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Jay
Kirke		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 16, 1888 in Usa, NY, FLEISCHMANNS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1920    1921    1922   
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
1910 22 CIN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 7 7 1 2 2 8 8 8
1911 23 CIN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 8 8 8
1912 24 CIN NL     7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 1 2 2 9 9 9
1913 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1914 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1915 27 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1916 28 CHN NL $ 1,864,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 1 1 1 9 9 9
1917 29 CHN NL $ 1,864,286   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 1 1 1 8 9 8
1918 30 CHN NL $ 1,864,286   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1919 31 WAS AL $ 1,110,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1920 32 WAS AL $ 1,110,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 8 9 9
1921 33 WAS AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1922 34 WAS AL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1923 35 WAS AL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 8 7
1924 36 WAS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 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
1910 22 A   133 500 55 117 22 3 17 65 4 4 70 90 .234 .328 .392 .720 67.4  
1911 23 AA   130 537 89 161 25 4 39 146 11 7 48 80 .300 .357 .579 .936 104.8  
1912 24 AAA   126 515 77 146 34 1 13 87 6 9 38 58 .283 .333 .429 .762 68.9  
1913 25 CIN NL 22 66 11 26 4 2 1 7 0 0 5 5 .394 .437 .561 .997 13.6 4.5
1914 26 CHN NL 111 438 71 133 16 9 6 67 1 3 24 42 .304 .339 .422 .761 53.5 12.6
1915 27 CHN NL 125 453 49 123 17 8 2 56 3 5 23 38 .272 .304 .358 .662 43.5 6.5
1916 28 CHN NL 129 528 60 141 26 5 4 81 2 2 15 51 .267 .286 .358 .644 49.0 6.6
1917 29 CHN NL 41 95 10 24 3 1 0 14 1 1 3 9 .253 .276 .305 .581 7.2 1.0
1918 30 CHN NL 96 335 33 78 13 4 2 43 0 0 8 33 .233 .249 .313 .562 22.3 1.4
1919 31 WAS AL 106 426 67 145 16 1 9 68 1 2 4 33 .340 .346 .446 .792 57.0 13.9
1920 32 WAS AL 120 475 76 165 18 9 5 89 0 1 26 26 .347 .377 .455 .832 73.4 16.3
1921 33 WAS AL 107 441 55 146 14 9 7 81 0 0 9 27 .331 .343 .451 .794 60.5 10.4
1922 34 WAS AL 116 435 49 115 14 8 4 58 1 0 11 21 .264 .279 .361 .640 40.2 3.9
1923 35 WAS AL 121 433 56 122 15 8 6 73 1 0 7 27 .282 .294 .395 .689 45.0 7.1
1924 36 WAS AL 37 120 12 27 3 1 1 9 0 0 5 6 .225 .254 .292 .546 6.7 0.0
    A   27 131 26 47 4 3 7 30 2 3 6 9 .359 .387 .595 .982 26.0  
12 Years Sim 1131 4245 549 1245 159 65 47 646 10 14 140 318 .293 .314 .395 .709 471.8 84.1
1 Years AAA 126 515 77 146 34 1 13 87 6 9 38 58 .283 .335 .429 .764 68.9  
1 Years AA 130 537 89 161 25 4 39 146 11 7 48 80 .300 .354 .579 .933 104.8  
2 Years A 160 631 81 164 26 6 24 95 6 7 76 99 .260 .339 .434 .774 93.4  
4 Years Minors 416 1683 247 471 85 11 76 328 23 23 162 237 .280 .343 .479 .822 267.1  
162 Game Average 608 78 178 22 9 6 92 1 2 20 45 .293 .314 .395 .709 67.6  
Career Highs 129 528 76 165 26 9 9 89 3 5 26 51 .394 .437 .561 .997 73.4  
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   4012 524 1179 148 64 44 625 10 13 133 297 .294 .315 .396 .710 468.9
vs LH   233 25 66 11 1 3 21 0 1 7 21 .283 .303 .378 .681 24.8
Home 562 2059 259 585 67 31 18 277 7 6 72 151 .284 .306 .373 .679 223.2
Away 569 2186 290 660 92 34 29 369 3 8 68 167 .302 .321 .415 .736 270.5
RISP   1255 0 397 51 14 14 562 0 0 47 110 .316 .334 .413 .747 164.1
Pinch Hitting   82 10 26 4 1 3 14 0 0 0 9 .317 .310 .500 .810 11.9
Close/Late   532 51 155 24 8 6 77 0 0 14 40 .291 .308 .400 .709 61.3
Mar/Apr 135 519 63 151 17 5 7 64 2 1 22 40 .291 .317 .383 .700 60.7
May 212 779 99 215 24 14 5 105 2 2 28 68 .276 .299 .362 .661 80.1
June 197 775 118 247 39 12 10 141 1 2 21 47 .319 .336 .439 .775 104.0
