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Hal Naragon
Harold Richard Naragon

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 23, 1951
Final Game August 5, 1962
Born October 1, 1928 in Zanesville, OH

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 22 CLE AL   3    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .250  .400  .250   82    2   0           1   0
 1954 25 CLE AL  46  101   10   24   2  2   0   12   0  0   9  12  .238  .300  .297   63   30   3   0       0   0
 1955 26 CLE AL  57  127   12   41   9  2   1   14   1  0  15   8  .323  .394  .449  123   57   1   0   0   0   3
 1956 27 CLE AL  53  122   11   35   3  1   3   18   0  0  13   9  .287  .355  .402   98   49   2   2   2   1   3
 1957 28 CLE AL  57  121   12   31   1  1   0    8   0  0  12   9  .256  .326  .281   68   34   1   1   1   1   5
 1958 29 CLE AL   9    9    2    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .556  142    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 30 TOT AL  85  231   18   57   7  3   0   16   0  1  11  11  .247  .283  .303   62   70   1   3   0   2   4
         CLE AL  14   36    6   10   4  1   0    5   0  0   3   2  .278  .341  .444  117   16   0   1   0   1   0
         WSH AL  71  195   12   47   3  2   0   11   0  1   8   9  .241  .272  .277   52   54   1   2   0   1   4
 1960 31 WSH AL  33   92    7   19   2  0   0    5   0  0   8   4  .207  .275  .228   38   21   1   1   2   1   2
 1961 32 MIN AL  57  139   10   42   2  1   2   11   0  0   4   8  .302  .326  .374   83   52   3   0   0   1   5
 1962 33 MIN AL  24   35    1    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   3   1  .229  .282  .257   44    9   0   1   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     424  985   83  262  27 11   6   87   1  1  76  62  .266  .321  .334   77  329  12   8   6   7  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        376   32  100  10  4   2   33   0  0  29  24  .266  .321  .334   77  126   5   3   2   3   9
 Career High     85  231   18   57   9  3   3   18   1  1  15  12  .247  .283  .303   62   70   3   3   2   2   5
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 22 CLE AL   10    6    1   4.5    98| .250  .261| .400  .342| .250  .383| .650  .725|  82  .497  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1954 25 CLE AL  113   80    9   3.0   100| .238  .268| .300  .344| .297  .391| .597  .735|  63  .348  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1955 26 CLE AL  143   90   23   6.8   106| .323  .271| .394  .351| .449  .404| .843  .755| 123  .676   4.5   0.4 100%
 1956 27 CLE AL  140   94   18   5.1   108| .287  .270| .355  .352| .402  .412| .757  .764|  98  .529  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1957 28 CLE AL  136   97   11   3.1    99| .256  .263| .326  .335| .281  .397| .607  .732|  68  .341  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1958 29 CLE AL    9    6    2   8.9    97| .333  .260| .333  .329| .556  .396| .889  .725| 142  .792   0.3   0.0   0%
 1959 30 TOT AL  248  183   20   2.9    98| .247  .260| .283  .331| .303  .397| .586  .728|  62  .323 -12.4  -1.3   0%
         CLE AL   41   27    6   6.0    96| .278  .257| .341  .328| .444  .392| .785  .720| 117  .636   1.1   0.1   0%
         WSH AL  207  156   14   2.4    98| .241  .260| .272  .332| .277  .398| .549  .729|  52  .250 -13.5  -1.4   0%
 1960 31 WSH AL  103   77    6   2.1   102| .207  .265| .275  .338| .228  .405| .503  .743|  38  .199  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1961 32 MIN AL  147  105   16   4.1   109| .302  .271| .326  .347| .374  .421| .700  .768|  83  .439  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1962 33 MIN AL   39   29    3   2.8   106| .229  .268| .282  .341| .257  .417| .539  .758|  44  .288  -2.7  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1088  767  109   3.8   103| .266  .266| .321  .341| .334  .404| .655  .745|  77  .423 -33.7  -3.5  50%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 22 CLE AL C 2 12 1 1 1 .929 .985 6.50 4.40 1 1954 25 CLE AL C 45 132 14 0 1 1.000 .986 3.24 4.76 2 1955 26 CLE AL C 52 199 15 2 3 .991 .988 4.12 4.73 2 1956 27 CLE AL C 48 162 7 2 0 .988 .988 3.52 5.02 5.18 5.91 33 293.7 6 8 11 6 1957 28 CLE AL C 39 179 14 2 2 .990 .991 4.95 5.11 6.51 5.92 28 267.0 3 9 7 7 1959 30 TOT AL C 64 313 16 2 1 .994 .989 5.14 5.31 5.97 6.08 54 496.3 7 14 28 10 CLE AL C 10 51 3 0 1 1.000 .989 5.40 5.31 6.48 6.08 8 75.0 1 3 2 3 WSH AL C 54 262 13 2 0 .993 .989 5.09 5.31 5.87 6.08 46 421.3 6 11 26 7 1960 31 WSH AL C 29 119 14 3 1 .978 .987 4.59 5.12 5.27 5.93 23 227.3 1 3 10 4 1961 32 MIN AL C 36 168 12 1 4 .994 .989 5.00 5.44 5.81 6.21 30 278.7 3 3 20 5 1962 33 MIN AL C 9 41 0 0 1 1.000 .988 4.56 5.57 7.53 6.30 5 49.0 0 0 3 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 22 CLE AL C 2 12 1 1 1 .929 .985 6.50 4.40 1 1954 25 CLE AL C 45 132 14 0 1 1.000 .986 3.24 4.76 2 1955 26 CLE AL C 52 199 15 2 3 .991 .988 4.12 4.73 2 1956 27 CLE AL C 48 162 7 2 0 .988 .988 3.52 5.02 5.18 5.91 33 293.7 6 8 11 6 1957 28 CLE AL C 39 179 14 2 2 .990 .991 4.95 5.11 6.51 5.92 28 267.0 3 9 7 7 1959 30 TOT AL C 64 313 16 2 1 .994 .989 5.14 5.31 5.97 6.08 54 496.3 7 14 28 10 CLE AL C 10 51 3 0 1 1.000 .989 5.40 5.31 6.48 6.08 8 75.0 1 3 2 3 WSH AL C 54 262 13 2 0 .993 .989 5.09 5.31 5.87 6.08 46 421.3 6 11 26 7 1960 31 WSH AL C 29 119 14 3 1 .978 .987 4.59 5.12 5.27 5.93 23 227.3 1 3 10 4 1961 32 MIN AL C 36 168 12 1 4 .994 .989 5.00 5.44 5.81 6.21 30 278.7 3 3 20 5 1962 33 MIN AL C 9 41 0 0 1 1.000 .988 4.56 5.57 7.53 6.30 5 49.0 0 0 3 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 324 1325 93 13 14 .991 .988 4.38 5.07 173 1612.0 25 37 79 32 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 324 1325 93 13 14 .991 .988 4.38 5.07
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    CLE NYG     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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


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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Hal Woodeshick to the Washington Senators for Ed Fitz Gerald.

October 19, 1962: Released by the Minnesota Twins.


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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