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Amby
McConnell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 160
 
Born: April 29, 1883 in Usa, VT, NORTH POWNAL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1912    1913    1914   
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
1908 25 SLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 9 9
1909 26 SLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 9 9
1910 27 SLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 8
1911 28 SLN NL $ 1,446,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 5 5 8 9 9
1912 29 SLN NL $ 2,442,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 5 5 8 9 9
1913 30 SLN NL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 5 5 8 9 9
1914 31 SLN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 10 9
1915 32 BRO NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1916 33 BRO NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1917 34 PHI NL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 9 9
1918 35 PHI NL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1919 36 PHI NL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1920 37 PHI NL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 10 9
1921 38 PHI NL $ 8,000,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1922 39 PIT NL $ 9,000,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1923 40 PIT NL $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 10 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
1908 25 SLN NL 49 93 7 25 1 0 0 22 4 4 6 14 .269 .320 .280 .600 9.5 2.0
1909 26 SLN NL 108 382 50 93 11 7 0 46 16 3 38 44 .243 .333 .309 .642 44.0 9.6
1910 27 SLN NL 86 304 33 66 6 0 1 29 11 6 28 44 .217 .307 .247 .554 24.5 2.8
1911 28 SLN NL 109 406 82 114 9 3 4 39 16 4 59 51 .281 .386 .347 .733 62.1 10.9
1912 29 SLN NL 151 600 105 176 20 7 5 66 20 16 43 60 .293 .346 .375 .721 74.3 12.1
1913 30 SLN NL 138 548 90 169 23 4 4 55 23 15 53 41 .308 .381 .387 .768 80.6 14.5
1914 31 SLN NL 144 624 106 189 20 9 2 62 27 15 61 48 .303 .370 .373 .744 86.7 19.3
1915 32 SLN NL 42 186 30 49 5 6 1 10 14 7 11 15 .263 .313 .371 .684 22.0 4.1
  BRO NL 98 366 59 115 9 5 1 29 28 13 36 20 .314 .384 .374 .758 54.8 12.2
  TOT   140 552 89 164 14 11 2 39 42 20 47 35 .297 .361 .373 .734 76.8 16.3
1916 33 BRO NL 146 595 115 171 11 7 3 44 55 17 55 55 .287 .349 .345 .693 78.3 16.1
1917 34 PHI NL 146 573 85 181 17 4 6 59 51 23 51 38 .316 .377 .391 .768 87.1 23.3
1918 35 PHI NL 132 507 66 148 13 7 0 63 45 19 39 34 .292 .340 .345 .685 60.8 11.6
1919 36 PHI NL 134 506 77 159 9 3 1 62 50 23 60 41 .314 .387 .350 .737 70.4 13.3
1920 37 PHI NL 119 453 56 140 11 2 1 64 31 22 33 15 .309 .356 .349 .705 54.8 8.8
1921 38 PHI NL 139 527 98 192 13 10 8 74 27 16 46 23 .364 .420 .472 .892 93.0 16.5
1922 39 PHI NL 70 275 40 93 11 2 3 41 21 9 21 10 .338 .391 .425 .817 43.7 6.8
  PIT NL 66 239 51 85 8 4 3 28 18 7 28 12 .356 .429 .460 .889 45.8 8.7
  TOT   136 514 91 178 19 6 6 69 39 16 49 22 .346 .409 .442 .851 89.6 15.5
1923 40 PIT NL 93 277 41 102 7 1 1 37 22 8 16 6 .368 .409 .412 .821 46.1 8.0
16 Years Sim 1970 7461 1191 2267 204 81 44 830 479 227 684 571 .304 .369 .371 .739 1038.7 200.7
162 Game Average 613 97 186 16 6 3 68 39 18 56 46 .304 .369 .371 .739 85.4  
Career Highs 151 624 115 192 23 11 8 74 55 23 61 60 .368 .420 .472 .892 93.0  
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   6195 1001 1871 161 69 40 692 398 191 609 462 .302 .372 .370 .741 848.3
vs LH   1266 190 396 43 12 4 138 81 36 75 109 .313 .355 .375 .731 162.7
Home 963 3562 562 1078 95 37 18 373 248 98 332 274 .303 .368 .365 .734 484.5
Away 1007 3899 629 1189 109 44 26 457 231 129 352 297 .305 .369 .375 .745 526.5
RISP   1799 0 561 47 16 12 754 0 0 195 142 .312 .377 .376 .753 258.2
Pinch Hitting   82 9 27 3 1 1 16 2 3 5 3 .329 .385 .427 .811 11.5
Close/Late   912 115 262 24 13 5 102 1 4 75 63 .287 .344 .359 .702 110.0
Mar/Apr 221 881 148 275 31 14 8 119 46 22 67 66 .312 .370 .406 .776 125.2
May 364 1394 200 428 33 15 9 145 76 38 116 110 .307 .367 .372 .739 186.0
June 354 1328 206 409 31 14 6 166 77 48 127 106 .308 .373 .366 .739 178.0
July 356 1346 233 416 42 13 8 140 103 46 142 103 .309 .384 .377 .762 194.6
August 306 1159 193 368 35 10 5 117 91 39 115 78 .318 .384 .378 .762 168.9
Sep/Oct 369 1353 211 371 32 15 8 143 86 34 117 108 .274 .337 .338 .674 158.3
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
1908 25 SLN NL 3B 11 11 95.0 9 21 5 1 .857 2.84   0.1
    2B 9 6 59.0 10 22 2 1 .941 4.88   0.2
1909 26 SLN NL 2B 108 107 969.3 262 437 26 85 .964 6.49   4.1
1910 27 SLN NL 2B 85 84 755.7 181 346 17 50 .969 6.28   3.1
1911 28 SLN NL 2B 106 104 933.0 211 355 25 73 .958 5.46   2.3
1912 29 SLN NL 2B 151 151 1352.3 329 516 27 106 .969 5.62   4.9
1913 30 SLN NL 2B 138 138 1248.3 288 479 22 82 .972 5.53   7.9
1914 31 SLN NL 2B 143 142 1295.3 322 527 26 102 .970 5.90   7.1
1915 32 SLN NL 2B 42 41 402.1 104 174 11 29 .962 6.22   2.1
  BRO NL 2B 98 96 817.6 210 354 21 59 .964 6.21   2.0
