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Jigger
Statz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 20, 1897 in Usa, IL, WAUKEGAN
 
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
1919 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7
1920 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7
1921 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1922 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1923 25 BOS AL $ 1,089,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 6 6 6
1924 26 CIN NL $ 1,152,857   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6
1925 27 CIN NL $ 1,805,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6
1926 28 CHN NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6
1927 29 CHN NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 6 5 6
1928 30 BSN NL $ 5,432,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 6 5 6
1929 31 BSN NL $ 5,432,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,432,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 8 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
1919 21 BOS AL 104 386 54 118 25 6 3 39 31 20 19 48 .306 .336 .425 .761 52.3 10.6
1920 22 BOS AL 45 33 9 8 3 0 0 4 5 2 3 2 .242 .306 .333 .639 3.7 0.4
1921 23 BOS AL 112 432 63 148 25 16 7 68 32 25 34 57 .343 .391 .523 .915 73.1 13.1
1922 24 BOS AL 55 155 25 41 11 4 2 29 10 4 10 23 .265 .311 .426 .737 19.3 2.6
    AAA   84 348 65 128 18 6 7 51 19 8 37 56 .368 .429 .514 .943 70.1  
1923 25 BOS AL 97 200 36 62 13 9 5 32 11 14 11 22 .310 .349 .540 .889 30.6 5.2
1924 26 CIN NL 106 259 49 72 15 2 3 45 8 3 27 24 .278 .346 .386 .732 32.2 4.1
1925 27 CIN NL 103 258 46 66 9 6 0 29 9 6 30 32 .256 .330 .337 .667 29.5 3.3
1926 28 CHN NL 106 322 57 97 9 11 3 38 15 11 28 28 .301 .355 .425 .780 47.4 8.7
1927 29 CHN NL 135 485 62 136 26 8 2 54 24 11 53 40 .280 .352 .379 .732 62.2 8.4
1928 30 BSN NL 88 275 50 87 7 4 5 39 24 15 25 21 .316 .377 .425 .803 40.4 8.1
    AAA   46 176 37 62 16 5 7 37 6 7 13 20 .352 .397 .619 1.016 36.1  
1929 31 BSN NL 107 220 32 60 13 1 4 31 11 10 19 16 .273 .331 .395 .726 27.3 3.8
11 Years Sim 1058 3025 483 895 156 67 34 408 180 121 259 313 .296 .352 .425 .777 417.9 68.1
2 Years AAA 130 524 102 190 34 11 14 88 25 15 50 76 .363 .419 .550 .968 106.2  
162 Game Average 463 73 137 23 10 5 62 27 18 39 47 .296 .352 .425 .777 64.0  
Career Highs 135 485 63 148 26 16 7 68 32 25 53 57 .343 .391 .540 .915 73.1  
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   1717 270 504 95 33 15 237 102 67 144 192 .294 .348 .414 .762 234.3
vs LH   1308 213 391 61 34 19 171 78 54 115 121 .299 .356 .441 .797 193.0
Home 524 1512 242 463 81 33 17 199 86 56 118 144 .306 .355 .437 .793 220.1
Away 534 1513 241 432 75 34 17 209 94 65 141 169 .286 .348 .414 .761 207.1
RISP   809 0 237 42 21 5 344 0 0 91 96 .293 .358 .415 .774 119.8
Pinch Hitting   214 41 63 15 3 1 49 5 7 29 19 .294 .375 .407 .782 31.4
Close/Late   378 83 102 21 7 6 54 0 1 42 37 .270 .340 .410 .750 52.5
Mar/Apr 88 234 33 57 9 6 1 30 16 10 25 24 .244 .314 .346 .661 25.8
May 163 432 77 138 29 11 5 66 18 21 42 53 .319 .377 .472 .850 68.6
June 188 503 78 134 25 6 4 69 21 19 37 64 .266 .316 .364 .679 54.4
July 198 560 96 159 27 18 9 69 30 19 49 54 .284 .343 .445 .787 81.1
August 214 665 106 211 44 13 8 86 45 28 50 56 .317 .369 .459 .827 102.3
Sep/Oct 207 631 93 196 22 13 7 88 50 24 56 62 .311 .366 .420 .786 95.0
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
1919 21 BOS AL CF 90 89 808.0 233 3 8 0 .967 2.63   3.2
    RF 4 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1920 22 BOS AL RF 9 0 16.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.1
    CF 7 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1921 23 BOS AL CF 87 86 760.0 218 8 4 2 .983 2.68   4.2
    RF 21 21 180.7 54 1 0 0 1.000 2.74    
    LF 1 1 8.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1922 24 BOS AL CF 22 20 178.7 45 3 0 1 1.000 2.42   1.2
