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Mandrake
Strangelove		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 14, 1957 in Washington, DC
 
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
1979 22 BRK FL   3 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 23 BRK FL   5 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   5 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 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 24 BRK FL     10 10 11 8 7 8 16 15 16 4 4 4 10 10 10
1982 25 BRK FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 9 8 9 15 15 15 4 4 4 11 11 11
1983 26 LV FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 10 9 9 16 16 16 4 4 4 11 11 11
1984 27 LV FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 10 9 9 16 16 16 4 4 4 11 11 11
1985 28 LV FL $ 300,000   13 13 13 11 11 11 17 16 16 4 4 4 12 12 12
1986 29 LV FL $ 660,000   13 13 14 11 11 11 17 16 16 4 4 4 13 13 13
1987 30 MON FL $ 660,000   13 13 14 12 11 12 17 16 16 5 5 5 14 14 14
1988 31 QUE FL $ 660,000   13 13 13 12 12 12 15 15 15 5 5 5 15 15 15
1989 32 QUE FL $ 860,000   13 13 13 12 12 12 15 15 15 5 5 5 15 15 15
1990 33 QUE FL     12 12 12 12 12 12 15 14 14 5 5 5 15 15 15
OOTP6 Min Ratings     10 10 11 8 7 8 15 14 14 4 4 4 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 860,000   13 13 14 12 12 12 17 16 16 5 5 5 15 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
1979 22 A   136 562 72 157 30 1 14 91 19 10 20 114 .279 .304 .411 .715 66.9  
1980 23 AAA   49 188 12 37 9 0 1 14 4 1 5 58 .197 .218 .261 .478 9.0  
    AA   45 182 24 50 12 1 4 16 3 3 13 47 .275 .323 .418 .741 23.3  
    A   10 43 7 17 3 0 0 6 3 0 2 6 .395 .422 .465 .887 7.9  
1981 24 AAA   138 546 113 160 25 4 18 89 36 2 38 95 .293 .339 .452 .791 86.3  
1982 25 BRK FL 89 264 35 73 15 5 4 33 12 6 13 60 .277 .309 .417 .726 32.4 5.5
    AAA   36 148 26 57 10 3 6 27 12 0 5 28 .385 .405 .615 1.020 33.1  
1983 26 GRE JL 26 96 14 19 4 3 1 7 11 0 6 28 .198 .245 .333 .578 9.1 0.6
  LV FL 12 19 6 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 .368 .429 .421 .850 3.7 1.0
  TOT   38 115 20 26 5 3 1 8 13 0 8 30 .226 .276 .348 .624 12.7 1.6
    AAA   108 451 70 124 25 0 18 60 21 2 27 88 .275 .316 .450 .766 65.3  
1984 27 LV FL 57 137 20 33 7 1 1 6 9 3 2 35 .241 .257 .328 .586 10.5 0.4
    AAA   53 231 50 77 16 2 13 36 11 1 18 42 .333 .382 .589 .970 48.3  
1985 28 LV FL 144 495 88 142 33 11 8 56 55 9 22 78 .287 .323 .446 .770 73.9 13.7
1986 29 LV FL 152 602 86 162 41 9 15 57 51 15 17 125 .269 .291 .442 .733 78.0 8.2
1987 30 MON FL 134 381 67 113 28 7 10 52 28 8 14 69 .297 .329 .486 .815 59.0 10.1
1988 31 QUE FL 63 215 27 64 22 4 6 40 15 3 10 32 .298 .333 .521 .854 35.5 8.5
1989 32 QUE FL 66 207 28 52 11 6 6 38 13 7 11 27 .251 .288 .449 .738 27.1 3.6
1990 33 QUE FL 52 81 14 23 5 2 0 6 9 2 3 11 .284 .310 .395 .705 10.0 1.5
1991 34 AAA   132 565 114 175 32 5 33 102 30 6 27 60 .310 .341 .559 .901 103.5  
9 Years Sim 795 2497 385 688 167 48 51 296 205 53 100 467 .276 .307 .442 .749 339.0 53.2
6 Years AAA 516 2129 385 630 117 14 89 328 114 12 120 371 .296 .337 .489 .826 345.5  
1 Years AA 45 182 24 50 12 1 4 16 3 3 13 47 .275 .332 .418 .749 23.3  
2 Years A 146 605 79 174 33 1 14 97 22 10 22 120 .288 .315 .415 .729 74.8  
9 Years Minors 707 2916 488 854 162 16 107 441 139 25 155 538 .293 .332 .469 .802 443.6  
162 Game Average 508 78 140 34 9 10 60 41 10 20 95 .276 .307 .442 .749 69.1  
Career Highs 152 602 88 162 41 11 15 57 55 15 22 125 .298 .333 .521 .854 78.0  
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   1488 222 410 97 30 31 171 116 31 52 280 .276 .303 .444 .747 196.8
vs LH   1009 163 278 70 18 20 125 89 22 48 187 .276 .312 .440 .752 138.0
Home 398 1250 186 347 91 20 28 149 108 30 52 243 .278 .310 .450 .760 171.5
Away 397 1247 199 341 76 28 23 147 97 23 48 224 .273 .304 .435 .738 163.4
RISP   593 0 177 38 10 8 210 0 0 24 102 .298 .327 .437 .764 78.0
Pinch Hitting   104 15 32 8 3 1 17 3 4 4 18 .308 .330 .471 .801 14.0
Close/Late   267 53 69 14 6 6 31 0 0 10 54 .258 .295 .423 .719 30.9
Mar/Apr 131 406 63 111 27 7 8 42 33 6 20 75 .273 .312 .433 .745 55.2
May 110 366 57 105 27 8 10 49 25 8 14 70 .287 .314 .486 .801 53.8
June 126 416 70 118 32 6 10 53 41 8 20 75 .284 .321 .462 .783 61.7
July 143 405 65 112 30 7 7 51 32 13 17 70 .277 .309 .437 .746 52.2
August 141 452 65 127 25 15 7 51 34 13 15 89 .281 .307 .449 .756 59.5
Sep/Oct 144 452 65 115 26 5 9 50 40 5 14 88 .254 .280 .394 .674 52.4
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
1982 25 BRK FL 1B 50 48 379.0 400 28 20 39 .955 10.16   0.5
    RF 36 35 273.0 60 1 0 0 1.000 2.01   0.5
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1983 26 GRE JL RF 14 14 139.9 22 0 1 0 .957 1.42   0.2
