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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1924	STL	NL	21	OF	24	24	24		55	48	3	4	1	.927		2.13	.965		2.39
1924	STL	NL	21	LF	16	16	16		39	33	3	3	1	.923		2.25	.964		2.26
1924	STL	NL	21	CF	7	7	7		16	15	0	1	0	.938		2.14	.965		2.86
1924	STL	NL	21	RF	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.967		2.10
1925	STL	NL	22	OF	88	86	84		198	180	9	9	2	.955		2.15	.967		2.48
1925	STL	NL	22	RF	57	57	56		129	115	6	8	2	.938		2.12	.967		2.27
1925	STL	NL	22	LF	26	25	24		54	51	3	0	0	1.000		2.08	.967		2.26
1925	STL	NL	22	CF	5	4	4		15	14	0	1	0	.933		2.80	.967		2.92
1926	STL	NL	23	OF	64	50	49		115	106	6	3	1	.974		1.75	.965		2.42
1926	STL	NL	23	LF	28	27	27		67	60	4	3	0	.955		2.29	.961		2.21
1926	STL	NL	23	RF	26	23	22		48	46	2	0	1	1.000		1.85	.968		2.21
1927	STL	NL	24	OF	94	92	83		202	179	19	4	7	.980		2.11	.970		2.49	MVP-26
1927	STL	NL	24	LF	74	71	65		158	141	13	4	3	.975		2.08	.970		2.25	MVP-26
1927	STL	NL	24	RF	22	20	17		41	35	6	0	1	1.000		1.86	.968		2.26	MVP-26
1927	STL	NL	24	CF	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.973		3.00	MVP-26
1928	STL	NL	25	OF	133	132	127		311	287	13	11	3	.965		2.26	.972		2.47	MVP-12
1928	STL	NL	25	LF	117	117	113		276	253	13	10	3	.964		2.27	.972		2.24	MVP-12
1928	STL	NL	25	RF	16	15	14		35	34	0	1	0	.971		2.13	.968		2.26	MVP-12
1929	STL	NL	26	LF	130	130	129		296	278	8	10	1	.966		2.20	.971		2.10
1929	STL	NL	26	OF	130	130	129		296	278	8	10	1	.966		2.20	.973		2.47
1930	STL	NL	27	LF	116	116	114		205	189	11	5	1	.976		1.72	.968		2.01
1930	STL	NL	27	OF	116	116	114		205	189	11	5	1	.976		1.72	.968		2.40
1931	STL	NL	28	LF	118	117	110		234	226	4	4	1	.983		1.95	.976		2.21	MVP-5
1931	STL	NL	28	OF	118	117	110		234	226	4	4	1	.983		1.95	.973		2.48	MVP-5
1932	CIN	NL	29	LF	65	65	48		141	131	5	5	0	.965		2.09	.975		2.28
1932	CIN	NL	29	OF	65	65	48		141	131	5	5	0	.965		2.09	.976		2.52
1933	CIN	NL	30	OF	144	144	139		385	364	16	5	5	.987		2.64	.977		2.43	AS,MVP-25
1933	CIN	NL	30	CF	85	85	84		249	236	12	1	3	.996		2.92	.979		2.78	AS,MVP-25
1933	CIN	NL	30	LF	59	59	55		136	128	4	4	2	.971		2.24	.976		2.29	AS,MVP-25
1934	CIN	NL	31	OF	140	140	137		400	380	7	13	1	.968		2.76	.973		2.37
1934	CIN	NL	31	CF	123	121	120		362	343	7	12	1	.967		2.85	.979		2.70
1934	CIN	NL	31	LF	19	19	17		38	37	0	1	0	.974		1.95	.969		2.19
1935	CIN	NL	32	CF	15	15	15		34	31	0	3	0	.912		2.07	.974		2.83
1935	CIN	NL	32	OF	15	15	15		34	31	0	3	0	.912		2.07	.971		2.42
1937	CIN	NL	34	OF	64	63	57		137	128	5	4	0	.971		2.08	.974		2.24
1937	CIN	NL	34	CF	44	44	40		95	89	2	4	0	.958		2.07	.977		2.63
1937	CIN	NL	34	LF	20	19	17		42	39	3	0	0	1.000		2.10	.973		2.10
	13 Seasons			OF	1195	1174	1116		2713	2527	106	80	23	.971		2.20	.972		2.44
	12 Seasons			LF	788	781	735		1686	1566	71	49	12	.971		2.08	.971		2.18
	7 Seasons			CF	280	277	271		774	731	21	22	4	.972		2.69	.978		2.73
	5 Seasons			RF	122	116	110		256	233	14	9	4	.965		2.02	.967		2.25
	13 Seasons			TOT	1195	1174	1116		2713	2527	106	80	23	.971		2.20	.972		2.44
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1924	STL	NL	21	24	24	24	24	16	7	1	24	0	0
1925	STL	NL	22	93	86	93	88	26	5	57	88	5	0
1926	STL	NL	23	78	50	78	54	28	0	26	54	24	0
1927	STL	NL	24	103	92	103	94	74	1	22	94	9	0
1928	STL	NL	25	138	132	138	133	117	0	16	133	5	0
1929	STL	NL	26	134	130	134	130	130	0	0	130	4	0
1930	STL	NL	27	120	116	120	116	116	0	0	116	3	1
1931	STL	NL	28	122	117	122	118	118	0	0	118	4	0
1932	CIN	NL	29	83	65	83	65	65	0	0	65	18	0
1933	CIN	NL	30	144	144	144	144	59	85	0	144	0	0
1934	CIN	NL	31	140	140	140	140	19	123	0	140	0	0
1935	CIN	NL	32	15	15	15	15	0	15	0	15	0	0
1937	CIN	NL	34	89	63	89	64	20	44	0	64	24	1
	13 Seasons			1283	1174	1283	1185	788	280	122	1185	96	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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	All-Star Games 1933 (LF)	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)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 NL 117 (3rd) 1929 NL 130 (2nd) 1930 NL 116 (5th) 1931 NL 118 (3rd) Career 788 (94th)
Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 NL 253 (3rd) 1929 NL 278 (2nd) 1931 NL 226 (3rd) Career 1,566 (84th)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1927 NL 13 (3rd) 1928 NL 13 (1st) 1929 NL 8 (3rd) 1930 NL 11 (1st) 1932 NL 5 (5th) Career 71 (50th)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 NL 10 (1st) 1929 NL 10 (2nd) 1930 NL 5 (5th) 1932 NL 5 (3rd) Career 49 (55th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1934 NL 123 (4th)
Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1934 NL 343 (3rd)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1933 NL 12 (2nd) 1934 NL 7 (5th)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1934 NL 12 (1st) 1937 NL 4 (5th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1925 NL 8 (4th)
Putouts as OF s c a p y 1933 NL 364 (4th) 1934 NL 380 (3rd)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1927 NL 19 (5th) 1933 NL 16 (4th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1934 NL 13 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 NL 2.27 (2nd) 1929 NL 2.20 (2nd) Career 2.08 (48th)
Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 NL .964 (4th) 1930 NL .976 (3rd) 1931 NL .983 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1933 NL 2.92 (2nd) 1934 NL 2.85 (3rd)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1933 NL .996 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1933 NL 2.64 (5th) 1934 NL 2.76 (3rd)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1927 NL .980 (5th) 1931 NL .983 (2nd) 1933 NL .987 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1924 NL born 1903-02-12 (8th)

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