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Daniel
Houlihan		  
Nickname: Diamond Dan
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 8, 1905 in Hull, MA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1931    1932    1934   
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1931    1932    1933    1936    1939    1940   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1928    1932    1939    1940   
World Series MVP Award 1934    1937   
All-Star Selections 1933    1934    1935    1936    1938    1939    1940    1941    1942   
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 22 DET AL 77 301 58 103 13 4 1 30 19 10 25 31 .342 .391 .422 .813 47.8 10.1
    AAA   74 284 50 104 11 3 5 35 11 3 31 35 .366 .429 .479 .907 55.0  
1928 23 DET AL 145 567 104 198 21 4 8 95 53 12 32 52 .349 .381 .443 .824 96.4 19.2
1929 24 DET AL 71 279 54 111 12 5 5 59 19 8 24 26 .398 .440 .530 .971 57.0 11.3
1930 25 DET AL 138 555 97 208 26 7 8 104 37 10 23 57 .375 .401 .490 .891 95.8 18.8
1931 26 DET AL 134 510 96 200 23 8 10 90 45 17 29 41 .392 .422 .527 .950 101.7 26.1
1932 27 DET AL 147 560 103 211 30 5 11 86 32 15 45 45 .377 .423 .507 .930 107.2 25.5
1933 28 DET AL 148 590 103 226 29 9 7 97 49 17 35 48 .383 .413 .498 .911 116.2 26.9
1934 29 DET AL 147 574 114 207 20 4 12 97 37 14 55 48 .361 .418 .472 .890 102.5 23.2
1935 30 CHN NL 139 556 77 199 28 10 7 101 18 7 46 35 .358 .405 .482 .887 97.5 21.4
1936 31 CHN NL 148 609 99 239 28 6 8 96 12 4 43 63 .392 .432 .498 .929 111.7 20.3
1937 32 CHN NL 99 399 68 147 17 4 6 75 10 5 27 38 .368 .409 .476 .885 71.7 15.1
1938 33 CHN NL 148 589 99 215 32 6 11 100 7 4 49 60 .365 .412 .496 .908 109.0 24.5
1939 34 CHN NL 150 606 113 231 16 5 13 107 4 3 48 49 .381 .424 .488 .913 112.1 21.4
1940 35 CHN NL 150 588 105 223 15 9 15 103 9 1 41 57 .379 .417 .512 .928 111.1 26.0
1941 36 CHN NL 145 568 76 208 18 2 6 84 7 1 19 37 .366 .383 .437 .820 88.0 20.4
1942 37 CHN NL 116 455 66 173 19 3 5 73 9 2 22 34 .380 .411 .468 .879 77.5 21.7
1943 38 CHN NL 148 574 56 190 15 3 1 80 25 14 28 42 .331 .359 .373 .732 71.5 15.1
1944 39 CHN NL 128 474 54 125 12 2 0 58 19 11 22 62 .264 .296 .297 .593 38.3 4.3
18 Years Sim 2378 9354 1542 3414 374 96 134 1535 411 155 613 825 .365 .402 .468 .871 1613.0 351.3
1 Years AAA 74 284 50 104 11 3 5 35 11 3 31 35 .366 .419 .479 .898 55.0  
162 Game Average 637 105 232 25 6 9 104 27 10 41 56 .365 .402 .468 .871 109.9  
Career Highs 150 609 114 239 32 10 15 107 53 17 55 63 .398 .440 .530 .971 116.2  
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   6502 1075 2458 255 68 88 1055 275 100 356 530 .378 .409 .479 .887 1154.9
vs LH   2852 467 956 119 28 46 480 136 55 257 295 .335 .389 .445 .834 474.8
Home 1205 4606 735 1656 173 50 56 734 201 65 278 408 .360 .394 .455 .850 772.4
Away 1173 4748 807 1758 201 46 78 801 210 90 335 417 .370 .410 .481 .892 857.2
RISP   2718 0 1060 96 36 40 1338 0 0 276 257 .390 .434 .496 .930 542.8
Pinch Hitting   98 17 36 1 1 2 15 3 1 15 10 .367 .447 .459 .907 20.0
Close/Late   947 161 358 31 13 12 142 0 0 114 69 .378 .445 .476 .921 186.3
Mar/Apr 232 938 141 358 41 5 13 154 44 16 47 83 .382 .411 .478 .889 166.0
May 418 1623 271 583 62 22 23 263 74 23 107 158 .359 .398 .467 .865 281.1
June 406 1620 261 572 58 19 29 287 62 24 100 143 .353 .390 .466 .857 273.2
