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Milt
Gaston		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 27, 1896 in Ridgefield Pk, NJ
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1920   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1924 28 CHN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
1925 29 CHN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
1926 30 CHN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1927 31 CHN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1928 32 CHA AL $ 600,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
1924 28 CHN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
1925 29 CHN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
1926 30 CHN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
1927 31 CHN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
1928 32 CHA AL $ 600,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1924 28 CHN NL 14 15 .483 32 32 19 1 0 256.3 274 139 13 121 71 4.88 .273 .348 .382 .731 11.3
    AAA   0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 30.0 36 16 2 17 12 4.80 .298 .384 .421 .806  
1925 29 CHN NL 20 18 .526 39 39 27 5 0 321.0 340 152 13 138 75 4.26 .274 .344 .385 .729 20.4
1926 30 CHN NL 18 16 .529 38 38 30 0 0 322.0 306 154 13 164 72 4.30 .254 .341 .355 .696 19.7
1927 31 CHN NL 14 15 .483 37 37 23 0 0 306.0 325 152 17 138 83 4.47 .278 .349 .402 .751 15.4
1928 32 AAA   7 6 .538 17 17 2 0 0 117.3 126 84 5 79 54 6.44 .276 .382 .379 .761  
1929 33 AAA   10 14 .417 28 28 11 1 0 197.7 249 123 13 120 57 5.60 .310 .400 .445 .845  
4 Years Sim 66 64 .508 146 146 99 6 0 1205.3 1245 597 56 561 301 4.46 .269 .346 .381 .726 66.9
3 Years AAA 17 22 .436 49 49 13 1 0 345.0 411 223 20 216 123 5.82 .298 .393 .421 .814  
Season Average 16 16 .500 36 36 24 1 0 301.3 311 149 14 140 75 4.46 .269 .346 .381 .726  
Career Highs 20 18 .529 39 39 30 5 0 322.0 340 154 17 164 83 4.88 .278 .349 .402 .751  
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   582 270 21 238 166   .256 .327 .354 .681
vs LH   663 327 35 323 135   .282 .369 .406 .775
Home 24 38 .387 71 71 50 3 0 599.7 642 306 35 264 158 4.59 .276 .350 .398 .748
Away 42 26 .618 75 75 49 3 0 605.7 603 291 21 297 143 4.32 .263 .347 .363 .711
Mar/Apr 5 7 .417 12 12 9 0 0 98.3 108 59 7 53 19 5.40 .284 .372 .432 .803
May 17 11 .607 31 31 21 1 0 262.7 256 123 6 134 66 4.21 .258 .346 .348 .694
June 11 13 .458 27 27 19 2 0 224.7 222 119 14 102 56 4.77 .260 .339 .379 .718
July 7 15 .318 27 27 19 2 0 220.7 247 118 16 88 71 4.81 .288 .354 .439 .793
August 15 8 .652 27 27 18 1 0 216.3 218 87 5 93 47 3.62 .263 .338 .341 .678
Sep/Oct 11 10 .524 22 22 13 0 0 182.7 194 91 8 91 42 4.48 .274 .356 .379 .736
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
1924 28 CHN NL 32 88 5 19 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 17 .216 .216 .261 .477 4.0 0.0
1925 29 CHN NL 39 120 11 25 4 0 0 12 0 0 2 22 .208 .221 .242 .463 5.3 0.0
1926 30 CHN NL 38 119 7 33 5 0 0 20 0 0 1 20 .277 .287 .319 .606 10.9 0.7
1927 31 CHN NL 37 113 11 28 7 0 1 9 0 0 2 23 .248 .259 .336 .595 9.8 0.3
4 Years Sim 146 440 34 105 20 0 1 50 0 0 5 82 .239 .248 .291 .539 30.0 1.0
162 Game Average 488 37 116 22 0 1 55 0 0 5 90 .239 .248 .291 .539 33.3  
Career Highs 39 120 11 33 7 0 1 20 0 0 2 23 .277 .287 .336 .606 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   310 23 78 14 0 0 39 0 0 2 56 .252 .257 .297 .554 20.5
vs LH   130 11 27 6 0 1 11 0 0 3 26 .208 .226 .277 .502 6.9
Home 71 199 9 43 12 0 0 23 0 0 1 39 .216 .219 .276 .495 9.5
Away 75 241 25 62 8 0 1 27 0 0 4 43 .257 .271 .303 .574 17.9
RISP   130 0 31 4 0 0 47 0 0 2 21 .238 .246 .269 .515 7.6
Close/Late   38 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .184 .184 .211 .395 0.7
Mar/Apr 12 35 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 .229 .216 .229 .445 1.4
May 31 101 6 28 3 0 0 13 0 0 2 17 .277 .298 .307 .605 8.3
June 27 78 5 17 4 0 1 8 0 0 1 19 .218 .228 .308 .536 4.8
