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Yogi
Zimmer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 12, 1945 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1974    1976    1979    1980    1981   
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 CLG FL $ 2,990,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1974 29 CLG FL $ 2,990,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 30 MON FL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 31 MON FL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1977 32 MON FL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 33 MON FL $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1979 34 MON FL $ 3,250,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
1980 35 MON FL $ 3,250,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,990,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 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 LV FL $ 3,250,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 17 16 16 11 11 11 10 10 10
1982 37 LV FL $ 3,710,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 16 15 16 10 10 10 9 9 9
1983 38 WAS JL $ 3,710,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 13 12 13 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,250,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 13 12 13 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,710,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 17 16 16 11 11 11 10 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 CLG FL 87 289 31 69 24 3 7 52 2 3 28 50 .239 .315 .415 .730 36.5 3.4
1974 29 CLG FL 154 534 80 125 38 6 12 38 12 10 51 107 .234 .306 .395 .701 65.2 8.1
1975 30 MON FL 153 533 90 135 47 8 10 66 14 8 52 87 .253 .321 .428 .749 69.5 12.2
1976 31 MON FL 154 538 66 124 33 14 8 52 7 6 41 111 .230 .292 .388 .680 61.9 9.4
1977 32 MON FL 153 548 62 134 36 9 5 58 8 5 54 118 .245 .313 .370 .683 63.8 11.8
1978 33 MON FL 155 561 81 143 42 9 11 78 4 3 51 113 .255 .320 .421 .741 70.1 12.4
1979 34 MON FL 148 536 63 136 44 3 11 62 4 2 36 119 .254 .304 .409 .713 62.1 10.9
1980 35 MON FL 147 529 60 121 43 9 1 45 2 1 44 130 .229 .296 .350 .646 50.5 5.7
1981 36 MON FL 98 352 44 84 28 7 3 46 1 1 49 101 .239 .339 .384 .723 45.7 6.3
  LV FL 53 165 18 52 15 3 2 23 0 0 15 37 .315 .379 .479 .858 27.0 5.1
  TOT   151 517 62 136 43 10 5 69 1 1 64 138 .263 .351 .414 .765 72.7 11.5
1982 37 LV FL 113 349 19 67 18 5 5 30 1 1 21 91 .192 .241 .315 .556 22.7 0.0
    AAA   21 84 13 28 7 1 3 11 2 0 10 17 .333 .404 .548 .952 17.3  
1983 38 AAA   138 540 71 126 30 4 15 51 10 6 60 134 .233 .310 .387 .697 66.4  
10 Years Sim 1415 4934 614 1190 368 76 75 550 55 40 442 1064 .241 .308 .392 .700 575.0 85.3
2 Years AAA 159 624 84 154 37 5 18 62 12 6 70 151 .247 .325 .409 .734 83.7  
162 Game Average 564 70 136 42 8 8 62 6 4 50 121 .241 .308 .392 .700 65.8  
Career Highs 155 561 90 143 47 14 12 78 14 10 64 138 .263 .351 .428 .765 72.7  
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   3287 411 783 237 53 49 371 41 29 293 707 .238 .306 .387 .693 375.7
vs LH   1647 203 407 131 23 26 179 14 11 149 357 .247 .313 .402 .715 199.8
Home 699 2387 310 565 178 34 29 253 23 19 227 499 .237 .307 .376 .683 267.6
Away 716 2547 304 625 190 42 46 297 32 21 215 565 .245 .310 .407 .717 307.8
RISP   1149 0 292 93 9 22 433 0 0 120 273 .254 .326 .408 .735 150.5
Pinch Hitting   31 2 6 3 0 1 4 0 0 5 8 .194 .306 .387 .693 3.9
Close/Late   591 70 149 38 14 10 74 0 0 50 137 .252 .313 .415 .728 74.4
Mar/Apr 256 903 103 221 69 10 11 92 5 7 84 182 .245 .311 .380 .691 103.2
May 260 908 112 232 65 16 16 110 8 7 75 186 .256 .321 .415 .736 113.8
June 239 854 107 195 58 14 14 95 12 4 74 187 .228 .293 .378 .672 93.8
