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Jed
Desmidt		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 230
 
Born: October 24, 1944 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1973    1976   
All-Star Selections 1977   
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 HON JL $ 1,600,000 4 5 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1974 29 HON JL $ 1,600,000 3 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 30 HON JL $ 1,600,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1976 31 LV FL $ 1,600,000 5 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6
1977 32 LV FL $ 4,500,000 5 6 6 4 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1978 33 LV FL $ 4,500,000 5 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1979 34 LV FL $ 3,500,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 35 MON FL $ 3,500,000 5 6 6 4 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,600,000 3 4 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
                                             
  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 BRK FL $ 1,500,000   13 13 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 7 8 8 13 12 12
1982 37 BRK FL $ 1,500,000   14 14 13 12 12 12 10 11 11 7 8 7 13 12 12
1983 38 SLC FL $ 542,000   5 5 4 2 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 542,000   5 5 4 2 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   14 14 13 12 12 12 11 12 11 7 8 8 13 12 12
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 HON JL 90 95 22 31 2 2 6 33 1 0 11 13 .326 .398 .579 .977 20.7 4.8
1974 29 HON JL 107 215 25 56 10 0 3 25 3 0 13 31 .260 .309 .349 .658 22.8 2.8
1975 30 HON JL 105 155 23 42 4 3 3 18 2 3 15 34 .271 .341 .394 .735 20.7 3.4
1976 31 HON JL 19 31 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 .226 .273 .258 .531 0.8 0.0
  LV FL 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.3 0.6
  TOT   22 33 1 9 1 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 .273 .333 .303 .636 2.1 0.6
    AAA   98 394 48 111 25 4 4 54 4 4 32 85 .282 .336 .396 .732 50.1  
1977 32 LV FL 157 586 93 179 23 7 20 103 2 0 49 72 .305 .359 .471 .830 95.9 21.1
1978 33 LV FL 155 569 58 160 36 5 12 80 0 0 38 69 .281 .330 .425 .755 75.3 16.5
1979 34 LV FL 156 584 69 169 29 5 13 76 0 0 39 86 .289 .339 .423 .762 79.3 17.5
1980 35 LV FL 84 306 34 86 18 1 3 39 2 1 16 43 .281 .328 .376 .704 35.1 4.6
  MON FL 47 161 27 49 12 3 7 26 1 0 15 24 .304 .372 .547 .919 30.3 6.8
  TOT   131 467 61 135 30 4 10 65 3 1 31 67 .289 .344 .435 .779 65.4 11.5
1981 36 BRK FL 25 51 8 15 2 1 2 9 1 0 4 11 .294 .351 .490 .841 8.9 1.8
    AAA   97 121 30 47 8 3 7 32 1 6 21 13 .388 .479 .678 1.157 31.8  
1982 37 BRK FL 70 111 12 29 1 0 2 12 0 0 10 19 .261 .336 .324 .660 12.9 1.8
    AAA   59 197 30 62 13 2 11 46 2 0 20 38 .315 .378 .569 .946 39.5  
1983 38 AAA   55 74 12 18 2 0 2 10 0 1 9 18 .243 .325 .351 .677 8.7  
10 Years Sim 1018 2866 372 825 138 27 71 426 12 6 213 404 .288 .342 .429 .771 404.2 81.9
4 Years AAA 309 786 120 238 48 9 24 142 7 11 82 154 .303 .367 .478 .845 130.0  
162 Game Average 456 59 131 21 4 11 67 1 0 33 64 .288 .342 .429 .771 64.3  
Career Highs 157 586 93 179 36 7 20 103 3 3 49 86 .326 .398 .579 .977 95.9  
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   2034 276 626 107 20 53 326 9 6 169 304 .308 .365 .458 .823 319.2
vs LH   832 96 199 31 7 18 100 3 0 44 100 .239 .284 .358 .642 81.8
Home 498 1412 186 412 70 14 36 217 6 4 103 181 .292 .346 .438 .784 201.6
Away 520 1454 186 413 68 13 35 209 6 2 110 223 .284 .338 .421 .759 199.3
RISP   730 0 233 39 4 19 325 0 0 74 124 .319 .375 .462 .836 122.5
Pinch Hitting   290 37 81 9 1 8 54 3 2 28 42 .279 .350 .400 .750 39.9
Close/Late   414 44 121 22 6 12 60 0 0 41 60 .292 .360 .461 .821 65.7
Mar/Apr 157 476 59 144 21 5 12 68 3 3 28 58 .303 .350 .443 .793 67.8
May 161 418 53 118 19 6 10 47 1 0 39 75 .282 .348 .428 .776 60.5
June 175 491 66 136 26 3 8 74 3 0 33 61 .277 .326 .391 .717 60.5
July 180 548 74 162 30 4 18 88 3 0 29 76 .296 .337 .464 .801 80.0
August 155 452 63 135 26 4 11 74 0 3 36 67 .299 .352 .447 .799 66.6
Sep/Oct 190 481 57 130 16 5 12 75 2 0 48 67 .270 .342 .399 .741 65.5
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 28 HON JL LF 5 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 2 20.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 29 HON JL LF 29 28 240.0 51 1 2 0 .963 1.95 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 20 16 152.0 33 0 1 0 .971 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
