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Hargrave		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 31, 1896 in Usa, IN, NEW HAVEN
 
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
1923 27 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 6 7
1924 28 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 3 4 7 6 6
1925 29 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 4 5 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 5 6
1926 30 DET AL $ 1,707,143   6 6 7 6 4 5 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 5 6
1927 31 DET AL $ 1,707,143   6 6 7 6 4 5 8 6 7 4 3 3 6 5 5
1928 32 DET AL $ 1,790,000   6 6 7 6 4 5 8 6 7 4 3 3 7 6 6
1929 33 DET AL $ 1,790,000   6 6 7 6 4 5 8 6 7 4 3 3 6 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 4 5 8 6 7 4 3 3 6 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,790,000   7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 6 7
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
1923 27 DET AL 134 478 62 126 26 3 9 60 8 3 33 50 .264 .311 .387 .698 57.0 8.2
1924 28 DET AL 130 430 76 119 24 6 9 66 7 2 38 37 .277 .333 .423 .757 57.5 9.6
1925 29 DET AL 136 512 67 150 27 4 9 73 6 4 34 46 .293 .332 .414 .746 68.6 9.5
1926 30 DET AL 132 472 50 135 22 4 4 64 3 2 36 39 .286 .335 .375 .710 53.0 7.5
1927 31 DET AL 129 460 54 131 22 3 6 55 3 3 21 55 .285 .319 .385 .704 54.5 10.4
1928 32 DET AL 121 410 41 108 14 4 4 53 2 0 39 47 .263 .322 .346 .668 46.3 6.0
1929 33 DET AL 54 142 12 37 5 0 2 19 0 1 3 13 .261 .274 .338 .612 12.6 0.9
7 Years Sim 836 2904 362 806 140 24 43 390 29 15 204 287 .278 .323 .387 .710 349.4 52.3
162 Game Average 562 70 156 27 4 8 75 5 2 39 55 .278 .323 .387 .710 67.7  
Career Highs 136 512 76 150 27 6 9 73 8 4 39 55 .293 .335 .423 .757 68.6  
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   2034 253 568 97 17 29 284 18 10 117 201 .279 .317 .386 .703 240.9
vs LH   870 109 238 43 7 14 106 11 5 87 86 .274 .337 .387 .724 114.7
Home 408 1395 183 379 57 9 25 192 13 6 102 150 .272 .319 .379 .699 168.0
Away 428 1509 179 427 83 15 18 198 16 9 102 137 .283 .326 .394 .720 187.6
RISP   764 0 214 39 10 15 330 0 0 68 65 .280 .326 .416 .742 105.4
Pinch Hitting   33 2 7 1 0 0 6 1 0 3 3 .212 .278 .242 .520 2.4
Close/Late   322 35 82 12 0 4 38 0 0 27 36 .255 .313 .329 .642 33.5
Mar/Apr 100 350 46 99 11 1 6 49 3 1 27 40 .283 .335 .371 .707 43.4
May 154 516 59 148 26 3 11 75 6 2 36 50 .287 .329 .413 .742 69.0
June 144 498 52 125 19 2 4 54 6 0 29 56 .251 .293 .321 .614 46.7
July 159 565 83 175 37 5 11 90 1 4 41 59 .310 .353 .451 .805 84.1
August 143 498 59 131 30 6 7 69 5 1 38 44 .263 .311 .390 .701 60.2
Sep/Oct 136 477 63 128 17 7 4 53 8 7 33 38 .268 .315 .358 .674 52.2
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
1923 27 DET AL C 130 129 1131.0 361 76 6 1 .986 3.48 128 55 .430 10 8.8
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1924 28 DET AL C 123 117 1034.7 311 95 6 1 .985 3.53 137 61 .445 17 7.4
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1925 29 DET AL C 133 131 1159.7 371 85 13 0 .972 3.54 133 52 .391 19 4.8
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 30 DET AL C 128 126 1108.7 422 98 11 2 .979 4.22 166 66 .398 17 6.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1927 31 DET AL C 126 125 1117.7 350 85 14 0 .969 3.50 159 61 .384 7 4.9
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1928 32 DET AL C 117 115 1012.3 318 64 5 3 .987 3.40 107 44 .411 8 5.4
1929 33 DET AL C 39 35 315.3 111 24 3 0 .978 3.85 40 13 .325 3 1.1
    3B 4 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 796 778 6879.3 2244 527 58 7 .979 3.63 870 352 .405 81 38.9
  3B 14 0 19.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 1 9.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   811 779 6907.6 2259 529 58 8 .980 3.63 870 352 .405 81 38.9
Career Highs   134 131 1160.7 422 98 14 3 .987 4.22 166 66 .445 19  
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
1927 31 DET AL 7 26 4 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 .538 .556 .615 1.171
1928 32 DET AL 5 18 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .333 .596
Career Post-Season Batting 12 44 6 18 2 1 0 6 0 0 2 4 .409 .435 .500 .935
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.
Homeruns
1923-5-9
1924-7-9
 Strikeouts
1923-5-50
1925-8-46
1927-7-55
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Lena Styles (975)
  2. Harry Bemis (963)
  3. Glenn Myatt (940)
  4. Joe McCarthy (939)
  5. Bob O'Farrell (927)
  6. Les Nunamaker (925)
  7. Bernie Hungling (920)
  8. Gabby Hartnett (918)
  9. Boileryard Clarke (918)
  10. George Stone (917)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Detroit in 1923
Had first career hit on 4/21/1923, off Ralph Caldwell (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1923, off Eddie Rommel (PHA)
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 7/15/1923
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1923, hitting .333 with 4 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1924, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
8/16/1927: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,790,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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