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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 29 CHC NL 5 6 .455 5.19 43 3 21 1 0 7 104.0 110 63 60 12 58 35 4 0 0 475 81 1.615 9.5 1.0 5.0 3.0 0.60
1955 30 CHC NL 8 6 .571 2.95 50 1 26 0 0 6 100.2 107 46 33 5 53 12 32 4 0 2 453 140 1.589 9.6 0.4 4.7 2.9 0.60
1956 31 CIN NL 8 2 .800 3.84 38 16 7 2 0 2 171.0 189 79 73 12 55 4 55 5 0 7 744 103 1.427 9.9 0.6 2.9 2.9 1.00
1957 32 CIN NL 12 13 .480 4.52 37 31 1 10 1 0 207.0 236 117 104 29 46 7 63 7 0 2 873 90 1.362 10.3 1.3 2.0 2.7 1.37
1958 33 CIN NL 6 8 .429 3.72 49 0 34 0 0 9 75.0 76 34 31 8 26 8 35 2 0 0 324 112 1.360 9.1 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.35
1959 34 TOT NL 0 2 .000 5.95 28 0 17 0 0 1 39.1 54 26 26 7 19 4 19 0 0 2 184 70 1.856 12.4 1.6 4.3 4.3 1.00
1959 34 CIN NL 0 1 .000 3.32 17 0 11 0 0 1 21.2 21 8 8 3 10 2 12 0 0 1 93 122 1.431 8.7 1.2 4.2 5.0 1.20
1959 34 STL NL 0 1 .000 9.17 11 0 6 0 0 0 17.2 33 18 18 4 9 2 7 0 0 1 91 46 2.377 16.8 2.0 4.6 3.6 0.78
6 Seasons 39 37 .513 4.22 245 51 106 13 1 25 697.0 772 365 327 73 257 35 239 22 0 13 3053 97 1.476 10.0 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.93
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .513 4.22 56 12 24 3 0 6 160 177 84 75 17 59 55 5 0 3 701 97 1.476 10.0 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.93
CIN (4 yrs) 26 24 .520 4.10 141 47 53 12 1 12 474.2 522 238 216 52 137 21 165 14 0 10 2034 99 1.388 9.9 1.0 2.6 3.1 1.20
CHC (2 yrs) 13 12 .520 4.09 93 4 47 1 0 13 204.2 217 109 93 17 111 12 67 8 0 2 928 102 1.603 9.5 0.7 4.9 2.9 0.60
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.17 11 0 6 0 0 0 17.2 33 18 18 4 9 2 7 0 0 1 91 46 2.377 16.8 2.0 4.6 3.6 0.78

