Hal Epps

Harold Franklin Epps

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 26, 1914 in Athens, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1938
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Cardinals 1938-1944

Final Game: September 20, 1944
Died: August 25, 2004 in Houston, TX
Buried: Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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	Pos
1934	20	STL-min	C	110	374	374		118	21	9	10						.316	.316	.500	.816		187				HUN · MATL
1935	21	STL-min	A,AA	132	505	505		165	19	14	10						.327	.327	.479	.806		242				CDR,CLB,ROC · WL,AA,IL
1936	22	STL-min	A1,AA	140	521	521		149	22	8	5						.286	.286	.388	.674		202				HSN,SAC · TL,PCL
1937	23	STL-min	A1	145	560	560		171	21	14	3						.305	.305	.409	.714		229				HSN · TL
1938	24	STL-min	A1	157	610	610		186	26	21	4						.305	.305	.436	.741		266				HSN · TL
1938	24	STL	NL	17	53	50	8	15	0	0	1	3	2		2	4	.300	.327	.360	.687	85	18	0	0	1	8O

1940	26	STL-min	AA	107	386	386		118	17	8	4						.306	.306	.422	.728		163				ROC · IL
1940	26	STL	NL	11	15	15	6	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	3	0	0	0	/8O

1943	29	BAL-min	AA	146	625	552	84	166	22	13	6	52	4		50	22	.301	.359	.420	.779		232	9	0	23	TOL · AA
1943	29	SLB	AL	8	38	35	2	10	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	4	.286	.342	.400	.742	113	14	2	0	0	/8O
1944	30	TOT	AL	89	329	291	42	71	9	9	0	16	2	2	32	32	.244	.321	.337	.658	88	98	4	1	5	O89
1944	30	SLB	AL	22	77	62	15	11	1	1	0	3	0	1	14	14	.177	.338	.226	.563	58	14	1	1	0	8O
1944	30	PHA	AL	67	252	229	27	60	8	8	0	13	2	1	18	18	.262	.316	.367	.683	97	84	3	0	5	O89
1947	33	STL-min	AA	136	484	484		146	24	15	6						.302	.302	.450	.752		218				HSN · TL
1948	34	STL-min	AA	150	518	518		146	19	6	4						.282	.282	.365	.647		189				HSN · TL
1949	35	STL-min	AA	69	222	222		48	6	5	1						.216	.216	.302	.518		67				HSN · TL
1951	37	-min	B	118	397	397		119	21	11	5						.300	.300	.446	.746		177				TYL · BSTL
1952	38	-min	C,B	144	578	578		196	40	8	18						.339	.339	.529	.869		306				BOR,TYL · WTNM,BSTL
4 Seasons				125	435	391	58	99	13	9	1	21	5	3	37	43	.253	.319	.340	.660	87	133	6	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	564	507	75	128	17	12	1	27	6		48	56	.253	.319	.340	.660	87	172	8	1	8

STL (2 yrs)				28	68	65	14	18	0	0	1	4	2		2	7	.277	.299	.323	.622	67	21	0	0	1
SLB (2 yrs)				30	115	97	17	21	5	1	0	4	1	2	17	18	.216	.339	.289	.628	77	28	3	1	0
PHA (1 yr)				67	252	229	27	60	8	8	0	13	2	1	18	18	.262	.316	.367	.683	97	84	3	0	5

AL (2 yrs)				97	367	326	44	81	13	9	0	17	3	3	35	36	.248	.323	.344	.667	91	112	6	1	5
NL (2 yrs)				28	68	65	14	18	0	0	1	4	2		2	7	.277	.299	.323	.622	67	21	0	0	1

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
1938	24	STL	NL	53	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	8O

1940	26	STL	NL	15	-2	1	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	/8O

1943	29	SLB	AL	38	0	-1	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/8O
1944	30	SLB	AL	77	-2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	8O
1944	30	PHA	AL	252	-3	1	0	0	-2	-1	6	1	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$	O89
4 Seasons				435	-8	2	0	0	-4	-1	12	1	-0.1	5	0.5	-0.6	$

STL (2 yrs)				68	-3	1	0	0	-1	0	3	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$
SLB (2 yrs)				115	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
PHA (1 yr)				252	-3	1	0	0	-2	-1	6	1	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$

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
1938	24	STL	NL	53	36	6	4.5	103	.311	.300	.281	.327	.345	.360	.399	.687	.745	85	.507	-1.3	-0.1	.629	.140	.060	1.3

