3-316
1940-3-312
1943-6-291
 Singles
1937-10-126
1938-8-130
 Doubles
1936-6-45
1938-5-45
1939-4-50
1940-4-46
CAR-46-471
Triples
1940-1-12
1941-5-9
CAR-49-76
 Homeruns
1935-6-19
1936-7-21
1938-7-23
1939-8-23
1940-9-22
1942-9-21
1943-6-25
1944-10-20
 RBIs
1935-5-106
1936-5-114
1937-5-109
1938-2-130
1939-1-126
1940-1-134
1942-6-105
1943-4-116
1944-5-110
 Caught Stealing
1937-7-3
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 136    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Bob Nieman (848)
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  8. Fred Lynn (842)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1933
Had first career hit on 5/16/1934, off Bump Hadley (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1934, off Charley Root (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1935, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1935, hitting .411 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1935
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1936
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1937, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1937, hitting .384 with 5 HR, 26 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1937, hitting .464 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1937, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Cleveland on 5/30/1938
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1938, hitting .439 with 6 HR, 33 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1938, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
7/31/1938: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $7,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1938
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1939
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1940, hitting .379 with 4 HR, 27 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1940, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 15 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1940
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1941 (Going to TAM: 1B Hal Trosky. Going to BOS: P Virgil Trucks)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1942, hitting .423 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1942, hitting .318 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1943, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1943, hitting .337 with 6 HR, 31 RBI
Injured on 4/15/1944 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1944, hitting .343 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
9/1/1944: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,350,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 3/3/1945 (Going to CLE: 1B Hal Trosky, 3B Frankie Crosetti, P Hi Bithorn. Going to TAM: 1B Johnny Mize)
Drove in 9 runs against Detroit on 8/24/1945
Traded from Cleveland to Oakland on 2/1/1946 (Going to OAK: 1B Hal Trosky, P George Jeffcoat, SS Al Cuccinello. Going to CLE: 1B Gene Hasson, CF Jose Zardon)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/21/1947, off Butch Wensloff (BSN)
 
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