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Shawn
Despain		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 11, 1924 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Glove Award 1953    1954   
All-Star Selections 1952   
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 27 LA CL $ 5,900,000  
1953 28 MIN PL $ 5,900,000  
1954 29 MIN PL $ 5,900,000  
1955 30 OKC PL $ 5,900,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,900,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,900,000  
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 OKC PL 54 202 35 58 9 3 7 39 11 5 23 30 .287 .362 .465 .828 33.9 4.5
  LA CL 83 321 57 102 19 9 12 64 17 9 33 50 .318 .384 .545 .929 62.5 9.8
  TOT   137 523 92 160 28 12 19 103 28 14 56 80 .306 .376 .514 .890 96.4 14.3
1953 28 MIN PL 134 502 87 155 30 2 21 98 37 18 47 80 .309 .375 .502 .877 89.1 14.5
1954 29 MIN PL 134 457 65 134 26 5 19 77 29 18 43 93 .293 .360 .497 .856 76.2 9.7
1955 30 MIN PL 59 186 38 59 12 2 8 26 13 5 21 26 .317 .386 .532 .918 36.7 5.9
  OKC PL 77 290 56 85 15 3 19 77 21 7 36 60 .293 .370 .562 .932 59.3 9.9
  TOT   136 476 94 144 27 5 27 103 34 12 57 86 .303 .376 .550 .926 96.0 15.8
4 Years Sim 541 1958 338 593 111 24 86 381 128 62 203 339 .303 .372 .516 .888 357.7 54.3
162 Game Average 586 101 177 33 7 25 114 38 18 60 101 .303 .372 .516 .888 107.1  
Career Highs 137 523 94 160 30 12 27 103 37 18 57 93 .309 .376 .550 .926 96.4  
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   1615 266 474 93 20 68 311 104 51 149 290 .293 .357 .502 .859 275.7
vs LH   343 72 119 18 4 18 70 24 11 54 49 .347 .437 .580 1.018 80.2
Home 266 953 173 306 55 11 44 188 71 27 94 155 .321 .386 .540 .927 186.4
Away 275 1005 165 287 56 13 42 193 57 35 109 184 .286 .358 .493 .851 169.5
RISP   607 0 196 36 8 33 297 0 0 81 97 .323 .402 .572 .973 129.3
Pinch Hitting   38 7 8 0 0 5 14 1 1 5 6 .211 .302 .605 .908 7.4
Close/Late   250 41 82 8 7 12 55 0 0 32 44 .328 .404 .560 .964 52.6
Mar/Apr 50 151 28 51 7 4 6 32 9 8 13 20 .338 .400 .556 .956 28.7
May 108 382 65 117 25 1 13 61 26 14 41 65 .306 .374 .479 .853 65.5
June 99 373 72 126 22 5 21 75 31 12 38 59 .338 .402 .592 .994 81.2
July 98 363 58 108 23 2 14 67 17 13 41 65 .298 .366 .488 .854 61.7
August 109 414 71 114 20 8 19 82 26 11 41 79 .275 .349 .500 .849 69.9
Sep/Oct 77 275 44 77 14 4 13 64 19 4 29 51 .280 .355 .502 .857 49.0
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 OKC PL LF 53 52 456.6 91 3 0 0 1.000 1.85   1.5
    2B 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LA CL LF 81 80 721.8 145 5 0 1 1.000 1.87   2.5
    2B 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 134 132 1178.4 236 8 0 1 1.000 1.86   4.0
      2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1953 28 MIN PL LF 132 124 1094.0 271 9 2 2 .993 2.30   1.7
    RF 1 1 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85    
1954 29 MIN PL LF 128 118 1025.7 272 9 2 2 .993 2.47   2.0
1955 30 MIN PL RF 43 43 339.4 77 1 3 0 .963 2.07   0.8
    LF 11 9 75.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.0
  OKC PL RF 56 55 533.3 120 1 5 0 .960 2.04   0.5
    LF 15 11 118.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.0
  LF 420 394 3491.7 829 26 4 5 .995 2.20   7.7
  RF 100 99 885.7 204 2 8 0 .963 2.09   1.3
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   521 493 4379.4 1033 28 12 5 .989 2.18   9.0
Career Highs   135 132 1180.4 278 9 8 2 1.000 2.47    
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.
Slugging Pct
1955-10-.550
 XR
CAR-31-357.7
 Games
CAR-27-541
 At-Bats
CAR-29-1958
 Runs
CAR-36-338
 Hits
CAR-33-593
Total Bases
CAR-23-1010
 Singles
CAR-49-372
 Doubles
CAR-48-111
 Triples
1952-6-9
CAR-26-24
 Homeruns
1955-8-27
CAR-18-86
 RBIs
1953-8-98
1955-7-103
CAR-10-381
Stolen Bases
CAR-30-128
 Caught Stealing
1953-10-18
1954-10-18
CAR-14-62
 Strikeouts
CAR-18-339
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 16
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32
 
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 123rd overall pick, by Oklahoma in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/16/1952, off Alejo Torralbo (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1952, off Everett Colletti (DEN)
Drove in 6 runs against New Orleans on 5/27/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1952, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Oklahoma to Los Angeles on 6/16/1952 (Going to OKC: P Alexander Lenihan. Going to LA: LF Shawn Despain, P Tony Mellor)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1952, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Traded from Los Angeles to Minneapolis 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)
Injured on 4/23/1953 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Won Platinum Glove Award at Leftfield in 1953
Won Platinum Glove Award at Leftfield in 1954
Traded from Minneapolis to Oklahoma on 6/23/1955 (Going to MIN: 3B Ramon Dearmas, SS Patrick Nehring, LF Carl Benda. Going to OKC: LF Shawn Despain)
Drove in 6 runs against Denver on 6/24/1955
7/14/1955: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $5,900,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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