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Gil McDougald
Gilbert James McDougald
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 19, 1928 in San Francisco, CA
School: University of San Francisco
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1951
Final Game: October 2, 1960
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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
1951 23 NYY AL 131 473 402 72 123 23 4 14 63 14 5 56 54 .306 .396 .488 .884 142 196 12 4 11 54 MVP-9,RoY-1
1952 24 NYY AL 152 632 555 65 146 16 5 11 78 6 5 57 73 .263 .336 .369 .705 101 205 14 4 16 *54 AS
1953 25 NYY AL 141 614 541 82 154 27 7 10 83 3 4 60 65 .285 .361 .416 .777 112 225 9 5 8 *54
1954 26 NYY AL 126 473 394 66 102 22 2 12 48 3 4 62 64 .259 .364 .416 .780 117 164 5 5 9 3 45
1955 27 NYY AL 141 615 533 79 152 10 8 13 53 6 4 65 77 .285 .361 .407 .768 108 217 6 2 8 7 2 *45 MVP-12
1956 28 NYY AL 120 518 438 79 136 13 3 13 56 3 8 68 59 .311 .405 .443 .848 127 194 5 3 7 2 1 64/5 AS,MVP-7
1957 29 NYY AL 141 624 539 87 156 25 9 13 62 2 5 59 71 .289 .362 .442 .804 120 238 12 4 19 3 1 *64/5 AS,MVP-5
1958 30 NYY AL 138 578 503 69 126 19 1 14 65 6 2 59 75 .250 .329 .376 .705 98 189 15 3 7 6 1 *46 AS,MVP-20
1959 31 NYY AL 127 481 434 44 109 16 8 4 34 0 3 35 40 .251 .309 .353 .661 85 153 11 3 5 4 3 465 AS
1960 32 NYY AL 119 387 337 54 87 16 4 8 34 2 4 38 45 .258 .337 .401 .737 105 135 4 3 7 2 0 54
10 Seasons 1336 5395 4676 697 1291 187 51 112 576 45 44 559 623 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 1916 93 36 97 27 8
162 Game Avg. 162 654 567 85 157 23 6 14 70 5 5 68 76 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 232 11 4 12

