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Pete
Runnels		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 28, 1928 in Usa, TX, LUFKIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1958    1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 23 BSN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1952 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 7 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1953 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1954 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1955 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1956 28 BSN NL $ 2,821,429   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 7 6 8 9 9 9 9 9
1957 29 BSN NL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 9
1958 30 BOS AL $ 3,250,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
1959 31 BOS AL $ 3,250,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 8 9 8 8 9 9
1960 32 BOS AL $ 3,250,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 8 9 8 8 8 8
1961 33 BOS AL $ 3,340,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
1962 34 BOS AL $ 3,340,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1963 35 BOS AL $ 3,340,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1964 36 COL NL $ 1,499,999   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1965 37 LAD NL $ 1,499,999   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,340,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
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
1951 23 AAA   92 248 48 71 14 2 4 49 6 1 49 19 .286 .404 .407 .811 43.8  
1952 24 BSN NL 61 175 25 50 11 2 1 22 0 0 21 13 .286 .365 .389 .754 22.9 3.6
  OAK AL 26 88 6 22 2 0 0 6 0 0 11 5 .250 .333 .273 .606 8.1 0.6
  TOT   87 263 31 72 13 2 1 28 0 0 32 18 .274 .355 .350 .705 31.1 4.2
    AAA   29 97 16 28 4 1 0 16 1 2 18 4 .289 .400 .351 .751 14.5  
1953 25 BSN NL 133 412 67 122 20 3 2 38 0 1 51 18 .296 .374 .374 .747 55.5 11.0
1954 26 BSN NL 120 349 52 88 15 3 3 36 0 0 51 27 .252 .347 .338 .685 42.4 6.1
1955 27 BSN NL 144 470 71 149 35 8 5 72 0 0 48 33 .317 .378 .457 .835 76.4 15.5
1956 28 BSN NL 148 521 85 166 30 4 6 60 0 0 60 25 .319 .388 .426 .815 83.5 17.7
1957 29 BSN NL 153 552 101 159 21 9 4 38 1 0 80 44 .288 .377 .380 .758 79.6 14.1
1958 30 BSN NL 102 388 61 109 15 4 3 26 0 0 48 34 .281 .362 .363 .726 50.9 8.1
  BOS AL 52 193 22 51 6 2 4 14 0 0 38 13 .264 .386 .378 .765 30.3 5.5
  TOT   154 581 83 160 21 6 7 40 0 0 86 47 .275 .371 .368 .739 81.1 13.6
1959 31 BOS AL 113 446 63 143 34 2 3 32 0 0 49 37 .321 .389 .426 .815 70.5 17.0
1960 32 BOS AL 155 622 88 165 38 7 6 53 0 0 81 72 .265 .349 .378 .727 85.4 15.5
1961 33 BOS AL 148 591 86 160 36 2 2 61 0 0 68 58 .271 .347 .349 .696 72.9 14.1
1962 34 BOS AL 149 517 64 143 25 6 1 43 0 0 51 65 .277 .340 .354 .694 59.9 11.0
1963 35 BOS AL 160 565 58 150 22 6 2 52 7 4 59 64 .265 .334 .336 .670 62.4 11.5
1964 36 COL NL 128 364 42 110 15 3 1 29 1 4 41 54 .302 .373 .368 .741 48.8 10.5
13 Years Sim 1792 6253 891 1787 325 61 43 582 9 9 757 562 .286 .363 .378 .741 849.5 161.6
2 Years AAA 121 345 64 99 18 3 4 65 7 3 67 23 .287 .399 .391 .790 58.3  
162 Game Average 565 80 161 29 5 3 52 0 0 68 50 .286 .363 .378 .741 76.8  
Career Highs 160 622 101 166 38 9 7 72 7 4 86 72 .321 .389 .457 .835 85.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4221 601 1210 214 40 31 391 8 6 530 336 .287 .366 .378 .744 593.5
vs LH   2032 290 577 111 21 12 191 1 3 227 226 .284 .356 .377 .733 272.3
Home 903 3067 443 875 162 35 21 276 6 5 377 273 .285 .363 .381 .745 429.0
Away 889 3186 448 912 163 26 22 306 3 4 380 289 .286 .362 .374 .737 436.7
RISP   1339 0 377 61 14 8 492 0 0 171 112 .282 .356 .366 .722 182.8
Pinch Hitting   60 9 18 2 2 1 10 0 0 8 4 .300 .382 .450 .832 10.1
Close/Late   669 103 206 31 4 7 70 0 0 84 54 .308 .385 .398 .783 102.7
Mar/Apr 305 1104 161 321 69 10 6 115 1 3 133 92 .291 .367 .388 .754 156.0
May 309 1080 156 307 50 6 10 100 1 0 124 101 .284 .358 .369 .728 145.3
June 295 996 139 299 49 12 3 86 2 1 110 95 .300 .369 .383 .751 140.1
July 270 937 131 240 34 10 4 65 2 1 106 88 .256 .332 .327 .658 105.8
August 292 1034 158 320 62 12 11 102 2 3 137 88 .309 .390 .425 .815 167.9
Sep/Oct 321 1102 146 300 61 11 9 114 1 1 147 98 .272 .358 .372 .730 150.7
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
1952 24 BSN NL 2B 27 22 186.5 45 72 1 19 .992 5.65   0.9
    1B 23 20 161.2 186 16 1 16 .995 11.28   0.2
    SS 7 4 42.5 9 20 3 3 .906 6.14   0.2
  OAK AL 2B 11 9 94.2 23 37 0 9 1.000 5.73   0.1
    1B 10 9 81.4 94 8 1 8 .990 11.28   0.3
    SS 3 2 21.5 5 10 1 1 .938 6.28   0.2
  TOT   2B 38 31 280.7 68 109 1 28 .994 5.68   1.0
      1B 33 29 242.6 280 24 2 24 .993 11.28   0.5
      SS 10 6 64.0 14 30 4 4 .917 6.19   0.3
1953 25 BSN NL 2B 114 111 966.3 212 359 9 80 .984 5.32   2.2
    SS 10 2 30.3 4 10 1 1 .933 4.15   0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1954 26 BSN NL 2B 63 59 513.0 122 202 7 52 .979 5.68   2.1
    SS 54 51 434.3 65 156 14 25 .940 4.58   1.5
