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Mel Hoderlein
Melvin Anthony Hoderlein

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 16, 1951
Final Game June 6, 1954
Born June 24, 1923 in Mount Carmel, OH
Died May 21, 2001 in Mt. Carmel, OH

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1942. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 28 BOS AL   9   14    1    5   1  1   0    1   0  1   6   2  .357  .550  .571  193    8   1           0   1
 1952 29 WSH AL  72  208   16   56   8  2   0   17   2  0  18  22  .269  .333  .327   87   68   6           2  17
 1953 30 WSH AL  23   47    5    9   0  0   0    5   0  0   6   9  .191  .283  .191   31    9   0           0   2
 1954 31 WSH AL  14   25    0    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .160  .192  .200   10    5   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      118  294   22   74  10  3   0   24   2  1  31  37  .252  .327  .306   77   90   7   0   0   2  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        404   30  102  14  4   0   33   3  1  43  51  .252  .327  .306   77  124  10   0   0   3  27
 Career High     72  208   16   56   8  2   0   17   2  1  18  22                          68   6   0   0   2  17
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 28 BOS AL   21   12    4   9.0   109| .357  .278| .550  .361| .571  .407|1.121  .768| 193  .778   2.5   0.2   0%
 1952 29 WSH AL  234  175   23   3.6    94| .269  .257| .333  .336| .327  .375| .660  .710|  87  .429  -3.6  -0.4 100%
 1953 30 WSH AL   53   40    3   2.0   101| .191  .267| .283  .343| .191  .393| .474  .736|  31  .189  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1954 31 WSH AL   26   21    1   1.3    95| .160  .259| .192  .334| .200  .379| .392  .713|  10  .100  -3.1  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       334  248   31   3.4    96| .252  .260| .327  .338| .306  .380| .633  .718|  77  .397  -8.6  -0.9  66%

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 28 BOS AL 2B 3 9 6 0 4 1.000 .980 5.00 5.33 3B 3 3 4 2 0 .778 .946 2.33 2.87 1952 29 WSH AL 2B 58 138 168 7 43 .978 .978 5.28 5.13 1953 30 WSH AL 2B 11 18 23 2 6 .953 .979 3.73 5.13 SS 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.50 1954 31 WSH AL SS 6 11 20 2 5 .939 .960 5.17 4.32 2B 5 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 0.80 4.84
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 28 BOS AL 2B 3 9 6 0 4 1.000 .980 5.00 5.33 1952 29 WSH AL 2B 58 138 168 7 43 .978 .978 5.28 5.13 1953 30 WSH AL 2B 11 18 23 2 6 .953 .979 3.73 5.13 1954 31 WSH AL 2B 5 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 0.80 4.84 1951 28 BOS AL 3B 3 3 4 2 0 .778 .946 2.33 2.87 1953 30 WSH AL SS 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.50 1954 31 WSH AL SS 6 11 20 2 5 .939 .960 5.17 4.32
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 77 167 199 10 53 .973 .978 4.75 5.12 SS 8 11 25 2 5 .947 .960 4.50 4.36 3B 3 3 4 2 0 .778 .946 2.33 2.87 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 88 181 228 14 58 .967 .976 4.65 4.97
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
1952 AL-17-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

Before 1946 Season: Sent from the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

Before 1947 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

Before 1949 Season: Sent from the New York Yankees to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.

November 13, 1951: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Chuck Stobbs to the Chicago White Sox for Randy Gumpert and Don Lenhardt.

May 3, 1952: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jim Busby to the Washington Senators for Sam Mele.

June 14, 1954: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pesky.


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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