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Joe
Gillstrom		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: March 5, 1945 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1974   
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1974    1975   
All-Star Selections 1974    1979   
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 28 NO FL $ 5,990,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 13 12 12 10 10 10 4 5 5
1974 29 NO FL $ 5,990,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 13 12 12 10 10 10 4 4 4
1975 30 MRQ JL $ 5,990,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 2 2 2 12 12 12 11 10 10 4 4 4
1976 31 MRQ JL $ 8,500,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 2 2 2 12 11 11 11 10 10 4 4 4
1977 32 MRQ JL $ 8,500,000 5 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 10 9 9 11 10 11 4 4 4
1978 33 MRQ JL $ 8,500,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 11 11 11 4 4 4
1979 34 MRQ JL $ 8,500,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 11 10 11 4 4 4
1980 35 MRQ JL $ 5,000,900 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 11 10 11 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 5,000,900 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 10 10 10 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 8,500,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 2 2 2 13 12 12 11 11 11 4 5 5
                                             
  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 36 MRQ JL $ 5,000,900   9 9 10 15 14 14 9 9 9 20 20 20 9 10 9
1982 37 WAS JL $ 2,000,000   10 10 11 15 14 14 9 8 8 20 20 20 9 10 10
1983 38 BUF FL $ 600,000   6 6 7 5 3 4 8 7 7 20 20 20 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 600,000   6 6 7 5 3 4 8 7 7 20 20 20 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,900   10 10 11 15 14 14 9 9 9 20 20 20 9 10 10
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 28 NO FL 159 550 90 131 20 2 32 89 10 10 115 98 .238 .367 .456 .824 93.2 16.3
1974 29 NO FL 157 541 123 157 21 3 51 125 5 7 125 95 .290 .426 .623 1.049 133.0 32.8
1975 30 NO FL 52 201 37 57 5 3 15 42 4 1 39 49 .284 .398 .562 .961 43.5 10.7
  MRQ JL 93 317 65 101 9 2 28 75 7 2 69 60 .319 .440 .625 1.064 81.3 21.2
  TOT   145 518 102 158 14 5 43 117 11 3 108 109 .305 .424 .600 1.024 124.8 31.9
    AAA   10 37 7 10 1 1 2 7 3 1 7 8 .270 .386 .514 .900 7.6  
1976 31 MRQ JL 153 504 77 130 25 5 20 71 5 5 110 111 .258 .391 .446 .837 91.3 21.7
1977 32 MRQ JL 153 526 97 132 26 10 31 97 4 7 116 135 .251 .384 .515 .899 104.5 22.8
1978 33 MRQ JL 152 518 97 144 28 5 22 103 3 3 127 122 .278 .419 .479 .898 107.1 24.4
1979 34 MRQ JL 154 531 94 130 16 8 24 84 7 6 106 135 .245 .370 .441 .810 92.2 18.3
1980 35 MRQ JL 148 489 66 100 22 6 21 79 7 5 95 128 .204 .339 .403 .742 73.8 11.2
1981 36 MRQ JL 155 489 59 102 14 3 24 68 4 5 103 159 .209 .351 .397 .748 73.0 7.4
1982 37 WAS JL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   78 77 23 26 1 0 8 20 3 1 38 21 .338 .557 .662 1.219 29.0  
1983 38 BUF FL 32 71 5 13 1 0 0 7 0 1 8 27 .183 .266 .197 .463 3.7 0.0
    AAA   30 62 10 14 2 0 3 18 1 2 26 20 .226 .455 .403 .858 14.0  
11 Years Sim 1413 4740 810 1197 187 47 268 840 56 52 1013 1119 .253 .385 .481 .866 896.3 186.9
3 Years AAA 118 176 40 50 4 1 13 45 7 4 71 49 .284 .484 .540 1.024 50.7  
162 Game Average 543 92 137 21 5 30 96 6 5 116 128 .253 .385 .481 .866 102.8  
Career Highs 159 550 123 158 28 10 51 125 11 10 127 159 .305 .426 .623 1.049 133.0  
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   3233 537 778 121 31 171 570 37 33 667 780 .241 .370 .456 .826 580.3
vs LH   1507 273 419 66 16 97 270 19 19 346 339 .278 .414 .536 .950 334.4
Home 704 2297 407 575 93 24 134 430 29 25 515 543 .250 .388 .487 .875 453.9
Away 709 2443 403 622 94 23 134 410 27 27 498 576 .255 .381 .476 .858 460.8
RISP   1236 0 323 54 7 78 559 0 0 352 301 .261 .418 .506 .924 282.5
Pinch Hitting   87 18 19 5 0 5 19 0 0 19 24 .218 .358 .448 .807 15.2
Close/Late   578 99 134 26 2 26 71 0 0 182 130 .232 .418 .419 .837 117.5
Mar/Apr 248 839 146 218 41 5 34 145 12 9 176 188 .260 .387 .442 .829 152.2
May 256 837 143 204 32 10 53 146 9 4 173 211 .244 .372 .496 .868 162.7
June 220 749 134 184 27 8 40 125 9 5 164 189 .246 .381 .463 .845 141.4
July 230 762 142 186 27 9 56 152 11 12 182 179 .244 .391 .524 .914 161.2
August 229 785 137 215 32 12 53 153 8 12 169 177 .274 .405 .548 .953 171.2
Sep/Oct 230 768 108 190 28 3 32 119 7 10 149 175 .247 .370 .417 .787 126.1
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
1973 28 NO FL RF 151 142 1292.0 295 7 4 0 .987 2.10   5.5
    2B 1 0 10.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 8.10   0.1
1974 29 NO FL RF 152 144 1325.0 311 4 2 0 .994 2.14   3.7
    2B 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1975 30 NO FL RF 49 48 477.5 96 1 2 0 .980 1.83   1.0
