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Sam Carnation	Nickname: Roast Beef   Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 185   Born: August 26, 1954 in Canada

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1983

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
1976	21	BUF	FL		2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
1977	22	CHI	JL		2	2	2	6	5	5	6	6	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2
1978	23	CHI	JL		4	3	3	6	6	6	8	8	8	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	3
1979	24	CHI	JL	$ 300,000	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	2	2	2	2	2	2
1980	25	CHI	JL	$ 300,000	4	4	4	7	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	2	2	2	2	2	2
OOTP5 Min Ratings					2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
OOTP5 Max Ratings				$ 300,000	4	4	4	7	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	2	2	2	3	2	3
								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	26	CHI	JL	$ 300,000				11	11	11	19	19	19	19	19	19	6	5	5	8	7	7
1982	27	CHI	JL	$ 2,414,286				11	11	11	19	19	19	19	18	19	7	6	7	8	8	8
1983	28	CHI	JL	$ 3,021,429				11	11	11	19	19	19	20	20	20	7	7	7	8	8	8
1984	29	CHI	JL	$ 3,021,429				11	11	11	19	19	19	20	20	20	7	6	7	8	7	8
1985	30	CHI	JL	$ 6,500,000				10	10	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	7	6	7	7	7	7
1986	31	CHI	JL	$ 6,500,000				9	9	9	16	16	16	18	18	18	7	7	7	7	7	7
1987	32	CHI	JL	$ 6,500,000				9	9	9	17	16	17	18	18	18	7	7	7	6	6	6
1988	33	CHI	JL	$ 6,500,000				8	8	9	16	15	15	18	18	18	7	7	7	6	6	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				8	8	9	16	15	15	18	18	18	6	5	5	6	6	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,500,000				11	11	11	19	19	19	20	20	20	7	7	7	8	8	8

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
1976	21	AA		65	277	39	81	13	3	9	38	8	5	7	68	.292	.310	.458	.768	36.8
		A		71	255	29	66	5	1	13	34	10	13	8	60	.259	.281	.439	.721	29.1
1977	22	AA		74	295	31	68	10	6	12	31	6	6	11	65	.231	.258	.427	.685	31.8
		A		64	268	58	80	11	2	11	38	19	4	22	52	.299	.352	.478	.829	45.4
1978	23	AA		91	366	48	91	22	6	9	44	8	7	26	83	.249	.298	.415	.714	43.7
		A		45	169	28	57	21	0	7	28	8	6	14	35	.337	.388	.586	.974	33.2
1979	24	CHI	JL	16	59	7	18	3	0	2	8	3	1	1	12	.305	.328	.458	.785	8.3	1.7
		AAA		87	320	49	96	30	6	10	60	10	7	20	75	.300	.341	.525	.866	52.1
1980	25	CHI	JL	111	404	59	90	22	8	23	74	11	6	21	124	.223	.265	.488	.753	54.7	8.2
1981	26	CHI	JL	155	576	77	129	38	17	29	125	5	9	34	169	.224	.276	.500	.776	77.6	8.5
1982	27	CHI	JL	157	601	102	159	42	9	33	112	11	13	27	165	.265	.300	.529	.829	91.7	13.4
1983	28	CHI	JL	156	603	93	149	50	10	36	118	7	11	41	195	.247	.296	.542	.839	93.3	14.3
1984	29	CHI	JL	135	482	60	100	29	8	16	63	10	11	40	143	.207	.279	.400	.679	52.1	5.3
1985	30	CHI	JL	155	559	78	110	21	6	34	92	9	5	34	178	.197	.252	.438	.691	64.9	6.3
1986	31	CHI	JL	117	224	34	52	14	4	14	51	6	3	12	79	.232	.279	.518	.797	32.0	3.3
1987	32	CHI	JL	54	205	34	46	11	1	18	48	2	1	12	68	.224	.284	.551	.835	31.6	3.8
		AAA		90	330	93	108	20	6	51	126	8	3	49	99	.327	.414	.888	1.302	105.4
1988	33	CHI	JL	71	133	18	32	11	2	5	17	2	2	4	45	.241	.266	.466	.732	16.1	2.2
		AAA		43	171	32	53	15	5	13	39	6	1	22	43	.310	.389	.684	1.073	41.6
10 Years Sim				1127	3846	562	885	241	65	210	708	66	62	226	1178	.230	.280	.490	.770	522.2	67.1
3 Years AAA				220	821	174	257	65	17	74	225	24	11	91	217	.313	.387	.704	1.091	199.1
3 Years AA				230	938	118	240	45	15	30	113	22	18	44	216	.256	.294	.432	.725	112.4
3 Years A				180	692	115	203	37	3	31	100	37	23	44	147	.293	.338	.490	.828	107.7
9 Years Minors				630	2451	407	700	147	35	135	438	83	52	179	580	.286	.339	.539	.878	419.2
162 Game Average					552	80	127	34	9	30	101	9	8	32	169	.230	.280	.490	.770	75.1
Career Highs				157	603	102	159	50	17	36	125	11	13	41	195	.305	.328	.551	.839	93.3

