2B Aku Palonen #18
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
09/22/1955
 OA: 40 POT: 45
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2B AKU PALONEN #18 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
40 154 40 6 0 0 18 10 11 .260 .305 .299 1 0.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 65 70 65 70
BABIP 55 55 55 60
Avoid K's 75 80 70 75
Gap 40 45 40 40
Power 30 30 30 30
Eye 40 40 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 70
Errors: - 55 60
Arm: 30 60 50
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 30 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 50
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 60 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 45
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/05/1955 @ NOV Win, 6-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/03/1955 @ SKO Win, 8-4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/02/1955 @ SKO Loss, 6-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/01/1955 @ SKO Loss, 3-9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/27/1955 BEL Win, 7-4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
06/24/1955 ZAG Win, 7-1 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
06/22/1955 ZAG Win, 3-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
06/20/1955 @ SAR Loss, 1-1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/18/1955 @ SAR Win, 6-2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
06/17/1955 @ RIJ Win, 11-9 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Palonen is dedicated to his craft.
Birthday:05/02/1929
Born in:Balatonfüred, VES
Nationality:Hungarian
Height:5' 10"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:6 Years, 3 Days
Service This Yr:68 Days
40-Man Service:2 Years, 31 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
YUGOBALL 1955 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 40 154 40 6 0 0 18 13 10 11 .260 .305 .299 .604 .278 .039 68
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 37 165 0 0 0 2 1 0 46 6 1 1 50.0 14.1 3.24 .2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   43 15 4 0 0 6 4 3 1 0 0 0 .349 .391 .442 .833
Versus Right   111 25 2 0 0 12 9 7 10 0 1 0 .225 .271 .243 .514
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   98 22 3 0 0 8 5 7 7 0 1 0 .224 .276 .255 .531
June   42 16 3 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 .381 .422 .452 .875
July   14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Spring Training   66 18 1 1 1 6 10 9 2 0 0 1 .273 .368 .364 .732
Last Year   150 46 8 0 1 14 18 8 16 1 0 0 .307 .340 .380 .720
2 Years Ago   230 68 11 4 1 17 32 16 16 1 2 2 .296 .345 .391 .737
Career   665 180 26 4 4 57 76 43 54 2 4 3 .271 .317 .340 .657
Home   79 26 3 0 0 14 7 6 3 0 0 0 .329 .376 .367 .744
Road   75 14 3 0 0 4 6 4 8 0 1 0 .187 .228 .227 .455
Grass   154 40 6 0 0 18 13 10 11 0 1 0 .260 .305 .299 .604
Day   45 11 2 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 1 0 .244 .261 .289 .550
Night   109 29 4 0 0 15 12 9 7 0 0 0 .266 .322 .303 .625
As Starter   152 40 6 0 0 18 13 10 10 0 1 0 .263 .309 .303 .611
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   31 5 0 0 0 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 .161 .257 .161 .418
Inning 1-3   62 18 3 0 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 .290 .312 .339 .651
Inning 4-6   48 14 3 0 0 9 4 2 3 0 1 0 .292 .320 .354 .674
Inning 7-9   44 8 0 0 0 4 5 6 6 0 0 0 .182 .280 .182 .462
0 Outs   56 10 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 0 0 0 .179 .233 .179 .412
1 Outs   50 14 5 0 0 8 2 2 3 0 1 0 .280 .308 .380 .688
2 Outs   48 16 1 0 0 10 5 4 4 0 0 0 .333 .385 .354 .739
Scoring Position   42 12 3 0 0 17 4 1 5 0 1 0 .286 .302 .357 .659
Bases Empty   84 18 1 0 0 0 5 6 3 0 0 0 .214 .267 .226 .493
Runner on 1st   28 10 2 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 .357 .419 .429 .848
Runner on 2nd   14 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .143 .200 .214 .414
Runner on 3rd   5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .700 1.200
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   63 7 1 0 0 3 6 6 11 0 0 0 .111 .188 .127 .315
First Pitch   32 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .281 .281 .312 .594
Count 0-1   16 9 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .562 .562 .625 1.188
Count 0-2   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-0   15 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .467 .800
Count 1-1   8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Count 1-2   21 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 .190 .190 .238 .429
Count 2-0   4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Count 2-1   12 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 2-2   20 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 3-1   4 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250
