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Bob
Meusel		  
Nickname: Long Bob
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 19, 1896 in Usa, CA, SAN JOSE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1921   
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
1920 23 SLA AL     8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1921 24 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1922 25 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
1923 26 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1924 27 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6
1925 28 SLA AL $ 4,178,571   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
1926 29 SLA AL $ 4,521,429   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1927 30 SLA AL $ 8,760,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
1928 31 SLA AL $ 8,760,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
1929 32 SLA AL $ 8,760,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,760,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5 7 7 7
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
1920 23 AAA   123 499 100 161 31 11 28 124 21 14 69 103 .323 .405 .597 1.002 109.9  
1921 24 SLA AL 142 532 112 182 43 22 11 99 14 7 48 69 .342 .394 .568 .962 103.9 22.8
1922 25 SLA AL 147 548 83 191 49 9 7 100 12 7 33 60 .349 .384 .509 .893 90.7 19.9
1923 26 SLA AL 148 559 85 170 33 11 16 100 10 10 53 61 .304 .363 .488 .851 91.2 17.1
1924 27 SLA AL 149 508 74 157 29 13 17 100 8 8 30 35 .309 .344 .518 .862 78.3 14.6
1925 28 SLA AL 152 564 95 182 37 19 18 115 9 14 54 53 .323 .380 .551 .932 104.2 19.7
1926 29 SLA AL 95 323 44 84 18 8 5 43 8 4 38 27 .260 .337 .412 .749 42.5 6.8
1927 30 SLA AL 147 522 75 139 25 16 13 87 5 7 47 58 .266 .323 .450 .774 71.2 12.4
1928 31 SLA AL 148 489 71 125 25 9 12 73 4 6 48 48 .256 .320 .417 .738 61.1 10.4
1929 32 SLA AL 126 395 49 102 29 7 10 59 4 3 27 40 .258 .310 .443 .753 48.0 8.3
9 Years Sim 1254 4440 688 1332 288 114 109 776 74 66 378 451 .300 .353 .490 .843 691.0 132.0
1 Years AAA 123 499 100 161 31 11 28 124 21 14 69 103 .323 .404 .597 1.001 109.9  
162 Game Average 573 88 172 37 14 14 100 9 8 48 58 .300 .353 .490 .843 89.3  
Career Highs 152 564 112 191 49 22 18 115 14 14 54 69 .349 .394 .568 .962 104.2  
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   3080 494 956 200 86 69 548 55 46 265 302 .310 .363 .498 .862 514.7
vs LH   1360 194 376 88 28 40 228 19 20 113 149 .276 .331 .471 .801 201.1
Home 627 2159 334 630 138 55 51 359 32 37 176 229 .292 .343 .478 .821 330.0
Away 627 2281 354 702 150 59 58 417 42 29 202 222 .308 .363 .502 .865 385.8
RISP   1278 0 407 81 36 39 612 0 0 184 151 .318 .396 .530 .926 256.4
Pinch Hitting   157 29 55 11 7 5 44 2 2 19 15 .350 .416 .605 1.021 34.8
Close/Late   590 114 189 35 14 16 95 0 0 72 59 .320 .395 .508 .904 110.8
Mar/Apr 142 516 73 145 33 17 11 88 8 11 46 47 .281 .338 .475 .813 77.2
May 236 797 133 259 59 18 23 164 11 11 62 79 .325 .370 .531 .900 141.7
June 202 691 104 199 49 21 21 132 8 9 66 70 .288 .350 .511 .860 115.1
July 214 753 119 230 47 17 13 113 17 9 69 82 .305 .362 .465 .827 120.2
August 230 811 120 226 41 19 19 130 13 11 67 75 .279 .333 .446 .779 115.6
Sep/Oct 230 872 139 273 59 22 22 149 17 15 68 98 .313 .363 .507 .870 145.9
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
1921 24 SLA AL 3B 76 73 661.3 47 180 24 16 .904 3.09   1.8
    RF 55 52 474.0 97 6 8 0 .928 1.96   1.1
    LF 5 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1922 25 SLA AL RF 110 108 972.3 242 13 13 1 .951 2.36   4.2
    3B 18 12 116.0 11 30 3 2 .932 3.18   0.8
    LF 10 1 34.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.31    
    CF 8 2 28.3 11 2 3 1 .813 4.13    
1923 26 SLA AL RF 141 140 1247.3 299 8 19 0 .942 2.22   5.0
    3B 4 0 6.7 0 2 1 0 .667 2.70   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 27 SLA AL RF 91 82 759.0 185 9 10 1 .951 2.30   3.5
    3B 30 15 164.0 18 36 4 4 .931 2.96   0.4
    LF 18 14 130.0 36 2 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    CF 5 5 44.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1925 28 SLA AL RF 95 94 856.0 213 11 10 2 .957 2.36   4.0
