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Fred Hatfield
Fred James Hatfield

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 171 lb.

Born: March 18, 1925 in Lanett, AL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1950
Final Game: May 13, 1958
Died: May 22, 1998 in Tallahassee, FL
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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
1950	25	BOS	AL	10	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	63	3	0	0	0			/5
1951	26	BOS	AL	80	187	163	23	28	4	2	2	14	1	0	22	27	.172	.274	.258	.532	39	42	1	1	1			5
1952	27	TOT	AL	131	519	466	48	112	13	3	3	28	2	5	39	54	.240	.309	.300	.609	69	140	15	7	7			*5/6
1952	27	BOS	AL	19	30	25	6	8	1	1	1	3	0	3	4	2	.320	.433	.560	.993	166	14	2	1	0			5
1952	27	DET	AL	112	489	441	42	104	12	2	2	25	2	2	35	52	.236	.301	.286	.587	63	126	13	6	7			*5/6
1953	28	DET	AL	109	358	311	41	79	11	1	3	19	3	5	40	34	.254	.341	.325	.666	81	101	7	1	6			54/6
1954	29	DET	AL	81	256	218	31	64	12	0	2	25	4	2	28	24	.294	.385	.376	.761	112	82	5	5	4	1		45
1955	30	DET	AL	122	492	413	51	96	15	3	8	33	3	2	61	49	.232	.337	.341	.678	85	141	7	5	11	2	6	456
1956	31	TOT	AL	114	388	333	48	87	9	1	7	35	1	0	39	37	.261	.351	.357	.708	87	119	7	9	3	4	3	5/46
1956	31	DET	AL	8	15	12	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	75	3	0	1	0	0	0	/4
1956	31	CHW	AL	106	373	321	46	84	9	1	7	33	1	0	37	36	.262	.349	.361	.710	88	116	7	8	3	4	3	5/6
1957	32	CHW	AL	69	137	114	14	23	3	0	0	8	1	0	15	20	.202	.316	.228	.544	51	26	2	5	1	2	1	5
1958	33	TOT	MLB	6	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	/54
1958	33	CLE	AL	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1958	33	CIN	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/45
9 Seasons				722	2362	2039	259	493	67	10	25	165	15	14	248	247	.242	.332	.321	.654	78	655	44	33	33	9	10
162 Game Avg.				162	530	458	58	111	15	2	6	37	3	3	56	55	.242	.332	.321	.654	78	147	10	7	7

DET (5 yrs)				432	1610	1395	167	346	50	6	15	104	12	11	166	160	.248	.335	.325	.660	81	453	32	18	28	3	6
BOS (3 yrs)				109	232	200	32	39	5	3	3	19	1	3	29	30	.195	.303	.295	.598	56	59	3	2	1
CHW (2 yrs)				175	510	435	60	107	12	1	7	41	2	0	52	56	.246	.340	.326	.666	78	142	9	13	4	6	4
CIN (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				719	2361	2038	259	493	67	10	25	165	15	14	248	247	.242	.332	.321	.654	78	655	44	33	33	9	10
NL (1 yr)				3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
1950	25	BOS	AL	15	9	1	3.0	122	.273	.250	.290	.400	.379	.250	.435	.650	.814	63	.279	-0.5	-0.1	.667	.250	.000
1951	26	BOS	AL	187	137	12	2.4	109	.194	.172	.278	.274	.361	.258	.407	.532	.768	39	.233	-14.9	-1.5	.485	.227	.086	1.3
1952	27	TOT	AL	519	381	41	2.9	98	.267	.240	.262	.309	.342	.300	.382	.609	.724	69	.343	-20.0	-2.1	.489	.137	.060	2.4
1952	27	BOS	AL	30	22	4	4.9	103	.318	.320	.269	.433	.350	.560	.393	.993	.743	166	.576	2.4	0.2	.727	.280	.240	.0
1952	27	DET	AL	489	359	37	2.8	97	.264	.236	.261	.301	.341	.286	.381	.587	.723	63	.324	-22.4	-2.4	.474	.129	.050	2.0
1953	28	DET	AL	358	250	33	3.5	102	.277	.254	.268	.341	.344	.325	.395	.666	.740	81	.396	-7.2	-0.7	.574	.193	.071	3.0
1954	29	DET	AL	256	166	31	5.0	97	.321	.294	.263	.385	.338	.376	.384	.761	.723	112	.574	5.2	0.5	.727	.220	.083	2.7
1955	30	DET	AL	492	339	51	4.0	101	.246	.232	.264	.337	.343	.341	.393	.678	.736	85	.442	-7.6	-0.8	.638	.259	.109	4.4
1956	31	TOT	AL	388	260	45	4.6	107	.273	.261	.268	.351	.351	.357	.410	.708	.760	87	.483	-5.3	-0.5	.664	.216	.096	1.8
1956	31	DET	AL	15	9	2	6.0	107	.273	.250	.268	.400	.351	.250	.410	.650	.760	75	.596	-0.3	-0.0	.667	.167	.000
1956	31	CHW	AL	373	251	43	4.6	107	.273	.262	.268	.349	.351	.361	.410	.710	.760	88	.479	-5.0	-0.5	.664	.218	.100	1.8
1957	32	CHW	AL	137	96	10	2.8	100	.240	.202	.264	.316	.336	.228	.399	.544	.735	51	.307	-6.9	-0.7	.505	.167	.026	.0
1958	33	TOT	MLB	10	8	0	0.0	99	.125	.111	.262	.200	.331	.111	.400	.311	.730	-12	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
1958	33	CLE	AL	9	7	0	0.0	97	.143	.125	.260	.222	.329	.125	.396	.347	.725	-1	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
1958	33	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.346	.000	.432	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Seasons				2362	1646	224	3.7	102	.264	.242	.266	.332	.345	.321	.394	.654	.739	78	.410	-58.6	-6.0	.584	.202	.079	18.8
162 Game Avg.				530	369	50	3.7	102	.264	.242	.266	.332	.345	.321	.394	.654	.739	78	.410	-58.6	-6.0	.584	.202	.079	4

