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Al Hollingsworth
Albert Wayne Hollingsworth (Boots)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 174 lb.

Debut April 16, 1935
Final Game September 22, 1946
Born February 25, 1908 in St. Louis, MO
Died April 28, 1996 in Austin, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 27 CIN NL   6  13  38  22   8   0   9  0  173.3  165   90   75   5   76   89   1   4   767       0  3.89  3.98  102 1.390
 1936 28 CIN NL   9  10  29  25   9   0   2  0  184.0  204   97   85   4   66   76   5   1   809       1  4.16  3.82   92 1.467
 1937 29 CIN NL   9  15  43  24  11   1  12  5  202.3  224  108   88   8   73   74   2   8   895       0  3.91  3.71   95 1.468
 1938 30 TOT NL   7  18  33  25  12   1   4  0  208.3  220  117  101   6   89   93   0   8   912       2  4.36  3.95   91 1.483
         CIN NL   2   2   9   4   1   0   1  0   34.0   43   28   27   2   12   13   0   0   157       2  7.15  3.63   51 1.618
         PHI NL   5  16  24  21  11   1   3  0  174.3  177   89   74   4   77   80   0   8   755       0  3.82  4.01  105 1.457
 1939 31 TOT NL   2  11  23  15   4   0   2  0   87.3  111   65   55   3   38   35   1   3   405       0  5.67  3.98   70 1.706
         PHI NL   1   9  15  10   3   0   0  0   60.0   78   48   39   2   27   24   0   3   283       0  5.85  3.96   68 1.750
         BRO NL   1   2   8   5   1   0   2  0   27.3   33   17   16   1   11   11   1   0   122       0  5.27  4.03   77 1.610
 1940 32 WSH AL   1   0   3   2   0   0   1  0   18.0   18   12   11   0   11    7   0   0    81       0  5.50  4.16   76 1.611
 1942 34 SLB AL  10   6  33  18   7   1  12  4  161.0  173   70   53   4   52   60   2   2   703       2  2.96  3.69  125 1.398
 1943 35 SLB AL   6  13  35  20   9   1  13  3  154.0  169   81   72   7   51   63   2   4   669       2  4.21  3.33   79 1.429
 1944 36 SLB AL   5   7  26  10   3   2   8  1   92.7  108   51   46   3   37   22   1   4   419       0  4.47  3.60   81 1.565
 1945 37 SLB AL  12   9  26  22  15   1   3  1  173.3  164   60   52   4   68   64   0   2   736       0  2.70  3.53  131 1.338
 1946 38 TOT AL   3   2  26   2   0   0  12  1   66.0   86   37   36   3   26   25   0   3   307       0  4.91  3.45   70 1.697
         SLB AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   1  0   11.0   23    8    8   1    4    3   0   1    60       0  6.55  3.71   57 2.455
         CHW AL   3   2  21   2   0   0  11  1   55.0   63   29   28   2   22   22   0   2   247       0  4.58  3.40   74 1.545
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .402  70 104 315 185  78   7  78 15 1520.3 1642  788  674  47  587  608  14  39  6703       7  3.99  3.73   93 1.466
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  14  42  25  10   0  10  2  206.7  223  107   91   6   79   82   1   5   911   0   0  3.99  3.73   93 1.466
 Career High     12  18  43  25  15   2  13  5  208.3  224  117  101   8   89   93   5   8   912   0   2  2.70  3.98  131 1.338
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 27 CIN NL  39   54    5    8   0  0   0    2   0      1  10  .148  .164  .148  -15    8   3           0   6
 1936 28 CIN NL  34   73   17   23   2  0   1   11   0      5   8  .315  .359  .384  105   28   1           0   3
 1937 29 CIN NL  46   76    8   19   1  1   0    9   0      2   5  .250  .269  .289   55   22   0           0   0
 1938 30 TOT NL  33   79    6   18   2  0   0    4   0      0   5  .228  .228  .253   32   20   1           0   4
         CIN NL   9   12    1    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .250  .250  .333   61    4   0           0   2
         PHI NL  24   67    5   15   1  0   0    4   0      0   4  .224  .224  .239   27   16   1           0   2
 1939 31 TOT NL  24   28    3    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .107  .138  .107  -33    3   1           0   0
         PHI NL  15   20    2    2   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .100  .143  .100  -33    2   0           0   0
