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Gil McDougald
Gilbert James McDougald

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School University of San Francisco

Debut April 20, 1951
Final Game October 2, 1960
Born May 19, 1928 in San Francisco, CA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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        The Unsung Great at the Core of Baseball's Greatest Dynasty; The Yankees of the 1950's. A Five-Time All-Star, Appearing in 8 World Series; Ladies & Gentleman! the American League Rookie of the Year 1951! Gil McDougald!! Mickey, Whitey, Yogi, & Gil.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 23 NYY AL 131  402   72  123  23  4  14   63  14  5  56  54  .306  .396  .488  142  196  11           4  12 MVP-9,RoY-1
 1952 24 NYY AL 152  555   65  146  16  5  11   78   6  5  57  73  .263  .336  .369  101  205  16           4  14 AS
 1953 25 NYY AL 141  541   82  154  27  7  10   83   3  4  60  65  .285  .361  .416  112  225   8           5   9
 1954 26 NYY AL 126  394   66  102  22  2  12   48   3  4  62  64  .259  .364  .416  117  164   9   3       5   5
 1955 27 NYY AL 141  533   79  152  10  8  13   53   6  4  65  77  .285  .361  .407  108  217   8   7   2   2   6 MVP-12
 1956 28 NYY AL 120  438   79  136  13  3  13   56   3  8  68  59  .311  .405  .443  127  194   7   2   1   3   5 MVP-7,AS
 1957 29 NYY AL 141  539   87  156  25  9  13   62   2  5  59  71  .289  .362  .442  121  238  19   3   1   4  12 MVP-5,AS
 1958 30 NYY AL 138  503   69  126  19  1  14   65   6  2  59  75  .250  .329  .376   98  189   7   6   1   3  15 MVP-20,AS
 1959 31 NYY AL 127  434   44  109  16  8   4   34   0  3  35  40  .251  .309  .353   85  153   5   4   3   3  11 AS
 1960 32 NYY AL 119  337   54   87  16  4   8   34   2  4  38  45  .258  .337  .401  105  135   7   2   0   3   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1336 4676  697 1291 187 51 112  576  45 44 559 623  .276  .356  .410  111 1916  97  27   8  36  93
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        567   85  157  23  6  14   70   5  5  68  76  .276  .356  .410  111  232  12   3   1   4  11
 Career High    152  555   87  156  27  9  14   83  14  8  68  77  .311  .405  .488  142  238  19   7   3   5  15
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 23 NYY AL  473  307   77   6.7    99| .306  .263| .396  .343| .488  .385| .884  .728| 142  .676  24.6   2.4  73%
 1952 24 NYY AL  632  444   67   4.1    91| .263  .253| .336  .332| .369  .369| .705  .701| 101  .491   0.8   0.1  54%
 1953 25 NYY AL  614  408   79   5.2   100| .285  .266| .361  .342| .416  .392| .777  .733| 112  .570   9.8   1.0  42%
 1954 26 NYY AL  473  313   58   5.0    96| .259  .262| .364  .337| .416  .383| .780  .720| 117  .570  11.2   1.1  42%
 1955 27 NYY AL  615  406   83   5.5   102| .285  .265| .361  .344| .407  .395| .768  .739| 108  .581   5.8   0.6  60%
 1956 28 NYY AL  518  324   82   6.8   104| .311  .264| .405  .345| .443  .402| .848  .747| 127  .652  19.6   1.9  27%
 1957 29 NYY AL  624  422   86   5.5    98| .289  .261| .362  .333| .442  .393| .804  .726| 121  .602  15.7   1.6  28%
 1958 30 NYY AL  578  407   64   4.2    95| .250  .257| .329  .325| .376  .390| .705  .715|  98  .490  -0.2   0.0  75%
 1959 31 NYY AL  481  348   46   3.6    95| .251  .256| .309  .326| .353  .391| .662  .717|  85  .404  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1960 32 NYY AL  387  267   47   4.7    96| .258  .256| .337  .329| .401  .392| .738  .721| 105  .525   2.6   0.3  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5395 3646  689   5.1    97| .276  .260| .356  .336| .410  .389| .766  .725| 111  .562  80.8   8.1  50%

