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Hal Jeffcoat
Harold Bently Jeffcoat

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 6, 1924 in West Columbia, SC
High School: West Columbia (West Columbia, SC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Final Game: August 6, 1959
Died: August 30, 2007 in Tampla, FL
Relatives: Brother of George Jeffcoat
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Hal Jeffcoat
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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
1948	23	CHC	NL	134	512	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8		24	68	.279	.315	.355	.670	84	168	6	1	14			*O
1949	24	CHC	NL	108	388	363	43	89	18	6	2	26	12		20	48	.245	.286	.344	.631	71	125	5	1	4			O
1950	25	CHC	NL	66	187	179	21	42	13	1	2	18	7		6	23	.235	.259	.352	.611	60	63	11	0	2			O
1951	26	CHC	NL	113	299	278	44	76	20	2	4	27	8	4	16	23	.273	.315	.403	.718	90	112	5	1	4			O
1952	27	CHC	NL	102	320	297	29	65	17	2	4	30	7	2	15	40	.219	.259	.330	.589	61	98	17	1	7			O
1953	28	CHC	NL	106	207	183	22	43	3	1	4	22	5	0	21	26	.235	.314	.328	.642	66	60	5	0	3			O
1954	29	CHC	NL	56	34	31	13	8	2	1	1	6	2	0	1	7	.258	.265	.484	.749	90	15	1	0	0	2		1/8
1955	30	CHC	NL	52	27	23	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	.174	.240	.304	.544	44	7	2	0	2	0	0	1
1956	31	CIN	NL	49	60	54	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	20	.148	.193	.185	.378	0	10	1	0	3	0	0	1
1957	32	CIN	NL	53	83	69	13	14	3	1	4	11	0	0	5	20	.203	.267	.449	.716	84	31	2	1	8	0	0	1
1958	33	CIN	NL	50	10	9	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.556	.600	.556	1.156	202	5	0	0	0	0	0	1/8
1959	34	TOT	NL	29	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	90	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	CIN	NL	17	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	664	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	STL	NL	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				918	2131	1963	249	487	95	18	26	188	49	7	114	289	.248	.291	.355	.645	73	696	55	5	47	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	376	346	44	86	17	3	5	33	9		20	51	.248	.291	.355	.645	73	123	10	1	8

CHC (8 yrs)				737	1974	1827	228	459	89	17	22	172	49	6	105	244	.251	.293	.355	.648	74	648	52	4	36	2	0
CIN (4 yrs)				169	154	133	21	28	6	1	4	16	0	1	9	42	.211	.266	.361	.627	63	48	3	1	11	0	0
STL (1 yr)				12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.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
1948	23	CHC	NL	512	361	53	3.9	99	.319	.279	.264	.315	.338	.355	.391	.670	.728	84	.440	-11.4	-1.1	.579	.144	.076	5.3
1949	24	CHC	NL	388	283	36	3.4	101	.278	.245	.267	.286	.340	.344	.399	.631	.739	71	.367	-16.0	-1.6	.566	.187	.099	3.4
1950	25	CHC	NL	187	150	16	2.8	107	.260	.235	.268	.259	.345	.352	.416	.611	.761	60	.284	-10.9	-1.1	.514	.190	.117	3.1
1951	26	CHC	NL	299	215	35	4.4	105	.287	.273	.270	.315	.344	.403	.409	.718	.753	90	.486	-4.3	-0.4	.630	.201	.129	5.3
1952	27	CHC	NL	320	258	25	2.6	98	.241	.219	.263	.259	.336	.330	.391	.589	.727	61	.297	-16.4	-1.7	.474	.178	.111	5.1
1953	28	CHC	NL	207	148	20	3.6	112	.255	.235	.277	.314	.348	.328	.431	.642	.779	66	.365	-9.4	-0.9	.593	.235	.093	4.4
1954	29	CHC	NL	34	26	5	5.2	110	.280	.258	.275	.265	.347	.484	.425	.749	.772	90	.533	-0.5	-0.1	.750	.323	.226	1.3
1955	30	CHC	NL	27	23	1	1.2	105	.231	.174	.265	.240	.336	.304	.420	.544	.757	44	.072	-2.0	-0.2	.429	.217	.130	.0
1956	31	CIN	NL	60	51	2	1.0	108	.235	.148	.271	.193	.339	.185	.428	.378	.766	0	.066	-7.9	-0.8	.250	.074	.037
1957	32	CIN	NL	83	65	8	3.4	108	.222	.203	.275	.267	.340	.449	.426	.716	.766	84	.354	-2.2	-0.2	.649	.319	.246	.0
1958	33	CIN	NL	10	4	3	20.1	111	.714	.556	.277	.600	.346	.556	.432	1.156	.778	202	.936	1.4	0.1	1.500	.111	.000
1959	34	TOT	NL	4	3	2	17.8	109	1.000	.250	.276	.250	.343	.500	.428	.750	.771	90	.922	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.250
1959	34	CIN	NL	1	0	2		108	1.000	1.000	.275	1.000	.341	2.000	.425	3.000	.766	664		0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000
1959	34	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	110		.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
12 Seasons				2131	1587	206	3.5	103	.279	.248	.268	.291	.341	.355	.404	.645	.745	73	.381	-79.4	-8.0	.557	.186	.106	34.0
162 Game Avg.				376	280	36	3.5	103	.279	.248	.268	.291	.341	.355	.404	.645	.745	73	.381	-79.4	-8.0	.557	.186	.106	6

