SS Caesar 'The Lip' Friis-Knutzen #45
Iceland Aurora TOBA
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
07/03/1957
 OA: 50 POT: 50
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SS CAESAR 'THE LIP' FRIIS-KNUTZEN #45 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
13 36 9 3 0 0 4 6 11 .250 .357 .333 0 0.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 40 40 40
BABIP 50 50 50 50
Avoid K's 35 35 35 35
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 55 55 55 55
Eye 45 50 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 70 60
Errors: - 65 60
Arm: 25 65 60
Turn DP: - 70 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 65
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: 45
2nd Base: 70 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 60
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 40
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/16/1957 NY Win, 9-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
06/05/1957 PAR Win, 17-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/01/1957 @ SIC Loss, 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/29/1957 @ LA Loss, 8-9 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
05/24/1957 LIS Loss, 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/22/1957 @ NY Loss, 2-9 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/19/1957 PRO Win, 6-1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
05/12/1957 @ PAR Loss, 2-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/11/1957 @ PAR Loss, 0-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
05/10/1957 @ PAR Win, 4-0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
PERSONALITY
Friis-Knutzen brings leadership to the clubhouse.
Personality Class: Captain
Birthday:07/22/1928
Born in:Haslev, VES
Nationality:Danish
Height:5' 10"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$47,200
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 61 Days
Service This Yr:57 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, 45 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
TRANS-OCEANIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 1957 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 13 36 9 3 0 0 4 4 6 11 .250 .357 .333 .690 .324 .083 100
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 10 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 0.0 4.8 4.84 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 6 3 0 0 4 3 6 2 0 0 0 .316 .480 .474 .954
Versus Right   17 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   32 9 3 0 0 4 4 5 9 0 0 0 .281 .378 .375 .753
June   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Last Year   35 5 1 1 0 1 4 3 7 0 0 0 .143 .211 .229 .439
2 Years Ago   333 83 8 3 7 59 40 34 71 3 3 0 .249 .316 .354 .671
Career   1314 327 53 10 40 190 154 122 251 15 7 0 .249 .309 .396 .705
Home   15 4 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 .267 .389 .400 .789
Road   21 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 0 .238 .333 .286 .619
Grass   36 9 3 0 0 4 4 6 11 0 0 0 .250 .357 .333 .690
Day   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Night   28 8 3 0 0 4 4 5 6 0 0 0 .286 .394 .393 .787
As Starter   35 9 3 0 0 4 4 5 10 0 0 0 .257 .350 .343 .693
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Close/Late   10 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664
Inning 1-3   11 3 3 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .273 .333 .545 .879
Inning 4-6   11 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091 .322
Inning 7-9   12 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 .333 .467 .333 .800
Extra Innings   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
0 Outs   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .273 .000 .273
1 Outs   11 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 .364 .462 .455 .916
2 Outs   17 5 2 0 0 3 1 1 5 0 0 0 .294 .333 .412 .745
Scoring Position   8 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 .125 .300 .250 .550
Bases Empty   17 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 .118 .286 .118 .403
Runner on 1st   11 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .545 .545 .727 1.273
Runner on 2nd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Two Strikes   21 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 0 0 0 .095 .240 .095 .335
First Pitch   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Count 0-1   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 0-2   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   3 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000
Count 1-1   3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Count 1-2   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 2-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .000 .444 .000 .444
Behind in Count   13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Ahead in Count   5 3 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .600 .714 1.000 1.714
Batting Leadoff   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   35 9 3 0 0 4 4 5 10 0 0 0 .257 .350 .343 .693
Low Leverage   17 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 .294 .294 .353 .647
Medium Leverage   10 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 .200 .385 .300 .685
High Leverage   9 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 .222 .300 .333 .633
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
