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Chick Hafey

Charles James Hafey

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 12, 1903 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)
Signed
as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1923. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 1924
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1924-1937

Final Game: September 30, 1937
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1971.
   View Chick Hafey Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Died: July 2, 1973 in Calistoga, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, St. Helena, CA
Relatives: Cousin of Bud Hafey and Cousin of Tom Hafey
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 21 STL NL 24 100 91 10 23 5 2 2 22 1 0 4 8 .253 .292 .418 .709 89 38 1 4 O7/89
1925 22 STL NL 93 375 358 36 108 25 2 5 57 3 7 10 29 .302 .321 .425 .745 87 152 0 7 O97/8
1926 23 STL NL 78 242 225 30 61 19 2 4 38 2 11 36 .271 .311 .427 .738 94 96 2 5 O79
1927 24 STL NL 103 394 346 62 114 26 5 18 63 12 36 41 .329 .401 .590 .990 157 204 5 7 O79/8 MVP-26
1928 25 STL NL 138 584 520 101 175 46 6 27 111 8 40 53 .337 .386 .604 .990 152 314 2 22 *O79 MVP-12
1929 26 STL NL 134 574 517 101 175 47 9 29 125 7 45 42 .338 .394 .632 1.026 147 327 2 8 *7O
1930 27 STL NL 120 515 446 108 150 39 12 26 107 12 46 51 .336 .407 .652 1.059 146 291 7 16 *7O
1931 28 STL NL 122 494 450 94 157 35 8 16 95 11 39 43 .349 .404 .569 .973 154 256 3 2 *7O MVP-5
1932 29 CIN NL 83 279 253 34 87 19 3 2 36 4 22 20 .344 .403 .466 .869 137 118 3 0 7O
1933 30 CIN NL 144 612 568 77 172 34 6 7 62 3 40 44 .303 .351 .421 .772 122 239 11 2 2 *O87 AS,MVP-25
1934 31 CIN NL 140 596 535 75 157 29 6 18 67 4 52 63 .293 .359 .471 .830 124 252 10 3 6 *O87
1935 32 CIN NL 15 66 59 10 20 6 1 1 9 1 4 5 .339 .400 .525 .925 151 31 1 2 1 8O
1937 34 CIN NL 89 284 257 39 67 11 5 9 41 2 23 42 .261 .324 .447 .771 112 115 6 1 3 O87
13 Yrs 1283 5115 4625 777 1466 341 67 164 833 70 7 372 477 .317 .372 .526 .898 133 2433 28 33 83
162 Game Avg. 162 646 584 98 185 43 8 21 105 9 47 60 .317 .372 .526 .898 133 307 4 10
STL (8 yrs) 812 3278 2953 542 963 242 46 127 618 56 7 231 303 .326 .379 .568 .948 137 1678 22 71
CIN (5 yrs) 471 1837 1672 235 503 99 21 37 215 14 141 174 .301 .359 .452 .811 125 755 28 11 12

