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Jack
Zalusky		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 22, 1879 in Minneapolis, MN.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1910    1913    1913   
Gold Glove Award 1910    1913    1915   
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
1903 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 6
1904 25 DET AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 8 7 7
1905 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 9 8 9
1906 27 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 9 9 9
1907 28 DET AL     6 6 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10
1908 29 DET AL     7 7 8 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10
1909 30 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 31 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10
1911 32 DET AL $ 3,057,143   7 7 7 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10
1912 33 DET AL $ 3,057,143   7 7 7 3 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 4 10 10 10
1913 34 SLN NL $ 3,057,143   7 7 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10
1914 35 WAS AL $ 1,990,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10
1915 36 WAS AL $ 1,990,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7
1916 37 WAS AL $ 540,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,057,143   7 7 8 3 3 3 4 4 4 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
1903 24 DET AL 3 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.4 0.4
    A   94 330 53 99 11 0 26 58 1 0 30 110 .300 .358 .570 .928 64.6  
1904 25 A   115 430 62 125 15 1 24 52 1 0 49 114 .291 .363 .498 .861 76.5  
1905 26 DET AL 68 199 15 39 5 0 2 19 0 0 6 27 .196 .216 .251 .468 8.7 0.0
1906 27 DET AL 57 172 15 30 2 1 0 21 0 1 13 17 .174 .230 .198 .428 7.0 0.0
1907 28 AAA   119 496 37 121 5 2 5 27 1 0 50 46 .244 .313 .292 .606 48.6  
1908 29 AAA   131 507 36 162 5 0 7 33 2 0 76 44 .320 .408 .371 .779 81.8  
1909 30 DET AL 91 354 48 111 4 1 4 55 1 0 29 16 .314 .368 .364 .732 45.8 12.6
    AAA   52 204 23 64 1 0 1 16 1 0 29 12 .314 .399 .333 .732 29.8  
1910 31 DET AL 142 540 64 166 3 0 6 79 1 0 44 24 .307 .355 .346 .702 67.8 18.1
1911 32 DET AL 87 313 37 88 4 2 4 55 3 0 22 16 .281 .327 .345 .673 35.6 5.9
1912 33 DET AL 93 324 18 79 2 0 0 46 1 1 18 14 .244 .280 .250 .530 22.5 0.3
1913 34 DET AL 10 35 2 12 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 .343 .395 .400 .795 5.1 1.2
  SLN NL 91 344 34 115 3 0 3 49 0 1 23 6 .334 .377 .369 .747 44.3 7.8
  TOT   101 379 36 127 3 1 3 53 0 1 26 7 .335 .379 .372 .751 49.4 8.9
1914 35 SLN NL 17 56 4 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 2 2 .357 .379 .411 .790 8.0 2.1
  WAS AL 72 252 26 65 0 0 1 26 0 2 20 13 .258 .315 .270 .585 20.6 3.0
  TOT   89 308 30 85 0 0 2 36 0 2 22 15 .276 .326 .295 .622 28.6 5.1
1915 36 WAS AL 133 462 33 105 3 2 0 22 2 0 33 61 .227 .278 .242 .521 28.8 2.0
1916 37 WAS AL 68 224 13 27 2 2 0 14 2 1 23 60 .121 .203 .147 .351 3.4 0.0
11 Years Sim 932 3282 310 860 29 9 21 400 10 6 236 257 .262 .311 .296 .606 298.9 53.2
3 Years AAA 302 1207 96 347 11 2 13 76 4 0 155 102 .287 .368 .332 .701 160.1  
2 Years A 209 760 115 224 26 1 50 110 2 0 79 224 .295 .361 .529 .890 141.0  
5 Years Minors 511 1967 211 571 37 3 63 186 6 0 234 326 .290 .366 .408 .774 301.1  
162 Game Average 570 53 149 5 1 3 69 1 1 41 44 .262 .311 .296 .606 52.0  
Career Highs 142 540 64 166 5 2 6 79 3 2 44 61 .429 .429 .571 1.000 67.8  
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   2323 219 605 20 6 14 293 8 3 165 193 .260 .309 .292 .601 215.0
vs LH   959 91 255 9 3 7 107 2 3 71 64 .266 .315 .303 .618 93.6
Home 463 1612 177 448 13 5 9 211 7 5 116 122 .278 .326 .309 .634 165.4
Away 469 1670 133 412 16 4 12 189 3 1 120 135 .247 .296 .283 .579 143.2
RISP   985 0 264 8 3 10 382 0 0 82 63 .268 .316 .313 .628 103.4
Pinch Hitting   22 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .273 .320 .273 .593 2.1
Close/Late   442 31 108 4 0 4 54 0 0 34 42 .244 .300 .281 .580 38.1
Mar/Apr 82 277 20 60 1 2 0 26 0 0 17 19 .217 .257 .235 .491 16.2
May 142 487 43 121 9 4 7 72 3 2 41 43 .248 .304 .326 .631 49.9
June 166 593 68 162 2 1 4 74 2 0 34 43 .273 .312 .300 .613 56.3
July 194 700 68 192 5 0 7 90 2 0 55 36 .274 .328 .311 .639 74.0
August 152 548 55 152 5 1 1 64 2 2 32 40 .277 .317 .296 .612 51.2
