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Joseph
Sommers		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 29, 1925 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Glove Award 1955   
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
1952 26 MIN PL $ 8,060,000  
1953 27 OKC PL $ 8,060,000  
1954 28 LAA CL $ 12,000,000  
1955 29 HOU PL $ 12,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,060,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 26 MIN PL 138 463 97 130 16 3 25 80 56 18 118 59 .281 .428 .490 .918 108.4 16.9
1953 27 LAA CL 87 305 55 80 10 3 9 41 39 12 65 43 .262 .396 .403 .799 56.9 9.3
  OKC PL 52 191 47 59 8 5 10 32 25 8 31 23 .309 .409 .560 .969 44.1 6.9
  TOT   139 496 102 139 18 8 19 73 64 20 96 66 .280 .401 .464 .864 101.0 16.2
1954 28 OKC PL 89 306 76 75 16 6 5 47 52 8 83 57 .245 .410 .386 .796 60.7 9.9
  LAA CL 49 183 43 46 11 4 11 26 31 5 30 36 .251 .361 .536 .897 38.2 6.6
  TOT   138 489 119 121 27 10 16 73 83 13 113 93 .247 .393 .442 .835 98.9 16.5
1955 29 HOU PL 136 469 105 126 25 9 20 80 66 15 128 122 .269 .424 .488 .912 112.6 20.2
4 Years Sim 551 1917 423 516 86 30 80 306 269 66 455 340 .269 .411 .471 .882 420.9 69.8
162 Game Average 563 124 151 25 8 23 89 79 19 133 99 .269 .411 .471 .882 123.8  
Career Highs 139 496 119 139 27 10 25 80 83 20 128 122 .281 .428 .490 .918 112.6  
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   1502 353 424 72 25 70 245 226 54 379 255 .282 .429 .503 .932 355.9
vs LH   415 70 92 14 5 10 61 43 12 76 85 .222 .344 .352 .696 59.9
Home 271 903 196 247 34 13 34 132 141 39 230 163 .274 .422 .453 .875 198.1
Away 280 1014 227 269 52 17 46 174 128 27 225 177 .265 .401 .486 .888 217.7
RISP   501 0 139 18 10 14 213 0 0 140 88 .277 .426 .437 .863 104.9
Pinch Hitting   19 4 5 1 0 1 5 1 2 7 3 .263 .462 .474 .935 4.2
Close/Late   198 38 50 6 5 6 29 0 0 57 41 .253 .423 .424 .847 39.8
Mar/Apr 59 203 52 58 7 6 8 32 31 9 58 34 .286 .451 .498 .949 49.8
May 106 356 85 97 13 5 14 53 51 13 87 63 .272 .422 .455 .877 77.0
June 105 355 76 89 14 1 15 54 56 11 96 63 .251 .407 .423 .830 75.9
July 98 358 63 78 15 6 13 52 45 9 72 73 .218 .355 .402 .757 60.6
August 109 389 85 115 19 6 20 73 55 15 101 57 .296 .439 .530 .968 96.9
Sep/Oct 74 256 62 79 18 6 10 42 31 9 41 50 .309 .403 .543 .946 55.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 26 MIN PL CF 134 131 1166.0 364 10 0 4 1.000 2.89   4.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1953 27 LAA CL CF 56 54 473.5 117 3 0 1 1.000 2.28   1.4
    RF 30 24 227.7 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
  OKC PL CF 33 32 284.8 71 2 0 1 1.000 2.31   1.4
    RF 18 14 137.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 89 86 758.3 188 5 0 2 1.000 2.29   2.8
      RF 48 38 364.7 68 2 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
      LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1954 28 OKC PL RF 45 44 397.5 80 4 2 3 .977 1.90   3.1
    CF 43 39 351.4 78 2 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
  LAA CL RF 25 24 216.8 43 2 1 1 .978 1.87   1.2
    CF 23 21 191.6 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.0
    LF 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 70 68 614.3 123 6 3 4 .977 1.89   4.2
      CF 66 60 543.0 121 3 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.0
      LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1955 29 HOU PL CF 134 134 1183.3 425 10 0 7 1.000 3.31   3.4
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 423 411 3650.6 1098 28 0 13 1.000 2.78   10.2
  RF 122 106 984.0 193 8 3 4 .985 1.84   4.2
  LF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
Career Totals   550 518 4654.6 1293 37 3 17 .998 2.57   14.5
Career Highs   139 135 1195.3 425 11 3 7 1.000 3.28    
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
1953 27 OKC PL 7 22 3 7 5 0 0 5 4 2 9 6 .318 .516 .545 1.062
1954 28 LAA CL 5 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 .158 .304 .211 .515
1955 29 HOU PL 7 21 5 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 .286 .559 .476 1.035
Career Post-Season Batting 19 62 9 16 8 1 0 6 11 8 26 16 .258 .477 .419 .897
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.
On-Base Pct
1952-7-.428
1955-7-.424
 XR
1952-5-108.4
1955-5-112.6
CAR-9-420.9
 Games
1952-8-138
CAR-5-551
 At-Bats
CAR-37-1917
 Runs
1952-10-97
1955-7-105
CAR-5-423
 Total Bases
CAR-37-902
Triples
1955-7-9
CAR-16-30
 Homeruns
1952-8-25
CAR-27-80
 RBIs
CAR-46-306
 Stolen Bases
1952-4-56
1954-9-52
1955-5-66
CAR-3-269
 Caught Stealing
1952-2-18
1955-7-15
CAR-11-66
 Walks
1952-1-118
1953-9-65
1954-9-83
1955-1-128
CAR-1-455
Strikeouts
1955-1-122
CAR-17-340
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 26
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Minneapolis in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/14/1952, off Osvaldo Valtierra (KC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1952, off Osvaldo Valtierra (KC)
Traded from Minneapolis to Los Angeles on 2/13/1953 (Going to MIN: LF Shawn Despain, CF Tony Flores, SS John Mota. Going to LA: CF Joseph Sommers, RF Cedric Jones)
Traded from Los Angeles to Oklahoma on 7/23/1953 (Going to OKC: P Justin Paige, CF Joseph Sommers. Going to LAA: P Alexander Lenihan, CF Edward Constance)
9/15/1953: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $12,000,000 per year, for 5 years
9/15/1953: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $12,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Oklahoma to Los Angeles on 7/28/1954 (Going to OKC: CF Abraham Chee. Going to LA: RF Joseph Sommers)
Traded from Los Angeles to Houston on 2/18/1955 (Going to HOU: RF Joseph Sommers, 2B Toby Paschke, 1B William Milligan, 1B Shawn Petree. Going to LA: 1B Kevin Pazos, SS Bill Mangels, 1B Amadeo Vazquez, P Theo Pettry)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1955, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Platinum Glove Award at Centerfield in 1955
 
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