Thanks for the compliments. I am having a blast researching these guys in my league and learning new things about it all the time. Here are all your latest requests.
Gary Carter
I wont talk too much about active players so as not to spoil the articles I will be writing from 1980 on, but I found it real interesting that Carter would move from Montreal to the Mets. As of the end of 1992, which is where I am in my sims, Carter is 38 years old and nearing the end of a solid career. His stats certainly compare very favourably to the catchers in the HOB Hall of Fame.
GARY CARTER CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1974 .261 16 93 154 578 151 22 1 73 6 0 41 82 .310 .386 MON
1975 .238 17 71 151 546 130 24 1 55 3 5 45 89 .296 .379 MON
1976 .267 13 77 153 554 148 32 4 56 4 2 40 82 .316 .410 MON
1977 .229 15 73 150 541 124 22 3 60 5 1 35 74 .276 .364 MON
1978 .267 7 50 140 352 94 18 2 39 0 3 26 62 .317 .389 MON
1979 .232 8 33 123 250 58 11 0 24 0 1 16 37 .278 .372 MON
1980 .245 14 60 134 383 94 21 2 54 1 1 33 42 .305 .420 MON
1981 .255 21 76 150 529 135 26 1 69 4 0 53 68 .323 .427 MON
1982 .275 22 72 146 465 128 21 1 74 1 0 55 50 .352 .467 MON,NYN
1983 .272 16 92 147 551 150 33 2 83 0 1 66 66 .350 .426 NYN
1984 .241 24 87 149 510 123 17 2 73 2 0 74 82 .337 .424 NYN
1985 .240 27 78 152 546 131 11 0 75 0 1 48 79 .301 .408 NYN
1986 .250 24 78 136 501 125 30 5 79 0 0 54 49 .323 .473 NYN,N
1987 .259 26 93 156 586 152 28 0 83 5 1 63 67 .331 .440 NYN,CAL
1988 .291 43 122 144 533 155 19 2 116 4 0 72 59 .375 .576 CAL,A
1989 .277 27 104 153 570 158 34 2 91 6 1 47 87 .332 .486 CAL,A
1990 .322 27 93 145 516 166 30 5 88 1 0 57 48 .389 .556 CAL,A
1991 .286 37 123 125 475 136 29 0 91 0 0 47 54 .351 .581 CAL
1992 .261 20 82 141 509 133 21 3 63 1 0 57 70 .347 .432 CAL
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 9495 7971
Total AVG : .262 .262
Total Hits: 2491 2092
Total HR : 404 324
Total RBI : 1557 1225
Total Runs: 1346 1025
Total SB : 43 42
Traded from Montreal to the Mets in July 1982 for 3B Jim Morrison
and OF Rusty Tillman
Traded from Mets to California in April 1987 for OF Tom Brunansky and
C Darrell Miller
Darryl Strawberry
Strawberry suffered a broken jaw in June of 1992 and missed over a month. Even with the time off he still tied a career high for homers and appears to be reaching his peak at the age of 30. A comparison to his real life career stats shows that Strawberry will likely blow those numbers away. The HOB offers a hint at what he could have been had he not had the personal problems that he did.
DARRYL STRAWBERRY CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1983 .320 31 105 156 540 173 22 2 114 32 12 68 148 .396 .541 NYN,N
1984 .250 29 96 158 599 150 32 8 101 23 7 65 166 .324 .476 NYN
1985 .267 24 71 150 554 148 35 1 98 31 13 75 153 .355 .464 NYN,N
1986 .262 21 76 123 481 126 21 5 74 22 6 58 127 .341 .457 NYN
1987 .294 24 87 124 439 129 24 3 76 26 12 66 107 .386 .526 NYN
1988 .275 30 98 158 567 156 27 3 101 36 10 87 159 .372 .492 NYN
1989 .260 26 76 156 566 147 27 3 109 30 14 111 150 .381 .456 NYN
1990 .229 24 69 144 537 123 25 2 84 28 5 74 128 .322 .417 NYN
1991 .272 29 85 144 523 142 19 2 107 19 7 92 144 .380 .482 NYN
1992 .291 31 84 128 485 141 24 0 96 26 7 75 132 .399 .532 NYN
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 5291 5418
Total AVG : .271 .259
Total Hits: 1435 1401
Total HR : 269 335
Total RBI : 847 1000
Total Runs: 960 898
Total SB : 273 221
Eric Davis
Like Strawberry, the 30 year old Davis appears to be just hitting his stride.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1984 .231 23 84 143 497 115 20 3 71 23 11 71 139 .327 .423 CIN
1985 .248 27 94 157 597 148 20 3 87 36 12 65 180 .322 .427 CIN
1986 .248 24 68 109 408 101 21 3 78 24 5 65 135 .351 .490 CIN
1987 .267 30 96 160 589 157 27 2 113 38 14 82 147 .356 .472 CIN
1988 .257 27 92 156 553 142 16 3 91 38 14 98 162 .369 .443 CIN
1989 .242 26 82 155 537 130 20 0 89 37 10 96 168 .357 .425 CIN
1990 .292 40 99 159 558 163 21 1 118 45 19 96 170 .396 .548 CIN,N
1991 .273 30 90 130 488 133 19 2 92 40 11 71 147 .365 .504 CIN,N
1992 .276 24 101 145 519 143 22 0 97 40 8 106 172 .409 .457 CIN
HOB REAL LIFE (including 2001)
Total AB : 4746 5321
Total AVG : .260 .269
Total Hits: 1232 1430
Total HR : 251 282
Total RBI : 806 934
Total Runs: 836 938
Total SB : 321 349
Gil Hodges
Gil Hodges never became a Brooklyn Dodger in the HOB. In July of 1943 the minor leaguer was dealt to Cincinnati with 3B Frank Skaff for 1B Frank McCormick. In real life Hodges played one major league game in 1943 at the age of 19, went off to military service, and did not make the big leagues again until 1947. In the HOB replay Hodges spent 7 years in the minors before making his major league debut in 1950. His path to the majors in Cincinnati was blocked by a player named Les Scarsella and later Jack Bolling. In real life neither Scarsella or Bolling did much but in the HOB they each had a couple of solid seasons to keep Hodges in the minors.
