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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	19 (9)	May 14	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	20	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
12	21	May 16	CHC		CIN	L,11-13	CG	54	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	22	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
14	23	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
15	24	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
16	25	May 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	26	May 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	27	May 23 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	28	May 23 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	29	May 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
21	30	May 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	31	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	32	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	33	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	34	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
26	35	May 31 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	36	May 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	37	Jun 2	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	50	12.0	1	2	1	4	1
29	38	Jun 3	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	39	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	40	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
32	41	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	42	Jun 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	43	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	44	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
36	45	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	46	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	47	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
39	48	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
40	49	Jun 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
41	50	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	51	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	52	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	0	7	0	7	0
45	54	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	55	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	56	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
48	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
50	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	0	2	0	2	1
52	61	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
53	62	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
54	63	Jun 29	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
55	64	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	65	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	66	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
60	69	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
61	70	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
63	72	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	3	6	0
64	73	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
65	74	Jul 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
66	75	Jul 10	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
67	76	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
68	77	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	78	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		BSN	T,1-1	CG	48	13.0	2	1	1	4	0
70	79	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	80	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	81	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
73	82	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	83	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	84	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	85	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	86	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	87	Jul 22	CHC		BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	88	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	89	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	90	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	91	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	92	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	93	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	94	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	95	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
87	96	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-14	CG	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	97	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	98	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	0	5	0	5	1
90	99	Aug 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
91	100	Aug 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
92	101	Aug 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
93	102	Aug 7	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
94	103	Aug 8	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
95	104	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
96	111 (6)	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	112	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
98	113	Aug 20	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
99	114	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	115	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	116	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	117	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
103	118	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	119	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
105	120	Aug 27	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
106	121	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
107	122	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
108	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
110	125	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	126	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
112	127	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
113	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
114	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
117	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
118	133	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
119	134	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	135	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	L,12-13	CG	51	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
121	136	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
123	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
124	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
125	140	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	141	Sep 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
127	142	Sep 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
130	145	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
131	146	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
132	147	Sep 24	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
133	148	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
134	149	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
135	151 (1)	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	152	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	153	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
138	154	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
139	155	Oct 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							139gm		1215.2	125	314	29	468	29