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		2422	343	543	160	38	129	445	39	36	128	743	.224	.272	.481	.753	307.1
vs LH		1424	219	342	81	27	81	263	27	26	98	435	.240	.293	.506	.799	205.5
Home	580	1933	277	429	119	27	108	356	36	31	114	591	.222	.272	.479	.751	247.7
Away	547	1913	285	456	122	38	102	352	30	31	112	587	.238	.287	.502	.789	264.9
RISP		1076	0	254	73	17	39	429	0	0	80	327	.236	.292	.444	.736	137.2
Pinch Hitting		127	26	36	10	2	11	32	1	1	9	33	.283	.333	.654	.987	25.8
Close/Late		496	76	107	32	9	18	60	0	1	45	151	.216	.291	.425	.717	60.0
Mar/Apr	192	645	100	151	31	15	41	115	8	13	38	199	.234	.283	.519	.803	91.7
May	196	664	99	156	44	15	35	131	8	12	42	219	.235	.282	.505	.786	91.8
June	153	542	82	137	44	10	34	113	8	6	24	156	.253	.288	.559	.847	84.3
July	180	604	86	126	37	9	28	84	12	10	42	179	.209	.269	.439	.708	69.7
August	206	714	94	158	47	3	37	138	14	14	35	221	.221	.269	.451	.720	82.3
Sep/Oct	200	677	101	157	38	13	35	127	16	7	45	204	.232	.287	.482	.769	92.8

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					DWS
1979	24	CHI	JL	LF	16	16	127.0	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.77					0.1
1980	25	CHI	JL	CF	94	88	779.7	205	1	4	0	.981	2.38					2.8
				LF	15	13	124.3	39	0	2	0	.951	2.82
1981	26	CHI	JL	CF	106	99	890.0	274	10	4	4	.986	2.87					4.6
				LF	43	42	371.3	76	0	1	0	.987	1.84
				1B	1	0	7.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	7.71					0.0
				2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1982	27	CHI	JL	LF	94	88	792.3	199	4	3	2	.985	2.31					4.6
				CF	62	59	515.7	162	2	0	0	1.000	2.86
1983	28	CHI	JL	CF	145	145	1317.3	364	6	8	4	.979	2.53					5.9
				LF	9	3	39.7	6	1	0	1	1.000	1.59
1984	29	CHI	JL	CF	131	124	1122.7	312	1	2	0	.994	2.51					3.4
				LF	2	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
1985	30	CHI	JL	CF	145	144	1279.0	356	8	5	3	.986	2.56					5.1
				LF	3	0	4.7	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.86
1986	31	CHI	JL	CF	34	33	282.0	64	3	3	1	.957	2.14					1.2
				LF	14	11	93.0	20	1	0	0	1.000	2.03
				RF	3	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
				SS	1	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	5.40					0.0
1987	32	CHI	JL	CF	52	52	461.0	110	2	2	0	.982	2.19					1.2
				LF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13
				RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1988	33	CHI	JL	LF	15	15	124.0	31	0	2	0	.939	2.25					0.7
				CF	11	10	90.0	21	2	0	1	1.000	2.30
				1B	1	0	6.3	6	0	1	0	.857	8.53					0.0
				SS	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				CF	780	754	6737.3	1868	35	28	13	.985	2.54					24.2
				LF	212	190	1693.3	400	6	8	3	.981	2.16					5.4
				1B	2	0	13.3	11	1	1	0	.923	8.10					0.0
				SS	3	0	7.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.52					0.0
				RF	4	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	5.14
				2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					1002	944	8460.6	2286	42	37	16	.984	2.48					29.6
Career Highs					156	148	1357.0	370	11	8	5	1.000	2.59

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
1984	29	CHI	JL	5	22	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.045	.043	.091	.134
Career Post-Season Batting				5	22	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.045	.043	.091	.134

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Slugging Pct 1982-6-.529 1983-7-.542 Games 1982-2-157 1983-10-156 At-Bats 1982-9-601 1983-6-603 Runs 1982-7-102 1983-10-93 Total Bases 1982-2-318 1983-6-327 Doubles 1982-7-42 1983-2-50 Triples 1981-1-17 1983-7-10 Homeruns 1980-10-23 1981-9-29 1982-5-33 1983-3-36 1985-3-34 RBIs 1981-2-125 1982-4-112 1983-3-118 Strikeouts 1981-2-169 1982-4-165 1983-1-195 1984-6-143 1985-3-178

Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)    Gray Ink Test: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)    Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1976

Traded from Buffalo to Chicago on 7/21/1977 (Going to BUF: P R. Stein, RF J. Betoni. Going to CHI: P D. Triggs, P J. Smart, CF S. Carnation, RF J. Storm)

Injured on 8/19/1977 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days

Injured on 4/21/1979 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week

Injured on 5/12/1979 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks

Injured on 7/26/1979 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week

Had first career hit on 9/11/1979, off Ryan Dunne (WAS)

Hit first career homerun on 9/17/1979, off Alexander Everett (MRQ)

Injured on 5/28/1980 with a Broken Finger, out for 7 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 6/18/1981, hitting .450 with 5 HR, 7 RBI

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