July 27 83 3 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .169 .169 .193 .361 0.8
August 27 80 9 21 5 0 0 14 0 0 1 12 .263 .272 .325 .597 6.3
Sep/Oct 22 63 7 17 6 0 0 7 0 0 1 11 .270 .281 .365 .646 5.7
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    
1924 28 CHN NL P 32 32 256.3 11 41 4 2 .929 1.83    
1925 29 CHN NL P 39 39 321.0 18 57 2 4 .974 2.10    
1926 30 CHN NL P 38 38 322.0 31 61 1 2 .989 2.57    
1927 31 CHN NL P 37 37 306.0 17 57 3 2 .961 2.18    
Career Totals   146 146 1205.3 77 216 10 10 .967 2.19    
Career Highs   39 39 322.0 31 61 4 4 .989 2.57    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1925-10-4.26
 Wins
1925-7-20
1926-5-18
 Losses
1924-10-15
1925-5-18
 Games Started
1925-7-39
1926-9-38
 Complete Games
1925-7-27
1926-2-30
 Shutouts
1924-7-1
1925-2-5
Innings Pitched
1925-6-321.0
1926-7-322.0
 Hits Allowed
1925-6-340
 Homeruns Allowed
1927-9-17
 Walks Allowed
1924-5-121
1925-4-138
1926-2-164
1927-2-138
 Hits per 9IP
1924-7-9.6
1925-10-9.5
1926-4-8.6
 OAVG
1924-6-.273
1926-6-.254
OSLG
1926-7-.355
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Suds Sutherland (971)
  2. Dolly Gray (967)
  3. Firpo Marberry (952)
  4. Gene Dale (947)
  5. Kent Greenfield (943)
  6. Joe Genewich (942)
  7. Leo Dickerman (941)
  8. Bill Cristall (940)
  9. Chief Chouneau (940)
  10. Earl Whitehill (938)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Genewich (982)
  2. Willis Hudlin (980)
  3. Harry Courtney (980)
  4. Frank Lange (976)
  5. Hunter Hill (976)
  6. Zaza Harvey (976)
  7. Nixey Callahan (976)
  8. Bill Sherdel (975)
  9. George Pipgras (975)
  10. Satchel Paige (974)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1907
Injured on 9/7/1908 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/14/1909, off George Merritt (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/29/1909, off Noodles Hahn (BOS)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1909, hitting .287 with 2 HR, 77 RBI
Injured on 4/26/1910 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 7/3/1911 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1912, hitting .364 with 0 HR, 21 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1912
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1913, hitting .444 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 6/12/1913
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1913, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 7/28/1913
Traded from Chicago (A) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1913 (Going to CIN: 2B Larry Doyle, 1B Tim Jordan. Going to CHA: 1B John Flynn, RF Pete Compton)
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 6/20/1914
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,871,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1915: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/22/1916 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1917, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Cincinnati to Detroit on 7/1/1919 (Going to CIN: P Trade X Bait. Going to DET: 2B Larry Doyle)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/3/1920 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Won World Series with Washington in 1920
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/25/1921 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/17/1921
Won Player of the Week award on 5/30/1921, hitting .588 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Drafted in 4th round, 58th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1924
Earned first career win on 5/4/1924
Had first career hit on 5/17/1924, off Hooks Dauss (NY1)
Injured on 9/3/1924 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/10/1925, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1927, off Joe Shaute (BRO)
Injured on 8/27/1927 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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