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Earl
Sheely		  
Nickname: Whitey
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: February 12, 1893 in Usa, IL, BUSHNELL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1923   
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 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
1922 29 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
1923 30 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 9 8 9
1924 31 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 8
1925 32 CIN NL $ 775,714   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 7 6 6 8 8 8
1926 33 CIN NL $ 775,714   6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 7 6 6 8 8 8
1927 34 CIN NL $ 775,714   5 5 5 3 2 3 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 775,714   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 9 9 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
1921 28 CIN NL 128 447 68 135 25 6 10 77 0 0 48 34 .302 .369 .452 .821 70.4 10.8
1922 29 CIN NL 134 479 62 129 24 5 2 76 0 2 45 30 .269 .336 .353 .689 54.9 5.7
1923 30 CIN NL 91 288 37 77 15 4 6 50 1 1 29 19 .267 .335 .410 .745 39.1 4.6
1924 31 CIN NL 68 179 28 57 10 4 0 19 0 0 21 6 .318 .393 .419 .812 27.2 5.0
1925 32 CIN NL 81 169 22 46 9 1 3 30 0 0 26 11 .272 .362 .391 .752 25.2 3.7
1926 33 CIN NL 23 37 5 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .270 .333 .324 .658 4.1 0.3
1927 34 CIN NL 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .100 .357 .100 .457 0.7 0.0
7 Years Sim 533 1609 223 455 85 20 21 258 1 3 177 102 .283 .354 .400 .754 221.6 30.1
162 Game Average 489 67 138 25 6 6 78 0 0 53 31 .283 .354 .400 .754 67.3  
Career Highs 134 479 68 135 25 6 10 77 1 2 48 34 .318 .393 .452 .821 70.4  
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   1072 160 297 58 12 18 176 0 2 107 72 .277 .343 .404 .747 146.0
vs LH   537 63 158 27 8 3 82 1 1 70 30 .294 .376 .391 .767 79.4
Home 263 798 115 242 46 7 7 130 1 3 95 39 .303 .377 .405 .782 119.6
Away 270 811 108 213 39 13 14 128 0 0 82 63 .263 .331 .395 .726 105.7
RISP   498 0 152 25 7 6 223 0 0 57 33 .305 .368 .420 .788 77.1
Pinch Hitting   82 9 31 7 0 2 16 0 0 13 1 .378 .449 .537 .986 18.4
Close/Late   167 12 46 8 0 3 23 0 0 15 12 .275 .330 .377 .707 21.1
Mar/Apr 55 151 27 50 11 4 4 34 0 0 18 16 .331 .406 .536 .942 29.8
May 117 369 52 94 20 2 4 52 0 1 43 18 .255 .334 .352 .686 44.1
June 100 328 47 94 21 5 2 49 0 1 30 20 .287 .345 .399 .745 43.6
July 92 259 38 75 13 3 3 47 0 1 30 18 .290 .366 .398 .764 37.0
August 86 247 31 74 13 4 6 36 1 0 24 14 .300 .363 .457 .820 39.4
Sep/Oct 83 255 28 68 7 2 2 40 0 0 32 16 .267 .344 .333 .677 31.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1921 28 CIN NL 1B 119 116 1027.0 1209 102 11 108 .992 11.49 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1922 29 CIN NL 1B 132 129 1097.7 1273 128 10 103 .993 11.49 0 0 .000 0 2.4
1923 30 CIN NL 1B 79 78 676.0 825 79 6 85 .993 12.04 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1924 31 CIN NL 1B 53 43 379.3 460 36 6 46 .988 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1925 32 CIN NL 1B 48 41 359.0 460 40 3 45 .994 12.53 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 7.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 33 CIN NL 1B 6 6 55.0 65 4 0 6 1.000 11.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1927 34 CIN NL 1B 2 2 16.0 24 1 1 6 .962 14.06 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 439 415 3610.0 4316 390 37 399 .992 11.73 0 0 .000 0 7.9
  RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 1 7.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   442 417 3627.0 4319 391 38 399 .992 11.69 0 0 .000 0 8.0
Career Highs   132 129 1097.7 1273 128 11 108 1.000 14.06 0 0 .000 0  
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
1921 28 CIN NL 4 13 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 .308 .438 .385 .822
1923 30 CIN NL 6 17 1 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 1 .412 .421 .647 1.068
1924 31 CIN NL 8 28 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 .250 .400 .286 .686
1925 32 CIN NL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
1926 33 CIN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1927 34 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 24 63 6 19 4 1 0 10 0 0 11 2 .302 .408 .397 .805
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  6. Lyman Lamb (949)
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  9. Earle Combs (938)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1921
Had first career hit (double) on 4/13/1921, off Tom Seaton (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1921, off Jose Mendez (SLN)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1925 with a Sore Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/13/1928 to a minor league contract
Released by Washington on 4/10/1928
 
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