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Brad
Axelson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 11, 1946 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1976   
All-Star Selections 1975    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 LOU JL $ 1,800,000 2 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 5
1974 28 LOU JL $ 1,800,000 2 4 4 4 6 5 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 5
1975 29 LOU JL $ 1,800,000 2 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 4 5
1976 30 LV FL $ 1,800,000 2 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 5 6
1977 31 VAN JL $ 1,450,000 2 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 5 5 7 5 6
1978 32 VAN JL $ 1,450,000 2 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 5 5 7 5 6
1979 33 VAN JL $ 1,450,000 2 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 5 6
1980 34 VAN JL $ 1,400,000 2 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 4 7 5 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,400,000 2 4 4 4 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 4 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000 2 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 5 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 VAN JL $ 1,400,000   11 11 10 11 12 12 11 14 13 9 12 11 17 14 15
1982 36 LV FL $ 750,000   9 9 8 9 11 11 8 11 10 9 12 12 16 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 750,000   9 9 8 9 11 11 8 11 10 9 12 11 16 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000   11 11 10 11 12 12 11 14 13 9 12 12 17 14 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 LOU JL 127 273 31 59 8 2 7 37 1 1 28 46 .216 .289 .337 .626 26.7 1.3
    AAA   8 23 3 4 0 1 1 4 1 0 3 3 .174 .269 .391 .661 2.9  
1974 28 LOU JL 115 322 42 86 17 3 10 48 0 0 32 53 .267 .342 .432 .773 46.5 9.1
1975 29 LOU JL 128 405 52 94 18 1 15 63 0 1 47 109 .232 .314 .393 .706 52.1 7.0
1976 30 LOU JL 39 132 17 34 3 4 5 17 0 0 8 34 .258 .303 .455 .757 17.7 3.0
  LV FL 86 278 30 70 11 2 5 31 1 1 17 45 .252 .301 .360 .661 28.8 3.7
  TOT   125 410 47 104 14 6 10 48 1 1 25 79 .254 .302 .390 .692 46.6 6.8
1977 31 VAN JL 125 391 44 107 28 2 12 78 1 1 39 71 .274 .337 .448 .785 59.1 12.0
1978 32 VAN JL 105 316 40 91 16 1 10 42 0 0 29 57 .288 .348 .440 .787 48.8 9.5
1979 33 VAN JL 56 149 18 46 8 2 6 19 0 0 8 25 .309 .348 .510 .858 24.5 4.9
1980 34 VAN JL 133 366 48 91 17 3 10 47 1 1 38 83 .249 .322 .393 .715 46.4 6.5
1981 35 VAN JL 118 210 36 47 13 2 5 25 1 1 19 41 .224 .306 .376 .683 23.4 2.8
1982 36 LV FL 121 327 23 84 17 4 6 35 0 0 18 54 .257 .296 .388 .684 33.8 3.4
1983 37 AAA   26 34 6 10 3 1 1 12 1 0 7 7 .294 .415 .529 .944 7.4  
10 Years Sim 1153 3169 381 809 156 26 91 442 5 6 283 618 .255 .320 .407 .727 407.8 63.3
2 Years AAA 34 57 9 14 3 2 2 16 2 0 10 10 .246 .362 .474 .836 10.3  
162 Game Average 445 53 113 21 3 12 62 0 0 39 86 .255 .320 .407 .727 57.3  
Career Highs 133 410 52 107 28 6 15 78 1 1 47 109 .309 .348 .510 .858 59.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2741 338 729 138 23 85 397 5 4 256 565 .266 .332 .426 .758 380.7
vs LH   428 43 80 18 3 6 45 0 2 27 53 .187 .236 .285 .521 26.4
Home 577 1543 199 418 89 14 44 212 2 0 148 284 .271 .340 .432 .772 220.2
Away 576 1626 182 391 67 12 47 230 3 6 135 334 .240 .300 .383 .683 186.9
RISP   791 0 227 38 7 19 333 0 0 94 170 .287 .359 .425 .784 121.3
Pinch Hitting   279 32 70 17 1 6 43 1 1 25 51 .251 .315 .384 .698 33.2
Close/Late   443 46 107 19 4 11 60 0 0 42 77 .242 .310 .377 .687 52.2
Mar/Apr 190 522 70 144 22 6 16 76 1 0 46 110 .276 .342 .433 .775 74.7
May 184 506 58 120 21 5 10 62 0 1 46 120 .237 .304 .358 .662 55.0
