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Ira
Flagstead		  
Nickname: Pete
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 22, 1893 in Usa, MI, MONTAGUE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1917   
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
1917 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 1 1 8 6 7 5 4 4 9 8 8
1918 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 1 1 9 7 7 5 4 4 9 8 8
1919 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 1 1 9 7 8 5 4 5 10 9 9
1920 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 1 1 9 7 8 5 4 4 10 9 9
1921 27 BOS AL $ 1,307,143   7 7 8 2 1 1 9 7 8 5 4 4 10 9 9
1922 28 BOS AL $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 2 1 1 10 8 8 5 4 4 10 9 9
1923 29 BOS AL $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 2 1 2 10 8 9 5 4 4 10 9 9
1924 30 BOS AL $ 1,520,000   7 7 7 3 2 2 10 8 9 5 4 4 10 9 9
1925 31 BOS AL $ 1,520,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 10 8 8 5 4 4 10 9 10
1926 32 BOS AL $ 1,842,000   7 7 7 2 1 1 9 8 8 4 3 4 10 10 10
1927 33 BOS AL $ 1,842,000   6 6 7 2 1 2 9 8 8 4 3 4 10 9 10
1928 34 BOS AL $ 1,842,000   6 6 6 2 1 1 9 8 8 4 3 4 10 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 1 1 8 6 7 4 3 4 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,842,000   8 8 8 3 2 2 10 8 9 5 4 5 10 10 10
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
1917 23 NYA AL 124 488 58 133 18 6 0 36 10 10 33 51 .273 .320 .334 .654 48.9 7.0
    AAA   1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
1918 24 NYA AL 119 397 41 114 8 3 5 52 7 7 33 36 .287 .339 .360 .699 47.3 11.6
1919 25 NYA AL 75 279 33 82 12 5 0 33 4 1 25 32 .294 .355 .373 .728 36.3 8.3
  BOS AL 54 180 33 57 7 4 1 32 2 1 18 8 .317 .381 .417 .798 27.5 6.4
  TOT   129 459 66 139 19 9 1 65 6 2 43 40 .303 .365 .390 .755 63.8 14.7
1920 26 BOS AL 65 227 36 75 12 3 1 37 1 3 18 8 .330 .378 .423 .800 31.4 6.1
1921 27 BOS AL 137 517 69 164 35 5 1 60 0 1 27 28 .317 .355 .410 .765 69.0 10.7
1922 28 BOS AL 119 392 52 113 22 9 0 46 0 1 28 12 .288 .340 .390 .730 49.7 7.8
1923 29 AAA   131 508 81 161 36 5 2 66 15 8 73 22 .317 .403 .419 .822 84.6  
1924 30 BOS AL 59 114 20 29 7 1 0 19 0 0 9 3 .254 .304 .333 .637 10.5 0.8
1925 31 BOS AL 151 497 72 140 30 6 3 70 5 1 36 21 .282 .335 .384 .719 63.8 9.3
1926 32 BOS AL 149 507 71 163 35 9 2 71 0 0 25 8 .321 .365 .438 .803 75.8 15.5
1927 33 BOS AL 102 326 39 85 16 4 1 49 0 1 23 4 .261 .311 .344 .654 33.5 3.6
1928 34 BOS AL 37 39 11 12 6 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 .308 .372 .462 .834 5.6 1.1
11 Years Sim 1191 3963 535 1167 208 55 14 509 29 26 279 211 .294 .344 .385 .729 499.2 88.3
2 Years AAA 132 512 81 162 36 5 2 66 15 8 73 22 .316 .402 .418 .820 84.9  
162 Game Average 539 72 158 28 7 1 69 3 3 37 28 .294 .344 .385 .729 67.9  
Career Highs 151 517 72 164 35 9 5 71 10 10 43 51 .330 .378 .462 .834 75.8  
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   2464 322 697 120 33 9 305 19 15 155 154 .283 .328 .369 .698 282.9
vs LH   1499 213 470 88 22 5 204 10 11 124 57 .314 .369 .412 .780 212.6
Home 586 1942 286 582 119 32 9 258 14 9 126 107 .300 .347 .408 .755 254.8
Away 605 2021 249 585 89 23 5 251 15 17 153 104 .289 .341 .364 .705 240.6
RISP   1087 0 302 58 15 5 444 0 0 94 58 .278 .332 .373 .704 133.2
Pinch Hitting   78 8 21 7 0 1 14 0 1 2 5 .269 .288 .397 .685 7.9
Close/Late   441 67 129 21 12 2 60 0 0 28 28 .293 .337 .408 .745 57.0
Mar/Apr 125 382 54 110 18 3 1 45 3 6 29 22 .288 .339 .359 .698 43.9
May 221 724 89 216 27 13 0 92 10 3 39 43 .298 .336 .372 .708 86.3
June 202 676 87 184 35 11 4 76 6 2 38 49 .272 .313 .374 .687 75.5
July 218 728 104 216 46 7 2 97 3 7 59 29 .297 .353 .387 .740 93.0
August 227 781 102 222 46 12 4 98 4 3 51 39 .284 .332 .389 .721 94.8
Sep/Oct 193 672 98 219 36 9 3 101 3 5 63 29 .326 .389 .420 .808 102.0
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
1917 23 NYA AL CF 119 119 1062.3 310 11 11 2 .967 2.72   4.1
1918 24 NYA AL RF 57 48 439.0 116 4 4 1 .968 2.46   2.7
    CF 38 38 344.0 104 4 1 1 .991 2.83    
    LF 6 6 52.3 13 0 1 0 .929 2.24    
    SS 5 5 49.0 12 13 5 2 .833 4.59   0.1
1919 25 NYA AL CF 43 42 395.6 108 5 2 1 .983 2.57   1.4
    SS 23 23 217.8 46 90 10 22 .932 5.62   1.1
    RF 3 3 34.5 8 0 1 0 .889 2.09   0.0
