Bob Hale
Robert Houston Hale
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 7, 1933 in Sarasota, FL
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1955
Final Game: October 1, 1961
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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
1955 21 BAL AL 67 190 182 13 65 7 1 0 29 0 2 5 19 .357 .376 .407 .782 119 74 6 1 1 1 0 3
1956 22 BAL AL 85 223 207 18 49 10 1 1 24 0 2 11 10 .237 .274 .309 .583 60 64 6 1 0 4 0 3
1957 23 BAL AL 42 49 44 2 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .250 .265 .250 .515 47 11 5 0 0 3 1 /3
1958 24 BAL AL 19 22 20 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .350 .409 .450 .859 143 9 2 0 0 0 0 /3
1959 25 BAL AL 40 56 54 2 10 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 6 .185 .214 .241 .455 27 13 1 0 0 0 1 /3
1960 26 CLE AL 70 77 70 2 21 7 0 0 12 0 0 3 6 .300 .312 .400 .712 94 28 0 0 0 4 1 /3
1961 27 TOT AL 53 53 49 2 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 7 .163 .189 .224 .413 12 11 1 1 0 2 0 /3
1961 27 CLE AL 42 40 36 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .167 .367 1 6 0 1 0 2 0
1961 27 NYY AL 11 13 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .385 .538 42 5 1 0 0 0 0 /3
7 Seasons 376 670 626 41 171 29 2 2 89 0 4 26 51 .273 .299 .335 .634 75 210 21 3 1 14 3
162 Game Avg. 162 289 270 18 74 12 1 1 38 0 2 11 22 .273 .299 .335 .634 75 90 9 1 0 6 1
BAL (5 yrs) 253 540 507 37 142 22 2 1 70 0 4 22 38 .280 .308 .337 .645 79 171 20 2 1 8 2
CLE (2 yrs) 112 117 106 2 27 7 0 0 18 0 0 4 13 .255 .274 .321 .594 62 34 0 1 0 6 1
NYY (1 yr) 11 13 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .385 .538 42 5 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1955 21 BAL AL 190 127 25 5.3 95 .396 .357 .257 .376 .335 .407 .382 .782 .717 119 .564 4.4 0.4 .624 .066 .049
1956 22 BAL AL 223 170 16 2.5 99 .240 .237 .257 .274 .338 .309 .393 .583 .731 60 .234 -11.5 -1.1 .446 .116 .072 .0
1957 23 BAL AL 49 41 2 1.3 93 .244 .250 .255 .265 .326 .250 .384 .515 .710 47 .100 -2.9 -0.3 .342 .045 .000
1958 24 BAL AL 22 15 3 5.3 93 .368 .350 .254 .409 .322 .450 .387 .859 .709 143 .599 1.3 0.1 .733 .200 .100
1959 25 BAL AL 56 45 3 1.8 96 .208 .185 .257 .214 .328 .241 .392 .455 .720 27 .162 -5.4 -0.6 .333 .093 .056
1960 26 CLE AL 77 53 10 5.1 99 .309 .300 .260 .312 .333 .400 .398 .712 .730 94 .556 0.0 0.0 .633 .143 .100
1961 27 TOT AL 53 44 2 1.2 101 .163 .163 .260 .189 .334 .224 .404 .413 .738 12 .078 -6.2 -0.6 .310 .082 .061 .0
1961 27 CLE AL 40 32 2 1.7 101 .194 .167 .260 .200 .335 .167 .405 .367 .740 1 .133 -5.0 -0.5 .267 .028 .000
1961 27 NYY AL 13 12 0 0.0 100 .083 .154 .258 .154 .332 .385 .401 .538 .734 42 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .231 .231 .0
7 Seasons 670 495 61 3.3 97 .288 .273 .257 .299 .334 .335 .390 .634 .724 75 .352 -20.4 -2.0 .490 .097 .062 .0
162 Game Avg. 289 213 26 3.3 97 .288 .273 .257 .299 .334 .335 .390 .634 .724 75 .352 -20.4 -2.0 .490 .097 .062
BAL (5 yrs) 540 398 49 3.3 97 .296 .280 .257 .308 .334 .337 .388 .645 .722 79 .350 -14.2 -1.4 .491 .093 .057 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 117 85 12 3.8 100 .273 .255 .260 .274 .334 .321 .400 .594 .734 62 .418 -5.0 -0.5 .494 .104 .066
NYY (1 yr) 13 12 0 0.0 100 .083 .154 .258 .154 .332 .385 .401 .538 .734 42 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .231 .231 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1955 21 BAL AL 190 0.0% 10.0% 2.6% 4.2% 12% 3.80 9.6 6.3 1.33 86%
1956 22 BAL AL 223 0.5% 4.5% 4.9% 5.4% 25% 0.91 20.7 207.0 8.6 1.29 90%
1957 23 BAL AL 49 0.0% 4.1% 4.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 22.0 6.3 2.00 92%
1958 24 BAL AL 22 0.0% 4.6% 9.1% 9.1% 29% 0.50 20.0 6.7 1.60 86%
1959 25 BAL AL 56 0.0% 10.7% 3.6% 5.4% 30% 3.00 9.0 7.7 1.05 86%
1960 26 CLE AL 77 0.0% 7.8% 3.9% 9.1% 33% 2.00 11.7 5.8 0.92 88%
1961 27 TOT AL 53 1.9% 13.2% 1.9% 1.9% 13% 7.00 7.0 49.0 7.0 2.09 81%