         BRO NL   9    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .125  .125  .125  -34    1   1           0   0
 1940 32 WSH AL   3    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .286  .167   24    1   0           1   0
 1942 34 SLB AL  36   56    5   10   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   8  .179  .220  .196   17   11   1           0   3
 1943 35 SLB AL  36   50    2    7   3  0   0    1   0  0   2   5  .140  .173  .200    8   10   2           0   2
 1944 36 SLB AL  26   28    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   8  .071  .188  .071  -26    2   0           0   2
 1945 37 SLB AL  28   61    4   12   3  0   1    4   0  0   4   4  .197  .246  .295   54   18   3           0   2
 1946 38 TOT AL  26   14    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .067  .000  -80    0   2           0   1
         SLB AL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         CHW AL  21   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .077  .000  -77    0   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     331  525   53  103  12  1   2   32   0  0  23  60  .196  .231  .234   30  123  14   0   0   1  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        257   26   50   6  0   1   16   0  0  11  29  .196  .231  .234   30   60   7   0   0   0  11
 Career High     46   79   17   23   3  1   1   11   0  0   5  10                          28   3   0   0   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 27 CIN NL   58   55    1   0.5   101| .148  .282| .164  .337| .148  .402| .312  .738| -15  .015  -8.7  -0.9     
 1936 28 CIN NL   79   54   10   5.0    98| .315  .278| .359  .337| .384  .390| .743  .726| 105  .527   0.6   0.1     
 1937 29 CIN NL   78   57    6   2.8    97| .250  .274| .269  .335| .289  .388| .558  .723|  55  .296  -4.9  -0.5     
 1938 30 TOT NL   80   66    5   2.0    98| .228  .274| .228  .338| .253  .390| .481  .728|  32  .195  -7.5  -0.8     
         CIN NL   12   11    1   2.4    96| .250  .271| .250  .334| .333  .386| .583  .720|  61  .254  -0.6  -0.1     
         PHI NL   68   55    4   2.0    99| .224  .275| .224  .339| .239  .391| .463  .730|  27  .184  -6.9  -0.7     
 1939 31 TOT NL   30   26    0   0.0   102| .107  .278| .138  .343| .107  .397| .245  .741| -33  .000  -5.3  -0.6     
         PHI NL   21   18    0   0.0   100| .100  .275| .143  .340| .100  .394| .243  .734| -33  .000  -3.7  -0.4     
         BRO NL    9    8    0   0.0   107| .125  .285| .125  .351| .125  .407| .250  .759| -34  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1940 32 WSH AL    7    5    0   0.0   106| .167  .272| .286  .344| .167  .412| .453  .756|  24  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1942 34 SLB AL   60   50    2   1.1    95| .179  .267| .220  .341| .196  .373| .416  .715|  17  .078  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1943 35 SLB AL   54   47    2   1.2    89| .140  .258| .173  .333| .200  .356| .373  .690|   8  .102  -6.0  -0.7   0%
 1944 36 SLB AL   32   28    0   0.0    96| .071  .275| .188  .343| .071  .375| .259  .718| -26  .000  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1945 37 SLB AL   68   54    4   2.0    92| .197  .267| .246  .340| .295  .363| .541  .703|  54  .228  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1946 38 TOT AL   17   17    0   0.0    93| .000  .260| .067  .334| .000  .375| .067  .709| -80  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
         SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0   100| .000  .270| .000  .344| .000  .388| .000  .732|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL   15   15    0   0.0    92| .000  .259| .077  .332| .000  .372| .077  .705| -77  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      563  459   30   1.8    96| .196  .272| .231  .338| .234  .382| .465  .720|  30  .161 -50.9  -5.5     

