Don Hoak
Donald Albert Hoak (Tiger)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 5, 1928 in Roulette, PA
High School: Roullette (Roullette, PA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: May 12, 1964
Died: October 9, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 BRO NL 26 3B 75 62 614.2 221 71 139 11 12 .950 -3.7 -7.2 -2.7 -2.5 -0.2 -1 3.07 2.80 .952 3.17 2.82
1955 BRO NL 27 3B 78 71 646.0 276 82 183 11 15 .960 15.2 28.2 15.2 10.2 4.9 0 3.69 3.40 .950 3.13 2.81
1956 CHC NL 28 3B 110 108 957.1 295 122 158 15 16 .949 -4.3 -5.4 -4.3 -2.4 -1.9 0 2.63 2.55 .956 3.05 2.64
1957 CIN NL 29 3B 149 148 1331.1 476 193 269 14 29 .971 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -1.2 0.8 0 3.12 3.10 .951 2.96 2.71 AS,MVP-11
1957 CIN NL 29 2B 1 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.000 5.00 AS,MVP-11
1958 CIN NL 30 3B 112 109 985.2 390 132 244 14 29 .964 1.4 1.7 1.4 -1.2 2.5 0 3.43 3.36 .951 3.18 2.86
1958 CIN NL 30 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
1959 PIT NL 31 3B 155 155 1378.1 511 169 322 20 31 .961 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 4.2 -4.8 0 3.21 3.17 .950 2.97 2.66 MVP-17
1960 PIT NL 32 3B 155 152 1348.2 481 132 324 25 34 .948 7.3 6.5 6.3 4.7 1.6 1 3.04 2.94 .952 2.97 2.61 MVP-2
1961 PIT NL 33 3B 143 143 1232.1 424 137 267 20 29 .953 -10.4 -10.1 -10.4 -4.9 -5.6 0 2.95 2.83 .948 2.92 2.60
1962 PIT NL 34 3B 116 116 1004.2 323 93 220 10 19 .969 2.1 2.5 1.1 -0.8 1.9 1 2.80 2.70 .948 2.95 2.56
1963 PHI NL 35 3B 106 101 852.1 306 88 205 13 13 .958 5.9 8.3 7.9 1.7 6.2 -2 3.09 2.76 .940 2.93 2.54
10 Seasons 3B 1199 1165 10351.1 3703 1219 2331 153 227 .959 12.3 1.4 13.3 7.8 5.4 -1 3.09 2.96 .950 3.01 2.67
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.000 5.00
1 Season SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
11 Seasons TOT 1201 1165 10352.1 3706 1221 2332 153 227 .959 12.3 1.4 13.3 7.8 5.4 -1 3.09 2.96 .909 3.01 2.67

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 BRO NL 26 88 62 88 88 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
1955 BRO NL 27 94 71 94 94 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 6 10
1956 CHC NL 28 121 108 121 121 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1957 CIN NL 29 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 1 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 30 114 109 114 114 0 0 0 0 112 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 PIT NL 31 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 32 155 152 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 PIT NL 33 145 143 145 145 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 PIT NL 34 121 116 121 121 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1963 PHI NL 35 115 101 115 115 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1964 PHI NL 36 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
11 Seasons 1263 1165 1263 1263 0 0 0 1 1199 1 0 0 0 0 45 21
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 26 2712 64% 77% 29% 224 88% 6 71 53 10 8 141 109 26 1 5 11 0 7 4 10 12 11 0 11 1 0 0 16 63%
1955 BRO NL 27 2791 63% 80% 31% 279 90% 2 80 68 4 8 185 141 35 3 5 11 0 6 5 10 14 13 1 14 0 0 0 13 62%
1956 CHC NL 28 2937 59% 78% 24% 197 89% 2 80 66 5 9 113 78 29 1 6 10 0 9 1 8 13 7 0 11 1 0 1 6 83%
1957 CIN NL 29 5859 62% 81% 25% 460 91% 5 182 154 9 20 276 205 54 3 10 14 1 11 2 9 30 15 4 23 6 4 2 22 64%
1958 CIN NL 30 4275 64% 80% 26% 362 91% 1 133 101 13 19 245 183 42 2 9 14 0 11 3 12 30 12 3 19 8 5 3 5 100%
1959 PIT NL 31 5763 57% 81% 27% 484 91% 5 170 142 8 20 310 237 54 3 20 20 1 15 4 19 31 21 1 22 8 4 3 16 69%
1960 PIT NL 32 5536 60% 80% 28% 457 91% 9 132 101 9 23 316 251 49 4 13 24 2 18 4 20 31 20 1 27 2 2 0 22 82%
1961 PIT NL 33 5353 63% 80% 29% 408 89% 9 131 95 11 25 269 205 50 1 12 19 0 10 9 15 30 16 3 22 6 2 3 8 63%
1962 PIT NL 34 4140 59% 78% 29% 302 90% 5 87 64 9 14 208 159 40 0 8 10 0 9 1 10 19 13 2 18 1 1 0 3 100%
1963 PHI NL 35 3717 60% 74% 28% 294 90% 10 90 65 4 21 202 147 44 4 9 13 3 10 0 9 13 7 1 9 2 2 0 9 78%
10 Seasons 43083 61% 79% 27% 3467 90% 54 1156 909 82 167 2265 1715 423 22 97 146 7 106 33 122 223 135 16 176 35 20 12 120 72%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 CIN NL 29 2 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 CIN NL 30 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 90%

* 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.

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