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John
Jenkins		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 170
 
Born: July 7, 1896 in Usa, MO, BOSWORTH
 
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
1922 25 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 9 8 8
1923 26 BRO NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 9 8 8
1924 27 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8
1925 28 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8
1926 29 BRO NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 8 8
1927 30 BRO NL $ 457,143   7 7 7 3 2 2 6 5 6 4 3 3 8 7 8
1928 31 BRO NL $ 2,092,857   7 7 7 3 2 2 6 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
1929 32 BRO NL $ 680,000   7 7 8 3 2 2 6 5 6 4 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,092,857   7 7 8 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 8 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
1922 25 BRO NL 14 33 3 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .212 .235 .242 .478 1.9 0.0
    AAA   111 487 65 140 18 3 8 58 14 4 42 47 .287 .344 .386 .730 65.3  
1923 26 BRO NL 110 315 45 94 11 4 3 42 10 3 24 21 .298 .343 .387 .730 41.9 6.1
1924 27 BRO NL 122 389 45 101 8 2 4 47 9 1 25 22 .260 .303 .321 .624 37.0 3.2
1925 28 BRO NL 126 389 42 97 11 6 2 46 5 2 22 25 .249 .287 .324 .611 35.1 2.2
1926 29 BRO NL 67 96 15 29 3 3 1 18 2 0 6 5 .302 .346 .427 .773 13.7 2.7
1927 30 BRO NL 120 374 44 130 22 2 3 48 1 2 22 24 .348 .380 .441 .821 57.0 11.8
1928 31 BRO NL 134 428 38 109 13 2 1 46 0 1 20 24 .255 .288 .301 .589 34.4 2.2
1929 32 BRO NL 134 421 48 112 15 1 0 48 0 1 24 27 .266 .306 .306 .612 34.2 2.1
8 Years Sim 827 2445 280 679 84 20 14 297 28 10 144 150 .278 .316 .346 .662 255.1 30.4
1 Years AAA 111 487 65 140 18 3 8 58 14 4 42 47 .287 .346 .386 .732 65.3  
162 Game Average 478 54 133 16 3 2 58 5 1 28 29 .278 .316 .346 .662 50.0  
Career Highs 134 428 48 130 22 6 4 48 10 3 25 27 .348 .380 .441 .821 57.0  
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   1773 196 481 64 14 12 206 20 6 95 118 .271 .307 .343 .651 183.4
vs LH   672 84 198 20 6 2 91 8 4 49 32 .295 .339 .351 .690 79.8
Home 414 1205 131 324 43 12 4 130 16 5 78 67 .269 .312 .334 .646 124.9
Away 413 1240 149 355 41 8 10 167 12 5 66 83 .286 .320 .356 .677 138.3
RISP   639 0 173 24 4 6 271 0 0 35 43 .271 .300 .349 .649 66.7
Pinch Hitting   39 5 13 2 1 1 12 0 1 1 1 .333 .333 .513 .846 5.9
Close/Late   195 18 53 5 0 2 15 0 0 14 12 .272 .321 .328 .649 20.6
Mar/Apr 79 223 27 67 6 3 1 20 5 0 15 9 .300 .345 .368 .712 28.4
May 125 347 26 84 8 2 0 38 2 1 9 23 .242 .260 .277 .536 22.7
June 150 479 65 134 20 2 3 55 6 1 37 35 .280 .330 .349 .679 55.5
July 164 485 57 142 23 6 6 62 4 2 38 32 .293 .343 .402 .745 65.0
August 157 433 46 108 15 5 3 45 6 3 24 21 .249 .286 .328 .614 39.9
Sep/Oct 152 478 59 144 12 2 1 77 5 3 21 30 .301 .328 .341 .669 51.7
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   DWS
1922 25 BRO NL 2B 4 4 33.0 8 18 0 7 1.000 7.09   0.2
    SS 4 4 30.0 6 15 0 3 1.000 6.30   0.2
1923 26 BRO NL 2B 92 87 727.7 193 349 18 61 .968 6.70   2.9
    SS 7 6 55.0 10 27 0 6 1.000 6.05   0.4
1924 27 BRO NL 2B 121 117 976.0 262 488 23 94 .970 6.92   3.2
1925 28 BRO NL 2B 111 109 914.7 241 412 21 73 .969 6.43   3.4
    SS 8 3 45.0 13 28 2 8 .953 8.20   0.3
1926 29 BRO NL SS 47 11 172.0 28 85 5 19 .958 5.91   1.0
    2B 9 7 59.0 16 26 1 4 .977 6.41   0.2
1927 30 BRO NL 2B 107 106 897.7 211 392 23 84 .963 6.05   3.3
    SS 13 4 47.0 8 25 0 5 1.000 6.32   0.4
1928 31 BRO NL 2B 134 133 1081.7 307 455 32 82 .960 6.34   3.7
1929 32 BRO NL 2B 133 132 1061.0 277 484 32 88 .960 6.46   2.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 711 695 5750.6 1515 2624 150 493 .965 6.48   19.5
  SS 79 28 349.0 65 180 7 41 .972 6.32   2.3
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   791 723 6100.6 1580 2804 157 534 .965 6.47   21.8
Career Highs   134 133 1081.7 307 488 32 94 1.000 6.92    
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 30 BRO NL 6 16 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .438 .438 .438 .875
1928 31 BRO NL 5 18 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career Post-Season Batting 11 34 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .324 .324 .324 .647
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1922
Had first career hit (double) on 8/17/1922, off Erv Kantlehner (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1923, off Joe Wood (SLN)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $457,143 through salary arbitration
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 8/6/1927
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,092,857 through salary arbitration
9/1/1928: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $680,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/12/1928 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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