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Oliver
Marcelle		  
Nickname: Ghost
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 24, 1897 in Thibedeaux, LA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 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
1919 22 SLA AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1920 23 SLA AL     8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1921 24 SLA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1922 25 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 9 9
1923 26 SLA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1924 27 SLA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1925 28 SLA AL $ 2,307,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
1926 29 SLA AL $ 2,550,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
1927 30 SLA AL $ 8,760,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
1928 31 SLA AL $ 8,760,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9
1929 32 SLA AL $ 8,760,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,760,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
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
1919 22 AAA   118 453 80 137 23 8 11 75 24 16 65 61 .302 .390 .461 .851 79.2  
1920 23 AAA   131 516 97 174 23 7 15 79 31 17 72 48 .337 .418 .496 .914 101.7  
1921 24 SLA AL 118 289 49 84 12 5 3 63 16 15 33 13 .291 .368 .398 .766 38.7 5.6
1922 25 SLA AL 146 542 96 158 19 24 5 73 32 15 52 35 .292 .360 .443 .803 82.0 14.6
1923 26 SLA AL 134 472 59 135 21 15 6 60 18 14 30 13 .286 .337 .432 .769 62.2 9.4
1924 27 SLA AL 145 517 83 142 14 13 6 62 28 29 40 17 .275 .336 .387 .723 62.3 8.2
1925 28 SLA AL 147 545 101 157 24 14 8 74 32 26 54 20 .288 .357 .428 .784 80.3 11.1
1926 29 SLA AL 135 456 76 142 21 16 5 57 20 18 60 9 .311 .400 .461 .861 73.3 14.4
1927 30 SLA AL 145 563 77 154 26 17 2 61 32 21 46 11 .274 .336 .391 .727 72.5 12.2
1928 31 SLA AL 146 512 88 154 21 16 6 76 26 17 54 11 .301 .371 .439 .810 80.4 17.2
1929 32 SLA AL 142 514 71 126 26 11 3 51 17 20 75 17 .245 .345 .356 .701 59.1 8.6
9 Years Sim 1258 4410 700 1252 184 131 44 577 221 175 444 146 .284 .356 .415 .771 610.6 101.3
2 Years AAA 249 969 177 311 46 15 26 154 55 33 137 109 .321 .410 .480 .890 180.9  
162 Game Average 567 90 161 23 16 5 74 28 22 57 18 .284 .356 .415 .771 78.6  
Career Highs 147 563 101 158 26 24 8 76 32 29 75 35 .311 .400 .461 .861 82.0  
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   3116 488 889 128 97 29 386 151 117 279 102 .285 .350 .417 .767 423.1
vs LH   1294 212 363 56 34 15 191 70 58 165 44 .281 .368 .411 .780 187.0
Home 633 2125 347 624 100 68 24 312 97 91 219 68 .294 .366 .439 .804 312.0
Away 625 2285 353 628 84 63 20 265 124 84 225 78 .275 .346 .393 .739 298.2
RISP   1211 0 360 58 31 11 485 0 0 173 28 .297 .387 .424 .810 197.0
Pinch Hitting   148 24 44 2 5 1 25 3 4 15 4 .297 .362 .399 .761 20.5
Close/Late   581 92 165 12 12 7 65 0 0 70 19 .284 .364 .382 .746 82.1
Mar/Apr 133 490 74 145 20 18 4 59 21 16 46 18 .296 .368 .435 .802 71.6
May 234 856 138 242 39 27 10 108 42 34 81 29 .283 .349 .426 .775 118.8
June 224 784 136 230 36 24 11 101 46 27 77 19 .293 .364 .443 .807 118.9
July 229 809 128 213 30 18 6 105 39 40 99 29 .263 .348 .367 .715 99.1
August 216 730 110 220 32 27 6 98 41 29 64 30 .301 .361 .444 .805 108.2
Sep/Oct 222 741 114 202 27 17 7 106 32 29 77 21 .273 .349 .383 .732 93.6
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
1921 24 SLA AL 3B 52 45 409.0 21 111 7 15 .950 2.90 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 53 10 178.7 28 94 3 15 .976 6.15 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 1 1 9.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
1922 25 SLA AL 3B 123 119 1071.0 77 282 12 27 .968 3.02 0 0 .000 0 7.6
    SS 20 16 150.0 25 76 6 13 .944 6.06 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1923 26 SLA AL 3B 96 83 765.3 57 197 9 20 .966 2.99 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    SS 35 24 238.7 50 100 4 20 .974 5.66 0 0 .000 0 1.1
1924 27 SLA AL 3B 93 90 801.7 60 217 15 14 .949 3.11 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 46 34 322.3 67 175 12 30 .953 6.76 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1925 28 SLA AL 3B 99 93 845.7 77 245 19 23 .944 3.43 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    SS 47 40 374.3 71 186 13 30 .952 6.18 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1926 29 SLA AL SS 100 94 835.0 164 360 24 78 .956 5.65 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    3B 33 28 264.0 21 95 1 10 .991 3.95 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1927 30 SLA AL SS 93 90 819.3 146 376 28 64 .949 5.73 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 52 46 415.0 38 115 4 12 .975 3.32 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1928 31 SLA AL 3B 89 81 717.7 48 180 13 15 .946 2.86 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    SS 58 47 437.3 93 193 13 42 .957 5.89 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1929 32 SLA AL 3B 87 80 722.7 46 213 17 11 .938 3.23 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 52 48 422.0 69 175 17 31 .935 5.20 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  3B 724 665 6012.0 445 1655 97 147 .956 3.14 0 0 .000 0 28.6
  SS 504 403 3777.6 713 1735 120 323 .953 5.83 0 0 .000 0 16.1
  C 1 1 9.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1229 1069 9798.6 1167 3391 217 470 .955 4.19 1 1 1.000 0 44.8
Career Highs   147 136 1234.3 185 491 34 88 .969 5.24 1 1 1.000 0  
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
1926 29 SLA AL 6 24 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 .250 .308 .292 .599
Career Post-Season Batting 6 24 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 .250 .308 .292 .599
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
1928-5-.301
 On-Base Pct
1926-4-.400
1928-7-.371
 Slugging Pct
1926-4-.461
 OPS
1926-4-.861
1928-10-.810
 XR
1927-9-72.5
 Games
1922-9-146
1925-10-147
At-Bats
1927-4-563
 Runs
1922-4-96
1925-7-101
1928-10-88
 Hits
1928-10-154
 Total Bases
1922-10-240
 Singles
1928-7-111
 Triples
1922-1-24
1923-1-15
1924-5-13
1925-10-14
1926-1-16
1927-4-17
1928-5-16
CAR-30-131
Stolen Bases
1923-10-18
1924-6-28
1925-8-32
1926-10-20
1927-9-32
 Caught Stealing
1921-9-15
1923-10-14
1924-2-29
1925-3-26
1926-8-18
1927-5-21
1928-7-17
1929-5-20
 Walks
1929-4-75
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Jimmy Johnston (963)
  2. Clyde Barnhart (940)
  3. Jud Wilson (932)
  4. Tom McCreery (920)
  5. Bill Bradley (915)
  6. Heinie Mueller (913)
  7. Bill Friel (912)
  8. Tommy Leach (909)
  9. Harry Wolverton (905)
  10. Curt Walker (904)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1919
Injured on 5/20/1919 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/13/1921, off Joe Boehling (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1921, off Ralph Caldwell (WAS)
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1922
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/19/1923
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 7/29/1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
7/16/1926: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $8,760,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1928, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1928, hitting .556 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
 
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