1955 27 BSN NL SS 140 139 1187.0 181 500 29 112 .959 5.16   6.3
    1B 2 0 7.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 11.57   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1956 28 BSN NL SS 120 118 1019.0 152 376 23 62 .958 4.66   4.1
    2B 26 26 226.0 48 102 1 26 .993 5.97   1.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 29 BSN NL 2B 149 146 1265.3 283 518 12 125 .985 5.70   6.7
    3B 1 0 7.0 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57   0.0
1958 30 BSN NL 2B 98 97 852.7 197 351 11 76 .980 5.78   3.4
    SS 1 0 3.9 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.92   0.0
  BOS AL 2B 50 50 452.3 105 186 6 40 .980 5.79   2.6
    SS 1 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  TOT   2B 148 147 1305.0 302 537 17 116 .980 5.79   6.0
      SS 2 0 6.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1959 31 BOS AL 2B 112 109 956.0 181 334 12 63 .977 4.85   1.9
1960 32 BOS AL 2B 140 140 1260.3 235 445 14 84 .980 4.86   3.6
    SS 15 11 103.7 18 39 3 7 .950 4.95   0.6
1961 33 BOS AL 2B 82 81 703.3 130 237 6 44 .984 4.70   2.3
    SS 68 63 554.3 63 176 10 30 .960 3.88   2.1
1962 34 BOS AL SS 78 76 664.7 74 234 11 41 .966 4.17   2.2
    2B 66 64 572.3 82 206 5 38 .983 4.53   1.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1963 35 BOS AL SS 156 147 1338.0 166 434 29 74 .954 4.04   5.8
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 36 COL NL 2B 116 109 942.3 177 384 10 71 .982 5.36   6.5
    SS 9 0 18.7 0 11 0 1 1.000 5.31   0.2
  2B 1056 1023 8993.7 1842 3434 94 727 .982 5.28   34.9
  SS 662 613 5420.0 740 1967 124 358 .956 4.50   23.3
  1B 39 29 256.6 300 25 2 26 .994 11.40   0.5
  3B 2 0 8.0 0 2 1 0 .667 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1759 1665 14678.3 2882 5428 221 1111 .974 5.10   58.7
Career Highs   157 151 1364.0 362 538 29 125 .987 8.05    
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
1957 29 BSN NL 5 19 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .158 .333 .263 .596
1958 30 BOS AL 14 61 10 20 5 1 0 7 0 0 6 2 .328 .382 .443 .825
1960 32 BOS AL 6 25 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .240 .269 .320 .589
1961 33 BOS AL 7 30 3 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 .367 .375 .500 .875
1963 35 BOS AL 13 32 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .250 .368 .281 .650
1964 36 COL NL 5 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Batting 50 181 21 52 12 2 0 13 0 0 21 27 .287 .358 .376 .734
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
1955-6-.317
1956-4-.319
1959-4-.319*
 On-Base Pct
1956-6-.388
1957-10-.377
1959-6-.387*
 Games
1963-1-160
 At-Bats
1960-3-622
1961-7-591
 Runs
1957-7-101
1960-9-88
 Hits
1960-10-165
Singles
1956-5-126
1957-3-125
1961-7-120
 Doubles
1955-5-35
1959-5-34
1960-5-38
1961-7-36
 Triples
1955-2-8
1957-2-9
1960-6-7
 Walks
1957-7-80
1960-5-81
1961-10-68
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Paul Schaal (919)
  4. Billy Herman (917)
  5. Don Blasingame (915)
  6. Woody English (907)
  7. Dick Howser (901)
  8. Cecil Travis (899)
  9. Lou Stringer (898)
  10. Rick Manning (897)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1951
Had first career hit on 4/2/1952, off Willard Nixon (CIN)
Injured on 4/28/1952 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1952, off Bill Mccahan (STL)
Traded from Boston (N) to Oakland on 7/31/1952 (Going to OAK: 2B Pete Runnels, P Willard Schmidt. Going to BSN: P Tommy Hughes)
Traded from Oakland to Boston (N) on 3/3/1953 (Going to BSN: 1B Pete Runnels, P Joe Coleman, 2B Eddie Stanky. Going to OAK: RF Larry Doby)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 5/23/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1956, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1957: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from Boston (N) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1958 (Going to BSN: P Dick Drott. Going to BOS: 2B Pete Runnels, CF Carl Furillo)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/10/1958
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 6/7/1959
Injured on 6/21/1959 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7-8 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/27/1959
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/9/1960
9/22/1960: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $3,340,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Injured on 9/23/1962 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/11/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1963, hitting .667 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/9/1964 to a 2-year deal worth $1,499,999 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 2/21/1964 (Going to COL: 2B Pete Runnels. Going to CLN: 2B Phil Gagliano, LF Mike White)
Traded from Colorado to Los Angeles on 7/31/1965 (Going to COL: SS J.c. Hartman. Going to LAD: SS Jim Brideweser, 3B Tommy Brown, P Paul Giel, 2B Pete Runnels, P Joey Jay)
 
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