July 231 825 102 186 57 10 11 87 12 8 74 208 .225 .294 .359 .653 84.7
August 222 764 101 191 61 19 11 84 10 8 67 163 .250 .314 .423 .737 96.5
Sep/Oct 207 680 89 165 58 7 12 82 8 6 68 138 .243 .317 .401 .718 83.5
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 CLG FL SS 82 73 655.3 101 269 12 58 .969 5.08   2.8
1974 29 CLG FL SS 148 147 1188.0 189 499 21 102 .970 5.21   7.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 30 MON FL SS 148 147 1240.3 181 374 17 81 .970 4.03   7.3
    LF 1 0 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.0
1976 31 MON FL SS 151 151 1242.3 182 480 17 88 .975 4.80   9.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00   0.0
1977 32 MON FL SS 153 153 1374.0 158 461 11 71 .983 4.05   7.4
1978 33 MON FL SS 152 152 1346.7 178 430 23 71 .964 4.06   7.4
1979 34 MON FL SS 148 146 1290.7 164 445 18 75 .971 4.25   9.6
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 35 MON FL SS 147 144 1283.3 161 443 11 75 .982 4.24   8.9
1981 36 MON FL SS 98 97 909.0 121 315 10 58 .978 4.32   5.7
  LV FL SS 53 52 406.7 54 141 5 26 .975 4.32   1.0
  TOT   SS 151 149 1315.7 175 456 15 84 .977 4.32   6.8
1982 37 LV FL SS 106 103 872.0 117 332 15 56 .968 4.63   6.4
  SS 1386 1365 11808.3 1606 4189 160 761 .973 4.42   72.7
  LF 1 0 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.0
  1B 1 1 9.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1390 1366 11838.0 1623 4189 160 761 .973 4.42   72.8
Career Highs   153 153 1374.0 196 499 23 102 .983 5.21    
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
1975 30 MON FL 5 21 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .286 .286 .381 .667
1977 32 MON FL 12 44 2 9 5 0 0 6 1 0 3 12 .205 .255 .318 .574
1978 33 MON FL 14 49 5 14 6 1 0 3 0 0 3 9 .286 .340 .449 .789
1979 34 MON FL 9 33 3 9 5 0 2 9 0 0 2 9 .273 .314 .606 .920
1980 35 MON FL 17 55 4 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 14 .145 .277 .164 .441
Career Post-Season Batting 57 202 16 46 19 1 2 23 1 1 15 49 .228 .294 .361 .656
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.
Doubles
1974-4-38
1975-1-47
1977-8-36
1978-9-42
1979-4-44
1980-5-43
1981-4-43
CAR-49-368
 Triples
1976-2-14
1977-10-9
1980-6-9
 Strikeouts
1981-10-138
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Jack Watrous (935)
  2. Bill Sizemore (913)
  3. Jonathan Noon (887)
  4. Woody Stairs (883)
  5. Thomas Angus (872)
  6. Lewis Brundage (869)
  7. Pete Madewald (867)
  8. Tommy Cuccia (866)
  9. Tim McGraw (861)
  10. George Simms (860)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 120th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1973, off Cornelius Clayson (LV)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1973, off Steve Anderson (BUF)
Drove in 6 runs against Des Moines on 5/12/1973
Injured on 6/24/1973 with a Broken Foot, out for 6-7 weeks
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1974.Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/4/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1976.Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1979
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1976
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1979
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1980
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1981, hitting .467 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Montreal to Las Vegas on 7/31/1981 (Going to LV: SS Yogi Zimmer, LF Hugh Hamilton, RF Ben Green. Going to MON: RF Davey Mellor, 3B Christopher Dittmer)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1981
 
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