2B Matt Vernon #2
Age: 72 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal    
10/15/2005
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2B MATT VERNON #2 - AGE: 72 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 4 4 4 4
Gap 6 7 6 6
Power 3 4 3 3
Eye 7 8 7 7
Avoid K's 6 6 6 6
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 4 1
Errors: - 8 3
Arm: 1 6 5
Turn DP: - 5 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 4 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Ability: 1
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 4
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Matt will do whatever helps the team.
High: Loyalty
Low: Leader, Adaptability, Greed
Birthday:04/21/1933
Born in:Sydney, NSW
Nationality:Australian
Height:6' 4"
Weight:235 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:11 Years, 145 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1951, 5th Pick in Round 1
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CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1954 Canterbury - SBC 21 87 281 59 13 1 2 30 27 26 2 1 49 0 0 .210 .281 .285 .565 43 29 -1.0
1955 Canterbury - SBC 22 127 452 107 25 3 5 50 38 41 2 3 96 0 0 .237 .301 .338 .640 60 57 0.1
1956 Canterbury - SBC 23 86 299 75 15 1 3 33 34 36 1 4 47 0 0 .251 .329 .338 .667 74 81 1.3
1957 Canterbury - SBC 24 95 230 55 12 0 4 20 28 33 3 1 37 0 0 .239 .341 .343 .684 79 82 0.6
1958 Canterbury - SBC 25 64 258 81 21 1 5 36 43 28 2 3 39 0 0 .314 .381 .461 .843 120 132 2.6
1958 Newtown - SBC 25 63 260 77 18 0 5 36 31 22 1 1 32 1 0 .296 .352 .423 .775 96 108 1.7
1958 Total - SBC 25 127 518 158 39 1 10 72 74 50 3 4 71 1 0 .305 .367 .442 .809 108 120 4.3
1959 Newtown - SBC 26 117 460 151 37 0 16 80 73 59 4 6 55 0 0 .328 .405 .513 .918 128 142 4.6
1960 Newtown - SBC 27 126 522 168 44 2 16 80 81 59 4 3 71 0 0 .322 .393 .506 .899 128 143 3.8
1961 Newtown - SBC 28 119 468 152 32 1 22 68 95 57 1 3 54 0 2 .325 .397 .538 .935 136 153 5.2
1962 Newtown - SBC 29 58 219 52 13 0 9 34 38 33 2 2 25 0 0 .237 .340 .420 .760 91 103 0.5
1963 Newtown - SBC 30 118 409 106 31 0 6 51 48 47 3 8 51 0 0 .259 .334 .379 .713 77 86 0.7
1964 Newtown - SBC 31 100 326 79 18 1 12 54 44 41 3 2 41 0 1 .242 .331 .414 .745 88 100 1.3
1965 Newtown - SBC 32 103 304 77 20 3 1 36 37 37 2 1 32 1 0 .253 .337 .349 .686 75 82 0.5
1966 Newtown - SBC 33 79 187 49 11 0 3 22 16 19 1 1 33 1 0 .262 .332 .369 .701 78 80 -0.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1951 Total - 18 22 96 47 15 2 5 35 38 11 1 3 7 15 7 .490 .532 .844 1.375 100 100 2.3
1951 Belmore - AA 18 76 289 86 18 1 5 31 41 24 10 2 67 0 1 .298 .369 .419 .788 100 107 1.2
1952 Belmore - AA 19 43 172 52 12 2 1 25 24 27 1 3 46 1 1 .302 .394 .413 .807 118 130 1.8
1952 Bankstown - AAA 19 6 21 7 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .571 .905 121 121 0.1
1953 Bankstown - AAA 20 90 381 130 28 3 9 55 67 26 2 2 76 1 1 .341 .384 .501 .886 112 120 2.8
1954 Bankstown - AAA 21 17 72 24 4 1 2 14 12 6 1 1 20 0 1 .333 .388 .500 .887 113 120 0.6
1956 Bankstown - AAA 23 21 84 29 10 0 3 12 14 15 1 0 14 0 0 .345 .450 .571 1.021 155 153 1.1
1962 Erskineville - AAA 29 13 49 18 3 0 3 8 9 9 0 0 7 0 0 .367 .466 .612 1.078 172 174 0.8
Total SBC 1342 4675 1288 310 13 109 630 633 538 31 39 662 3 3 .276 .352 .417 .769 95 103
Total RES 147 607 208 45 5 18 90 106 56 4 3 119 1 2 .343 .400 .522 .922 124 130
Total YL 119 461 138 30 3 6 56 65 51 11 5 113 1 2 .299 .379 .416 .795 107 116
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1954 Canterbury - SBC 21 6 20 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .304 .250 .554 41 30 0.5
