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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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1948 CHC NL 23 OF 119 327 307 12 8 3 .976 2.68 .978 2.20 0-119-0
1949 CHC NL 24 OF 101 272 250 12 10 2 .963 2.59 .977 2.25 1-68-32
1950 CHC NL 25 OF 53 92 83 6 3 0 .967 1.68 .978 2.14 12-11-31
1951 CHC NL 26 OF 87 179 166 11 2 5 .989 2.03 .981 2.23 14-39-34
1952 CHC NL 27 OF 95 235 218 16 1 2 .996 2.46 .981 2.10 0-95-0
1953 CHC NL 28 OF 100 186 175 6 5 2 .973 1.81 .980 2.11 2-99-0
1954 CHC NL 29 P 43 3 104.0 36 12 20 4 1 .889 2.77 0.74 .964 2.07 0.87
1954 CHC NL 29 CF 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.29 0.33 1.000 2.83 2.67
1954 CHC NL 29 OF 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.29 0.33 1.000 2.31 2.17
1955 CHC NL 30 P 50 1 100.2 31 4 24 3 1 .903 2.50 0.56 .952 2.04 0.83
1956 CIN NL 31 P 38 16 170.2 65 21 42 2 4 .969 3.32 1.66 .966 2.05 0.83
1957 CIN NL 32 P 37 31 207.0 48 16 30 2 5 .958 2.00 1.24 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 CIN NL 33 P 49 0 75.0 27 8 19 0 2 1.000 3.24 0.55 .952 1.97 0.77
1958 CIN NL 33 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
1958 CIN NL 33 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1959 TOT NL 34 P 28 0 39.4 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.36 .950 1.99 0.82
1959 CIN NL 34 P 17 0 21.2 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.49 0.35 .950 1.99 0.82
1959 STL NL 34 P 11 0 17.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.04 0.36 .950 1.99 0.82
8 Seasons OF 559 0 9.0 1293 1201 63 29 14 .978 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1264.00 2.26 .979 2.30 2.17 29-435-97
6 Seasons P 245 51 696.2 217 66 140 11 14 .949 2.66 0.84 .960 2.04 0.82
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 4 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.00 0.50 1.000 2.80 2.62
12 Seasons TOT 804 51 705.2 1510 1267 203 40 28 .974 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 18.75 1.83 .950 2.05 1.76 29-435-97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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
1948 CHC NL 23 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119
1949 CHC NL 24 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 68 32 101
1950 CHC NL 25 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 31 53
1951 CHC NL 26 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 39 34 87
1952 CHC NL 27 102 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 95
1953 CHC NL 28 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 99 0 100
1954 CHC NL 29 56 3 56 56 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 11
1955 CHC NL 30 52 1 52 52 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1956 CIN NL 31 49 16 49 49 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1957 CIN NL 32 53 31 53 53 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
1958 CIN NL 33 50 0 50 50 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
1959 CIN NL 34 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 34 12 0 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 918 51 918 918 245 0 0 0 0 0 29 435 97 559 0 43
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 29 401 80% 35% 15 93% 0 11 1 9 13 10 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1955 CHC NL 30 356 80% 35% 22 86% 1 2 0 1 18 15 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 50%
1956 CIN NL 31 761 85% 36% 46 96% 1 22 1 14 41 32 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 3 1 5 80%
1957 CIN NL 32 886 87% 34% 34 85% 1 16 1 13 30 21 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 4 75%
1958 CIN NL 33 324 81% 32% 22 91% 1 8 1 3 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 86%
1959 CIN NL 34 95 77% 37% 2 100% 0 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1959 STL NL 34 93 83% 32% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2916 83% 35% 143 91% 4 64 4 44 124 95 12 9 0 2 7 3 12 7 11 1 25 80%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CHC NL 29 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 0 14 64% 86% 36% 1 100%
1958 CIN NL 33 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 0 6 83% 67% 33% 1 100%
2 Seasons 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 0 20 70% 80% 35% 2 100%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 58%

* 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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