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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
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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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
1954 26 BRO NL 88 296 261 41 64 9 5 7 26 8 3 25 39 .245 .318 .398 .717 83 104 7 4 4 2 5
1955 27 BRO NL 94 332 279 50 67 13 3 5 19 9 5 46 50 .240 .350 .362 .712 88 101 9 1 6 0 0 5
1956 28 CHC NL 121 478 424 51 91 18 4 5 37 8 3 41 46 .215 .283 .311 .594 61 132 4 1 8 4 0 *5
1957 29 CIN NL 149 616 529 78 155 39 2 19 89 8 15 74 54 .293 .381 .482 .863 125 255 13 4 5 4 5 *5/4 AS,MVP-11
1958 30 CIN NL 114 466 417 51 109 30 0 6 50 6 8 43 36 .261 .333 .376 .709 83 157 11 2 3 1 4 *5/6
1959 31 PIT NL 155 651 564 60 166 29 3 8 65 9 2 71 75 .294 .374 .399 .773 108 225 18 4 6 6 4 *5 MVP-17
1960 32 PIT NL 155 636 553 97 156 24 9 16 79 3 2 74 74 .282 .366 .445 .810 120 246 17 1 4 4 9 *5 MVP-2
1961 33 PIT NL 145 586 503 72 150 27 7 12 61 4 2 73 53 .298 .388 .451 .839 122 227 14 3 3 4 8 *5
1962 34 PIT NL 121 467 411 63 99 14 8 5 48 4 2 49 49 .241 .320 .350 .670 80 144 18 1 1 5 5 *5
1963 35 PHI NL 115 411 377 35 87 11 3 6 24 5 5 27 52 .231 .282 .324 .605 75 122 11 1 3 3 1 5
1964 36 PHI NL 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 Seasons 1263 4945 4322 598 1144 214 44 89 498 64 47 523 530 .265 .345 .396 .741 98 1713 122 22 45 33 36
162 Game Avg. 162 634 554 77 147 27 6 11 64 8 6 67 68 .265 .345 .396 .741 98 220 16 3 6 4
PIT (4 yrs) 576 2340 2031 292 571 94 27 41 253 20 8 267 251 .281 .364 .415 .779 109 842 67 9 14 19 26
PHI (2 yrs) 121 417 381 35 87 11 3 6 24 5 5 27 54 .228 .279 .320 .599 73 122 11 1 5 3 1
BRO (2 yrs) 182 628 540 91 131 22 8 12 45 17 8 71 89 .243 .335 .380 .715 86 205 16 5 10 2 0
CIN (2 yrs) 263 1082 946 129 264 69 2 25 139 14 23 117 90 .279 .360 .436 .796 107 412 24 6 8 5 9
CHC (1 yr) 121 478 424 51 91 18 4 5 37 8 3 41 46 .215 .283 .311 .594 61 132 4 1 8 4 0

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
1955 27 BRO NL WS NYY W 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 32 PIT NL WS NYY W 7 27 23 3 5 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 1 .217 .333 .304 .638 7 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 32 26 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 6 1 .231 .375 .308 .683 8 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 10 32 26 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 6 1 .231 .375 .308 .683 8 1 0 0 0 0
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957 (3B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1957-NL-11-9%
1959-NL-17-2%
1960-NL-2-48%
0.59 Career Shares (375th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1957 NL--.381--7th
1960 NL--.366--9th
1961 NL--.388--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL--155--1st
1960 NL--155--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1960 NL--97--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1957 NL--39--1st
1958 NL--30--9th

Triples s c a p y
1960 NL--9--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1957 NL--89--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL--74--7th
1959 NL--71--7th
1960 NL--74--6th
1961 NL--73--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL--8--8th
1955 NL--9--10th

Singles s c a p y
1959 NL--126--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 NL--90--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1960 NL--17--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 NL--2.2--10th
1960 NL--1.7--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1957 NL--60--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 NL--231--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 NL--6--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 NL--9--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 NL--18--6th
1960 NL--17--5th
1962 NL--18--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1957 NL--15--2nd
1958 NL--8--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 NL--11.3--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1960 NL--424--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (588), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 26 (858), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1228), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (997), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ken Landreaux (925)
  6. Don Buford (922)
  7. Bobby Tolan (920)
  8. Bill Mueller (919)
  9. Chad Curtis (917)
  10. Jim Davenport (916)
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  1. Oscar Grimes (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Craig Worthington (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rick Schu (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Geoff Blum (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Billy Johnson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy Johnson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rance Mulliniks (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Buford (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Grady Hatton (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Grady Hatton (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1955: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn to the Chicago Cubs for Don Elston and Randy Jackson.

November 13, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Warren Hacker and Pete Whisenant to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ray Jablonski and Elmer Singleton.

January 30, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Smoky Burgess and Harvey Haddix to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, John Powers and Frank Thomas.

November 28, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pancho Herrera and Ted Savage.

May 18, 1964: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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