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Augie Galan

August John Galan

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Galan batted solely from the left side beginning in 1943.
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 23, 1912 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1934
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers/Reds/Giants/Athletics 1934-1949

Final Game: September 16, 1949
Died: December 28, 1993 in Fairfield, CA
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, San Pablo, CA
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 CHC NL 22 2B 43 35 35 204 90 106 8 16 .961 4.56 .965 5.88
1934 CHC NL 22 3B 3 3 3 9 1 8 0 2 1.000 3.00 .944 2.97
1934 CHC NL 22 SS 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.30
1935 CHC NL 23 LF 154 154 153 371 351 12 8 4 .978 2.36 .970 2.25 MVP-9
1935 CHC NL 23 OF 154 154 153 371 351 12 8 4 .978 2.36 .971 2.42 MVP-9
1936 CHC NL 24 OF 145 141 136 395 381 9 5 3 .987 2.69 .973 2.38 AS
1936 CHC NL 24 CF 136 133 131 382 368 9 5 3 .987 2.77 .979 2.84 AS
1936 CHC NL 24 LF 8 8 5 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 .972 2.17 AS
1937 CHC NL 25 OF 140 140 137 344 328 9 7 3 .980 2.41 .974 2.24
1937 CHC NL 25 LF 134 134 131 323 308 8 7 3 .978 2.36 .973 2.10
1937 CHC NL 25 2B 8 7 7 45 10 33 2 4 .956 5.38 .959 5.70
1937 CHC NL 25 CF 6 6 6 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .977 2.63
1937 CHC NL 25 SS 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 5.30
1938 CHC NL 26 LF 103 103 92 224 211 10 3 3 .987 2.15 .971 2.23
1938 CHC NL 26 OF 103 103 92 224 211 10 3 3 .987 2.15 .976 2.34
1939 CHC NL 27 LF 145 144 138 305 290 6 9 0 .970 2.04 .974 2.16 MVP-16
1939 CHC NL 27 OF 145 144 138 305 290 6 9 0 .970 2.04 .975 2.32 MVP-16
1940 CHC NL 28 OF 54 52 50 122 114 6 2 2 .984 2.22 .977 2.32
1940 CHC NL 28 LF 31 30 28 68 62 4 2 1 .971 2.13 .974 2.25
1940 CHC NL 28 CF 22 22 22 54 52 2 0 1 1.000 2.45 .981 2.66
1940 CHC NL 28 2B 2 1 1 12 5 5 2 0 .833 5.00 .964 5.60
1941 TOT NL 29 OF 37 29 22 61 56 3 2 0 .967 1.59 .975 2.31
1941 TOT NL 29 CF 17 14 11 29 27 1 1 0 .966 1.65 .980 2.63
1941 CHC NL 29 OF 31 24 18 49 45 2 2 0 .959 1.52 .975 2.31
1941 CHC NL 29 LF 16 12 8 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 .976 2.34
1941 CHC NL 29 CF 11 9 7 17 16 0 1 0 .941 1.45 .980 2.63
1941 CHC NL 29 RF 5 3 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 .969 1.96
1941 BRO NL 29 CF 6 5 4 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 2.63
1941 BRO NL 29 OF 6 5 4 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 2.32
1942 BRO NL 30 OF 55 43 36 104 101 2 1 0 .990 1.87 .981 2.34
1942 BRO NL 30 CF 26 19 17 57 54 2 1 0 .982 2.15 .978 2.62
1942 BRO NL 30 LF 20 16 11 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 .983 2.32
1942 BRO NL 30 RF 10 8 8 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.30 .981 2.08
1942 BRO NL 30 1B 4 2 2 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 7.75 .989 10.18
1942 BRO NL 30 2B 3 1 0 10 6 4 0 2 1.000 3.33 .968 5.60
1943 BRO NL 31 OF 124 119 115 366 347 12 7 1 .981 2.90 .977 2.41 AS,MVP-24
1943 BRO NL 31 CF 96 92 89 300 287 7 6 1 .980 3.06 .978 2.75 AS,MVP-24
1943 BRO NL 31 LF 29 27 26 66 60 5 1 0 .985 2.24 .977 2.26 AS,MVP-24
1943 BRO NL 31 1B 13 13 13 148 131 17 0 8 1.000 11.38 .992 10.48 AS,MVP-24
1944 BRO NL 32 OF 147 147 132 337 323 10 4 3 .988 2.27 .980 2.47 AS,MVP-29
1944 BRO NL 32 LF 125 124 113 278 267 8 3 2 .989 2.20 .981 2.35 AS,MVP-29
1944 BRO NL 32 CF 26 23 19 59 56 2 1 1 .983 2.23 .985 2.96 AS,MVP-29
1944 BRO NL 32 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.65 AS,MVP-29
1944 BRO NL 32 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 AS,MVP-29
1945 BRO NL 33 1B 66 64 58 599 558 34 7 53 .988 8.97 .990 10.17 MVP-14
1945 BRO NL 33 LF 49 48 45 111 106 3 2 1 .982 2.22 .970 2.34 MVP-14
1945 BRO NL 33 OF 49 48 45 111 106 3 2 1 .982 2.22 .978 2.45 MVP-14
1945 BRO NL 33 3B 40 39 32 116 29 79 8 5 .931 2.70 .941 3.20 MVP-14
1946 BRO NL 34 LF 61 47 38 108 97 4 7 1 .935 1.66 .975 2.26
1946 BRO NL 34 OF 60 47 38 108 97 4 7 1 .935 1.68 .977 2.38
1946 BRO NL 34 3B 19 16 10 61 23 34 4 1 .934 3.00 .952 3.08
1946 BRO NL 34 1B 12 9 6 102 91 6 5 7 .951 8.08 .991 9.98
1946 BRO NL 34 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1946 BRO NL 34 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1947 CIN NL 35 LF 118 117 105 253 248 2 3 0 .988 2.12 .976 2.31
1947 CIN NL 35 OF 118 117 105 251 246 2 3 0 .988 2.10 .977 2.42
1947 CIN NL 35 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1948 CIN NL 36 OF 18 14 14 30 29 0 1 0 .967 1.61 .978 2.39
1948 CIN NL 36 RF 17 14 14 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 .976 2.00
1948 CIN NL 36 LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 2.30
1949 TOT MLB 37 OF 10 7 5 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .980 2.45
