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Sam Calderone	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 195   Born: February 6, 1926 in Usa, NJ, BEVERLY

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1963

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1950	24	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1951	25	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1952	26	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1953	27	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1954	28	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1955	29	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1956	30	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1957	31	PIT	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1958	32	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1959	33	SDP	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1960	34	SDP	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1961	35	SDP	NL	$ 410,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1962	36	WAS	NL	$ 330,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1963	37	MON	NL	$ 330,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1964	38	MON	NL	$ 330,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 410,000	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
1950	24	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	6	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
1951	25	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
1952	26	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
1953	27	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	8	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
1954	28	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	8	2	2	2	5	4	4	2	2	2	9	9	9
1955	29	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1956	30	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1957	31	PIT	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1958	32	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1959	33	SDP	NL	$ 410,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1960	34	SDP	NL	$ 410,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9
1961	35	SDP	NL	$ 410,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	8	9
1962	36	WAS	NL	$ 330,000				6	6	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	8	8
1963	37	MON	NL	$ 330,000				6	6	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	8	8
1964	38	MON	NL	$ 330,000				6	6	7	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	8	8	8
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				5	5	6	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	8	8
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 410,000				7	7	8	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	9	9	9

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
1960	34	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	1	2	2	5.40	.167	.250	.389	.639	0.0
1 Years Sim				0	1	.000	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	1	2	2	5.40	.167	.250	.389	.639	0.0

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										2	3	1	2	2		.200	.333	.600	.933
vs LH										1	0	0	0	0		.125	.125	.125	.250
Home	0	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	3	1	2	2	6.75	.143	.250	.429	.679
Away	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500
June	0	1	.000	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	1	2	2	5.40	.167	.250	.389	.639

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
1950	24	PIT	NL	38	130	11	34	3	1	1	12	1	0	5	11	.262	.289	.323	.612	11.3	0.6
		AAA		81	302	38	79	13	0	3	39	2	0	28	15	.262	.324	.334	.659	33.7
1951	25	PIT	NL	36	112	17	31	6	1	1	13	0	0	3	5	.277	.291	.375	.666	11.6	0.9
1952	26	PIT	NL	28	42	2	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.214	.277	.238	.515	3.5	0.0
1953	27	PIT	NL	20	21	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.364	.381	.745	2.4	0.4
1954	28	PIT	NL	34	94	11	25	3	1	1	14	0	0	2	2	.266	.278	.351	.629	7.7	0.3
1955	29	PIT	NL	60	182	21	67	11	0	1	24	0	0	9	7	.368	.394	.445	.839	29.6	6.7
1956	30	PIT	NL	82	162	18	38	7	0	0	16	0	0	8	9	.235	.269	.278	.547	11.4	0.1
1957	31	PIT	NL	62	105	11	30	4	1	1	13	0	0	4	7	.286	.312	.371	.683	7.9	0.5
1958	32	SDP	NL	75	250	26	78	9	0	2	30	1	0	10	16	.312	.335	.372	.707	29.4	4.7
1959	33	SDP	NL	90	154	12	38	9	1	4	17	0	0	6	15	.247	.273	.396	.669	15.9	1.8
1960	34	SDP	NL	60	72	4	16	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	10	.222	.240	.250	.490	3.3	0.0
		AAA		54	214	24	65	8	0	1	20	0	1	16	24	.304	.352	.355	.707	26.0
1961	35	SDP	NL	80	126	9	38	5	0	0	20	0	0	3	9	.302	.318	.341	.659	8.7	0.9
1962	36	WAS	NL	79	169	19	57	10	2	2	17	0	0	5	10	.337	.354	.456	.810	22.8	6.1
1963	37	MON	NL	72	211	17	64	7	1	0	36	0	0	9	15	.303	.329	.346	.675	19.9	2.8
1964	38	MON	NL	58	180	23	50	6	0	2	15	0	0	7	12	.278	.305	.344	.649	15.9	2.0
15 Years Sim				874	2010	203	582	84	8	15	235	2	0	78	131	.290	.314	.362	.676	201.0	27.9
2 Years AAA				135	516	62	144	21	0	4	59	2	1	44	39	.279	.333	.343	.676	59.7
162 Game Average					372	37	107	15	1	2	43	0	0	14	24	.290	.314	.362	.676	37.3
Career Highs				90	250	26	78	11	2	4	36	1	0	10	16	.368	.394	.456	.839	29.6

