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Don Hoak
Donald Albert Hoak (Tiger)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 18, 1954
Final Game May 12, 1964
Born February 5, 1928 in Roulette, PA
Died October 9, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 26 BRO NL  88  261   41   64   9  5   7   26   8  3  25  39  .245  .318  .398   83  104   4   2       4   7
 1955 27 BRO NL  94  279   50   67  13  3   5   19   9  5  46  50  .240  .350  .362   88  101   6   0   0   1   9
 1956 28 CHC NL 121  424   51   91  18  4   5   37   8  3  41  46  .215  .283  .311   61  132   8   4   0   1   4
 1957 29 CIN NL 149  529   78  155  39  2  19   89   8 15  74  54  .293  .381  .482  125  255   5   4   5   4  13 MVP-11,AS
 1958 30 CIN NL 114  417   51  109  30  0   6   50   6  8  43  36  .261  .333  .376   83  157   3   1   4   2  11
 1959 31 PIT NL 155  564   60  166  29  3   8   65   9  2  71  75  .294  .374  .399  108  225   6   6   4   4  18 MVP-17
 1960 32 PIT NL 155  553   97  156  24  9  16   79   3  2  74  74  .282  .366  .445  120  246   4   4   9   1  17 MVP-2
 1961 33 PIT NL 145  503   72  150  27  7  12   61   4  2  73  53  .298  .388  .451  122  227   3   4   8   3  14
 1962 34 PIT NL 121  411   63   99  14  8   5   48   4  2  49  49  .241  .320  .350   80  144   1   5   5   1  18
 1963 35 PHI NL 115  377   35   87  11  3   6   24   5  5  27  52  .231  .282  .324   75  122   3   3   1   1  11
 1964 36 PHI NL   6    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1263 4322  598 1144 214 44  89  498  64 47 523 530  .265  .345  .396   98 1713  45  33  36  22 122
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        554   77  147  27  6  11   64   8  6  67  68  .265  .345  .396   98  220   6   4   5   3  16
 Career High    155  564   97  166  39  9  19   89   9 15  74  75  .298  .388  .482  125  255   8   6   9   4  18
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 26 BRO NL  296  213   33   4.2   112| .245  .279| .318  .351| .398  .431| .716  .782|  83  .435  -7.6  -0.7  72%
 1955 27 BRO NL  332  232   36   4.2   108| .240  .269| .350  .340| .362  .426| .712  .766|  88  .445  -4.1  -0.4  64%
 1956 28 CHC NL  478  352   40   3.0   102| .215  .263| .283  .330| .311  .415| .594  .745|  61  .331 -23.2  -2.3  72%
 1957 29 CIN NL  616  411   94   6.2   108| .293  .275| .381  .340| .482  .426| .863  .766| 125  .631  22.1   2.2  34%
 1958 30 CIN NL  466  331   50   4.0   111| .261  .277| .333  .345| .376  .432| .709  .778|  83  .437  -9.3  -0.9  42%
 1959 31 PIT NL  651  430   86   5.3   104| .294  .269| .374  .335| .399  .416| .773  .751| 108  .566   9.5   0.9  81%
 1960 32 PIT NL  636  424   90   5.7   100| .282  .264| .366  .330| .445  .406| .811  .736| 120  .621  16.7   1.7  60%
 1961 33 PIT NL  586  376   90   6.4   106| .298  .271| .388  .338| .451  .422| .839  .760| 122  .641  18.4   1.8  66%
 1962 34 PIT NL  467  338   44   3.5   104| .241  .271| .320  .338| .350  .411| .670  .750|  80  .379 -11.6  -1.2  66%
 1963 35 PHI NL  411  312   32   2.8    88| .231  .253| .282  .315| .324  .378| .606  .693|  75  .346 -12.4  -1.3  50%
 1964 36 PHI NL    6    6    0   0.0    93| .000  .262| .000  .320| .000  .389| .000  .709|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4945 3425  595   4.7   104| .265  .269| .345  .336| .396  .416| .741  .752|  98  .513  -2.5  -0.3  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1954 26 BRO NL 3B 75 71 139 11 12 .950 .952 2.80 2.82 1955 27 BRO NL 3B 78 82 183 11 15 .960 .951 3.40 2.81 1956 28 CHC NL 3B 110 122 158 15 16 .949 .956 2.55 2.64 2.63 3.05 108 957.3 1957 29 CIN NL 3B 149 193 269 14 29 .971 .952 3.10 2.71 3.12 2.96 148 1331.3 AS 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 5.00 AS 1958 30 CIN NL 3B 112 132 244 14 29 .964 .952 3.36 2.86 3.43 3.18 109 985.7 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1959 31 PIT NL 3B 155 169 322 20 31 .961 .950 3.17 2.66 3.21 2.97 155 1378.3 1960 32 PIT NL 3B 155 132 324 25 34 .948 .952 2.94 2.61 3.04 2.97 152 1349.7 1961 33 PIT NL 3B 143 137 267 20 29 .953 .948 2.83 2.60 2.95 2.92 143 1232.3 1962 34 PIT NL 3B 116 93 220 10 19 .969 .949 2.70 2.56 2.80 2.95 116 1004.7 1963 35 PHI NL 3B 106 88 205 13 13 .958 .941 2.76 2.54 3.09 2.93 101 852.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 29 CIN NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 5.00 1954 26 BRO NL 3B 75 71 139 11 12 .950 .952 2.80 2.82 1955 27 BRO NL 3B 78 82 183 11 15 .960 .951 3.40 2.81 1956 28 CHC NL 3B 110 122 158 15 16 .949 .956 2.55 2.64 2.63 3.05 108 957.3 1957 29 CIN NL 3B 149 193 269 14 29 .971 .952 3.10 2.71 3.12 2.96 148 1331.3 1958 30 CIN NL 3B 112 132 244 14 29 .964 .952 3.36 2.86 3.43 3.18 109 985.7 1959 31 PIT NL 3B 155 169 322 20 31 .961 .950 3.17 2.66 3.21 2.97 155 1378.3 1960 32 PIT NL 3B 155 132 324 25 34 .948 .952 2.94 2.61 3.04 2.97 152 1349.7 1961 33 PIT NL 3B 143 137 267 20 29 .953 .948 2.83 2.60 2.95 2.92 143 1232.3 1962 34 PIT NL 3B 116 93 220 10 19 .969 .949 2.70 2.56 2.80 2.95 116 1004.7 1963 35 PHI NL 3B 106 88 205 13 13 .958 .941 2.76 2.54 3.09 2.93 101 852.3 1958 30 CIN NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 9.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1199 1219 2331 153 227 .959 .950 2.96 2.67 1032 9091.7 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 5.00 0 0.0 SS* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1201 1221 2332 153 227 .959 .950 2.96 2.67
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   3   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   0  .333  .600  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   7  23   3   5  2  0  0   3   4   1  .217  .333  .304   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0  10  26   3   6  2  0  0   3   6   1  .231  .375  .308   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1957   CIN NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1957 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-NL-11-0.09
1959-NL-17-0.02
1960-NL-2-0.48
Car-372-0.59 shares

