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Richard
Shiflet		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 26, 1924 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1952   
All-Star Selections 1954   
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 28 DEN PL $ 6,770,000  
1953 29 DEN PL $ 6,770,000  
1954 30 SD CL $ 6,770,000  
1955 31 SD CL $ 6,770,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,770,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,770,000  
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 28 DEN PL 136 466 91 120 26 2 29 92 6 8 98 103 .258 .388 .509 .897 91.4 14.3
1953 29 DEN PL 136 476 108 132 25 1 35 107 9 9 92 87 .277 .398 .555 .952 104.0 18.2
1954 30 SD CL 139 486 91 143 26 7 29 107 17 4 83 97 .294 .398 .556 .954 105.0 19.8
1955 31 SD CL 138 500 87 120 25 1 20 86 5 2 85 100 .240 .350 .414 .764 72.8 9.8
4 Years Sim 549 1928 377 515 102 11 113 392 37 23 358 387 .267 .383 .507 .891 373.2 62.1
162 Game Average 568 111 151 30 3 33 115 10 6 105 114 .267 .383 .507 .891 110.1  
Career Highs 139 500 108 143 26 7 35 107 17 9 98 103 .294 .398 .556 .954 105.0  
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   1603 309 423 82 10 91 323 34 19 289 333 .264 .378 .498 .876 305.5
vs LH   325 68 92 20 1 22 69 3 4 69 54 .283 .409 .554 .963 72.0
Home 276 960 182 257 52 3 60 197 15 14 165 198 .268 .377 .516 .892 184.8
Away 273 968 195 258 50 8 53 195 22 9 193 189 .267 .390 .499 .889 192.7
RISP   584 0 184 32 5 37 288 0 0 130 111 .315 .435 .577 1.012 142.3
Pinch Hitting   21 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 5 .143 .250 .143 .393 1.2
Close/Late   193 35 47 12 2 10 34 0 0 50 34 .244 .402 .482 .884 39.6
Mar/Apr 57 208 40 55 8 3 10 39 4 3 45 31 .264 .397 .476 .873 40.7
May 111 377 73 99 24 3 24 90 2 1 64 81 .263 .371 .533 .904 74.1
June 103 364 65 103 20 1 22 76 5 5 61 76 .283 .385 .525 .910 72.1
July 97 345 65 94 16 1 16 61 7 9 67 70 .272 .397 .464 .860 63.2
August 108 379 77 98 25 2 23 75 10 5 78 80 .259 .386 .517 .904 76.9
Sep/Oct 73 255 57 66 9 1 18 51 9 0 43 49 .259 .364 .514 .878 50.5
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 28 DEN PL RF 123 121 1066.0 213 3 1 0 .995 1.82   2.8
    LF 12 11 95.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1953 29 DEN PL RF 131 129 1150.7 245 4 4 1 .984 1.95   3.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1954 30 SD CL RF 133 129 1150.3 224 3 1 1 .996 1.78   2.4
    LF 4 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1955 31 SD CL RF 126 124 1089.7 230 5 2 0 .992 1.94   1.9
    LF 9 6 66.0 9 2 2 0 .846 1.50    
  RF 513 503 4456.7 912 15 8 2 .991 1.87   10.2
  LF 29 17 177.0 37 2 2 0 .951 1.98    
Career Totals   542 520 4633.7 949 17 10 2 .990 1.88   10.2
Career Highs   137 132 1161.0 246 7 4 1 .996 1.95    
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
1952 28 DEN PL 11 36 11 10 3 0 5 14 3 0 11 10 .278 .447 .778 1.225
Career Post-Season Batting 11 36 11 10 3 0 5 14 3 0 11 10 .278 .447 .778 1.225
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
1953-6-.555
1954-6-.556
 OPS
1953-7-.952
1954-6-.954
 XR
1953-7-104.0
1954-5-105.0
CAR-28-373.2
 Games
1954-4-139
1955-9-138
CAR-10-549
 At-Bats
CAR-34-1928
 Runs
1953-6-108
1954-8-91
CAR-18-377
Total Bases
1953-9-264
1954-7-270
CAR-28-978
 Triples
1954-8-7
 Homeruns
1952-5-29
1953-4-35
1954-3-29
1955-8-20
CAR-5-113
 RBIs
1952-10-92
1953-4-107
1954-3-107
CAR-6-392
 Walks
1952-5-98
1953-3-92
1954-3-83
1955-3-85
CAR-8-358
 Strikeouts
1952-4-103
1953-6-87
1954-8-97
1955-4-100
CAR-4-387
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 51
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 87th overall pick, by Denver in 1952
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/16/1952, off Cameron Hagans (SLC)
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1952
6/2/1953: Signed a contract extension with Denver, $6,770,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1953, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Denver to San Diego on 2/13/1954 (Going to SD: RF Richard Shiflet. Going to DEN: RF Paul O'Neill)
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
 
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