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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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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 Awards
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

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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

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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 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--.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 InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1955: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Hobie Landrith.

June 8, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Brosnan.

October 13, 1959: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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