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Earl
Torgeson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 1, 1924 in Usa, WA, SNOHOMISH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1947   
Gold Glove 1951   
All-Star Selections 1948    1949    1950    1951    1952    1953    1955    1956    1957   
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
1947 23 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
1948 24 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 8
1949 25 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 8
1950 26 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1951 27 STL NL $ 3,785,714   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1952 28 STL NL $ 4,742,857   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1953 29 STL NL $ 5,292,857   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1954 30 STL NL $ 15,090,300   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
1955 31 STL NL $ 15,090,300   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
1956 32 NYA AL $ 15,090,300   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 8
1957 33 NYA AL $ 15,090,300   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
1958 34 NYA AL $ 15,090,300   7 7 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
1959 35 DET AL $ 15,090,300   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1960 36 SEM AL $ 1,824,000   3 3 3 1 2 1 2 4 3 4 8 7 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 1 2 4 3 4 8 7 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,090,300   8 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10 7 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
1947 23 STL NL 129 403 84 117 25 5 19 70 7 6 115 61 .290 .445 .519 .964 94.0 21.9
    AAA   19 56 16 18 3 0 4 10 5 0 23 8 .321 .519 .589 1.108 18.5  
1948 24 STL NL 152 512 110 167 30 4 26 97 8 4 130 63 .326 .461 .553 1.014 124.3 29.4
1949 25 STL NL 154 533 117 151 35 3 22 87 10 6 134 64 .283 .426 .484 .910 112.5 20.2
1950 26 STL NL 151 495 104 138 21 7 24 95 4 11 117 64 .279 .415 .495 .910 98.1 18.1
1951 27 STL NL 152 512 122 142 25 4 37 100 6 3 133 61 .277 .425 .559 .984 118.1 21.0
1952 28 STL NL 155 530 109 156 32 6 29 97 10 2 113 58 .294 .418 .542 .960 114.9 23.9
1953 29 STL NL 155 532 117 149 30 6 31 103 6 5 132 90 .280 .423 .534 .957 117.2 26.0
1954 30 STL NL 149 511 118 151 28 6 29 99 6 2 130 72 .295 .434 .544 .978 117.2 24.1
1955 31 STL NL 153 490 102 143 31 7 29 92 6 8 135 75 .292 .442 .561 1.003 115.0 25.3
1956 32 STL NL 54 195 41 48 13 2 9 27 1 1 43 33 .246 .378 .472 .849 35.4 5.6
  NYA AL 105 341 71 97 16 7 19 69 3 3 96 49 .284 .437 .540 .976 79.6 15.0
  TOT   159 536 112 145 29 9 28 96 4 4 139 82 .271 .416 .515 .931 115.0 20.5
1957 33 NYA AL 158 547 112 153 38 4 35 112 5 1 107 85 .280 .397 .556 .953 112.3 22.6
1958 34 NYA AL 154 562 105 146 28 1 41 101 8 6 101 84 .260 .371 .532 .903 105.6 19.4
1959 35 DET AL 146 440 86 122 26 5 24 81 7 2 91 92 .277 .400 .523 .922 91.0 21.2
1960 36 SEM AL 74 189 27 54 9 1 6 25 0 0 33 47 .286 .390 .439 .829 32.0 6.5
    AAA   51 181 31 60 10 0 11 26 4 2 35 41 .331 .440 .569 1.009 42.9  
14 Years Sim 2041 6792 1425 1934 387 68 380 1255 87 60 1610 998 .285 .420 .530 .950 1467.1 300.3
2 Years AAA 70 237 47 78 13 0 15 36 9 2 58 49 .329 .461 .574 1.035 61.4  
162 Game Average 539 113 153 30 5 30 99 6 4 127 79 .285 .420 .530 .950 116.4  
Career Highs 159 562 122 167 38 9 41 112 10 11 139 92 .326 .461 .561 1.014 124.3  
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   4728 1084 1471 298 50 282 943 69 42 1234 580 .311 .452 .574 1.026 1199.0
vs LH   2064 341 463 89 18 98 312 18 18 376 418 .224 .343 .427 .770 324.5
Home 1004 3246 684 960 197 34 186 630 45 26 762 481 .296 .427 .549 .976 755.9
