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Doc
Prothro		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: July 16, 1893 in Usa, TN, MEMPHIS
 
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 26 NY1 NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 1 1 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 8 8
1921 27 NY1 NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 1 1 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8
1922 28 NY1 NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 1 1 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 8
1923 29 NY1 NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 9
1924 30 NY1 NL $ 650,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 9 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 9
1925 31 DET AL $ 650,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8
1926 32 DET AL $ 650,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8
1927 33 NY1 NL $ 1,050,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 7 8 6 5 5 9 8 8
1928 34 NY1 NL $ 1,050,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 7 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,050,000   8 8 8 2 1 1 9 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 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
1920 26 NY1 NL 142 569 94 182 29 13 0 53 2 1 40 69 .320 .363 .417 .779 78.1 12.3
1921 27 NY1 NL 135 508 73 163 32 16 4 64 1 0 45 43 .321 .375 .470 .845 79.9 13.4
1922 28 NY1 NL 146 561 69 156 32 5 2 86 1 2 50 49 .278 .333 .364 .697 65.2 5.9
1923 29 NY1 NL 88 252 33 72 11 3 1 37 0 1 33 19 .286 .367 .365 .732 32.6 4.1
1924 30 NY1 NL 48 83 9 19 1 1 0 6 0 0 7 2 .229 .289 .265 .554 5.8 0.0
1925 31 NY1 NL 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2 0.0
  DET AL 106 348 64 103 17 3 0 38 1 0 28 15 .296 .348 .362 .710 37.9 5.0
  TOT   114 356 65 104 17 3 0 39 1 0 29 16 .292 .345 .357 .702 38.1 5.0
1926 32 DET AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   39 92 20 37 6 0 1 19 5 3 20 3 .402 .509 .500 1.009 22.2  
1927 33 NY1 NL 70 79 14 28 7 4 0 12 0 0 7 2 .354 .414 .544 .958 14.7 3.6
1928 34 NY1 NL 84 182 28 51 10 2 1 21 0 0 14 8 .280 .332 .374 .705 22.0 4.2
9 Years Sim 830 2591 385 775 139 47 8 318 5 4 225 208 .299 .354 .398 .752 336.2 48.4
1 Years AAA 39 92 20 37 6 0 1 19 5 3 20 3 .402 .500 .500 1.000 22.2  
162 Game Average 505 75 151 27 9 1 62 0 0 43 40 .299 .354 .398 .752 65.6  
Career Highs 146 569 94 182 32 16 4 86 2 2 50 69 .354 .414 .544 .958 79.9  
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   2042 301 611 115 36 4 236 5 1 157 178 .299 .347 .397 .744 270.6
vs LH   549 84 164 24 11 4 82 0 3 68 30 .299 .376 .404 .780 82.2
Home 411 1275 196 401 77 26 5 176 1 3 109 107 .315 .367 .427 .795 188.6
Away 418 1316 189 374 62 21 3 142 4 1 116 101 .284 .340 .370 .710 164.2
RISP   683 0 204 41 6 5 279 0 0 65 54 .299 .352 .398 .751 95.1
Pinch Hitting   85 10 21 4 2 0 12 0 0 5 4 .247 .297 .341 .638 8.0
Close/Late   297 30 92 17 5 0 29 0 0 16 27 .310 .346 .401 .747 38.2
Mar/Apr 92 267 40 82 16 5 1 34 0 0 26 23 .307 .372 .416 .787 39.2
May 167 529 78 149 21 13 0 56 2 2 49 51 .282 .340 .371 .711 66.0
June 148 471 61 131 23 5 0 50 1 0 38 31 .278 .331 .348 .680 53.7
July 142 462 70 153 22 7 3 52 1 1 37 37 .331 .377 .429 .806 70.7
August 151 474 82 135 35 11 0 61 0 1 37 37 .285 .335 .405 .740 60.9
Sep/Oct 128 388 54 125 22 6 4 65 1 0 38 29 .322 .381 .441 .822 62.2
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
1920 26 NY1 NL 3B 138 137 1206.3 81 292 20 19 .949 2.78   2.0
1921 27 NY1 NL 3B 133 130 1124.3 82 259 25 19 .932 2.73   2.2
    2B 1 1 13.0 4 3 1 1 .875 4.85   0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1922 28 NY1 NL 3B 145 144 1278.3 97 299 22 28 .947 2.79   5.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 29 NY1 NL 3B 73 62 568.3 40 150 11 6 .945 3.01   3.2
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1924 30 NY1 NL 3B 27 16 162.7 9 37 5 4 .902 2.55   0.7
    SS 5 0 10.0 3 2 1 0 .833 4.50   0.0
1925 31 NY1 NL 3B 7 7 18.5 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.92   0.1
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL 3B 94 90 777.9 60 195 17 13 .938 2.95   2.0
    SS 6 0 12.7 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.25   0.0
  TOT   3B 101 97 796.4 61 200 17 13 .939 2.95   2.1
      SS 6 0 13.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.15   0.0
1926 32 DET AL SS 2 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
1927 33 NY1 NL 3B 19 12 112.0 6 34 4 2 .909 3.21   0.5
    SS 26 0 56.7 9 21 1 6 .968 4.77   0.2
1928 34 NY1 NL 3B 36 20 205.3 20 51 8 3 .899 3.11   0.8
    SS 24 18 172.0 38 57 1 12 .990 4.97   0.8
  3B 672 618 5453.7 396 1322 112 94 .939 2.84   16.8
  SS 66 18 261.3 55 86 3 20 .979 4.86   1.1
  2B 2 1 16.0 4 3 1 1 .875 3.94   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   741 637 5733.0 456 1411 116 115 .942 2.93   17.9
Career Highs   146 144 1279.3 97 299 26 28 1.000 4.92    
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
1923 29 NY1 NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
At-Bats
1920-8-569
 Runs
1920-6-94
 Hits
1920-8-182
 Singles
1920-7-140
 Doubles
1920-9-29
1921-10-32
 Triples
1921-5-16
Strikeouts
1920-9-69
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1920
Had first career hit on 4/19/1920, off Joe Rogan (PHI)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Chicago (N) on 7/9/1921
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1921, off Gene Dale (CHN)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Brooklyn on 9/5/1921
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $650,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $650,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1925 (Going to NY1: P Elam Vangilder, 3B Andy High. Going to DET: 3B Doc Prothro)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $650,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/2/1926 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/16/1927 to a 2-year deal worth $1,050,000 per year
Injured on 7/2/1927 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
 
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