Bill
Mangels
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 3, 1922 in Usa
 
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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 29 OMA PL $ 7,960,000  
1953 30 DAL PL $ 7,960,000  
1954 31 HOU PL $ 7,960,000  
1955 32 LB CL $ 7,960,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,960,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,960,000  
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 29 OMA PL 126 498 74 154 43 14 1 83 19 16 56 54 .309 .378 .458 .836 74.1 11.3
1953 30 OMA PL 37 136 28 41 8 1 5 20 9 3 21 18 .301 .396 .485 .882 25.9 4.2
  DAL PL 103 374 61 103 24 8 0 49 24 9 39 41 .275 .344 .382 .726 49.5 5.2
  TOT   140 510 89 144 32 9 5 69 33 12 60 59 .282 .358 .410 .768 75.4 9.4
1954 31 DAL PL 71 285 45 86 16 10 1 54 22 17 19 32 .302 .343 .439 .782 38.6 3.9
  HOU PL 66 226 37 66 11 8 0 27 17 13 27 30 .292 .363 .412 .775 32.2 4.4
  TOT   137 511 82 152 27 18 1 81 39 30 46 62 .297 .352 .427 .779 70.8 8.3
1955 32 LAA CL 58 189 27 60 10 0 0 21 11 8 21 21 .317 .382 .370 .752 26.2 4.2
  LB CL 77 301 44 91 17 6 2 30 17 14 26 24 .302 .358 .419 .776 41.5 5.8
  TOT   135 490 71 151 27 6 2 51 28 22 47 45 .308 .367 .400 .767 67.7 9.9
4 Years Sim 538 2009 316 601 129 47 9 284 119 80 209 220 .299 .364 .424 .787 288.0 38.9
162 Game Average 604 95 180 38 14 2 85 35 24 62 66 .299 .364 .424 .787 86.7  
Career Highs 140 511 89 154 43 18 5 83 39 30 60 62 .309 .378 .458 .836 75.4  
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   1531 245 469 104 42 6 212 89 58 142 158 .306 .363 .441 .804 229.5
vs LH   478 71 132 25 5 3 72 30 22 67 62 .276 .365 .368 .733 64.9
Home 253 912 135 269 69 13 6 135 54 38 96 103 .295 .360 .419 .779 130.8
Away 285 1097 181 332 60 34 3 149 65 42 113 117 .303 .367 .428 .795 163.6
RISP   606 0 184 42 14 0 242 0 0 91 70 .304 .387 .419 .806 99.2
Pinch Hitting   22 4 7 2 0 0 6 2 2 3 3 .318 .400 .409 .809 3.2
Close/Late   209 40 58 11 6 1 32 0 0 41 25 .278 .397 .402 .799 35.0
Mar/Apr 59 226 37 63 13 2 3 41 11 12 26 28 .279 .348 .394 .741 29.6
May 107 410 66 135 29 8 2 61 28 14 34 40 .329 .379 .454 .832 65.8
June 97 358 55 101 26 11 2 60 14 18 38 41 .282 .352 .433 .785 49.0
July 97 362 55 91 22 4 1 39 27 9 48 42 .251 .341 .343 .683 45.7
August 104 372 59 110 24 11 0 40 24 18 42 41 .296 .366 .419 .786 53.9
Sep/Oct 74 281 44 101 15 11 1 43 15 9 21 28 .359 .399 .502 .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 29 OMA PL SS 125 125 1116.7 158 400 21 63 .964 4.50   4.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1953 30 OMA PL SS 35 34 319.5 48 116 4 23 .976 4.62   0.6
    2B 1 0 2.8 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  DAL PL SS 99 96 843.9 126 306 12 59 .973 4.61   6.2
    2B 4 0 7.5 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 134 130 1163.4 174 422 16 82 .974 4.61   6.8
      2B 5 0 10.3 3 4 0 1 1.000 6.12   0.1
1954 31 DAL PL 2B 43 41 381.2 79 111 5 26 .974 4.49   0.8
    SS 26 25 225.0 35 71 3 15 .972 4.24   1.2
  HOU PL 2B 40 38 315.8 66 92 5 21 .969 4.50   1.5
    SS 24 23 186.4 29 59 2 13 .978 4.25   0.5
  TOT   2B 83 79 697.0 145 203 10 47 .972 4.49   2.3
      SS 50 48 411.4 64 130 5 28 .975 4.24   1.7
1955 32 LAA CL SS 47 45 361.7 53 119 7 19 .961 4.28   2.0
    2B 10 9 71.4 14 33 1 6 .979 5.92   0.3
  LB CL SS 62 60 564.7 84 187 10 29 .964 4.32   2.1
    2B 14 11 111.6 21 51 1 10 .986 5.81   1.0
  SS 418 408 3617.9 533 1258 59 221 .968 4.46   16.8
  2B 113 99 891.3 183 291 12 64 .975 4.79   3.6
Career Totals   531 507 4509.2 716 1549 71 285 .970 4.52   20.4
Career Highs   139 130 1173.7 209 426 21 83 .974 4.62    
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.
Games
1953-4-140
CAR-30-538
At-Bats
CAR-17-2009
Runs
CAR-48-316
Hits
CAR-27-601
Singles
CAR-28-416
Doubles
1952-5-43
CAR-24-129
Triples
1952-2-14
1953-4-9
1954-2-18
CAR-2-47
Stolen Bases
CAR-35-119
Caught Stealing
1952-7-16
1954-1-30
1955-2-22
CAR-3-80
Walks
CAR-45-209
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 6
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36
 
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  8. Douglas Thornton (901)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by Omaha in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/16/1952, off Wilber Gullett (KC)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1952, off Nathaniel Richardson (MIN)
Injured on 8/3/1952 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 4/22/1953
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1953, hitting .389 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Traded from Omaha to Dallas on 5/26/1953 (Going to OMA: P James Johnson, P George Wedel, RF Paul Sever, 3B Daniel Staudt. Going to DAL: SS Bill Mangels, P Adrian Latta)
Traded from Dallas to Houston on 7/7/1954 (Going to HOU: SS Bill Mangels. Going to DAL: P Pablo Herrero, SS Pedro Rico)
Traded from Houston to Los Angeles on 2/18/1955 (Going to HOU: RF Joseph Sommers, 2B Toby Paschke, 1B William Milligan, 1B Shawn Petree. Going to LA: 1B Kevin Pazos, SS Bill Mangels, 1B Amadeo Vazquez, P Theo Pettry)
Traded from Los Angeles to Long Beach on 6/23/1955 (Going to LB: 2B Lawrence Cuddy, 2B Bill Mangels, SS Ray Card, RF Jose Villar. Going to LA: 2B Ronald Whitson, LF Brian Stull, P Frank Surrett)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1955, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 8 RBI