1955 Canterbury - SBC 22 5 19 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 .211 .200 .368 .568 39 28 1.0
1957 Canterbury - SBC 24 6 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 193 214 0.4
1958 Newtown - SBC 25 15 68 15 5 0 2 5 6 3 0 0 15 0 0 .221 .254 .382 .636 59 57 0.3
1959 Newtown - SBC 26 16 67 26 4 1 2 13 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 .388 .417 .567 .984 144 149 0.9
1960 Newtown - SBC 27 13 55 15 4 0 1 4 6 3 0 0 8 0 0 .273 .310 .400 .710 80 87 -1.1
1961 Newtown - SBC 28 5 20 6 2 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 .300 .391 .550 .941 137 157 0.4
1962 Newtown - SBC 29 12 51 16 3 0 3 12 8 5 0 1 8 0 0 .314 .368 .549 .917 128 144 0.1
1965 Newtown - SBC 32 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -126 -0.1
1966 Newtown - SBC 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -129 -0.3
Total SBC 88 316 88 22 1 10 44 37 21 0 3 54 0 0 .278 .321 .449 .770 93 97
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1951 Belmore - AA SS 76 76 98 179 43 288 11 .962 629.0 3.96 -3.6 .968
1952 Bankstown - AAA SS 6 6 8 12 2 20 0 1.000 46.0 3.91 +0.2 1.029
1952 Belmore - AA SS 43 43 69 92 24 164 3 .982 387.0 3.74 +2.5 1.042
1953 Bankstown - AAA SS 90 90 108 252 59 368 8 .978 780.0 4.15 +3.9 1.029
1954 Canterbury - IND SS 84 80 104 227 46 337 6 .982 682.1 4.37 +3.1 1.024
1954 Bankstown - AAA SS 17 17 31 63 14 94 0 1.000 155.2 5.43 +2.4 1.075
1955 Canterbury - IND SS 127 127 161 391 101 560 8 .986 1104.0 4.50 +5.7 1.028
1956 Canterbury - IND SS 86 86 127 241 62 372 4 .989 737.2 4.49 +5.2 1.041
1956 Bankstown - AAA SS 21 21 30 61 12 93 2 .978 188.1 4.35 +0.7 1.021
1957 Canterbury - IND SS 76 59 90 158 40 254 6 .976 545.2 4.09 +0.2 1.002
1958 Canterbury - IND SS 64 64 95 186 39 289 8 .972 579.0 4.37 +1.9 1.018
1958 Newtown - IND SS 63 63 93 189 50 284 2 .993 555.2 4.57 +1.7 1.018
1959 Newtown - IND SS 117 117 204 400 103 615 11 .982 1077.2 5.04 -3.5 .985
1960 Newtown - IND 2B 126 126 250 402 109 668 16 .976 1101.0 5.33 -14.2 .934
1960 Newtown - IND SS 6 0 2 13 2 16 1 .938 19.0 7.11 -0.5 .930
1961 Newtown - IND 2B 115 112 223 380 109 606 3 .995 999.0 5.43 -0.7 .997
1962 Newtown - IND 2B 58 58 101 195 43 301 5 .983 485.1 5.49 -4.8 .953
1962 Erskineville - AAA 2B 13 13 27 40 14 68 1 .985 110.0 5.48 +1.0 1.058
1962 Newtown - IND SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.5 .000
1962 Erskineville - AAA SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Newtown - IND 2B 114 113 211 324 94 541 6 .989 964.0 4.99 -2.3 .987
1964 Newtown - IND 2B 88 85 162 247 68 411 2 .995 731.1 5.03 -0.5 .997
1964 Newtown - IND SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Newtown - IND 2B 84 80 180 261 80 442 1 .998 680.0 5.84 -0.8 .995
1966 Newtown - IND 2B 55 44 92 131 42 225 2 .991 385.2 5.20 -3.3 .953
1966 Newtown - IND 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 653 631 1246 1980 559 3262 36 .989 5456.1 5.32 -25.4 .975
TOTAL SS 879 849 1220 2464 597 3754 70 .981 7491.0 4.43 +19.6 1.014
PLAYER HISTORY
07/01/1951 Drafted in the 1950 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick) by the Canterbury Bulldogs.
10/01/1951 Named the #10 prospect in the SBC
11/27/1951 Injured (wrist tendinitis), out for 1-2 weeks.
01/01/1952 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (5); Power: 1 (4); Eye: 3 (7).
10/01/1952 Named the #10 prospect in the SBC
11/15/1952 Goes 5-5 against the Paddington Workers, with 1 3B, 0 RBI and 3 R.
01/01/1953 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 1 (4); Eye: 3 (7).
01/18/1953 Injured (fractured hand), out for 6 weeks.