July 218 811 91 225 24 13 11 121 1 4 29 61 .277 .300 .380 .680 87.6
August 182 674 83 199 28 11 8 116 1 3 16 46 .295 .311 .405 .716 78.2
Sep/Oct 187 687 95 208 27 10 6 99 3 2 24 56 .303 .325 .397 .722 83.1
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
1913 25 CIN NL LF 15 14 124.0 29 0 1 0 .967 2.10   0.2
    2B 3 2 18.0 2 14 0 1 1.000 8.00   0.1
1914 26 CHN NL 2B 104 104 920.3 250 391 20 85 .970 6.27   2.9
1915 27 CHN NL 2B 110 109 980.7 271 432 23 86 .968 6.45   3.3
1916 28 CHN NL 2B 124 121 1091.0 294 497 13 97 .984 6.53   4.3
    LF 2 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1917 29 CHN NL 2B 23 19 171.0 64 71 5 17 .964 7.11   0.6
    LF 7 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1918 30 CHN NL LF 73 71 615.3 129 4 15 1 .899 1.95   1.2
    2B 13 11 101.3 30 44 3 14 .961 6.57   0.3
1919 31 WAS AL 2B 101 97 887.0 204 431 22 77 .967 6.44   3.8
1920 32 WAS AL 2B 112 112 991.3 292 468 25 90 .968 6.90   4.6
    LF 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1921 33 WAS AL 2B 79 79 701.7 244 329 12 75 .979 7.35   3.6
    LF 24 23 200.0 42 3 3 0 .938 2.03   0.7
1922 34 WAS AL 2B 108 108 959.0 242 424 21 91 .969 6.25   3.4
    LF 4 4 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.1
1923 35 WAS AL 2B 119 119 1008.0 242 487 21 86 .972 6.51   4.2
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1924 36 WAS AL 2B 34 31 266.7 67 124 15 27 .927 6.45   1.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 930 912 8096.0 2202 3712 180 746 .970 6.57   32.2
  LF 132 113 1005.3 208 7 19 1 .919 1.92   2.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1063 1025 9102.3 2410 3720 199 747 .969 6.06   34.4
Career Highs   126 122 1101.0 294 497 25 97 .984 6.87    
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
1919 31 WAS AL 4 18 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333
1920 32 WAS AL 8 31 5 8 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 2 .258 .303 .387 .690
1921 33 WAS AL 5 17 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .529 .529 .588 1.118
1922 34 WAS AL 6 22 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .273 .360 .409 .769
1923 35 WAS AL 7 21 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .238 .429
Career Post-Season Batting 30 109 17 30 2 2 1 12 0 0 4 12 .275 .307 .358 .665
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
1920-2-.347
 On-Base Pct
1920-6-.377
 Slugging Pct
1920-3-.455
 OPS
1920-4-.832
 Singles
1920-7-133
 Homeruns
1914-5-6
1919-1-9
RBIs
1919-5-68
1920-3-89
1921-10-81
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Whitey Witt (915)
  5. Charlie Hollocher (915)
  6. Gene Paulette (909)
  7. Bucky Harris (908)
  8. Tom Jones (899)
  9. Sparky Adams (897)
  10. Jesse Baker (896)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1910
Had first career hit on 4/20/1913, off Ray Boyd (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1913, off Ben Demott (BSN)
Traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (N) on 2/20/1914 (Going to CIN: RF Babe Ruth. Going to CHN: LF Walton Cruise, RF Mike Mitchell, CF Tim Hendryx, LF Jay Kirke, 2B John Hummel)
Injured on 7/31/1914 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/20/1917 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/1/1919 to a 2-year deal worth $1,110,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/1920, hitting .480 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/20/1920, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 7/4/1920
7/16/1920: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $3,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1920
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Won World Series with Washington in 1922
3/13/1923: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/29/1923
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1923, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
4/15/1924: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
 
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