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Guy
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Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 22, 1910 in Queens, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1930   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1927    1928    1929    1930   
All-Star Selections 1933    1934   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1927 17 BSN NL 142 549 82 160 18 9 13 63 5 9 36 56 .291 .341 .428 .769 73.2 12.0
1928 18 BSN NL 148 572 95 151 19 6 28 107 11 16 40 56 .264 .320 .465 .785 78.1 10.7
1929 19 BSN NL 147 576 113 171 21 12 41 151 9 11 52 69 .297 .355 .589 .943 112.3 18.3
1930 20 BSN NL 147 576 135 173 27 11 53 161 3 3 50 63 .300 .363 .661 1.024 123.9 19.5
1931 21 BSN NL 140 549 107 153 20 6 42 128 1 2 37 76 .279 .330 .566 .896 95.3 17.8
1932 22 BSN NL 150 573 148 172 28 12 61 172 1 4 60 49 .300 .375 .710 1.085 136.7 30.3
1933 23 BSN NL 148 582 86 146 31 5 36 118 1 7 39 56 .251 .304 .507 .811 87.0 14.7
1934 24 BSN NL 145 560 97 139 17 9 40 141 1 2 37 72 .248 .304 .525 .829 90.3 15.7
1935 25 BSN NL 110 396 54 84 20 6 16 56 0 1 22 50 .212 .270 .414 .684 43.9 2.9
1936 26 CIN NL 146 556 95 127 26 14 18 98 2 5 34 68 .228 .296 .423 .719 66.3 5.2
1937 27 CIN NL 132 447 81 96 18 9 30 83 3 1 39 56 .215 .297 .497 .793 64.6 8.7
1938 28 PHA AL 138 436 77 100 10 10 33 97 9 7 39 44 .229 .305 .525 .830 71.8 8.9
1939 29 PHA AL 139 434 77 107 20 9 29 87 12 7 46 57 .247 .321 .535 .856 74.0 11.7
1940 30 PHA AL 145 475 100 135 21 8 46 123 5 6 49 74 .284 .360 .653 1.013 103.2 19.1
1941 31 PHA AL 145 469 77 104 17 5 22 84 11 6 64 51 .222 .322 .420 .742 66.1 8.6
1942 32 PHA AL 135 342 62 83 17 4 17 63 19 11 52 47 .243 .356 .465 .821 55.9 8.5
1943 33 PHA AL 150 531 93 118 17 2 19 75 26 13 69 60 .222 .329 .369 .698 69.9 10.1
1944 34 PHA AL 147 554 80 126 17 8 21 86 3 5 51 63 .227 .299 .401 .699 66.4 9.4
1945 35 PHA AL 150 552 77 133 10 6 17 91 3 5 57 73 .241 .316 .373 .689 65.6 7.7
1946 36 PHA AL 35 106 6 14 0 1 0 8 0 0 9 11 .132 .198 .151 .349 1.9 0.0
    AAA   31 28 6 10 0 1 1 6 2 1 6 7 .357 .471 .536 1.006 6.8  
20 Years Sim 2739 9835 1742 2492 374 152 582 1992 125 121 882 1151 .253 .324 .500 .824 1546.3 239.8
1 Years AAA 31 28 6 10 0 1 1 6 2 1 6 7 .357 .471 .536 1.006 6.8  
162 Game Average 581 103 147 22 8 34 117 7 7 52 68 .253 .324 .500 .824 91.5  
Career Highs 150 582 148 173 31 14 61 172 26 16 69 76 .300 .375 .710 1.085 136.7  
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   6687 1193 1707 283 113 404 1367 77 73 606 847 .255 .326 .513 .839 1075.0
vs LH   3148 549 785 91 39 178 625 48 48 276 304 .249 .319 .473 .792 461.2
Home 1382 4831 825 1228 190 64 238 902 71 58 425 577 .254 .324 .468 .792 706.9
Away 1357 5004 917 1264 184 88 344 1090 54 63 457 574 .253 .323 .531 .854 829.3
RISP   2929 0 766 102 46 182 1344 0 0 378 327 .262 .346 .514 .860 522.2
Pinch Hitting   287 58 61 10 2 17 56 6 1 34 31 .213 .306 .439 .745 40.4
Close/Late   1182 209 288 49 16 71 229 0 0 148 156 .244 .336 .492 .828 194.7
Mar/Apr 303 1163 215 292 41 23 80 262 16 16 98 151 .251 .319 .532 .852 190.1
May 555 1972 321 472 73 23 113 389 26 18 180 209 .239 .317 .472 .788 286.8
June 478 1733 296 441 74 29 95 341 21 25 134 206 .254 .314 .495 .809 259.0
July 501 1785 307 462 67 31 108 347 29 27 164 209 .259 .329 .513 .842 289.3
August 477 1687 327 453 74 30 104 363 20 13 151 206 .269 .335 .533 .868 289.1
Sep/Oct 425 1495 276 372 45 16 82 290 13 22 155 170 .249 .328 .465 .793 221.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1927 17 BSN NL RF 131 125 1101.0 313 10 5 5 .985 2.64   2.8
    LF 7 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1928 18 BSN NL RF 142 141 1238.3 338 14 5 4 .986 2.56   2.8
    LF 6 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1929 19 BSN NL RF 142 140 1230.7 343 12 6 2 .983 2.60   2.6
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1930 20 BSN NL RF 139 136 1207.0 323 12 4 5 .988 2.50   6.3
    LF 7 0 13.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66    
1931 21 BSN NL RF 77 75 673.7 174 2 3 0 .983 2.35   3.7
