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John
Mota		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 19, 1927 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1955   
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
1952 25 LA CL $ 1,328,571  
1953 26 MIN PL $ 300,000  
1954 27 MIN PL $ 978,571  
1955 28 POR CL $ 1,528,571  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,528,571  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 25 LA CL 135 484 66 136 27 1 24 91 1 1 21 115 .281 .311 .490 .800 73.0 8.9
1953 26 MIN PL 131 443 62 116 31 2 15 73 0 0 31 86 .262 .310 .442 .752 58.9 7.4
1954 27 MIN PL 136 436 56 111 19 1 26 68 0 0 44 95 .255 .323 .482 .805 68.9 8.0
1955 28 MIN PL 42 144 19 40 5 0 8 30 0 0 7 29 .278 .314 .479 .793 20.6 2.3
  POR CL 86 274 44 73 10 1 13 42 0 0 24 58 .266 .329 .453 .781 39.4 5.2
  TOT   128 418 63 113 15 1 21 72 0 0 31 87 .270 .324 .462 .786 60.1 7.6
4 Years Sim 530 1781 247 476 92 5 86 304 1 1 127 383 .267 .317 .469 .786 260.8 31.8
162 Game Average 544 75 145 28 1 26 92 0 0 38 117 .267 .317 .469 .786 79.7  
Career Highs 136 484 66 136 31 2 26 91 1 1 44 115 .281 .324 .490 .805 73.0  
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   1383 197 367 68 5 75 237 1 1 97 311 .265 .314 .484 .798 207.0
vs LH   398 50 109 24 0 11 67 0 0 30 72 .274 .327 .417 .744 52.6
Home 263 875 135 246 38 2 53 173 1 1 63 169 .281 .328 .511 .839 143.2
Away 267 906 112 230 54 3 33 131 0 0 64 214 .254 .305 .429 .735 116.4
RISP   505 0 134 26 1 15 206 0 0 39 111 .265 .311 .410 .721 65.0
Pinch Hitting   12 2 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 .500 .538 .583 1.122 3.2
Close/Late   170 21 41 5 1 11 34 0 0 11 42 .241 .293 .476 .770 23.8
Mar/Apr 50 159 23 46 7 0 13 30 0 0 12 30 .289 .339 .579 .918 30.0
May 107 352 48 94 20 0 16 65 0 0 25 89 .267 .315 .460 .775 50.2
June 105 356 57 91 20 2 16 66 0 0 29 76 .256 .312 .458 .770 50.4
July 97 337 46 99 20 1 13 55 0 0 22 68 .294 .335 .475 .810 51.3
August 99 344 43 89 15 2 18 56 0 1 23 71 .259 .307 .471 .778 48.8
Sep/Oct 72 233 30 57 10 0 10 32 1 0 16 49 .245 .298 .416 .714 28.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 25 LA CL SS 132 126 1096.0 152 381 21 60 .962 4.38   6.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1953 26 MIN PL SS 128 125 1042.0 169 359 8 68 .985 4.56   5.4
    2B 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1954 27 MIN PL SS 124 123 1027.3 166 332 10 63 .980 4.36   3.8
    2B 12 10 89.0 37 29 1 6 .985 6.67   0.5
1955 28 MIN PL SS 39 37 323.0 50 112 3 20 .982 4.51   1.9
    2B 3 3 19.5 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.62   0.1
  POR CL SS 80 75 635.4 98 219 6 40 .981 4.49   5.3
    2B 6 5 38.5 5 13 0 1 1.000 4.21   0.2
  SS 503 486 4123.7 635 1403 48 251 .977 4.45   22.4
  2B 23 18 149.7 46 49 1 8 .990 5.71   0.8
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   527 504 4275.4 682 1452 49 259 .978 4.49   23.3
Career Highs   136 133 1116.3 203 381 21 69 .985 4.56    
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
1955 28 POR CL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Games
CAR-42-530
 Homeruns
1952-7-24
1954-6-26
CAR-18-86
 RBIs
CAR-47-304
 Strikeouts
1952-3-115
1953-10-86
1954-10-95
CAR-7-383
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 8
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27
 
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  1. Douglas Thornton (955)
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  8. Richard Davis (895)
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History
Drafted in 6th round, 102nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/14/1952, off Donald Phillips (LB)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1952, off Donald Phillips (LB)
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against San Diego on 6/12/1952
Traded from Los Angeles to Minneapolis on 2/13/1953 (Going to MIN: LF Shawn Despain, CF Tony Flores, SS John Mota. Going to LA: CF Joseph Sommers, RF Cedric Jones)
Injured on 4/23/1953 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/13/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/19/1954 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 8 weeks
2/13/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minneapolis to Portland on 6/2/1955 (Going to POR: SS John Mota. Going to MIN: SS Eugene Vogl, P Michael Roy)
Won Series of the West with Portland in 1955
 
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