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Josh
Devore		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 160
 
Born: November 13, 1887 in Usa, OH, MURRAY CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1913    1914    1915    1916   
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
1908 20 SLN NL     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7
1909 21 SLN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7
1910 22 SLN NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7
1911 23 SLN NL     7 7 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 8 7
1912 24 SLN NL     7 7 7 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 3 6 8 7
1913 25 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
1914 26 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 9 8
1915 27 SLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1916 28 SLN NL $ 1,450,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1917 29 BRO NL $ 1,451,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 9 8
1918 30 BRO NL $ 1,451,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 9 8
1919 31 BRO NL $ 1,451,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 9 8
1920 32 BRO NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1921 33 BRO NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6
1922 34 BRO NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 9 8
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
1908 20 A   131 472 48 100 17 2 0 27 20 10 87 202 .212 .335 .256 .591 49.1  
1909 21 AA   131 470 42 86 17 6 0 39 16 19 61 130 .183 .277 .245 .522 30.7  
1910 22 AAA   63 215 21 55 7 1 0 21 8 5 39 48 .256 .370 .298 .668 27.3  
    AA   68 241 14 51 3 1 0 15 7 4 28 68 .212 .294 .232 .526 18.0  
1911 23 AAA   129 463 66 131 9 0 0 57 25 11 90 113 .283 .400 .302 .702 67.2  
1912 24 AAA   131 491 73 141 20 3 0 47 24 15 79 99 .287 .386 .340 .726 69.3  
1913 25 SLN NL 110 423 48 128 15 8 1 60 0 7 43 53 .303 .368 .383 .751 53.4 8.6
1914 26 SLN NL 145 597 116 180 19 6 1 52 0 3 58 59 .302 .367 .358 .726 77.1 16.4
1915 27 SLN NL 146 563 62 156 13 9 1 56 2 4 55 66 .277 .342 .337 .679 63.1 12.2
1916 28 SLN NL 142 542 62 146 14 4 1 71 0 8 48 66 .269 .329 .315 .645 53.8 6.6
1917 29 SLN NL 95 351 49 109 10 2 0 46 4 8 35 32 .311 .372 .350 .723 45.1 9.3
  BRO NL 53 207 24 64 5 0 0 17 2 4 19 16 .309 .365 .333 .699 25.1 4.6
  TOT   148 558 73 173 15 2 0 63 6 12 54 48 .310 .370 .344 .714 70.2 13.9
1918 30 BRO NL 125 496 61 133 20 9 1 46 16 18 37 81 .268 .323 .351 .674 51.6 12.8
1919 31 BRO NL 135 565 87 183 20 6 1 50 25 21 42 55 .324 .370 .386 .756 75.6 16.6
1920 32 BRO NL 142 572 88 184 19 8 4 75 13 20 53 37 .322 .383 .404 .787 80.9 14.8
1921 33 BRO NL 141 524 69 137 15 3 2 67 13 14 39 62 .261 .315 .313 .628 49.7 3.1
1922 34 BRO NL 15 12 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 1.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 1249 4852 667 1423 151 55 12 544 76 107 429 531 .293 .352 .354 .707 576.4 104.9
3 Years AAA 323 1169 160 327 36 4 0 125 57 31 208 260 .280 .390 .317 .707 163.8  
2 Years AA 199 711 56 137 20 7 0 54 23 23 89 198 .193 .290 .241 .530 48.6  
1 Years A 131 472 48 100 17 2 0 27 20 10 87 202 .212 .337 .256 .593 49.1  
6 Years Minors 653 2352 264 564 73 13 0 206 100 64 384 660 .240 .350 .282 .632 261.5  
162 Game Average 629 86 184 19 7 1 70 9 13 55 68 .293 .352 .354 .707 74.8  
Career Highs 148 597 116 184 20 9 4 75 25 21 58 81 .324 .383 .404 .787 80.9  
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   3840 539 1137 124 46 10 431 61 81 346 374 .296 .357 .360 .717 473.2
vs LH   1012 128 286 27 9 2 113 15 26 83 157 .283 .336 .333 .669 108.6
Home 607 2276 305 652 71 26 6 257 33 44 194 249 .286 .344 .348 .693 263.2
Away 642 2576 362 771 80 29 6 287 43 63 235 282 .299 .360 .360 .719 318.6
RISP   1271 0 387 37 18 3 505 0 0 117 155 .304 .361 .369 .730 169.1
Pinch Hitting   22 2 6 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 .273 .304 .364 .668 1.9
Close/Late   586 79 187 22 7 3 86 0 2 57 52 .319 .378 .396 .774 85.4
Mar/Apr 138 553 88 160 6 3 3 56 10 14 49 63 .289 .350 .327 .677 62.0
May 225 871 129 298 25 11 1 94 11 25 65 101 .342 .388 .400 .788 122.5
