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Hayfu
Sobah		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 9, 1942 in Japan
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1973    1974    1976    1977    1978    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 30 MRQ JL $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 7 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
1974 31 MRQ JL $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
1975 32 NO FL $ 5,990,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8
1976 33 MRQ JL $ 11,300,000 5 5 5 7 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1977 34 MRQ JL $ 11,300,000 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1978 35 MRQ JL $ 11,300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 8
1979 36 AUS FL $ 11,300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1980 37 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 4 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 5,000,000 4 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 11,300,000 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8
                                             
  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 38 AUS FL $ 300,005   7 7 7 14 14 14 9 8 8 11 11 11 16 16 16
1982 39 WAS JL $ 850,000   4 4 4 13 12 13 8 8 8 7 7 7 13 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,005   4 4 4 13 12 13 8 8 8 7 7 7 13 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 850,000   7 7 7 14 14 14 9 8 8 11 11 11 16 16 16
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 30 MRQ JL 161 601 122 176 33 3 45 127 18 6 109 29 .293 .406 .582 .988 136.3 29.7
1974 31 MRQ JL 132 489 81 130 28 4 30 96 12 8 58 26 .266 .348 .524 .872 83.7 17.4
1975 32 MRQ JL 54 204 25 53 10 1 9 45 3 3 17 11 .260 .325 .451 .776 29.4 5.3
  NO FL 97 330 55 75 16 5 23 68 6 4 45 12 .227 .326 .515 .842 57.5 11.6
  TOT   151 534 80 128 26 6 32 113 9 7 62 23 .240 .326 .491 .816 86.9 16.9
1976 33 MRQ JL 156 526 95 137 34 5 24 94 9 4 98 37 .260 .380 .481 .861 98.9 24.6
1977 34 MRQ JL 158 545 91 138 39 5 26 93 5 2 79 35 .253 .355 .486 .841 92.2 19.5
1978 35 MRQ JL 153 538 116 147 48 7 32 101 5 5 97 36 .273 .390 .567 .957 108.5 25.3
1979 36 MRQ JL 78 269 46 73 14 5 14 49 5 1 41 25 .271 .369 .517 .886 50.9 11.3
  AUS FL 54 182 32 52 17 2 10 31 3 1 25 13 .286 .374 .566 .940 36.6 7.9
  TOT   132 451 78 125 31 7 24 80 8 2 66 38 .277 .371 .537 .908 87.5 19.2
1980 37 AUS FL 120 308 50 69 17 2 13 42 6 0 34 25 .224 .305 .419 .724 43.7 6.7
1981 38 LV FL 68 146 17 26 5 0 4 22 5 3 11 16 .178 .247 .295 .541 10.9 0.0
  AUS FL 11 12 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.5 0.0
  TOT   79 158 18 28 7 0 4 22 5 3 11 18 .177 .241 .297 .539 11.4 0.0
    AAA   8 13 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .308 .357 .538 .896 2.4  
1982 39 AAA   58 68 8 11 1 0 1 5 1 0 10 7 .162 .269 .221 .490 4.8  
9 Years Sim 1242 4150 731 1078 263 39 230 768 77 37 614 267 .260 .360 .508 .868 749.1 159.4
2 Years AAA 66 81 11 15 1 0 2 6 1 0 11 8 .185 .280 .272 .551 7.2  
162 Game Average 541 95 140 34 5 30 100 10 4 80 34 .260 .360 .508 .868 97.7  
Career Highs 161 601 122 176 48 7 45 127 18 8 109 38 .293 .406 .582 .988 136.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2790 488 733 176 22 158 515 55 28 420 175 .263 .365 .511 .876 511.9
vs LH   1360 243 345 87 17 72 253 22 9 194 92 .254 .350 .501 .851 238.1
Home 616 1989 354 516 130 18 110 361 43 13 289 108 .259 .358 .509 .867 360.2
Away 626 2161 377 562 133 21 120 407 34 24 325 159 .260 .362 .508 .869 389.8
RISP   1084 0 289 69 9 58 489 0 0 251 78 .267 .401 .507 .909 228.1
Pinch Hitting   119 20 22 3 1 8 24 2 0 9 12 .185 .254 .429 .682 13.8
Close/Late   506 110 131 29 4 24 78 0 0 113 29 .259 .400 .474 .874 99.0
Mar/Apr 214 758 130 188 41 4 38 145 15 7 117 56 .248 .352 .463 .815 126.4
May 221 738 134 191 50 10 45 157 12 6 107 49 .259 .357 .537 .893 138.3
June 212 709 123 178 39 11 43 128 16 8 92 43 .251 .344 .519 .863 124.6
July 194 625 93 155 41 3 25 98 9 3 92 43 .248 .348 .443 .792 98.5
August 197 657 142 196 51 5 46 126 12 10 100 34 .298 .392 .601 .993 143.9
Sep/Oct 204 663 109 170 41 6 33 114 13 3 106 42 .256 .369 .486 .855 118.4
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 30 MRQ JL 2B 160 156 1396.0 268 497 12 98 .985 4.93   4.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1974 31 MRQ JL SS 69 66 606.7 76 192 8 35 .971 3.98   2.9
    2B 62 60 538.7 116 193 7 38 .978 5.16   2.9
