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Andrew
Vamos		  
Nickname: A.V.
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 13, 1935 in Berkeley Ca
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1965    1969   
MLB Player of the Year 1963   
Batter of the Year Award 1964   
All-Star Selections 1958    1961    1962    1963    1964    1965    1966   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 21 CLE   127 425 67 122 22 8 9 67 4 4 60 34 .287 .375 .440 .815 69.4  
1958 22 CLE AL 140 527 104 163 16 3 28 81 5 5 79 36 .309 .397 .510 .907 104.1 19.8
1959 23 CLE AL 140 564 106 157 30 7 9 56 6 7 73 51 .278 .359 .404 .764 83.6 14.0
1960 24 CLE AL 147 549 94 169 27 5 16 64 10 4 93 56 .308 .406 .463 .869 105.7 21.9
1961 25 CLE AL 157 596 131 187 29 4 27 83 10 5 108 57 .314 .417 .512 .929 124.0 22.8
1962 26 CLE AL 151 519 124 167 21 6 31 102 12 5 135 51 .322 .460 .565 1.024 131.2 26.6
1963 27 CLE AL 151 543 111 182 26 6 29 105 9 8 104 70 .335 .441 .565 1.006 123.0 27.9
1964 28 CLE AL 158 577 113 193 15 5 30 110 15 7 118 76 .334 .446 .534 .980 129.2 29.2
1965 29 CLE AL 156 561 114 164 20 6 23 96 11 9 111 90 .292 .404 .472 .876 109.4 23.5
1966 30 CLE AL 156 586 102 161 18 2 17 74 12 7 92 82 .275 .371 .399 .770 87.8 18.8
1967 31 CLE AL 156 563 93 158 17 3 20 78 7 5 72 81 .281 .359 .428 .787 90.9 21.7
1968 32 CLE AL 66 249 34 74 8 1 9 32 6 1 36 24 .297 .382 .446 .828 43.6 12.4
  CIN NL 80 283 49 82 8 1 8 36 6 2 44 39 .290 .381 .410 .791 47.0 11.6
  TOT   146 532 83 156 16 2 17 68 12 3 80 63 .293 .381 .427 .808 90.6 24.0
1969 33 CIN NL 152 538 105 164 20 3 21 81 5 5 116 66 .305 .426 .470 .897 110.1 25.5
1970 34 CIN NL 159 628 97 188 13 1 16 87 0 0 71 89 .299 .370 .400 .769 92.4 16.3
1971 35 CIN NL 107 274 24 58 6 0 1 25 0 0 32 55 .212 .291 .245 .536 20.4 0.7
1972 36 CIN NL 21 52 6 14 1 3 0 9 0 0 9 6 .269 .377 .404 .781 8.1 1.9
  CLE AL 87 276 26 57 5 1 3 22 2 2 35 67 .207 .296 .264 .560 22.9 2.4
  TOT   108 328 32 71 6 4 3 31 2 2 44 73 .216 .309 .287 .596 30.9 4.3
15 Years Sim 2184 7885 1433 2338 280 57 288 1141 116 72 1328 996 .297 .396 .456 .852 1433.3 296.9
16 Years Pro 2311 8310 1500 2460 302 65 297 1208 120 76 1388 1030 .296 .397 .455 .852 1502.7  
162 Game Average 584 106 173 20 4 21 84 8 5 98 73 .297 .396 .456 .852 106.3  
Career Highs 159 628 131 193 30 7 31 110 15 9 135 90 .335 .460 .565 1.024 131.2  
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   5819 1093 1783 210 44 232 853 94 52 1013 679 .306 .407 .477 .884 1136.8
vs LH   2066 340 555 70 13 56 288 22 20 315 317 .269 .363 .396 .759 312.2
Home 1082 3781 747 1155 146 27 152 565 65 36 672 460 .305 .408 .479 .887 743.6
Away 1102 4104 686 1183 134 30 136 576 51 36 656 536 .288 .384 .435 .819 705.3
RISP   1773 0 531 60 15 63 783 0 0 338 230 .299 .400 .457 .857 341.7
Pinch Hitting   123 18 37 6 0 4 25 0 1 18 19 .301 .385 .447 .832 21.1
Close/Late   950 134 260 27 6 27 135 0 0 185 125 .274 .387 .400 .787 161.2
Mar/Apr 280 1052 176 292 30 8 31 141 16 8 170 110 .278 .377 .410 .786 171.2
May 389 1398 282 433 54 11 62 222 25 7 251 174 .310 .410 .497 .908 287.6
June 381 1381 266 428 61 11 57 217 25 15 221 158 .310 .404 .494 .897 270.3
July 389 1362 238 398 51 8 49 188 20 13 230 174 .292 .393 .449 .842 245.7
August 390 1400 247 402 33 10 49 184 18 16 253 187 .287 .395 .430 .825 248.1
Sep/Oct 355 1292 224 385 51 9 40 189 12 13 203 193 .298 .390 .444 .835 226.1
