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1951 Opening Day: Top Batters - 20 to 16

#20Orys Gundersen, 27, RR, Chicago White Sox

C-427




















$7,900 - 1951



















Notable 1 All-Star, 1 Player of the Week




















1950 All-Star Player of the Game



















10/17/1950 Hits three home runs against the New York Yankees, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored!

Won the 1950 Major League Baseball Cartwright-Doubleday Cup with the Chicago White Sox!
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12/26/1948 Was traded by the Hollywood Stars to the Chicago White Sox, along with RF Justino Cordola, in exchange for SP Paul Becka.

Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ VORP WAR


1946 Hollywood - AL 22 68 211 41 9 2 2 18 13 22 1 2 29 0 0 0.194 0.271 0.284 0.556 61 -1.1 0.3


1947 Hollywood - AL 23 40 68 12 2 0 2 11 6 5 1 2 5 0 0 0.176 0.237 0.294 0.531 48 -1.8 -0.1


1948 Hollywood - AL 24 35 116 30 5 0 3 15 12 31 2 1 8 0 0 0.259 0.420 0.379 0.799 123 9.8 1.1


1949 White Sox - NL 25 142 517 125 21 1 13 87 73 104 6 9 27 0 1 0.242 0.369 0.362 0.731 104 23.3 3.0


1950 White Sox - NL 26 142 571 165 18 3 27 101 95 79 8 5 36 0 1 0.289 0.380 0.473 0.853 131 54.1 6.0


Total MLB
427 1483 373 55 6 47 232 199 241 18 19 105 0 2 0.252 0.359 0.392 0.751 108 84.3 8.4


Career Postseason
14 48 14 1 0 3 9 5 13 0 1 2 0 0 0.292 0.435 0.500 0.935 158





























#19 Montana Ryf, 30, LL, Los Angeles Angels

1B-737

$7,900 - 1951














Notable 1946 1947 NL Player of the Year, 1946 NL Rookie of the Year, 1 Gold Glove

4 All-Star, 3 Player of the Month, 1 Rookie of the Month, 7 Player of the Week

1946 All-Star Player of the Game

Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ VORP WAR


1946 Los Angeles - NL 25 151 553 179 28 5 21 86 98 89 6 8 92 6 4 0.324 0.418 0.506 0.924 172 52.3 4.6


1947 Los Angeles - NL 26 153 554 177 28 0 27 92 101 129 6 9 50 5 5 0.319 0.447 0.516 0.963 171 57.1 5.1


1948 Los Angeles - NL 27 154 551 175 32 5 21 83 105 137 6 2 60 5 0 0.318 0.457 0.508 0.965 171 59.7 5.3


1949 Los Angeles - NL 28 161 579 193 31 4 21 86 107 118 6 7 50 4 4 0.333 0.446 0.509 0.956 166 59.0 5.0


1950 Los Angeles - NL 29 119 444 132 19 6 15 70 86 85 6 8 54 4 3 0.297 0.411 0.468 0.879 139 26.9 2.7


Total MLB
738 2681 856 138 20 105 417 497 558 30 34 306 24 16 0.319 0.437 0.503 0.940 165 255.1 25.5


Career Postseason
11 41 13 3 1 0 3 13 9 0 1 4 2 2 0.317 0.431 0.439 0.870 157





























#18 Forster Shorthouse, 27, LL, Brooklyn Dodgers


RF-365, LF-182, CF-58, 1B-5


$7,900 - 1951

Notable 1946 1947 AL Player of the Year, 1946 AL Rookie of the Year


2 All-Star, 6 Player of the Month, 2 Rookie of the Month, 7 Player of the Week


Wins the American League 1947 triple-crown!!

8/14/1947 Goes 0-4 against the Miami Marlins, ending his hitting streak at 21 games.

6/24/1949 Goes 0-3 against the Chicago Whales, ending his hitting streak at 26 games.

8/9/1949 Goes 5-6 against the Buffalo Bisons, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 R.


Won the 1946 Major League Baseball Cartwright-Doubleday Cup with the Brooklyn Dodgers!


Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ VORP WAR


1946 Brooklyn - AL 23 142 563 178 20 9 30 101 90 21 2 5 51 7 12 0.316 0.340 0.544 0.884 153 42.5 5.5


1947 Brooklyn - AL 24 147 631 236 27 7 53 138 117 39 0 6 56 8 10 0.374 0.407 0.691 1.098 201 110.3 11.4


1948 Brooklyn - AL 25 101 431 139 19 8 21 77 67 28 0 3 35 4 4 0.323 0.361 0.550 0.911 151 39.7 5.4


1949 Brooklyn - AL 26 141 589 202 30 6 33 112 99 18 1 2 59 4 4 0.343 0.362 0.582 0.945 150 57.3 7.0


1950 Brooklyn - AL 27 106 358 115 14 5 18 65 48 15 1 5 39 1 4 0.321 0.346 0.539 0.885 131 24.5 3.4


Total MLB
637 2572 870 110 35 155 493 421 121 4 21 240 24 34 0.338 0.366 0.589 0.955 161 274.3 27.4


Career Postseason
21 90 24 2 1 3 13 11 2 0 1 8 2 0 0.267 0.280 0.411 0.691






























#17 Anders Gackowski, 30, LR, Hollywood Stars

2B-353, 1B-185, 3B-174, SS-76

$44,600 - 1951 $49,400 - 1952 $54,200 - 1953
Notable 2 Gold Gloves

4 All-Star, 1 Player of the Week
5/26/1948 Goes 5-5 against the Buffalo Bisons, with 1 2B, 2 RBI and 4 R.

Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ VORP WAR


1946 Hollywood - AL 25 148 558 176 24 4 11 53 95 99 0 11 11 5 9 0.315 0.412 0.432 0.844 145 46.2 5.7


1947 Hollywood - AL 26 151 563 175 25 4 14 73 87 124 2 7 17 7 4 0.311 0.432 0.444 0.877 145 54.3 6.5


1948 Hollywood - AL 27 143 539 165 28 6 9 82 97 126 1 8 14 6 0 0.306 0.433 0.430 0.864 141 58.7 7.4


1949 Hollywood - AL 28 144 520 156 26 4 16 94 81 123 2 9 11 5 6 0.300 0.430 0.458 0.887 139 54.6 7.0


1950 Hollywood - AL 29 114 425 122 17 2 10 54 75 99 0 8 10 2 7 0.287 0.415 0.407 0.822 119 28.1 3.7


Total MLB
700 2605 794 120 20 60 356 435 571 5 43 63 25 26 0.305 0.425 0.435 0.860 139 242.0 24.2


Career Postseason
9 32 6 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0.188 0.297 0.281 0.579






























#16 Forrester Ebmeier, 25, LL, New York Giants

RF-104, CF-95, LF-83

$7,900 - 1951
Notable 1949 NL Rookie of the Year, 1 Gold Glove

1 All-Star, 1 Player of the Month, 1 Rookie of the Month, 4 Player of the Week

Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ VORP WAR


1948 Giants - NL 22 23 91 29 3 1 2 11 18 9 0 1 7 3 2 0.319 0.376 0.440 0.816 129 3.6 -0.3


1949 Giants - NL 23 131 503 153 8 3 26 74 92 77 2 5 67 14 5 0.304 0.395 0.487 0.882 145 27.1 3.2


1950 Giants - NL 24 139 540 177 27 6 28 99 88 60 3 5 75 11 7 0.328 0.395 0.556 0.950 157 37.6 4.6


Total MLB
293 1134 359 38 10 56 184 198 146 5 11 149 28 14 0.317 0.394 0.516 0.909 149 68.3 6.8


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