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Dick Cole

Richard Roy Cole

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 6, 1926 in Long Beach, CA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1951
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Braves 1951-1957

Final Game: July 21, 1957
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Standard Batting

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
1943	17	STL-min	AA	26	81	76	3	17	0	1	0	0	0		1	14	.224	.234	.250	.484		19		0	4			SAC · PCL
1944	18	STL-min	B	97	398	398		112	22	2	4						.281	.281	.377	.658		150						ALN · ISLG
1946	20	STL-min	AAA	37	126	108	8	26	2	0	1	12	0		15	15	.241	.333	.287	.620		31	1	0	3			CLB · AA
1947	21	STL-min	C,AAA,A	102	404	398	8	146	24	3	1	4	1		5	8	.367	.375	.450	.824		179	1	0	1			FRE,CLB,OMA · CALL,AA,WL
1948	22	STL-min	AAA	91	253	226	33	57	11	0	4	22	7		25	21	.252	.327	.354	.681		80		0	2			ROC · IL
1949	23	STL-min	AAA	141	533	454	64	107	16	4	7	43	3		71	49	.236	.342	.335	.676		152		2	6			ROC · IL
1950	24	STL-min	AAA	135	612	528	93	147	17	5	4	44	3		76	39	.278	.371	.352	.724		186		2	6			ROC · IL
1951	25	PIT-min	AAA	57	229	195	37	58	8	5	2	28	2		31	18	.297	.394	.421	.814		82	6	0	3			INA · AA
1951	25	TOT	NL	57	170	142	13	32	5	0	1	14	0	1	21	14	.225	.325	.282	.607	64	40	4	0	7			4/6
1951	25	STL	NL	15	42	36	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	5	.194	.310	.222	.532	45	8	0	0	0			4
1951	25	PIT	NL	42	128	106	9	25	4	0	1	11	0	1	15	9	.236	.331	.302	.632	70	32	4	0	7			4/6

1953	27	PIT	NL	97	280	235	29	64	13	1	0	23	2	2	38	26	.272	.374	.336	.710	88	79	6	0	7			6/43
1954	28	PIT	NL	138	541	486	40	131	22	5	1	40	0	0	41	48	.270	.323	.342	.664	75	166	20	0	8	6		654
1955	29	PIT	NL	77	260	239	16	54	8	3	0	21	0	0	18	22	.226	.285	.285	.569	54	68	5	2	0	1	1	546
1956	30	PIT	NL	72	110	99	7	21	2	1	0	9	0	0	11	9	.212	.291	.253	.543	50	25	5	0	0	0	0	54/6
1957	31	ATL-min	AAA	52	191	169	22	56	10	0	3	13	2		18	11	.331	.396	.444	.840		75		0	4	0	0	WCH · AA
1957	31	MLN	NL	15	19	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.071	.235	.071	.307	-9	1	1	0	2	0	1	4/35
1958	32	-min	AAA	132	524	496	49	139	24	4	2	30	4		17	30	.280	.307	.357	.664		177	14	3	6	2		SAC · PCL
1959	33	-min	AAA	144	576	537	57	151	27	2	4	44	3		28	34	.281	.318	.361	.679		194		2	7	2	0	HSN · AA
6 Seasons				456	1380	1215	106	303	50	10	2	107	2	3	132	124	.249	.322	.312	.634	69	379	41	2	24	7	2
162 Game Avg.				162	490	432	38	108	18	4	1	38	1	1	47	44	.249	.322	.312	.634	69	135	15	1	9

PIT (5 yrs)				426	1319	1165	101	295	49	10	2	104	2	3	123	114	.253	.324	.318	.641	71	370	40	2	22	7	1
MLN (1 yr)				15	19	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.071	.235	.071	.307	-9	1	1	0	2	0	1
STL (1 yr)				15	42	36	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	5	.194	.310	.222	.532	45	8	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1951	25	STL	NL	42	-3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	4
1951	25	PIT	NL	128	-4	-1	0	0	-2	2	4	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	4/6

1953	27	PIT	NL	280	-1	0	-2	0	-2	5	10	10	1.0	12	1.2	-0.2	$	6/43
1954	28	PIT	NL	542	-17	0	1	-1	-8	5	19	-2	-0.3	7	0.7	-1.0	$	654
1955	29	PIT	NL	260	-16	0	-2	0	-0	2	9	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$	546
1956	30	PIT	NL	110	-6	0	1	0	-2	0	4	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	54/6
1957	31	MLN	NL	19	-2	0	0	0	-3	0	1	-4	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$	4/35
6 Seasons				1381	-49	-1	-2	-1	-16	15	48	-6	-1.0	10	1.0	-2.0	$