Hodges finally became a regular in 1954 and made his only postseason appearance in 1957. Although Hodges hit just .143 in the World Series, the Reds beat the Yankees in 4 straight games.
He had a hot start to the 1959 season and made his first allstar appearance. The allstar game was perhaps his greatest moment as he hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 13th inning off of Detroit reliever Bob Miller to give the National League a 4-3 victory.
In 1960, he tore his ACL in an April game and missed the rest of the season. Hadges was 36 at the time and although he did post decent numbers in 1961 his career was nearing the end.
GIL HODGES CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1950 .333 2 2 12 24 8 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 .360 .625 CIN
1951 .245 4 26 75 155 38 8 1 24 5 1 15 13 .312 .387 CIN
1952 .269 8 30 95 290 78 9 2 41 2 5 43 39 .363 .397 CIN
1953 .297 12 40 117 296 88 16 1 41 1 3 41 38 .383 .480 CIN
1954 .305 28 102 149 515 157 32 4 96 1 5 57 57 .374 .546 CIN
1955 .270 28 88 146 429 116 22 3 75 2 3 62 65 .363 .531 CIN
1956 .273 20 57 125 344 94 20 5 61 0 0 38 44 .346 .535 CIN
1957 .267 28 94 122 460 123 23 5 72 1 0 56 47 .347 .522 CIN
1958 .272 31 107 152 559 152 25 2 86 2 0 63 67 .346 .490 CIN
1959 .248 23 84 137 499 124 17 3 55 0 1 56 71 .324 .433 CIN,N
1960 .385 3 11 8 26 10 3 0 4 0 0 5 2 .484 .846 CIN
1961 .256 21 64 132 472 121 14 0 65 2 2 51 59 .329 .419 CIN
1962 .233 26 97 158 553 129 21 2 69 1 5 56 91 .304 .420 CIN
1963 .229 11 34 88 275 63 10 0 28 2 6 17 50 .274 .385 CIN
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 4897 7030
Total AVG : .266 .273
Total Hits: 1301 1931
Total HR : 245 370
Total RBI : 836 1274
Total Runs: 724 1105
Total SB : 19 63
Carl Furillo
A member of 2 Dodger World Championship teams and 4 pennant winners, Furillo had a career relatively close to his real life performance.
His career highlight was a 2 run homer in the first inning of Game 7 of the 1953 World Series. The Dodgers would beat the Yankees 3-2 in the game and for the second straight season win the series in a 7th game.
CARL FURILLO CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1946 .281 2 28 48 160 45 14 2 26 3 0 11 7 .327 .431 BRO
1947 .286 5 57 150 535 153 25 3 77 15 3 41 18 .337 .372 BRO
1948 .275 13 82 151 581 160 29 6 97 27 6 56 20 .339 .413 BRO
1949 .293 9 65 105 416 122 22 4 50 11 3 20 20 .326 .430 BRO
1950 .275 30 119 147 564 155 24 6 90 17 1 62 33 .347 .498 BRO
1951 .282 23 103 147 561 158 27 1 80 6 6 46 20 .336 .456 BRO,N
1952 .275 23 105 149 585 161 18 5 103 21 6 63 34 .346 .441 BRO
1953 .287 17 73 101 359 103 16 3 55 11 2 33 15 .347 .490 BRO
1954 .262 15 71 148 557 146 31 5 81 14 3 57 30 .331 .417 BRO
1955 .278 31 117 150 593 165 28 7 108 19 1 44 43 .328 .506 BRO,N
1956 .301 23 107 154 594 179 24 5 102 16 3 48 26 .354 .475 BRO,N
1957 .244 28 89 151 606 148 25 6 82 19 0 43 38 .294 .444 BRO
1958 .247 26 79 150 570 141 19 2 76 18 3 36 49 .292 .425 LAN
1959 .287 13 58 132 499 143 26 3 62 16 4 40 56 .340 .429 LAN
1960 .256 28 95 151 562 144 27 3 89 17 7 53 56 .320 .464 LAN,N
1961 .247 13 37 125 324 80 14 0 50 10 3 19 29 .289 .410 LAN
1962 .239 1 15 66 71 17 4 0 7 0 0 2 7 .260 .338 LAN
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 8137 6378
Total AVG : .273 .299
Total Hits: 2220 1910
Total HR : 300 192
Total RBI : 1300 1058
Total Runs: 1235 895
Total SB : 240 48
[ December 11, 2001: Message edited by: Tiger Fan ]