    LF 61 52 479.7 132 3 2 1 .985 2.53    
1932 22 BSN NL LF 78 70 645.0 135 3 4 1 .972 1.93   2.4
    RF 69 67 592.0 137 7 4 1 .973 2.19    
1933 23 BSN NL RF 137 137 1209.3 321 7 9 2 .973 2.44   3.3
    LF 11 6 68.0 12 0 4 0 .750 1.59    
1934 24 BSN NL RF 140 137 1211.7 309 5 6 3 .981 2.33   2.9
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1935 25 BSN NL LF 60 59 529.3 137 5 2 1 .986 2.41   2.3
    RF 49 41 378.7 96 1 5 0 .951 2.31    
1936 26 CIN NL RF 139 135 1188.0 340 9 6 2 .983 2.64   2.7
    LF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1937 27 CIN NL RF 111 106 942.0 254 6 9 1 .967 2.48   2.7
    LF 19 1 43.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1938 28 PHA AL LF 113 103 947.3 248 5 5 2 .981 2.40   2.9
    RF 18 0 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41    
1939 29 PHA AL LF 126 104 965.0 225 9 5 2 .979 2.18   2.6
    RF 7 2 27.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33    
1940 30 PHA AL LF 124 111 1019.0 255 2 5 1 .981 2.27   3.6
    RF 16 8 85.7 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1941 31 PHA AL LF 105 96 857.3 197 5 5 3 .976 2.12   2.6
    RF 32 18 200.7 51 2 1 1 .981 2.38    
1942 32 PHA AL RF 66 57 540.7 114 5 0 0 1.000 1.98   1.1
    LF 61 13 215.3 47 5 2 1 .963 2.17    
1943 33 PHA AL LF 121 113 1038.3 280 8 7 3 .976 2.50   2.9
    RF 25 21 196.7 49 2 1 1 .981 2.33    
1944 34 PHA AL RF 97 96 843.0 240 3 3 1 .988 2.59   3.7
    LF 47 47 411.0 107 1 4 0 .964 2.36    
1945 35 PHA AL RF 116 112 993.3 221 9 13 1 .947 2.08   1.6
    LF 25 23 207.7 44 0 2 0 .957 1.91    
    1B 9 9 80.3 85 3 2 12 .978 9.86   0.1
1946 36 PHA AL 1B 21 20 170.0 216 13 0 17 1.000 12.12   0.4
    LF 11 11 86.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.3
  RF 1653 1554 13891.3 3658 107 81 29 .979 2.44   36.2
  LF 991 812 7584.0 1871 47 47 15 .976 2.28   19.6
  1B 30 29 250.3 301 16 2 29 .994 11.40   0.5
Career Totals   2674 2395 21725.6 5830 170 130 73 .979 2.49   56.3
Career Highs   150 144 1281.3 350 14 17 17 1.000 9.07    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 20 BSN NL 5 20 4 7 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 4 .350 .409 .950 1.359
1931 21 BSN NL 5 13 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .231 .333 .538 .872
1940 30 PHA AL 7 27 8 13 3 1 4 10 0 1 3 3 .481 .516 1.111 1.627
Career Post-Season Batting 17 60 15 23 6 3 7 17 0 1 6 8 .383 .441 .933 1.375
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
1928-7-.465
1929-2-.589
1930-1-.661
1931-3-.566
1932-1-.710
1933-3-.507
1934-2-.525
1937-4-.497
1938-4-.525
1939-4-.535
1940-2-.653
 OPS
1929-3-.943
1930-3-1.024
1931-5-.896
1932-2-1.085
1933-10-.811
1934-8-.829
1939-10-.856
1940-2-1.013
 OPS+
1929-5-141
1930-3-153
1931-6-143
1932-2-186
1934-10-129
1940-2-165
 Secondary Average
1929-1-0.378
1930-2-0.448
1931-5-0.353
1932-1-0.51
1933-6-0.313
1934-4-0.341
1937-7-0.374
1938-4-0.39
1939-4-0.406
1940-2-0.469
1941-7-0.345
1942-4-0.343
1943-9-0.301
 XR
1929-7-112.3
1930-3-123.9
1931-7-95.3
1932-2-136.7
1934-7-90.3
1940-6-103.2
 Games
1928-7-148
1929-8-147
1930-9-147
1932-1-150
1933-3-148
1943-10-150
At-Bats
1928-6-572
1929-9-576
1930-6-576
1931-10-549
1932-6-573
1933-4-582
1934-8-560
1936-9-556
 Runs
1928-10-95
1929-6-113
1930-3-135
1931-8-107
1932-1-148
1933-10-86
1934-5-97
1943-6-93
 Walks
1943-10-69
 Hit By Pitch
1928-6-9
1930-3-10
1932-8-11
1934-5-12
1936-8-21
1937-6-14
1938-8-12
1940-10-10
1942-6-10
1943-2-19
1944-8-6
1945-4-5
 Times on Base
1932-10-243
 Total Bases
1928-5-266
1929-1-339
1930-1-381
1931-3-311
1932-2-407
1933-3-295
1934-2-294
1940-3-310
Doubles
1933-6-31
 Triples
1929-5-12
1930-8-11
1932-4-12
1934-8-9
1936-5-14
1944-9-8
 Homeruns
1927-7-13
1928-1-28
1929-1-41
1930-1-53
1931-1-42
1932-1-61
1933-1-36
1934-1-40
1935-7-16
1936-8-18
1937-2-30
1938-2-33
1939-2-29
1940-1-46
1941-4-22
1942-4-17
1943-2-19
1944-3-21
1945-5-17
 Extra Base Hits
1928-9-53
1929-1-74
1930-1-91
1931-3-68
1932-2-101
1933-2-72
1934-2-66
1936-6-58
1937-8-57
1939-8-58
1940-3-75
 RBIs
1928-4-107
1929-1-151
1930-1-161
1931-3-128
1932-1-172