1949 TOT MLB 37 RF 3 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .978 2.10
1949 NYG NL 37 1B 3 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 2.33 .991 9.63
1949 NYG NL 37 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50
1949 NYG NL 37 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1949 PHA AL 37 OF 9 7 5 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 .980 2.44
1949 PHA AL 37 LF 7 6 4 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 .982 2.36
1949 PHA AL 37 RF 2 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .978 2.10
15 Seasons OF 1359 1305 1218 3145 2996 88 61 21 .981 2.27 .976 2.37
15 Seasons LF 1001 970 897 2192 2082 64 46 15 .979 2.14 .974 2.24
9 Seasons CF 331 309 295 902 864 24 14 6 .984 2.68 .979 2.78
5 Seasons 1B 98 88 79 887 816 59 12 69 .986 8.93 .990 10.17
3 Seasons 3B 62 58 45 186 53 121 12 8 .935 2.81 .945 3.15
5 Seasons 2B 58 44 43 271 111 148 12 22 .956 4.47 .964 5.82
6 Seasons RF 38 26 26 53 52 0 1 0 .981 1.37 .976 2.03
2 Seasons SS 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 .950 5.30
16 Seasons TOT 1580 1495 1385 4493 3977 419 97 120 .978 2.78 .977 3.02
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1934 CHC NL 22 2B
1934 CHC NL 22 3B
1934 CHC NL 22 SS
1935 CHC NL 23 LF
1936 CHC NL 24 CF
1936 CHC NL 24 LF
1937 CHC NL 25 LF
1937 CHC NL 25 2B
1937 CHC NL 25 CF
1937 CHC NL 25 SS
1938 CHC NL 26 LF
1939 CHC NL 27 LF
1940 CHC NL 28 LF
1940 CHC NL 28 CF
1940 CHC NL 28 2B
1941 CHC NL 29 LF
1941 CHC NL 29 CF
1941 CHC NL 29 RF
1941 BRO NL 29 CF
1942 BRO NL 30 CF
1942 BRO NL 30 LF
1942 BRO NL 30 RF
1942 BRO NL 30 1B
1942 BRO NL 30 2B
1943 BRO NL 31 CF
1943 BRO NL 31 LF
1943 BRO NL 31 1B
1944 BRO NL 32 LF
1944 BRO NL 32 CF
1944 BRO NL 32 2B
1944 BRO NL 32 RF
1945 BRO NL 33 1B
1945 BRO NL 33 LF
1945 BRO NL 33 3B
1946 BRO NL 34 LF
1946 BRO NL 34 3B
1946 BRO NL 34 1B
1946 BRO NL 34 CF
1946 BRO NL 34 RF
1947 CIN NL 35 LF
1947 CIN NL 35 CF
1948 CIN NL 36 RF
1948 CIN NL 36 LF
1949 NYG NL 37 1B
1949 NYG NL 37 RF
1949 PHA AL 37 LF
1949 PHA AL 37 RF
15 Seasons LF
9 Seasons CF
5 Seasons 1B
3 Seasons 3B
5 Seasons 2B
6 Seasons RF
2 Seasons SS
16 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1934 CHC NL 22 66 38 66 47 0 0 0 43 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4
1935 CHC NL 23 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 1 0 0 154 0 0 154 0 0 0
1936 CHC NL 24 145 141 145 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 136 0 142 0 3 0
1937 CHC NL 25 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 8 0 2 134 6 0 140 0 0 0
1938 CHC NL 26 110 103 110 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 103 0 7 0
1939 CHC NL 27 148 144 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 0 3 0
1940 CHC NL 28 68 53 68 54 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 22 0 53 0 13 1
1941 CHC NL 29 65 24 65 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 5 31 0 34 0
1941 BRO NL 29 17 5 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 11 0
1942 BRO NL 30 69 46 69 60 0 0 4 3 0 0 20 26 10 55 0 9 0
1943 BRO NL 31 139 132 139 137 0 0 13 0 0 0 29 96 0 124 0 2 0
1944 BRO NL 32 151 147 151 147 0 0 0 2 0 0 125 26 2 147 0 4 0
1945 BRO NL 33 152 151 152 151 0 0 66 0 40 0 49 0 0 49 0 1 0
1946 BRO NL 34 99 72 99 88 0 0 13 0 20 0 61 1 1 62 0 11 0
1947 CIN NL 35 124 117 124 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 1 0 118 0 6 0
1948 CIN NL 36 54 14 54 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 18 0 37 0
1949 NYG NL 37 22 0 22 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 0
1949 PHA AL 37 12 7 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 9 0 3 0
16 Seasons 1742 1495 1742 1561 0 0 99 59 63 3 1001 331 38 1357 0 178 5
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 CIN NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 189 73% 81% 29% 17 53%
1949 PHA AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 63 68% 79% 29% 7 57%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 15 6 40.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 252 72% 81% 29% 24 54%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.9% 61% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 CIN NL 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 32 47% 84% 25% 3 0%
1949 PHA AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 79 56% 81% 33% 5 60%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 111 53% 82% 31% 8 38%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.7% 61% 82% 31% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1949 NYG NL 37 21 81% 81% 24% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 21 81% 81% 24% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 27% 93% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Hall of Fame
1968 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.0%)

