#12 Eddie "Donkey Lips" Gelfen, Centerfield, 38 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs
Saturday, 10/11/1951 |
 | Name :
Nickname :
Birthday :
Age :
Born in :
Height :
Weight :
Position :
Bats :
Throws :
| Eddie Gelfen
Donkey Lips
12/31/1912
38
Morristown, NJ
6"4
255
Centerfield
S
R
| Desire for Winner :
Loyalty :
Team Leader Skills :
National Popularity :
Local Popularity :
Consistency :
Clutch Performance :
Injury Rating :
Overall Rating :
| Average
Loyal
Great Leader
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
Good
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars
| |
|
|
Contract :
Salary :
Signed Through :
Years of MLB Service :
MLB Service Days this Year :
Years of Pro Service :
| Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1951
18 Year(s), 66 Days (3162 total Days)
77 Day(s)
20 Year(s)
| | |
|
|
| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
|
Running & Bunting Ratings
Running Speed :
Stealing Ability :
Baserunning Instincts :
Sacrifice Bunt :
Bunt for Hit :
Hitter Type :
|
5
4
10
4
1
Normal
| Fielding Ratings
1B : 2 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 6 (Range), .985 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 4 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 7 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 5
|
|
|
| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 4/28 | SLN | L 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 5/3 | @BRO | L 2-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
| 5/5 | @BRO | L 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 6/1 | @BRO | W 16-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 6/10 | @NY1 | L 9-10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
|
|
| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 1.000 | .000 |
| Projected | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 1.000 | .000 |
|
| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .8 | 10.3 |
|
| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| vs. RHP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Close/Late | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Scoring Position | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| Pinch Hitting | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
|
| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Road | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .333 | .500 | .833 |
| May | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| June | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
|
|
| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1934 | 117 | 381 | 103 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 19 | 11 | .270 | .309 | .312 | .621 | CHN |
| 1935 | 146 | 486 | 158 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 49 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 9 | .325 | .353 | .418 | .771 | CHN DET |
| 1936 | 146 | 521 | 182 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 72 | 79 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 14 | .349 | .375 | .463 | .838 | DET |
| 1937 | 148 | 542 | 169 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 75 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 26 | 14 | .312 | .365 | .417 | .782 | DET |
| 1938 | 146 | 482 | 165 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 74 | 67 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 26 | 11 | .342 | .387 | .494 | .880 | DET |
| 1939 | 148 | 528 | 183 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 85 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 15 | .347 | .397 | .458 | .855 | DET |
| 1940 | 147 | 543 | 181 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 94 | 94 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 12 | 10 | .333 | .384 | .470 | .854 | DET |
| 1941 | 115 | 398 | 125 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 65 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 7 | 5 | .314 | .363 | .465 | .828 | DET |
| 1942 | 145 | 506 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 66 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 14 | 9 | .275 | .349 | .397 | .746 | DET |
| 1943 | 115 | 316 | 97 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 44 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .307 | .382 | .430 | .812 | DET |
| 1944 | 150 | 540 | 169 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 118 | 68 | 51 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 8 | 3 | .313 | .367 | .472 | .839 | DET |
| 1945 | 146 | 547 | 161 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 122 | 77 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 40 | 16 | 9 | .294 | .356 | .437 | .792 | DET,AL |
| 1946 | 145 | 558 | 157 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 105 | 81 | 48 | 0 | 9 | 77 | 12 | 8 | .281 | .333 | .425 | .758 | DET |
| 1947 | 142 | 483 | 172 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 90 | 94 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 19 | 11 | .356 | .401 | .511 | .912 | DET CHA CHN |
| 1948 | 147 | 534 | 159 | 37 | 8 | 12 | 101 | 87 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 67 | 27 | 5 | .298 | .369 | .464 | .834 | CHN,NL |
| 1949 | 124 | 399 | 112 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 64 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 12 | 7 | .281 | .354 | .414 | .768 | CHN |
| 1950 | 44 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .324 | .375 | .699 | CHN |
| 1951 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .333 | .500 | .833 | CHN |
| Total | 2276 | 7830 | 2451 | 521 | 89 | 104 | 1222 | 1157 | 654 | 42 | 88 | 760 | 263 | 142 | .313 | .365 | .442 | .807 | |
|
Career Minor League Batting Stats |
|
| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1934, AAA | 28 | 121 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .355 | .407 | .471 | .878 |
| 1951, A | 72 | 252 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 24 | 75 | 33 | 7 | 5 | .250 | .427 | .286 | .713 |
|
Career Postseason Batting Stats |
|
| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
|
|
| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Leftfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
| Centerfield | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
|
|
Had first career hit on 5/17/1934, off Joe Saint (PHI)...
Traded from Chicago (N) to Detroit on 3/1/1935 (Going to DET: P Arthur Deck, P Herb Loverock, RF Eddie Gelfen. Going to CHN: P Ed Schultz, CF Daniel Houlihan, RF Dave Halberstam)...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1935...
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1936, off Mac Horseley (SLA)...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1936, hitting .679 with 0 HR, 6 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/21/1936...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1936, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1936, hitting .495 with 1 HR, 20 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1937, hitting .517 with 0 HR, 11 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 7/13/1939...
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 8/19/1939...
Injured on 4/30/1941 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 5/24/1942...
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/16/1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1944, hitting .484 with 4 HR, 16 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Washington on 8/27/1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1944, hitting .471 with 0 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1944, hitting .412 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1946, hitting .371 with 3 HR, 31 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1946, hitting .444 with 0 HR, 6 RBI...
Traded from Detroit to Chicago (A) on 3/3/1947 (Going to CHA: 2B Jack Blazejowski, CF John Harnden, C Elder Scofield, RF Eddie Gelfen. Going to DET: C Bo Beadle, 3B Hieronymous Styles, RF Possum Go
ttfried, LF Glenn Hallaway)...
Traded from Chicago (A) to Chicago (N) on 4/14/1947 (Going to CHN: RF Theodore Grignon, 1B Eddie Gelfen. Going to CHA: P John Kimble)...
Had 2000th career hit on 5/8/1947, off Mikey Perrella (PHI)...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1947, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1947, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1947, hitting .483 with 1 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1947, hitting .407 with 1 HR, 20 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1948, hitting .365 with 1 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1948, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at First Base in 1948...
|
|
| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
|
AVG
1935 - .325 - 8th
1936 - .349 - 3rd
1938 - .342 - 4th
1939 - .347 - 2nd
1940 - .333 - 3rd
1944 - .313 - 8th
1947 - .356 - 1st
| OBP
1939 - .397 - 9th
1947 - .401 - 6th
| SLG
1938 - .494 - 10th
1944 - .472 - 4th
1947 - .511 - 3rd
| OPS
1938 - .880 - 8th
1944 - .839 - 7th
1947 - .912 - 3rd
| Hits
1939 - 183 - 7th
1940 - 181 - 2nd
1947 - 172 - 1st
|
Doubles
1939 - 44 - 4th
1941 - 36 - 6th
1942 - 31 - 9th
1944 - 42 - 2nd
1945 - 35 - 8th
1946 - 39 - 1st
1947 - 34 - 6th
1948 - 37 - 7th
| Triples
1938 - 12 - 8th
| Homeruns
1944 - 14 - 10th
| RBI
1944 - 118 - 1st
1945 - 122 - 2nd
1946 - 105 - 3rd
1947 - 90 - 8th
1948 - 101 - 8th
| Runs
1947 - 94 - 10th
|
| | | | | |
|