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Dolph
Schlitzer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 19, 1906 in Cincinnati, OH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1931    1932    1934   
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1929   
All-Star Selections 1935    1936   
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
1925 18 AAA   131 517 89 173 36 10 15 93 20 14 74 54 .335 .418 .530 .948 105.2  
1926 19 DET AL 78 103 25 39 5 1 1 23 8 3 18 7 .379 .471 .476 .947 22.1 5.1
    AAA   18 61 15 25 4 1 1 9 5 2 16 9 .410 .532 .557 1.090 17.1  
1927 20 DET AL 77 283 58 102 22 16 7 57 21 12 28 23 .360 .415 .625 1.041 64.0 15.7
    AAA   74 308 56 100 18 6 4 34 12 2 42 33 .325 .406 .461 .867 56.8  
1928 21 DET AL 148 529 97 182 27 13 8 93 38 29 69 38 .344 .417 .490 .907 97.0 19.1
1929 22 DET AL 148 547 126 200 45 17 15 115 38 34 71 47 .366 .439 .592 1.031 117.9 22.9
1930 23 DET AL 145 534 108 163 25 17 16 109 28 25 61 54 .305 .377 .506 .883 94.5 15.6
1931 24 DET AL 139 494 98 157 41 14 5 71 34 25 68 45 .318 .405 .488 .892 85.8 19.1
1932 25 DET AL 135 509 97 176 29 11 10 64 43 38 50 41 .346 .410 .505 .914 90.4 19.7
1933 26 DET AL 145 573 95 171 25 17 1 61 46 37 51 34 .298 .361 .407 .768 76.0 12.6
1934 27 DET AL 146 574 110 179 23 10 10 77 45 22 51 55 .312 .369 .439 .808 90.5 17.3
1935 28 DET AL 137 512 91 155 31 11 11 85 38 27 66 51 .303 .382 .471 .853 88.1 17.7
1936 29 PIT NL 142 553 121 169 26 24 12 101 24 13 64 53 .306 .379 .505 .883 100.1 17.5
1937 30 PIT NL 145 537 87 145 29 19 4 83 24 12 68 61 .270 .356 .417 .773 82.3 12.5
1938 31 PIT NL 128 442 54 127 23 7 4 65 11 7 35 32 .287 .340 .398 .738 57.6 7.6
1939 32 PIT NL 42 58 11 19 4 2 0 12 0 0 6 6 .328 .373 .466 .839 11.1 1.8
1940 33 PIT NL 84 228 38 74 9 9 4 35 1 2 22 29 .325 .385 .496 .881 38.7 8.2
1941 34 PIT NL 70 178 34 46 12 3 4 23 1 2 22 16 .258 .337 .427 .764 26.4 4.7
1942 35 PIT NL 44 59 8 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .220 .246 .271 .517 3.3 0.1
17 Years Sim 1953 6713 1258 2117 379 191 112 1079 400 288 750 598 .315 .385 .479 .864 1145.7 217.2
3 Years AAA 223 886 160 298 58 17 20 136 37 18 132 96 .336 .422 .508 .930 179.1  
162 Game Average 556 104 175 31 15 9 89 33 23 62 49 .315 .385 .479 .864 95.0  
Career Highs 148 574 126 200 45 24 16 115 46 38 71 61 .379 .471 .625 1.041 117.9  
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   4971 944 1613 294 132 84 831 301 205 581 393 .324 .396 .487 .883 885.2
vs LH   1742 314 504 85 59 28 248 99 83 169 205 .289 .356 .454 .810 258.8
Home 967 3256 586 1017 181 101 51 516 196 141 349 298 .312 .381 .477 .858 544.7
Away 986 3457 672 1100 198 90 61 563 204 147 401 300 .318 .390 .480 .871 599.2
RISP   1956 0 634 121 47 41 921 0 0 277 188 .324 .401 .497 .898 374.8
Pinch Hitting   192 39 62 8 4 2 41 6 3 20 20 .323 .386 .438 .824 31.2
Close/Late   732 125 242 39 22 10 95 0 0 107 69 .331 .416 .485 .901 140.2
Mar/Apr 185 682 134 235 52 15 9 107 43 27 75 66 .345 .409 .504 .914 127.2
May 379 1251 227 391 75 35 19 177 71 62 138 114 .313 .385 .474 .859 206.1
June 332 1169 208 341 56 27 20 174 86 36 110 110 .292 .352 .437 .789 178.1
July 379 1298 259 406 70 27 28 225 66 55 169 114 .313 .392 .473 .866 225.4
August 354 1197 220 393 65 40 20 204 72 56 137 95 .328 .398 .500 .897 215.6
Sep/Oct 324 1116 210 351 61 47 16 192 62 52 121 99 .315 .385 .496 .882 191.6
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
1926 19 DET AL 1B 21 16 138.0 160 19 2 17 .989 11.67   0.2
    3B 17 0 32.7 2 10 0 2 1.000 3.31   0.3
1927 20 DET AL 1B 76 74 661.0 687 62 4 69 .995 10.20   2.6
1928 21 DET AL 1B 145 141 1232.0 1347 121 13 133 .991 10.72   3.1
    3B 5 0 8.0 3 1 1 0 .800 4.50   0.0
1929 22 DET AL 1B 144 139 1216.0 1328 108 7 146 .995 10.63   2.7
    3B 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1930 23 DET AL 1B 142 138 1193.7 1298 102 14 108 .990 10.56   3.2
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1931 24 DET AL 1B 134 133 1131.3 1194 99 14 122 .989 10.29   2.8
    3B 6 0 17.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1932 25 DET AL 1B 132 124 1090.7 1251 78 11 97 .992 10.97   1.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1933 26 DET AL 1B 144 140 1252.3 1607 99 20 113 .988 12.26   2.5
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1934 27 DET AL 1B 144 141 1239.7 1399 110 16 141 .990 10.96   2.3
    3B 4 0 8.7 1 1 1 1 .667 2.08   0.0
1935 28 DET AL 1B 136 131 1174.7 1395 115 5 121 .997 11.57   3.8
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1936 29 PIT NL 1B 142 140 1246.7 1429 104 10 132 .994 11.07   3.0
