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Dave Madison
David Pledger Madison

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School Louisiana State University

Debut September 26, 1950
Final Game August 20, 1953
Born February 1, 1921 in Brooksville, MS
Died December 8, 1985 in Macon, MS

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 29 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    3    2    2   1    1    1   0   0    12       0  6.00  4.30   72 1.333
 1952 31 TOT AL   5   3  41   5   0   0  17  0   93.0   94   60   51   8   58   42   5   3   423       0  4.94  3.88   79 1.634
         SLB AL   4   2  31   4   0   0  12  0   78.0   78   46   38   7   48   35   4   2   357       0  4.38  3.90   89 1.615
         DET AL   1   1  10   1   0   0   5  0   15.0   16   14   13   1   10    7   1   1    66       0  7.80  3.78   49 1.733
 1953 32 DET AL   3   4  32   1   0   0  17  0   62.0   76   55   47   7   44   27   3   3   307       0  6.82  4.08   60 1.935
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .533   8   7  74   6   0   0  34  0  158.0  173  117  100  16  103   70   8   6   742       0  5.70  3.96   70 1.747
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   5  62   5   0   0  28  0  134.0  147   99   85  13   87   59   6   5   630   0   0  5.70  3.96   70 1.747
 Career High      5   4  41   5   0   0  17  0   93.0   94   60   51   8   58   42   5   3   423   0   0  4.94  4.08   79 1.634

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 29 NYY AL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
 1952 31 TOT AL  41   19    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .105  .150  .105  -29    2   2           0   0
         SLB AL  31   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .118  .118  .118  -35    2   2           0   0
         DET AL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0           0   0
 1953 32 DET AL  32   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .091  .091  .091  -51    1   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       74   30    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8  .100  .156  .100  -29    3   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         66    4    7   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  18  .100  .156  .100  -29    7   4   0   0   0   2
 Career High     41   19    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6                           2   2   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 29 NYY AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .361|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
 1952 31 TOT AL   22   19    0   0.0    99| .105  .263| .150  .344| .105  .384| .255  .728| -29  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         SLB AL   19   17    0   0.0    99| .118  .264| .118  .344| .118  .385| .236  .729| -35  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         DET AL    3    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .262| .333  .341| .000  .382| .333  .723|  -2  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1953 32 DET AL   11   11    0   0.0   102| .091  .268| .091  .344| .091  .395| .182  .739| -51  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        34   30    0   0.0   100| .100  .265| .156  .344| .100  .388| .256  .733| -29  .000  -5.4  -0.5   0%

* 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 ------+
1950 29 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1952 31 TOT AL P 41 2 17 1 2 .950 .969 0.46 1.03 1.84 2.10 5 93.0 SLB AL P 31 2 16 0 1 1.000 .968 0.58 1.03 2.08 2.10 4 78.0 DET AL P 10 0 1 1 1 .500 1.000 0.10 1.03 0.60 2.10 1 15.0 1953 32 DET AL P 32 2 13 2 0 .882 .955 0.47 0.88 2.18 1.95 1 62.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 29 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1952 31 TOT AL P 41 2 17 1 2 .950 .969 0.46 1.03 1.84 2.10 5 93.0 SLB AL P 31 2 16 0 1 1.000 .968 0.58 1.03 2.08 2.10 4 78.0 DET AL P 10 0 1 1 1 .500 1.000 0.10 1.03 0.60 2.10 1 15.0 1953 32 DET AL P 32 2 13 2 0 .882 .955 0.47 0.88 2.18 1.95 1 62.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 74 4 30 3 2 .919 .963 0.46 0.96 1.94 2.04 6 158.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 74 4 30 3 2 .919 .963 0.46 0.96 1.94 2.04 6 158
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.

Games
1952 AL-41-9

Games Finished
1952 AL-17-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 7, 1952: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees.

August 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bud Black, Jim Delsing, and Ned Garver to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart, Don Lenhardt, and Vic Wertz.


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