1952 Iceland - TOBA 23 78 284 67 11 1 12 37 26 24 0 4 60 1 4 .236 .292 .408 .700 104 104 2.2
1953 Iceland - TOBA 24 84 321 86 23 3 6 39 37 25 0 2 49 2 1 .268 .319 .414 .733 99 100 2.5
1954 Iceland - TOBA 25 84 305 77 7 2 15 50 43 30 0 6 53 0 0 .252 .314 .436 .750 105 108 3.1
1955 Iceland - TOBA 26 85 333 83 8 3 7 59 40 34 0 3 71 1 3 .249 .316 .354 .671 85 90 1.9
1956 Iceland - TOBA 27 19 35 5 1 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 .143 .211 .229 .439 21 17 -0.0
1957 Iceland - TOBA 28 13 36 9 3 0 0 4 4 6 0 0 11 0 0 .250 .357 .333 .690 89 100 0.4
Total TOBA 363 1314 327 53 10 40 190 154 122 0 15 251 4 8 .249 .309 .396 .705 95 98 10.1
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 Iceland - CUP 23 24 90 26 3 1 4 6 12 8 0 0 30 3 2 .289 .347 .478 .825 118 120 0.7
1953 Iceland - CUP 24 24 94 22 5 0 7 22 11 6 0 0 37 0 0 .234 .280 .511 .791 106 102 0.4
1954 Iceland - CUP 25 24 89 27 3 1 5 16 13 8 0 1 28 0 0 .303 .357 .528 .885 138 142 1.2
1955 Iceland - CUP 26 24 91 21 6 1 2 5 12 7 1 0 21 1 0 .231 .293 .385 .678 79 78 0.4
1956 Iceland - CUP 27 14 48 14 2 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 11 0 0 .292 .333 .500 .833 114 118 0.4
1957 Iceland - CUP 28 14 44 12 1 0 2 5 6 8 0 0 12 0 0 .273 .385 .432 .816 131 135 0.5
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
1952 Iceland - TOBA 23 6 22 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 .091 .125 .091 .216 -36 -53 0.8
1954 Iceland - TOBA 25 3 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 .300 .417 .300 .717 102 119 1.6
1955 Iceland - TOBA 26 14 49 14 4 0 2 11 10 7 1 0 4 0 0 .286 .386 .490 .876 140 149 1.7
Total TOBA 23 81 19 4 0 2 12 11 10 1 1 15 0 0 .235 .323 .358 .681 90 93
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Iceland - TOBA 2B 71 71 168 205 45 378 5 .987 626.2 5.36 +8.1 1.072
1952 Iceland - CUP 2B 24 24 37 47 11 85 1 .988 219.2 3.44 +2.3 1.017
1952 Iceland - TOBA 3B 7 1 2 5 0 8 1 .875 18.1 3.44 -0.2 .926
1952 Iceland - TOBA SS 6 5 9 15 2 25 1 .960 49.2 4.35 +0.8 1.080
1952 Iceland - TOBA CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.000
1953 Iceland - TOBA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Iceland - TOBA SS 84 84 133 291 67 444 20 .955 726.2 5.25 +9.8 1.060
1953 Iceland - CUP SS 24 24 23 51 9 76 2 .974 212.2 3.13 +0.9 1.012
1954 Iceland - TOBA 2B 6 6 6 10 3 18 2 .889 46.0 3.13 -0.5 .885
1954 Iceland - TOBA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Iceland - TOBA SS 79 78 73 264 41 346 9 .974 686.2 4.42 +11.6 1.075
1954 Iceland - CUP SS 24 24 28 66 12 95 1 .989 207.0 4.09 +3.7 1.105
1955 Iceland - TOBA SS 85 85 92 290 39 398 16 .960 752.1 4.57 +9.9 1.071
1955 Iceland - CUP SS 24 24 35 90 18 130 5 .962 207.0 5.43 +1.8 1.020
1956 Iceland - TOBA 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Iceland - TOBA 2B 5 0 2 4 1 6 0 1.000 12.0 4.50 +0.1 1.019
1956 Iceland - CUP 2B 1 1 4 3 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 +0.5 1.317
1956 Iceland - TOBA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Iceland - CUP 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Iceland - TOBA SS 11 6 6 30 5 38 2 .947 63.2 5.09 +0.5 .989
1956 Iceland - CUP SS 13 12 9 46 4 60 5 .917 109.2 4.51 -0.3 .984
1956 Iceland - TOBA CF 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.2 1.007
1957 Iceland - TOBA 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Iceland - CUP 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Iceland - TOBA SS 11 10 11 32 8 43 0 1.000 88.0 4.40 +0.7 1.059
1957 Iceland - CUP SS 14 13 13 48 6 65 4 .938 122.0 4.50 +0.2 1.000
1957 Iceland - TOBA CF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 -0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 108 102 217 269 60 494 8 .984 914.1 4.78 +10.4 1.056
TOTAL 3B 9 1 2 5 0 8 1 .875 20.1 3.10 -0.2 .926
TOTAL SS 375 365 432 1223 211 1720 65 .962 3225.1 4.62 +39.5 1.056
TOTAL CF 3 0 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 7.0 6.43 +0.2 1.005
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1952 Drafted in the 1952 inaugural draft by the Iceland Aurora. (Round 8, Pick 6, 62nd overall pick).
06/02/1952 Injured on 06/01/1952, diagnosed with a bruised shin, is day-to-day.
06/23/1952 Wins the TOBA Player of the Week Award.
08/29/1952 Wins the 1952 TOBA Gold Glove Award at 2B.
01/01/1953 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
06/29/1953 Wins the TOBA Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1953 Was selected to the 1953 Trans-Oceanic Baseball Association All-Star Game.
01/01/1954 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
06/30/1954 Was selected to the 1954 Trans-Oceanic Baseball Association All-Star Game.
09/06/1954 Signed a 8-year contract extension worth a total of $404,600 with the Iceland Aurora organization.
01/01/1955 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
06/29/1955 Was selected to the 1955 Trans-Oceanic Baseball Association All-Star Game.
08/18/1955 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1956 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1957 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1952 77 10
1953 84 1
1954 84 1
1955 85 1
Year K Rank
1952 60 4
1954 53 10
1955 71 2
Year 2B Rank
1953 23 4
Year HR Rank
1952 12 5
1954 15 4
Year RBI Rank
1954 50 3
1955 59 4
Year SF Rank
1952 4 5
1954 6 3
Year EBH Rank
1953 32 9
Year ISO Rank
1952 .173 9
1954 .184 10
Year WAR Rank
1954 3.1 7
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