June 195 557 70 144 32 5 19 83 1 0 49 105 .259 .320 .436 .756 76.8
July 187 545 71 150 28 4 17 88 0 3 58 97 .275 .344 .435 .779 80.1
August 199 542 53 127 30 2 17 78 0 1 33 98 .234 .279 .391 .670 58.2
Sep/Oct 198 497 59 124 23 4 12 55 3 1 51 88 .249 .327 .384 .711 62.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 27 LOU JL C 70 69 532.0 408 24 3 1 .993 7.31 56 12 .214 8 3.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 28 LOU JL C 85 83 698.7 565 45 11 1 .982 7.86 103 27 .262 7 3.9
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1975 29 LOU JL C 117 106 963.3 770 68 11 1 .987 7.83 126 44 .349 4 4.2
    2B 1 0 3.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 10.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 30 LOU JL C 35 32 292.8 250 15 4 0 .985 8.15 28 7 .250 0 1.0
    1B 1 1 5.2 5 0 0 0 1.000 8.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL C 78 70 616.5 525 33 7 1 .988 8.15 58 16 .276 1 2.4
    1B 1 1 10.8 12 0 0 1 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 113 102 909.3 775 48 11 1 .987 8.15 86 23 .267 1 3.4
      1B 2 2 16.0 17 0 0 1 1.000 9.56   0.0
      CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1977 31 VAN JL C 108 106 905.7 670 54 6 1 .992 7.19 100 36 .360 2 5.7
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 32 VAN JL C 88 87 719.0 520 33 7 2 .988 6.92 75 11 .147 2 2.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 VAN JL C 37 31 283.7 197 15 2 2 .991 6.73 28 8 .286 0 1.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 34 VAN JL C 108 102 864.7 618 67 17 1 .976 7.13 131 37 .282 3 3.3
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 35 VAN JL C 41 40 339.7 227 22 3 0 .988 6.60 55 12 .218 2 0.5
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1982 36 LV FL C 99 84 747.0 554 56 10 3 .984 7.35 136 34 .250 0 3.5
  C 866 810 6962.9 5304 432 81 13 .986 7.41 896 244 .272 29 31.7
  1B 4 2 20.0 24 0 0 2 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 5 0 8.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 3.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 10.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   887 812 7013.6 5332 435 82 16 .986 7.40 896 244 .272 29 31.8
Career Highs   118 106 966.7 792 71 17 3 .993 8.16 136 44 .360 8  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 30 LV FL 10 37 8 12 1 1 1 4 0 0 5 5 .324 .405 .486 .891
1977 31 VAN JL 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282
1978 32 VAN JL 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .222 .364 .222 .586
Career Post-Season Batting 16 56 11 15 1 1 1 4 0 0 8 9 .268 .359 .375 .734
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History
Drafted in 20th round, 467th overall pick, by Louisville in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/1973, off Voo Fowler (CHA)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1974, hitting .421 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Traded from Louisville to Las Vegas on 5/21/1976 (Going to LOU: 1B D. Walters, 3B L. Lanza. Going to LV: C B. Axelson, P S. Darkhorse)
Won Landis Memorial Series with Las Vegas in 1976
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/1/1977 to a 3-year deal worth $1,450,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago on 6/3/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Injured on 4/12/1979 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/19/1982 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Traded from Las Vegas to Montreal on 2/15/1983 (Going to MON: P Johnny Kyle, P Alberto Guevara, C Brad Axelson. Going to LV: 3B Len Randle, 3B Dave Roberts)
Released by Montreal on 5/21/1983
 
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