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 23 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 23 2 6 1 0 1 7 0 1 2 2 .261 .320 .435 .755 10 0 0 0 0 0
1952 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 30 25 5 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 2 .200 .333 .320 .653 8 1 0 0 0 0
1953 25 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 26 24 2 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .500 .731 12 1 1 0 0 0
1955 27 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 29 27 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 .259 .310 .370 .681 10 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 26 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .143 .240 .143 .383 3 0 0 1 1 0
1957 29 NYY AL WS MLN L 7 29 24 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 .250 .321 .250 .571 6 0 0 1 1 0
1958 30 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 30 28 5 9 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 4 .321 .367 .607 .974 17 0 0 0 0 1
1960 32 NYY AL WS PIT L 6 20 18 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .278 .350 .333 .683 6 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (8 Series) 53 215 190 23 45 4 1 7 24 2 1 20 29 .237 .310 .379 .689 72 2 1 2 2 1
8 WS 53 215 190 23 45 4 1 7 24 2 1 20 29 .237 .310 .379 .689 72 2 1 2 2 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 NYY AL 23 3B 82 175 54 112 9 20 .949 2.02 .950 2.87 MVP-9,RoY-1
1951 NYY AL 23 2B 55 262 120 137 5 26 .981 4.67 .978 5.35 MVP-9,RoY-1
1952 NYY AL 24 3B 117 410 124 273 13 38 .968 3.39 .952 2.98 AS
1952 NYY AL 24 2B 38 213 109 99 5 31 .977 5.47 .978 5.13 AS
1953 NYY AL 25 3B 136 468 147 299 22 36 .953 3.28 .957 2.93
1953 NYY AL 25 2B 26 57 23 33 1 9 .982 2.15 .979 5.13
1954 NYY AL 26 2B 92 84 735.1 462 224 233 5 84 .989 9.3 15.2 6.3 7.3 -1.1 3 5.59 4.97 .976 5.37 4.84
1954 NYY AL 26 3B 35 23 223.1 72 16 53 3 4 .958 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.78 1.97 .960 3.48 3.07
1955 NYY AL 27 2B 126 119 1067.1 711 352 348 11 119 .985 11.9 13.4 8.9 1.7 7.2 3 5.90 5.56 .976 5.37 4.87 MVP-12
1955 NYY AL 27 3B 17 21 181.0 51 15 34 2 4 .961 2.7 17.9 1.7 0.8 1.0 1 2.44 2.88 .949 3.17 2.73 MVP-12
1956 NYY AL 28 SS 92 88 768.0 464 177 273 14 77 .970 1.2 1.9 -0.8 3.3 -4.1 2 5.27 4.89 .959 4.98 4.10 AS,MVP-7
1956 NYY AL 28 2B 31 24 218.1 136 57 77 2 28 .985 5.8 31.9 4.8 3.0 1.8 1 5.52 4.32 .973 5.44 4.74 AS,MVP-7
1956 NYY AL 28 3B 5 4 37.0 19 5 13 1 4 .947 -0.2 -6.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.38 3.60 .947 3.21 2.78 AS,MVP-7
1957 NYY AL 29 SS 121 118 1051.0 654 247 391 16 104 .976 11.5 13.1 10.5 6.3 4.2 1 5.46 5.27 .963 5.11 4.43 AS,MVP-5
1957 NYY AL 29 2B 21 18 156.1 108 59 48 1 18 .991 1.1 8.4 1.1 2.5 -1.4 0 6.16 5.10 .980 5.39 4.84 AS,MVP-5
1957 NYY AL 29 3B 7 4 43.0 19 7 12 0 1 1.000 1.7 47.4 1.7 1.3 0.4 0 3.98 2.71 .947 3.22 2.77 AS,MVP-5
1958 NYY AL 30 2B 115 113 996.1 576 265 298 13 97 .977 3.0 3.6 2.0 1.6 0.4 1 5.09 4.90 .978 5.26 4.68 AS,MVP-20
1958 NYY AL 30 SS 19 18 160.0 96 34 59 3 14 .969 1.8 13.5 1.8 1.3 0.4 0 5.23 4.89 .964 4.96 4.17 AS,MVP-20
1959 NYY AL 31 2B 53 48 438.1 268 119 146 3 40 .989 5.6 15.3 4.6 1.7 2.8 1 5.44 5.00 .976 5.29 4.73 AS
1959 NYY AL 31 SS 52 45 394.1 203 58 140 5 25 .975 1.8 5.5 1.8 0.4 1.4 0 4.52 3.81 .958 4.87 3.97 AS
1959 NYY AL 31 3B 25 23 201.2 74 13 59 2 5 .973 3.4 20.2 3.4 0.8 2.6 0 3.21 2.88 .951 3.21 2.72 AS
1960 NYY AL 32 3B 84 56 542.0 219 70 137 12 15 .945 3.4 7.5 3.4 3.3 0.1 0 3.44 2.46 .953 3.14 2.72
1960 NYY AL 32 2B 42 22 227.2 157 57 99 1 16 .994 8.8 46.4 9.8 8.1 1.7 -1 6.17 3.71 .979 5.46 4.66
10 Seasons 2B 599 428 3839.2 2950 1385 1518 47 468 .984 45.5 14.2 37.5 25.9 11.4 8 6.80 4.85 .977 5.34 4.87
9 Seasons 3B 508 131 1228.0 1507 451 992 64 127 .958 11.1 10.8 10.1 6.4 3.8 1 10.58 2.84 .954 3.22 2.89
4 Seasons SS 284 269 2373.1 1417 516 863 38 220 .973 16.3 8.2 13.3 11.3 1.9 3 5.23 4.86 .961 5.02 4.22
10 Seasons TOT 1391 828 7441.0 5874 2352 3373 149 815 .975 72.9 11.8 60.9 43.6 17.1 12 6.92 4.12 .942 4.89 4.01
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1967 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1968 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1970 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1974 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1952 *
1956
1957 *
1958 *
1959-1 *
1959-2

Awards (yr lg award)
1951 AL Rookie of the Year
1958 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (9, 19%)
1955 AL (12, 10%)
1956 AL (7, 16%)
1957 AL (5, 49%)
1958 AL (20, 1%)
0.95 Career Shares (252nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .306 (7th)
1956 AL  .311 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 AL  .396 (9th)
1956 AL  .405 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 AL  .488 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 AL  .884 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL  152 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1957 AL  87 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1955 AL  8 (4th)
1957 AL  9 (1st)
1959 AL  8 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  73 (10th)
1953 AL  65 (8th)
1955 AL  77 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  14 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1955 AL  121 (8th)
1957 AL  109 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 AL  25 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  2.4 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL  5 (10th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1952 AL  16 (4th)
1954 AL  9 (10th)
1957 AL  19 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (5th)
1958 AL  6 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL  8 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  14.0 (2nd)
1958 AL  8.4 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (971), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 54 (351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

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