  TOT   2B 140 137 1219.7 314 528 32 88 .963 6.21   4.1
1916 33 BRO NL 2B 146 145 1284.3 362 544 37 129 .961 6.35   6.4
1917 34 PHI NL SS 145 143 1288.7 219 592 53 96 .939 5.66   4.4
1918 35 PHI NL SS 129 126 1155.3 208 505 56 76 .927 5.55   3.6
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1919 36 PHI NL SS 133 132 1192.0 227 534 40 92 .950 5.75   6.9
1920 37 PHI NL 2B 114 113 1024.0 233 472 26 79 .964 6.20   5.0
    SS 4 3 20.3 4 4 0 3 1.000 3.54   0.1
1921 38 PHI NL 2B 132 120 1054.0 261 465 26 94 .965 6.20   3.1
    SS 5 1 16.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 3.94   0.1
1922 39 PHI NL 2B 65 63 576.0 136 250 15 42 .963 6.03   1.2
    SS 4 1 14.2 4 6 0 1 1.000 6.34   0.1
  PIT NL 2B 61 60 519.3 122 226 14 38 .961 6.03   1.8
    SS 3 1 12.8 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
  TOT   2B 126 123 1095.3 258 476 29 80 .962 6.03   3.0
      SS 7 2 27.0 7 11 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.2
1923 40 PIT NL 2B 62 57 476.0 113 257 13 37 .966 7.00   1.6
    SS 10 6 60.0 15 27 3 4 .933 6.30   0.2
  2B 1461 1427 12767.0 3144 5424 308 1006 .965 6.04   52.8
  SS 433 413 3759.3 680 1680 152 274 .939 5.65   15.5
  3B 11 11 95.0 9 21 5 1 .857 2.84   0.1
Career Totals   1905 1851 16621.3 3833 7125 465 1281 .959 5.93   68.4
Career Highs   151 151 1352.3 362 592 56 129 .972 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
1910 27 SLN NL 3 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 .333 .273 .606
1911 28 SLN NL 3 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
1912 29 SLN NL 4 17 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .353 .421 .412 .833
1913 30 SLN NL 4 17 4 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 .353 .421 .471 .892
1914 31 SLN NL 5 19 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 .316 .435 .474 .908
1920 37 PHI NL 8 31 4 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 .258 .303 .387 .690
Career Post-Season Batting 27 106 20 31 5 1 1 6 3 3 12 4 .292 .364 .387 .751
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
1915-9-.297
1917-5-.316
1921-2-.364
1922-4-.346
CAR-46-.304
 On-Base Pct
1917-7-.377
1919-6-.387
1921-8-.420
1922-5-.409
 OPS
1917-9-.768
 XR
1914-7-86.7
1917-7-87.1
1921-10-93.0
CAR-27-1038.7
 Games
1912-3-151
1919-6-134
CAR-26-1970
 At-Bats
1912-5-600
1914-1-624
1916-5-595
1917-8-573
CAR-21-7461
Runs
1912-5-105
1913-10-90
1914-4-106
1915-5-89
1916-2-115
CAR-22-1191
 Hits
1912-10-176
1914-3-189
1915-6-164
1916-9-171
1917-5-181
1919-10-159
1921-4-192
CAR-17-2267
 Total Bases
1914-8-233
1917-10-224
CAR-32-2765
 Singles
1912-10-144
1913-8-138
1914-2-158
1915-6-137
1916-3-150
1917-3-154
1918-10-128
1919-5-146
1921-1-161
1922-4-147
CAR-9-1938
 Homeruns
1917-7-6
 Stolen Bases
1915-7-42
1916-1-55
1917-2-51
1918-5-45
1919-4-50
1920-10-31
1922-5-39
CAR-37-479
Caught Stealing
1915-8-20
1917-4-23
1918-10-19
1919-4-23
1920-7-22
1921-9-16
CAR-26-227
 Walks
1919-3-60
CAR-41-684
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 78    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Larry Gardner (866)
  5. Al Bridwell (863)
  6. Larry Doyle (855)
  7. Bill Sweeney (852)
  8. Heinie Groh (848)
  9. Benny Kauff (840)
  10. Wid Conroy (840)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1908
Had first career hit on 4/16/1908, off Ed Pinnance (PIT)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/25/1908
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1910, off Doc Scanlan (CIN)
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1912
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1913 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
5/24/1913: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1913
Won Player of the Week award on 4/27/1914, hitting .519 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 7/27/1914
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Brooklyn on 6/1/1915 (Going to SLN: C Johnny Bassler. Going to BRO: C Ted Easterly, 2B Amby McConnell)
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/24/1915
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1916, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/12/1917 to a 5-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/20/1920 with a Sore Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/28/1920 with a Strained Back, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/25/1921, hitting .452 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/30/1921
9/14/1921: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $9,000,000 per year, for 1 years
Had 2000th career hit on 4/20/1922, off Dick Redding (BRO)
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1922 (Going to PHI: P Art Reinhart. Going to PIT: 2B Amby McConnell)
9/26/1922: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $7,000,000 per year, for 1 years
7/31/1923: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,070,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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