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Hal Jeffcoat
Harold Bently Jeffcoat

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 20, 1948
Final Game August 6, 1959
Born September 6, 1924 in West Columbia, SC
Died August 30, 2007 in Tampla, FL
Brother of George Jeffcoat

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 23 CHC NL 134  473   53  132  16  4   4   42   8     24  68  .279  .315  .355   84  168  14           1   6
 1949 24 CHC NL 108  363   43   89  18  6   2   26  12     20  48  .245  .286  .344   71  125   4           1   5
 1950 25 CHC NL  66  179   21   42  13  1   2   18   7      6  23  .235  .259  .352   60   63   2           0  11
 1951 26 CHC NL 113  278   44   76  20  2   4   27   8  4  16  23  .273  .315  .403   90  112   4           1   5
 1952 27 CHC NL 102  297   29   65  17  2   4   30   7  2  15  40  .219  .259  .330   61   98   7           1  17
 1953 28 CHC NL 106  183   22   43   3  1   4   22   5  0  21  26  .235  .314  .328   66   60   3           0   5
 1954 29 CHC NL  56   31   13    8   2  1   1    6   2  0   1   7  .258  .265  .484   90   15   0   2       0   1
 1955 30 CHC NL  52   23    3    4   0  0   1    1   0  0   2   9  .174  .240  .304   44    7   2   0   0   0   2
 1956 31 CIN NL  49   54    5    8   2  0   0    5   0  1   3  20  .148  .193  .185    1   10   3   0   0   0   1
 1957 32 CIN NL  53   69   13   14   3  1   4   11   0  0   5  20  .203  .267  .449   84   31   8   0   0   1   2
 1958 33 CIN NL  50    9    2    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .556  .600  .556  202    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 34 TOT NL  29    4    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .250  .250  .500   90    2   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  17    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  664    2   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  12    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     918 1963  249  487  95 18  26  188  49  7 114 289  .248  .291  .355   73  696  47   2   0   5  55
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        346   44   86  17  3   5   33   9  1  20  51  .248  .291  .355   73  123   8   0   0   1  10
 Career High    134  473   53  132  20  6   4   42  12  4  24  68  .279  .315  .403   90  168  14   2   0   1  17

