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Bill
Mazeroski		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 183
 
Born: September 5, 1936 in Usa, WV, WHEELING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1962   
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
1956 19 MON NL     4 4 5 4 3 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 8
1957 20 MON NL     5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 8
1958 21 MON NL     5 5 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 8
1959 22 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 6 3 2 3 9 8 9
1960 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 9 8 9
1961 24 MON NL     5 5 6 4 3 3 7 6 6 3 2 2 9 8 8
1962 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 7 6 6 3 2 2 9 9 9
1963 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 2 2 9 9 9
1964 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 2 2 9 8 8
1965 28 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 6 5 6 3 2 2 9 8 9
1966 29 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 2 2 9 9 9
1967 30 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 2 2 9 9 9
1968 31 WAS NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 2 2 8 8 8
1969 32 WAS NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 2 2 9 8 8
1970 33 WAS NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 3 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 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
1956 19 AA   108 420 47 108 12 2 14 63 2 3 28 41 .257 .304 .395 .699 49.8  
1957 20 AAA   81 281 30 72 10 2 5 29 1 3 19 28 .256 .303 .359 .663 29.6  
    AA   54 216 27 66 11 2 6 29 0 3 18 18 .306 .359 .458 .817 32.9  
1958 21 AAA   107 396 50 127 19 3 13 51 2 9 21 36 .321 .355 .482 .837 60.3  
1959 22 AAA   135 520 68 137 25 2 23 80 7 5 36 43 .263 .311 .452 .763 71.8  
1960 23 MON NL 16 36 3 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 4 .306 .297 .389 .686 3.4 0.2
    AAA   83 328 43 91 13 0 12 37 4 5 19 32 .277 .317 .427 .744 42.5  
1961 24 AAA   135 560 65 156 25 4 13 41 3 7 34 64 .279 .320 .407 .727 69.0  
1962 25 TOR AL 144 577 77 154 34 4 7 42 0 0 14 46 .267 .283 .376 .659 55.6 8.8
1963 26 TOR AL 154 557 52 145 31 4 11 54 2 3 31 33 .260 .299 .390 .688 57.0 9.4
1964 27 TOR AL 118 410 26 92 21 1 5 39 1 2 16 32 .224 .253 .317 .570 28.2 1.9
1965 28 TOR AL 157 601 61 150 30 5 5 44 4 7 31 56 .250 .286 .341 .627 51.3 6.5
1966 29 TOR AL 147 475 33 118 28 1 4 48 1 1 9 43 .248 .263 .337 .600 36.0 2.8
1967 30 TOR AL 81 167 25 39 7 2 1 9 2 1 11 12 .234 .279 .317 .597 13.5 0.8
1968 31 AAA   137 541 66 163 29 3 18 75 7 8 31 42 .301 .339 .466 .805 79.4  
1969 32 AAA   132 491 55 127 18 3 11 55 5 5 25 38 .259 .295 .375 .669 52.3  
1970 33 AAA   137 530 60 145 26 3 7 48 5 9 33 45 .274 .316 .374 .690 58.7  
7 Years Sim 817 2823 277 709 151 17 34 243 10 14 112 226 .251 .279 .353 .632 245.0 30.3
8 Years AAA 947 3647 437 1018 165 20 102 416 34 51 218 328 .279 .319 .419 .739 463.5  
2 Years AA 162 636 74 174 23 4 20 92 2 6 46 59 .274 .322 .417 .738 82.7  
10 Years Minors 1109 4283 511 1192 188 24 122 508 36 57 264 387 .278 .320 .419 .739 546.3  
162 Game Average 559 54 140 29 3 6 48 1 2 22 44 .251 .279 .353 .632 48.6  
Career Highs 157 601 77 154 34 5 11 54 4 7 31 56 .306 .299 .390 .688 57.0  
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   1904 186 474 99 15 27 171 7 13 76 162 .249 .277 .359 .637 177.9
vs LH   919 91 235 52 2 7 72 3 1 36 64 .256 .283 .339 .622 83.4
Home 410 1423 132 346 92 10 12 130 5 6 51 103 .243 .269 .347 .616 122.8
Away 407 1400 145 363 59 7 22 113 5 8 61 123 .259 .290 .359 .648 138.5
RISP   517 0 126 26 0 7 183 0 0 28 43 .244 .279 .335 .614 47.3
Pinch Hitting   60 8 16 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .333 .600 4.8
Close/Late   358 27 79 8 0 4 28 0 0 14 33 .221 .251 .277 .527 23.0
Mar/Apr 138 487 41 118 27 4 6 42 0 2 24 44 .242 .278 .351 .629 44.8
May 141 493 55 131 32 5 7 45 2 2 16 43 .266 .287 .394 .681 52.2
June 135 455 50 103 27 2 5 44 4 0 13 40 .226 .249 .327 .577 34.6
July 135 461 42 120 21 3 6 38 1 4 23 36 .260 .294 .358 .652 45.9
August 146 536 56 147 26 2 8 53 3 5 18 36 .274 .297 .375 .672 55.5
Sep/Oct 122 391 33 90 18 1 2 21 0 1 18 27 .230 .263 .297 .559 28.3
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
1960 23 MON NL 2B 13 11 87.3 22 35 0 4 1.000 5.87   0.5
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 25 TOR AL 2B 142 138 1214.0 290 605 9 112 .990 6.64   6.6
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1963 26 TOR AL 3B 96 94 810.7 51 232 7 25 .976 3.14   4.1
    2B 51 49 433.0 117 188 6 37 .981 6.34   0.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1964 27 TOR AL 2B 116 114 980.7 225 433 10 82 .985 6.04   3.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 28 TOR AL 2B 147 145 1295.7 299 507 11 112 .987 5.60   7.9
    1B 4 0 13.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 6.23   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 29 TOR AL SS 73 67 584.0 96 207 5 41 .984 4.67   3.1
    1B 66 63 549.7 589 47 8 45 .988 10.41   1.5
    3B 2 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1967 30 TOR AL SS 24 20 177.0 44 72 4 16 .967 5.90   1.4
    2B 17 10 100.7 17 36 1 12 .981 4.74   0.4
    3B 16 3 49.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.1
    1B 10 3 41.0 41 2 0 2 1.000 9.44   0.1
  2B 486 467 4111.3 970 1804 37 359 .987 6.07   19.6
  3B 118 97 872.3 53 239 7 25 .977 3.01   4.2
  SS 102 87 767.0 140 281 9 57 .979 4.94   4.5
  1B 80 66 603.7 639 49 8 48 .989 10.26   1.7
Career Totals   786 717 6354.3 1802 2373 61 489 .986 5.91   30.0
Career Highs   153 145 1311.7 685 606 13 113 1.000 7.43    
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
1959 22 MON NL 5 17 1 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .176 .167 .412 .578
Career Post-Season Batting 5 17 1 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .176 .167 .412 .578
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.
Games
1965-5-157
 At-Bats
1965-3-601
 Doubles
1962-8-34
1963-9-31
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Ed Brinkman (963)
  2. Damon Phillips (961)
  3. Chuck Harrison (957)
  4. Roy McMillan (955)
  5. Tom Foley (953)
  6. Jerry Adair (951)
  7. Ron Oester (948)
  8. Bucky Dent (948)
  9. Otto Miller (945)
  10. Phil Garner (940)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 6/15/1956 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1956 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/24/1957 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/4/1958 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/13/1960, off Jim Kaat (SDP)
Injured on 7/22/1962 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1962
Injured on 6/7/1964 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1964 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 4/2/1968 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/26/1969 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 6/2/1970 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
 
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