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Don Padgett
Don Wilson Padgett

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School Lenoir-Rhyne College

Debut April 23, 1937
Final Game September 12, 1948
Born December 5, 1911 in Caroleen, NC
Died December 9, 1980 in High Point, NC

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 25 STL NL 123  446   62  140  22  6  10   74   4     30  43  .314  .357  .457  118  204   1           0   5
 1938 26 STL NL 110  388   59  105  26  5   8   65   0     18  28  .271  .303  .425   93  165   1           0  12
 1939 27 STL NL  92  233   38   93  15  3   5   53   1     18  11  .399  .444  .554  160  129   5           1  11
 1940 28 STL NL  93  240   24   58  15  1   6   41   1     26  14  .242  .321  .388   90   93   0           2   6
 1941 29 STL NL 107  324   39   80  18  0   5   44   0     21  16  .247  .293  .349   75  113   1           0   8
 1946 34 TOT NL  63  128    8   30   4  0   3   30   0      9  11  .234  .285  .336   75   43   1           0   1
         BRO NL  19   30    2    5   1  0   1    9   0      4   4  .167  .265  .300   59    9   0           0   1
         BSN NL  44   98    6   25   3  0   2   21   0      5   7  .255  .291  .347   80   34   1           0   0
 1947 35 PHI NL  75  158   14   50   8  1   0   24   0     16   5  .316  .383  .380  107   60   0           1   6
 1948 36 PHI NL  36   74    3   17   3  0   0    7   0      3   2  .230  .260  .270   45   20   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      699 1991  247  573 111 16  37  338   6  0 141 130  .288  .336  .415  102  827  10   0   0   4  50
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        461   57  133  26  4   9   78   1  0  33  30  .288  .336  .415  102  192   2   0   0   1  12
 Career High    123  446   62  140  26  6  10   74   4  0  30  43  .399  .444  .554  160  204   5   0   0   2  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 25 STL NL  477  312   73   6.2   103| .314  .282| .357  .344| .457  .400| .814  .745| 118  .645  10.0   1.0     
 1938 26 STL NL  407  296   50   4.5   104| .271  .282| .303  .347| .425  .401| .728  .748|  93  .513  -5.2  -0.5     
 1939 27 STL NL  257  156   57   9.7   108| .399  .287| .444  .354| .554  .411| .998  .765| 160  .800  20.4   2.0     
 1940 28 STL NL  268  188   29   4.2   103| .242  .279| .321  .344| .388  .401| .709  .745|  90  .477  -3.2  -0.3     
 1941 29 STL NL  346  253   33   3.5   100| .247  .274| .293  .345| .349  .386| .642  .731|  75  .421 -11.7  -1.2     
 1946 34 TOT NL  138  100   12   3.2    93| .234  .264| .285  .339| .336  .369| .621  .708|  75  .396  -4.8  -0.5     
         BRO NL   34   26    2   2.1    93| .167  .264| .265  .339| .300  .369| .565  .708|  59  .226  -1.7  -0.2     
         BSN NL  104   74   10   3.6    93| .255  .264| .291  .339| .347  .369| .638  .708|  80  .450  -3.1  -0.3     
 1947 35 PHI NL  175  114   23   5.4   102| .316  .269| .383  .344| .380  .399| .763  .743| 107  .566   2.3   0.2     
 1948 36 PHI NL   78   59    5   2.2   100| .230  .266| .260  .341| .270  .394| .530  .735|  45  .223  -5.8  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2146 1478  282   5.1   102| .288  .278| .336  .346| .415  .397| .751  .743| 102  .568   2.0   0.1     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 25 STL NL OF 109 225 9 11 5 .955 .974 2.15 2.13 0 6 102 1938 26 STL NL OF 71 140 14 6 3 .963 .976 2.17 2.22 3 5 63 1B 16 138 11 0 12 1.000 .992 9.31 10.16 C 6 17 2 3 0 .864 .979 3.17 4.27 3 1939 27 STL NL C 61 249 18 6 5 .978 .982 4.38 3.93 6 1B 6 27 0 1 1 .964 .989 4.50 10.02 1940 28 STL NL C 72 243 34 11 5 .962 .978 3.85 4.05 5 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 10.10 1941 29 STL NL OF 62 115 1 5 0 .959 .975 1.87 2.15 59 0 3 C 18 62 5 4 0 .944 .982 3.72 4.06 1 1B 2 12 1 0 1 1.000 .992 6.50 9.75 1946 34 TOT NL C 36 89 15 5 2 .954 .979 2.89 4.24 3 BRO NL C 10 24 3 0 1 1.000 .978 2.70 4.24 0 BSN NL C 26 65 12 5 1 .939 .980 2.96 4.24 3 1947 35 PHI NL C 39 111 16 5 1 .962 .981 3.26 4.37 6 1948 36 PHI NL C 19 64 2 3 0 .957 .981 3.47 4.41 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 26 STL NL 1B 16 138 11 0 12 1.000 .992 9.31 10.16 1939 27 STL NL 1B 6 27 0 1 1 .964 .989 4.50 10.02 1940 28 STL NL 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 10.10 1941 29 STL NL 1B 2 12 1 0 1 1.000 .992 6.50 9.75 1938 26 STL NL C 6 17 2 3 0 .864 .979 3.17 4.27 3 1939 27 STL NL C 61 249 18 6 5 .978 .982 4.38 3.93 6 1940 28 STL NL C 72 243 34 11 5 .962 .978 3.85 4.05 5 1941 29 STL NL C 18 62 5 4 0 .944 .982 3.72 4.06 1 1946 34 TOT NL C 36 89 15 5 2 .954 .979 2.89 4.24 3 BRO NL C 10 24 3 0 1 1.000 .978 2.70 4.24 0 BSN NL C 26 65 12 5 1 .939 .980 2.96 4.24 3 1947 35 PHI NL C 39 111 16 5 1 .962 .981 3.26 4.37 6 1948 36 PHI NL C 19 64 2 3 0 .957 .981 3.47 4.41 3 1937 25 STL NL OF 109 225 9 11 5 .955 .974 2.15 2.13 0 6 102 1938 26 STL NL OF 71 140 14 6 3 .963 .976 2.17 2.22 3 5 63 1941 29 STL NL OF 62 115 1 5 0 .959 .975 1.87 2.15 59 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 251 835 92 37 13 .962 .980 3.69 4.13 27 OF 242 480 24 22 8 .958 .975 2.08 2.16 62 11 168 1B 26 178 12 1 14 .995 .992 7.31 10.09 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 519 1493 128 60 35 .964 .980 3.12 3.51
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.

Adjusted Batting Runs
1939 NL-20-9

Batting Wins
1939 NL-2.0-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (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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  7. Butch Henline (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 10, 1941: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals for $30,000.

June 12, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 27, 1947: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andy Karl.

September 18, 1948: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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