June 215 819 111 237 32 7 0 105 13 13 80 77 .289 .357 .346 .702 98.8
July 220 844 117 245 25 10 3 119 17 13 77 98 .290 .347 .354 .701 103.8
August 225 888 105 246 29 12 3 85 12 22 65 98 .277 .329 .347 .676 94.3
Sep/Oct 225 877 117 237 34 12 2 85 13 20 93 94 .270 .343 .343 .686 100.5
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1913 25 SLN NL 1B 110 110 983.7 1113 74 25 88 .979 10.86 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1914 26 SLN NL 1B 143 143 1299.3 1533 96 19 119 .988 11.28 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 2 1 9.7 4 0 1 0 .800 3.73 2 0 .000 0 0.0
1915 27 SLN NL 1B 145 145 1305.0 1518 83 31 110 .981 11.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1916 28 SLN NL 1B 142 142 1254.3 1485 95 35 114 .978 11.34 0 0 .000 0 1.5
1917 29 SLN NL 1B 94 94 822.0 957 57 18 79 .983 11.10 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BRO NL 1B 52 52 481.4 560 33 11 46 .982 11.09 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 146 146 1303.4 1517 90 29 125 .982 11.10   1.7
      LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1918 30 BRO NL 1B 121 119 1060.7 1376 94 28 128 .981 12.47 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1919 31 BRO NL 1B 134 134 1208.7 1611 117 34 120 .981 12.87 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1920 32 BRO NL 1B 140 140 1255.3 1738 122 41 121 .978 13.34 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1921 33 BRO NL 1B 139 134 1211.0 1579 118 49 147 .972 12.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1922 34 BRO NL LF 7 0 10.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 0 7.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1222 1213 10885.4 13475 890 291 1072 .980 11.88 0 0 .000 0 9.5
  LF 9 0 16.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 2 1 9.7 4 0 1 0 .800 3.73 2 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 3 0 7.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1238 1214 10921.0 13483 892 292 1074 .980 11.85 2 0 .000 0 9.6
Career Highs   147 146 1309.0 1738 122 49 147 1.000 13.34 2 0 .000 0  
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
1913 25 SLN NL 4 19 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .316 .316 .368 .684
1914 26 SLN NL 5 18 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .250 .222 .472
1915 27 SLN NL 5 18 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 .222 .333 .333 .667
1916 28 SLN NL 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 18 67 10 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 6 .224 .264 .269 .533
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
1917-6-.310
1919-7-.324
1920-8-.322
 On-Base Pct
1920-9-.383
 XR
1919-7-75.6
 Games
1915-9-146
1917-6-148
1919-4-135
1921-6-141
 At-Bats
1914-4-597
1915-7-563
1919-1-565
1920-7-572
 Runs
1914-2-116
1919-5-87
1920-10-88
Hits
1914-7-180
1917-8-173
1919-3-183
1920-4-184
 Total Bases
1919-7-218
 Singles
1914-4-154
1915-7-133
1917-2-156
1919-1-156
1920-1-153
 Caught Stealing
1919-7-21
1920-9-20
 Strikeouts
1918-5-81
1921-6-62
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  3. Ham Hyatt (901)
  4. Max Flack (899)
  5. Frank Isbell (897)
  6. Doc Miller (895)
  7. Del Howard (895)
  8. Jim Jackson (894)
  9. Bill Mellor (892)
  10. Kitty Bransfield (890)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1908
Hit first career homerun on 7/28/1913, off Phil Douglas (NY1)
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1913
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1915
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
7/16/1916: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $1,451,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Brooklyn on 7/31/1917 (Going to SLN: 1B Vic Saier, P Chief Chouneau. Going to BRO: 1B Josh Devore)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Chicago (N) on 7/14/1919
10/4/1919: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/9/1920, hitting .706 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/30/1920, hitting .552 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
 
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