Don Hoak

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: February 5, 1928 in Roulette, PA us

Died: October 9, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Fishing Creek Cemetery, Roulette, PA

High School: Roullette HS (Roullette, PA)

Debut: April 18, 1954 (Age 26-072d, 11,111th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1964 (Age 36-097d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Donald Albert Hoak

Nicknames: Tiger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.3

4322

1144

.265

598

RBI

498

OBP

.345

SLG

.396

OPS

.741

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 89 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 12 tying, 24 go ahead

5 Tms
PIT	41
CIN	25
BRO	12
PHI	6
CHC	5

Platoon
vs RHP	57
vs LHP	32

Home/Road
Home	45
Away	44

Outs
0	37
1	27
2	25

10 Opps
PHI	18
LAD/BRO	13
MLN	11
CHC	10
CIN	10
NYG/SFG	8
STL	8
PIT	7
NYM	2
HOU	2

64 Pitchers
Warren Spahn	5
Joe Nuxhall	3
Robin Roberts	3
Don Cardwell	3
Ed Roebuck	2
Bob Friend	2
Art Mahaffey	2
Jim Owens	2
Carl Erskine	2
Hal Jeffcoat	2
Lew Burdette	2
Juan Pizarro	2
Sam Jones	2
Curt Simmons	2
Vern Law	2
Larry Jackson	2
Chris Short	2
Dick Littlefield	2
Clem Labine	2
Don McMahon	1
Dennis Bennett	1
Ray Sadecki	1
Fred Kipp	1
Bob Gibson	1
John Buzhardt	1
Gordon Jones	1
Ron Kline	1
Ron Perranoski	1
Glen Hobbie	1
Cal Browning	1
Ramón Monzant	1
Bob Smith	1
Ken MacKenzie	1
Joe Black	1
Willard Schmidt	1
Mike McCormick	1
Turk Farrell	1
Ed Palmquist	1
Don Newcombe	1
Frank Smith	1
Johnny Antonelli	1
Paul Giel	1
Jim Hearn	1
Seth Morehead	1
Don Elston	1
Jack Baldschun	1
Juan Marichal	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Roger Craig	1
Marv Grissom	1
Johnny Podres	1
Sandy Koufax	1
Cal McLish	1
Bob Hendley	1
Jim Umbricht	1
Carl Willey	1
Jim Brewer	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Warren Hacker	1
Brooks Lawrence	1
Bob Purkey	1
Jim Maloney	1
Don Drysdale	1
Bob Buhl	1

11 Parks
Crosley Fld (CIN)	23
Forbes Fld (PIT)	17
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	11
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	10
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	9
LA Coliseum (LOS)	5
Polo Grounds (NYC)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Colt Stad (HOU)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	62
9	11
78	7
8	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	83
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	52
1--	13
-2-	9
12-	7
123	2
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	2

141 RBI
RISP	24
0 on	52
1 on	24
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	37

Inning
1	5
2	11
3	5
4	9
5	16
6	12
7	13
8	7
9	9
Extra	2

1-3	21
4-6	37
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	8
+2	4
+1	10
Tied	18
-1	12
-2	10
-3	6
-4..	11

