Francis Gaston Statistics

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Francis Gaston	Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 215 Born: March 3, 1927 in Usa

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Power

Gap

Eye

Year

Age

Salary

1952

SAC

$ 2,392,857

1953

SAC

$ 2,564,286

1954

SAC

$ 2,564,286

1955

$ 4,025,000

OOTP6 Min Ratings

$ 2,392,857

OOTP6 Max Ratings

$ 4,025,000

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	25	SAC	CL	129	408	77	113	19	0	11	40	0	2	82	96	.277	.409	.404	.814	72.4	12.6
1953	26	SAC	CL	126	424	66	130	23	0	9	50	1	0	75	92	.307	.415	.425	.840	76.9	13.7
1954	27	SAC	CL	125	416	67	128	24	2	9	58	0	0	75	84	.308	.416	.440	.856	78.3	13.7
1955	28	LB	CL	138	498	82	141	38	0	10	54	0	0	88	90	.283	.397	.420	.817	86.6	15.4
4 Years Sim				518	1746	292	512	104	2	39	202	1	2	320	362	.293	.409	.422	.831	314.2	55.5
162 Game Average					546	91	160	32	0	12	63	0	0	100	113	.293	.409	.422	.831	98.3
Career Highs				138	498	82	141	38	2	11	58	1	2	88	96	.308	.416	.440	.856	86.6

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		1487	255	447	88	2	32	165	1	2	289	301	.301	.420	.427	.847	272.0
vs LH		259	37	65	16	0	7	37	0	0	31	61	.251	.342	.394	.736	34.5
Home	264	857	143	257	48	0	13	103	0	1	159	176	.300	.416	.401	.817	147.4
Away	254	889	149	255	56	2	26	99	1	1	161	186	.287	.402	.442	.844	159.1
RISP		351	0	115	25	0	9	152	0	0	72	66	.328	.435	.476	.911	73.3
Pinch Hitting		48	12	15	1	0	2	14	0	0	10	10	.313	.450	.458	.908	9.8
Close/Late		173	24	54	9	0	4	26	0	0	42	32	.312	.452	.434	.886	35.6
Mar/Apr	56	202	32	55	8	0	3	18	1	0	35	31	.272	.386	.356	.742	30.0
May	104	340	52	98	17	0	8	50	0	0	60	86	.288	.400	.409	.809	57.4
June	93	291	41	80	15	0	4	26	0	0	72	61	.275	.420	.368	.788	51.3
July	96	319	57	94	18	1	6	28	0	1	50	67	.295	.399	.414	.813	52.2
August	100	351	72	110	27	1	11	49	0	1	60	66	.313	.422	.490	.912	68.8
Sep/Oct	69	243	38	75	19	0	7	31	0	0	43	51	.309	.418	.473	.891	46.8

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	RSA	RTO	RTO%	PB	DWS
1952	25	SAC	CL	2B	116	106	912.0	203	324	5	52	.991	5.20	0	0	.000	0	4.1
				C	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1953	26	SAC	CL	2B	116	107	955.7	205	355	6	74	.989	5.27	0	0	.000	0	4.7
				LF	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1954	27	SAC	CL	2B	118	104	903.0	188	334	13	61	.976	5.20	0	0	.000	0	2.7
1955	28	LB	CL	2B	134	130	1143.7	215	359	9	65	.985	4.52	0	0	.000	0	6.2
				2B	484	447	3914.3	811	1372	33	252	.985	5.02	0	0	.000	0	17.6
				LF	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				C	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
Career Totals					488	447	3919.3	813	1372	33	252	.985	5.02	0	0	.000	0	17.7
Career Highs					134	130	1143.7	215	359	13	74	.991	5.25	0	0	.000	0

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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
1952-7-.408*
1953-5-.415
1954-5-.416
1955-9-.397

Games
1955-9-138

Doubles
1955-6-38

Walks
1952-3-82
1953-6-75
1954-5-75
1955-2-88
CAR-15-320

Strikeouts
1955-10-90
CAR-10-362

   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 11
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35

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History

Drafted in 7th round, 122nd overall pick, by Sacramento in 1952

Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/17/1952, off Bill Laureano (LB)

2/13/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration

2/13/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by Long Beach on 3/4/1955 to a 3-year deal worth $4,025,000 per year