PIT (5 yrs)				1320	-44	-1	-2	-1	-14	14	46	-2	-0.5	12	1.2	-1.7	$
MLN (1 yr)				19	-2	0	0	0	-3	0	1	-4	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$
STL (1 yr)				42	-3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1951	25	TOT	NL	170	122	12	2.6	105	.244	.225	.269	.325	.344	.282	.408	.607	.751	64	.274	-6.7	-0.7	.522	.197	.056	.0
1951	25	STL	NL	42	29	2	1.9	103	.226	.194	.268	.310	.342	.222	.405	.532	.747	45	.164	-2.6	-0.3	.483	.194	.028
1951	25	PIT	NL	128	93	10	2.9	105	.250	.236	.270	.331	.344	.302	.409	.632	.753	70	.306	-4.1	-0.4	.535	.198	.066	.0

1953	27	PIT	NL	280	186	29	4.1	109	.306	.272	.273	.374	.344	.336	.426	.710	.770	88	.429	-2.1	-0.2	.654	.226	.064	.0
1954	28	PIT	NL	541	389	54	3.7	107	.293	.270	.272	.323	.343	.342	.420	.664	.763	75	.387	-16.8	-1.6	.552	.156	.072	.0
1955	29	PIT	NL	260	191	19	2.7	104	.248	.226	.263	.285	.334	.285	.417	.569	.751	54	.262	-16.0	-1.6	.463	.134	.059
1956	30	PIT	NL	110	83	7	2.2	100	.233	.212	.261	.291	.327	.253	.411	.543	.738	50	.222	-6.8	-0.7	.434	.152	.040
1957	31	MLN	NL	19	16	0	0.0	97	.111	.071	.260	.235	.322	.071	.403	.307	.725	-9	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.286	.214	.000
6 Seasons				1380	987	121	3.3	106	.275	.249	.269	.322	.340	.312	.418	.634	.758	69	.339	-50.5	-5.0	.536	.170	.063	2.0
162 Game Avg.				490	351	43	3.3	106	.275	.249	.269	.322	.340	.312	.418	.634	.758	69	.339	-50.5	-5.0	.536	.170	.063	1

PIT (5 yrs)				1319	942	119	3.4	106	.277	.253	.269	.324	.340	.318	.419	.641	.759	71	.351	-45.9	-4.5	.541	.169	.064	2.0
MLN (1 yr)				19	16	0	0.0	97	.111	.071	.260	.235	.322	.071	.403	.307	.725	-9	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.286	.214	.000
STL (1 yr)				42	29	2	1.9	103	.226	.194	.268	.310	.342	.222	.405	.532	.747	45	.164	-2.6	-0.3	.483	.194	.028

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	25	TOT	NL	170	0.6%	8.2%	12.4%	3.5%	19%	0.67	10.1	142.0	10.1	1.31	75%
1951	25	STL	NL	42	0.0%	11.9%	14.3%	2.4%	14%	0.83	7.2		12.0	0.83	74%
1951	25	PIT	NL	128	0.8%	7.0%	11.7%	3.9%	20%	0.60	11.8	106.0	9.6	1.65	75%

1953	27	PIT	NL	280	0.0%	9.3%	13.6%	5.0%	22%	0.68	9.0		10.2	1.78	75%
1954	28	PIT	NL	541	0.2%	8.9%	7.6%	5.2%	21%	1.17	10.1	486.0	12.2	1.12	82%
1955	29	PIT	NL	260	0.0%	8.5%	6.9%	4.2%	20%	1.22	10.9		11.4	1.22	84%
1956	30	PIT	NL	110	0.0%	8.2%	10.0%	2.7%	14%	0.82	11.0		11.0	1.81	82%
1957	31	MLN	NL	19	0.0%	26.3%	15.8%	0.0%	0%	1.67	2.8			2.67	47%
6 Seasons				1380	0.1%	9.0%	9.6%	4.5%	21%	0.94	9.8	607.5	11.4	1.34	79%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.2%	9.3%	6.5%	28%	1.20	7.9	41.3	8.2	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	25	TOT	NL	-6.7	-0.7	117	-0.6	1.3	-1.9	.94	-0.5	-0.1	-8.2	-0.8	0.92	-5.5		0
1951	25	STL	NL	-2.6	-0.3	42	0.2	0.7	-0.5	.85	-0.1	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	0.82	-1.3		0
1951	25	PIT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	75	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	1.00	-0.3	-0.4	-6.9	-0.7	0.97	-4.2		0

