#5 Maurice "Big Moe Sally" Salisbury, Third Base, 34 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox Tuesday, 7/8/1952 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Maurice Salisbury Big Moe Sally 10/3/1917 34 Alabama 6"5 259
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| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Durable 2.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years of Pro Service :
| Big League Contract $ 1,780,000 1955 17 Year(s), 2 Days (2926 total Days) 99 Day(s) 20 Year(s)
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| 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 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 7 2 7 2 2 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 8 (Range), .986 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 10 (Range), .965 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 8 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 9 Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 5/22 | DET | W 9-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 5/23 | CLE | L 6-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
| 5/27 | @PHA | W 15-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 5/28 | @PHA | L 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 6/3 | @DET | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 6/10 | @SLA | L 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
| 6/23 | WSH | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
| 6/29 | CHA | W 10-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 6/30 | @CLE | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
| 7/5 | @CHA | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 21 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .179 | .258 | .250 | .508 | .417 | .071 |
| Projected | 38 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | .179 | .258 | .250 | .508 | .417 | .071 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .286 | .513 |
| vs. RHP | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 |
| Close/Late | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Scoring Position | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .182 | .200 | .382 |
| Pinch Hitting | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .667 | 1.095 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .222 | .385 | .444 | .829 |
| Road | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 |
| Last Week | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| March/April | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 |
| May | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .235 | .300 | .353 | .653 |
| June | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| July | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1935 | 75 | 97 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .381 | .413 | .629 | 1.042 | DET |
| 1936 | 67 | 270 | 72 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 46 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 9 | .267 | .324 | .415 | .739 | DET |
| 1937 | 64 | 251 | 83 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 49 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 11 | 4 | .331 | .396 | .614 | 1.009 | DET |
| 1938 | 72 | 295 | 118 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 63 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 11 | .400 | .444 | .678 | 1.122 | DET |
| 1939 | 78 | 321 | 88 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 69 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 6 | .274 | .338 | .551 | .889 | DET |
| 1940 | 82 | 313 | 106 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 59 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 14 | 17 | .339 | .410 | .546 | .956 | DET |
| 1941 | 94 | 364 | 110 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 69 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 15 | 15 | .302 | .364 | .563 | .927 | DET |
| 1942 | 95 | 368 | 109 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 61 | 70 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 9 | 14 | .296 | .351 | .576 | .928 | CLV |
| 1943 | 104 | 415 | 119 | 34 | 7 | 28 | 84 | 79 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 8 | .287 | .336 | .605 | .941 | CLV |
| 1944 | 110 | 435 | 143 | 40 | 12 | 22 | 88 | 89 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 8 | .329 | .378 | .628 | 1.005 | CLV |
| 1945 | 94 | 366 | 118 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 75 | 91 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 9 | 11 | .322 | .376 | .680 | 1.056 | CLV |
| 1946 | 118 | 484 | 145 | 35 | 13 | 27 | 113 | 109 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 10 | 4 | .300 | .353 | .593 | .946 | CLV |
| 1947 | 113 | 458 | 125 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 79 | 73 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 16 | .273 | .329 | .533 | .862 | CLV |
| 1948 | 105 | 401 | 107 | 23 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 68 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 5 | .267 | .326 | .499 | .824 | CLV |
| 1949 | 101 | 377 | 108 | 20 | 13 | 31 | 80 | 74 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .328 | .655 | .984 | CLV |
| 1950 | 148 | 542 | 165 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 111 | 103 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 3 | 2 | .304 | .377 | .518 | .895 | CLV CIN CHA,A |
| 1951 | 103 | 284 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 48 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 3 | .225 | .308 | .387 | .696 | CHA BOS |
| 1952 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .258 | .250 | .508 | BOS |
| Total | 1644 | 6069 | 1822 | 389 | 147 | 312 | 1101 | 1177 | 555 | 31 | 68 | 769 | 118 | 136 | .300 | .358 | .567 | .925 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1950 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .240 | .304 | .544 |
| Total | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .240 | .304 | .544 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Third Base | 15 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | 60.2 | 2.67 | | | | |
| Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 4.50 | | | | |
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NEGRO LEAGUES Had first career hit on 4/10/1935, off Cornell Cullen (HOM)... Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1935, off Miffin Joplin (NEW)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1937, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Newark on 5/6/1938... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1938, hitting .408 with 5 HR, 24 RBI... Hit for the cycle against Baltimore on 8/7/1940... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 8/7/1940... Drove in 6 runs against Birmingham on 6/23/1941... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1941, hitting .411 with 5 HR, 17 RBI... Won Glovemen of the Year at Third Base in 1941... Injured on 4/17/1942 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Hit 3 homeruns against Homestead, driving in 9 runs on 5/24/1942... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 6/29/1944... Drove in 8 runs against Birmingham on 8/23/1944... Won Glovemen of the Year at Third Base in 1944... Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1945, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1946, hitting .358 with 8 HR, 26 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1946, hitting .591 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 108 on 9/20/1946... Won Glovemen of the Year at Third Base in 1946... Hit 3 homeruns against Birmingham, driving in 7 runs on 5/2/1947... Won Glovemen of the Year at Third Base in 1949... ******************************* MAJOR LEAGUES Signed as a free agent by the Cincinnati Reds on 2/1/1950... Immediately traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (A) on 3/1/1950 (Going to CIN: RF William Tumulty. Going to CHA: 3B Maurice Salisbury, P Len Bond)... Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis (A) on 5/11/1950... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 7/4/1950... Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Won WORLD SERIES with Chicago (A) in 1950... Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1950, hitting .304 with 29 HR, 111 RBI... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Third Base in 1950... Traded from Chicago (A) to Boston (A) on 1/30/1951 (Going to CHA: P Angus Rickman, SS Antonio Vasquez. Going to BOS: P Herb Woodburn, 3B Maurice Salisbury, SS Marcos Hernandez)...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1938 - .400 - 2nd 1950 - .304 - 9th
| OBP 1938 - .444 - 5th
| SLG 1937 - .614 - 9th 1938 - .678 - 3rd 1944 - .628 - 9th 1945 - .680 - 2nd 1949 - .655 - 8th 1950 - .518 - 9th
| OPS 1938 - 1.122 - 2nd 1945 - 1.056 - 3rd
| Hits 1938 - 118 - 8th 1944 - 143 - 3rd
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Doubles 1943 - 34 - 2nd 1944 - 40 - 1st
| Triples 1937 - 9 - 9th 1939 - 10 - 5th 1941 - 12 - 4th 1944 - 12 - 4th 1945 - 12 - 9th 1946 - 13 - 8th
| Homeruns 1942 - 23 - 10th 1943 - 28 - 4th 1944 - 22 - 8th 1945 - 27 - 5th 1946 - 27 - 5th 1947 - 24 - 10th 1949 - 31 - 8th 1950 - 29 - 7th
| RBI 1937 - 55 - 7th 1943 - 84 - 7th 1944 - 88 - 4th 1945 - 75 - 9th 1946 - 113 - 1st 1950 - 111 - 6th
| Runs 1939 - 69 - 8th 1941 - 69 - 9th 1942 - 70 - 10th 1944 - 89 - 4th 1945 - 91 - 4th 1946 - 109 - 1st
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