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		871	97	229	34	6	11	104	0	0	33	59	.263	.287	.354	.641	85.1
vs LH		1139	106	353	50	2	4	131	2	0	45	72	.310	.334	.368	.702	132.5
Home	429	970	97	289	42	4	7	111	0	0	38	61	.298	.323	.371	.694	110.0
Away	445	1040	106	293	42	4	8	124	2	0	40	70	.282	.306	.353	.658	107.7
RISP		507	0	159	23	0	6	211	0	0	25	32	.314	.336	.394	.731	65.3
Pinch Hitting		417	42	130	17	2	3	56	0	0	14	20	.312	.332	.384	.715	49.8
Close/Late		328	23	97	13	2	4	39	0	0	13	21	.296	.320	.384	.704	38.4
Mar/Apr	128	252	15	74	11	3	1	33	0	0	10	16	.294	.321	.373	.694	28.3
May	156	350	41	104	17	1	5	39	0	0	11	19	.297	.319	.394	.713	41.1
June	146	332	42	103	13	2	0	34	0	0	16	22	.310	.339	.361	.700	38.9
July	137	365	45	97	11	2	3	41	0	0	12	25	.266	.288	.332	.620	33.2
August	155	363	26	105	19	0	2	46	1	0	10	32	.289	.302	.358	.660	37.4
Sep/Oct	152	348	34	99	13	0	4	42	1	0	19	17	.284	.319	.356	.675	38.9

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
1950	24	PIT	NL	C	36	35	288.3	141	8	0	0	1.000	4.65	10	3	.300	1	1.9
1951	25	PIT	NL	C	27	26	224.0	104	14	1	0	.992	4.74	17	9	.529	0	0.8
1952	26	PIT	NL	C	9	6	60.0	28	2	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1953	27	PIT	NL	C	4	1	13.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	7.62	2	1	.500	0	0.1
1954	28	PIT	NL	C	23	22	186.3	91	7	0	0	1.000	4.73	12	3	.250	0	0.8
1955	29	PIT	NL	C	40	39	329.0	160	14	2	0	.989	4.76	13	5	.385	0	0.7
1956	30	PIT	NL	C	31	29	260.0	108	3	0	0	1.000	3.84	3	1	.333	0	0.3
1957	31	PIT	NL	C	19	17	147.7	72	3	1	0	.987	4.57	2	1	.500	0	0.5
				SS	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1958	32	SDP	NL	C	63	62	516.0	372	13	1	0	.997	6.72	6	4	.667	1	3.7
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1959	33	SDP	NL	C	25	21	191.3	117	5	0	0	1.000	5.74	8	1	.125	0	0.9
				RF	1	0	8.7	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.08	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				LF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
1960	34	SDP	NL	C	8	7	53.0	24	0	0	0	1.000	4.08	0	0	.000	0	0.2
				P	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1961	35	SDP	NL	C	19	18	148.0	93	1	2	0	.979	5.72	5	0	.000	1	0.6
				LF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0
				RF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1962	36	WAS	NL	C	35	34	295.3	216	15	3	0	.987	7.04	14	4	.286	0	0.0
1963	37	MON	NL	C	54	52	470.0	389	27	1	1	.998	7.97	36	13	.361	2	3.0
1964	38	MON	NL	C	49	47	418.7	302	22	1	0	.997	6.97	24	10	.417	0	2.8
				C	442	416	3600.6	2227	135	12	1	.995	5.90	152	55	.362	5	16.6
				RF	2	0	10.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.53	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				SS	4	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				P	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				LF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25	0	0	.000	0
				3B	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
Career Totals					455	416	3629.3	2232	137	12	2	.995	5.87	152	55	.362	5	16.7
Career Highs					64	62	517.0	389	27	3	1	1.000	7.97	36	13	.667	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
1952	26	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1954	28	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1955	29	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1956	30	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1963	37	MON	NL	8	22	3	12	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	3	.545	.583	.818	1.402
Career Post-Season Batting				18	32	3	12	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	4	.375	.412	.563	.974

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1950

Had first career hit (triple) on 7/4/1950, off Earl Johnson (MON)

Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1950, off Hal Newhouser (BSN)

Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952

4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh

4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh

Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/5/1954

4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh

4/2/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh

3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh

Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Bill Connelly. Going to SDP: C Sam Calderone, RF Gus Zernial, P Jack Harshman, CF Sam Mele)

10/13/1958: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $410,000 per year, for 3 years

Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/3/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $330,000 per year

Traded from Washington to Montreal on 3/3/1963 (Going to MON: C Sam Calderone. Going to WAS: 2B Pedro Gonzalez)

Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963

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