1953	27	PIT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	185	-0.0	2.8	-2.9	.94	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.98	-2.5	1.17	6
1954	28	PIT	NL	-16.8	-1.6	405	-2.0	5.9	-7.9	1.08	-0.7	-1.2	-17.0	-1.7	0.98	-10.8	2.52	6
1955	29	PIT	NL	-16.0	-1.6	186	0.7	3.8	-3.1	.99	-0.9	1.6	-1.8	-0.2	0.93	-9.5	0.55	9
1956	30	PIT	NL	-6.8	-0.7	91	-0.1	1.8	-1.9	1.19	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.92	-1.5	1.43	33
1957	31	MLN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	20	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.15	-0.3	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.90	-2.7	2.27	2
6 Seasons				-50.5	-5.0	1004	-2.2	15.7	-17.9	1.03	-2.5	0.4	-29.1	-2.9	0.96	-32.5	1.40	56

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	25	TOT	NL	2	0	23%	53	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	43%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1951	25	STL	NL	2	0	31%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1951	25	PIT	NL	0	0	21%	30	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1

1953	27	PIT	NL	0	0	28%	77	2	2	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	44%	9	4	5	1	1	0	6	4	2
1954	28	PIT	NL	7	1	23%	165	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	25%	16	13	2	6	4	2	10	5	4
1955	29	PIT	NL	1	0	22%	51	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	36%	8	6	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
1956	30	PIT	NL	3	0	22%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	43%	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	31	MLN	NL	0	0	25%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
6 Seasons				13	1	24%	376	2	3	40%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	15	35%	43	29	12	8	6	2	23	10	12

Situational Hitting*

						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
1951	25	TOT	NL	114	39%	32			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	4	7	175%	17	4	24%	9	5	56%	66	4	6%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	57
1951	25	STL	NL	42	33%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	20	3	15%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1951	25	PIT	NL	72	43%	25			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	7	175%	12	4	33%	6	4	67%	46	1	2%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	57

1953	27	PIT	NL	177	34%	64			6	3	0	0	1.17	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	350%	43	6	14%	16	7	44%	121	18	15%	8	6	75%	8	6	75%	103
1954	28	PIT	NL	386	38%	131			6	0	0	0	2.52	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	6	8	133%	87	20	23%	42	15	36%	262	29	11%	14	9	64%	13	7	54%	156
1955	29	PIT	NL	174	43%	54			9	2	0	1	0.55	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	37	5	14%	12	4	33%	102	16	16%	7	6	86%	1	0	0%	86
1956	30	PIT	NL	91	40%	21			33	7	0	3	1.43	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	5	28%	5	2	40%	54	10	19%	5	4	80%	2	1	50%	19
1957	31	MLN	NL	19	26%	1			2	0	0	0	2.27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	1	20%	4	2	50%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Seasons				961	38%	303			56	12	0	4	1.40	2	0	21	1	1	1	1	0	15	24	160%	207	41	20%	88	35	40%	614	77	13%	40	28	70%	26	16	62%	421
MLB Averages					49%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1951	25	57	170	142	13	32	5	0	1	14	0	1	21	14	.225	.325	.282	.607	64	40	4	0	7
1952	26	57	170	142	13	32	5	0	1	14	0	1	21	14	.225	.325	.282	.607	64	40	4	0	7
1953	27	154	450	377	42	96	18	1	1	37	2	3	59	40	.255	.356	.316	.671	79	119	10	0	14
1954	28	292	991	863	82	227	40	6	2	77	2	3	100	88	.263	.337	.330	.668	77	285	30	0	22	6
1955	29	369	1251	1102	98	281	48	9	2	98	2	3	118	110	.255	.326	.320	.647	72	353	35	2	22	7	1
1956	30	441	1361	1201	105	302	50	10	2	107	2	3	129	119	.251	.323	.315	.638	70	378	40	2	22	7	1
1957	31	456	1380	1215	106	303	50	10	2	107	2	3	132	124	.249	.322	.312	.634	69	379	41	2	24	7	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	25	59	169	147	13	33	5	0	1	14	0	22	15	.224	.325	.279	.604	14	57

1953	27	101	280	242	29	64	13	1	0	23	2	38	27	.264	.364	.326	.691	29	97
1954	28	145	560	511	42	138	23	5	1	42	0	43	50	.270	.323	.341	.664	57	138
1955	29	81	274	252	17	57	8	3	0	22	0	19	23	.226	.285	.282	.566	20	77
1956	30	75	117	105	8	23	2	1	0	10	0	12	9	.219	.299	.257	.556	8	72
1957	31	16	18	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	15
6 Seasons		477	1418	1272	109	315	51	10	2	111	2	137	129	.248	.320	.308	.628	128	456
162 Game Avg.		162	482	432	37	107	17	3	1	38	1	47	44	.248	.320	.308	.628	43	456

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1954 NL 20 (2nd)

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1954 NL 20 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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