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1924 21 STL NL 24 100 -2 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.0 .491 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ O7/89
1925 22 STL NL 93 375 -8 -2 0 0 -4 -14 -1.4 11 -3 -0.3 .486 .492 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $ O97/8
1926 23 STL NL 78 242 -4 -0 0 -2 -2 -8 -0.9 7 -1 -0.2 .489 .495 0.1 -0.5 1 $ O79
1927 24 STL NL 103 394 27 0 0 2 -4 25 2.5 11 36 3.6 .524 .515 3.4 -0.3 34 $ O79/8 MVP-26
1928 25 STL NL 138 584 37 -0 0 2 -6 32 3.1 17 49 4.8 .523 .520 4.7 -0.5 47 $ *O79 MVP-12
1929 26 STL NL 134 574 35 -0 0 0 -6 29 2.5 16 45 4.2 .519 .516 4.2 -0.6 45 $ *7O
1930 27 STL NL 120 515 32 -0 0 -2 -5 24 2.1 14 39 3.5 .517 .513 3.7 -0.7 41 $ *7O
1931 28 STL NL 122 494 33 -1 0 0 -6 27 2.6 14 41 4.1 .522 .517 4.1 -0.6 41 $ *7O MVP-5
1932 29 CIN NL 83 279 14 -0 0 0 -3 10 1.0 8 18 1.8 .512 .506 1.8 -0.3 18 $ 7O
1933 30 CIN NL 144 612 15 -0 0 0 -4 11 1.2 18 29 2.9 .509 .508 3.0 -0.5 29 $ *O87 AS,MVP-25
1934 31 CIN NL 140 596 18 -0 0 -4 -2 11 1.1 17 28 2.8 .508 .507 3.1 -0.6 32 $ *O87
1935 32 CIN NL 15 66 4 -0 0 -2 -0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .513 .501 0.6 -0.2 6 $ 8O
1937 34 CIN NL 89 284 3 0 0 -2 -2 -0 -0.1 8 8 0.8 .500 .500 1.0 -0.4 10 $ O87
13 Seasons 1283 5115 205 -4 0 -8 -46 148 13.7 146 294 28.4 .511 .507 29.5 -5.6 302 $
STL (8 yrs) 812 3278 151 -3 0 0 -35 113 10.3 93 206 19.7 .513 .508 20.0 -3.6 206 $
CIN (5 yrs) 471 1837 54 -1 0 -8 -11 35 3.4 53 88 8.7 .508 .504 9.5 -2.1 96 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1924 21 STL NL 100 72 11 4.1 102 .259 .253 .287 .292 .342 .418 .400 .709 .743 89 .452 -1.7 -0.2 .647 .220 .165 1.3
1925 22 STL NL 375 264 46 4.6 116 .318 .302 .303 .321 .361 .425 .432 .745 .793 87 .458 -7.8 -0.7 .615 .140 .123 3.8
1926 23 STL NL 242 169 29 4.6 106 .308 .271 .292 .311 .352 .427 .405 .738 .757 94 .505 -2.6 -0.3 .677 .213 .156 2.7
1927 24 STL NL 394 239 80 9.0 108 .334 .329 .296 .401 .355 .590 .409 .990 .764 157 .774 28.0 2.7 1.108 .399 .260 14.4
1928 25 STL NL 584 367 121 8.9 112 .336 .337 .294 .386 .359 .604 .418 .990 .777 152 .753 37.7 3.6 1.055 .360 .267 12.3
1929 26 STL NL 574 350 128 9.7 123 .327 .338 .308 .394 .373 .632 .449 1.026 .821 147 .741 35.8 3.2 1.114 .395 .294 11.3
1930 27 STL NL 515 312 116 9.9 131 .336 .336 .318 .407 .377 .652 .473 1.059 .851 146 .722 32.1 2.8 1.203 .446 .316 16.4
1931 28 STL NL 494 295 103 9.3 108 .361 .349 .291 .404 .351 .569 .411 .973 .762 154 .784 34.2 3.3 1.055 .331 .220 13.0
1932 29 CIN NL 279 166 47 7.6 100 .368 .344 .279 .403 .332 .466 .404 .869 .736 137 .708 14.4 1.4 .886 .225 .123 2.7
1933 30 CIN NL 612 409 83 5.4 89 .319 .303 .271 .351 .323 .421 .370 .772 .693 122 .629 16.6 1.7 .698 .194 .118 4.2
1934 31 CIN NL 596 394 90 6.1 101 .306 .293 .282 .359 .337 .471 .401 .830 .738 124 .613 18.4 1.8 .802 .282 .178 6.5
1935 32 CIN NL 66 41 12 7.8 100 .358 .339 .281 .400 .335 .525 .400 .925 .735 151 .719 4.4 0.4 .950 .271 .186 1.0
1937 34 CIN NL 284 199 37 5.0 97 .282 .261 .274 .324 .335 .447 .388 .771 .723 112 .544 3.4 0.3 .719 .284 .187 3.3
13 Yrs 5115 3277 903 7.4 108 .327 .317 .292 .372 .351 .526 .415 .898 .766 133 .683 212.8 20.0 .908 .303 .209 98.1
162 Game Avg. 646 414 114 7.4 108 .327 .317 .292 .372 .351 .526 .415 .898 .766 133 .683 27 3 .908 .303 .209 12
STL (8 yrs) 3278 2068 634 8.2 115 .331 .326 .301 .379 .362 .568 .430 .948 .792 137 .708 155.6 14.4 .991 .337 .242 77.7
CIN (5 yrs) 1837 1209 269 5.9 96 .319 .301 .276 .359 .331 .452 .389 .811 .720 125 .628 57.2 5.6 .769 .243 .151 20.3