Away 1037 3546 741 974 190 34 194 625 42 34 848 517 .275 .414 .512 .925 767.6
RISP   1701 0 482 105 13 89 779 0 0 501 225 .283 .438 .517 .955 408.1
Pinch Hitting   179 30 44 5 2 7 29 0 2 25 35 .246 .335 .413 .748 25.7
Close/Late   846 178 251 41 4 43 135 0 0 246 123 .297 .455 .507 .962 203.6
Mar/Apr 302 1046 235 305 57 5 65 181 8 12 238 154 .292 .422 .542 .964 236.2
May 368 1221 248 342 66 9 58 204 22 9 294 191 .280 .418 .491 .910 261.6
June 344 1127 257 341 68 9 66 223 13 14 293 172 .303 .444 .555 .999 274.4
July 320 1103 211 300 57 15 67 202 13 6 240 157 .272 .400 .533 .933 238.6
August 358 1175 218 321 72 11 64 222 16 12 281 165 .273 .412 .517 .929 255.0
Sep/Oct 349 1120 256 325 67 19 60 223 15 7 264 159 .290 .424 .545 .968 257.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1947 23 STL NL 1B 127 112 1017.3 1294 84 8 120 .994 12.19 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1948 24 STL NL 1B 149 134 1232.7 1638 108 17 145 .990 12.75 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1949 25 STL NL 1B 153 143 1301.7 1651 134 16 152 .991 12.34 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1950 26 STL NL 1B 149 131 1212.0 1429 117 10 152 .994 11.48 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1951 27 STL NL 1B 150 137 1249.0 1566 121 23 150 .987 12.16 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1952 28 STL NL 1B 153 141 1279.7 1571 130 14 164 .992 11.96 0 0 .000 0 4.0
1953 29 STL NL 1B 151 142 1297.7 1463 114 10 142 .994 10.94 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1954 30 STL NL 1B 148 137 1245.0 1403 104 14 133 .991 10.89 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1955 31 STL NL 1B 150 135 1224.7 1391 115 11 131 .993 11.07 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1956 32 STL NL 1B 49 46 429.7 481 40 4 41 .992 10.91 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    C 4 4 35.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 7.46 0 0 .000 4 0.2
  NYA AL 1B 96 89 786.6 880 73 8 75 .992 10.90 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 8 7 64.0 51 1 1 0 .981 7.31 0 0 .000 8 0.1
  TOT   1B 145 135 1216.3 1361 113 12 116 .992 10.91   2.0
      C 12 11 99.0 79 2 1 0 .988 7.36 0 0 .000 12 0.3
1957 33 NYA AL 1B 155 149 1334.0 1475 123 11 128 .993 10.78 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1958 34 NYA AL 1B 152 146 1319.3 1525 114 17 129 .990 11.18 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1959 35 DET AL 1B 99 86 797.0 946 74 16 85 .985 11.52 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 33 25 244.3 42 2 10 1 .815 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1960 36 SEM AL 1B 48 37 363.7 446 40 7 38 .986 12.03 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 9 5 49.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 1929 1765 16089.9 19159 1491 186 1785 .991 11.55 0 0 .000 0 37.5
  RF 42 30 293.3 51 2 11 1 .828 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 12 11 99.0 79 2 1 0 .988 7.36 0 0 .000 12 0.3
Career Totals   1983 1806 16482.3 19289 1495 198 1786 .991 11.35 0 0 .000 12 38.0
Career Highs   157 149 1334.0 1651 134 26 164 .994 12.75 0 0 .000 12  
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
1953 29 STL NL 6 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .083 .241 .083 .325
1954 30 STL NL 13 46 12 15 4 0 4 9 1 0 11 4 .326 .458 .674 1.132
1955 31 STL NL 11 44 7 10 4 1 2 12 2 0 6 5 .227 .320 .500 .820
Career Post-Season Batting 30 114 20 27 8 1 6 21 3 0 22 13 .237 .362 .482 .845
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
1948-2-.326
1954-9-.295
 On-Base Pct
1947-1-.445
1948-1-.461
1949-4-.426
1950-5-.415
1951-5-.425
1952-4-.418
1953-2-.423
1954-3-.434
1955-1-.442
1956-6-.385*
1957-3-.397
1958-6-.371
1959-2-.400
CAR-3-.420
 Slugging Pct
1947-5-.519
1948-4-.553
