Andy Pafko
Andrew Pafko (Handy Andy and Pruschka)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, WI
High School: Boyceville (Boyceville, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1943
Final Game: September 29, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1943 CHC NL 22 OF 13 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 .976 2.27 0-13-0
1944 CHC NL 23 OF 123 363 333 24 6 4 .983 2.90 .980 2.31 0-123-1
1945 CHC NL 24 OF 140 384 371 11 2 0 .995 2.73 .978 2.33 0-140-0 MVP-4
1946 CHC NL 25 OF 64 182 165 13 4 4 .978 2.78 .977 2.16 0-64-0
1947 CHC NL 26 OF 127 341 327 9 5 3 .985 2.65 .977 2.19 0-127-0 AS,MVP-26
1948 CHC NL 27 3B 139 468 125 314 29 29 .938 3.16 .941 2.81 AS,MVP-16
1949 CHC NL 28 OF 98 228 217 8 3 2 .987 2.30 .977 2.25 1-89-9 AS
1949 CHC NL 28 3B 49 151 40 101 10 10 .934 2.88 .953 2.98 AS
1950 CHC NL 29 OF 144 362 342 12 8 1 .978 2.46 .978 2.14 0-138-6 AS,MVP-12
1951 TOT NL 30 OF 124 279 263 14 2 3 .993 2.23 .981 2.23 70-57-0
1951 CHC NL 30 OF 48 126 119 6 1 3 .992 2.60 .981 2.23 0-48-0
1951 BRO NL 30 OF 76 153 144 8 1 0 .993 2.00 .981 2.23 70-9-0
1952 BRO NL 31 OF 139 250 229 18 3 2 .988 1.78 .981 2.10 105-12-38
1952 BRO NL 31 3B 13 37 15 19 3 3 .919 2.62 .957 2.92
1953 MLN NL 32 OF 139 252 241 5 6 1 .976 1.77 .980 2.11 0-0-139
1954 MLN NL 33 OF 138 136 1211.0 262 245 9 8 3 .969 -3.9 -3.9 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 -3 1.89 1.84 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 MLN NL 33 RF 130 128 1131.1 244 225 11 8 3 .967 -1.2 -1.3 1.8 -0.4 2.2 -3 1.88 1.82 .970 1.99 1.80
1954 MLN NL 33 CF 8 8 79.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -40.7 -2.7 -0.6 -2.1 0 1.81 2.00 .981 2.84 2.68
1955 MLN NL 34 OF 58 47 430.2 99 96 1 2 0 .980 -0.3 -0.8 -0.3 -1.1 0.8 0 2.03 1.67 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 MLN NL 34 RF 52 41 382.2 85 81 2 2 0 .976 -1.2 -3.8 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 0 1.95 1.60 .976 2.07 1.86
1955 MLN NL 34 3B 12 11 99.0 36 9 26 1 1 .972 1.3 15.8 1.3 0.2 1.1 0 3.18 2.92 .950 3.13 2.81
1955 MLN NL 34 CF 7 6 47.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 23.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 2.49 1.86 .985 2.70 2.50
1955 MLN NL 34 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1956 MLN NL 35 OF 37 21 206.2 46 43 2 1 0 .978 0.3 1.7 -0.7 0.1 -0.7 1 1.96 1.22 .976 2.28 2.05
1956 MLN NL 35 LF 33 20 185.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -0.5 -3.2 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 0 1.99 1.24 .971 2.07 1.70
1956 MLN NL 35 RF 5 1 21.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 45.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 1 3.00 1.40 .971 2.01 1.80
1957 MLN NL 36 OF 69 43 462.0 111 108 1 2 1 .982 2.7 7.0 5.7 4.1 1.6 -3 2.12 1.58 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 MLN NL 36 RF 37 28 268.0 64 63 1 0 1 1.000 3.3 14.8 5.3 1.7 3.6 -2 2.15 1.73 .972 1.98 1.72
1957 MLN NL 36 LF 31 15 185.0 44 43 0 1 0 .977 0.3 1.9 0.3 2.3 -2.0 0 2.09 1.39 .977 2.03 1.71
1957 MLN NL 36 CF 1 0 9.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0.9 -120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 -1 4.00 4.00 .980 2.80 2.60
1958 MLN NL 37 OF 93 34 443.0 109 107 2 0 0 1.000 4.8 13.0 3.8 -0.3 4.0 1 2.21 1.17 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 MLN NL 37 LF 79 21 320.1 76 74 2 0 0 1.000 5.4 20.2 3.4 0.5 2.9 2 2.14 0.96 .975 2.00 1.54
1958 MLN NL 37 RF 17 11 107.2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -12.3 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 -1 2.09 1.47 .976 2.02 1.73
1958 MLN NL 37 CF 4 2 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 3.60 1.50 .983 2.70 2.50
1959 MLN NL 38 OF 64 35 343.1 90 87 1 2 0 .978 2.8 9.8 3.8 1.4 2.4 -1 2.31 1.38 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 MLN NL 38 LF 41 12 163.1 42 39 1 2 0 .952 2.9 21.3 2.9 0.2 2.7 0 2.20 0.98 .971 2.04 1.59
1959 MLN NL 38 CF 22 20 144.0 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 -1 2.56 1.86 .980 2.63 2.24
1959 MLN NL 38 RF 8 3 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -6.7 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0 2.25 1.13 .978 1.95 1.64
16 Seasons OF 1570 316 3096.2 3383 3199 130 54 24 .984 6.4 2.5 11.4 3.2 8.2 -5 9.68 2.12 .978 2.31 2.16 361-805-442
6 Seasons (incomplete) RF 249 212 1946.2 434 409 15 10 4 .977 0.4 0.2 5.4 -0.7 6.0 -5 1.96 1.70 .972 2.01 1.79
4 Seasons 3B 213 11 99.0 692 189 460 43 43 .938 1.3 15.8 1.3 0.2 1.1 0 59.00 3.05 .945 3.13 2.86
