John
Lucas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 4, 1916 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 30 SBP KL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 7 7 7
1948 31 SBP KL $ 550,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 7
1949 32 SBP KL $ 550,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 3 7 6 6
1950 33 SBP KL $ 550,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 550,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 30 SBP KL 100 266 36 96 14 0 2 25 0 0 17 40 .361 .412 .436 .848 43.1 9.7
1948 31 SBP KL 126 311 38 114 16 2 3 61 0 1 18 40 .367 .398 .460 .858 49.5 12.0
1949 32 SBP KL 148 574 63 179 38 1 7 92 1 0 32 62 .312 .352 .418 .770 77.6 13.9
1950 33 SBP KL 114 395 28 109 17 0 4 53 1 1 15 64 .276 .305 .349 .654 41.5 3.8
4 Years Sim 488 1546 165 498 85 3 16 231 2 2 82 206 .322 .360 .412 .772 211.6 39.4
162 Game Average 513 54 165 28 0 5 76 0 0 27 68 .322 .360 .412 .772 70.3  
Career Highs 148 574 63 179 38 2 7 92 1 1 32 64 .367 .412 .460 .858 77.6  
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   693 71 215 37 3 5 105 1 2 34 96 .310 .347 .394 .741 87.2
vs LH   853 94 283 48 0 11 126 1 0 48 110 .332 .370 .427 .797 124.2
Home 248 756 80 254 37 1 6 111 0 2 42 103 .336 .374 .411 .786 106.8
Away 240 790 85 244 48 2 10 120 2 0 40 103 .309 .346 .413 .759 104.6
RISP   430 0 150 29 0 2 204 0 0 30 45 .349 .386 .430 .816 66.6
Pinch Hitting   106 12 37 3 2 0 13 1 0 8 15 .349 .397 .415 .812 16.5
Close/Late   195 14 71 13 0 4 41 0 0 10 35 .364 .400 .492 .892 33.6
Mar/Apr 80 227 22 68 6 0 3 28 1 0 15 28 .300 .348 .366 .714 28.2
May 81 254 23 77 13 0 2 32 0 1 18 36 .303 .353 .378 .731 32.0
June 80 260 28 78 15 0 1 39 1 0 10 37 .300 .331 .369 .700 29.3
July 77 248 28 85 17 3 2 47 0 0 11 30 .343 .379 .460 .839 37.8
August 91 307 33 104 19 0 4 46 0 1 14 40 .339 .368 .440 .808 44.9
Sep/Oct 79 250 31 86 15 0 4 39 0 0 14 35 .344 .378 .452 .830 39.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 30 SBP KL 3B 77 59 531.0 50 114 7 13 .959 2.78   2.2
1948 31 SBP KL 3B 87 62 586.3 37 107 5 13 .966 2.21   2.0
1949 32 SBP KL 1B 76 75 673.3 611 35 7 57 .989 8.63   1.1
    3B 67 57 520.7 43 112 3 5 .981 2.68   2.8
1950 33 SBP KL 3B 79 72 659.3 41 138 4 9 .978 2.44   2.3
    1B 25 25 209.0 211 18 3 21 .987 9.86   0.4
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 310 250 2297.3 171 471 19 40 .971 2.52   9.4
  1B 101 100 882.3 822 53 10 78 .989 8.93   1.4
  RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   414 350 3183.7 993 524 29 118 .981 4.29   10.8
Career Highs   143 132 1194.0 654 156 10 62 .988 6.04    
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
1948 31 SBP KL 4 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .063 .063 .063 .125
1949 32 SBP KL 7 29 1 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 5 .276 .353 .276 .629
Career Post-Season Batting 11 45 1 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 6 .200 .260 .200 .460
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.
Hits
1949-10-179
Singles
1949-8-133
Doubles
1949-7-38
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 5
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35
 
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History
Drafted in 40th round, 714th overall pick, by South Beach in 1947
Had first career hit on 4/2/1947, off Joshua Cook (SAV)
5/29/1947: Signed a contract extension with South Beach, $550,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 7/13/1947, off Frank Cowan (BOS)
8/7/1950: Signed a contract extension with South Beach, $750,000 per year, for 2 years