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Charlie Neal

Charles Lenard Neal

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 30, 1931 in Longview, TX
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mets/Reds 1956-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963 (Age 32)
Died: November 18, 1996 in Dallas, TX
Buried: Grace Hill Cemetery, Longview, TX
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 5:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1493. John Clapp… #1494. Chet Laabs… #1495. Russell Branyan… #1496. CHARLIE NEAL… #1497. Darby O'Brien… #1498. Jim Fogarty… #1499. Alberto Callaspo… 

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
1956 25 BRO NL 62 150 136 22 39 5 1 2 14 2 2 14 19 .287 .353 .382 .736 91 52 2 0 0 0 1 4/6
1957 26 BRO NL 128 514 448 62 121 13 7 12 62 11 4 53 83 .270 .356 .411 .767 99 184 7 8 3 2 0 65/4
1958 27 LAD NL 140 549 473 87 120 9 6 22 65 7 6 61 91 .254 .341 .438 .779 102 207 11 5 4 6 4 *4/6
1959 28 LAD NL 151 686 616 103 177 30 11 19 83 17 6 43 86 .287 .337 .464 .802 105 286 22 4 21 1 2 *4/6 AS,MVP-8,GG
1960 29 LAD NL 139 547 477 60 122 23 2 8 40 5 5 48 75 .256 .321 .363 .684 83 173 18 1 14 7 2 *4/6 AS
1961 30 LAD NL 108 377 341 40 80 6 1 10 48 3 2 30 49 .235 .297 .346 .643 66 118 7 1 3 2 6 *4
1962 31 NYM NL 136 579 508 59 132 14 9 11 58 2 8 56 90 .260 .330 .388 .718 92 197 17 0 9 6 1 465
1963 32 TOT NL 106 352 317 28 67 13 1 3 21 1 3 32 64 .211 .286 .287 .573 66 91 1 1 2 0 3 5/64
1963 32 NYM NL 72 282 253 26 57 12 1 3 18 1 2 27 49 .225 .302 .316 .619 79 80 1 1 1 0 3 5/6
1963 32 CIN NL 34 70 64 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 15 .156 .217 .172 .389 13 11 0 0 1 0 0 5/46
8 Yrs 970 3754 3316 461 858 113 38 87 391 48 36 337 557 .259 .329 .394 .723 90 1308 85 20 56 24 19
162 Game Avg. 162 627 554 77 143 19 6 15 65 8 6 56 93 .259 .329 .394 .723 90 218 14 3 9 4 3
LAD (6 yrs) 728 2823 2491 374 659 86 28 73 312 45 25 249 403 .265 .334 .409 .743 93 1020 67 19 45 18 15
NYM (2 yrs) 208 861 761 85 189 26 10 14 76 3 10 83 139 .248 .321 .364 .685 88 277 18 1 10 6 4
CIN (1 yr) 34 70 64 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 15 .156 .217 .172 .389 13 11 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1956 25 BRO NL 62 150 -1 0 -0 -0 1 0 -0.1 6 6 0.5 .501 .500 0.7 0.0 6 4/6
1957 26 BRO NL 128 514 3 4 1 1 6 15 1.4 19 34 3.3 .512 .509 3.4 0.7 33 65/4
1958 27 LAD NL 140 549 1 1 -1 -6 5 1 -0.1 21 21 2.0 .500 .500 2.8 -0.2 28 *4/6
1959 28 LAD NL 151 686 8 3 -2 4 5 18 2.0 24 43 4.5 .513 .512 4.0 1.0 38 $12,000 *4/6 AS,MVP-8,GG
1960 29 LAD NL 139 547 -9 -1 -2 -8 4 -16 -1.8 21 5 0.3 .488 .489 1.3 -0.5 13 $24,000 *4/6 AS
1961 30 LAD NL 108 377 -17 0 0 -10 3 -24 -2.5 15 -10 -1.0 .477 .485 0.0 -0.8 1 $26,000 *4
1962 31 NYM NL 136 579 -5 -2 -0 -15 5 -16 -1.7 22 5 0.6 .488 .490 2.0 -0.9 20 465
1963 32 NYM NL 72 282 -3 2 0 -1 2 0 0.0 11 11 1.2 .500 .500 1.2 0.2 12 5/6
1963 32 CIN NL 34 70 -7 -1 0 -4 0 -12 -1.4 3 -9 -1.1 .460 .492 -0.7 -0.3 -5 5/46
8 Seasons 970 3754 -29 7 -4 -40 32 -34 -4.0 140 106 10.3 .496 .497 14.8 -0.9 146 $62,000
LAD (6 yrs) 728 2823 -14 8 -4 -20 24 -6 -1.0 105 99 9.6 .499 .499 12.3 0.2 119 $62,000
NYM (2 yrs) 208 861 -8 0 0 -16 7 -16 -1.6 32 16 1.7 .492 .495 3.2 -0.8 32
CIN (1 yr) 34 70 -7 -1 0 -4 0 -12 -1.4 3 -9 -1.1 .460 .492 -0.7 -0.3 -5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1956 25 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 27 27 4 10 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 1 .370 .370 .667 1.037 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 7 31 31 4 10 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 .323 .323 .581 .903 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 31 31 4 10 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 .323 .323 .581 .903 18 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1956 BRO NL 25 2B 51 34 31 332.0 178 70 103 5 24 .972 -0 -2 4.69 3.39 .980 5.34 5.28
1956 BRO NL 25 SS 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.00 .960 4.80 4.90
1957 BRO NL 26 SS 100 100 97 889.1 473 151 298 24 60 .949 1 1 4.54 4.49 .958 4.82 4.85
1957 BRO NL 26 3B 23 21 20 200.0 60 23 34 3 5 .950 -1 -6 2.56 2.48 .952 2.96 2.98
1957 BRO NL 26 2B 3 1 1 21.0 16 8 8 0 1 1.000 1 57 6.86 5.33 .977 5.36 5.40
1958 LAD NL 27 2B 132 128 120 1119.1 694 334 343 17 121 .976 -6 -6 5.44 5.13 .975 5.33 5.30
1958 LAD NL 27 SS 9 7 6 66.0 30 10 18 2 2 .933 -1 -13 3.82 3.11 .964 5.11 5.08
1959 LAD NL 28 2B 151 150 147 1346.2 808 386 413 9 110 .989 4 4 5.34 5.29 .976 5.27 5.22 AS,MVP-8,GG
1959 LAD NL 28 SS 1 0 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 2.00 .965 5.06 5.10 AS,MVP-8,GG
1960 LAD NL 29 2B 136 130 121 1151.2 554 250 291 13 78 .977 -9 -9 4.23 3.98 .974 5.20 5.19 AS
1960 LAD NL 29 SS 3 0 0 7.0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 1 120 7.71 2.00 .960 4.76 4.80 AS
1961 LAD NL 30 2B 104 88 83 820.1 468 211 246 11 63 .976 -10 -15 5.01 4.39 .976 5.51 5.45
1962 NYM NL 31 2B 85 84 79 727.1 440 187 240 13 54 .970 -9 -15 5.28 5.02 .974 5.30 5.25
1962 NYM NL 31 SS 39 37 35 339.2 193 63 118 12 30 .938 -4 -12 4.80 4.64 .963 5.05 5.01
1962 NYM NL 31 3B 12 12 11 101.2 40 6 31 3 1 .925 -2 -24 3.28 3.08 .949 2.95 2.92
1963 TOT NL 32 3B 85 78 66 693.0 245 82 152 11 10 .955 -4 -6 3.04 2.75 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 TOT NL 32 SS 9 5 4 45.2 31 16 14 1 6 .968 -1 -24 5.91 3.33 .961 4.85 4.82
1963 NYM NL 32 3B 66 64 55 556.1 204 61 135 8 10 .961 -1 -2 3.17 2.97 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 NYM NL 32 SS 8 5 4 43.2 30 15 14 1 6 .967 -0 -5 5.98 3.63 .961 4.84 4.82
1963 CIN NL 32 3B 19 14 11 136.2 41 21 17 3 0 .927 -3 -25 2.50 2.00 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 CIN NL 32 2B 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -90 6.75 1.00 .970 5.40 5.20
1963 CIN NL 32 SS 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -420 4.50 1.00 .960 4.95 4.80
8 Seasons 2B 663 615 582 5519.2 3159 1446 1645 68 452 .978 -29 -6 5.04 4.66 .975 5.31 5.27
7 Seasons SS 162 149 142 1358.2 736 241 456 39 99 .947 -4 -3 4.62 4.30 .960 4.89 4.90
3 Seasons 3B 120 111 97 994.2 345 111 217 17 16 .951 -7 -8 2.97 2.73 .944 2.94 2.93
8 Seasons TOT 945 875 821 7873.0 4240 1798 2318 124 567 .971 -40 -6 4.71 4.36 .970 4.94 4.91
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (8, 19%)
0.19 Career Shares (765th)