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 23 STL NL WS NYY W 7 29 27 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .185 .185 .259 .444 7 0 0 2 0 0
1928 25 STL NL WS NYY L 4 16 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200 .250 .200 .450 3 0 0 0 0 0
1930 27 STL NL WS PHA L 6 23 22 2 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .273 .304 .500 .804 11 0 0 0 0 0
1931 28 STL NL WS PHA W 6 24 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 23 92 88 5 18 7 0 0 2 1 1 2 19 .205 .222 .284 .506 25 0 0 2 0 0
4 WS 23 92 88 5 18 7 0 0 2 1 1 2 19 .205 .222 .284 .506 25 0 0 2 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 CIN NL 30 as LF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1924 21 STL NL 100 2.0% 8.0% 4.0% 9.0% 39% 2.00 11.4 45.5 4.1 81%
1925 22 STL NL 375 1.3% 7.7% 2.7% 8.5% 30% 2.90 12.3 71.6 6.3 86%
1926 23 STL NL 242 1.7% 14.9% 4.6% 10.3% 41% 3.27 6.3 56.3 5.9 76%
1927 24 STL NL 394 4.6% 10.4% 9.1% 12.4% 43% 1.14 8.4 19.2 5.5 73%
1928 25 STL NL 584 4.6% 9.1% 6.9% 13.5% 45% 1.33 9.8 19.3 4.7 75%
1929 26 STL NL 574 5.1% 7.3% 7.8% 14.8% 49% 0.93 12.3 17.8 4.1 78%
1930 27 STL NL 515 5.1% 9.9% 8.9% 15.0% 51% 1.11 8.7 17.2 4.2 72%
1931 28 STL NL 494 3.2% 8.7% 7.9% 11.9% 38% 1.10 10.5 28.1 4.7 79%
1932 29 CIN NL 279 0.7% 7.2% 7.9% 8.6% 28% 0.91 12.7 126.5 7.0 83%
1933 30 CIN NL 612 1.1% 7.2% 6.5% 7.7% 27% 1.10 12.9 81.1 9.2 84%
1934 31 CIN NL 596 3.0% 10.6% 8.7% 8.9% 34% 1.21 8.5 29.7 8.0 76%
1935 32 CIN NL 66 1.5% 7.6% 6.1% 12.1% 40% 1.25 11.8 59.0 6.6 80%
1937 34 CIN NL 284 3.2% 14.8% 8.1% 8.8% 37% 1.83 6.1 28.6 6.3 73%
13 Yrs 5115 3.2% 9.3% 7.3% 11.2% 39% 1.28 9.7 28.2 5.6 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 7.9% 8.1% 6.9% 27% 0.97 11.3 71.3 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 21 24 100 91 10 23 5 2 2 22 1 0 4 8 .253 .292 .418 .709 89 38 1 4
1925 22 117 475 449 46 131 30 4 7 79 4 7 14 37 .292 .315 .423 .738 87 190 1 11
1926 23 195 717 674 76 192 49 6 11 117 6 7 25 73 .285 .313 .424 .738 89 286 3 16
1927 24 298 1111 1020 138 306 75 11 29 180 18 7 61 114 .300 .344 .480 .825 113 490 8 23
1928 25 436 1695 1540 239 481 121 17 56 291 26 7 101 167 .312 .359 .522 .881 126 804 10 45
1929 26 570 2269 2057 340 656 168 26 85 416 33 7 146 209 .319 .367 .550 .917 131 1131 12 53
1930 27 690 2784 2503 448 806 207 38 111 523 45 7 192 260 .322 .375 .568 .943 134 1422 19 69
1931 28 812 3278 2953 542 963 242 46 127 618 56 7 231 303 .326 .379 .568 .948 137 1678 22 71
1932 29 895 3557 3206 576 1050 261 49 129 654 60 7 253 323 .328 .381 .560 .941 137 1796 25 71
1933 30 1039 4169 3774 653 1222 295 55 136 716 63 7 293 367 .324 .377 .539 .916 135 2035 11 27 73
1934 31 1179 4765 4309 728 1379 324 61 154 783 67 7 345 430 .320 .374 .531 .905 134 2287 21 30 79
1935 32 1194 4831 4368 738 1399 330 62 155 792 68 7 349 435 .320 .375 .531 .905 134 2318 22 32 80
1936 33 1194 4831 4368 738 1399 330 62 155 792 68 7 349 435 .320 .375 .531 .905 134 2318 22 32 80
1937 34 1283 5115 4625 777 1466 341 67 164 833 70 7 372 477 .317 .372 .526 .898 133 2433 28 33 83