Sep/Oct 196 677 56 173 7 1 2 74 1 2 57 76 .256 .313 .278 .590 61.0
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1903 24 DET AL C 2 2 16.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.94 6 2 .333 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1905 26 DET AL C 43 39 349.0 171 29 2 0 .990 5.16 63 19 .302 0 2.8
    1B 24 13 143.7 205 8 2 16 .991 13.34 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1906 27 DET AL C 36 31 291.7 149 32 2 1 .989 5.59 74 20 .270 1 2.0
    1B 20 15 145.7 183 13 1 15 .995 12.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1909 30 DET AL C 88 88 805.7 441 91 13 0 .976 5.94 208 73 .351 1 4.0
1910 31 DET AL C 138 137 1233.7 700 125 12 4 .986 6.02 288 94 .326 5 9.2
1911 32 DET AL C 85 85 734.3 355 70 4 1 .991 5.21 185 47 .254 0 4.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1912 33 DET AL C 88 87 788.3 357 94 8 0 .983 5.15 195 74 .379 1 4.9
1913 34 DET AL C 10 10 81.7 47 8 0 0 1.000 6.06 15 5 .333 0 0.4
  SLN NL C 90 89 806.3 468 74 4 0 .993 6.05 153 50 .327 4 2.3
  TOT   C 100 99 888.0 515 82 4 0 .993 6.05 168 55 .327 4 2.7
1914 35 SLN NL C 16 16 132.3 77 14 2 0 .978 6.19 27 11 .407 1 0.6
  WAS AL C 69 67 621.1 363 67 8 2 .982 6.23 127 49 .386 2 3.7
  TOT   C 85 83 753.4 440 81 10 2 .981 6.22 154 60 .390 3 4.3
1915 36 WAS AL C 131 128 1141.7 572 138 10 2 .986 5.60 268 98 .366 5 7.9
1916 37 WAS AL 1B 35 33 280.3 312 38 5 35 .986 11.24 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 27 26 227.0 119 30 3 0 .980 5.91 60 22 .367 1 1.1
    2B 7 7 62.0 17 16 0 6 1.000 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 823 805 7228.7 3823 775 68 10 .985 5.72 1669 564 .338 21 43.6
  1B 81 61 573.7 707 61 8 66 .990 12.05 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  2B 7 7 62.0 17 16 0 6 1.000 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   911 873 7864.4 4547 852 76 82 .986 6.18 1669 564 .338 21 44.7
Career Highs   138 137 1233.7 700 138 13 41 1.000 8.41 288 98 .390 5  
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
1905 26 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1906 27 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1910 31 DET AL 5 20 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .300 .333 .300 .633
1913 34 SLN NL 4 13 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .231 .267 .231 .497
Career Post-Season Batting 12 35 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 4 .257 .289 .257 .547
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
1910-3-.307
 On-Base Pct
1910-9-.355
 Hits
1910-2-166
 Singles
1910-1-157
 Homeruns
1909-6-4
1910-5-6
 RBIs
1910-2-79
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Detroit in 1903
Had first career hit on 8/23/1903, off Norwood Gibson (BOS)
Injured on 7/26/1904 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1909, hitting .326 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 5/28/1910
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1910, hitting .352 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/13/1910
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1910
2/13/1911: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/28/1911 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/17/1912 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/13/1912
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (N) on 6/8/1913 (Going to SLN: C Jack Zalusky, SS Johnny Evers. Going to DET: 3B Joe Gedeon, 2B Frank O'Rourke)
7/31/1913: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $1,990,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1913
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1913
7/31/1913: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $1,990,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1913
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1913
Injured on 5/25/1914 with a Concussion Level 2, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Washington on 6/1/1914 (Going to SLN: 2B Eddie Collins. Going to WAS: P Doc Scanlan, C Jack Zalusky, 3B Jimmy Walsh)
9/29/1915: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $540,000 per year, for 1 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1915
4/12/1916: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
 
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