    LF 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MRQ JL RF 89 87 770.8 154 2 3 0 .981 1.82   1.8
    LF 1 0 1.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
  TOT   RF 138 135 1248.3 250 3 5 0 .981 1.82   2.8
      LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1976 31 MRQ JL RF 140 138 1229.3 261 10 3 3 .989 1.98   2.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 32 MRQ JL RF 84 84 747.7 131 6 5 3 .965 1.65   3.5
    LF 62 61 557.3 96 1 1 0 .990 1.57    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1978 33 MRQ JL LF 147 147 1332.7 268 13 6 1 .979 1.90   5.4
1979 34 MRQ JL LF 143 142 1269.7 271 4 9 2 .968 1.95   3.2
1980 35 MRQ JL LF 136 134 1184.3 225 7 12 1 .951 1.76   2.0
    2B 2 2 18.0 5 10 0 3 1.000 7.50   0.2
    RF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1981 36 MRQ JL RF 101 87 789.7 146 2 4 0 .974 1.69   2.3
    LF 51 51 447.0 100 3 5 1 .954 2.07    
1982 37 WAS JL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 38 BUF FL RF 19 19 157.0 33 5 1 0 .974 2.18   0.5
    LF 3 1 10.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
  RF 787 751 6807.0 1431 37 24 6 .984 1.94   20.7
  LF 545 536 4807.0 963 29 33 5 .968 1.86   10.6
  2B 4 3 36.0 10 17 0 3 1.000 6.75   0.3
  1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   1337 1290 11650.9 2406 83 57 14 .978 1.92   31.6
Career Highs   153 147 1333.0 313 17 12 4 .994 2.21    
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
1973 28 NO FL 13 45 9 11 1 0 4 7 0 1 16 14 .244 .443 .533 .976
1974 29 NO FL 15 55 9 12 1 0 5 13 0 1 8 7 .218 .309 .509 .818
1975 30 MRQ JL 4 14 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 .214 .450 .429 .879
1976 31 MRQ JL 5 21 7 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 3 4 .238 .333 .619 .952
1977 32 MRQ JL 5 20 2 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 11 .250 .286 .500 .786
1978 33 MRQ JL 10 31 7 6 2 0 2 7 0 0 12 10 .194 .409 .452 .861
Career Post-Season Batting 52 186 36 42 6 1 15 33 0 3 46 48 .226 .374 .511 .885
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.
On-Base Pct
1974-1-.426
1976-3-.391
1977-7-.384
1978-2-.419
CAR-16-.385
 Slugging Pct
1974-1-.623
1977-4-.515
 OPS
1974-1-1.049
1977-5-.899
1978-5-.898
CAR-30-.866
 XR
1974-1-133.0
1977-5-104.5
1978-6-107.1
 Games
1974-4-157
 Runs
1974-1-123
1977-7-97
1978-9-97
1979-8-94
Total Bases
1974-2-337
1977-10-271
 Triples
1977-4-10
 Homeruns
1974-2-51
1975-10-28
1977-2-31
1979-10-24
CAR-46-268
 RBIs
1974-2-125
1977-4-97
1978-6-103
1979-10-84
 Caught Stealing
1973-10-10
 Walks
1973-2-115
1974-1-125
1975-8-69
1976-1-110
1977-1-116
1978-1-127
1979-1-106
1980-3-95
1981-4-103
CAR-9-1013
Strikeouts
1977-5-135
1978-8-122
1980-9-128
1981-4-159
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 70    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Mike Fuentes (939)
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  3. Adrian Cabrera (901)
  4. Patrick Moore (891)
  5. Walter Wambold (884)
  6. Marcel Sandoval (884)
  7. Pedro Cerrano (882)
  8. Lem Galarraga (878)
  9. Jed Johnson (875)
  10. Mickey Masutto (872)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 24th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/3/1973, off Marty Floyd (LV)
Traded from Calgary to New Orleans on 4/11/1973 (Going to CLG: 1B J. Kelly, RF P. Messlin, LF J. Dion, 2B C. Jovanich, P J. Gomer. Going to NO: 2B B. Kengos, RF J. Gillstrom)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1973, off Bill Bombay (MAN)
Drove in 6 runs against Lexington on 8/9/1973
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/19/1974
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Birmingham on 7/8/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1974, hitting .556 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1974, hitting .319 with 13 HR, 30 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Las Vegas, driving in 6 runs on 8/3/1974
Won Landis Memorial Series with New Orleans in 1974
Won Frick League Batter of the Year Award in 1974
Traded from New Orleans to Marquette on 6/1/1975 (Going to NO: SS H. Sobah, RF J. Jarrett. Going to MRQ: RF J. Gillstrom, SS S. Peyton, P F. Young)
Drove in 6 runs against Jacksonville on 6/14/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1975, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago on 9/25/1975
Won Johnson League Batter of the Year Award in 1975
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1977, hitting .381 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Jacksonville, driving in 7 runs on 8/21/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1979, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Phoenix on 9/23/1979
Injured on 8/17/1980 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/16/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Buffalo on 2/18/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
 
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