* 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 ------+
1951 23 NYY AL 3B 82 54 112 9 20 .949 .950 2.02 2.87 2B 55 120 137 5 26 .981 .978 4.67 5.35 1952 24 NYY AL 3B 117 124 273 13 38 .968 .953 3.39 2.98 AS 2B 38 109 99 5 31 .977 .978 5.47 5.13 AS 1953 25 NYY AL 3B 136 147 299 22 36 .953 .957 3.28 2.93 2B 26 23 33 1 9 .982 .979 2.15 5.13 1954 26 NYY AL 2B 92 224 233 5 84 .989 .976 4.97 4.84 3B 35 16 53 3 4 .958 .960 1.97 3.07 1955 27 NYY AL 2B 126 352 348 11 119 .985 .976 5.56 4.87 3B 17 15 34 2 4 .961 .950 2.88 2.73 1956 28 NYY AL SS 92 177 273 14 77 .970 .960 4.89 4.10 5.27 4.98 88 768.0 AS 2B 31 57 77 2 28 .985 .973 4.32 4.74 5.52 5.44 24 218.3 AS 3B 5 5 13 1 4 .947 .947 3.60 2.78 4.38 3.21 4 37.0 AS 1957 29 NYY AL SS 121 247 391 16 104 .976 .963 5.27 4.43 5.46 5.11 118 1051.0 AS 2B 21 59 48 1 18 .991 .980 5.10 4.84 6.16 5.39 18 156.3 AS 3B 7 7 12 0 1 1.000 .950 2.71 2.77 3.98 3.22 4 43.0 AS 1958 30 NYY AL 2B 115 265 298 13 97 .977 .978 4.90 4.68 5.09 5.26 113 996.3 AS SS 19 34 59 3 14 .969 .964 4.89 4.17 5.23 4.96 18 160.0 AS 1959 31 NYY AL 2B 53 119 146 3 40 .989 .976 5.00 4.73 5.44 5.29 48 438.3 AS SS 52 58 140 5 25 .975 .959 3.81 3.97 4.52 4.87 45 394.3 AS 3B 25 13 59 2 5 .973 .952 2.88 2.72 3.21 3.21 23 201.7 AS 1960 32 NYY AL 3B 84 70 137 12 15 .945 .952 2.46 2.72 3.44 3.14 56 542.0 2B 42 57 99 1 16 .994 .979 3.71 4.66 6.17 5.46 22 227.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 23 NYY AL 2B 55 120 137 5 26 .981 .978 4.67 5.35 1952 24 NYY AL 2B 38 109 99 5 31 .977 .978 5.47 5.13 1953 25 NYY AL 2B 26 23 33 1 9 .982 .979 2.15 5.13 1954 26 NYY AL 2B 92 224 233 5 84 .989 .976 4.97 4.84 1955 27 NYY AL 2B 126 352 348 11 119 .985 .976 5.56 4.87 1956 28 NYY AL 2B 31 57 77 2 28 .985 .973 4.32 4.74 5.52 5.44 24 218.3 1957 29 NYY AL 2B 21 59 48 1 18 .991 .980 5.10 4.84 6.16 5.39 18 156.3 1958 30 NYY AL 2B 115 265 298 13 97 .977 .978 4.90 4.68 5.09 5.26 113 996.3 1959 31 NYY AL 2B 53 119 146 3 40 .989 .976 5.00 4.73 5.44 5.29 48 438.3 1960 32 NYY AL 2B 42 57 99 1 16 .994 .979 3.71 4.66 6.17 5.46 22 227.7 1951 23 NYY AL 3B 82 54 112 9 20 .949 .950 2.02 2.87 1952 24 NYY AL 3B 117 124 273 13 38 .968 .953 3.39 2.98 1953 25 NYY AL 3B 136 147 299 22 36 .953 .957 3.28 2.93 1954 26 NYY AL 3B 35 16 53 3 4 .958 .960 1.97 3.07 1955 27 NYY AL 3B 17 15 34 2 4 .961 .950 2.88 2.73 1956 28 NYY AL 3B 5 5 13 1 4 .947 .947 3.60 2.78 4.38 3.21 4 37.0 1957 29 NYY AL 3B 7 7 12 0 1 1.000 .950 2.71 2.77 3.98 3.22 4 43.0 1959 31 NYY AL 3B 25 13 59 2 5 .973 .952 2.88 2.72 3.21 3.21 23 201.7 1960 32 NYY AL 3B 84 70 137 12 15 .945 .952 2.46 2.72 3.44 3.14 56 542.0 1956 28 NYY AL SS 92 177 273 14 77 .970 .960 4.89 4.10 5.27 4.98 88 768.0 1957 29 NYY AL SS 121 247 391 16 104 .976 .963 5.27 4.43 5.46 5.11 118 1051.0 1958 30 NYY AL SS 19 34 59 3 14 .969 .964 4.89 4.17 5.23 4.96 18 160.0 1959 31 NYY AL SS 52 58 140 5 25 .975 .959 3.81 3.97 4.52 4.87 45 394.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 599 1385 1518 47 468 .984 .977 4.85 4.87 225 2037.0 3B* 508 451 992 64 127 .958 .954 2.84 2.89 87 823.7 SS* 284 516 863 38 220 .973 .961 4.86 4.22 269 2373.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1391 2352 3373 149 815 .975 .967 4.12 4.01
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  23   2   6  1  0  1   7   2   2  .261  .320  .435   0  1   0   0   0 
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   7  25   5   5  0  0  1   3   5   2  .200  .333  .320   1  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   6  24   2   4  0  1  2   4   1   3  .167  .231  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   7  27   2   7  0  0  1   1   2   6  .259  .310  .370   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   7  21   0   3  0  0  0   1   3   6  .143  .240  .143   0  0   1   1   0 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   7  24   3   6  0  0  0   2   3   3  .250  .321  .250   1  0   1   1   0 
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   7  28   5   9  2  0  2   4   2   4  .321  .367  .607   0  0   0   0   0 
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   6  18   4   5  1  0  0   2   2   3  .278  .350  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  8 World Series        5-3  53 190  23  45  4  1  7  24  20  29  .237  .310  .379   2  1   2   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1952   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1956   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1957   NYY AL       2   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1958   NYY AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-1 NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/6      0   4   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1952 *
1956
1957 *
1958 *
1959-1 *
1959-2