Ahead	32
Tied	18
Behind	39

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	89

OrderPos
7th	51
5th	12
1st	11
2nd	7
6th	6
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	34
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1954-05-27	BRO		PHI	Curt Simmons	behind 2-4	b 4	1	---	1	7	5	0.115	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1954-06-16	BRO		MLN	Lew Burdette	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1	8	5	0.047	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1954-06-18	BRO		CHC	Warren Hacker	tied 3-3	b 6	1	---	1	8	5	0.173	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1954-06-29	BRO	@	NYG	Marv Grissom	tied 2-2	t 13	2	---	1	7	5	0.410	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1954-07-31	BRO		MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 1-9	b 6	2	---	1	6	5	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1954-08-08	BRO		CIN	Frank Smith	ahead 16-5	b 8	2	123	4	1	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores/unER; R. Campanella Scores/unER; C. Labine Scores/unER; D. Hoak Scores/unER
7	7	7	1	1954-09-12 (1)	BRO		CHC	Hal Jeffcoat	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1	7	5	0.153	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1955-07-02	BRO		PIT	Dick Littlefield	ahead 4-0	b 2	0	---	1	1	5	0.042	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	2	1	1955-07-08	BRO	@	NYG	Ramón Monzant	behind 5-6	t 5	1	---	1	1	5	0.141	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1955-07-27	BRO	@	CIN	Joe Black	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	1	5	0.118	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	1955-07-29	BRO	@	STL	Larry Jackson	behind 1-3	t 7	2	-23	3	1	5	0.449	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Zimmer Scores; C. Erskine Scores
12	12	5	1	1955-08-18	BRO	@	NYG	Paul Giel	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	--3	2	1	5	0.056	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Spooner Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1956-05-01	CHC		NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	1	5	0.141	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1956-07-15	CHC		BRO	Ed Roebuck	behind 4-10	b 7	1	-23	3	1	5	0.051	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Miksis Scores; H. Chiti Scores
15	15	3	1	1956-07-27	CHC	@	BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 1-3	t 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.105	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1956-08-29	CHC		BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 0-5	b 3	1	12-	3	2	5	0.163	29%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hughes Scores; D. Fondy Scores
17	17	5	1	1956-09-09 (1)	CHC		MLN	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.106	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1957-05-01	CIN	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	7	5	0.190	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Bailey Scores
19	19	2	1	1957-05-02	CIN	@	NYG	Gordon Jones	behind 5-6	t 7	2	1--	2	7	5	0.408	66%		Home Run; F. Robinson Scores
20	20	3	1	1957-05-08	CIN	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	tied 3-3	t 8	2	123	4	7	5	0.423	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Bell Scores; G. Crowe Scores; E. Bailey Scores
21	21	4	1	1957-05-25	CIN		STL	Willard Schmidt	behind 0-2	b 2	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.169	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Crowe Scores
22	22	5	1	1957-06-01	CIN		CHC	Dick Littlefield	ahead 7-2	b 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.017	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1957-06-09 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	Don Drysdale	tied 1-1	t 7	0	1--	2	7	5	0.254	81%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Bailey Scores
24	24	7	1	1957-06-09 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	Ed Roebuck	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.112	75%		Home Run (LF-CF)
25	25	8	1	1957-06-13	CIN	@	PIT	Bob Friend	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	7	5	0.119	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	2	1957-06-13	CIN	@	PIT	Bob Friend	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.147	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	10	1	1957-06-19	CIN		BRO	Clem Labine	behind 2-3	b 7	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.426	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); H. Jeffcoat Scores
28	28	11	1	1957-06-22	CIN		PIT	Vern Law	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.136	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	12	1	1957-06-23 (2)	CIN		PIT	Ron Kline	tied 1-1	b 3	0	1--	2	2	5	0.171	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Temple Scores
30	30	13	1	1957-06-29	CIN		PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.152	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
31	31	14	1	1957-06-30 (2)	CIN		PHI	Harvey Haddix	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	---	1	7	5	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	15	1	1957-07-30	CIN		PHI	Seth Morehead	behind 2-3	b 6	1	1-3	3	7	5	0.321	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Robinson Scores; S. Burgess Scores
33	33	16	1	1957-08-06	CIN	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 1-5	t 8	0	---	1	7	5	0.031	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	17	1	1957-08-31	CIN		MLN	Juan Pizarro	behind 2-7	b 4	0	---	1	7	5	0.051	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	18	2	1957-08-31	CIN		MLN	Juan Pizarro	behind 3-14	b 9	0	---	1	7	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	19	1	1957-09-21	CIN		STL	Sam Jones	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1-3	3	7	5	0.114	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Post Scores; E. Bailey Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1958-05-02	CIN	@	STL	Sam Jones	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	5	0.103	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	1958-06-02	CIN		PIT	Bob Smith	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	1--	2	6	5	0.038	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Burgess Scores
39	39	3	1	1958-06-05	CIN	@	LAD	Fred Kipp	ahead 6-3	t 7	1	---	1	5	5	0.051	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	1958-07-04 (2)	CIN		PIT	Vern Law	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	1	7	5	0.091	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	1958-08-03 (1)	CIN		LAD	Clem Labine	behind 3-5	b 8	2	1--	2	5	5	0.406	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores
42	42	6	1	1958-08-06	CIN		PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 4-8	b 9	1	---	1	7	5	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1959-04-15	PIT	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	5	0.248	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Clemente Scores; D. Stuart Scores
44	44	2	1	1959-05-17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.100	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1959-05-31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	Bob Purkey	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	1	7	5	0.124	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	4	2	1959-05-31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	7	5	0.065	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	5	1	1959-05-31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	Hal Jeffcoat	behind 6-8	t 5	2	1--	2	7	5	0.234	45%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Mazeroski Scores