1951-3-.559
1952-5-.542
1953-6-.534
1954-5-.544
1955-7-.561
1957-5-.556
1958-7-.532
1959-5-.523
CAR-20-.530
 OPS
1947-1-.964
1948-3-1.014
1949-7-.910
1950-10-.910
1951-3-.984
1952-2-.960
1953-3-.957
1954-3-.978
1955-3-1.003
1956-10-.845*
1957-3-.953
1958-5-.903
1959-4-.922
CAR-8-.950
 XR
1948-2-124.3
1949-5-112.5
1951-3-118.1
1952-4-114.9
1953-3-117.2
1954-3-117.2
1955-5-115.0
1957-5-112.3
1958-4-105.6
CAR-27-1467.1
 Games
1949-10-154
1952-8-155
1953-5-155
1957-3-158
Runs
1948-4-110
1949-2-117
1950-8-104
1951-3-122
1952-7-109
1953-4-117
1954-4-118
1957-2-112
1958-4-105
CAR-29-1425
 Total Bases
1948-8-283
1951-6-286
1952-6-287
1953-10-284
1954-10-278
1957-7-304
1958-5-299
 Doubles
1949-3-35
1952-9-32
1957-4-38
 Triples
1947-7-5
1950-2-7
1952-4-6
1953-4-6
1954-5-6
1955-5-7
1956-5-7
 Homeruns
1948-9-26
1950-9-24
1951-3-37
1952-9-29
1953-6-31
1957-7-35
1958-3-41
CAR-40-380
 RBIs
1953-10-103
1957-7-112
Stolen Bases
1949-9-10
1957-10-5
 Caught Stealing
1949-8-6
1950-3-11
1953-10-5
1955-3-8
1958-5-6
 Walks
1947-4-115
1948-2-130
1949-1-134
1950-4-117
1951-2-133
1952-5-113
1953-1-132
1954-1-130
1955-2-135
1956-5-96
1957-4-107
1958-4-101
1959-4-91
CAR-9-1610
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 148    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1947
Injured on 3/9/1947 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/2/1947, off Bob Lemon (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1947, off Jim Wilson (SEM)
Won Bronze Rookie in 1947, hitting .290 with 19 HR, 70 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1948, hitting .588 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 4/20/1949
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1950, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1951, hitting .438 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/20/1951
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1952, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,292,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1953, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1953, hitting .478 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1953, hitting .344 with 11 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $15,090,303 per year, for 6 years
10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $15,090,303 per year, for 6 years
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/31/1954
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1955, hitting .464 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Traded from St. Louis to New York (A) on 6/1/1956 (Going to STL: P Jim Bunning, LF Tito Francona, RF Dale Mitchell. Going to NYA: 2B Bobby Brown, LF Ralph Kiner, 1B Earl Torgeson)
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1956, hitting .611 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1956, hitting .391 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/27/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1958, hitting .348 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1958, hitting .286 with 11 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1958, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 3/3/1959 (Going to DET: 2B Rocky Bridges, 1B Earl Torgeson, 1B Tom Burgess, P Don Ferrarese. Going to NYA: DH Ted Kluszewski, 2B Bobby Hofman)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/11/1959
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 8/6/1959
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 8/24/1959
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/2/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $1,824,000 per year
Injured on 4/22/1960 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
 
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