Full Count   15 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 4 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
Behind in Count   44 14 2 0 0 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 .318 .318 .364 .682
Ahead in Count   35 12 3 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 .343 .410 .429 .839
Batting Leadoff   65 15 1 0 0 6 3 5 4 0 1 0 .231 .286 .246 .532
Batting 2nd   20 5 1 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 .250 .348 .300 .648
Batting 3rd   26 7 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .269 .296 .346 .642
Batting 4th   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Batting 6th   12 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .417 .833
Batting 7th   14 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Batting 8th   8 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Low Leverage   54 13 0 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 0 0 .241 .268 .241 .509
Medium Leverage   67 19 4 0 0 6 6 6 4 0 0 0 .284 .342 .343 .686
High Leverage   33 8 2 0 0 9 3 2 4 0 1 0 .242 .286 .303 .589
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
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
1952 Belgrade - IND 23 36 131 26 1 0 2 8 13 9 1 0 11 0 1 .198 .255 .252 .507 52 47 0.1
1953 Belgrade - IND 24 56 230 68 11 4 1 17 32 16 2 1 16 2 2 .296 .345 .391 .737 101 102 0.7
1954 Hungary - EBT 25 6 24 12 3 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .556 .625 1.181 203 207 0.4
1954 Belgrade - IND 25 35 150 46 8 0 1 14 18 8 0 1 16 1 2 .307 .340 .380 .720 99 103 0.8
1955 Belgrade - IND 26 21 88 22 3 0 0 8 4 6 0 0 6 1 1 .250 .298 .284 .582 61 63 0.2
1955 Podgorica - IND 26 19 66 18 3 0 0 10 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 .273 .314 .318 .632 75 75 -0.0
1955 Total - IND 26 40 154 40 6 0 0 18 13 10 0 0 11 1 1 .260 .305 .299 .604 67 68 0.2
Total YB 167 665 180 26 4 4 57 76 43 3 2 54 4 6 .271 .317 .340 .657 83 84
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Belgrade - IND 2B 25 24 37 65 14 105 3 .971 208.0 4.41 +0.7 1.009
1952 Belgrade - IND SS 13 11 23 46 11 70 1 .986 100.1 6.19 +0.2 .976
1953 Belgrade - IND 2B 32 31 56 66 18 128 6 .953 264.1 4.15 +0.2 .995
1953 Belgrade - IND SS 3 2 3 6 1 11 2 .818 22.0 3.68 -1.0 .854
1954 Belgrade - IND 2B 34 34 65 99 27 167 3 .982 290.2 5.08 +2.0 1.064
1954 Hungary - EBT 2B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.1 1.011
1954 Belgrade - IND SS 2 1 2 2 1 4 0 1.000 9.1 3.86 +0.1 1.112
1954 Hungary - EBT SS 6 6 11 23 5 35 1 .971 48.1 6.33 +0.3 1.029
1955 Belgrade - IND 2B 21 21 40 54 11 97 3 .969 178.1 4.74 +2.8 1.121
1955 Podgorica - IND 2B 12 10 20 22 2 43 1 .977 92.0 4.11 +0.0 .983
1955 Belgrade - IND SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 6.1 1.42 +0.1 1.098
1955 Podgorica - IND SS 4 4 9 12 3 22 1 .955 32.0 5.91 -0.2 1.013
TOTAL 2B 125 120 218 308 72 542 16 .970 1036.1 4.57 +5.9 1.038
TOTAL SS 29 24 48 90 21 143 5 .965 218.1 5.69 -0.6 .985
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1952 Joined the Jersey City Alleycats.
03/10/1952 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Belgrade Belters development complex.
04/02/1952 Injured on 04/01/1952, diagnosed with a sore back, is day-to-day.
07/30/1952 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,060 with the Belgrade Belters organization.
01/01/1953 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 40 (40).
06/01/1953 Wins the YB Player of the Week Award.
06/14/1953 Injured (groin tightness),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/16/1953 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/29/1953 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,500 with the Belgrade Belters organization.
01/01/1954 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 35 (35).
03/08/1954 Named to the 1954 European Baseball Tournament for the Hungary.
06/14/1954 Injured on 06/11/1954, diagnosed with a broken kneecap, will miss 4 months.
07/29/1954 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,820 with the Belgrade Belters organization.
01/01/1955 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (70); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 40 (40).
05/25/1955 Was traded by the Belgrade Belters to the Podgorica Penguins in exchange for LF Stevan Mrdja, SP Koviljko Suljic, 2B Milos Kovacevic, and a 4th round draft pick.
06/16/1955 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
08/14/1955 Became a free agent.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year PA Rank
1953 251 10
Year AB Rank
1953 230 3
Year H Rank
1953 68 8
Year 3B Rank
1953 4 6
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