    LF 2 2 17.8 3 0 1 0 .750 1.52   0.0
  BOS AL CF 31 31 257.8 71 3 1 1 .987 2.58   1.1
    SS 17 17 141.9 30 58 7 14 .926 5.58   0.4
    RF 3 2 22.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
    LF 2 1 11.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.0
  TOT   CF 74 73 653.4 179 8 3 2 .984 2.58   2.6
      SS 40 40 359.7 76 148 17 36 .929 5.60   1.5
      RF 6 5 57.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.21   0.0
      LF 4 3 29.4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.53   0.0
1920 26 BOS AL CF 57 57 505.3 136 5 3 2 .979 2.51   1.7
    SS 5 0 11.0 5 7 0 4 1.000 9.82   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1921 27 BOS AL RF 108 105 906.7 203 6 8 0 .963 2.07   3.0
    CF 11 7 80.7 22 0 1 0 .957 2.45    
    SS 9 2 38.3 6 11 0 1 1.000 3.99   0.2
    LF 5 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
1922 28 BOS AL RF 55 52 459.7 119 0 3 0 .975 2.33   1.7
    SS 58 52 441.3 88 212 22 31 .932 6.12   2.4
    CF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 30 BOS AL 2B 31 23 210.3 55 104 5 22 .970 6.80   0.5
    CF 4 4 32.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.97   0.1
    SS 9 0 17.0 3 12 0 1 1.000 7.94   0.2
    RF 3 1 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    LF 4 0 6.0 3 0 1 0 .750 4.50    
1925 31 BOS AL 2B 150 149 1236.0 347 554 10 122 .989 6.56   5.6
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1926 32 BOS AL 2B 149 147 1233.7 314 539 14 104 .984 6.22   5.8
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1927 33 BOS AL 2B 67 64 561.0 150 265 4 54 .990 6.66   3.8
    CF 20 20 170.7 50 0 1 0 .980 2.64   0.7
    RF 11 8 75.3 21 0 2 0 .913 2.51    
    SS 2 0 6.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1928 34 BOS AL CF 8 5 38.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.96   0.3
    RF 8 4 36.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75    
    SS 5 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
    LF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    2B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 398 383 3241.3 866 1462 33 302 .986 6.46   15.8
  CF 337 323 2899.0 828 28 21 7 .976 2.66   9.5
  RF 252 223 1990.7 490 10 18 1 .965 2.26   7.4
  SS 135 99 931.4 192 411 44 76 .932 5.83   4.6
  LF 27 11 125.7 29 0 3 0 .906 2.08   0.0
Career Totals   1149 1039 9188.1 2405 1911 119 386 .973 4.23   37.3
Career Highs   156 149 1244.7 347 555 25 123 1.000 6.56    
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
1919-9-.303
1926-6-.321
 On-Base Pct
1919-10-.365
 Slugging Pct
1919-9-.390
 OPS
1919-9-.755
 XR
1919-10-63.8
 Games
1925-3-151
1926-1-149
Doubles
1921-5-35
1926-5-35
 Triples
1919-3-9
 Homeruns
1918-4-5
 RBIs
1919-9-65
 Walks
1919-10-43
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Ray Powell (966)
  2. Jack Burnett (965)
  3. Tommy Griffith (959)
  4. Cliff Heathcote (956)
  5. Steve Evans (947)
  6. Max Flack (944)
  7. Heinie Manush (940)
  8. Ham Hyatt (939)
  9. Chet Chadbourne (939)
  10. Heinie Mueller (936)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1917
Had first career hit on 4/14/1917, off Sherry Smith (DET)
Injured on 8/23/1917 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1917
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1918, off Ed Lafitte (CHA)
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 7/10/1918
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (A) on 7/16/1919 (Going to BOS: CF Ira Flagstead, 3B Ray Chapman, SS Johnny Evers, P Lou Schettler. Going to NYA: LF Ken Williams, P Rube Kroh)
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,307,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 7/6/1921
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Washington on 7/12/1921
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $1,520,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1925: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $1,842,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/1926, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/1926, hitting .517 with 0 HR, 0 RBI
10/3/1928: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $842,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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