1975 32 MRQ JL SS 51 47 457.7 61 130 13 28 .936 3.76   1.7
    2B 2 0 3.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.45   0.0
  NO FL SS 92 84 774.9 104 221 21 47 .939 3.77   2.4
    2B 3 0 5.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 4.74   0.0
  TOT   SS 143 131 1232.6 165 351 34 75 .938 3.77   4.1
      2B 5 0 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
1976 33 MRQ JL SS 149 146 1308.3 183 400 27 74 .956 4.01   4.1
    2B 4 0 12.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
1977 34 MRQ JL SS 148 140 1263.0 196 425 35 73 .947 4.43   5.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 7.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1978 35 MRQ JL SS 148 143 1293.3 180 415 19 82 .969 4.14   5.8
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 36 MRQ JL SS 46 42 378.0 42 121 10 23 .942 3.88   0.1
    2B 31 30 269.1 47 98 2 17 .986 4.85   1.6
  AUS FL SS 32 29 254.0 29 82 6 16 .949 3.93   1.7
    2B 22 21 180.9 32 66 2 12 .980 4.88   0.2
  TOT   SS 78 71 632.0 71 203 16 39 .945 3.90   1.8
      2B 53 51 450.0 79 164 4 29 .984 4.86   1.8
1980 37 AUS FL 2B 78 68 596.3 116 187 10 40 .968 4.57   2.9
    SS 29 12 127.3 12 46 2 5 .967 4.10   0.7
1981 38 LV FL SS 26 14 153.3 29 36 5 9 .929 3.82   0.3
    2B 20 15 133.8 23 61 0 7 1.000 5.65   0.7
  AUS FL SS 4 2 11.4 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.95   0.0
    2B 3 2 9.9 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.45   0.1
  SS 795 725 6629.0 914 2072 146 393 .953 4.05   25.0
  2B 390 352 3156.0 610 1115 33 216 .981 4.92   12.9
  LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1187 1078 9798.0 1527 3187 179 609 .963 4.33   37.9
Career Highs   161 156 1397.0 268 498 35 98 .985 4.93    
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 31 MRQ JL 17 65 12 24 8 1 4 19 1 0 10 3 .369 .474 .708 1.182
1975 32 NO FL 16 61 8 15 7 1 1 13 0 0 4 5 .246 .292 .443 .735
1976 33 MRQ JL 5 19 2 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 3 1 .158 .273 .421 .694
1977 34 MRQ JL 5 19 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .211 .286 .316 .602
1978 35 MRQ JL 10 36 7 11 1 0 2 3 0 1 6 5 .306 .419 .500 .919
1979 36 AUS FL 14 53 6 10 3 0 2 6 0 0 4 10 .189 .246 .358 .604
1980 37 AUS FL 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 67 256 35 68 20 5 9 46 1 1 29 25 .266 .349 .488 .838
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
1973-4-.406
1976-6-.380
1978-9-.390
 Slugging Pct
1973-4-.582
1974-7-.524
1977-10-.486
1978-1-.567
CAR-31-.508
 OPS
1973-1-.988
1974-6-.872
1976-7-.861
1977-10-.841
1978-1-.957
CAR-28-.868
 XR
1973-1-136.3
1976-5-98.9
1978-5-108.5
 Games
1976-9-156
1977-2-158
 Runs
1973-1-122
1976-5-95
1978-3-116
Total Bases
1973-3-350
1978-2-305
 Doubles
1976-6-34
1977-5-39
1978-1-48
 Homeruns
1973-4-45
1974-10-30
1976-10-24
1977-8-26
1978-5-32
 RBIs
1973-2-127
1974-9-96
1976-10-94
1978-7-101
 Walks
1973-1-109
1976-4-98
1977-7-79
1978-2-97
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Sue Callas (857)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Marquette in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1973, off David Feingold (OMA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1973, off David Feingold (OMA)
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 4/4/1974 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1974, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Phoenix on 8/13/1974
Traded from Marquette to New Orleans 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 Calgary on 6/3/1975
Signed as a free agent by Marquette on 2/16/1976 to a 4-year deal worth $11,300,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against California on 7/22/1976
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/25/1978, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 5/21/1979 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Injured on 7/8/1979 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Marquette to Austin on 7/21/1979 (Going to AUS: SS H. Sobah, P D. Cantoni. Going to MRQ: SS S. Roosevelt, P G. Ford, LF L. Silverio, SS A. Maya, RF A. Sandoval)
Injured on 8/11/1979 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/13/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Released by Las Vegas on 7/21/1981
Released by Las Vegas on 7/21/1981
Signed as a free agent by Austin on 8/21/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $300,005 per year
 
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