Hank Arft

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: January 28, 1922 in Manchester, MO us

Died: December 14, 2002 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Manchester, MO

Debut: July 27, 1948 (Age 26-181d, 10,536th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 23, 1952 (Age 30-116d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Henry Irven Arft

Nicknames: Bow Wow

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

906

229

.253

116

RBI

118

OBP

.352

SLG

.375

OPS

.728

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 23 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-9	GS	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
2	7 (2)	Apr 26	SLB		DET	L,6-8	CG	0	10.0	11	1	0	12	1
3	8	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	9	May 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
5	10	May 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	GS	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
6	12 (1)	May 7 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
7	13	May 7 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
8	14	May 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
9	15	May 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
10	16	May 11 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
11	17	May 13	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	40	10.2	16	1	0	17	1	1B
12	18	May 14	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
13	19	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,0-11	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	20	May 17	SLB		NYY	L,9-11	GS	0	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
15	21	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
16	22	May 21 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
17	23	May 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	GS	0	5.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	24	May 23	SLB		PHA	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
19	25	May 24	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
20	26	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,12-15	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
21	27	May 26	SLB		DET	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	28	May 27	SLB		DET	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
23	29	May 28 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
24	30	May 28 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
25	31	May 29	SLB		CHW	L,8-12	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
26	32	May 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-14	CG	56	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
27	33	May 30 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,9-12	CG	53	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	34	Jun 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	12.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
29	35	Jun 2 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
30	36	Jun 2 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
31	37	Jun 4 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
32	38	Jun 4 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
33	39	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
34	40	Jun 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-20	CG	52	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
35	41	Jun 8	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-29	CG	64	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
36	42	Jun 9	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
37	43	Jun 10	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	44	Jun 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
39	45	Jun 11 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
40	46	Jun 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
41	47	Jun 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
42	48	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
43	49	Jun 15	SLB		WSH	W,16-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
44	50	Jun 16	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
45	51	Jun 17	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
46	52	Jun 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
47	53	Jun 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
48	54	Jun 20	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
49	55	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	85 (29)	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	105 (19)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	111 (5)	Aug 20 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	115 (3)	Aug 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
54	121 (5)	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-1	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	122	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-6	GF	0	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	123	Aug 31 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	127 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	0	5.0	9	1	0	10	1
58	128	Sep 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
59	129	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
60	130	Sep 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	8	1	0	9	0
61	131	Sep 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	3
62	132	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	133	Sep 8 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
64	134	Sep 9	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
65	135	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
66	136	Sep 12	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
67	137	Sep 13	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
68	138	Sep 14	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
69	139	Sep 15	SLB		BOS	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
70	140	Sep 16	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
71	141	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	142	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
73	143	Sep 19	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
74	144	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	L,7-12	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
75	145	Sep 23	SLB		CHW	L,5-12	CG	52	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	146	Sep 24 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	147	Sep 24 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
78	148	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
79	149	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
80	150	Sep 27	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	151	Sep 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	10	0	0	10	1
82	152	Sep 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
83	153	Oct 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
84	154	Oct 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-6	GS	0	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
							84gm		678.1	701	51	4	756	59