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1924 21 25 105 96 11 24 5 2 2 24 1 4 8 .250 .287 .406 .693 12 24
1925 22 98 387 370 33 105 24 2 5 52 3 10 31 .284 .303 .400 .703 44 93
1926 23 82 250 232 29 61 19 2 4 37 2 11 38 .263 .302 .414 .716 28 78
1927 24 108 406 358 60 114 26 5 18 61 12 36 43 .318 .388 .570 .958 78 103
1928 25 145 602 537 97 174 46 6 27 107 8 40 56 .324 .373 .583 .956 116 138
1929 26 141 571 520 85 160 43 8 27 105 6 41 44 .308 .361 .577 .937 107 134
1930 27 125 502 439 84 130 34 10 23 83 10 40 53 .296 .363 .576 .939 90 120
1931 28 128 507 463 92 157 35 8 16 93 11 39 45 .339 .394 .553 .947 100 122
1932 29 87 290 264 36 91 20 3 2 38 4 23 21 .345 .403 .466 .869 49 83
1933 30 151 660 610 93 196 39 7 8 75 3 46 46 .321 .371 .448 .818 100 144
1934 31 149 632 568 78 165 30 6 19 70 4 55 67 .290 .356 .465 .821 94 140
1935 32 16 69 62 11 21 6 1 1 10 1 4 5 .339 .397 .516 .913 13 15
1937 34 94 301 272 42 72 12 5 10 44 2 25 44 .265 .329 .456 .785 40 89
13 Yrs 1349 5282 4791 751 1470 339 65 162 799 67 374 501 .307 .361 .506 .867 871 1283
162 Game Avg. 162 634 575 90 177 41 8 19 96 8 45 60 .307 .361 .506 .867 105 1283

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1954 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1955 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1956 BBWAA ( 8.3%)
1958 BBWAA ( 4.5%)
1960 BBWAA (10.8%)
1962 BBWAA ( 4.4%)
1971 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1971
by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1927 NL (26, 1%)
1928 NL (12, 14%)
1931 NL (5, 36%)
1933 NL (25, 1%)
0.52 Career Shares (432nd)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1928 NL  4.8 (7th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1928 NL  4.7 (7th)
1929 NL  4.2 (10th)
1931 NL  4.1 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 NL  .329 (8th)
1928 NL  .337 (8th)
1931 NL  .349 (1st)
Career  .317 (64th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1927 NL  .401 (7th)
1931 NL  .404 (2nd)
Career  .372 (236th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 NL  .590 (1st)
1928 NL  .604 (3rd)
1929 NL  .632 (4th)
1930 NL  .652 (4th)
1931 NL  .569 (3rd)
Career  .526 (54th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1927 NL  .990 (2nd)
1928 NL  .990 (5th)
1929 NL  1.026 (7th)
1930 NL  1.059 (5th)
1931 NL  .973 (3rd)
Career  .898 (66th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1928 NL  101 (7th)
1931 NL  94 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1928 NL  314 (5th)
1929 NL  327 (8th)
1931 NL  256 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1928 NL  46 (2nd)
1929 NL  47 (2nd)
1930 NL  39 (10th)
1933 NL  34 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1927 NL  18 (6th)
1928 NL  27 (3rd)
1929 NL  29 (7th)
1930 NL  26 (6th)
1931 NL  16 (7th)
1934 NL  18 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1928 NL  111 (4th)
1929 NL  125 (6th)
1931 NL  95 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1928 NL  53 (6th)
1934 NL  63 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1930 NL  12 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1927 NL  157 (3rd)
1928 NL  152 (5th)
1929 NL  147 (8th)
1930 NL  147 (6th)
1931 NL  154 (2nd)
Career  133 (132nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1928 NL  121 (7th)
1929 NL  128 (9th)
1931 NL  103 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1927 NL  28 (7th)
1928 NL  38 (5th)
1929 NL  36 (8th)
1931 NL  34 (6th)
Career  213 (245th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 NL  2.7 (7th)
1928 NL  3.6 (5th)
1929 NL  3.2 (8th)
1931 NL  3.3 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1928 NL  79 (2nd)
1929 NL  85 (3rd)
1930 NL  77 (7th)
1931 NL  59 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1927 NL  .774 (3rd)
1928 NL  .753 (4th)
1929 NL  .741 (8th)
1930 NL  .722 (9th)
1931 NL  .784 (2nd)
Career  .683 (108th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL  7 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1927 NL  14.4 (3rd)
1928 NL  12.3 (6th)
1929 NL  11.3 (10th)
1930 NL  16.4 (4th)
1931 NL  13.0 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1927 NL  19.2 (3rd)
1928 NL  19.3 (4th)
1929 NL  17.8 (5th)
1930 NL  17.2 (5th)
1931 NL  28.1 (5th)
1934 NL  29.7 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1924 NL  born 1903-02-12 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 79 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (278), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (248), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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