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Joel
Monroy		  
Nickname: Moon Face
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: December 18, 1924 in Dominican Republic
 
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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 OAK CL $ 3,060,000  
1953 28 OKC PL $ 3,060,000  
1954 29 OKC PL $ 3,060,000  
1955 30 DEN PL $ 3,060,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,060,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,060,000  
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 OAK CL 138 503 61 134 23 1 6 74 8 3 64 74 .266 .353 .352 .705 61.6 6.6
1953 28 OKC PL 96 385 69 131 26 1 8 52 5 4 44 55 .340 .408 .475 .884 67.2 9.9
    AAA   37 147 20 47 6 0 4 20 0 0 17 35 .320 .390 .442 .832 24.8  
1954 29 OKC PL 134 503 87 164 31 1 5 56 12 2 61 76 .326 .400 .421 .822 85.6 15.7
1955 30 OKC PL 53 189 23 58 7 1 0 13 4 2 25 30 .307 .389 .354 .743 27.1 3.8
  DEN PL 84 324 54 102 18 1 7 41 6 3 42 50 .315 .396 .441 .837 55.2 8.6
  TOT   137 513 77 160 25 2 7 54 10 5 67 80 .312 .393 .409 .803 82.3 12.4
4 Years Sim 505 1904 294 589 105 5 26 236 35 14 236 285 .309 .387 .411 .798 296.8 44.6
1 Years AAA 37 147 20 47 6 0 4 20 0 0 17 35 .320 .386 .442 .828 24.8  
162 Game Average 610 94 188 33 1 8 75 11 4 75 91 .309 .387 .411 .798 95.2  
Career Highs 138 513 87 164 31 2 8 74 12 5 67 80 .340 .408 .475 .884 85.6  
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   1465 224 443 77 3 22 181 26 14 177 215 .302 .380 .404 .784 223.0
vs LH   444 72 148 29 2 4 56 9 0 59 70 .333 .413 .435 .847 78.5
Home 245 916 140 283 52 1 12 108 16 6 115 127 .309 .388 .407 .795 144.1
Away 261 993 156 308 54 4 14 129 19 8 121 158 .310 .387 .415 .802 157.4
RISP   518 0 159 29 0 11 210 0 0 56 77 .307 .372 .427 .799 80.8
Pinch Hitting   22 4 9 2 0 1 10 0 0 3 2 .409 .480 .636 1.116 5.7
Close/Late   213 18 70 10 0 2 31 0 0 28 37 .329 .412 .404 .816 34.9
Mar/Apr 44 171 26 52 7 0 1 18 6 1 22 32 .304 .383 .363 .745 25.3
May 87 308 41 85 16 2 2 32 7 1 50 45 .276 .384 .360 .744 45.5
June 101 376 60 116 27 1 5 49 4 1 47 53 .309 .387 .426 .813 60.6
July 100 408 66 136 19 1 9 47 8 3 41 64 .333 .395 .451 .846 69.5
August 104 407 62 124 21 1 5 60 5 6 46 50 .305 .377 .398 .775 59.3
Sep/Oct 70 239 41 78 16 0 4 31 5 2 30 41 .326 .401 .444 .844 41.3
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 OAK CL 3B 135 132 1178.7 64 251 18 19 .946 2.41   3.7
1953 28 OKC PL SS 92 89 780.0 126 292 16 43 .963 4.82   5.5
    3B 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 29 OKC PL SS 126 123 1093.7 139 339 18 48 .964 3.93   7.6
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 30 OKC PL SS 38 35 291.5 43 88 4 13 .970 4.04   2.1
    3B 14 14 109.9 7 24 3 1 .912 2.54   0.3
  DEN PL SS 60 55 499.4 74 151 7 23 .970 4.05   0.8
    3B 23 22 188.2 13 41 4 3 .931 2.58   1.0
  SS 316 302 2664.6 382 870 45 127 .965 4.23   16.0
  3B 174 168 1482.4 84 316 25 23 .941 2.43   5.0
Career Totals   490 470 4147.0 466 1186 70 150 .959 3.59   20.9
Career Highs   135 132 1178.7 139 339 18 48 .964 4.80    
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 28 OKC PL 7 28 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 .250 .323 .250 .573
1954 29 OKC PL 7 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .107 .167 .107 .274
1955 30 DEN PL 13 52 5 19 6 0 1 3 0 0 8 10 .365 .459 .538 .997
Career Post-Season Batting 27 108 10 29 6 0 1 6 1 0 13 26 .269 .352 .352 .704
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
1952-9-138
 At-Bats
CAR-41-1904
 Hits
CAR-36-589
 Singles
1954-3-127
1955-3-126
CAR-17-453
 Walks
1952-9-64
CAR-32-236
 Strikeouts
CAR-48-285
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 3
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39
 
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History
Drafted in 10th round, 190th overall pick, by Oakland in 1952
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/16/1952, off Billy Delucia (VAN)
Traded from Oakland to Oklahoma on 5/26/1953 (Going to OAK: P Juan Daggett. Going to OKC: P Richard Mayor, 3B Joel Monroy)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1953, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against San Antonio on 8/22/1954
4/14/1955: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $4,560,000 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)
 
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