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George
Scales		  
Nickname: Tubby
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 16, 1900 in Talladega, AL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1926   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 19 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1921 20 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1922 21 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1923 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1924 23 BSN NL $ 885,714   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1925 24 BSN NL $ 885,714   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1926 25 BSN NL $ 885,714   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1927 26 BSN NL $ 6,950,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1928 27 BSN NL $ 6,950,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1929 28 BSN NL $ 6,950,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,950,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 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
1920 19 BSN NL 139 455 47 123 22 2 0 57 20 6 52 62 .270 .346 .327 .674 57.2 10.8
1921 20 BSN NL 135 422 45 111 13 5 3 71 15 6 45 44 .263 .337 .339 .676 51.5 6.7
1922 21 BSN NL 148 487 71 128 20 6 5 76 11 10 74 74 .263 .361 .359 .721 67.3 11.2
1923 22 BSN NL 146 484 60 116 15 5 5 70 24 6 78 49 .240 .346 .322 .668 61.9 4.9
1924 23 BSN NL 144 460 70 112 14 4 1 62 23 8 68 51 .243 .341 .298 .639 55.1 5.3
1925 24 BSN NL 120 273 32 69 8 1 1 22 14 2 41 27 .253 .348 .300 .648 33.0 3.5
1926 25 BSN NL 135 432 47 103 16 5 3 45 20 8 68 45 .238 .348 .319 .668 52.3 7.3
1927 26 BSN NL 142 469 63 138 11 3 1 49 25 8 53 52 .294 .364 .337 .701 62.6 9.3
1928 27 BSN NL 136 394 66 110 26 4 9 54 15 6 57 31 .279 .373 .434 .807 62.3 13.5
1929 28 BSN NL 145 473 72 150 17 5 3 60 21 12 71 56 .317 .403 .393 .796 79.9 15.6
10 Years Sim 1390 4349 573 1160 162 40 31 566 188 72 607 491 .267 .357 .344 .701 583.0 88.1
162 Game Average 506 66 135 18 4 3 65 21 8 70 57 .267 .357 .344 .701 68.0  
Career Highs 148 487 72 150 26 6 9 76 25 12 78 74 .317 .403 .434 .807 79.9  
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   3402 437 900 122 28 27 468 155 58 443 394 .265 .351 .341 .691 437.1
vs LH   947 136 260 40 12 4 98 33 14 164 97 .275 .381 .355 .735 140.3
Home 685 2112 282 563 69 24 13 277 99 31 289 234 .267 .354 .340 .695 279.3
Away 705 2237 291 597 93 16 18 289 89 41 318 257 .267 .360 .347 .707 298.1
RISP   1244 0 342 54 13 11 509 0 0 188 140 .275 .362 .366 .728 177.6
Pinch Hitting   85 9 22 2 0 0 11 0 1 13 9 .259 .354 .282 .636 9.5
Close/Late   484 56 140 14 5 2 50 0 0 83 44 .289 .393 .351 .745 72.9
Mar/Apr 155 504 69 135 16 4 5 69 18 8 72 52 .268 .359 .345 .704 67.6
May 256 836 104 212 23 9 6 103 29 17 131 95 .254 .355 .324 .680 106.0
June 250 792 86 196 33 8 4 112 30 10 96 82 .247 .329 .324 .654 91.0
July 253 770 111 203 38 6 7 98 37 16 111 101 .264 .361 .356 .717 104.5
August 232 667 105 192 24 4 6 85 38 12 103 74 .288 .381 .363 .744 101.5
Sep/Oct 244 780 98 222 28 9 3 99 36 9 94 87 .285 .362 .355 .718 106.8
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 19 BSN NL SS 131 130 1176.3 227 544 28 83 .965 5.90   6.1
    LF 5 5 47.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.11   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1921 20 BSN NL SS 113 108 920.0 177 417 30 74 .952 5.81   3.1
    LF 7 4 39.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.1
    3B 3 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    1B 2 0 6.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1922 21 BSN NL SS 146 142 1195.0 224 561 36 104 .956 5.91   4.7
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 22 BSN NL SS 132 132 1160.3 232 524 30 93 .962 5.86   2.3
    2B 10 7 56.0 16 32 1 5 .980 7.71   0.3
    3B 1 0 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
1924 23 BSN NL 3B 127 121 1077.7 71 287 27 17 .930 2.99   3.1
    SS 4 0 13.3 4 8 0 3 1.000 8.10   0.1
    RF 1 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 5 0 11.3 5 4 0 0 1.000 7.15   0.1
1925 24 BSN NL 3B 68 43 439.7 35 137 13 4 .930 3.52   1.8
    1B 13 11 94.0 128 9 2 8 .986 13.12   0.1
    2B 14 1 32.0 5 21 2 3 .929 7.31   0.1
    RF 5 3 29.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.62   0.1
    SS 12 0 23.0 3 10 1 3 .929 5.09   0.1
    CF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1926 25 BSN NL 2B 131 131 1088.0 335 557 21 128 .977 7.38   4.5
    SS 2 0 12.0 1 9 1 2 .909 7.50   0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1927 26 BSN NL 2B 137 133 1132.0 347 544 31 119 .966 7.08   3.2
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1928 27 BSN NL 2B 101 98 808.7 263 387 13 83 .980 7.23   2.9
    SS 23 13 127.3 21 54 3 9 .962 5.30   0.4
    CF 4 4 33.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.91   0.1
    1B 4 4 30.0 40 4 1 1 .978 13.20   0.0
    3B 4 2 27.3 5 10 0 0 1.000 4.94   0.2
    LF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1929 28 BSN NL 2B 94 94 786.0 209 385 18 79 .971 6.80   2.4
    SS 50 44 389.0 67 149 11 27 .952 5.00   0.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 615 569 5019.3 956 2277 140 398 .958 5.80   17.8
  2B 495 464 3919.0 1181 1931 86 417 .973 7.15   13.4
  3B 207 166 1565.7 114 440 41 21 .931 3.18   5.3
  1B 20 15 131.0 179 13 3 12 .985 13.19   0.2
  LF 15 11 105.3 28 0 1 0 .966 2.39   0.2
  CF 7 5 47.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.11   0.1
  RF 8 3 44.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.1
Career Totals   1367 1233 10831.3 2474 4661 272 848 .963 5.93   37.1
Career Highs   148 142 1225.3 347 568 37 130 .978 7.38    
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
1925 24 BSN NL 6 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 .364 .462 .364 .825
Career Post-Season Batting 6 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 .364 .462 .364 .825
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
1929-9-.317
 On-Base Pct
1929-5-.403
 Games
1922-7-148
 Singles
1927-10-123
1929-8-125
 Walks
1922-4-74
1923-6-78
1924-6-68
1929-7-71
 Strikeouts
1922-3-74
1924-5-51
1926-9-45
1927-5-52
1929-1-56
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  3. Whitey Witt (918)
  4. Joe Gedeon (914)
  5. Bill Friel (913)
  6. Ossie Vitt (912)
  7. Frank Laporte (911)
  8. Gene Paulette (910)
  9. Mike Mowrey (910)
  10. Ray Chapman (909)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1920
Had first career hit on 4/20/1920, off Ray Caldwell (BRO)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1921, off Monty Swartz (PHI)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/15/1921
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $885,714 through salary arbitration
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $885,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/26/1925 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $885,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/4/1926 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
10/12/1926: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,950,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1926
 
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