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Hal
Jeffcoat		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 6, 1924 in Usa, SC, WEST COLUMBIA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1949 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1950 25 BSN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1951 26 BSN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1952 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1953 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1954 29 BSN NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1955 30 BSN NL $ 591,429   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1956 31 BSN NL $ 690,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1957 32 BSN NL $ 690,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 690,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 23 BSN NL 109 322 48 91 19 2 7 32 6 4 24 28 .283 .330 .419 .749 39.1 5.2
1949 24 BSN NL 157 562 63 143 15 6 5 49 4 5 47 66 .254 .312 .329 .641 56.8 6.2
1950 25 AAA   133 462 66 145 16 2 12 74 9 3 30 57 .314 .356 .435 .791 68.8  
1951 26 AAA   137 494 61 154 38 1 6 63 9 2 34 70 .312 .356 .429 .785 71.4  
1952 27 BSN NL 15 28 7 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 5 .321 .367 .393 .760 4.1 0.9
    AAA   81 279 40 91 11 4 7 59 5 3 32 45 .326 .395 .470 .865 49.4  
1953 28 BSN NL 42 110 14 36 4 3 2 12 3 0 4 24 .327 .362 .473 .835 17.0 3.9
1954 29 BSN NL 79 216 28 71 16 2 3 31 1 0 22 40 .329 .391 .463 .854 35.1 7.6
1955 30 BSN NL 29 53 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 8 .226 .263 .245 .508 3.9 0.0
1956 31 BSN NL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
    AAA   135 609 76 180 26 2 13 43 4 7 32 105 .296 .331 .409 .740 77.2  
1957 32 AAA   114 483 62 138 27 3 11 52 6 2 39 93 .286 .339 .422 .761 67.5  
7 Years Sim 433 1291 163 362 57 13 17 133 15 9 103 171 .280 .333 .384 .718 156.3 23.8
5 Years AAA 600 2327 305 708 118 12 49 291 33 17 167 370 .304 .350 .428 .778 334.4  
162 Game Average 483 60 135 21 4 6 49 5 3 38 63 .280 .333 .384 .718 58.5  
Career Highs 157 562 63 143 19 6 7 49 6 5 47 66 .329 1.000 .473 1.000 56.8  
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   635 87 174 26 6 9 66 10 3 42 77 .274 .318 .376 .695 75.3
vs LH   656 76 188 31 7 8 67 5 6 61 94 .287 .348 .392 .739 86.9
Home 219 645 73 183 23 5 10 62 9 5 51 83 .284 .337 .381 .718 81.7
Away 214 646 90 179 34 8 7 71 6 4 52 88 .277 .330 .387 .717 80.5
RISP   300 0 72 11 2 5 99 0 0 25 32 .240 .295 .340 .635 30.8
Pinch Hitting   71 8 24 5 0 0 10 2 0 4 8 .338 .368 .408 .777 10.3
Close/Late   142 21 52 4 1 4 19 0 0 16 13 .366 .425 .493 .918 28.0
Mar/Apr 50 148 14 41 8 3 0 10 0 2 12 18 .277 .333 .372 .705 17.0
May 66 199 25 54 3 2 5 22 1 0 12 26 .271 .322 .382 .704 23.8
June 64 171 30 57 12 5 2 22 1 2 16 25 .333 .388 .497 .885 29.8
July 79 244 34 80 20 2 7 39 3 1 26 30 .328 .390 .512 .902 45.4
August 84 264 31 63 7 0 2 21 2 1 20 33 .239 .289 .288 .577 22.5
Sep/Oct 90 265 29 67 7 1 1 19 8 3 17 39 .253 .296 .298 .594 23.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 23 BSN NL CF 89 76 687.0 204 12 5 3 .977 2.83   1.3
    RF 5 0 10.7 3 0 1 0 .750 2.53    
1949 24 BSN NL CF 152 145 1234.7 349 8 6 4 .983 2.60   3.9
1952 27 BSN NL CF 14 5 60.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 28 BSN NL CF 21 17 164.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.7
    RF 10 5 47.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.49    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 29 BSN NL RF 55 48 425.3 92 3 4 0 .960 2.01   1.2
    CF 11 8 78.0 15 0 1 0 .938 1.73    
1955 30 BSN NL RF 10 6 55.7 12 2 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.3
    CF 9 4 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1956 31 BSN NL CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 298 255 2267.7 641 20 12 7 .982 2.62   6.1
  RF 81 60 547.7 120 5 6 0 .954 2.05   1.4
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   380 315 2816.3 761 25 18 7 .978 2.51   7.5
Career Highs   152 145 1234.7 349 12 6 4 1.000 2.83    
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.
Games
1949-2-157
 At-Bats
1949-10-562
 Triples
1949-4-6
 Caught Stealing
1949-9-5
 Strikeouts
1949-10-66
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1948
Had first career hit on 4/5/1948, off Tommy Hughes (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1948, off Max Lanier (CIN)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
7/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $690,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 3/26/1957 with a Broken Finger, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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