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 27 CIN NL P 38 9 39 4 0 .923 .958 1.26 1.18 2.49 2.31 22 173.3 1936 28 CIN NL P 29 10 28 2 2 .950 .950 1.31 1.16 1.86 2.32 25 184.0 1937 29 CIN NL P 43 4 51 4 2 .932 .958 1.28 1.20 2.45 2.39 24 202.3 1938 30 TOT NL P 33 10 28 0 3 1.000 .964 1.15 1.13 1.64 2.21 25 208.3 CIN NL P 9 1 9 0 0 1.000 .962 1.11 1.13 2.65 2.20 4 34.0 PHI NL P 24 9 19 0 3 1.000 .966 1.17 1.13 1.45 2.21 21 174.3 1939 31 TOT NL P 23 3 20 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 1.09 2.37 2.19 15 87.3 PHI NL P 15 2 11 0 0 1.000 .963 0.87 1.09 1.95 2.19 10 60.0 BRO NL P 8 1 9 0 1 1.000 .962 1.25 1.09 3.30 2.18 5 27.3 1940 32 WSH AL P 3 1 7 0 1 1.000 .952 2.67 1.07 4.00 2.05 2 18.0 1942 34 SLB AL P 33 6 36 1 2 .977 .957 1.27 1.30 2.35 2.31 18 161.0 1943 35 SLB AL P 35 7 27 2 3 .944 .963 0.97 1.27 1.99 2.27 20 154.0 1944 36 SLB AL P 26 3 14 0 0 1.000 .960 0.65 1.14 1.65 2.09 10 92.7 1945 37 SLB AL P 26 14 38 0 2 1.000 .954 2.00 1.28 2.70 2.24 22 173.3 1946 38 TOT AL P 26 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 0.35 1.01 1.23 2.02 2 66.0 SLB AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.05 0 11.0 CHW AL P 21 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 0.43 1.01 1.47 2.01 2 55.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 27 CIN NL P 38 9 39 4 0 .923 .958 1.26 1.18 2.49 2.31 22 173.3 1936 28 CIN NL P 29 10 28 2 2 .950 .950 1.31 1.16 1.86 2.32 25 184.0 1937 29 CIN NL P 43 4 51 4 2 .932 .958 1.28 1.20 2.45 2.39 24 202.3 1938 30 TOT NL P 33 10 28 0 3 1.000 .964 1.15 1.13 1.64 2.21 25 208.3 CIN NL P 9 1 9 0 0 1.000 .962 1.11 1.13 2.65 2.20 4 34.0 PHI NL P 24 9 19 0 3 1.000 .966 1.17 1.13 1.45 2.21 21 174.3 1939 31 TOT NL P 23 3 20 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 1.09 2.37 2.19 15 87.3 PHI NL P 15 2 11 0 0 1.000 .963 0.87 1.09 1.95 2.19 10 60.0 BRO NL P 8 1 9 0 1 1.000 .962 1.25 1.09 3.30 2.18 5 27.3 1940 32 WSH AL P 3 1 7 0 1 1.000 .952 2.67 1.07 4.00 2.05 2 18.0 1942 34 SLB AL P 33 6 36 1 2 .977 .957 1.27 1.30 2.35 2.31 18 161.0 1943 35 SLB AL P 35 7 27 2 3 .944 .963 0.97 1.27 1.99 2.27 20 154.0 1944 36 SLB AL P 26 3 14 0 0 1.000 .960 0.65 1.14 1.65 2.09 10 92.7 1945 37 SLB AL P 26 14 38 0 2 1.000 .954 2.00 1.28 2.70 2.24 22 173.3 1946 38 TOT AL P 26 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 0.35 1.01 1.23 2.02 2 66.0 SLB AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.05 0 11.0 CHW AL P 21 0 9 0 0 1.000 .947 0.43 1.01 1.47 2.01 2 55.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 315 67 297 13 16 .966 .958 1.16 1.18 2.15 2.26 185 1520.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 315 67 297 13 16 .966 .958 1.16 1.18 2.16 2.26 185 1520
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   1   0   2.25  0  0  0  0   4     5   1   2   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

ERA
1945 AL-2.70-8

Won-Loss %
1942 AL-.625-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1935 NL-8.57-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1942 AL-2.91-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1935 NL-4.62-5
1936 NL-3.72-10
1938 NL-4.02-10

Games
1937 NL-43-8

Saves
1937 NL-5-4
1942 AL-4-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1935 NL-76-8
1938 NL-89-7

Losses
1935 NL-13-9
1937 NL-15-5
1938 NL-18-3
1943 AL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1938 NL-101-7

Wild Pitches
1937 NL-8-2
1938 NL-8-4
1943 AL-4-9

Hit Batsmen
1936 NL-5-9

Adjusted ERA+
1945 AL-131-7

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 18 (1113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1899) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1459) (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 

June 13, 1938: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Spud Davis and $50,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bucky Walters.

July 13, 1939: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for Roy Hughes.

August 12, 1939: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Yankees.

April 11, 1940: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 5, 1940: Returned to the Brooklyn Dodgers by the Washington Senators following previous purchase.

June 6, 1946: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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