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 23 CHC NL  512  361   53   3.9    99| .279  .264| .315  .338| .355  .391| .670  .728|  84  .440 -11.4  -1.1     
 1949 24 CHC NL  388  283   36   3.4   101| .245  .267| .286  .340| .344  .399| .630  .739|  71  .367 -16.0  -1.6     
 1950 25 CHC NL  187  150   16   2.8   107| .235  .268| .259  .345| .352  .416| .611  .761|  60  .284 -10.9  -1.1     
 1951 26 CHC NL  299  215   35   4.4   105| .273  .270| .315  .344| .403  .409| .718  .753|  90  .486  -4.3  -0.4  66%
 1952 27 CHC NL  320  258   25   2.6    98| .219  .263| .259  .336| .330  .391| .589  .727|  61  .297 -16.4  -1.7  77%
 1953 28 CHC NL  207  148   20   3.6   112| .235  .277| .314  .348| .328  .431| .642  .779|  66  .365  -9.4  -0.9 100%
 1954 29 CHC NL   34   26    5   5.2   110| .258  .275| .265  .347| .484  .425| .749  .772|  90  .533  -0.5  -0.1 100%
 1955 30 CHC NL   27   23    1   1.2   105| .174  .265| .240  .336| .304  .420| .544  .757|  44  .072  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1956 31 CIN NL   60   51    2   1.0   107| .148  .270| .193  .337| .185  .426| .378  .763|   1  .066  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1957 32 CIN NL   83   65    8   3.4   108| .203  .275| .267  .340| .449  .426| .716  .766|  84  .354  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1958 33 CIN NL   10    4    3  20.1   111| .556  .277| .600  .346| .556  .432|1.156  .778| 202  .936   1.4   0.1   0%
 1959 34 TOT NL    4    3    2  17.8   109| .250  .276| .250  .343| .500  .428| .750  .771|  90  .922  -0.0   0.0   0%
         CIN NL    1    0    2         108|1.000  .275|1.000  .341|2.000  .425|3.000  .766| 664         0.8   0.1   0%
         STL NL    3    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .277| .000  .344| .000  .429| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2131 1587  206   3.5   103| .248  .268| .291  .341| .355  .404| .646  .745|  73  .381 -79.4  -8.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 29 CHC NL   5   6  43   3   1   0  21  7  104.0  110   63   60  12   58   35   4   0   475       0  5.19  4.19   81 1.615
 1955 30 CHC NL   8   6  50   1   0   0  26  6  100.7  107   46   33   5   53   32   4   2   453  12   0  2.95  4.12  140 1.589
 1956 31 CIN NL   8   2  38  16   2   0   7  2  171.0  189   79   73  12   55   55   5   7   744   4   0  3.84  3.92  102 1.427
 1957 32 CIN NL  12  13  37  31  10   1   1  0  207.0  236  117  104  29   46   63   7   2   873   7   0  4.52  4.07   90 1.362
 1958 33 CIN NL   6   8  49   0   0   0  34  9   75.0   76   34   31   8   26   35   2   0   324   8   0  3.72  4.15  112 1.360
 1959 34 TOT NL   0   2  28   0   0   0  17  1   39.3   54   26   26   7   19   19   0   2   184   4   0  5.95  4.14   70 1.856
         CIN NL   0   1  17   0   0   0  11  1   21.7   21    8    8   3   10   12   0   1    93   2   0  3.32  4.07  122 1.431
         STL NL   0   1  11   0   0   0   6  0   17.7   33   18   18   4    9    7   0   1    91   2   0  9.17  4.22   46 2.377
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .513  39  37 245  51  13   1 106 25  697.0  772  365  327  73  257  239  22  13  3053  35   0  4.22  4.07   96 1.476
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  56  11   2   0  24  5  160.0  177   83   75  16   59   54   5   2   701   8   0  4.22  4.07   96 1.476
 Career High     12  13  50  31  10   1  34  9  207.0  236  117  104  29   58   63   7   7   873  12   0  2.95  4.19  140 1.360

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 23 CHC NL  OF  119    307   12    8    3  .976  .978  2.68  2.20                            0  119    0
 1949 24 CHC NL  OF  101    250   12   10    2  .963  .977  2.59  2.25                            1   68   32
 1950 25 CHC NL  OF   53     83    6    3    0  .967  .978  1.68  2.14                           12   11   31
 1951 26 CHC NL  OF   87    166   11    2    5  .989  .981  2.03  2.23                           14   39   34
 1952 27 CHC NL  OF   95    218   16    1    2  .996  .981  2.46  2.10                            0   95    0
 1953 28 CHC NL  OF  100    175    6    5    2  .973  .980  1.81  2.11                            2   99    0
 1954 29 CHC NL   P   43     12   20    4    1  .889  .961  0.74  0.87  2.77  2.07    3  104.0
                 OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  2.17                            0    3    0
 1955 30 CHC NL   P   50      4   24    3    1  .903  .949  0.56  0.83  2.50  2.04    1  100.7
 1956 31 CIN NL   P   38     21   42    2    4  .969  .966  1.66  0.83  3.32  2.05   16  170.7
 1957 32 CIN NL   P   37     16   30    2    5  .958  .962  1.24  0.82  2.00  2.06   31  207.0
 1958 33 CIN NL   P   49      8   19    0    2 1.000  .954  0.55  0.77  3.24  1.97    0   75.0
                 CF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.50  4.50  2.70    0    2.0
 1959 34 TOT NL   P   28      5    5    0    1 1.000  .952  0.36  0.82  2.28  1.99    0   39.4
         CIN NL   P   17      4    2    0    1 1.000  .952  0.35  0.82  2.49  1.99    0   21.7
         STL NL   P   11      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.36  0.82  2.03  1.98    0   17.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1958 33 CIN NL  CF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.50  4.50  2.70    0    2.0

