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Cliff
Heathcote		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 24, 1898 in Usa, PA, GLEN ROCK
 
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
1918 20 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1919 21 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1920 22 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9
1921 23 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1922 24 BRO NL $ 3,085,714   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1923 25 BRO NL $ 3,085,714   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1924 26 BRO NL $ 3,085,714   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1925 27 CHA AL $ 4,225,555   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1926 28 CHA AL $ 4,225,555   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1927 29 CHA AL $ 4,225,555   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1928 30 CHA AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,225,555   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 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
1918 20 BRO NL 35 115 12 28 4 2 0 24 4 0 7 13 .243 .287 .313 .600 10.4 2.2
    AAA   89 315 45 75 14 3 9 40 8 7 42 40 .238 .328 .387 .715 41.1  
1919 21 BRO NL 122 464 55 149 22 4 1 76 14 6 32 49 .321 .361 .392 .754 61.9 14.1
1920 22 BRO NL 142 512 73 169 24 19 10 95 11 7 43 44 .330 .378 .510 .888 92.8 20.1
1921 23 BRO NL 143 539 87 181 24 14 6 62 9 14 52 31 .336 .394 .466 .859 86.8 16.7
1922 24 BRO NL 148 581 96 150 22 8 7 46 8 11 50 27 .258 .316 .360 .676 63.8 6.2
1923 25 BRO NL 134 462 68 130 21 5 1 50 14 7 50 24 .281 .353 .355 .708 54.5 6.9
1924 26 BRO NL 123 375 47 112 13 7 2 57 8 13 42 14 .299 .368 .387 .755 50.4 7.8
1925 27 CHA AL 102 286 42 74 11 2 3 41 10 7 33 10 .259 .333 .343 .676 33.6 3.4
1926 28 CHA AL 132 421 65 111 14 7 5 51 12 14 58 13 .264 .350 .366 .716 53.7 7.5
1927 29 CHA AL 60 79 12 21 4 0 1 13 2 3 10 1 .266 .348 .354 .703 9.5 1.8
1928 30 CHA AL 67 112 27 28 7 3 0 18 0 7 12 3 .250 .323 .366 .689 10.4 1.0
11 Years Sim 1208 3946 584 1153 166 71 36 533 92 89 389 229 .292 .354 .398 .752 527.9 87.6
1 Years AAA 89 315 45 75 14 3 9 40 8 7 42 40 .238 .324 .387 .711 41.1  
162 Game Average 529 78 154 22 9 4 71 12 11 52 30 .292 .354 .398 .752 70.8  
Career Highs 148 581 96 181 24 19 10 95 14 14 58 49 .336 .394 .510 .888 92.8  
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   3032 448 882 134 49 28 407 69 73 297 176 .291 .353 .395 .748 406.9
vs LH   914 136 271 32 22 8 126 23 16 92 53 .296 .357 .406 .763 130.5
Home 599 1901 301 571 77 38 23 267 49 38 191 110 .300 .362 .417 .779 278.5
Away 609 2045 283 582 89 33 13 266 43 51 198 119 .285 .347 .379 .727 258.9
RISP   1045 0 328 50 21 6 456 0 0 149 67 .314 .391 .419 .810 173.8
Pinch Hitting   117 15 32 2 2 1 21 2 1 16 2 .274 .358 .350 .709 15.8
Close/Late   475 74 143 18 5 6 67 0 0 55 24 .301 .371 .398 .769 70.6
Mar/Apr 131 386 56 112 13 6 6 59 5 8 38 22 .290 .352 .402 .754 52.7
May 237 775 116 211 26 10 7 111 20 12 72 50 .272 .333 .359 .692 93.3
June 230 763 116 228 44 12 6 96 18 28 90 33 .299 .368 .412 .779 109.3
July 228 734 103 206 24 17 6 93 18 14 68 50 .281 .342 .384 .726 94.3
August 186 637 109 201 31 13 4 79 12 14 66 42 .316 .378 .424 .802 96.4
Sep/Oct 196 651 84 195 28 13 7 95 19 13 55 32 .300 .354 .415 .769 91.4
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
1918 20 BRO NL LF 22 21 189.7 39 3 4 1 .913 1.99   0.5
    RF 5 5 43.3 9 0 1 0 .900 1.87    
    CF 3 3 26.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1919 21 BRO NL LF 121 121 1080.0 174 5 8 1 .957 1.49   2.5
1920 22 BRO NL RF 139 137 1238.0 248 15 8 5 .970 1.91   3.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1921 23 BRO NL CF 131 126 1126.7 284 14 8 3 .974 2.38   3.5
    RF 9 9 78.3 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1922 24 BRO NL CF 147 143 1276.3 348 10 11 2 .970 2.52   5.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1923 25 BRO NL LF 130 124 1105.3 211 6 10 3 .956 1.77   3.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1924 26 BRO NL LF 66 48 457.3 84 7 3 0 .968 1.79   2.0
    CF 32 31 265.7 75 3 5 0 .940 2.64    
    RF 16 12 106.0 25 2 1 0 .964 2.29    
1925 27 CHA AL CF 74 69 617.0 185 3 6 0 .969 2.74   2.5
    LF 8 5 46.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    RF 9 4 43.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
1926 28 CHA AL CF 114 104 908.0 286 8 17 4 .945 2.91   4.9
    LF 4 4 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    RF 6 3 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41    
1927 29 CHA AL LF 7 6 46.3 9 0 2 0 .818 1.75   0.3
    CF 8 5 43.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51    
    RF 7 5 40.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1928 30 CHA AL LF 19 14 120.7 28 0 2 0 .933 2.09   0.4
    CF 10 8 67.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
    RF 12 4 43.0 7 2 0 2 1.000 1.88    
  CF 520 489 4330.7 1215 39 47 9 .964 2.61   16.2
  LF 379 343 3086.6 563 21 29 5 .953 1.70   8.7
  RF 204 180 1632.7 332 21 10 7 .972 1.95   3.1
Career Totals   1103 1012 9050.0 2110 81 86 21 .962 2.18   27.9
Career Highs   148 143 1278.3 349 15 17 5 .975 2.82    
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
1925 27 CHA AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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-.320*
1920-5-.330
 Slugging Pct
1920-3-.510
 OPS
1920-4-.888
 XR
1920-6-92.8
 Games
1921-1-143
1922-7-148
 At-Bats
1921-9-539
1922-8-581
Hits
1921-9-181
 Total Bases
1920-6-261
 Singles
1921-4-137
 Triples
1920-2-19
1921-9-14
 Homeruns
1920-7-10
 RBIs
1919-8-76
1920-6-95
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1918
Had first career hit on 4/20/1918, off George Mogridge (NY1)
Injured on 6/28/1918 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1919, hitting .458 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1919, off Bugs Raymond (SLN)
Injured on 9/21/1919 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/1920, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/23/1921
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/22/1925 to a 4-year deal worth $4,225,555 per year
Injured on 7/31/1925 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks
Released by Chicago (A) on 8/14/1928
 
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