DET (5 yrs)				1610	1123	154	3.7	99	.271	.248	.264	.335	.342	.325	.389	.660	.731	81	.422	-32.2	-3.3	.584	.196	.077	13.3
BOS (3 yrs)				232	168	17	2.7	109	.216	.195	.277	.303	.360	.295	.407	.598	.768	56	.285	-13.1	-1.3	.527	.235	.100	1.5
CHW (2 yrs)				510	347	53	4.1	105	.265	.246	.267	.340	.347	.326	.407	.666	.754	78	.438	-11.9	-1.2	.620	.205	.080	3.1
CIN (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.346	.000	.432	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CLE (1 yr)				9	7	0	0.0	97	.143	.125	.260	.222	.329	.125	.396	.347	.725	-1	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.125	.000

AL (9 yrs)				2361	1645	224	3.7	102	.264	.242	.266	.332	.345	.321	.394	.654	.739	78	.411	-58.3	-5.9	.585	.202	.079	18.8
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.346	.000	.432	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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	GO/AO	IP%
1950	25	BOS	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.33	12.0		6.0		73%
1951	26	BOS	AL	187	1.1%	14.4%	11.8%	4.3%	29%	1.23	6.0	81.5	11.6		72%
1952	27	TOT	AL	519	0.6%	10.4%	7.5%	3.7%	17%	1.38	8.6	155.3	16.6		79%
1952	27	BOS	AL	30	3.3%	6.7%	13.3%	10.0%	38%	0.50	12.5	25.0	8.3		73%
1952	27	DET	AL	489	0.4%	10.6%	7.2%	3.3%	15%	1.49	8.5	220.5	17.6		79%
1953	28	DET	AL	358	0.8%	9.5%	11.2%	4.2%	19%	0.85	9.1	103.7	16.4		77%
1954	29	DET	AL	256	0.8%	9.4%	10.9%	5.5%	22%	0.86	9.1	109.0	8.7	1.38	75%
1955	30	DET	AL	492	1.6%	10.0%	12.4%	5.3%	27%	0.80	8.4	51.6	12.5	1.29	73%
1956	31	TOT	AL	388	1.8%	9.5%	10.1%	4.4%	20%	0.95	9.0	47.6	9.5	0.95	76%
1956	31	DET	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	0.50	12.0		6.0	0.40	73%
1956	31	CHW	AL	373	1.9%	9.7%	9.9%	4.6%	20%	0.97	8.9	45.9	9.7	0.98	76%
1957	32	CHW	AL	137	0.0%	14.6%	11.0%	2.2%	13%	1.33	5.7		14.3	0.88	70%
1958	33	TOT	MLB	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0		9.0	0.17	80%
1958	33	CLE	AL	9	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	8.0		8.0	0.20	78%
1958	33	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
9 Seasons				2362	1.1%	10.5%	10.5%	4.3%	21%	1.00	8.3	81.6	12.4	1.13	75%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	29	DET	AL	7	0	31%	136	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	70%	14	8	6	1	0	1	12	0	12
1955	30	DET	AL	3	0	28%	185	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	15	47%	32	18	14	2	2	0	11	4	7
1956	31	TOT	AL	8	0	32%	187	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	39%	25	21	4	5	4	1	16	2	13
1956	31	DET	AL	1	0	33%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	CHW	AL	7	0	32%	175	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	40%	22	19	3	5	4	1	16	2	13
1957	32	CHW	AL	2	0	33%	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	28%	9	9	0	2	2	0	7	2	5
1958	33	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	33	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	33	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				20	0	31%	571	15	14	52%	8	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	15	27	46%	81	57	24	10	8	2	46	8	37
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
