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Maurice
Bayer		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 10, 1945 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1976   
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 $ 800,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4
1974 29 CLG FL $ 800,000 6 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1975 30 LOU JL $ 800,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 31 LOU JL $ 800,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 32 LOU JL $ 800,000 5 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1978 33 BRK FL $ 1,000,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1979 34 BRK FL $ 1,000,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1980 35 BRK FL   5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   5 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
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 46 80 18 23 2 2 1 7 4 1 6 17 .288 .337 .400 .737 10.8 1.4
    AAA   69 283 33 83 12 0 3 24 22 7 32 66 .293 .365 .367 .733 40.4  
1974 29 CLG FL 121 247 44 61 4 3 2 15 20 8 14 48 .247 .295 .312 .607 23.5 1.9
1975 30 CLG FL 14 26 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 .192 .222 .231 .453 1.0 0.0
  PHX JL 20 35 5 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 11 .171 .256 .171 .428 1.7 0.0
  LOU JL 110 387 49 101 10 6 6 33 19 14 41 86 .261 .336 .364 .701 48.3 6.6
  TOT   144 448 56 112 11 6 6 36 22 16 46 100 .250 .324 .342 .666 51.0 6.6
1976 31 LOU JL 148 508 60 143 19 9 2 54 45 12 40 110 .281 .335 .366 .701 64.8 11.9
1977 32 LOU JL 78 148 20 36 6 2 0 12 10 3 13 36 .243 .313 .311 .624 16.2 2.0
1978 33 BRK FL 20 25 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .120 .154 .160 .314 0.4 0.0
    AAA   77 217 31 68 8 3 0 36 11 3 14 48 .313 .355 .378 .733 28.9  
1979 34 BRK FL 98 196 31 51 4 6 1 16 16 2 12 55 .260 .306 .357 .663 22.4 4.0
1980 35 AAA   109 327 51 106 15 3 4 35 26 7 43 70 .324 .403 .425 .828 57.5  
7 Years Sim 655 1652 235 429 47 28 12 140 119 42 132 371 .260 .318 .344 .662 189.0 27.9
3 Years AAA 255 827 115 257 35 6 7 95 59 17 89 184 .311 .378 .393 .771 126.7  
162 Game Average 408 58 106 11 6 2 34 29 10 32 91 .260 .318 .344 .662 46.7  
Career Highs 148 508 60 143 19 9 6 54 45 16 46 110 .288 .337 .400 .737 64.8  
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   982 134 243 21 15 5 78 82 27 80 232 .247 .308 .315 .623 101.3
vs LH   670 101 186 26 13 7 62 37 15 52 139 .278 .333 .387 .720 85.4
Home 335 832 112 221 23 16 6 85 63 24 62 169 .266 .321 .353 .675 95.9
Away 320 820 123 208 24 12 6 55 56 18 70 202 .254 .316 .334 .650 90.8
RISP   369 0 92 10 5 3 121 0 0 31 85 .249 .310 .328 .638 37.7
Pinch Hitting   65 7 11 1 0 0 6 3 1 4 16 .169 .217 .185 .402 2.1
Close/Late   189 49 40 4 2 2 10 0 0 12 48 .212 .266 .286 .552 13.6
Mar/Apr 86 202 37 60 7 4 0 18 20 5 19 40 .297 .363 .371 .735 28.5
May 105 261 41 65 7 3 0 12 22 4 19 62 .249 .299 .299 .598 26.0
June 104 290 40 75 6 5 3 19 20 12 20 74 .259 .313 .345 .658 30.3
July 119 325 42 82 5 3 5 26 18 6 20 63 .252 .304 .332 .636 33.2
August 131 305 49 80 13 7 2 35 21 9 27 74 .262 .328 .370 .699 37.0
Sep/Oct 110 269 26 67 9 6 2 30 18 6 27 58 .249 .315 .349 .665 31.7
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 CLG FL RF 20 11 103.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 15 11 95.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0  
1974 29 CLG FL RF 52 43 384.0 78 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 33 14 157.0 33 3 0 2 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 30 CLG FL RF 12 11 54.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHX JL RF 17 16 81.1 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LOU JL RF 95 89 892.1 206 5 0 3 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 4 2 21.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 124 116 1027.9 238 5 0 3 1.000 2.13   2.6
      LF 5 2 25.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88   0.0
1976 31 LOU JL RF 140 134 1145.7 238 11 0 1 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 6 5 40.0 7 1 1 0 .889 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1977 32 LOU JL RF 23 19 181.7 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 17 17 140.7 23 1 1 0 .960 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 33 BRK FL RF 4 3 27.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 3 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0  
1979 34 BRK FL LF 37 20 191.3 42 0 1 0 .977 1.98 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 27 19 162.0 34 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 17 16 142.0 45 3 1 1 .980 3.04 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 390 345 3031.6 640 19 0 4 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  LF 120 72 675.7 130 5 3 2 .978 1.80 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  CF 20 16 146.0 46 3 1 1 .980 3.02 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   533 433 3858.2 817 27 4 7 .995 1.97 0 0 .000 0 10.3
Career Highs   147 139 1187.7 246 12 2 3 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0  
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
1977 32 LOU JL 0 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200
Career Post-Season Batting 0 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200
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.
Triples
1976-8-9
 Stolen Bases
1976-8-45
 Caught Stealing
1975-6-15
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Shelton Stone (951)
  7. Robert Dillon (951)
  8. Bill Melton (947)
  9. Thomas Ready (946)
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History
Drafted in 40th round, 948th overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1973
Traded from Jacksonville to Calgary on 6/21/1973 (Going to CLG: RF M. Bayer, 2B C. Standard. Going to JAX: RF E. Santos)
Had first career hit on 6/23/1973, off Maurice Greenway (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 6/23/1973, off Freddie Green (NO)
Traded from Calgary to Phoenix on 4/21/1975 (Going to CLG: P P. Calderon. Going to PHX: RF M. Bayer)
Traded from Phoenix to Louisville on 5/21/1975 (Going to PHX: RF S. Donaher, 1B T. Calderon. Going to LOU: RF M. Bayer, LF O. Gaona, P J. Perera, P M. Mota, P E. Peeler)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield in 1976.Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/23/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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