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Donald
Silber		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 255
 
Born: November 25, 1943 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 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 29 MAN FL $ 1,000,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1974 30 SLC FL $ 1,000,000 4 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1975 31 SLC FL $ 1,000,000 4 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1976 32 SLC FL $ 1,000,000 4 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
1977 33 SLC FL $ 300,000 4 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 7 6
1978 34 CAL JL $ 500,000 5 4 4 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 7 6
1979 35 CAL JL $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 7 6
1980 36 CAL JL $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 6 5 6 1 1 1 5 4 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 7 7
                                             
  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 37 LOU JL $ 440,000   9 9 10 12 11 12 10 8 9 16 14 15 14 15 15
1982 38 DM FL $ 950,000   8 8 9 11 9 10 8 6 6 14 11 12 12 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 440,000   8 8 9 11 9 10 8 6 6 14 11 12 12 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 950,000   9 9 10 12 11 12 10 8 9 16 14 15 14 15 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 29 MAN FL 12 13 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .308 .400 .385 .785 2.1 0.3
    AAA   131 481 66 106 20 2 15 76 0 1 59 64 .220 .306 .364 .669 56.3  
1974 30 MAN FL 30 36 2 7 1 0 2 10 0 0 2 8 .194 .250 .389 .639 4.0 0.4
  SLC FL 56 146 20 35 5 1 5 19 0 0 17 20 .240 .323 .390 .714 19.7 2.7
  TOT   86 182 22 42 6 1 7 29 0 0 19 28 .231 .309 .390 .699 23.6 3.1
1975 31 SLC FL 69 150 20 32 10 0 7 16 2 0 14 19 .213 .279 .420 .699 18.0 2.5
1976 32 SLC FL 99 285 37 75 18 1 12 34 0 0 34 34 .263 .345 .460 .804 44.7 9.5
1977 33 SLC FL 62 94 9 22 7 0 2 13 0 0 5 10 .234 .270 .372 .642 8.5 0.8
1978 34 CAL JL 114 249 30 61 12 0 7 39 0 0 25 39 .245 .315 .378 .693 29.3 4.1
1979 35 CAL JL 89 206 22 61 16 0 5 39 0 0 26 31 .296 .374 .447 .821 32.8 7.4
1980 36 CAL JL 97 221 23 57 10 0 11 34 0 0 21 29 .258 .321 .452 .773 29.5 3.7
1981 37 LOU JL 82 101 16 27 6 0 3 18 0 0 16 17 .267 .372 .416 .788 17.1 2.8
1982 38 AAA   135 491 97 142 23 0 24 75 6 3 79 67 .289 .388 .483 .870 92.1  
9 Years Sim 710 1501 180 381 86 2 54 224 2 0 162 208 .254 .328 .422 .750 205.6 34.2
2 Years AAA 266 972 163 248 43 2 39 151 6 4 138 131 .255 .350 .424 .773 148.4  
162 Game Average 342 41 86 19 0 12 51 0 0 36 47 .254 .328 .422 .750 46.9  
Career Highs 114 285 37 75 18 1 12 39 2 0 34 39 .308 .400 .460 .821 44.7  
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   446 49 94 22 2 7 46 1 0 39 55 .211 .275 .316 .591 39.1
vs LH   1055 131 287 64 0 47 178 1 0 123 153 .272 .349 .466 .816 170.0
Home 344 707 80 182 40 1 25 97 0 0 78 91 .257 .334 .423 .757 100.0
Away 366 794 100 199 46 1 29 127 2 0 84 117 .251 .322 .421 .743 109.2
RISP   390 0 110 27 0 17 169 0 0 41 64 .282 .348 .482 .830 64.0
Pinch Hitting   245 19 49 14 0 5 34 0 0 29 41 .200 .284 .318 .603 23.3
Close/Late   227 17 54 18 0 5 31 0 0 29 37 .238 .328 .383 .711 28.9
Mar/Apr 104 192 22 57 11 0 8 35 0 0 11 23 .297 .333 .479 .813 29.2
May 117 210 22 53 14 0 12 43 1 0 18 30 .252 .308 .490 .798 32.1
June 105 238 36 54 10 1 13 33 0 0 23 34 .227 .297 .441 .738 32.1
July 123 286 32 68 20 1 7 39 1 0 34 41 .238 .319 .388 .707 36.3
August 133 306 35 79 14 0 6 40 0 0 37 49 .258 .344 .363 .706 39.0
Sep/Oct 128 269 33 70 17 0 8 34 0 0 39 31 .260 .357 .413 .770 40.4
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 29 MAN FL 1B 5 1 16.7 13 2 0 0 1.000 8.10   0.0
1974 30 MAN FL 3B 11 11 49.4 5 9 1 1 .933 2.55   0.1
    1B 11 6 32.6 33 3 1 2 .973 9.94   0.1
  SLC FL 3B 20 20 208.6 22 38 3 2 .952 2.59   0.5
    1B 21 11 137.4 138 12 2 11 .987 9.83   0.2
  TOT   3B 31 31 258.0 27 47 4 3 .949 2.58   0.6
      1B 32 17 170.0 171 15 3 13 .984 9.85   0.3
1975 31 SLC FL 3B 37 36 307.0 13 47 4 6 .938 1.76   0.9
    1B 3 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1976 32 SLC FL 1B 89 81 692.7 638 48 5 49 .993 8.91   1.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 33 SLC FL 1B 23 14 139.7 133 6 0 14 1.000 8.96   0.2
1978 34 CAL JL 1B 71 63 511.7 484 26 2 45 .996 8.97   0.9
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 35 CAL JL 1B 66 57 474.7 460 36 1 35 .998 9.40   0.9
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 36 CAL JL 1B 67 54 463.3 502 33 1 37 .998 10.39   1.1
    CF 3 0 8.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 37 LOU JL 1B 24 14 132.0 146 15 0 11 1.000 10.98   0.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 380 301 2605.6 2551 181 12 204 .996 9.44   5.1
  3B 68 67 565.0 40 94 8 9 .944 2.13   1.6
  CF 4 0 11.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.0
  LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   458 368 3193.6 2594 275 20 213 .993 8.09   6.7
Career Highs   91 81 696.3 638 62 7 49 1.000 10.81    
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
1974 30 SLC FL 3 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .100 .250 .200 .450
1975 31 SLC FL 3 10 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .600 .636 .900 1.536
1976 32 SLC FL 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
1979 35 CAL JL 5 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .263 .263 .421 .684
Career Post-Season Batting 12 44 5 14 4 0 2 6 0 0 3 7 .318 .362 .545 .907
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History
Drafted in 38th round, 890th overall pick, by Manhattan in 1973
Injured on 9/3/1973 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/13/1973, off Aeiou Jones (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1974, off Aaron Alfonso (LV)
Traded from Manhattan to Salt Lake City on 6/11/1974 (Going to MAN: CF C. Gandara, 2B H. Garcia. Going to SLC: CF M. Micar, 1B D. Silber)
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/8/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979
Signed as a free agent by Louisville on 4/1/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $440,000 per year
 
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