5 Seasons (incomplete) LF 185 68 855.1 204 196 4 4 0 .980 8.1 11.4 6.1 3.3 2.9 2 2.10 1.08 .974 2.03 1.61
5 Seasons (incomplete) CF 42 36 294.2 81 80 0 1 0 .988 -2.1 -8.6 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 -2 2.44 1.90 .981 2.71 2.40
17 Seasons TOT 1783 327 3195.2 4075 3388 590 97 67 .976 7.7 2.9 12.7 3.4 9.3 -5 0 11.20 2.23 .949 2.33 2.24 361-805-442
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 CHC NL 22 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13
1944 CHC NL 23 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 1 123
1945 CHC NL 24 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140
1946 CHC NL 25 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 64
1947 CHC NL 26 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 127
1948 CHC NL 27 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 28 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 49 0 1 89 9 98
1950 CHC NL 29 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 6 144
1951 BRO NL 30 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 9 0 76
1951 CHC NL 30 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 48
1952 BRO NL 31 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 13 0 105 12 38 139
1953 MLN NL 32 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 139
1954 MLN NL 33 138 136 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 131 138 1 0
1955 MLN NL 34 86 58 86 86 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 7 52 58 23 1
1956 MLN NL 35 45 21 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 5 37 8 1
1957 MLN NL 36 83 43 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 37 69 29 1
1958 MLN NL 37 95 34 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 4 17 93 16 4
1959 MLN NL 38 71 35 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 22 8 64 16 1
17 Seasons 1852 327 1852 1852 0 0 0 0 213 0 361 804 443 1570 93 8
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 MLN NL 33 6 0 4 2 1 7 0 2 0 1 33 11 0 21 2 1 4 2 1 5 2 0 12 11 0 75 28 37.3% 45 2 2.7% 5 3927 62% 79% 31% 321 59%
1955 MLN NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 2 1096 63% 77% 28% 79 66%
1956 MLN NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 96 58% 78% 30% 10 70%
1957 MLN NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 3 0 6 0 0 4 4 0 4 1 0 7 6 0 31 14 45.2% 17 0 0.0% 1 1123 66% 81% 30% 112 56%
1958 MLN NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 478 68% 79% 28% 46 54%
1959 MLN NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 137 61% 79% 26% 16 50%
6 Seasons 6 0 4 2 1 11 0 5 1 1 59 21 0 38 5 1 11 8 1 14 3 0 28 26 0 150 63 42.0% 85 2 1.3% 9 6857 63% 79% 30% 584 59%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 MLN NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 33% 0
1956 MLN NL 35 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 510 61% 83% 30% 52 48%
1957 MLN NL 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 0 4 1 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 26 18 69.2% 8 0 0.0% 0 848 59% 78% 30% 91 47%
1958 MLN NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 12 12 0 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 25 19 76.0% 5 1 4.0% 1 1271 59% 79% 30% 138 53%
1959 MLN NL 38 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 1 581 52% 81% 33% 62 58%
5 Seasons 4 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 37 32 0 16 5 0 9 5 1 4 1 0 13 13 0 79 56 70.9% 22 1 1.3% 2 3213 58% 80% 30% 343 52%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 MLN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 359 55% 80% 24% 27 59%
1955 MLN NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 58 64% 90% 31% 4 100%
1957 MLN NL 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 40 63% 83% 25% 6 67%
1958 MLN NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 65 58% 74% 18% 8 75%
1959 MLN NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 14 5 35.7% 9 0 0.0% 0 610 58% 80% 35% 84 49%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 28 11 39.3% 17 0 0.0% 0 1132 57% 80% 30% 129 55%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 MLN NL 34 371 65% 78% 27% 30 93% 0 8 6 0 2 22 20 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 50%
1 Season 371 65% 78% 27% 30 93% 0 8 6 0 2 22 20 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* 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.

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