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John
Ridgway		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 5, 1944 in Australia
 
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 MON FL $ 2,790,000 4 3 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 4
1974 29 MON FL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 4
1975 30 MON FL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 31 MON FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 4
1977 32 AUS FL $ 2,000,000 4 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,000,000 4 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 4
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 MON FL 160 602 90 133 41 4 29 96 9 1 53 100 .221 .286 .447 .733 81.5 10.8
1974 29 MON FL 153 554 69 148 51 5 26 80 4 1 37 132 .267 .314 .518 .832 85.1 15.4
1975 30 MON FL 155 535 64 126 40 3 22 87 12 3 38 97 .236 .288 .445 .733 70.9 11.2
1976 31 MON FL 146 476 47 103 29 8 13 43 7 2 27 105 .216 .264 .393 .657 48.3 6.1
1977 32 MON FL 82 220 17 37 6 1 10 32 3 1 13 58 .168 .214 .341 .555 17.3 0.1
    AAA   31 123 20 34 9 2 4 17 1 0 11 25 .276 .336 .480 .815 19.2  
1978 33 AAA   26 73 14 18 6 0 7 16 2 0 11 18 .247 .345 .616 .962 15.7  
5 Years Sim 696 2387 287 547 167 21 100 338 35 8 168 492 .229 .282 .442 .724 302.9 43.6
2 Years AAA 57 196 34 52 15 2 11 33 3 0 22 43 .265 .341 .531 .872 34.9  
162 Game Average 555 66 127 38 4 23 78 8 1 39 114 .229 .282 .442 .724 70.5  
Career Highs 160 602 90 148 51 8 29 96 12 3 53 132 .267 .314 .518 .832 85.1  
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   1709 198 390 119 15 67 240 27 7 114 352 .228 .279 .433 .712 207.0
vs LH   678 89 157 48 6 33 98 8 1 54 140 .232 .289 .466 .755 92.8
Home 349 1172 143 257 82 9 52 174 16 4 84 255 .219 .273 .438 .711 142.6
Away 347 1215 144 290 85 12 48 164 19 4 84 237 .239 .290 .447 .737 157.2
RISP   603 0 131 31 5 29 230 0 0 45 135 .217 .266 .430 .695 72.3
Pinch Hitting   25 6 7 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 7 .280 .357 .600 .957 5.1
Close/Late   277 24 60 20 3 8 29 0 0 23 55 .217 .277 .397 .674 30.5
Mar/Apr 124 432 49 93 26 4 18 57 5 0 25 87 .215 .260 .419 .679 48.2
May 123 398 47 102 27 4 17 58 4 4 44 88 .256 .334 .472 .806 61.1
June 121 419 47 95 28 3 19 67 3 2 18 78 .227 .258 .444 .702 48.1
July 125 435 64 102 35 5 18 58 7 0 25 89 .234 .276 .462 .739 56.1
August 97 339 40 74 26 3 17 51 6 0 25 71 .218 .273 .463 .736 44.5
Sep/Oct 106 364 40 81 25 2 11 47 10 2 31 79 .223 .290 .393 .683 42.0
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 MON FL LF 160 156 1400.7 284 3 4 0 .986 1.84   2.8
1974 29 MON FL LF 152 151 1311.7 260 6 3 3 .989 1.83   3.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1975 30 MON FL LF 148 144 1226.3 261 8 9 3 .968 1.97   2.4
    RF 7 7 60.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1976 31 MON FL LF 143 140 1188.0 219 4 4 1 .982 1.69   2.5
1977 32 MON FL LF 74 59 550.7 110 4 3 1 .974 1.86   1.9
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  LF 677 650 5677.4 1134 25 23 8 .981 1.84   13.2
  RF 10 7 65.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.49   0.0
Career Totals   687 657 5742.4 1151 26 23 8 .981 1.84   13.2
Career Highs   160 156 1400.7 284 9 9 3 .989 1.99    
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 MON FL 10 36 10 14 3 0 4 11 2 0 3 3 .389 .425 .806 1.231
1974 29 MON FL 4 14 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .500 .767
1975 30 MON FL 5 15 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .133 .235 .400 .635
Career Post-Season Batting 19 65 14 19 5 0 6 15 2 0 6 9 .292 .347 .646 .993
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.
Games
1975-9-155
 Doubles
1973-3-41
1974-1-51
1975-6-40
 Strikeouts
1974-3-132
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Dan Gridstone (951)
  2. Brandon Slughausen (946)
  3. Kevin Reimer (940)
  4. Keith Neberjall (940)
  5. Kirk Gibson (939)
  6. Scott Malitz (937)
  7. William J. Blazcowicz Jr. (937)
  8. John Crawford (931)
  9. Joe Charboneau (930)
  10. Jorge Orta (925)
History
Drafted in 12th round, 265th overall pick, by Montreal in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Jim McGraw (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1973, off Marty McGraw (BUF)
Drove in 6 runs against Lexington on 8/25/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1974, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Montreal to Austin on 7/31/1977 (Going to MON: LF J. Beasley. Going to AUS: LF J. Ridgway, 1B M. Whitesell, P B. Perez, P F. Quintana)
Released by Austin on 5/21/1978
 
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