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Ron
Strong		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 20, 1920 in Australia
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 31 OAK CL $ 2,600,000  
1953 32 OAK CL $ 2,600,000  
1954 33 OMA PL    
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000  
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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 31 OAK CL $ 2,600,000  
1953 32 OAK CL $ 2,600,000  
1954 33 OMA PL    
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 31 DEN PL 1 1 .500 8 1 0 0 0 27.3 39 20 2 7 15 6.58 .336 .376 .440 .816 0.1
  OKC PL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 1 0 2 2 3.86 .125 .300 .125 .425 0.1
  OAK CL 10 3 .769 33 2 1 0 0 52.3 62 30 4 14 30 5.16 .294 .342 .408 .750 3.8
  TOT   11 5 .688 42 3 1 0 0 82.0 102 51 6 23 47 5.60 .304 .353 .412 .765 4.0
1953 32 OAK CL 6 2 .750 65 1 0 0 0 107.0 99 51 8 40 43 4.29 .251 .334 .380 .714 7.2
1954 33 OMA PL 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 0 23.0 39 25 4 10 8 9.78 .382 .437 .598 1.035 0.0
4 Years Sim 17 8 .680 126 4 1 0 0 212.0 240 127 18 73 98 5.39 .288 .354 .419 .774 11.2
Season Average 5 2 .714 42 1 0 0 0 70.7 80 42 6 24 32 5.39 .288 .354 .419 .774  
Career Highs 11 5 .750 65 3 1 0 0 107.0 102 51 8 40 47 9.78 .382 .437 .598 1.035  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   183 92 12 56 67   .302 .362 .426 .788
vs LH   57 35 6 17 31   .251 .303 .405 .709
Home 9 3 .750 60 3 0 0 0 104.3 114 65 9 36 48 5.61 .279 .338 .387 .725
Away 8 5 .615 66 1 1 0 0 107.7 126 62 9 37 50 5.18 .297 .354 .453 .806
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 18.0 17 8 1 2 7 4.00 .250 .271 .338 .610
May 0 1 .000 23 0 0 0 0 30.0 37 22 3 15 14 6.60 .314 .391 .458 .849
June 4 2 .667 29 3 1 0 0 56.7 65 46 6 23 24 7.31 .293 .359 .473 .832
July 3 2 .600 23 1 0 0 0 45.3 50 16 2 11 21 3.18 .284 .326 .369 .696
August 8 2 .800 30 0 0 0 0 46.3 51 24 4 19 21 4.66 .280 .348 .407 .755
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 13 0 0 0 0 15.7 20 11 2 3 11 6.32 .303 .333 .439 .773
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 31 DEN PL 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0
  OKC PL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  OAK CL 33 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
  TOT   42 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0
1953 32 OAK CL 65 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .143 .200 .143 .343 0.2 0.0
2 Years Sim 107 29 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .103 .161 .103 .265 -0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 43 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 18 .103 .161 .103 .265 -0.3  
Career Highs 65 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .143 .200 .143 .343 0.2  
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   24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .083 .154 .083 .237 -0.4
vs LH   5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Home 52 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .133 .235 .133 .369 0.4
Away 55 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
RISP   8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
Mar/Apr 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 18 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3
July 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
August 29 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
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    
1952 31 DEN PL P 8 1 27.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.65    
  OKC PL P 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  OAK CL P 33 2 52.3 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.72    
  TOT   P 42 3 82.0 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.65    
1953 32 OAK CL P 65 1 107.0 6 18 1 2 .960 2.02    
1954 33 OMA PL P 19 0 23.0 1 2 2 0 .600 1.17    
Career Totals   126 4 212.0 13 29 3 3 .933 1.78    
Career Highs   65 3 107.0 6 18 2 2 1.000 2.02    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1953-2-65
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 1
 
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History
Drafted in 25th round, 487th overall pick, by Denver in 1952
Earned first career win on 6/26/1952
Traded from Denver to Oklahoma on 7/7/1952 (Going to OKC: LF Greg Wampler, P Gary Daniels, P Ron Strong. Going to DEN: RF Bill Bañuelos, P Juan Coen, P Raymond Zapien)
Traded from Oklahoma to Oakland on 7/21/1952 (Going to OKC: 1B Steffen Sowa. Going to OAK: 2B William Park, P Ron Strong)
Had first career hit on 8/24/1952, off Steven Caesar (SF)
Traded from Oakland to Omaha on 3/15/1954 (Going to OAK: C Ernest Flake, 2B Ryan Good, P Mark Leon. Going to OMA: P Robert Henton, P Ron Strong)
Released by Omaha on 8/18/1954
 
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