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Jack Saltzgaver
Otto Hamlin Saltzgaver

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 12, 1932
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born January 23, 1903 in Croton, IA
Died February 1, 1978 in Keokuk, IA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 29 NYY AL  20   47   10    6   2  1   0    5   1  1  10  10  .128  .281  .213   32   10   3           0    
 1934 31 NYY AL  94  350   64   95   8  1   6   36   8  1  48  28  .271  .359  .351   89  123   8           0    
 1935 32 NYY AL  61  149   17   39   6  0   3   18   0  2  23  12  .262  .368  .362   93   54   1           2    
 1936 33 NYY AL  34   90   14   19   5  0   1   13   0  0  13  18  .211  .311  .300   53   27   2           0    
 1937 34 NYY AL  17   11    6    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   4  .182  .357  .182   39    2   0           0    
 1945 42 PIT NL  52  117   20   38   5  3   0   10   0      8   8  .325  .368  .419  115   49   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      278  764  131  199  26  5  10   82   9  4 105  80  .260  .351  .347   85  265  15   0   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        445   76  116  15  3   6   48   5  2  61  47  .260  .351  .347   85  154   9   0   0   1   1
 Career High     94  350   64   95   8  3   6   36   8  2  48  28  .271  .359  .351   89  123   8   0   0   2   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 29 NYY AL   60   45    3   1.8   107| .128  .279| .281  .349| .213  .410| .494  .759|  32  .132  -4.5  -0.4  50%
 1934 31 NYY AL  406  264   45   4.5   106| .271  .279| .359  .352| .351  .402| .710  .754|  89  .454  -3.7  -0.4  88%
 1935 32 NYY AL  175  113   19   4.5   107| .262  .281| .368  .353| .362  .406| .730  .759|  93  .449  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1936 33 NYY AL  105   73    8   2.9   119| .211  .295| .311  .370| .300  .433| .611  .803|  53  .236  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1937 34 NYY AL   14    9    1   2.9   118| .182  .291| .357  .367| .182  .434| .539  .800|  39  .256  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1945 42 PIT NL  126   81   18   6.0   100| .325  .278| .368  .348| .419  .384| .787  .732| 115  .646   2.0   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       886  585   94   4.3   107| .260  .281| .351  .354| .347  .405| .698  .758|  85  .431 -14.0  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1932 29 NYY AL 2B 16 38 30 3 5 .958 .969 4.25 5.67 1934 31 NYY AL 3B 84 71 130 10 10 .953 .943 2.39 2.95 1B 4 22 2 2 3 .923 .992 6.00 9.90 1935 32 NYY AL 2B 25 40 64 7 8 .937 .969 4.16 5.61 3B 18 14 16 1 2 .968 .946 1.67 2.94 1B 6 16 2 0 1 1.000 .994 3.00 9.92 1936 33 NYY AL 3B 16 14 21 1 1 .972 .946 2.19 3.02 2B 6 15 12 1 2 .964 .971 4.50 5.58 1B 4 15 1 0 2 1.000 .994 4.00 9.75 1937 34 NYY AL 1B 4 31 1 0 4 1.000 .991 8.00 9.60 1945 42 PIT NL 2B 31 63 66 5 11 .963 .967 4.16 5.05 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 31 NYY AL 1B 4 22 2 2 3 .923 .992 6.00 9.90 1935 32 NYY AL 1B 6 16 2 0 1 1.000 .994 3.00 9.92 1936 33 NYY AL 1B 4 15 1 0 2 1.000 .994 4.00 9.75 1937 34 NYY AL 1B 4 31 1 0 4 1.000 .991 8.00 9.60 1932 29 NYY AL 2B 16 38 30 3 5 .958 .969 4.25 5.67 1935 32 NYY AL 2B 25 40 64 7 8 .937 .969 4.16 5.61 1936 33 NYY AL 2B 6 15 12 1 2 .964 .971 4.50 5.58 1945 42 PIT NL 2B 31 63 66 5 11 .963 .967 4.16 5.05 1934 31 NYY AL 3B 84 71 130 10 10 .953 .943 2.39 2.95 1935 32 NYY AL 3B 18 14 16 1 2 .968 .946 1.67 2.94 1936 33 NYY AL 3B 16 14 21 1 1 .972 .946 2.19 3.02 1945 42 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 119 99 167 12 13 .957 .944 2.24 2.96 2B 78 156 172 16 26 .953 .968 4.21 5.40 1B 18 84 6 2 10 .978 .992 5.00 9.81 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 215 339 345 30 49 .958 .962 3.18 4.42
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.

Oldest Player
1945 NL-42-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 27, 1931: Traded by the St Paul (American Association) with Johnny Murphy and cash and 2 players to be named to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Jimmie Reese (November 12, 1931) to the St Paul (American Association) to complete the trade.

December 31, 1945: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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