 1948 23 CHC NL  OF  119    307   12    8    3  .976  .978  2.68  2.20                            0  119    0
 1949 24 CHC NL  OF  101    250   12   10    2  .963  .977  2.59  2.25                            1   68   32
 1950 25 CHC NL  OF   53     83    6    3    0  .967  .978  1.68  2.14                           12   11   31
 1951 26 CHC NL  OF   87    166   11    2    5  .989  .981  2.03  2.23                           14   39   34
 1952 27 CHC NL  OF   95    218   16    1    2  .996  .981  2.46  2.10                            0   95    0
 1953 28 CHC NL  OF  100    175    6    5    2  .973  .980  1.81  2.11                            2   99    0
 1954 29 CHC NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  2.17                            0    3    0
 1958 33 CIN NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.00  4.50  2.25    0    2.0

 1954 29 CHC NL   P   43     12   20    4    1  .889  .961  0.74  0.87  2.77  2.07    3  104.0
 1955 30 CHC NL   P   50      4   24    3    1  .903  .949  0.56  0.83  2.50  2.04    1  100.7
 1956 31 CIN NL   P   38     21   42    2    4  .969  .966  1.66  0.83  3.32  2.05   16  170.7
 1957 32 CIN NL   P   37     16   30    2    5  .958  .962  1.24  0.82  2.00  2.06   31  207.0
 1958 33 CIN NL   P   49      8   19    0    2 1.000  .954  0.55  0.77  3.24  1.97    0   75.0
 1959 34 TOT NL   P   28      5    5    0    1 1.000  .952  0.36  0.82  2.28  1.99    0   39.4
         CIN NL   P   17      4    2    0    1 1.000  .952  0.35  0.82  2.49  1.99    0   21.7
         STL NL   P   11      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.36  0.82  2.03  1.98    0   17.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 245     66  140   11   14  .949  .960  0.84  0.82               51  696.7
                 CF*   1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.50                0    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       804   1267  203   40   28  .974  .976  1.83  1.76

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.

Strikeouts
1948 NL-68-5

Stolen Bases
1948 NL-8-10
1949 NL-12-3

Sac. Hits
1948 NL-14-2
1957 NL-8-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1952 NL-17-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1957 NL-2.00-5

Games
1955 NL-50-6
1958 NL-49-9

Saves
1954 NL-7-7
1955 NL-6-6
1958 NL-9-7

Games Started
1957 NL-31-10

Home Runs Allow.
1957 NL-29-2

Hits Allowed
1957 NL-236-5

Losses
1957 NL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1957 NL-104-3

Wild Pitches
1956 NL-7-5

Hit Batsmen
1956 NL-5-10
1957 NL-7-4

Games Finished
1954 NL-21-9
1955 NL-26-6
1958 NL-34-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 14 (1251) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3463) Pitching - 3.0 (1632) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1829) (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.

Transactions
Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
November 28, 1955: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Hobie Landrith.
June 8, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Brosnan.
October 13, 1959: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
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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Strikeouts 1948 NL-68-5	Stolen Bases 1948 NL-8-10 1949 NL-12-3	Sac. Hits 1948 NL-14-2 1957 NL-8-6	Grounded into Double Plays 1952 NL-17-4	Bases on Balls/9IP 1957 NL-2.00-5	Games 1955 NL-50-6 1958 NL-49-9
Saves 1954 NL-7-7 1955 NL-6-6 1958 NL-9-7	Games Started 1957 NL-31-10	Home Runs Allow. 1957 NL-29-2	Hits Allowed 1957 NL-236-5	Losses 1957 NL-13-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1957 NL-104-3
Wild Pitches 1956 NL-7-5	Hit Batsmen 1956 NL-5-10 1957 NL-7-4	Games Finished 1954 NL-21-9 1955 NL-26-6 1958 NL-34-6