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Chick Hafey
Charles James Hafey
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 12, 1903 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1923. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 1924
Final Game: September 30, 1937
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1971.
Died: July 2, 1973 in Calistoga, CA
Relatives: Cousin of Bud Hafey and Cousin of Tom Hafey
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Standard Batting

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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 O
1925 22 STL NL 93 375 358 36 108 25 2 5 57 3 7 10 29 .302 .321 .425 .745 86 152 0 7 O
1926 23 STL NL 78 243 225 30 61 19 2 4 38 2 11 36 .271 .311 .427 .738 94 96 2 5 O
1927 24 STL NL 103 394 346 62 114 26 5 18 63 12 36 41 .329 .401 .590 .990 159 204 5 7 O MVP-26
1928 25 STL NL 138 584 520 101 175 46 6 27 111 8 40 53 .337 .386 .604 .990 153 314 2 22 *O MVP-12
1929 26 STL NL 134 572 517 101 175 47 9 29 125 7 45 42 .338 .394 .632 1.026 149 327 2 8 *O
1930 27 STL NL 120 515 446 108 150 39 12 26 107 12 46 51 .336 .407 .652 1.059 148 291 7 16 *O
1931 28 STL NL 122 494 450 94 157 35 8 16 95 11 39 43 .349 .404 .569 .973 155 256 3 2 *O MVP-5
1932 29 CIN NL 83 278 253 34 87 19 3 2 36 4 22 20 .344 .403 .466 .869 136 118 3 0 O
1933 30 CIN NL 144 612 568 77 172 34 6 7 62 3 40 44 .303 .351 .421 .772 121 239 11 2 2 *O AS,MVP-25
1934 31 CIN NL 140 596 535 75 157 29 6 18 67 4 52 63 .293 .359 .471 .830 122 252 10 3 6 *O
1935 32 CIN NL 15 66 59 10 20 6 1 1 9 1 4 5 .339 .400 .525 .925 150 31 1 2 1 O
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 O
13 Seasons 1283 5113 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 3277 2953 542 963 242 46 127 618 56 7 231 303 .326 .379 .568 .948 138 1678 22 71
CIN (5 yrs) 471 1836 1672 235 503 99 21 37 215 14 141 174 .301 .359 .452 .811 123 755 28 11 12

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1924 STL NL 21 OF 24 55 48 3 4 1 .927 2.13 .967 2.24 16-7-1
1925 STL NL 22 OF 88 198 180 9 9 2 .955 2.15 .968 2.33 25-5-58
1926 STL NL 23 OF 64 115 106 6 3 1 .974 1.75 .964 2.26 28-0-36
1927 STL NL 24 OF 94 202 179 19 4 7 .980 2.11 .970 2.35 71-3-22 MVP-26
1928 STL NL 25 OF 133 311 287 13 11 3 .965 2.26 .972 2.31 117-0-16 MVP-12
1929 STL NL 26 OF 130 296 278 8 10 1 .966 2.20 .973 2.38 130-0-0
1930 STL NL 27 OF 116 205 189 11 5 1 .976 1.72 .968 2.28 116-0-0
1931 STL NL 28 OF 118 234 226 4 4 1 .983 1.95 .973 2.38 118-0-0 MVP-5
1932 CIN NL 29 OF 65 141 131 5 5 0 .965 2.09 .977 2.41 65-0-0
1933 CIN NL 30 OF 144 385 364 16 5 5 .987 2.64 .977 2.35 59-85-0 AS,MVP-25
1934 CIN NL 31 OF 140 400 380 7 13 1 .968 2.76 .973 2.26 18-122-0
1935 CIN NL 32 OF 15 34 31 0 3 0 .912 2.07 .974 2.31 0-15-0
1937 CIN NL 34 OF 64 137 128 5 4 0 .971 2.08 .974 2.13 20-44-0
13 Seasons OF 1195 2713 2527 106 80 23 .971 2.20 .972 2.32 783-281-133
13 Seasons TOT 1195 2713 2527 106 80 23 .971 2.20 .943 2.32 783-281-133

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 (417th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 NL  .329 (8th)
1928 NL  .337 (8th)
1931 NL  .349 (1st)
Career  .317 (65th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1927 NL  .401 (7th)
1931 NL  .404 (2nd)
Career  .372 (235th)

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 (69th)

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  159 (2nd)
1928 NL  153 (5th)
1929 NL  149 (7th)
1930 NL  148 (6th)
1931 NL  155 (2nd)
Career  133 (125th)

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  29 (8th)
1928 NL  38 (5th)
1929 NL  37 (8th)
1931 NL  35 (5th)
Career  215 (230th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 NL  2.8 (8th)
1928 NL  3.7 (5th)
1929 NL  3.3 (8th)
1931 NL  3.4 (5th)

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 (107th)

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 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 79 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (268), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Mike Greenwell (877)
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  10. Hack Wilson (872) *
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  7. Matt Holliday (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1923 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 11, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Benny Frey, Harvey Hendrick and cash.

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