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Pie
Traynor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 11, 1899 in Usa, MA, FRAMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
Gold Glove Award 1928   
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 20 CHA AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1921 21 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1922 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1923 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1924 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1925 25 PHI NL $ 1,142,857   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1926 26 PHI NL $ 1,142,857   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
1927 27 PHI NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
1928 28 CHN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
1929 29 CIN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
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 20 AAA   104 413 83 132 20 3 8 54 19 3 51 55 .320 .394 .441 .835 72.4  
    AA   27 104 25 41 7 0 2 14 5 3 17 13 .394 .479 .519 .999 23.6  
1921 21 CHA AL 104 373 43 103 17 4 4 43 13 4 24 16 .276 .322 .375 .697 41.7 5.4
    AAA   29 110 20 41 9 2 2 20 4 2 18 7 .373 .461 .545 1.006 25.0  
1922 22 CHA AL 136 494 59 136 25 6 4 66 16 6 32 14 .275 .318 .374 .693 55.2 7.1
1923 23 CHA AL 137 461 54 116 14 7 5 72 11 9 31 14 .252 .299 .345 .644 38.8 2.1
1924 24 CHA AL 143 503 59 138 29 5 2 75 14 15 27 10 .274 .309 .364 .673 49.3 5.0
1925 25 PHI NL 125 500 65 133 30 7 4 47 18 2 29 16 .266 .308 .378 .686 57.7 5.8
1926 26 PHI NL 130 456 57 135 26 13 0 60 9 6 21 7 .296 .328 .410 .739 53.5 10.3
1927 27 PHI NL 151 522 67 155 29 5 1 64 14 4 34 5 .297 .339 .377 .716 64.5 10.0
1928 28 PHI NL 17 70 11 20 6 2 0 6 3 1 3 1 .286 .315 .429 .744 8.4 1.4
  CHN NL 120 473 61 139 17 8 2 44 18 10 22 7 .294 .326 .376 .702 53.9 8.4
  TOT   137 543 72 159 23 10 2 50 21 11 25 8 .293 .325 .383 .708 62.3 9.8
1929 29 CHN NL 45 155 21 36 9 2 2 14 3 2 10 3 .232 .279 .355 .634 14.0 1.0
  CIN NL 84 301 46 74 13 5 1 29 5 5 17 2 .246 .285 .332 .617 25.2 1.1
  TOT   129 456 67 110 22 7 3 43 8 7 27 5 .241 .283 .340 .623 39.2 2.1
9 Years Sim 1192 4308 543 1185 215 64 25 520 124 64 250 95 .275 .315 .372 .687 462.2 57.5
2 Years AAA 133 523 103 173 29 5 10 74 23 5 69 62 .331 .407 .463 .870 97.4  
1 Years AA 27 104 25 41 7 0 2 14 5 3 17 13 .394 .475 .519 .995 23.6  
3 Years Minors 160 627 128 214 36 5 12 88 28 8 86 75 .341 .419 .472 .891 121.0  
162 Game Average 585 73 161 29 8 3 70 16 8 33 12 .275 .315 .372 .687 62.8  
Career Highs 151 543 72 159 30 13 5 75 21 15 34 16 .297 .339 .410 .739 64.5  
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   3072 377 849 154 47 14 360 86 46 163 66 .276 .313 .371 .684 339.7
vs LH   1236 166 336 61 17 11 160 38 18 87 29 .272 .319 .375 .695 145.2
Home 596 2130 257 592 107 30 11 277 63 33 118 57 .278 .316 .372 .688 239.3
Away 596 2178 286 593 108 34 14 243 61 31 132 38 .272 .313 .372 .686 245.6
RISP   1217 0 324 65 15 11 463 0 0 57 30 .266 .295 .371 .666 128.4
Pinch Hitting   29 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .345 .387 .345 .732 3.9
Close/Late   418 50 123 17 7 3 40 0 0 35 8 .294 .349 .390 .739 55.4
Mar/Apr 116 438 76 137 31 10 1 64 10 4 27 13 .313 .353 .436 .789 62.5
May 209 753 77 184 35 10 5 75 20 11 49 20 .244 .292 .337 .630 71.9
June 203 732 96 201 48 12 4 96 21 11 38 16 .275 .310 .389 .700 83.5
July 232 832 100 229 36 9 5 98 27 11 46 16 .275 .313 .358 .671 91.1
August 222 773 79 209 33 9 4 93 23 11 50 16 .270 .315 .352 .667 83.9
Sep/Oct 210 780 115 225 32 14 6 94 23 16 40 14 .288 .322 .388 .710 92.1
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 21 CHA AL 3B 103 100 847.7 58 191 14 22 .947 2.64   3.5
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1922 22 CHA AL 3B 136 134 1172.0 68 264 27 19 .925 2.55   2.2
1923 23 CHA AL 3B 135 132 1106.0 76 274 22 25 .941 2.85   5.8
1924 24 CHA AL 3B 143 143 1225.3 91 273 24 25 .938 2.67   3.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.1
1925 25 PHI NL SS 123 121 1048.7 187 470 50 82 .929 5.64   2.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1926 26 PHI NL SS 130 125 1087.0 158 481 45 80 .934 5.29   4.5
1927 27 PHI NL SS 150 142 1253.7 185 574 56 98 .931 5.45   4.1
1928 28 PHI NL SS 16 15 135.0 28 65 7 13 .930 6.20   0.8
    3B 1 0 5.2 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.92   0.1
  CHN NL SS 114 107 923.0 194 447 44 89 .936 6.25   5.1
    3B 6 4 35.5 3 17 1 3 .952 5.07   0.6
  TOT   SS 130 122 1058.0 222 512 51 102 .935 6.24   5.9
      3B 7 4 40.7 4 20 1 4 .960 5.31   0.7
1929 29 CHN NL SS 41 37 321.2 59 140 10 23 .952 5.58   1.4
    3B 2 1 10.2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.53   0.1
  CIN NL SS 77 70 623.1 113 271 19 46 .953 5.55   3.3
    3B 3 2 19.8 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.09   0.2
  SS 653 617 5397.6 925 2451 231 432 .936 5.63   21.6
  3B 530 516 4423.7 301 1033 88 97 .938 2.71   16.4
Career Totals   1183 1133 9821.3 1226 3484 319 529 .937 4.32   38.0
Career Highs   150 143 1253.7 226 574 56 106 .954 6.21    
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 23 CHA AL 6 25 4 10 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
1924 24 CHA AL 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1926 26 PHI NL 14 57 14 24 4 4 2 13 1 0 3 0 .421 .450 .737 1.187
1928 28 CHN NL 11 40 5 14 1 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 .350 .409 .375 .784
Career Post-Season Batting 35 134 23 50 8 5 2 18 4 1 7 2 .373 .404 .552 .956
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.
Games
1927-4-151
 Singles
1928-5-124
 Triples
1926-10-13
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1920
Had first career hit on 5/17/1921, off Dizzy Dismukes (DET)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/26/1921, off Bert Gallia (PHA)
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 6/19/1923
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,142,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/14/1925 (Going to PHI: 1B Vic Saier, 3B Pie Traynor, P Dutch Ruether, P Willie Foster, 1B Harry McCurdy. Going to CHA: P Jesse Haines, 1B George Sisler)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/4/1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,142,857 through salary arbitration
7/31/1926: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/6/1926 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
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)
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1928
 
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