10/01/1953 Named the #4 prospect in the SBC
01/01/1954 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (6); Power: 1 (4); Eye: 3 (7).
10/01/1954 Named the #18 prospect in the SBC
12/07/1954 Injured (sore elbow), day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1955 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 2 (4); Eye: 5 (7).
05/07/1955 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,748 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1956 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 2 (5); Eye: 5 (7).
02/22/1956 Suspended 2 games after ejection following arguing a strike call.
05/03/1956 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,880 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1957 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 2 (5); Eye: 5 (7).
05/07/1957 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $9,262 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1958 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (5); Eye: 6 (7).
05/05/1958 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $20,805 through arbitration.
12/26/1958 Was selected to the 1958 Sydney Baseball Championship All-Star Game.
12/28/1958 Was traded by the Canterbury Bulldogs to the Newtown BlueBags, along with SP Orville Hilgendorf, MR Luke Onions, 1B Jim Hanbury, in exchange for 1B Ashton Narborough, MR Ashton Binge, 3B Darien Mountfield.
01/01/1959 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 6 (7).
02/06/1959 Injured (blurred vision), day-to-day for 5 days.
03/26/1959 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $148,000 with the Newtown BlueBags organization.
11/09/1959 Wins the SBC SBC Player of the Week Award.
12/20/1959 Was selected to the 1959 Sydney Baseball Championship All-Star Game.
01/01/1960 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 6 (7).
01/07/1960 Goes 5-6 against the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI and 3 R.
02/04/1960 Injured (knee tendinitis), out for 2 weeks.
04/14/1960 Won the 1959 Sydney Baseball Championship Grand Final with the Newtown BlueBags!
04/23/1960 Wins the 1959 SBC SBC Playoff MVP.
11/19/1960 Goes 5-7 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, with 1 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R.
11/21/1960 Wins the SBC SBC Player of the Week Award.
11/28/1960 Wins the SBC SBC Player of the Week Award.
12/23/1960 Was selected to the 1960 Sydney Baseball Championship All-Star Game.
01/01/1961 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 6 (7).
01/26/1961 Goes 5-5 against the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, with 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI and 5 R.
01/30/1961 Wins the SBC SBC Player of the Week Award.
03/19/1961 Wins the 1960 SBC SBC Semi Finals MVP Award.
03/29/1961 Wins the 1960 Grand Final with the Newtown BlueBags.
04/05/1961 Wins the 1960 SBC SBC Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
12/23/1961 Was selected to the 1961 Sydney Baseball Championship All-Star Game.
01/01/1962 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 6 (7).
02/12/1962 Wins the SBC SBC Player of the Week Award.
04/05/1962 Wins the 1961 SBC SBC Gold Glove Award at 2B.
04/05/1962 Wins the 1961 SBC SBC Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
11/04/1962 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $352,000 with the Newtown BlueBags organization.
11/04/1962 Injured (bruised knee), day-to-day for 2 days.
11/20/1962 Injured (rotator cuff strain), out for 5 weeks.
12/21/1962 Was selected to the 1962 Sydney Baseball Championship All-Star Game.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 7 (7).
01/13/1963 Injured (fractured cheekbone), out for 5 weeks.
03/25/1963 Wins the 1962 Grand Final with the Newtown BlueBags.
10/12/1963 Injured (strained back), day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 7 (7).
03/04/1964 Injured (fractured cheekbone), out for 5 weeks.
10/16/1964 Injured (elbow contusion), out for 1-2 weeks.
12/23/1964 Injured (flu), day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 7 (8).
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 7 (8).
04/20/1967 Became a free agent.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 7 (8).
01/01/1968 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1960 126 1
Year PA Rank
1958 575 7
1960 591 2
Year AB Rank
1958 518 6
1960 522 5
Year H Rank
1958 158 7
1960 168 4
1961 152 8
Year TB Rank
1960 264 3
1961 252 5
Year 2B Rank
1958 39 2
1959 37 3
1960 44 1
1961 32 3
1963 31 5
Year RBI Rank
1960 80 9
Year R Rank
1961 95 5
Year IBB Rank
1954 12 4
1955 9 9
Year SF Rank
1959 6 4
1963 8 1
Year EBH Rank
1958 50 10
1959 53 9
1960 62 4
1961 55 5
Year AVG Rank
1960 .322 8
Year OBP Rank
1959 .405 8
Year SLG Rank
1961 .538 8
Year RC Rank
1960 103.52 4
1961 94.89 10
Year WOBA Rank
1959 .392 7
1960 .397 9
1961 .410 7
Year OPS Rank
1959 .918 7
1960 .899 10
1961 .935 8
Year WAR Rank
1961 5.2 5
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