Awards
1951-AL-ROY
1958-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1951-AL-9-0.19
1955-AL-12-0.10
1956-AL-7-0.16
1957-AL-5-0.49
1958-AL-20-0.01
Car-248-0.95 shares

Batting Average
1951 AL-.306-7
1956 AL-.311-9

On-base %
1951 AL-.396-9
1956 AL-.405-7

Slugging %
1951 AL-.488-8

OPS
1951 AL-.884-6

Games
1952 AL-152-4

Runs
1957 AL-87-7

Triples
1953 AL-7-10
1955 AL-8-4
1957 AL-9-1
1959 AL-8-2

Strikeouts
1952 AL-73-10
1953 AL-65-8
1955 AL-77-5

Stolen Bases
1951 AL-14-4

Singles
1955 AL-121-8
1957 AL-109-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1951 AL-25-9

Batting Wins
1951 AL-2.4-9

Hit By Pitch
1953 AL-5-10
1954 AL-5-7

Sac. Hits
1951 AL-11-7
1952 AL-16-4
1954 AL-9-10
1957 AL-19-1

Sac. Flies
1955 AL-7-5
1958 AL-6-8

Caught Stealing
1956 AL-8-2

Power/Speed Number
1951 AL-14.0-2
1958 AL-8.4-10

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (963) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 54.0 (343) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.


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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