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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 22 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
2	8 (1)	Apr 25 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
3	9	Apr 25 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	10	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (3)	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
6	15	May 3	SLB		NYY	L,3-17	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
7	16	May 4	SLB		NYY	L,1-8		20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
8	17	May 5	SLB		NYY	L,6-17	CG	57	9.0	9	3	1	13	1	1B
9	18	May 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GS	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
10	19	May 6 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
11	20	May 7	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
12	21	May 9	SLB		PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
13	22	May 11	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	23	May 12	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
15	24	May 13 (1)	SLB		DET	W,13-10	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
16	25	May 13 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
17	26	May 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
18	27	May 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
19	28	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
20	29	May 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
21	30	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
22	31	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
23	32	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
24	33	May 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	49	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
25	34	May 25	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
26	35	May 26	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
27	36	May 27 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	37	May 27 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	11	3	0	14	2
29	38	May 28	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
30	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
31	40	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	41	Jun 1	SLB		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
33	42	Jun 2	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	12	0	2	14	3	1B
34	55 (12)	Jun 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
35	58 (2)	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
36	59	Jun 22	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
37	60	Jun 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS	14	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	1B
38	65 (4)	Jun 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
39	66	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	67	Jul 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
41	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
42	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	67	15.0	12	1	1	14	3	1B
43	72 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
44	73	Jul 7	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	13	3	0	16	0
45	74	Jul 8	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
46	75	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
47	81 (5)	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
48	82	Jul 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
49	84 (1)	Jul 18	SLB		WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
50	85	Jul 19	SLB		WSH	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
51	86	Jul 20	SLB		NYY	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
52	87	Jul 21	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
53	88	Jul 22 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
54	89	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
55	90	Jul 25	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
56	91	Jul 26	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
57	92	Jul 27	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
58	94 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	27	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
59	95	Jul 31	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	98 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
61	100 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
62	102 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
63	103	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
64	104	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
65	109 (4)	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	10	3	0	13	2
66	110	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
67	111	Aug 16	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
68	112	Aug 17	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
69	113	Aug 18	SLB		DET	W,20-9	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
70	114	Aug 19 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
71	115	Aug 19 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	119 (3)	Aug 24	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
73	120	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
74	121	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	122	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
76	123	Aug 28	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	124	Aug 29	SLB		NYY	L,2-15	CG	48	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
78	125	Aug 31	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	3	1	11	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	126	Sep 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
80	127	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
81	128	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	12.0	16	0	0	16	3
82	129	Sep 3 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
83	130	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
84	131	Sep 7 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
85	132	Sep 7 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
86	133	Sep 8	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
87	134	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
88	136 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
89	141 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
90	143 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
91	144	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
92	145	Sep 20	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
93	146	Sep 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
94	147	Sep 23	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
95	149 (1)	Sep 26	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
96	152 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	7	4	0	11	2
97	154 (1)	Sep 30	SLB		CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
							97gm		827.1	820	86	10	916	100