    3B 5 3 44.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.05   0.1
    LF 3 3 32.3 8 0 1 0 .889 2.23   0.0
    CF 1 1 7.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.88   0.0
  LV FL RF 6 6 28.8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.56   0.1
    3B 2 2 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    LF 2 2 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.69   0.0
    CF 0 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 30.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 20 20 168.7 27 0 1 0 .964 1.44   0.3
      3B 7 5 53.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.04   0.1
      LF 5 5 39.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.31   0.0
      CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1984 27 LV FL 1B 31 25 216.3 219 15 16 15 .936 9.74   0.4
    RF 7 7 53.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.04   0.1
    2B 4 2 21.0 5 6 0 3 1.000 4.71   0.0
    3B 4 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1985 28 LV FL 2B 100 97 846.7 175 273 10 47 .978 4.76   2.3
    3B 25 23 211.7 21 33 2 3 .964 2.30   0.5
1986 29 LV FL 3B 117 117 1030.0 74 232 9 20 .971 2.67   3.8
    2B 29 27 218.3 36 87 1 14 .992 5.07   0.7
    LF 1 1 7.0 3 0 1 0 .750 3.86   0.0
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1987 30 MON FL 3B 74 62 563.3 36 114 4 7 .974 2.40   1.1
    2B 25 6 96.3 22 33 2 5 .965 5.14   0.3
    1B 10 3 43.0 48 1 0 3 1.000 10.26   0.0
    RF 5 1 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.1
1988 31 QUE FL 3B 50 50 451.0 29 107 4 8 .971 2.71   1.3
    2B 6 2 27.3 9 12 0 5 1.000 6.92   0.2
    RF 3 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.1
    1B 1 1 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1989 32 QUE FL 3B 60 57 482.3 31 103 10 6 .931 2.50   0.8
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1990 33 QUE FL 1B 11 7 61.0 75 2 3 9 .963 11.36   0.0
    2B 9 5 45.0 14 17 0 6 1.000 6.20   0.2
    3B 6 3 34.0 1 3 1 0 .800 1.06   0.0
    RF 1 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 343 317 2836.3 193 605 30 45 .964 2.53   7.6
  2B 176 139 1257.7 261 429 13 80 .982 4.94   3.7
  1B 104 84 709.3 751 46 39 66 .953 10.11   0.9
  RF 73 65 533.7 110 2 1 1 .991 1.89   1.0
  LF 6 6 46.0 13 0 2 0 .867 2.54   0.0
  CF 3 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
  SS 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
Career Totals   706 612 5402.0 1332 1084 85 192 .966 4.03   13.3
Career Highs   149 145 1266.3 461 321 20 50 .977 7.74    
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
1986 29 LV FL 5 19 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .211 .250 .263 .513
Career Post-Season Batting 5 19 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .211 .250 .263 .513
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.
At-Bats
1986-4-602
 Doubles
1986-8-41
 Triples
1985-7-11
 Stolen Bases
1985-7-55
1986-7-51
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Archibald Graham (960)
  2. Sadaharu Oh, Jr. (959)
  3. Carmelo Murillo (942)
  4. Renfred Washington (940)
  5. Scott Loucks (940)
  6. Rocky Simmes (937)
  7. Jerry Fitzgerald (936)
  8. Guam Fantomhorsfli (936)
  9. Bob Barnes (935)
  10. Alberto Culpepper (934)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1979
Injured on 6/9/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/15/1981 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 5/11/1982, off Eric Beckmeyer (BUF)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1982, off Eric Beckmeyer (BUF)
Traded from Brooklyn to Greenville on 2/15/1983 (Going to BRK: 2B Tommy Corcoran, P Doug Woods, P John Alou, CF Norman Grindstaff. Going to GRE: 1B Mandrake Strangelove, SS Austin Purkey, 3B Buzz Myrhh)
Traded from Greenville to Las Vegas on 7/31/1983 (Going to GRE: RF Gary Barr, 1B Joe Farner, 3B Renato Farias. Going to LV: 3B Karl Samuels, 3B Mandrake Strangelove, P Kenny Snyper, P Odawalle Odabiyi)
Injured on 5/21/1985 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Las Vegas to Montreal on 3/2/1987 (Going to LV: RF Mitchell Page. Going to MON: 3B Mandrake Strangelove)
1/31/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $660,000 through salary arbitration
5/1/1988: Signed a contract extension with Quebec, $860,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/21/1988 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 8/29/1989 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Quebec on 8/11/1990
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/14/1991 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 7/8/1991 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Released by Las Vegas on 9/1/1991
 
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