    LF 11 10 99.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    RF 6 5 40.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1923 25 BOS AL CF 43 33 301.7 101 0 3 0 .971 3.01   1.6
    2B 25 0 40.0 16 19 0 7 1.000 7.88   0.2
    LF 6 1 14.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 5.14    
    RF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1924 26 CIN NL CF 48 45 391.7 142 4 3 3 .980 3.35   2.2
    RF 13 11 92.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
    SS 4 4 36.0 4 16 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.2
    2B 18 0 28.3 6 8 0 2 1.000 4.45   0.1
    LF 3 0 8.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1925 27 CIN NL CF 36 29 267.0 92 3 6 1 .941 3.20   0.9
    RF 25 22 194.0 38 2 3 0 .930 1.86    
    LF 7 3 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    SS 3 2 27.0 6 8 1 2 .933 4.67   0.1
    2B 4 0 11.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.0
    3B 1 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1926 28 CHN NL CF 72 61 562.0 152 2 9 1 .945 2.47   2.1
    RF 13 8 74.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.22    
    LF 9 0 20.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.87    
    2B 1 0 6.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
1927 29 CHN NL CF 132 127 1105.3 324 9 11 4 .968 2.71   6.2
    LF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1928 30 BSN NL RF 36 36 300.7 78 3 0 1 1.000 2.42   1.1
    CF 41 37 294.0 78 7 3 2 .966 2.60    
    2B 6 0 12.7 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.55   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1929 31 BSN NL RF 33 27 239.7 68 3 7 1 .910 2.67   0.8
    CF 24 20 180.7 72 2 2 1 .974 3.69    
    2B 15 0 35.0 16 10 0 9 1.000 6.69   0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 602 547 4862.0 1461 41 49 15 .968 2.78   21.6
  RF 161 134 1172.0 296 10 10 2 .968 2.35   2.0
  LF 41 15 200.0 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.16    
  2B 70 0 135.0 47 48 0 21 1.000 6.33   0.5
  SS 8 6 65.0 10 24 1 4 .971 4.71   0.3
  3B 1 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
Career Totals   883 703 6440.9 1863 125 60 42 .971 2.78   24.4
Career Highs   134 127 1111.3 327 28 11 11 1.000 3.64    
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
1924 26 CIN NL 7 23 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 .130 .130 .261 .391
1925 27 CIN NL 7 17 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .471 .500 .588 1.088
Career Post-Season Batting 14 40 7 11 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 7 .275 .293 .400 .693
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.
Slugging Pct
1921-5-.487*
 OPS
1921-8-.854*
 Doubles
1919-9-25
 Triples
1919-10-6
1921-6-16
 Stolen Bases
1919-10-31
1921-9-32
 Caught Stealing
1919-6-20
1921-2-25
1923-10-14
Strikeouts
1921-6-57
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1919
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston (A) on 2/26/1919 (Going to CIN: P Trade A Bait. Going to BOS: RF Jigger Statz)
Had first career hit on 4/23/1919, off Harry Ables (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1919, off Red Faber (DET)
Injured on 6/23/1921 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/16/1921
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,089,286 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 8/23/1923
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,152,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Cincinnati on 2/16/1924 (Going to CIN: RF Jigger Statz. Going to BOS: P Trade AB Bait)
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,805,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/16/1926 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/1927, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 8/6/1927 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 8/19/1927
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/21/1928 to a 2-year deal worth $5,432,000 per year
 
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