#8 Monty "Gander" Stratton, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Oakland Athletics

#8 Monty "Gander" Stratton, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Monday, 10/23/1940

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Monty Stratton
Gander
5/21/1912
28
USA,TX,CELESTE
6"5
180

Starting Pitcher
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R

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2 / 6 (Fair)
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1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1940 (Possible Arbitration)
2 Year(s), 142 Days (486 total Days)
99 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 74 Days (762 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)

Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	51	68	37	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	49	64	34
Versus RHB	52	72	40
Talent	6	7	5

Pitching Ratings
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3
62
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	2	21	3	1	10
Versus LHP	5	21	3	1	10
Versus RHP	1	21	3	1	10
Talent	2	2	2	2	5

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1
2
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 3 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/29	@WS1	L 10-16		2.1	4	3	3	1	0
7/10	CLE	W 18-6		0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8/18	SLA	W 15-3		2.1	1	1	1	0	2
8/21	@LAA	L 6-10		3.2	8	4	4	1	3
9/29	WS1	L 4-7		0.1	1	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 1940

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	5	0	0	0	0	7.71	9.1	14	8	8	2	5	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	5	0	0	0	0	7.71	9.0	14	8	8	2	5

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	5	2	15.4	13.5	4.8	1.9	2	0	.0	4	2	50.0	9.03

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	19	5	0	0	2	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	.263	.300	.579	.879
vs. RHB	23	9	3	0	2	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	.391	.417	.783	1.199

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	3	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.1	2	1	1	0	2
Road	2	0	0	0	0	10.50	6.0	12	7	7	2	3
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	1	0	0	0	0	11.57	2.1	4	3	3	1	0
May	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
August	2	0	0	0	0	7.50	6.0	9	5	5	1	5
Sept./Oct.	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.1	1	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1936	9	3	1	1	0	4.09	33.0	28	19	15	5	14	17	0	0	1.27	.217	CHA PHA
1937	39	26	9	15	2	6.46	168.2	191	135	121	37	76	107	0	0	1.58	.286	PHA
1938	36	3	1	2	3	6.56	46.2	54	37	34	11	19	28	0	0	1.56	.301	PHA
1939	5	0	2	0	0	3.86	4.2	3	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0.64	.231	PHA
1940	5	0	0	0	0	7.71	9.1	14	8	8	4	2	5	0	0	1.71	.303	PHA
Total	94	32	13	18	5	6.18	262.1	290	201	180	57	111	160	0	0	1.53	.280

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1934, A	28	28	13	7	0	2.19	197.1	139	53	48	13	78	211	3	2	1.10	.256
1935, A	28	28	15	7	0	2.10	201.0	131	48	47	12	68	215	1	0	0.99	.246
1936, AA	25	9	9	3	0	2.90	93.0	73	33	30	14	33	98	0	0	1.14	.253
1938, AA	16	9	1	6	0	3.30	76.1	50	30	28	12	19	97	1	0	0.90	.241
1939, AA	26	26	12	9	0	2.19	193.0	121	56	47	29	43	272	4	1	0.85	.233
1939, AAA	2	2	1	1	0	2.63	13.2	13	4	4	3	3	17	0	0	1.17	.303
1940, AA	2	2	1	0	0	1.20	15.0	7	2	2	0	5	19	0	0	0.80	.219
1940, AAA	14	14	5	5	0	5.01	91.2	82	51	51	20	24	92	2	0	1.16	.261

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1936	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHA PHA
1937	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHA
1938	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHA
1939	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHA
Total	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1940

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

9.1

0.96

Player History

Injured on 8/21/1934 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
Injured on 6/13/1935 with a Strained Back, out for one week...
Traded from Chicago (A) to Oakland on 3/1/1936 (Going to PHA: CF Larry Rosenthal, P Monty Stratton. Going to CHA: P Whitey Wilshere)...
Earned first career win on 8/9/1936...

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