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John
Monroe		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 160
 
Born: August 24, 1898 in Usa, TX, FARMERSVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
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
1921 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1922 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 7
1923 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1924 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 8
1925 26 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 8
1926 27 PHI NL $ 1,414,286   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 7
1927 28 PHI NL $ 2,600,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 7
1928 29 CHN NL $ 2,600,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1929 30 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 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
1921 22 CHA AL 49 173 20 51 5 1 0 29 4 2 16 15 .295 .354 .335 .689 19.3 2.5
    AAA   86 311 66 107 16 3 11 64 12 9 45 19 .344 .427 .521 .948 64.0  
1922 23 CHA AL 81 241 26 60 9 4 1 29 1 6 28 19 .249 .330 .332 .662 25.2 3.0
1923 24 CHA AL 54 117 14 30 5 1 0 8 0 6 11 7 .256 .318 .316 .634 8.4 0.0
    AAA   63 213 39 66 11 1 3 28 11 7 29 17 .310 .393 .413 .806 34.3  
1924 25 CHA AL 87 262 32 72 7 2 1 30 4 9 25 19 .275 .347 .328 .675 28.5 3.4
1925 26 PHI NL 141 481 74 141 21 11 9 68 8 15 50 34 .293 .361 .439 .800 70.0 8.5
1926 27 PHI NL 144 504 77 150 18 7 7 70 12 16 39 28 .298 .354 .403 .757 66.2 12.9
1927 28 PHI NL 145 514 73 145 12 8 5 62 14 15 47 29 .282 .349 .366 .714 60.5 8.3
1928 29 PHI NL 18 67 8 19 6 2 0 12 2 3 2 1 .284 .310 .433 .743 7.6 1.1
  CHN NL 104 347 39 100 13 8 2 63 11 15 27 26 .288 .342 .389 .731 43.1 6.3
  TOT   122 414 47 119 19 10 2 75 13 18 29 27 .287 .337 .396 .733 50.7 7.5
1929 30 PIT NL 92 225 27 74 8 6 1 40 0 2 16 8 .329 .373 .431 .804 32.9 6.2
9 Years Sim 915 2931 390 842 104 50 26 411 56 89 261 186 .287 .349 .383 .733 361.9 52.4
2 Years AAA 149 524 105 173 27 4 14 92 23 16 74 36 .330 .414 .477 .891 98.2  
162 Game Average 518 69 149 18 8 4 72 9 15 46 32 .287 .349 .383 .733 64.1  
Career Highs 145 514 77 150 21 11 9 75 14 18 50 34 .329 .373 .439 .804 70.0  
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   2366 319 688 88 43 19 353 46 77 218 140 .291 .355 .388 .743 301.1
vs LH   565 71 154 16 7 7 58 10 12 43 46 .273 .325 .363 .688 64.0
Home 449 1401 206 406 50 26 18 205 31 33 128 90 .290 .354 .401 .755 188.0
Away 466 1530 184 436 54 24 8 206 25 56 133 96 .285 .345 .367 .712 177.1
RISP   838 0 231 32 13 6 360 0 0 84 61 .276 .340 .366 .707 105.5
Pinch Hitting   62 10 18 0 1 0 13 0 1 7 2 .290 .351 .323 .674 7.4
Close/Late   340 46 96 13 5 2 54 0 1 28 24 .282 .338 .368 .705 41.2
Mar/Apr 104 337 50 107 19 5 5 63 8 11 24 18 .318 .370 .448 .818 49.1
May 193 641 71 170 20 11 3 72 10 14 51 40 .265 .315 .345 .660 67.6
June 156 536 65 156 16 13 1 59 11 20 56 35 .291 .361 .375 .736 67.6
July 145 471 70 146 16 6 7 85 12 20 39 26 .310 .366 .414 .780 64.2
August 154 449 65 124 14 10 1 64 11 10 43 30 .276 .353 .359 .712 53.6
Sep/Oct 163 497 69 139 19 5 9 68 4 14 48 37 .280 .347 .392 .739 63.0
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 22 CHA AL 2B 49 49 413.7 101 194 10 33 .967 6.42   1.3
1922 23 CHA AL 2B 77 73 615.3 169 275 15 61 .967 6.49   1.1
1923 24 CHA AL 2B 42 28 262.7 74 112 7 26 .964 6.37   0.6
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1924 25 CHA AL 2B 75 71 626.7 153 255 26 53 .940 5.86   1.9
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1925 26 PHI NL 2B 141 137 1192.3 334 546 46 122 .950 6.64   4.6
1926 27 PHI NL 2B 143 139 1211.0 352 598 44 126 .956 7.06   7.8
1927 28 PHI NL 2B 142 141 1237.7 345 509 44 114 .951 6.21   3.1
1928 29 PHI NL 2B 18 16 155.0 44 71 5 16 .958 6.68   0.7
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CHN NL 2B 101 95 836.1 238 382 29 88 .955 6.67   3.0
    3B 1 0 2.5 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
  TOT   2B 119 111 991.1 282 453 34 104 .956 6.67   3.7
      3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
1929 30 PIT NL 2B 69 50 461.7 144 218 11 49 .971 7.06   2.2
    3B 7 0 10.3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.87   0.0
  2B 857 799 7012.1 1954 3160 237 688 .956 6.56   26.1
  3B 12 0 22.3 2 5 1 0 .875 2.82   0.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   870 799 7035.4 1957 3165 238 688 .956 6.55   26.3
Career Highs   143 141 1237.7 352 598 46 126 .968 7.06    
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
1923 24 CHA AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1926 27 PHI NL 14 56 8 14 5 1 1 3 0 1 3 3 .250 .288 .429 .717
1928 29 CHN NL 6 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .286 .300 .586
Career Post-Season Batting 23 78 11 19 6 1 1 6 0 1 5 7 .244 .289 .385 .674
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.
Singles
1926-10-118
 Caught Stealing
1925-9-15
1927-10-15
1928-9-18
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Jimmie Dykes (956)
  2. Charlie Gehringer (955)
  3. John Farrell (951)
  4. Morrie Rath (945)
  5. Walter Barbare (944)
  6. George Kelly (941)
  7. Marty Kavanagh (940)
  8. Lloyd Christenbury (934)
  9. Jesse Baker (930)
  10. Tillie Shafer (927)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1921
Had first career hit on 8/1/1921, off Dazzy Vance (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1922, off Dave Danforth (DET)
Injured on 7/2/1922 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/11/1923 with a Bruised Heel, out for 5 days
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/26/1925 (Going to PHI: 2B John Monroe. Going to CHA: P Trade AD Bait)
Injured on 7/20/1925 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1926: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $2,600,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (N) on 7/3/1926
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/20/1926
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Chicago (N) on 5/1/1928 (Going to CHN: 3B Pie Traynor, 2B John Monroe. Going to PHI: 2B Specs Toporczer, RF Randy Reese)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 8/14/1928
 
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