    3B 27 23 223.7 19 46 8 5 .890 2.62   0.5
    LF 19 18 172.3 55 4 3 2 .952 3.08    
    CF 6 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1926 29 SLA AL RF 63 58 510.0 118 11 9 1 .935 2.28   2.8
    LF 16 16 143.0 34 1 2 0 .946 2.20    
    3B 8 2 35.0 2 14 0 2 1.000 4.11   0.4
    CF 5 3 29.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 4.34    
1927 30 SLA AL CF 83 78 717.0 199 7 6 2 .972 2.59   3.1
    RF 36 34 307.0 75 3 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    3B 12 5 68.3 4 21 1 0 .962 3.29   0.4
    LF 10 6 61.7 14 1 2 0 .882 2.19    
1928 31 SLA AL LF 81 73 666.0 142 9 6 3 .962 2.04   1.5
    3B 34 29 253.3 17 69 6 9 .935 3.06   1.1
    RF 17 13 130.0 32 1 1 1 .971 2.28    
    CF 13 2 46.3 11 0 2 0 .846 2.14    
1929 32 SLA AL 3B 51 49 422.7 22 119 10 10 .934 3.00   1.5
    LF 40 35 313.0 72 7 4 2 .952 2.27   0.9
    RF 16 7 82.0 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.30    
    CF 17 8 79.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.51    
  RF 624 588 5337.7 1280 64 70 6 .950 2.27   20.6
  3B 260 208 1951.0 140 517 57 48 .920 3.03   6.7
  LF 201 164 1539.3 361 24 17 7 .958 2.25   2.4
  CF 141 98 964.7 270 11 11 3 .962 2.62   3.1
Career Totals   1226 1058 9792.6 2051 616 155 64 .945 2.45   32.9
Career Highs   148 140 1265.0 299 186 32 16 .973 2.64    
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 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .125 .222 .188 .410
Career Post-Season Batting 6 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .125 .222 .188 .410
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
1921-5-.342
1922-1-.349
1925-9-.323
 On-Base Pct
1921-5-.394
1922-9-.384
 Slugging Pct
1921-1-.568
1922-1-.509
1923-3-.488
1924-3-.518
1925-2-.551
1927-5-.450
CAR-7-.490
 OPS
1921-1-.962
1922-1-.893
1923-5-.851
1924-7-.862
1925-3-.932
CAR-14-.843
 XR
1921-2-103.9
1922-6-90.7
1923-3-91.2
1924-10-78.3
1925-4-104.2
 Games
1921-1-142
1922-6-147
1923-4-148
1924-4-149
1925-1-152
1927-4-147
1928-6-148
At-Bats
1922-8-548
1923-6-559
 Runs
1921-2-112
1923-5-85
 Hits
1921-6-182
1922-2-191
1923-8-170
1925-8-182
 Total Bases
1921-1-302
1922-1-279
1923-2-273
1924-5-263
1925-3-311
1927-8-235
 Singles
1922-8-126
 Doubles
1921-2-43
1922-1-49
1923-8-33
1925-3-37
Triples
1921-1-22
1923-9-11
1924-5-13
1925-2-19
1927-5-16
CAR-47-114
 Homeruns
1921-2-11
1923-1-16
1924-1-17
1925-5-18
1927-4-13
1928-7-12
CAR-20-109
 RBIs
1921-4-99
1922-2-100
1923-2-100
1924-2-100
1925-3-115
1927-2-87
 Walks
1923-9-53
 Strikeouts
1921-3-69
1922-3-60
1923-2-61
1925-5-53
1927-5-58
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 120    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Ray Blades (877)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1920
Injured on 7/22/1920 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/13/1921, off Joe Boehling (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1921, hitting .333 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1921, hitting .342 with 11 HR, 99 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1922, hitting .407 with 1 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1922, hitting .407 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1922, hitting .444 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1923, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (A) on 7/4/1923
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1924, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1924, hitting .320 with 6 HR, 28 RBI
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/1/1925, hitting .519 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/29/1925, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Washington on 9/15/1925
Won Player of the Week award on 9/21/1925, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/1/1926 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
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 5/31/1927, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1927, hitting .370 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1928, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
 
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