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 29 CHC NL 43 475 399 63 110 17 5 12 6 0 58 35 .276 .368 .434 .802 .274 173 10 4 8 6
1955 30 CHC NL 50 453 386 46 107 14 2 5 3 3 53 32 .277 .368 .363 .730 .290 140 17 4 7 3 12
1956 31 CIN NL 38 744 672 79 189 31 5 12 6 0 55 55 .281 .337 .396 .733 .289 266 17 5 5 7 4
1957 32 CIN NL 37 873 803 117 236 36 7 29 5 7 46 63 .294 .335 .465 .800 .289 373 34 7 11 6 7
1958 33 CIN NL 49 320 280 34 76 14 3 8 3 1 26 35 .271 .333 .429 .762 .282 120 12 2 8 4 8
1959 34 CIN NL 17 93 83 8 21 7 0 3 1 1 10 12 .253 .333 .446 .779 .265 37 2 0 0 0 2
1959 34 STL NL 11 91 82 18 33 8 0 4 0 0 9 7 .402 .462 .646 1.108 .408 53 4 0 0 0 2
1959 34 TOT NL 28 184 165 26 54 15 0 7 1 1 19 19 .327 .397 .545 .942 .338 90 6 0 0 0 4
6 Seasons 245 3049 2705 365 772 127 22 73 24 12 257 239 .285 .349 .430 .779 .289 1162 96 22 39 26 35
162 Game Avg. 56 700 621 84 177 29 5 17 6 3 59 55 .285 .349 .430 .779 .289 267 22 5 9 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 29 CHC NL 43 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 47 58 35 15 4 1 2 4.2 4.7 7.0
1955 30 CHC NL 50 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 19 3 0 1 4.5 6.0 4.0
1956 31 CIN NL 38 16 6 2 8 1 0 11 5 .688 2 4 2 0 10 63% 50 73 24 15 6 6 5 4.8 4.2 7.3
1957 32 CIN NL 37 31 12 12 7 4 5 18 13 .581 2 5 10 1 16 52% 48 81 20 18 11 17 8 5.2 5.5 6.5
4 Seasons 168 51 19 16 16 5 5 30 20 .600 4 10 13 1 27 53% 48 81 20 67 24 24 16 5.0 5.0 6.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 29 CHC NL 43 40 21 4 4 5 7 1 140% 8 3 32 12 38% 1.029 13 6 12 10 7 14 18 13 29 9 23 10 6.2
1955 30 CHC NL 50 49 26 8 6 8 6 3 75% 11 2 36 17 47% 1.339 16 7 14 14 8 15 19 18 26 15 21 11 5.9
1956 31 CIN NL 38 22 7 2 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 15 7 47% 6 0.958 3 8 11 7 0 15 11 11 16 4 17 2 7.3
1957 32 CIN NL 37 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 6 67% 6 1.045 3 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 0 5 0 0 2.0
1958 33 CIN NL 49 49 34 6 8 12 9 3 75% 13 1 38 8 21% 9 1.472 20 13 16 13 11 25 20 29 25 13 27 12 4.6
1959 34 TOT NL 28 28 17 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 20 10 50% 0.488 3 5 18 4 2 22 11 17 12 7 13 5 4.2
1959 34 CIN NL 17 17 11 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 5 42% 8 0.612 3 3 11 2 2 13 7 10 7 4 8 5 3.8
1959 34 STL NL 11 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 8 0.361 0 2 7 2 0 9 4 7 5 3 5 0 4.8
6 Seasons 245 194 106 20 21 31 25 10 81% 38 6 150 60 40% 1.068 58 40 73 49 30 94 84 89 108 53 101 40 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 29 CHC NL 476 35% 2.5% 7.4% 12.2% 7.2% 31% 1.80 75% 87 10 11%
1955 30 CHC NL 453 37% 1.1% 7.1% 11.7% 4.6% 20% 2.06 78% 89 17 19%
1956 31 CIN NL 744 38% 1.6% 7.4% 7.4% 6.5% 25% 1.60 82% 130 17 13%
1957 32 CIN NL 873 44% 3.3% 7.2% 5.3% 8.3% 31% 1.43 82% 171 34 20%
1958 33 CIN NL 320 33% 2.5% 10.9% 8.1% 7.8% 33% 1.72 75% 75 12 16%
1959 34 TOT NL 184 36% 3.8% 10.3% 10.3% 12.0% 41% 2.27 76% 27 6 22%
1959 34 CIN NL 93 39% 3.2% 12.9% 10.8% 10.8% 48% 2.12 73% 13 2 15%
1959 34 STL NL 91 34% 4.4% 7.7% 9.9% 13.2% 36% 2.46 78% 14 4 29%
6 Seasons 3050 39% 2.4% 7.8% 8.4% 7.3% 29% 1.65 79% 579 96 17%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 29 CHC NL 394 110 12 0 14 8 0 6 2 32 20 1 63% 7 0 2 168 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 82
1955 30 CHC NL 346 107 5 0 13 3 2 1 4 26 14 1 54% 10 2 1 170 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 107
1956 31 CIN NL 744 189 12 0 12 6 6 6 6 36 23 0 64% 8 7 1 289 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1957 32 CIN NL 873 236 29 1 15 14 15 17 12 39 27 0 69% 10 2 0 322 5 7 42% 4 6 0 1 1 0 2 1 9 0
1958 33 CIN NL 319 76 8 0 16 5 3 6 2 26 13 2 50% 5 0 1 129 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
1959 34 TOT NL 184 54 7 0 12 4 3 3 4 16 4 1 25% 2 2 0 72 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1959 34 CIN NL 93 21 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 9 2 1 22% 1 1 0 32 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 34 STL NL 91 33 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 7 2 0 29% 1 1 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
6 Seasons 2860 772 73 1 82 40 29 39 30 175 101 5 58% 42 13 5 1150 24 12 67% 20 9 3 2 1 1 7 1 49 190
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 29 5 6 .455 5.19 43 3 21 1 0 7 104.0 110 63 60 12 58 35 4 0 0 475 81 1.615 9.5 1.0 5.0 3.0 0.60 81
1955 30 13 12 .520 4.09 93 4 47 1 0 13 204.2 217 109 93 17 111 12 67 8 0 2 928 102 1.603 9.5 0.7 4.9 2.9 0.60 102
1956 31 21 14 .600 3.98 131 20 54 3 0 15 375.2 406 188 166 29 166 16 122 13 0 9 1672 102 1.523 9.7 0.7 4.0 2.9 0.73 102
1957 32 33 27 .550 4.17 168 51 55 13 1 15 582.2 642 305 270 58 212 23 185 20 0 11 2545 98 1.466 9.9 0.9 3.3 2.9 0.87 98
1958 33 39 35 .527 4.12 217 51 89 13 1 24 657.2 718 339 301 66 238 31 220 22 0 11 2869 99 1.454 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.0 0.92 99
1959 34 39 37 .513 4.22 245 51 106 13 1 25 697.0 772 365 327 73 257 35 239 22 0 13 3053 97 1.476 10.0 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.93 97

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 29 4 7 .364 5.00 108.0 113 67 60 12 60 36 4 1.602 9.4 5.0 3.0 0.60 1.0 43
1955 30 7 4 .636 2.88 103.0 109 37 33 5 54 33 4 1.583 9.5 4.7 2.9 0.61 0.4 50
1956 31 10 9 .526 3.95 173.0 197 84 76 13 57 56 5 1.468 10.2 3.0 2.9 0.98 0.7 38
1957 32 9 13 .409 4.54 206.0 241 116 104 30 47 63 7 1.398 10.5 2.1 2.8 1.34 1.3 37
1958 33 4 4 .500 3.69 78.0 79 36 32 8 27 36 2 1.359 9.1 3.1 4.2 1.33 0.9 49
1959 34 1 3 .250 6.00 39.0 55 29 26 7 19 19 0 1.897 12.7 4.4 4.4 1.00 1.6 28
6 Seasons 35 40 .467 4.21 707.0 794 369 331 75 264 243 22 1.496 10.1 3.1 0.92 1.0 245

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL--2.000--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL--50--6th
1958 NL--49--9th

Saves s c a p y
1954 NL--7--7th
1955 NL--6--6th
1958 NL--9--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1957 NL--31--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 NL--29--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1957 NL--236--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL--.632--1st

Losses s c a p y
1957 NL--13--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1957 NL--104--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL--7--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL--5--10th
1957 NL--7--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 NL--21--9th
1955 NL--26--6th
1958 NL--34--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Pete Appleton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jumbo Brown (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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