Andy Pafko

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, WI us

Died: October 8, 2013 in Bridgman, MI

Buried: St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL

High School: Boyceville HS (Boyceville, WI)

Debut: September 24, 1943 (Age 22-211d, 9,528th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1959 (Age 38-216d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Andrew Pafko

Nicknames: Handy Andy or Pruschka

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.6

6292

1796

213

.285

844

RBI

976

OBP

.350

SLG

.449

OPS

.799

OPS+

117

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

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 3	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	May 7 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	May 7 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
14	14	May 10	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	18 (3)	May 14 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	19	May 14 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	23 (3)	May 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	26 (2)	May 21 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,14-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
19	27	May 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	28	May 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	33 (4)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
22	34	May 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	35	Jun 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	36	Jun 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	37	Jun 3	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	38	Jun 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	39	Jun 4 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,8-8	CG	52	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	40	Jun 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	41	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	42	Jun 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	43	Jun 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	44	Jun 11 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	45	Jun 13	CHC	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	46	Jun 14	CHC	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	47	Jun 16	CHC		CIN	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	48	Jun 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	49	Jun 18 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	50	Jun 18 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,6-6	CG	52	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	51	Jun 20	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	52	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	53	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	54	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	55	Jun 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	56	Jun 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	57	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	58	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	59	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	60	Jun 30	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	61	Jul 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	62	Jul 2 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	63	Jul 2 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	65	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	66	Jul 5	CHC		BSN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	67	Jul 6	CHC		BSN	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	68	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	69	Jul 7 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	70	Jul 8	CHC		NYG	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	71	Jul 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	72	Jul 9 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	73	Jul 13	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	74	Jul 14	CHC		PIT	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	75	Jul 15	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	76	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	77	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	78	Jul 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	79	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	58	13.1	6	1	0	7	0
68	80	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	4	1	0	5	1
69	81	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	82	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	83	Jul 23 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	84	Jul 23 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,10-12	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	89 (4)	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
74	90	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	91	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	92	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	93	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	94	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	95	Aug 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	96	Aug 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	97	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	98	Aug 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	99	Aug 9	CHC		BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	100	Aug 10	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	101	Aug 11	CHC		BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	102	Aug 12	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	103	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	104	Aug 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	105	Aug 14	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	106	Aug 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	107	Aug 16	CHC		BSN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	108	Aug 17	CHC		BSN	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	109	Aug 18	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	110	Aug 19	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	129 (18)	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
96	130	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	131	Sep 10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	132	Sep 10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	133	Sep 11	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	134	Sep 13 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	135	Sep 13 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	136	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	52	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	137	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	138	Sep 15 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	139	Sep 15 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	140	Sep 16	CHC		STL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
107	141	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	142	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	145	Sep 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	146	Sep 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	147	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	148	Sep 24 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	149	Sep 25 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	150	Sep 25 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	151	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,15-0	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	152	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	153	Sep 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	2	0	1	3	0
120	154	Sep 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
121	155	Sep 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	156	Oct 1 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	157	Oct 1 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
							123gm			299	21	6	326	4