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Lou Novikoff
Louis Alexander Novikoff (The Mad Russian)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 15, 1941
Final Game June 10, 1946
Born October 12, 1915 in Glendale, AZ
Died September 30, 1970 in South Gate, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 25 CHC NL  62  203   22   49   8  0   5   24   0     11  15  .241  .284  .355   82   72   1           1   7
 1942 26 CHC NL 128  483   48  145  25  5   7   64   3     24  28  .300  .337  .416  124  201   4           3  15
 1943 27 CHC NL  78  233   22   65   7  3   0   28   0     18  15  .279  .333  .335   94   78   2           1  10
 1944 28 CHC NL  71  139   15   39   4  2   3   19   1     10  11  .281  .329  .403  105   56   2           0   2
 1946 30 PHI NL  17   23    0    7   1  0   0    3   0      1   2  .304  .333  .348   96    8   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      356 1081  107  305  45 10  15  138   4  0  64  71  .282  .325  .384  106  415   9   0   0   5  35
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   49  139  20  5   7   63   2  0  29  32  .282  .325  .384  106  189   4   0   0   2  16
 Career High    128  483   48  145  25  5   7   64   3  0  24  28  .300  .337  .416  124  201   4   0   0   3  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 25 CHC NL  216  162   20   3.3    91| .241  .261| .284  .331| .355  .368| .639  .699|  82  .398  -5.5  -0.6     
 1942 26 CHC NL  514  357   67   5.1    84| .300  .251| .337  .322| .416  .349| .753  .672| 124  .627  12.2   1.3     
 1943 27 CHC NL  254  180   26   3.9    89| .279  .264| .333  .332| .335  .358| .668  .690|  94  .494  -2.0  -0.2     
 1944 28 CHC NL  151  104   18   4.6    94| .281  .268| .329  .335| .403  .376| .732  .712| 105  .546   0.4   0.0     
 1946 30 PHI NL   24   17    3   4.7    90| .304  .259| .333  .334| .348  .363| .681  .696|  96  .571  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1159  820  134   4.4    87| .282  .258| .325  .328| .384  .358| .709  .686| 106  .548   4.9   0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 25 CHC NL OF 54 92 3 0 0 1.000 .975 1.76 2.15 51 0 3 1942 26 CHC NL OF 120 232 11 9 2 .964 .981 2.02 2.15 120 0 0 1943 27 CHC NL OF 61 96 2 2 1 .980 .977 1.61 2.27 60 1 0 1944 28 CHC NL OF 29 39 1 1 0 .976 .980 1.38 2.31 28 1 0 1946 30 PHI NL OF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 2.17 3 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 25 CHC NL OF 54 92 3 0 0 1.000 .975 1.76 2.15 51 0 3 1942 26 CHC NL OF 120 232 11 9 2 .964 .981 2.02 2.15 120 0 0 1943 27 CHC NL OF 61 96 2 2 1 .980 .977 1.61 2.27 60 1 0 1944 28 CHC NL OF 29 39 1 1 0 .976 .980 1.38 2.31 28 1 0 1946 30 PHI NL OF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 2.17 3 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 267 468 17 12 3 .976 .979 1.82 2.20 262 2 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 267 468 17 12 3 .976 .979 1.82 2.20
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1942 NL-.300-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1942 NL-15-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2279) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1812) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 1, 1945: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs in the 1945 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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