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Harry Agganis
Aristotle George Agganis (The Golden Greek)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
School Boston University

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game June 2, 1955
Born April 20, 1929 in Lynn, MA
Died June 27, 1955 in Cambridge, MA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 25 BOS AL 132  434   54  109  13  8  11   57   6  3  47  57  .251  .321  .394   87  171   7   5       0   6
 1955 26 BOS AL  25   83   11   26  10  1   0   10   2  0  10  10  .313  .383  .458  118   38   0   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      157  517   65  135  23  9  11   67   8  3  57  67  .261  .331  .404   92  209   7   6   0   0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        533   67  139  24  9  11   69   8  3  59  69  .261  .331  .404   92  216   7   6   0   0   9
 Career High    132  434   54  109  13  8  11   57   6  3  47  57  .251  .321  .394   87  171   7   5   0   0   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 25 BOS AL  493  346   55   4.3   108| .251  .278| .321  .355| .394  .406| .715  .762|  87  .500  -9.6  -1.0  66%
 1955 26 BOS AL   94   61   15   6.6   110| .313  .277| .383  .358| .458  .412| .841  .770| 118  .660   2.7   0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       587  407   70   4.6   108| .261  .278| .331  .356| .404  .407| .735  .763|  92  .531  -6.9  -0.7  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 25 BOS AL 1B 119 1064 89 12 101 .990 .990 9.69 8.00 1955 26 BOS AL 1B 20 208 14 3 15 .987 .991 11.10 8.17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 25 BOS AL 1B 119 1064 89 12 101 .990 .990 9.69 8.00 1955 26 BOS AL 1B 20 208 14 3 15 .987 .991 11.10 8.17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 139 1272 103 15 116 .989 .990 9.89 8.02 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 139 1272 103 15 116 .989 .990 9.89 8.02
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1954 AL-8-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 28, 1952: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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