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Toby Atwell
Maurice Dailey Atwell
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 8, 1924 in Leesburg, VA
Schools: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Final Game: September 28, 1956
Died: January 25, 2003 in Purcellville, VA
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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
1952 28 CHC NL 107 405 362 36 105 16 3 2 31 2 1 40 22 .290 .362 .367 .730 102 133 11 1 2 2 AS,MVP-38
1953 29 TOT NL 77 252 213 21 51 8 0 1 25 0 0 33 19 .239 .349 .291 .640 69 62 8 3 3 2
1953 29 CHC NL 24 88 74 10 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 13 7 .230 .345 .297 .642 68 22 0 0 1 2
1953 29 PIT NL 53 164 139 11 34 6 0 0 17 0 0 20 12 .245 .352 .288 .640 70 40 8 3 2 2
1954 30 PIT NL 96 340 287 36 83 8 4 3 26 2 3 43 21 .289 .384 .376 .760 102 108 11 3 4 3 2
1955 31 PIT NL 71 253 207 21 44 8 0 1 18 0 1 40 16 .213 .337 .266 .603 65 55 4 1 1 4 9 2
1956 32 TOT NL 27 54 48 2 7 1 0 2 10 0 0 5 6 .146 .226 .292 .518 41 14 2 0 1 0 1 2
1956 32 PIT NL 12 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .111 .158 .111 .269 -25 2 2 0 1 0 0 /2
1956 32 MLN NL 15 34 30 2 5 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 1 .167 .265 .400 .665 81 12 0 0 0 0 1 2
5 Seasons 378 1304 1117 116 290 41 7 9 110 4 5 161 84 .260 .355 .333 .688 86 372 36 8 11 7 10
162 Game Avg. 162 559 479 50 124 18 3 4 47 2 2 69 36 .260 .355 .333 .688 86 159 15 3 5
PIT (4 yrs) 232 777 651 68 163 22 4 4 64 2 4 104 54 .250 .356 .315 .671 80 205 25 7 8 7 9
CHC (2 yrs) 131 493 436 46 122 18 3 3 39 2 1 53 29 .280 .359 .356 .715 96 155 11 1 3
MLN (1 yr) 15 34 30 2 5 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 1 .167 .265 .400 .665 81 12 0 0 0 0 1
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1952 CHC NL 28 C 101 513 451 50 12 2 .977 4.96 .984 4.84 11 AS,MVP-38
1953 TOT NL 29 C 69 347 295 37 15 2 .957 4.81 .984 4.66 7
1953 CHC NL 29 C 24 133 108 17 8 0 .940 5.21 .985 4.66 1
1953 PIT NL 29 C 45 214 187 20 7 2 .967 4.60 .984 4.66 6
1954 PIT NL 30 C 88 83 719.1 403 360 39 4 4 .990 -2.0 -3.3 -2 4.99 4.53 .986 5.36 4.57 5 6 32 15 32%
1955 PIT NL 31 C 67 58 524.2 361 334 24 3 3 .992 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.14 5.34 .987 5.65 4.82 5 8 19 7 27%
1956 TOT NL 32 C 19 15 111.0 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.27 3.42 .986 5.84 5.01 2 3 4 4 50%
1956 PIT NL 32 C 9 6 41.1 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -29.0 -1 6.31 3.22 .986 5.84 5.01 1 2 3 0 0%
1956 MLN NL 32 C 10 9 69.2 36 32 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 17.2 1 4.65 3.60 .986 5.84 5.01 1 1 1 4 80%
5 Seasons C 344 156 1355.0 1689 1499 156 34 12 .980 -4.0 -3.5 -4 10.99 4.81 .985 5.51 4.74 30 17 55 26 32%
5 Seasons TOT 344 156 1355.0 1689 1499 156 34 12 .980 -4.0 -3.5 -4 10.99 4.81 .965 5.51 4.74 30 17 55 26 32%

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-NL-38-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--9--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2291), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1951: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Carmen Mauro.

June 4, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Addis, George Freese, Gene Hermanski, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward and $150,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joe Garagiola, Ralph Kiner, Catfish Metkovich and Howie Pollet.

May 28, 1956: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Dick Rand (October 12, 1956) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

July 4, 1956: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 17, 1956: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies.

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