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
1958 22 CLE AL RF 118 111 981.7 219 2 3 0 .987 2.03   3.9
    CF 16 15 141.0 47 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1959 23 CLE AL RF 132 127 1166.7 246 8 2 1 .992 1.96   4.2
    CF 5 3 30.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 5.10    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 24 CLE AL RF 133 128 1155.0 239 8 2 3 .992 1.92   4.3
    CF 11 9 83.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.52    
    LF 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1961 25 CLE AL RF 146 143 1296.7 286 10 3 2 .990 2.05   4.4
    LF 7 7 62.7 20 0 1 0 .952 2.87    
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1962 26 CLE AL RF 131 124 1096.3 231 6 7 1 .971 1.95   2.8
    CF 18 18 157.3 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
1963 27 CLE AL RF 130 126 1128.3 257 5 4 2 .985 2.09   3.5
    CF 20 15 140.7 47 0 0 0 1.000 3.01    
1964 28 CLE AL RF 132 132 1170.3 277 5 4 2 .986 2.17   4.4
    CF 23 15 150.0 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.64    
    LF 2 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1965 29 CLE AL RF 91 90 803.7 192 6 5 3 .975 2.22   4.8
    CF 57 54 505.7 129 5 0 1 1.000 2.39    
    LF 7 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1966 30 CLE AL RF 115 110 1043.3 227 7 4 2 .983 2.02   3.1
    CF 36 34 309.3 83 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1967 31 CLE AL RF 80 74 641.3 127 3 4 0 .970 1.82   4.1
    CF 72 63 592.0 187 2 0 2 1.000 2.87    
1968 32 CLE AL CF 62 61 566.4 161 4 1 1 .994 2.62   2.1
    LF 4 0 10.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
  CIN NL CF 76 74 650.9 185 5 2 1 .990 2.63   2.2
    LF 4 0 12.1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.49   0.0
  TOT   CF 138 135 1217.3 346 9 3 2 .992 2.62   4.2
      LF 8 0 22.6 4 0 1 0 .800 1.59   0.0
1969 33 CIN NL CF 143 142 1276.7 364 5 1 3 .997 2.60   5.3
    RF 6 0 13.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 34 CIN NL CF 156 151 1364.7 404 7 0 2 1.000 2.71   6.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1971 35 CIN NL CF 91 70 654.0 183 7 1 1 .995 2.61   2.3
    RF 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    LF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1972 36 CIN NL LF 16 15 100.2 20 1 1 0 .955 1.89   0.4
    CF 3 3 19.1 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.83   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CLE AL LF 64 62 510.8 104 3 3 0 .973 1.89   2.2
    CF 14 10 97.3 33 0 0 0 1.000 3.05   0.0
    RF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  RF 1219 1166 10519.3 2307 61 38 16 .984 2.03   39.6
  CF 804 738 6747.0 1940 37 5 11 .997 2.64   18.5
  LF 118 86 758.9 163 4 6 0 .965 1.98   2.6
  SS 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
Career Totals   2144 1990 18032.2 4411 103 49 27 .989 2.25   60.7
Career Highs   158 151 1368.7 406 11 7 4 1.000 2.72    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 29 CLE AL 5 20 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .250 .375 .300 .675
1967 31 CLE AL 7 26 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 .308 .419 .423 .842
1969 33 CIN NL 10 35 8 14 1 0 3 7 0 0 10 2 .400 .533 .686 1.219
Career Post-Season Batting 22 81 11 27 5 0 3 10 0 0 19 11 .333 .460 .506 .966
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.