1961 27 CLE AL 40 0.0% 17.5% 2.5% 0.0% 0% 7.00 5.1 6.0 1.67 78%
1961 27 NYY AL 13 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 13.0 13.0 4.00 92%
7 Seasons 670 0.3% 7.6% 3.9% 4.9% 19% 1.96 12.3 313.0 7.0 1.34 88%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 21 BAL AL 2 0 18% 90 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23% 16 12 3 2 2 0 4 2 2
1956 22 BAL AL 3 0 28% 69 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 47% 12 8 4 1 0 1 6 2 4
1957 23 BAL AL 1 0 15% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1958 24 BAL AL 1 0 22% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 25 BAL AL 0 0 17% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1960 26 CLE AL 1 0 8% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 27 TOT AL 3 0 11% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 CLE AL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 NYY AL 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 11 0 20% 193 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 13 35% 33 24 8 5 4 1 14 5 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 21 BAL AL 190 86% 65 26 10 0 10 1.75 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 58 6 10% 18 10 56% 173 36 21% 20 15 75% 13 9 69% 0
1956 22 BAL AL 223 93% 49 37 6 0 10 1.89 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 46 6 13% 34 13 38% 154 24 16% 23 11 48% 13 6 46% 0
1957 23 BAL AL 49 92% 11 35 9 0 6 2.43 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 29% 10 3 30% 50 10 20% 8 5 63% 4 2 50% 0
1958 24 BAL AL 22 95% 7 16 5 0 3 1.59 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 3 1 33% 22 3 14% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 25 BAL AL 56 98% 10 30 7 0 5 2.01 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 6% 6 2 33% 54 7 13% 3 3 100% 4 2 50% 0
1960 26 CLE AL 77 99% 21 63 19 0 10 1.95 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0% 16 6 38% 73 12 16% 10 6 60% 2 1 50% 0
1961 27 TOT AL 53 96% 8 44 6 0 6 1.92 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 6 5 83% 52 7 13% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
1961 27 CLE AL 40 95% 6 36 6 0 6 2.12 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 5 4 80% 48 7 15% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
1961 27 NYY AL 13 100% 2 8 0 0 0 1.04 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 670 92% 171 251 62 0 50 1.97 2 0 38 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 193 21 11% 93 40 43% 578 99 17% 69 43 62% 39 22 56% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1955 21 67 190 182 13 65 7 1 0 29 0 2 5 19 .357 .376 .407 .782 119 74 6 1 1 1 0
1956 22 152 413 389 31 114 17 2 1 53 0 4 16 29 .293 .320 .355 .675 87 138 12 2 1 5 0
1957 23 194 462 433 33 125 17 2 1 60 0 4 18 31 .289 .315 .344 .659 83 149 17 2 1 8 1
1958 24 213 484 453 35 132 19 2 1 63 0 4 20 32 .291 .319 .349 .668 85 158 19 2 1 8 1
1959 25 253 540 507 37 142 22 2 1 70 0 4 22 38 .280 .308 .337 .645 79 171 20 2 1 8 2
1960 26 323 617 577 39 163 29 2 1 82 0 4 25 44 .282 .308 .345 .653 81 199 20 2 1 12 3
1961 27 376 670 626 41 171 29 2 2 89 0 4 26 51 .273 .299 .335 .634 75 210 21 3 1 14 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 21 70 196 189 14 67 7 1 0 32 0 5 20 .354 .372 .402 .775 28 67
1956 22 89 231 215 19 50 10 1 1 26 0 11 10 .233 .268 .302 .571 18 85
1957 23 44 49 44 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 2 2 .205 .224 .205 .429 2 42
1958 24 20 22 20 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 .300 .364 .400 .764 3 19
1959 25 42 59 57 2 11 3 0 0 8 0 2 6 .193 .220 .246 .466 3 40
1960 26 74 82 75 2 23 8 0 0 13 0 3 6 .307 .317 .413 .730 11 70
1961 27 53 53 49 2 8 0 0 1 7 0 1 7 .163 .189 .224 .413 2 53
7 Seasons 392 692 649 43 174 30 2 2 96 0 26 52 .268 .293 .330 .623 67 376
162 Game Avg. 162 286 268 18 72 12 1 1 40 0 11 21 .268 .293 .330 .623 28 376

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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