1975 30 HON JL RF 25 20 172.0 40 1 1 1 .976 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 7 6 56.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 31 HON JL CF 2 2 17.4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 2 14.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 1 11.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 8.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL CF 0 0 1.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 2 2 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32   0.1
      RF 3 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
      1B 2 1 12.0 11 0 0 2 1.000 8.25   0.0
1977 32 LV FL RF 155 147 1318.7 290 4 6 1 .980 2.01 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 33 LV FL RF 153 146 1299.7 260 7 6 3 .978 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1979 34 LV FL RF 154 150 1311.7 251 11 7 6 .974 1.80 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1980 35 LV FL RF 60 49 456.1 90 3 6 1 .939 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 23 23 206.0 64 1 1 0 .985 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  MON FL RF 33 28 250.2 49 2 3 0 .944 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 13 13 113.0 35 0 1 0 .972 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 93 77 706.3 139 5 9 1 .941 1.83   1.9
      CF 36 36 319.0 99 1 2 0 .980 2.82   0.0
      C 1 0 2.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.92 1 0 .000 1 0.0
1981 36 BRK FL RF 15 11 95.3 25 2 1 2 .964 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1982 37 BRK FL LF 29 19 168.0 47 3 2 0 .962 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 8 0 14.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.07 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 630 571 5106.3 1049 30 32 14 .971 1.90 0 0 .000 0 8.8
  LF 63 51 444.0 106 4 4 0 .965 2.23 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  CF 45 44 394.0 120 1 2 0 .984 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 3 1 17.0 17 0 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.92 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   747 667 5972.5 1295 35 38 17 .972 2.00 1 0 .000 1 10.6
Career Highs   156 150 1323.7 296 11 11 6 1.000 4.21 1 0 .000 1  
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 HON JL 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
1974 29 HON JL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1975 30 HON JL 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1976 31 LV FL 6 23 5 7 1 0 0 3 1 1 7 4 .304 .467 .348 .814
1980 35 MON FL 8 43 4 13 5 0 0 5 1 0 1 8 .302 .318 .419 .737
Career Post-Season Batting 14 76 9 23 6 0 0 9 2 1 8 15 .303 .369 .382 .751
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.
Batting Average
1977-9-.305
 On-Base Pct
1977-9-.359
 XR
1977-5-95.9
 Games
1977-2-157
1979-10-156
 At-Bats
1977-10-586
 Runs
1977-5-93
Hits
1977-4-179
 Total Bases
1977-7-276
 Singles
1977-8-129
 RBIs
1977-4-103
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Dale Parks (950)
  2. Alberto Culpepper (950)
  3. Archibald Graham (949)
  4. Danny Mantle (944)
  5. Sherman Tank (943)
  6. Bob Barnes (943)
  7. Gerry Frey (940)
  8. Guam Fantomhorsfli (938)
  9. Kipper Kengos (937)
  10. Rex Hamilton (930)
History
Drafted in 22nd round, 511st overall pick, by Honolulu in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/28/1973, off Skeeter Snipes (LOU)
Won Landis Memorial Series with Honolulu in 1973
Traded from Honolulu to Las Vegas on 5/11/1976 (Going to HON: P C. Robbins, CF F. Aguilar, P C. Perras, LF G. McBob. Going to LV: P P. Nieves, RF J. Desmidt, CF I. Bolton)
Injured on 5/11/1976 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
Won Landis Memorial Series with Las Vegas in 1976
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/8/1977 to a 2-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1977, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Austin on 6/3/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1977, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1978, hitting .583 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/11/1979 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Traded from Las Vegas to Montreal on 7/31/1980 (Going to MON: RF J. Desmidt. Going to LV: P E. Mercado, 2B B. Bonilla)
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/4/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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