CHC (8 yrs)				1974	1464	191	3.5	102	.280	.251	.267	.293	.341	.355	.403	.648	.743	74	.383	-70.8	-7.1	.561	.184	.103	30.4
CIN (4 yrs)				154	120	15	3.4	108	.276	.211	.274	.266	.340	.361	.427	.627	.767	63	.364	-7.8	-0.8	.523	.211	.150	.0
STL (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	110		.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.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%
1948	23	CHC	NL	512	0.8%	13.3%	4.7%	4.7%	18%	2.83	7.0	118.3	11.3		78%
1949	24	CHC	NL	388	0.5%	12.4%	5.2%	6.7%	29%	2.40	7.6	181.5	14.0		81%
1950	25	CHC	NL	187	1.1%	12.3%	3.2%	8.6%	38%	3.83	7.8	89.5	9.9		82%
1951	26	CHC	NL	299	1.3%	7.7%	5.4%	8.7%	34%	1.44	12.1	69.5	10.3		84%
1952	27	CHC	NL	320	1.3%	12.5%	4.7%	7.2%	35%	2.67	7.4	74.3	9.9		79%
1953	28	CHC	NL	207	1.9%	12.6%	10.1%	3.9%	19%	1.24	7.0	45.8	8.3		74%
1954	29	CHC	NL	34	2.9%	20.6%	2.9%	11.8%	50%	7.00	4.4	31.0	5.2	0.75	74%
1955	30	CHC	NL	27	3.7%	33.3%	7.4%	3.7%	25%	4.50	2.6	23.0	23.0	3.50	48%
1956	31	CIN	NL	60	0.0%	33.3%	5.0%	3.3%	25%	6.67	2.7		10.8	1.90	57%
1957	32	CIN	NL	83	4.8%	24.1%	6.0%	9.6%	57%	4.00	3.5	17.3	6.3	1.56	54%
1958	33	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5			0.00	70%
1959	34	TOT	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		1.3				25%
1959	34	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%						100%
1959	34	STL	NL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
12 Seasons				2131	1.2%	13.6%	5.4%	6.5%	29%	2.54	6.8	75.5	10.4	1.54	77%
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	CHC	NL	2	0	150%	15	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	3
1955	30	CHC	NL	1	0	40%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	CIN	NL	0	0	46%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	CIN	NL	0	0	56%	54	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36%	4	3	1	0	0	0	7	4	3
1958	33	CIN	NL	1	0	33%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1959	34	TOT	NL	0	0	100%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	34	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	34	STL	NL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				4	0	38%	127	49	7	169%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	43%	18	12	6	1	0	1	11	5	6
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	CHC	NL	29	14%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	2	67%	24	3	13%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	5
1955	30	CHC	NL	19	21%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	7	2	29%	8	2	25%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	8
1956	31	CIN	NL	60	30%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	12	1	8%	9	4	44%	31	5	16%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1957	32	CIN	NL	83	27%	14			0	0	0	0		4	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	9	8	89%	23	2	9%	24	7	29%	63	7	11%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
1958	33	CIN	NL	10	10%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	34	TOT	NL	5	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	34	CIN	NL	2	0%	1			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
1959	34	STL	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Seasons				206	24%	487			0	0	0	0		26	0	5	4	1	4	1	0	17	47	276%	47	55	117%	44	15	34%	135	15	11%	10	4	40%	7	2	29%	13
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
1948	23	134	512	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8		24	68	.279	.315	.355	.670	84	168	6	1	14
1949	24	242	900	836	96	221	34	10	6	68	20		44	116	.264	.303	.350	.653	78	293	11	2	18
1950	25	308	1087	1015	117	263	47	11	8	86	27		50	139	.259	.295	.351	.646	75	356	22	2	20
1951	26	421	1386	1293	161	339	67	13	12	113	35	4	66	162	.262	.300	.362	.662	78	468	27	3	24
1952	27	523	1706	1590	190	404	84	15	16	143	42	6	81	202	.254	.292	.356	.648	75	566	44	4	31
1953	28	629	1913	1773	212	447	87	16	20	165	47	6	102	228	.252	.294	.353	.647	74	626	49	4	34
1954	29	685	1947	1804	225	455	89	17	21	171	49	6	103	235	.252	.294	.355	.649	74	641	50	4	34	2
1955	30	737	1974	1827	228	459	89	17	22	172	49	6	105	244	.251	.293	.355	.648	74	648	52	4	36	2	0
1956	31	786	2034	1881	233	467	91	17	22	177	49	7	108	264	.248	.290	.350	.640	72	658	53	4	39	2	0
1957	32	839	2117	1950	246	481	94	18	26	188	49	7	113	284	.247	.289	.353	.643	72	689	55	5	47	2	0
1958	33	889	2127	1959	248	486	94	18	26	188	49	7	114	286	.248	.291	.354	.645	73	694	55	5	47	2	0
1959	34	918	2131	1963	249	487	95	18	26	188	49	7	114	289	.248	.291	.355	.645	73	696	55	5	47	2	0

