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Rod
Madera		  
Nickname: Hot Rod
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 240
 
Born: July 19, 1926 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1953    1955   
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 LA CL $ 5,700,000  
1953 26 OKC PL $ 5,700,000  
1954 27 OKC PL $ 5,700,000  
1955 28 DEN PL $ 5,700,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,700,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,700,000  
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 LA CL 136 491 78 138 40 5 24 126 4 0 47 73 .281 .338 .530 .868 89.3 12.8
1953 26 OKC PL 140 527 109 167 50 7 29 124 1 0 56 65 .317 .382 .603 .985 107.4 16.5
1954 27 OKC PL 135 505 83 156 40 3 26 113 0 0 47 70 .309 .367 .554 .921 96.2 17.2
1955 28 OKC PL 54 212 46 72 19 4 13 48 0 0 26 29 .340 .408 .651 1.059 48.5 9.4
  DEN PL 86 344 64 94 31 5 13 67 0 0 31 51 .273 .333 .506 .839 52.7 7.0
  TOT   140 556 110 166 50 9 26 115 0 0 57 80 .299 .362 .561 .924 101.2 16.4
4 Years Sim 551 2079 380 627 180 24 105 478 5 0 207 288 .302 .363 .563 .925 394.1 62.9
162 Game Average 611 111 184 52 7 30 140 1 0 60 84 .302 .363 .563 .925 115.9  
Career Highs 140 556 110 167 50 9 29 126 4 0 57 80 .317 .382 .603 .985 107.4  
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   1634 316 512 146 19 88 385 3 0 175 210 .313 .377 .588 .965 333.4
vs LH   449 65 116 35 5 17 93 2 0 32 80 .258 .308 .472 .780 63.7
Home 277 1031 202 312 91 13 60 240 3 0 103 140 .303 .364 .591 .954 206.0
Away 275 1052 179 316 90 11 45 238 2 0 104 150 .300 .361 .535 .897 191.1
RISP   710 0 216 60 10 37 363 0 0 93 101 .304 .375 .573 .948 145.6
Pinch Hitting   26 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 5 .385 .500 .500 1.000 6.5
Close/Late   228 38 59 15 0 12 43 0 0 34 39 .259 .348 .482 .831 39.4
Mar/Apr 60 234 39 72 26 4 9 51 1 0 26 38 .308 .378 .568 .946 45.8
May 106 379 75 125 39 3 23 100 1 0 32 52 .330 .373 .631 1.004 81.0
June 100 375 75 99 25 3 18 72 0 0 43 60 .264 .341 .491 .832 61.7
July 100 411 71 125 31 5 20 84 0 0 39 50 .304 .361 .550 .911 76.6
August 110 425 80 130 33 5 22 106 2 0 41 53 .306 .363 .562 .926 81.6
Sep/Oct 76 259 41 77 27 4 13 65 1 0 26 37 .297 .366 .583 .949 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 LA CL 1B 135 129 1147.3 1179 83 11 83 .991 9.90   2.0
1953 26 OKC PL 1B 138 128 1168.7 1158 94 8 89 .994 9.64   2.9
1954 27 OKC PL 1B 128 124 1106.3 1021 76 10 72 .991 8.92   2.3
1955 28 OKC PL 1B 53 51 460.3 468 40 4 28 .992 9.93   1.5
  DEN PL 1B 84 82 725.0 737 63 6 44 .993 9.93   0.9
Career Totals   538 514 4607.6 4563 356 39 316 .992 9.61   9.6
Career Highs   138 133 1185.3 1205 103 11 89 .994 9.93    
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 OKC PL 7 28 5 7 4 0 1 6 0 0 3 2 .250 .323 .500 .823
1954 27 OKC PL 7 28 7 8 3 0 3 5 0 0 2 8 .286 .333 .714 1.048
1955 28 DEN PL 13 54 10 18 4 1 5 12 0 0 3 7 .333 .368 .722 1.091
Career Post-Season Batting 27 110 22 33 11 1 9 23 0 0 8 17 .300 .347 .664 1.011
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
1952-9-.530
1953-3-.603
1954-7-.554
1955-6-.561
 OPS
1953-5-.985
 XR
1953-5-107.4
CAR-17-394.1
 Games
1953-4-140
1955-1-140
CAR-5-551
 At-Bats
1953-8-527
1955-4-556
CAR-9-2079
 Runs
1953-5-109
1955-4-110
CAR-16-380
Hits
1955-9-166
CAR-18-627
 Total Bases
1953-3-318
1954-6-280
1955-2-312
CAR-3-1170
 Doubles
1952-4-40
1953-1-50
1954-6-40
1955-1-50
CAR-1-180
 Triples
1953-7-7
1955-7-9
CAR-26-24
 Homeruns
1952-7-24
1953-5-29
1954-6-26
1955-10-26
CAR-8-105
 RBIs
1952-1-126
1953-2-124
1954-2-113
1955-2-115
CAR-2-478
Walks
CAR-48-207
 Strikeouts
CAR-46-288
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 9
   Gray Ink Test: 67
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/15/1952, off Ian Jones (LB)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1952, off Antonio Padula (SD)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1952, hitting .398 with 5 HR, 27 RBI
Traded from Los Angeles to Oklahoma on 2/13/1953 (Going to OKC: 1B Rod Madera. Going to LA: 1B Bernie Opitz, CF Leroy McKenzie)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1953, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1953, hitting .386 with 8 HR, 35 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1954, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
4/14/1955: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $5,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Oklahoma to Denver on 6/16/1955 (Going to OKC: 2B Joe Whelan, 1B August Jones, LF Carl Benda. Going to DEN: 1B Rod Madera, 3B Joel Monroy, RF Leroy Thornsberry, LF Greg Wampler)
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
 
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