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Justin
Paige		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 7, 1926 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Golden Arm 1952   
All-Star Selections 1954   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 LA CL $ 1,371,429  
1953 26 OKC PL $ 7,021,429  
1954 27 OKC PL $ 7,021,429  
1955 28 OKC PL $ 15,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,371,429  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,000,000  
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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 $ 1,371,429  
1953 26 OKC PL $ 7,021,429  
1954 27 OKC PL $ 7,021,429  
1955 28 OKC PL $ 15,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,371,429  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,000,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 25 LA CL 18 6 .750 35 28 3 2 3 210.7 138 58 18 96 233 2.48 .183 .274 .303 .577 27.6
1953 26 LAA CL 6 12 .333 25 25 2 0 0 177.7 162 72 11 67 172 3.65 .244 .312 .367 .679 11.9
  OKC PL 7 3 .700 13 13 1 0 0 92.0 77 34 5 38 89 3.33 .230 .307 .346 .654 9.1
  TOT   13 15 .464 38 38 3 0 0 269.7 239 106 16 105 261 3.54 .239 .311 .360 .670 21.0
1954 27 OKC PL 15 8 .652 37 37 2 1 0 249.7 202 105 19 141 256 3.79 .222 .325 .351 .676 18.9
1955 28 OKC PL 7 4 .636 17 17 0 0 0 106.7 110 62 9 54 112 5.23 .266 .350 .408 .758 4.3
4 Years Sim 53 33 .616 127 120 8 3 3 836.6 689 331 62 396 862 3.56 .224 .311 .350 .661 71.8
Season Average 13 8 .619 31 30 2 0 0 209.2 172 82 15 99 215 3.56 .224 .311 .350 .661  
Career Highs 18 15 .750 38 38 3 2 3 269.7 239 106 19 141 261 5.23 .266 .350 .408 .758  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   558 264 52 323 606   .240 .333 .374 .707
vs LH   131 67 10 73 256   .174 .247 .276 .523
Home 26 17 .605 65 63 4 1 0 444.3 353 181 35 203 458 3.67 .218 .305 .340 .645
Away 27 16 .628 62 57 4 2 3 392.3 336 150 27 193 404 3.44 .231 .321 .360 .682
Mar/Apr 3 3 .500 17 15 0 0 0 98.3 98 46 7 57 96 4.21 .263 .361 .411 .773
May 11 6 .647 26 21 2 1 3 152.3 126 52 7 67 157 3.07 .227 .310 .321 .631
June 9 7 .563 21 21 3 0 0 155.3 111 59 14 65 151 3.42 .200 .284 .330 .614
July 11 5 .688 22 22 1 1 0 150.0 106 54 10 73 160 3.24 .195 .291 .309 .600
August 12 7 .632 24 24 1 0 0 168.7 143 67 14 71 171 3.58 .229 .308 .354 .662
Sep/Oct 7 5 .583 17 17 1 1 0 112.0 105 53 10 63 127 4.26 .246 .343 .405 .748
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 37 72 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 .097 .122 .111 .233 -1.5 0.0
1953 26 LAA CL 25 64 3 8 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 22 .125 .152 .172 .323 0.3 0.0
  OKC PL 13 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 .088 .162 .088 .250 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   38 98 5 11 3 0 0 4 3 1 5 31 .112 .155 .143 .298 0.2 0.0
1954 27 OKC PL 37 89 4 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 28 .124 .143 .146 .289 -0.8 0.0
1955 28 OKC PL 17 44 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 .182 .200 .273 .473 1.7 0.0
4 Years Sim 129 303 19 37 8 1 0 11 3 2 10 102 .122 .150 .155 .305 -0.5 0.0
162 Game Average 380 23 46 10 1 0 13 3 2 12 128 .122 .150 .155 .305 -0.6  
Career Highs 38 98 5 11 3 1 0 6 3 1 5 31 .182 .200 .273 .473 1.7  
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   226 14 28 6 1 0 9 3 2 9 76 .124 .157 .159 .317 -0.2
vs LH   77 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .117 .128 .143 .271 -1.2
Home 66 146 10 19 3 0 0 7 1 2 5 50 .130 .159 .151 .310 -0.8
Away 63 157 9 18 5 1 0 4 2 0 5 52 .115 .142 .159 .301 -0.6
RISP   90 0 11 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 28 .122 .151 .144 .295 -0.6
Close/Late   12 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.6
Mar/Apr 17 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .028 .028 .028 .056 -2.9
May 21 60 4 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .200 .213 .250 .463 2.4
June 21 53 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 17 .094 .127 .113 .240 -0.8
July 22 53 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 20 .075 .125 .094 .219 -1.8
August 24 58 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 20 .103 .148 .121 .268 -0.6
Sep/Oct 17 43 3 9 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 13 .209 .227 .302 .530 2.2
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    
1952 25 LA CL P 35 28 210.7 10 41 1 3 .981 2.18    
1953 26 LAA CL P 25 25 177.7 7 36 2 2 .956 2.18    
  OKC PL P 13 13 92.0 3 18 1 1 .955 2.05    
  TOT   P 38 38 269.7 10 54 3 3 .955 2.14    
1954 27 OKC PL P 37 37 249.7 13 41 1 2 .982 1.95    
1955 28 OKC PL P 17 17 106.7 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.77    
Career Totals   127 120 836.6 39 151 5 9 .974 2.04    
Career Highs   38 38 269.7 13 54 3 3 1.000 2.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1953 26 OKC PL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.7 9 4 2 7 14 2.16 .161 .254 .286 .540
1954 27 OKC PL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.7 10 6 3 5 8 6.24 .270 .357 .568 .925
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 25.3 19 10 5 12 22 3.55 .204 .295 .398 .693
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
1953 26 OKC PL 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
1954 27 OKC PL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1952-1-2.48
1953-6-3.65
1954-3-3.79
 Wins
1952-3-18
1954-10-15
CAR-26-53
 Winning Pct
1952-1-.750
1954-5-.652
 Games Started
1954-8-37
CAR-30-120
 Shutouts
1952-3-2
CAR-39-3
 Innings Pitched
CAR-36-836.6
Homeruns Allowed
CAR-42-62
 Strikeouts
1952-7-233
1954-4-256
CAR-11-862
 Walks Allowed
1952-10-96
1954-4-141
CAR-11-396
 Hits per 9IP
1952-1-5.9
1953-8-8.2
1954-2-7.3
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-2-10.0
1953-4-8.7
1954-4-9.2
 WHiP
1952-1-1.11
OAVG
1952-1-.183
1953-9-.244
1954-2-.222
 OOBP
1952-1-.274
1953-8-.312
1954-9-.325
 OSLG
1952-1-.303
1953-7-.367
1954-1-.351
 OOPS
1952-1-.577
1953-6-.679
1954-3-.676
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 9
   Gray Ink Test: 48
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24
 
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History
Drafted in 10th round, 182nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1952
Earned first career win on 6/6/1952
Had first career hit on 6/22/1952, off John Toomer (SF)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1952, going 6-0, 1.62
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Golden Arm Award in 1952, going 18-6, 2.48 ERA
2/13/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,021,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Los Angeles to Oklahoma on 7/23/1953 (Going to OKC: P Justin Paige, CF Joseph Sommers. Going to LAA: P Alexander Lenihan, CF Edward Constance)
2/13/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,021,429 through salary arbitration
6/2/1954: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $15,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Injured on 5/28/1955 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 10 weeks
 
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