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Hal Jeffcoat

Harold Bentley Jeffcoat

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", 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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Redlegs/Cardinals 1948-1959

Final Game: August 6, 1959
Died: August 30, 2007 in Tampa, FL
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
Relatives: Brother of George Jeffcoat
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1948 23 CHC NL 134 512 473 53 132 16 4 4 42 8 24 68 .279 .315 .355 .670 85 168 6 1 14 *8O
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 O89/7
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 O97/8
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 O897
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 8O
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 O8/7
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 89 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 3.000 662 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1948 23 CHC NL 512 -14 1 0 0 2 -1 18 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ *8O
1949 24 CHC NL 388 -17 2 0 0 1 -2 14 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ O89/7
1950 25 CHC NL 187 -11 1 0 0 -4 -2 7 -9 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $ O97/8
1951 26 CHC NL 299 -5 1 0 0 -3 -2 10 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ O897
1952 27 CHC NL 320 -16 1 0 0 2 -1 11 -3 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 8O
1953 28 CHC NL 206 -10 1 1 1 1 -1 7 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ O8/7
1954 29 CHC NL 34 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1/8
1955 30 CHC NL 27 -2 0 1 -1 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1956 31 CIN NL 60 -7 -1 -1 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1957 32 CIN NL 83 -2 0 -1 -1 0 6 3 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1958 33 CIN NL 10 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 1/8
1959 34 CIN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1959 34 STL NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
12 Seasons 2131 -82 6 2 -1 -1 7 74 5 0.2 6 0.6 -0.4 $
CHC (8 yrs) 1973 -75 7 3 0 -1 -4 69 -1 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $
CIN (4 yrs) 155 -6 -1 -1 -1 0 11 5 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $
STL (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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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 71 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 93 124 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 47 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 47 2.377 16.8 2.0 4.6 3.6 0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1954 29 CHC NL 104.0 3 63 69 -1 1.0 6 0.1 $
1955 30 CHC NL 100.2 1 46 65 3 1.3 19 1.3 $
1956 31 CIN NL 171.0 16 79 100 2 .9 21 1.9 $
1957 32 CIN NL 207.0 31 117 126 2 1.0 9 0.9 $
1958 33 CIN NL 75.0 0 34 46 0 1.4 12 0.8 $
1959 34 CIN NL 21.2 0 8 13 0 .6 5 0.3 $
1959 34 STL NL 17.2 0 18 12 0 .3 -6 -0.5 $
6 Seasons 697.0 51 365 431 6 1.0 66 4.8 $
CIN (4 yrs) 474.2 47 238 285 4 1.0 47 3.9 $
CHC (2 yrs) 204.2 4 109 134 2 1.1 25 1.4 $
STL (1 yr) 17.2 0 18 12 0 .3 -6 -0.5 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1948 CHC NL 23 CF 119 115 109 326 306 12 8 3 .975 2.67 .984 2.84
1948 CHC NL 23 OF 119 115 109 327 307 12 8 3 .976 2.68 .978 2.39
1949 CHC NL 24 OF 101 89 82 272 250 12 10 2 .963 2.59 .977 2.48
1949 CHC NL 24 CF 69 64 60 208 190 10 8 2 .962 2.90 .979 2.97
1949 CHC NL 24 RF 30 25 22 60 57 2 1 0 .983 1.97 .978 2.08
1949 CHC NL 24 LF 2 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .975 2.45
1950 CHC NL 25 OF 53 41 35 379.1 92 83 6 3 0 .967 2.11 1.68 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 CHC NL 25 RF 34 30 25 268.1 52 47 4 1 0 .981 1.71 1.50 .976 1.86 1.84
