Harry Agganis
Aristotle George Agganis (The Golden Greek)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 20, 1929 in Lynn, MA
High School: Classical (Lynn, MA)
School: Boston University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: June 2, 1955
Died: June 27, 1955 in Cambridge, MA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 25 BOS AL 132 493 434 54 109 13 8 11 57 6 3 47 57 .251 .321 .394 .715 87 171 6 0 7 5 *3
1955 26 BOS AL 25 94 83 11 26 10 1 0 10 2 0 10 10 .313 .383 .458 .841 117 38 3 0 0 1 0 3
2 Seasons 157 587 517 65 135 23 9 11 67 8 3 57 67 .261 .331 .404 .735 92 209 9 0 7 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 606 533 67 139 24 9 11 69 8 3 59 69 .261 .331 .404 .735 92 216 9 0 7 6

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1954 25 BOS AL 493 346 55 4.3 108 .264 .251 .279 .321 .356 .394 .408 .715 .764 87 .500 -10.0 -1.0 .662 .258 .143 7.8
1955 26 BOS AL 94 61 15 6.6 111 .351 .313 .278 .383 .359 .458 .414 .841 .773 117 .660 2.6 0.3 .833 .289 .145 .0
2 Seasons 587 407 70 4.6 109 .279 .261 .279 .331 .357 .404 .409 .735 .766 92 .531 -7.5 -0.7 .688 .263 .143 9.3
162 Game Avg. 606 420 72 4.6 109 .279 .261 .279 .331 .357 .404 .409 .735 .766 92 .531 -7.5 -0.7 .688 .263 .143 10

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 25 BOS AL 493 2.2% 11.6% 9.5% 6.5% 29% 1.21 7.6 39.5 7.6 0.68 75%
1955 26 BOS AL 94 0.0% 10.6% 10.6% 11.7% 42% 1.00 8.3 8.3 0.81 79%
2 Seasons 587 1.9% 11.4% 9.7% 7.3% 32% 1.18 7.7 47.0 7.7 0.70 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 25 BOS AL 3 0 30% 182 6 3 67% 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 48% 27 17 10 8 6 2 15 1 12
1955 26 BOS AL 2 0 31% 39 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 10 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2 Seasons 5 0 30% 221 8 3 73% 9 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 42% 37 25 11 8 6 2 17 2 13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 25 BOS AL 471 87% 109 13 4 0 2 2.44 11 1 14 9 2 7 4 0 9 7 78% 104 6 6% 51 19 37% 335 48 14% 28 15 54% 32 14 44% 21
1955 26 BOS AL 94 93% 26 3 0 0 0 1.16 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 12% 13 4 31% 76 10 13% 5 3 60% 8 4 50% 0
2 Seasons 565 88% 135 16 4 0 2 2.20 11 1 17 9 2 7 4 0 9 7 78% 129 9 7% 64 23 36% 411 58 14% 33 18 55% 40 18 45% 21
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 132 493 434 54 109 13 8 11 57 6 3 47 57 .251 .321 .394 .715 87 171 6 0 7 5
1955 26 157 587 517 65 135 23 9 11 67 8 3 57 67 .261 .331 .404 .735 92 209 9 0 7 6 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 25 138 502 450 53 110 13 8 11 56 6 47 60 .244 .313 .382 .695 54 132
1955 26 26 96 85 10 25 10 1 0 9 2 10 10 .294 .365 .435 .800 14 25
2 Seasons 164 598 535 63 135 23 9 11 65 8 57 70 .252 .321 .391 .712 68 157
162 Game Avg. 162 591 528 62 133 23 9 11 64 8 56 69 .252 .321 .391 .712 67 157

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL--8--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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