1933-2-118
1934-1-141
1936-10-98
1938-8-97
1940-2-123
1941-9-84
1945-9-91
 Caught Stealing
1928-8-16
Stolen Base Percentage
1931-10-0
 Strikeouts
1928-3-56
1929-5-69
1930-2-63
1931-3-76
1933-6-56
1934-7-72
1936-3-68
1940-4-74
1944-10-63
1945-9-73
 At Bats per Home Run
1932-10-9.4
1933-10-16.2
1935-6-24.8
1937-9-14.9
1938-10-13.2
1939-9-15
1940-10-10.3
1941-8-21.3
1942-9-20.1
1943-9-27.9
1944-8-26.4
1945-7-32.5
 Home Run Value
1932-1-2
1933-2-2.5
1934-1-2.5
1939-1-2.5
1940-1-2.4
1943-1-1.9
 Power Speed Number
1939-6-17
1941-9-14.7
1942-4-17.9
1943-1-22
 Offensive Win Shares
1929-8-18.3
1930-4-19
1931-8-18.1
1932-2-30.5
1940-5-19.5
 
   Black Ink Test: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 231    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1927
Had first career hit on 4/12/1927, off Randall Flagg (BRO)
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1927, off Scoot Wicker (SLN)
Injured on 6/4/1927 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1927
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1928, hitting .367 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1928, hitting .329 with 9 HR, 26 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1928
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 6/1/1929
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis (N), driving in 6 runs on 6/1/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1929, hitting .458 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1929, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1929, hitting .340 with 9 HR, 37 RBI
Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 138 on 9/16/1929
Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 35 on 9/16/1929
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1929
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1930, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1930, hitting .323 with 7 HR, 28 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1930, hitting .333 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1930, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1930, hitting .458 with 6 HR, 12 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 8/20/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1930, hitting .516 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1930, hitting .355 with 12 HR, 40 RBI
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1930, hitting .300 with 53 HR, 161 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1930
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1931, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Hit 4 homeruns against New York (N), driving in 9 runs on 9/5/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1931, hitting .385 with 6 HR, 18 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1931, hitting .354 with 9 HR, 34 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 4/25/1932
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (N), driving in 4 runs on 4/25/1932
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1932, hitting .333 with 12 HR, 27 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1932, hitting .304 with 12 HR, 32 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1932, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1932, hitting .346 with 10 HR, 37 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (N), driving in 10 runs on 9/11/1932
Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 170 on 9/20/1932
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1932, hitting .352 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1933, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1933, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1933, hitting .301 with 9 HR, 29 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1933, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Cincinnati on 6/19/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1934, hitting .368 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
 
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