Batting Average
1960-10-.308
1963-2-.335
1964-3-.334
CAR-44-.297
 On-Base Pct
1958-5-.397
1960-4-.406
1961-3-.417
1962-1-.460
1963-1-.441
1964-1-.446
1965-5-.404
1966-9-.371
1967-10-.359
1969-3-.426
CAR-7-.396
 Slugging Pct
1958-5-.510
1962-3-.565
1963-3-.565
1964-4-.534
CAR-38-.456
 OPS
1958-3-.907
1961-10-.929
1962-1-1.024
1963-1-1.006
1964-1-.980
1965-9-.876
1967-10-.787
1969-5-.897
CAR-16-.852
 XR
1958-3-104.1
1960-4-105.7
1961-4-124.0
1962-1-131.2
1963-1-123.0
1964-2-129.2
1965-6-109.4
1967-6-90.9
1969-6-110.1
CAR-16-1433.3
 Games
1961-10-157
1964-4-158
1970-3-159
At-Bats
1959-6-564
1961-8-596
1970-5-628
 Runs
1958-3-104
1959-3-106
1960-10-94
1961-1-131
1962-3-124
1963-3-111
1964-3-113
1965-5-114
1966-5-102
1967-5-93
CAR-14-1433
 Hits
1960-6-169
1963-7-182
1964-6-193
1970-10-188
CAR-35-2338
 Total Bases
1958-8-269
1961-7-305
1963-3-307
1964-5-308
CAR-36-3596
 Singles
1960-10-121
1964-8-143
1970-3-158
CAR-33-1713
 Doubles
1959-8-30
Triples
1959-5-7
 Homeruns
1958-6-28
1963-5-29
1964-4-30
CAR-41-288
 RBIs
1963-5-105
1964-2-110
1965-9-96
CAR-42-1141
 Caught Stealing
1965-10-9
 Walks
1958-9-79
1960-4-93
1961-3-108
1962-1-135
1963-3-104
1964-2-118
1965-1-111
1966-3-92
1967-8-72
1969-2-116
CAR-8-1328
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 7
   Gray Ink Test: 119
   Hall of Fame Standards: 64
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1953
Injured on 6/15/1953 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/5/1956, off Ernest Cohen (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1956, off Sid Metcalf (BAL)
Injured on 7/19/1957 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/20/1958 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1961, hitting .360 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1963, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Kansas City on 4/24/1963
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 6/30/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1963, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 15 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/28/1964, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston on 9/28/1964
Won Batter of the Year Award in 1964, hitting .334 with 30 HR, 110 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/1965, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1965
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1967, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1967, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against California on 8/22/1967
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1968, hitting .345 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Injured on 6/9/1968 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland to Cincinnati on 7/1/1968 (Going to CIN: CF Andrew Vamos, RF Ed Holt. Going to CLE: CF Claude Roberson, CF Tony Galgano)
Had 2000th career hit on 7/31/1968, off Mike Olinger (PIT)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1969
Traded from Cincinnati to Cleveland on 6/1/1972 (Going to CIN: SS Charlie Dunham. Going to CLE: CF Andrew Vamos)
 
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