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Kory
Gayton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 27, 1915 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1943   
Top Fielders Award 1941    1949   
All-Star Selections 1941    1942    1943    1945    1946    1947    1948   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 23 TRE EL 107 266 39 54 9 6 7 24 22 2 15 69 .203 .258 .361 .619 28.0  
1939 24 SPR EL 101 277 41 70 14 7 7 32 27 6 18 59 .253 .300 .430 .729 37.7  
1940 25 SPR EL 125 355 35 92 19 9 6 47 25 10 29 81 .259 .322 .414 .736 46.7  
1941 26 SPR EL 126 504 99 155 26 8 13 56 56 15 45 56 .308 .366 .468 .834 88.1  
1942 27 SPR EL 130 529 104 159 32 9 13 61 46 27 61 40 .301 .373 .469 .841 90.4  
1943 28 SPR EL 129 498 102 166 25 8 16 66 64 15 50 27 .333 .399 .512 .911 102.9  
1945 30 UTI EL 124 467 78 146 31 9 11 70 62 20 44 32 .313 .368 .488 .857 87.1  
1946 31 UTI EL 115 436 71 127 22 6 10 63 53 10 37 29 .291 .352 .438 .790 71.3  
1947 32 UTI EL 134 469 66 135 39 12 4 64 54 14 56 33 .288 .367 .448 .814 78.3  
1948 33 UTI EL 130 536 80 155 40 9 11 71 59 20 38 43 .289 .339 .459 .797 82.8  
1949 34 NSH SA 122 443 75 121 23 4 12 78 44 6 40 27 .273 .335 .424 .759 68.9  
1950 35 MEM SA 105 401 63 123 21 7 5 42 43 14 30 29 .307 .356 .431 .788 63.2  
12 Years Sim 1448 5181 853 1503 301 94 115 674 555 159 463 525 .290 .351 .451 .802 845.4  
162 Game Average 579 95 168 33 10 12 75 62 17 51 58 .290 .351 .451 .802 94.6  
Career Highs 134 536 104 166 40 12 16 78 64 27 61 81 .333 .399 .512 .911 102.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 23 TRE EL 2B 88 84 690.7 108 237 4 52 .989 4.50    
    3B 10 3 31.7 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1939 24 SPR EL 2B 79 75 621.7 109 217 12 37 .964 4.72    
    3B 11 7 70.3 4 14 1 3 .947 2.30    
    1B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
1940 25 SPR EL 2B 104 103 822.7 149 281 6 57 .986 4.70    
    3B 19 17 142.0 7 40 4 8 .922 2.98    
1941 26 SPR EL 3B 122 121 1064.0 66 266 13 21 .962 2.81    
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1942 27 SPR EL 3B 130 126 1125.0 51 234 21 16 .931 2.28    
1943 28 SPR EL 3B 124 124 1037.7 52 196 11 13 .958 2.15    
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1945 30 UTI EL 3B 83 77 709.3 39 150 11 16 .945 2.40    
    2B 40 37 338.7 52 128 6 23 .968 4.78    
1946 31 UTI EL 3B 110 109 981.0 62 199 21 19 .926 2.39    
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1947 32 UTI EL 3B 132 119 1081.7 64 256 24 17 .930 2.66    
    LF 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1948 33 UTI EL 2B 128 125 1079.0 211 321 8 61 .985 4.44    
    3B 2 0 10.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1949 34 NSH SA 2B 118 117 1008.7 220 341 9 73 .984 5.01    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1950 35 MEM SA 2B 103 98 861.3 170 297 8 61 .983 4.88    
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 746 703 6258.0 350 1364 106 113 .942 2.47    
  2B 667 639 5436.6 1021 1825 53 364 .982 4.71    
  LF 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  1B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
Career Totals   1415 1342 11705.3 1375 3189 159 477 .966 3.51    
Career Highs   134 126 1125.0 220 343 24 73 .989 5.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 26 SPR EL 9 34 6 11 2 1 0 2 1 4 3 8 .324 .410 .441 .851
1942 27 SPR EL 3 13 1 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .308 .357 .462 .819
1943 28 SPR EL 11 42 11 12 4 1 1 3 1 1 5 2 .286 .367 .500 .867
1945 30 UTI EL 3 14 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .286 .286 .500 .786
1948 33 UTI EL 5 21 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 .190 .190 .333 .524
1949 34 NSH SA 9 33 4 9 4 0 1 8 1 0 1 3 .273 .286 .485 .771
Career Post-Season Batting 40 157 24 44 15 2 3 15 7 7 10 15 .280 .331 .459 .790
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
1941-5-.308
1943-2-.333
1945-5-.313
CAR-49-.290
 On-Base Pct
1941-9-.366
1943-5-.399
1947-9-.367
CAR-50-.351
 Slugging Pct
1943-10-.512
 OPS
1941-10-.834
1943-8-.911
 XR
1941-5-88.1
1942-7-90.4
1943-4-102.9
1945-7-87.1
1948-9-82.8
CAR-39-845.4
 Games
1947-3-134
CAR-41-1448
At-Bats
1941-2-504
1942-1-529
1943-4-498
1948-2-536
CAR-38-5181
 Runs
1941-1-99
1942-3-104
1943-2-102
1945-7-78
1948-8-80
CAR-34-853
 Hits
1941-1-155
1942-4-159
1943-1-166
1945-6-146
1948-4-155
CAR-35-1503
 Total Bases
1941-4-236
1942-8-248
1943-6-255
CAR-42-2337
 Singles
1941-1-108
1942-4-105
1943-3-117
1945-8-95
1948-8-95
CAR-32-993
 Doubles
1941-10-26
1942-3-32
1947-3-39
1948-3-40
CAR-18-301
Triples
1939-7-7
1940-4-9
1941-6-8
1942-7-9
1943-6-8
1945-3-9
1947-1-12
1948-2-9
CAR-9-94
 Stolen Bases
1938-5-22
1939-7-27
1940-7-25
1941-1-56
1942-1-46
1943-1-64
1945-1-62
1946-1-53
1947-3-54
1948-1-59
1949-3-44
1950-2-43
CAR-4-555
 Caught Stealing
1939-10-6
1940-5-10
1941-1-15
1942-1-27
1943-1-15
1945-1-20
1946-4-10
1947-2-14
1948-1-20
1950-2-14
CAR-6-159
 Walks
1942-9-61
1947-6-56
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 94    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 40)
 
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  1. Bill Wolfe (915)
  2. Errol Hanger (911)
  3. Thomas Beasley (864)
  4. Richard Barlett (860)
  5. Henry Murff (857)
  6. Christopher Gottfried (852)
  7. Johnny Fleisher (843)
  8. Jackie Spafford (838)
  9. Douglas Samuelson (838)
  10. Stephen Pedraza (833)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1938, off Robert Blacker (HAZ)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1938, off Daniel Conroy (ELM)
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Hartford on 7/17/1941
Won Top Fielders Award at Third Base in 1941
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1942, hitting .583 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Class A Championship with Springfield in 1943
Signed as a free agent by Utica on 2/15/1945 to a 4-year deal worth $1,450,000 per year
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Injured on 7/15/1945 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 4/22/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Won Top Fielders Award at Second Base in 1949
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 4/30/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $1,605,000 per year
 
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