Gold Gloves
1959 NL (2B)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1959 NL  4.5 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL  151 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1959 NL  616 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1959 NL  686 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1959 NL  103 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  177 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 NL  286 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1959 NL  30 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (10th)
1959 NL  11 (1st)
1962 NL  9 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 NL  91 (4th)
1959 NL  86 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1957 NL  11 (9th)
1959 NL  17 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  60 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  8 (4th)
1958 NL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  21 (1st)
1960 NL  14 (2nd)
1962 NL  9 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (6th)
1962 NL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 NL  22 (2nd)
1960 NL  18 (3rd)
1962 NL  17 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1958 NL  6 (8th)
1962 NL  8 (8th)

SB % s c a p y
1959 NL  73.91 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 NL  11.5 (6th)
1958 NL  10.6 (9th)
1959 NL  17.9 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 NL  21.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1959 NL  489 (1st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1957 NL  27 (3rd)
1962 NL  28 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  132 (5th)
1959 NL  151 (2nd)
1960 NL  136 (3rd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  334 (3rd)
1959 NL  386 (1st)
1960 NL  250 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  343 (5th)
1959 NL  413 (3rd)
1960 NL  291 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  17 (3rd)
1960 NL  13 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  121 (1st)
1959 NL  110 (1st)
1960 NL  78 (3rd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  24 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1959 NL  4 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1958 NL  5.44 (5th)
1959 NL  5.34 (4th)
1962 NL  5.28 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  5.13 (3rd)
1959 NL  5.29 (3rd)
1962 NL  5.02 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1958 NL  .976 (5th)
1959 NL  .989 (1st)
1960 NL  .977 (3rd)
1961 NL  .976 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1963 NL  3.04 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1963 NL  2.75 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  4.49 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (757), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1126), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (807), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2080), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (168th), 10.3 career WAR/12.4 7yr-peak WAR/11.3 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
195928Los Angeles Dodgers$12,0001/27/60 TSN1/29/59 LA Times says $15,000
196029Los Angeles Dodgers$24,0001/27/60 TSN
196130Los Angeles Dodgers$26,0002/8/61 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$62,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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