July 476 1855 331 693 81 19 26 310 90 24 122 159 .374 .411 .480 .891 337.5
August 432 1700 269 638 88 16 15 279 78 43 129 148 .375 .417 .472 .890 303.3
Sep/Oct 414 1618 269 570 44 15 28 242 63 25 108 134 .352 .389 .450 .839 268.6
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 22 DET AL CF 76 74 661.0 216 5 8 3 .965 3.01   2.6
1928 23 DET AL CF 142 138 1229.0 435 13 17 7 .963 3.28   5.6
1929 24 DET AL CF 70 68 593.3 174 4 9 1 .952 2.70   2.0
1930 25 DET AL CF 109 104 929.3 322 14 9 4 .974 3.25   5.2
    LF 26 24 209.7 63 2 0 0 1.000 2.79    
1931 26 DET AL LF 89 84 754.3 191 7 0 0 1.000 2.36   4.7
    CF 42 38 335.0 136 6 3 3 .979 3.81    
1932 27 DET AL LF 140 136 1197.3 341 7 3 2 .991 2.62   4.3
    CF 3 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1933 28 DET AL CF 117 114 1016.3 372 11 15 2 .962 3.39   5.3
    LF 30 27 252.3 72 3 0 1 1.000 2.68    
1934 29 DET AL CF 139 139 1237.3 432 12 13 7 .972 3.23   7.6
    LF 7 0 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
1935 30 CHN NL CF 134 133 1177.7 347 8 2 2 .994 2.71   4.2
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1936 31 CHN NL CF 107 105 951.0 305 12 12 3 .964 3.00   5.4
    LF 37 31 286.7 75 2 1 2 .987 2.42    
1937 32 CHN NL LF 87 87 754.7 194 10 0 4 1.000 2.43   3.3
    CF 11 9 83.0 27 1 1 0 .966 3.04    
1938 33 CHN NL CF 83 77 687.0 228 9 6 3 .975 3.10   5.1
    LF 63 60 545.7 148 3 0 1 1.000 2.49    
1939 34 CHN NL CF 139 137 1217.7 475 15 17 9 .966 3.62   5.4
    LF 7 0 16.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.63    
1940 35 CHN NL CF 139 136 1219.0 446 13 11 3 .977 3.39   3.8
    LF 9 0 16.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.76    
1941 36 CHN NL CF 140 135 1173.3 405 15 15 8 .966 3.22   4.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1942 37 CHN NL CF 114 110 949.7 326 5 9 0 .974 3.14   2.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 38 CHN NL CF 147 144 1234.7 434 9 13 3 .971 3.23   2.0
1944 39 CHN NL CF 122 120 996.3 340 7 6 1 .983 3.13   4.0
    LF 3 3 25.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.32    
    RF 2 2 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
  CF 1834 1781 15698.6 5423 159 166 59 .971 3.20   64.8
  LF 505 452 4084.0 1120 34 4 10 .997 2.54   12.4
  RF 2 2 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
Career Totals   2341 2235 19796.6 6548 193 170 69 .975 3.06   77.2
Career Highs   148 144 1268.7 485 16 17 9 .996 3.65    
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
1929 24 DET AL 6 22 2 10 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 .455 .455 .591 1.045
1931 26 DET AL 5 22 4 8 3 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 .364 .417 .500 .917
1932 27 DET AL 5 18 4 8 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 .444 .476 .500 .976
1934 29 DET AL 5 21 4 12 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 2 .571 .591 .905 1.496
1935 30 CHN NL 6 27 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .370 .370 .407 .778
1937 32 CHN NL 4 18 5 6 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 7 .333 .368 .778 1.146
Career Post-Season Batting 31 128 22 54 8 0 5 23 6 5 5 17 .422 .444 .602 1.046
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.
