Michael Van Pelt Statistics

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Michael Van Pelt	Nickname: Ca$hMoney Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 195 Born: August 29, 1924 in Usa

Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Glove Award	1953
All-Star Selections	1953 1954

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Year

Age

Salary

1952

$ 7,670,000

1953

$ 7,670,000

1954

$ 20,000,000

1955

SLC

$ 20,000,000

OOTP6 Min Ratings

$ 7,670,000

OOTP6 Max Ratings

$ 20,000,000

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	27	SF	CL	49	172	32	43	10	4	7	23	17	0	18	27	.250	.338	.477	.815	31.7	4.0
1953	28	SF	CL	138	526	101	176	37	5	23	110	44	6	54	88	.335	.407	.555	.963	112.5	21.1
1954	29	HOU	PL	89	327	74	107	21	12	10	64	54	14	59	49	.327	.438	.557	.995	77.5	16.4
		KC	PL	51	196	31	45	6	4	4	28	32	8	18	41	.230	.306	.362	.668	24.1	1.5
		TOT		140	523	105	152	27	16	14	92	86	22	77	90	.291	.391	.484	.875	101.7	17.9
1955	30	KC	PL	92	333	58	86	11	3	14	50	42	10	37	72	.258	.347	.435	.783	56.8	6.9
		SLC	PL	45	152	29	43	5	4	7	24	19	4	18	36	.283	.373	.507	.879	31.1	5.0
		TOT		137	485	87	129	16	7	21	74	61	14	55	108	.266	.355	.458	.813	87.8	11.9
4 Years Sim				464	1706	325	500	90	32	65	299	208	42	204	313	.293	.380	.498	.878	333.7	54.9
162 Game Average					595	113	174	31	11	22	104	72	14	71	109	.293	.380	.498	.878	116.5
Career Highs				140	526	105	176	37	16	23	110	86	22	77	108	.335	.407	.555	.963	112.5

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		1274	244	362	66	22	45	217	168	33	146	252	.284	.371	.476	.847	231.5
vs LH		432	81	138	24	10	20	82	40	9	58	61	.319	.408	.560	.968	94.3
Home	232	867	177	266	51	22	35	164	112	18	98	157	.307	.388	.537	.925	179.0
Away	232	839	148	234	39	10	30	135	96	24	106	156	.279	.373	.456	.829	146.7
RISP		493	0	152	24	8	23	225	0	0	89	99	.308	.414	.529	.944	104.7
Pinch Hitting		21	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	.286	.348	.286	.634	2.3
Close/Late		173	36	49	5	3	10	29	0	0	44	26	.283	.442	.520	.962	39.7
Mar/Apr	59	236	54	74	14	8	11	46	33	5	28	38	.314	.396	.581	.977	53.0
May	106	369	68	102	21	2	13	61	52	8	52	66	.276	.382	.450	.832	67.8
June	77	296	61	88	11	5	14	51	35	4	29	55	.297	.368	.510	.878	57.2
July	73	267	51	92	19	5	10	59	36	9	31	47	.345	.422	.566	.987	59.6
August	80	296	47	82	12	6	11	50	33	9	40	70	.277	.382	.470	.851	53.3
Sep/Oct	69	242	44	62	13	6	6	32	19	7	24	37	.256	.330	.434	.764	34.8

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	27	SF	CL	CF	47	46	403.3	103	8	0	5	1.000	2.48	1.2
1953	28	SF	CL	CF	136	133	1187.7	383	4	1	3	.997	2.93	5.0
				1B	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	6.75	0.0
1954	29	HOU	PL	CF	82	81	743.2	244	5	1	3	.996	3.02	2.7
				LF	6	6	51.7	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.79	0.0
				SS	1	0	0.6	1	1	0	0	1.000	30.00	0.0
		KC	PL	CF	47	47	412.1	135	2	0	1	1.000	2.99	0.8
				LF	3	3	28.7	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.82	0.0
				SS	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.0
		TOT		CF	129	128	1155.3	379	7	1	4	.997	3.01	3.5
				LF	9	9	80.4	25	0	0	0	1.000	2.80	0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	18.00	0.0
1955	30	KC	PL	CF	60	56	518.6	164	3	1	1	.994	2.90	1.9
				LF	24	24	218.6	53	0	1	0	.981	2.18	0.0
				RF	2	2	18.4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.96	0.0
		SLC	PL	CF	29	28	240.4	76	1	0	1	1.000	2.88	1.4
				LF	12	11	101.4	24	0	0	0	1.000	2.13	0.0
				RF	1	1	8.6	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.09	0.0
				CF	401	391	3505.3	1105	23	3	14	.997	2.90	13.0
				LF	45	44	400.4	102	0	1	0	.990	2.29	0.0
				RF	3	3	27.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0.0
				1B	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	6.75	0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	18.00	0.0
Career Totals					451	438	3937.7	1217	24	4	14	.997	2.84	13.1
Career Highs					139	137	1236.7	405	8	2	5	1.000	3.01

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	28	SF	CL	4	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.200	.294	.267	.561
Career Post-Season Batting				4	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.200	.294	.267	.561

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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 1953-9-.407	Slugging Pct 1953-3-.555	OPS 1953-4-.963	XR 1953-2-112.5 1954-10-101.7 CAR-40-333.7	Games 1953-7-138 1954-8-140	At-Bats 1953-9-526
Runs 1953-5-101 1954-8-105 CAR-41-325	Hits 1953-9-176	Total Bases 1953-3-292	Doubles 1953-7-37	Triples 1954-3-16 CAR-9-32	Homeruns 1953-4-23 CAR-36-65
RBIs 1953-1-110 CAR-50-299	Stolen Bases 1953-10-44 1954-1-86 1955-9-61 CAR-9-208	Caught Stealing 1954-5-22 1955-9-14 CAR-37-42	Strikeouts 1955-5-108 CAR-30-313

   Black Ink Test: 6
   Gray Ink Test: 32
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by San Francisco in 1952

Had first career hit on 4/14/1952, off Ruben Ibarra (POR)

Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1952, off Winfred Converse (SEA)

Injured on 5/26/1952 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 8-9 weeks

Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1953, hitting .615 with 2 HR, 8 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1953, hitting .427 with 5 HR, 25 RBI

Won Platinum Glove Award at Centerfield in 1953

Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/25/1954 to a 5-year deal worth $20,000,000 per year

Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game

Traded from Houston to Kansas City on 7/28/1954 (Going to KC: CF Michael Van Pelt. Going to HOU: CF Noble Hendrickson, RF Brian Ropp)

Traded from Kansas City to Salt Lake City on 7/28/1955 (Going to KC: RF Arnold Keener. Going to SLC: CF Michael Van Pelt)