1950 CHC NL 25 LF 12 5 5 62.0 19 16 2 1 0 .947 2.61 1.50 .977 2.29 2.27
1950 CHC NL 25 CF 8 6 5 49.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 2.94 2.00 .980 2.76 2.72
1951 CHC NL 26 OF 87 64 62 604.0 179 166 11 2 5 .989 2.64 2.03 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 CHC NL 26 CF 38 34 33 306.0 114 105 8 1 4 .991 3.32 2.97 .984 2.89 2.87
1951 CHC NL 26 RF 36 27 27 258.0 54 49 4 1 1 .981 1.85 1.47 .981 2.03 2.03
1951 CHC NL 26 LF 15 3 2 40.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 0.87 .977 2.34 2.32
1952 CHC NL 27 CF 95 75 67 697.0 229 212 16 1 2 .996 2.94 2.40 .983 2.76 2.73
1952 CHC NL 27 OF 95 75 67 697.0 235 218 16 1 2 .996 3.02 2.46 .981 2.31 2.29
1953 CHC NL 28 OF 100 51 43 518.1 186 175 6 5 2 .973 1 2 3.14 1.81 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 CHC NL 28 CF 97 51 43 515.1 182 171 6 5 2 .973 1 3 3.09 1.82 .980 2.87 2.81
1953 CHC NL 28 LF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.13
1954 CHC NL 29 P 43 3 1 104.0 36 12 20 4 1 .889 2.77 0.74 .960 2.07 2.06 7 0 0% 0
1954 CHC NL 29 CF 3 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 0.33 .980 2.83 2.77
1954 CHC NL 29 OF 3 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 0.33 .980 2.31 2.33
1955 CHC NL 30 P 50 1 0 100.2 31 4 24 3 1 .903 2.50 0.56 .950 2.04 2.02 3 4 57% 0
1956 CIN NL 31 P 38 16 2 171.0 65 21 42 2 4 .969 3.32 1.66 .966 2.05 2.03 6 0 0% 0
1957 CIN NL 32 P 37 31 10 207.0 48 16 30 2 5 .958 2.00 1.24 .962 2.06 2.08 5 7 58% 1
1958 CIN NL 33 P 49 0 0 75.0 27 8 19 0 2 1.000 3.24 0.55 .955 1.97 1.96 3 1 25% 0
1958 CIN NL 33 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .990 2.70 2.70
1958 CIN NL 33 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1959 TOT NL 34 P 28 0 0 39.4 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.36 .954 1.99 1.97 1 1 50% 1
1959 CIN NL 34 P 17 0 0 21.2 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.49 0.35 .953 1.99 1.97 1 1 50% 0
1959 STL NL 34 P 11 0 0 17.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.04 0.36 .955 1.99 1.97 0 0 1
8 Seasons OF 559 435 398 2207.2 1293 1201 63 29 14 .978 1 1 2.78 2.26 .979 2.36 2.37
8 Seasons CF 430 345 317 1576.1 1078 1002 52 24 13 .978 2 1 3.06 2.45 .982 2.82 2.83
6 Seasons P 245 51 13 697.0 217 66 140 11 14 .949 2.66 0.84 .960 2.04 2.02 25 13 34% 2
3 Seasons RF 100 82 74 526.1 166 153 10 3 1 .982 1.78 1.63 .978 1.94 1.98
4 Seasons LF 32 8 7 105.0 36 32 2 2 0 .944 -0 -1 2.66 1.06 .977 2.31 2.29
12 Seasons TOT 804 486 411 2904.2 1510 1267 203 40 28 .974 1 1 2.75 1.83 .976 2.28 2.26 25 13 34% 2
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

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  0.632 (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)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1952 NL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1949 NL  10 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1956 NL  21 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1954 NL  4 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.94 (1st)
1953 NL  3.09 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  2.67 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1952 NL  .996 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1952 NL  3.02 (1st)
1953 NL  3.14 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1948 NL  2.68 (5th)
1949 NL  2.59 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1952 NL  .996 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1954 NL  2.77 (5th)
1956 NL  3.32 (1st)
1958 NL  3.24 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1956 NL  1.66 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1959 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 14 (1277), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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