1937 30 PIT NL 1B 144 142 1249.7 1360 111 8 121 .995 10.59   2.6
1938 31 PIT NL 1B 112 108 950.7 981 93 6 114 .994 10.17   1.5
    3B 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1939 32 PIT NL 1B 9 7 63.0 73 7 2 4 .976 11.43   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 33 PIT NL 1B 57 51 436.7 459 24 7 48 .986 9.96   1.1
    3B 9 1 30.0 1 7 1 1 .889 2.40   0.1
1941 34 PIT NL 1B 55 41 382.0 376 39 2 33 .995 9.78   0.4
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 35 PIT NL 1B 14 9 81.0 84 5 0 4 1.000 9.89   0.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  1B 1751 1675 14738.9 16428 1296 141 1523 .992 10.82   34.0
  3B 56 2 136.3 13 23 3 4 .923 2.38   0.5
Career Totals   1807 1677 14875.3 16441 1319 144 1527 .992 10.75   34.5
Career Highs   150 142 1257.3 1607 122 20 146 1.000 12.22    
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 22 DET AL 6 23 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 .217 .250 .217 .467
1931 24 DET AL 5 21 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 1 .238 .360 .381 .741
1932 25 DET AL 5 20 2 6 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 .300 .364 .600 .964
1934 27 DET AL 5 17 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 4 4 .235 .381 .353 .734
1941 34 PIT NL 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 23 83 11 21 2 1 3 11 5 7 11 9 .253 .340 .410 .750
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
1928-4-.344
1929-2-.366
1932-2-.346
 On-Base Pct
1928-3-.417
1929-1-.439
1931-4-.405
1932-3-.410
 Slugging Pct
1928-9-.490
1929-1-.592
1930-9-.506
1931-6-.488
1932-5-.505
1936-5-.505
 OPS
1928-3-.907
1929-1-1.031
1931-3-.892
1932-3-.914
1935-9-.853
1936-9-.883
 OPS+
1928-3-143
1929-1-165
1931-3-146
1932-2-151
1935-8-131
1936-9-131
 Secondary Average
1928-10-0.293
1929-5-0.364
1931-3-0.326
1935-9-0.318
1936-9-0.335
XR
1928-5-97.0
1929-1-117.9
1936-8-100.1
 Games
1928-4-148
1929-9-148
 At-Bats
1933-5-573
1934-6-574
1936-10-553
 Runs
1929-1-126
1930-9-108
1931-2-98
1932-8-97
1933-7-95
1934-4-110
1936-1-121
 Hits
1928-6-182
1929-3-200
1932-10-176
1933-9-171
1934-9-179
 Walks
1928-10-69
1929-8-71
1931-5-68
1935-9-66
Hit By Pitch
1929-9-6
 Times on Base
1928-7-253
1929-4-277
1931-7-231
1932-10-231
1933-9-228
 Total Bases
1929-2-324
1934-9-252
1936-5-279
 Singles
1928-9-134
1932-9-126
 Doubles
1929-7-45
1931-9-41
 Triples
1927-5-16
1928-4-13
1929-4-17
1930-4-17
1931-5-14
1932-8-11
1933-1-17
1934-8-10
1935-9-11
1936-1-24
1937-2-19
1940-9-9
Homeruns
1929-9-15
 Extra Base Hits
1929-3-77
1931-8-60
1936-3-62
 RBIs
1929-2-115
1930-9-109
1936-7-101
 Stolen Bases
1928-5-38
1929-3-38
1930-10-28
1931-7-34
1932-4-43
1933-4-46
1934-5-45
 Caught Stealing
1928-2-29
1929-1-34
1930-1-25
1931-3-25
1932-1-38
1933-1-37
1934-7-22
1935-4-27
1936-9-13
1937-9-12
 Stolen Base Percentage
1928-9-57
1936-9-65
1937-9-67
1938-10-0
Strikeouts
1935-10-51
1937-10-61
 Power Speed Number
1934-6-16.4
 Offensive Win Shares
1928-5-18.9
1929-1-22.9
1931-7-19.1
1932-7-19.6
1936-7-17.6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 135    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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  6. Julius Coltrane (845)
  7. Mike Pellegrino (843)
  8. Clint Dorsey (843)
  9. Mick Rooker (836)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Detroit in 1925
Had first career hit (double) on 5/4/1926, off Ed Rondthaler (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/4/1926, off Brewster Jennings (WSH)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1927, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1928, hitting .375 with 2 HR, 20 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Washington on 5/30/1929
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1929, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 30 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/11/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1929, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1929, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 28 RBI
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1929, hitting .366 with 15 HR, 115 RBI
Injured on 7/10/1931 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1931, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1931
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1932, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 9/15/1932 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1932
Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1934
 
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