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John
Lafortune		  
Nickname: Frenchy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 6, 1927 in Usa
 
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 25 SF CL $ 5,310,000  
1953 26 SF CL $ 5,310,000  
1954 27 SF CL $ 8,750,000  
1955 28 DEN PL $ 8,750,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,310,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000  
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 SF CL 138 512 70 161 31 0 12 81 16 2 43 84 .314 .367 .445 .812 85.3 11.5
1953 26 SF CL 133 513 93 177 34 3 23 110 15 3 51 75 .345 .407 .558 .964 105.4 19.1
1954 27 SF CL 133 499 86 156 23 9 20 87 5 8 51 64 .313 .375 .515 .890 88.2 13.0
1955 28 SF CL 49 218 33 71 16 0 2 32 6 3 9 33 .326 .356 .427 .783 29.5 4.3
  DEN PL 95 361 68 122 24 3 15 61 9 5 35 45 .338 .399 .546 .945 70.3 11.5
  TOT   144 579 101 193 40 3 17 93 15 8 44 78 .333 .383 .501 .884 99.8 15.9
4 Years Sim 548 2103 350 687 128 15 72 371 51 21 189 301 .327 .383 .505 .888 378.8 59.5
162 Game Average 621 103 203 37 4 21 109 15 6 55 88 .327 .383 .505 .888 112.0  
Career Highs 144 579 101 193 40 9 23 110 16 8 51 84 .345 .407 .558 .964 105.4  
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   1466 250 486 88 11 57 267 35 18 144 220 .332 .390 .523 .914 277.3
vs LH   608 96 188 36 4 14 95 15 2 45 79 .309 .362 .451 .813 94.3
Home 269 1007 170 332 59 5 32 179 29 8 94 150 .330 .388 .494 .882 181.6
Away 280 1067 176 342 65 10 39 183 21 12 95 149 .321 .377 .510 .887 190.0
RISP   559 0 196 29 8 19 276 0 0 73 83 .351 .416 .533 .949 116.5
Pinch Hitting   22 2 7 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 4 .318 .375 .455 .830 3.9
Close/Late   208 34 66 13 1 9 38 0 0 23 29 .317 .381 .519 .901 39.0
Mar/Apr 61 232 33 78 11 1 2 33 10 4 20 29 .336 .399 .418 .817 36.4
May 111 408 70 124 27 3 11 65 11 6 41 61 .304 .366 .466 .831 66.6
June 103 385 61 122 26 2 17 68 7 5 31 64 .317 .374 .527 .902 68.7
July 98 378 61 118 19 4 13 70 9 2 33 60 .312 .364 .487 .851 64.8
August 104 398 78 142 28 3 16 76 6 1 43 49 .357 .417 .563 .980 84.6
Sep/Oct 72 273 43 90 13 2 12 50 7 2 21 36 .330 .377 .524 .901 50.4
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 25 SF CL RF 129 128 1125.7 241 9 1 3 .996 2.00   2.6
    LF 7 0 14.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.14    
    CF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1953 26 SF CL LF 127 126 1123.0 253 8 5 2 .981 2.09   3.1
    RF 3 1 13.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15    
    CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 27 SF CL LF 98 97 860.0 216 7 5 1 .978 2.33   3.5
    CF 31 30 254.7 66 4 3 3 .959 2.47    
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1955 28 SF CL CF 28 28 266.5 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.06   1.0
    LF 17 16 163.3 34 1 1 0 .972 1.93   0.0
    RF 3 3 28.1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
  DEN PL CF 55 54 464.3 106 1 1 1 .991 2.07   3.8
    LF 32 31 284.5 60 1 2 0 .968 1.93   0.0
    RF 7 5 49.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  LF 281 270 2445.1 568 17 13 3 .978 2.15   6.6
  RF 145 137 1221.8 257 10 1 3 .996 1.97   2.6
  CF 116 113 1000.5 235 5 4 4 .984 2.16   4.8
Career Totals   542 520 4667.4 1060 32 18 10 .984 2.11   13.9
Career Highs   142 137 1255.7 283 11 8 4 .996 2.36    
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 26 SF CL 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .200 .294 .200 .494
1955 28 DEN PL 13 51 9 14 2 0 0 3 2 0 4 9 .275 .321 .314 .635
Career Post-Season Batting 17 66 10 17 2 0 0 3 3 0 6 11 .258 .315 .288 .603
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.
Batting Average
1953-6-.345
 On-Base Pct
1953-10-.407
 Slugging Pct
1953-2-.558
 OPS
1953-2-.964
 XR
1953-4-105.4
CAR-27-378.8
 Games
1952-9-138
CAR-14-548
At-Bats
CAR-4-2103
 Runs
1953-10-93
1954-10-86
CAR-29-350
 Hits
1953-8-177
CAR-8-687
 Total Bases
1953-5-286
CAR-11-1061
 Singles
1952-10-118
1953-9-117
CAR-14-472
 Doubles
CAR-25-128
Triples
1954-3-9
 Homeruns
1953-4-23
CAR-31-72
 RBIs
1953-1-110
CAR-13-371
 Strikeouts
CAR-35-301
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 26
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44
 
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 141st overall pick, by San Francisco in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/14/1952, off Ruben Ibarra (POR)
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1952, off Antonio Padula (SD)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1952, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/3/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1953, hitting .667 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Seattle on 7/17/1953
9/24/1953: Signed a contract extension with San Francisco, $8,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/26/1954 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Sacramento on 5/23/1955
Traded from San Francisco to Denver on 6/2/1955 (Going to SF: P Kevin Kopecky, LF Byron Echague, 2B Kenneth Curry. Going to DEN: LF John Lafortune, CF Telmo Sanchez)
Drove in 6 runs against Salt Lake City on 7/18/1955
 
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