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Hank Arft
Henry Irven Arft (Bow Wow)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 190 lb.

Debut July 27, 1948
Final Game May 23, 1952
Born January 28, 1922 in Manchester, MO
Died December 14, 2002 in St. Louis, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1940. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 26 SLB AL  69  248   25   59  10  3   5   38   1  2  45  43  .238  .355  .363   90   90   3           0   7
 1949 27 SLB AL   6    5    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .400   54    2   0           0   0
 1950 28 SLB AL  98  280   45   75  16  4   1   32   3  2  46  48  .268  .375  .364   87  102   4           2   3
 1951 29 SLB AL 112  345   44   90  16  5   7   42   4  6  41  34  .261  .339  .397   96  137   4           0   5
 1952 30 SLB AL  15   28    1    4   3  1   0    4   0  0   5   7  .143  .273  .321   63    9   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      300  906  116  229  46 13  13  118   8 10 137 133  .253  .352  .375   90  340  11   0   0   2  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        489   63  124  25  7   7   64   4  5  74  72  .253  .352  .375   90  184   6   0   0   1   9
 Career High    112  345   45   90  16  5   7   42   4  6  46  48  .268  .375  .397   96  137   4   0   0   2   7
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 26 SLB AL  296  201   32   4.2   107| .238  .275| .355  .361| .363  .398| .718  .759|  90  .462  -3.2  -0.3  33%
 1949 27 SLB AL    5    4    0   0.0   110| .200  .276| .200  .368| .400  .400| .600  .769|  54  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1950 28 SLB AL  332  214   38   4.7   117| .268  .283| .375  .371| .364  .424| .739  .796|  87  .476  -4.3  -0.4  60%
 1951 29 SLB AL  390  270   45   4.5   105| .261  .271| .339  .353| .397  .397| .736  .750|  96  .497  -2.6  -0.3  40%
 1952 30 SLB AL   33   25    2   2.2    99| .143  .264| .273  .344| .321  .385| .594  .729|  63  .232  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1056  714  117   4.4   109| .253  .276| .352  .361| .375  .405| .727  .766|  90  .470 -11.9  -1.1  44%

* 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 ------+
1948 26 SLB AL 1B 69 598 43 3 81 .995 .991 9.29 9.17 1950 28 SLB AL 1B 84 701 51 4 59 .995 .989 8.95 8.51 1951 29 SLB AL 1B 97 820 86 10 100 .989 .990 9.34 8.49 1952 30 SLB AL 1B 10 63 4 1 11 .985 .988 6.70 8.88
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 26 SLB AL 1B 69 598 43 3 81 .995 .991 9.29 9.17 1950 28 SLB AL 1B 84 701 51 4 59 .995 .989 8.95 8.51 1951 29 SLB AL 1B 97 820 86 10 100 .989 .990 9.34 8.49 1952 30 SLB AL 1B 10 63 4 1 11 .985 .988 6.70 8.88
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 260 2182 184 18 251 .992 .990 9.10 8.69 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 260 2182 184 18 251 .992 .990 9.10 8.69
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Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns 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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