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Dick Cole
Richard Roy Cole

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 27, 1951
Final Game July 21, 1957
Born May 6, 1926 in Long Beach, CA

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 25 TOT NL  57  142   13   32   5  0   1   14   0  1  21  14  .225  .325  .282   63   40   7           0   4
         STL NL  15   36    4    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   6   5  .194  .310  .222   45    8   0           0   0
         PIT NL  42  106    9   25   4  0   1   11   0  1  15   9  .236  .331  .302   69   32   7           0   4
 1953 27 PIT NL  97  235   29   64  13  1   0   23   2  2  38  26  .272  .374  .336   88   79   7           0   6
 1954 28 PIT NL 138  486   40  131  22  5   1   40   0  0  41  48  .270  .323  .342   76  166   8   6       0  20
 1955 29 PIT NL  77  239   16   54   8  3   0   21   0  0  18  22  .226  .285  .285   54   68   0   1   1   2   5
 1956 30 PIT NL  72   99    7   21   2  1   0    9   0  0  11   9  .212  .291  .253   50   25   0   0   0   0   5
 1957 31 MLN NL  15   14    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .071  .235  .071   -9    1   2   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      456 1215  106  303  50 10   2  107   2  3 132 124  .249  .322  .312   69  379  24   7   2   2  41
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        432   38  108  18  4   1   38   1  1  47  44  .249  .322  .312   69  135   9   2   1   1  15
 Career High    138  486   40  131  22  5   1   40   2  2  41  48  .272  .374  .342   88  166   8   6   1   2  20
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 25 TOT NL  170  122   12   2.6   105| .225  .270| .325  .345| .282  .410| .607  .754|  63  .272  -6.9  -0.7   0%
         STL NL   42   29    2   1.8   104| .194  .269| .310  .343| .222  .407| .532  .750|  45  .163  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         PIT NL  128   93   10   2.9   106| .236  .271| .331  .345| .302  .410| .633  .756|  69  .306  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1953 27 PIT NL  280  186   29   4.1   109| .272  .273| .374  .344| .336  .425| .710  .769|  88  .428  -2.1  -0.2  50%
 1954 28 PIT NL  541  389   54   3.7   107| .270  .272| .323  .343| .342  .420| .665  .763|  76  .385 -16.8  -1.6   0%
 1955 29 PIT NL  260  191   19   2.7   104| .226  .263| .285  .334| .285  .417| .570  .750|  54  .262 -16.0  -1.6   0%
 1956 30 PIT NL  110   83    7   2.2   101| .212  .261| .291  .328| .253  .413| .544  .741|  50  .222  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1957 31 MLN NL   19   16    0   0.0    97| .071  .260| .235  .322| .071  .403| .306  .725|  -9  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1380  987  121   3.3   106| .249  .269| .322  .340| .312  .418| .634  .758|  69  .339 -50.8  -5.0  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 25 TOT NL 2B 48 106 115 5 28 .978 .976 4.60 5.05 STL NL 2B 14 21 41 2 10 .969 .976 4.43 5.05 PIT NL 2B 34 85 74 3 18 .981 .976 4.68 5.05 SS 8 12 14 0 1 1.000 .956 3.25 4.47 1953 27 PIT NL SS 77 139 192 12 40 .965 .958 4.30 4.63 2B 7 16 11 0 2 1.000 .971 3.86 4.83 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.20 1954 28 PIT NL SS 66 101 178 15 29 .949 .959 4.23 4.63 3B 55 48 112 10 7 .941 .952 2.91 2.82 2B 17 43 46 3 5 .967 .976 5.24 5.31 1955 29 PIT NL 3B 33 25 61 6 7 .935 .951 2.61 2.81 2B 24 60 67 4 13 .969 .974 5.29 5.00 SS 12 18 30 0 5 1.000 .964 4.00 4.57 1956 30 PIT NL 3B 18 4 14 1 2 .947 .957 1.00 2.64 2.35 3.05 7 69.0 2B 12 14 17 0 3 1.000 .981 2.58 4.66 4.81 5.32 5 58.0 SS 6 2 7 1 4 .900 .957 1.50 4.53 3.52 4.93 4 23.0 1957 31 MLN NL 2B 10 11 9 1 5 .952 .976 2.00 4.97 5.19 5.37 3 34.7 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 0.00 9.90 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 27 PIT NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.20 1957 31 MLN NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.80 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1951 25 TOT NL 2B 48 106 115 5 28 .978 .976 4.60 5.05 STL NL 2B 14 21 41 2 10 .969 .976 4.43 5.05 PIT NL 2B 34 85 74 3 18 .981 .976 4.68 5.05 1953 27 PIT NL 2B 7 16 11 0 2 1.000 .971 3.86 4.83 1954 28 PIT NL 2B 17 43 46 3 5 .967 .976 5.24 5.31 1955 29 PIT NL 2B 24 60 67 4 13 .969 .974 5.29 5.00 1956 30 PIT NL 2B 12 14 17 0 3 1.000 .981 2.58 4.66 4.81 5.32 5 58.0 1957 31 MLN NL 2B 10 11 9 1 5 .952 .976 2.00 4.97 5.19 5.37 3 34.7 1954 28 PIT NL 3B 55 48 112 10 7 .941 .952 2.91 2.82 1955 29 PIT NL 3B 33 25 61 6 7 .935 .951 2.61 2.81 1956 30 PIT NL 3B 18 4 14 1 2 .947 .957 1.00 2.64 2.35 3.05 7 69.0 1957 31 MLN NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 1951 25 PIT NL SS 8 12 14 0 1 1.000 .956 3.25 4.47 1953 27 PIT NL SS 77 139 192 12 40 .965 .958 4.30 4.63 1954 28 PIT NL SS 66 101 178 15 29 .949 .959 4.23 4.63 1955 29 PIT NL SS 12 18 30 0 5 1.000 .964 4.00 4.57 1956 30 PIT NL SS 6 2 7 1 4 .900 .957 1.50 4.53 3.52 4.93 4 23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 169 272 421 28 79 .961 .959 4.10 4.61 4 23.0 2B* 118 250 265 13 56 .975 .976 4.36 5.02 8 92.7 3B* 107 78 187 17 16 .940 .952 2.48 2.79 7 73.0 1B* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 9.00 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 396 601 873 58 151 .962 .963 3.72 4.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Grounded into Double Plays
1954 NL-20-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Joe Garagiola, Bill Howerton, Howie Pollet, and Ted Wilks to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake.

April 3, 1957: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Milwaukee Braves for Jim Pendleton.


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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