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Toby Atwell
Maurice Dailey Atwell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.
School Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Debut April 15, 1952
Final Game September 28, 1956
Born March 8, 1924 in Leesburg, VA
Died January 25, 2003 in Purcellville, VA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 28 CHC NL 107  362   36  105  16  3   2   31   2  1  40  22  .290  .362  .367  102  133   2           1  11 MVP-38,AS
 1953 29 TOT NL  77  213   21   51   8  0   1   25   0  0  33  19  .239  .349  .291   69   62   3           3   8
         CHC NL  24   74   10   17   2  0   1    8   0  0  13   7  .230  .345  .297   68   22   1           0   0
         PIT NL  53  139   11   34   6  0   0   17   0  0  20  12  .245  .352  .288   70   40   2           3   8
 1954 30 PIT NL  96  287   36   83   8  4   3   26   2  3  43  21  .289  .384  .376  102  108   4   3       3  11
 1955 31 PIT NL  71  207   21   44   8  0   1   18   0  1  40  16  .213  .337  .266   65   55   1   4   9   1   4
 1956 32 TOT NL  27   48    2    7   1  0   2   10   0  0   5   6  .146  .226  .292   41   14   1   0   1   0   2
         PIT NL  12   18    0    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   5  .111  .158  .111  -25    2   1   0   0   0   2
         MLN NL  15   30    2    5   1  0   2    7   0  0   4   1  .167  .265  .400   81   12   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      378 1117  116  290  41  7   9  110   4  5 161  84  .260  .355  .333   86  372  11   7  10   8  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   50  124  18  3   4   47   2  2  69  36  .260  .355  .333   86  159   5   3   4   3  15
 Career High    107  362   36  105  16  4   3   31   2  3  43  22  .290  .384  .376  102  133   4   4   9   3  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 28 CHC NL  405  271   48   4.7    98| .290  .263| .362  .336| .367  .391| .729  .727| 102  .561   2.1   0.2  66%
 1953 29 TOT NL  252  173   22   3.4   110| .239  .274| .349  .345| .291  .427| .640  .773|  69  .340  -8.1  -0.8   0%
         CHC NL   88   58    8   3.6   112| .230  .276| .345  .348| .297  .431| .642  .779|  68  .375  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         PIT NL  164  115   14   3.2   109| .245  .273| .352  .344| .288  .425| .640  .769|  70  .323  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1954 30 PIT NL  340  225   41   4.9   107| .289  .272| .384  .343| .376  .420| .760  .763| 102  .508   2.6   0.2  40%
 1955 31 PIT NL  253  173   21   3.2   104| .213  .263| .337  .334| .266  .417| .603  .750|  65  .339  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1956 32 TOT NL   54   44    3   1.8    99| .146  .259| .226  .325| .292  .408| .518  .733|  41  .162  -4.1  -0.4   0%
         PIT NL   20   19    0   0.0   101| .111  .262| .158  .328| .111  .413| .269  .741| -25  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         MLN NL   34   25    3   3.2    98| .167  .257| .265  .323| .400  .406| .665  .728|  81  .353  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1304  886  135   4.1   104| .260  .267| .355  .339| .333  .411| .688  .749|  86  .447 -15.7  -1.6  44%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 28 CHC NL C 101 451 50 12 2 .977 .984 4.96 4.84 11 AS 1953 29 TOT NL C 69 295 37 15 2 .957 .984 4.81 4.66 7 CHC NL C 24 108 17 8 0 .940 .984 5.21 4.66 1 PIT NL C 45 187 20 7 2 .967 .984 4.60 4.66 6 1954 30 PIT NL C 88 360 39 4 4 .990 .986 4.53 4.57 5 1955 31 PIT NL C 67 334 24 3 3 .992 .987 5.34 4.82 5 1956 32 TOT NL C 19 59 6 0 1 1.000 .986 3.42 5.01 5.27 5.84 15 111.0 2 3 4 4 PIT NL C 9 27 2 0 0 1.000 .986 3.22 5.01 6.32 5.84 6 41.3 1 2 3 0 MLN NL C 10 32 4 0 1 1.000 .986 3.60 5.01 4.65 5.84 9 69.7 1 1 1 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 28 CHC NL C 101 451 50 12 2 .977 .984 4.96 4.84 11 1953 29 TOT NL C 69 295 37 15 2 .957 .984 4.81 4.66 7 CHC NL C 24 108 17 8 0 .940 .984 5.21 4.66 1 PIT NL C 45 187 20 7 2 .967 .984 4.60 4.66 6 1954 30 PIT NL C 88 360 39 4 4 .990 .986 4.53 4.57 5 1955 31 PIT NL C 67 334 24 3 3 .992 .987 5.34 4.82 5 1956 32 TOT NL C 19 59 6 0 1 1.000 .986 3.42 5.01 5.27 5.84 15 111.0 2 3 4 4 PIT NL C 9 27 2 0 0 1.000 .986 3.22 5.01 6.32 5.84 6 41.3 1 2 3 0 MLN NL C 10 32 4 0 1 1.000 .986 3.60 5.01 4.65 5.84 9 69.7 1 1 1 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 344 1499 156 34 12 .980 .985 4.81 4.74 15 111.0 30 3 4 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 344 1499 156 34 12 .980 .985 4.81 4.74
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1952   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1952

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-NL-38-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Intentional Walks
1955 NL-9-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2287) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1678) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1951: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Carmen Mauro.

June 4, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Addis, George Freese, Gene Hermanski, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, and $150,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet, and Catfish Metkovich.

May 28, 1956: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later and cash. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Dick Rand (October 12, 1956) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

July 4, 1956: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 17, 1956: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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