Babe
Borton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: August 14, 1888 in Usa, IL, MARION
 
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
1912 23 CHN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 3 7 8 8
1913 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 3 8 8 8
1914 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 3 3 8 9 8
1915 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 8 9 9
1916 27 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 3 3 8 9 9
1917 28 CHN NL $ 350,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 3 3 9 9 9
1918 29 CHN NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
1919 30 CHN NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
1920 31 NYA AL $ 350,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 8
1921 32 NYA AL $ 350,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 8
1922 33 NYA AL $ 350,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 7 8 8
1923 34 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1912 23 AA   103 209 34 54 8 1 5 23 8 4 41 21 .258 .380 .378 .758 33.2  
1913 24 CHN NL 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.5 0.0
    AAA   108 248 33 68 8 0 4 28 5 4 30 38 .274 .353 .355 .707 32.1  
1915 26 CHN NL 24 70 7 18 4 0 0 6 2 3 8 9 .257 .329 .314 .643 7.9 1.2
1916 27 CHN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0
1917 28 CHN NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.4 0.0
1918 29 CHN NL 15 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .294 .250 .544 0.9 0.0
1919 30 CHN NL 18 33 8 13 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 4 .394 .444 .515 .960 6.8 2.1
1920 31 NYA AL 40 78 8 25 3 2 0 10 1 2 9 8 .321 .391 .410 .801 10.9 1.8
1921 32 NYA AL 62 90 10 19 2 0 0 11 0 0 8 10 .211 .275 .233 .508 5.8 0.0
1922 33 NYA AL 16 22 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .136 .208 .182 .390 0.0 0.0
1923 34 AAA   120 514 83 172 21 2 10 73 17 11 41 32 .335 .384 .442 .825 81.7  
9 Years Sim 190 318 42 83 11 2 1 32 6 7 32 36 .261 .328 .318 .645 33.4 5.1
2 Years AAA 228 762 116 240 29 2 14 101 22 15 71 70 .315 .371 .413 .785 113.8  
1 Years AA 103 209 34 54 8 1 5 23 8 4 41 21 .258 .375 .378 .753 33.2  
3 Years Minors 331 971 150 294 37 3 19 124 30 19 112 91 .303 .372 .406 .778 147.0  
162 Game Average 271 35 70 9 1 0 27 5 5 27 30 .261 .328 .318 .645 28.5  
Career Highs 62 90 10 25 4 2 1 11 2 3 9 10 .394 .500 .515 .960 10.9  
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   296 38 79 9 2 1 29 6 6 32 35 .267 .337 .321 .658 32.7
vs LH   22 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455 0.4
Home 97 161 18 41 6 1 0 14 2 2 16 19 .255 .322 .304 .627 16.0
Away 92 157 24 42 5 1 1 18 4 5 16 17 .268 .333 .331 .665 17.1
RISP   91 0 23 3 0 0 29 0 0 7 7 .253 .291 .286 .577 8.0
Pinch Hitting   88 9 20 1 0 0 12 1 1 9 7 .227 .304 .239 .543 6.6
Close/Late   68 9 16 2 0 0 8 0 0 7 8 .235 .316 .265 .580 5.8
Mar/Apr 12 14 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .188 .214 .402 0.1
May 23 37 4 8 0 0 1 5 0 2 5 6 .216 .310 .297 .607 3.2
June 35 63 10 17 2 0 0 5 1 1 8 7 .270 .347 .302 .649 7.1
July 30 44 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 6 .205 .288 .227 .516 3.4
August 39 71 12 21 2 2 0 7 1 2 6 9 .296 .346 .380 .726 8.8
Sep/Oct 42 89 10 26 5 0 0 9 3 2 7 7 .292 .351 .348 .699 10.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1913 24 CHN NL 1B 1 1 9.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 14.00   0.0
1915 26 CHN NL 1B 22 22 187.0 251 29 0 15 1.000 13.48   0.2
1918 29 CHN NL 1B 4 2 18.3 26 2 0 5 1.000 13.75   0.0
1919 30 CHN NL 1B 7 5 54.0 74 10 0 7 1.000 14.00   0.1
1920 31 NYA AL 1B 17 17 152.0 218 18 1 18 .996 13.97   0.4
1921 32 NYA AL 1B 16 15 128.0 177 18 2 13 .990 13.71   0.3
1922 33 NYA AL 1B 9 5 43.7 59 2 1 6 .984 12.57   0.1
Career Totals   76 67 592.0 818 80 4 64 .996 13.65   1.3
Career Highs   22 22 187.0 251 29 2 18 1.000 14.00    
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  1. Dolly Gray (987)
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  5. Jake Miller (971)
  6. William Marriott (965)
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  8. Bill Sherdel (955)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 49th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1912
Had first career hit on 9/25/1913, off Hub Knolls (PIT)
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1919, off Jesse Barnes (NY1)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/27/1920 to a 4-year deal worth $350,000 per year