Dave
Arnau
 
Nickname: Slick
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 14, 1930 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1954   
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 21 DEN PL $ 300,000  
1953 22 DEN PL    
1954 23 DEN PL $ 300,000  
1955 24 DEN PL $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000  
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 21 DEN PL 10 39 6 13 4 0 0 2 2 1 6 8 .333 .422 .436 .858 7.1 1.3
    AAA   126 505 83 162 27 10 14 82 21 15 55 85 .321 .388 .497 .885 90.3  
1953 22 AAA   126 530 76 157 42 8 8 88 17 14 42 71 .296 .348 .451 .799 76.6  
1954 23 DEN PL 95 274 32 63 22 2 2 26 22 11 30 38 .230 .312 .347 .658 31.1 2.4
1955 24 DEN PL 66 186 31 50 15 2 6 21 16 9 16 30 .269 .328 .468 .796 27.3 3.0
    AAA   24 79 12 26 12 1 4 13 3 3 22 14 .329 .475 .658 1.133 21.9  
3 Years Sim 171 499 69 126 41 4 8 49 40 21 52 76 .253 .327 .399 .726 65.4 6.7
3 Years AAA 276 1114 171 345 81 19 26 183 41 32 119 170 .310 .377 .487 .864 188.8  
162 Game Average 472 65 119 38 3 7 46 37 19 49 72 .253 .327 .399 .726 62.0  
Career Highs 95 274 32 63 22 2 6 26 22 11 30 38 .333 .422 .468 .858 31.1  
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   477 61 121 39 4 8 45 36 20 50 72 .254 .326 .403 .728 61.7
vs LH   22 8 5 2 0 0 4 4 1 2 4 .227 .346 .318 .664 2.4
Home 85 242 37 61 21 3 3 25 17 11 23 41 .252 .315 .401 .715 29.5
Away 86 257 32 65 20 1 5 24 23 10 29 35 .253 .338 .397 .735 34.5
RISP   123 0 26 7 1 0 35 0 0 16 22 .211 .303 .285 .587 11.2
Pinch Hitting   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.5
Close/Late   39 5 11 5 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 .282 .341 .410 .751 5.3
Mar/Apr 18 56 8 18 4 3 1 8 3 3 2 3 .321 .339 .554 .893 9.1
May 48 127 19 28 10 0 2 10 15 3 18 22 .220 .324 .346 .671 16.4
June 29 86 17 24 8 0 2 10 6 6 6 16 .279 .326 .442 .768 10.9
July 33 89 11 26 11 0 3 10 10 3 11 8 .292 .382 .517 .899 16.8
August 22 69 5 11 4 0 0 5 3 2 5 12 .159 .216 .217 .434 2.4
Sep/Oct 21 72 9 19 4 1 0 6 3 4 10 15 .264 .354 .347 .701 8.5
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 21 DEN PL CF 10 10 82.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.63   0.2
1954 23 DEN PL CF 87 81 677.0 165 4 1 1 .994 2.25   3.0
    RF 1 1 8.3 3 0 1 0 .750 3.24    
1955 24 DEN PL CF 49 48 391.3 94 1 0 1 1.000 2.18   2.4
    RF 9 2 32.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.53    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 146 139 1151.0 273 6 1 2 .996 2.18   5.6
  RF 10 3 40.3 11 1 1 1 .923 2.68    
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   157 142 1192.3 284 8 2 3 .993 2.20   5.6
Career Highs   88 82 685.3 168 4 2 2 1.000 2.26    
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
1954 23 DEN PL 11 35 1 10 2 1 0 7 4 2 1 7 .286 .306 .400 .706
1955 24 DEN PL 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 17 38 2 11 2 1 1 11 5 2 1 8 .289 .308 .474 .781
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History
Drafted in 30th round, 594th overall pick, by Denver in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 9/9/1952, off Theo Pettry (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1954, off John Loomis (KC)
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1954
Injured on 8/7/1955 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days