1940	26	STL	NL	15	12	1	2.2	103	.250	.200	.279	.200	.344	.200	.401	.400	.745	8	.229	-2.0	-0.2	.250	.000	.000

1943	29	SLB	AL	38	28	5	4.9	90	.323	.286	.261	.342	.336	.400	.360	.742	.695	113	.612	0.7	0.1	.607	.200	.114	.0
1944	30	TOT	AL	329	231	31	3.6	91	.274	.244	.267	.321	.334	.337	.365	.658	.699	88	.451	-4.7	-0.5	.580	.203	.093	.0
1944	30	SLB	AL	77	53	4	2.0	97	.229	.177	.276	.338	.344	.226	.377	.563	.721	58	.223	-2.9	-0.3	.528	.258	.048
1944	30	PHA	AL	252	178	27	4.1	89	.284	.262	.264	.316	.331	.367	.361	.683	.692	97	.508	-1.9	-0.2	.595	.188	.105	.0
4 Seasons				435	307	43	3.8	93	.282	.253	.269	.319	.336	.340	.370	.660	.706	87	.467	-7.3	-0.8	.575	.187	.087	1.7
162 Game Avg.				564	398	56	3.8	93	.282	.253	.269	.319	.336	.340	.370	.660	.706	87	.467	-7.3	-0.8	.575	.187	.087	2

STL (2 yrs)				68	48	7	3.9	103	.298	.277	.280	.299	.345	.323	.400	.622	.745	67	.448	-3.3	-0.3	.532	.108	.046	1.3
SLB (2 yrs)				115	81	9	3.0	95	.266	.216	.270	.339	.341	.289	.371	.628	.712	77	.378	-2.2	-0.2	.556	.237	.072	.0
PHA (1 yr)				252	178	27	4.1	89	.284	.262	.264	.316	.331	.367	.361	.683	.692	97	.507	-1.9	-0.2	.595	.188	.105	.0

AL (2 yrs)				367	259	36	3.8	91	.279	.248	.266	.323	.334	.344	.364	.667	.698	91	.471	-4.1	-0.4	.583	.202	.095	.0
NL (2 yrs)				68	48	7	3.9	103	.298	.277	.280	.299	.345	.323	.400	.622	.745	67	.448	-3.3	-0.3	.532	.108	.046	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1938	24	STL	NL	53	1.9%	7.6%	3.8%	1.9%	7%	2.00	12.5	50.0	16.7	85%

1940	26	STL	NL	15	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		15.0	80%

1943	29	SLB	AL	38	0.0%	10.5%	7.9%	10.5%	40%	1.33	8.8		35.0	82%
1944	30	TOT	AL	329	0.0%	9.7%	9.7%	5.5%	25%	1.00	9.1		18.2	79%
1944	30	SLB	AL	77	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	2.6%	18%	1.00	4.4		20.7	62%
1944	30	PHA	AL	252	0.0%	7.1%	7.1%	6.4%	27%	1.00	12.7		17.6	84%
4 Seasons				435	0.2%	9.9%	8.5%	5.3%	23%	1.16	9.1	391.0	18.6	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.9%	8.8%	6.2%	27%	1.01	10.0	67.5	8.4	79%

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
1938	24	17	53	50	8	15	0	0	1	3	2		2	4	.300	.327	.360	.687	85	18	0	0	1
1939	25	17	53	50	8	15	0	0	1	3	2		2	4	.300	.327	.360	.687	85	18	0	0	1
1940	26	28	68	65	14	18	0	0	1	4	2		2	7	.277	.299	.323	.622	67	21	0	0	1
1941	27	28	68	65	14	18	0	0	1	4	2		2	7	.277	.299	.323	.622	67	21	0	0	1
1942	28	28	68	65	14	18	0	0	1	4	2		2	7	.277	.299	.323	.622	67	21	0	0	1
1943	29	36	106	100	16	28	4	0	1	5	3	1	5	11	.280	.314	.350	.664	83	35	2	0	1
1944	30	125	435	391	58	99	13	9	1	21	5	3	37	43	.253	.319	.340	.660	87	133	6	1	6

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
1938	24	18	55	53	9	16	0	0	1	3	2	2	4	.302	.327	.358	.686	6	17

1940	26	12	17	17	11	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	1	11

1943	29	8	40	37	2	11	4	0	0	1	1	3	4	.297	.350	.405	.755	5	8
1944	30	93	344	308	48	78	10	10	0	18	2	35	33	.253	.331	.351	.682	36	89
4 Seasons		131	456	415	70	109	14	10	1	24	5	40	44	.263	.329	.352	.681	48	125
162 Game Avg.		162	564	513	87	135	17	12	1	30	6	49	54	.263	.329	.352	.681	59	125

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1944 AL 9 (5th)

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1944 AL 9 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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