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
1948	23	140	524	497	58	141	17	4	4	46	9	26	71	.284	.321	.358	.679	57	134
1949	24	112	400	378	45	93	19	6	2	27	13	21	50	.246	.288	.344	.631	37	108
1950	25	69	192	186	21	43	13	1	2	18	7	6	24	.231	.255	.344	.599	17	66
1951	26	117	305	288	45	78	21	2	4	27	8	16	24	.271	.311	.399	.711	35	113
1952	27	107	330	313	32	71	19	2	4	33	8	16	42	.227	.267	.339	.605	28	102
1953	28	110	209	188	21	43	3	1	4	21	5	21	27	.229	.306	.319	.625	19	106
1954	29	59	35	32	12	8	2	1	1	6	2	1	7	.250	.257	.469	.726	4	56
1955	30	55	25	23	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	9	.130	.200	.261	.461	1	52
1956	31	51	60	57	6	9	2	0	0	6	0	3	21	.158	.200	.193	.393	2	49
1957	32	55	78	72	14	15	3	1	4	12	0	5	21	.208	.269	.444	.714	8	53
1958	33	53	10	9	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.556	.600	.556	1.156	3	50
1959	34	30	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	29
12 Seasons		958	2172	2047	259	509	99	18	26	197	52	118	301	.249	.291	.353	.644	213	918
162 Game Avg.		162	367	346	44	86	17	3	4	33	9	20	51	.249	.291	.353	.644	36	918

* 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

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 NL--68--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL--8--10th
1949 NL--12--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL--14--2nd
1957 NL--8--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 NL--17--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50