All-Star Games
1936 (CF)
1943 *
1944 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 NL (9, 22%)
1939 NL (16, 4%)
1943 NL (24, 1%)
1944 NL (29, 0%)
1945 NL (14, 5%)
0.32 Career Shares (587th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1945 NL  7 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  154 (2nd)
1937 NL  134 (3rd)
1938 NL  103 (5th)
1939 NL  145 (2nd)
1944 NL  125 (4th)
1947 NL  118 (4th)
Career  1,001 (63rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  351 (2nd)
1937 NL  308 (2nd)
1938 NL  211 (5th)
1939 NL  290 (3rd)
1944 NL  267 (5th)
1947 NL  248 (4th)
Career  2,082 (43rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  12 (2nd)
1937 NL  8 (4th)
1938 NL  10 (3rd)
1939 NL  6 (5th)
1944 NL  8 (2nd)
Career  64 (65th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  8 (3rd)
1937 NL  7 (3rd)
1939 NL  9 (2nd)
1946 NL  7 (2nd)
Career  46 (67th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 NL  136 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 NL  368 (3rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 NL  9 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1943 NL  6 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1935 NL  154 (3rd)
1939 NL  145 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1936 NL  381 (3rd)
1937 NL  328 (5th)
1943 NL  347 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1939 NL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  2.36 (2nd)
1937 NL  2.36 (1st)
1938 NL  2.15 (3rd)
1944 NL  2.20 (5th)
1947 NL  2.12 (5th)
Career  2.14 (35th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  .978 (2nd)
1937 NL  .978 (2nd)
1938 NL  .987 (1st)
1944 NL  .989 (2nd)
1947 NL  .988 (1st)
Career  .979 (86th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 NL  2.77 (3rd)
1943 NL  3.06 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 NL  .987 (2nd)
1943 NL  .980 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1936 NL  2.69 (3rd)
1943 NL  2.90 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1936 NL  .987 (3rd)
1938 NL  .987 (3rd)
1944 NL  .988 (5th)
1947 NL  .988 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 NL  born 1912-05-23 (10th)

                           

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