Batting Average
1928-2-.349
1930-2-.375
1931-1-.392
1932-1-.377
1933-1-.383
1934-2-.361
1935-2-.358
1936-1-.392
1937-3-.348*
1938-2-.365
1939-1-.381
1940-1-.379
1941-2-.366
1942-1-.380
1943-2-.331
 On-Base Pct
1931-2-.422
1932-1-.423
1933-2-.413
1934-2-.418
1935-9-.405
1936-3-.432
1938-4-.412
1939-5-.424
1940-2-.417
1942-2-.411
 Slugging Pct
1931-2-.527
1932-4-.507
1933-2-.498
1934-7-.472
1935-5-.482
1936-6-.498
1938-4-.496
1939-5-.488
1940-2-.512
1941-9-.437
1942-2-.468
 OPS
1931-2-.950
1932-1-.930
1933-2-.911
1934-5-.890
1935-4-.887
1936-2-.929
1938-3-.908
1939-3-.913
1940-1-.928
1941-8-.820
1942-2-.879
 OPS+
1930-10-129
1931-2-161
1932-1-155
1933-2-157
1934-5-143
1935-4-140
1936-2-144
1937-4-137
1938-3-150
1939-2-149
1940-1-164
1942-2-159
 XR
1928-7-96.4
1931-3-101.7
1932-1-107.2
1933-2-116.2
1934-5-102.5
1935-6-97.5
1936-1-111.7
1938-3-109.0
1939-1-112.1
1940-1-111.1
1941-10-88.0
Games
1932-10-147
1933-7-148
1934-8-147
1936-4-148
1938-4-148
1939-2-150
1940-1-150
 At-Bats
1928-10-567
1932-10-560
1933-4-590
1934-6-574
1936-1-609
1938-4-589
1939-2-606
1940-2-588
1941-7-568
1943-9-574
 Runs
1928-5-104
1931-5-96
1932-4-103
1933-3-103
1934-2-114
1936-10-99
1938-7-99
1939-3-113
1940-1-105
 Hits
1928-3-198
1930-3-208
1931-1-200
1932-1-211
1933-1-226
1934-2-207
1935-3-199
1936-1-239
1938-1-215
1939-1-231
1940-1-223
1941-2-208
1942-5-173
1943-2-190
 Times on Base
1931-7-231
1932-1-259
1933-2-265
1934-1-265
1935-10-248
1936-2-284
1938-3-268
1939-4-281
1940-3-267
 Total Bases
1931-6-269
1932-5-284
1933-3-294
1934-6-271
1935-5-268
1936-2-303
1938-3-292
1939-2-296
1940-1-301
1941-6-248
1943-10-214
Singles
1928-3-165
1930-2-167
1931-2-159
1932-1-165
1933-1-181
1934-1-171
1935-4-154
1936-1-197
1938-2-166
1939-1-197
1940-1-184
1941-1-182
1942-3-146
1943-2-171
 Triples
1935-7-10
1940-9-9
 Homeruns
1931-7-10
1940-7-15
 Extra Base Hits
1938-7-49
 RBIs
1928-9-95
1931-9-90
1932-9-86
1933-4-97
1934-5-97
1935-8-101
1938-6-100
1939-2-107
1940-3-103
1943-8-80
 Stolen Bases
1928-3-53
1930-4-37
1931-2-45
1932-9-32
1933-3-49
1934-8-37
Caught Stealing
1931-8-17
1933-7-17
1943-8-14
1944-8-11
 Stolen Base Percentage
1928-2-82
1930-3-79
1931-4-73
1932-9-68
1933-5-74
1934-5-73
1938-10-0
1939-9-0
1940-8-0
 Strikeouts
1928-8-52
1930-8-57
1933-8-48
1936-5-63
1944-7-62
 Power Speed Number
1934-3-18.1
1940-9-11.2
 Offensive Win Shares
1928-4-19.1
1930-5-18.8
1931-1-26.2
1932-1-25.4
1933-2-27.3
1934-3-22.6
1935-2-21.7
1936-1-21.1
1938-3-24.1
1939-3-21.4
1940-1-26.2
1941-3-20.2
1942-4-21.7
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 241    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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  6. John Rollins (772)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1927
Had first career hit on 7/1/1927, off Jerome Haskell (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 7/13/1927
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1927, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Hit first career homerun on 8/8/1927, off Archie Leach (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1927, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/3/1928
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1928, hitting .416 with 2 HR, 21 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1928
Injured on 4/20/1929 with a Broken Hand, out for 9 weeks
Drove in 8 runs against Cleveland on 7/25/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1929, hitting .619 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis (A) on 8/8/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1929, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1930, hitting .460 with 2 HR, 28 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/3/1930
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/12/1930
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/10/1930
Injured on 9/11/1930 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1931, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 5/24/1931 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/25/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1931, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1931, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1931, hitting .434 with 3 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1931, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1931
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1931, hitting .392 with 10 HR, 90 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1932, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1932
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1932, hitting .377 with 11 HR, 86 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Leftfield in 1932
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1933, hitting .437 with 2 HR, 16 RBI
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 9/11/1933
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1933, hitting .383 with 7 HR, 97 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/11/1934
Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1934
 
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