1954	29	DET	AL	257	98%	64			17	5	1	2	1.92	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	4	4	100%	59	5	8%	27	9	33%	158	25	16%	9	5	56%	14	6	43%	0
1955	30	DET	AL	494	84%	96			3	0	0	0	1.06	8	0	8	8	0	4	4	0	13	11	85%	101	7	7%	47	19	40%	301	26	9%	19	9	47%	32	12	38%	0
1956	31	TOT	AL	388	75%	87			12	2	1	1	1.56	7	0	12	5	2	3	4	0	5	3	60%	63	7	11%	27	9	33%	234	30	13%	22	11	50%	17	7	41%	0
1956	31	DET	AL	15	87%	3			1	0	0	0	1.92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1956	31	CHW	AL	373	74%	84			11	2	1	1	1.53	7	0	12	5	2	3	4	0	5	3	60%	61	7	11%	27	9	33%	224	28	13%	21	10	48%	17	7	41%	0
1957	32	CHW	AL	137	96%	23			23	4	0	2	2.01	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	28	2	7%	16	4	25%	89	8	9%	14	5	36%	5	1	20%	0
1958	33	TOT	MLB	10	100%	1			2	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1958	33	CLE	AL	9	100%	1			1	0	0	0	0.36	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1958	33	CIN	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				1286	85%	493			57	11	2	5	1.79	25	0	33	15	2	7	10	0	25	33	132%	253	44	17%	117	41	35%	790	90	11%	65	31	48%	68	26	38%	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
1950	25	10	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	63	3	0	0	0
1951	26	90	202	175	26	31	4	2	2	16	1	0	25	28	.177	.284	.257	.541	41	45	1	1	1
1952	27	221	721	641	74	143	17	5	5	44	3	5	64	82	.223	.302	.289	.590	61	185	16	8	8
1953	28	330	1079	952	115	222	28	6	8	63	6	10	104	116	.233	.315	.300	.615	68	286	23	9	14
1954	29	411	1335	1170	146	286	40	6	10	88	10	12	132	140	.244	.328	.315	.643	76	368	28	14	18	1
1955	30	533	1827	1583	197	382	55	9	18	121	13	14	193	189	.241	.330	.322	.652	78	509	35	19	29	3	6
1956	31	647	2215	1916	245	469	64	10	25	156	14	14	232	226	.245	.334	.328	.662	80	628	42	28	32	7	9
1957	32	716	2352	2030	259	492	67	10	25	164	15	14	247	246	.242	.333	.322	.655	78	654	44	33	33	9	10
1958	33	722	2362	2039	259	493	67	10	25	165	15	14	248	247	.242	.332	.321	.654	78	655	44	33	33	9	10

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
1950	25	10	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	10
1951	26	84	191	169	21	27	4	2	2	13	1	21	28	.160	.257	.243	.499	11	80
1952	27	137	537	489	53	119	14	3	3	31	2	41	56	.243	.311	.303	.614	45	131
1953	28	114	365	323	42	81	11	1	3	20	3	41	36	.251	.337	.319	.656	34	109
1954	29	85	268	231	35	70	13	0	2	28	4	31	25	.303	.396	.385	.781	34	81
1955	30	128	514	438	54	107	17	3	9	35	3	68	51	.244	.352	.358	.711	54	122
1956	31	119	406	350	47	93	10	1	7	35	1	42	39	.266	.357	.360	.717	44	114
1957	32	73	150	124	15	28	4	0	0	9	1	18	21	.226	.347	.258	.605	11	69
1958	33	6	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	6
9 Seasons		756	2456	2145	270	528	73	10	26	173	15	266	258	.246	.338	.326	.664	234	722
162 Game Avg.		162	526	460	58	113	16	2	6	37	3	57	55	.246	.338	.326	.664	50	722

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 AL  7 (6th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)
1956 AL  9 (4th)
1957 AL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 AL 11 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL 6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Fred Fred James Hatfield

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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