48	48	6	1	1959-06-09	PIT		SFG	Johnny Antonelli	behind 0-6	b 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	7	1	1959-06-26	PIT	@	LAD	Johnny Podres	behind 1-4	t 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.061	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
50	50	8	1	1959-07-05 (1)	PIT		CIN	Brooks Lawrence	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	1	7	5	0.171	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1960-04-20	PIT		PHI	Don Cardwell	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	1	5	0.176	88%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); B. Mazeroski Scores
52	52	2	1	1960-05-15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	1--	2	5	5	0.062	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Clemente Scores
53	53	3	1	1960-05-28	PIT		PHI	Turk Farrell	tied 2-2	b 13	2	-2-	2	1	5	0.395	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); B. Mazeroski Scores
54	54	4	1	1960-06-10	PIT	@	STL	Larry Jackson	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.114	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	5	1	1960-06-12 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Cal Browning	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	12-	3	7	5	0.124	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Clemente Scores; S. Burgess Scores
56	56	6	1	1960-06-26 (2)	PIT		CHC	Don Cardwell	behind 2-5	b 6	0	1--	2	7	5	0.189	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Burgess Scores
57	57	7	1	1960-07-05	PIT	@	MLN	Carl Willey	behind 1-2	t 9	1	1--	2	7	5	0.682	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Christopher Scores
58	58	8	1	1960-07-08 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	John Buzhardt	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	5	0.113	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	9	1	1960-07-29	PIT	@	CHC	Jim Brewer	tied 0-0	t 5	2	-2-	2	7	5	0.257	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Smith Scores
60	60	10	1	1960-08-15	PIT		PHI	Art Mahaffey	behind 0-2	b 4	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.211	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Burgess Scores
61	61	11	1	1960-08-20	PIT	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	ahead 8-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	5	0.024	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	12	1	1960-08-24	PIT	@	CHC	Don Cardwell	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	1	7	5	0.123	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	13	1	1960-08-29	PIT	@	LAD	Ed Palmquist	ahead 6-2	t 9	1	12-	3	7	5	0.011	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Cimoli Scores; H. Smith Scores
64	64	14	1	1960-09-04	PIT		PHI	Jim Owens	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	7	5	0.106	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	15	1	1960-09-05 (1)	PIT		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 1-4	b 4	1	1--	2	7	5	0.184	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Smith Scores
66	66	16	1	1960-09-18 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	Cal McLish	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	--3	2	6	5	0.094	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Stuart Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1961-04-23	PIT		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-3	b 9	0	---	1	5	5	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
68	68	2	1	1961-05-20	PIT	@	PHI	Robin Roberts	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1	7	5	0.117	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	3	1	1961-05-21	PIT	@	PHI	Chris Short	behind 6-9	t 6	2	12-	3	7	5	0.315	44%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; D. Stuart Scores/unER; R. Clemente Scores/unER; D. Hoak Scores/unER
70	70	4	1	1961-06-03	PIT		PHI	Jack Baldschun	ahead 4-1	b 8	2	---	1	5	5	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	5	1	1961-06-07	PIT	@	LAD	Sandy Koufax	behind 1-7	t 9	0	-2-	2	5	5	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Stuart Scores
72	72	6	1	1961-06-20	PIT	@	PHI	Art Mahaffey	ahead 4-0	t 6	2	-2-	2	7	5	0.053	97%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); S. Burgess Scores
73	73	7	1	1961-07-02 (2)	PIT		SFG	Juan Marichal	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	0.106	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	8	1	1961-07-15	PIT	@	SFG	Mike McCormick	behind 2-8	t 9	0	---	1	5	5	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	9	1	1961-07-16	PIT	@	LAD	Ron Perranoski	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	5	5	0.102	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
76	76	10	1	1961-08-06 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	Jim Maloney	ahead 6-4	t 7	1	---	1	2	5	0.085	88%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
77	77	11	1	1961-08-08 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Chris Short	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.165	66%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
78	78	12	1	1961-09-16	PIT		STL	Ray Sadecki	behind 1-4	b 6	0	-2-	2	5	5	0.166	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Stuart Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
79	79	1	1	1962-04-10	PIT		PHI	Jim Owens	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	---	1	7	5	0.028	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hoak Scores/unER
80	80	2	1	1962-06-10 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	Bob Hendley	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.140	80%		Home Run
81	81	3	1	1962-06-14	PIT	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	12-	3	6	5	0.211	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Stuart Scores; D. Clendenon Scores
82	82	4	1	1962-06-23	PIT		CHC	Don Elston	behind 2-3	b 9	1	1--	2	7	5	0.789	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); D. Clendenon Scores
83	83	5	1	1962-07-08 (1)	PIT		PHI	Dennis Bennett	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	0.126	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
84	84	1	1	1963-04-21 (2)	PHI		STL	Bob Gibson	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	3	6	5	0.221	87%		Home Run; W. Covington Scores; D. Demeter Scores
85	85	2	1	1963-07-06	PHI	@	CHC	Bob Buhl	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	5	0.064	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
86	86	3	1	1963-07-18	PHI		HOU	Don McMahon	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	1--	2	7	5	0.046	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Dalrymple Scores/unER; D. Hoak Scores/unER
87	87	4	1	1963-07-21 (1)	PHI		NYM	Ken MacKenzie	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
88	88	5	1	1963-07-24	PHI	@	HOU	Jim Umbricht	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	---	1	7	5	0.033	98%		Home Run
89	89	6	1	1963-09-09	PHI		NYM	Roger Craig	behind 0-6	b 5	1	---	1	7	5	0.020	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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