On-base %
1957 NL-.381-7
1960 NL-.366-9
1961 NL-.388-7

Games
1959 NL-155-1
1960 NL-155-2

Runs
1960 NL-97-7

Doubles
1957 NL-39-1
1958 NL-30-9

Triples
1960 NL-9-8

RBI
1957 NL-89-10

Bases on Balls
1957 NL-74-7
1959 NL-71-7
1960 NL-74-6
1961 NL-73-5

Stolen Bases
1954 NL-8-8
1955 NL-9-10

Singles
1959 NL-126-9

Runs Created
1960 NL-90-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1960 NL-17-10

Batting Wins
1957 NL-2.2-10
1960 NL-1.7-9

Extra-Base Hits
1957 NL-60-9

Times on Base
1960 NL-231-8

Sac. Flies
1959 NL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1960 NL-9-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1959 NL-18-6
1960 NL-17-5
1962 NL-18-4

Caught Stealing
1957 NL-15-2
1958 NL-8-5

Power/Speed Number
1957 NL-11.3-8

Outs
1960 NL-424-10

   

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (509) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (858) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.0 (991) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1206) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1955: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn to the Chicago Cubs for Randy Jackson and Don Elston.

November 13, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Warren Hacker and Pete Whisenant to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Elmer Singleton and Ray Jablonski.

January 30, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Smoky Burgess and Harvey Haddix to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, Frank Thomas, and John Powers.

November 28, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pancho Herrera and Ted Savage.

May 18, 1964: Released by 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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