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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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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
1943 22 CHC NL 13 60 58 7 22 3 0 0 10 1 2 5 .379 .400 .431 .831 141 25 2 0 0 O
1944 23 CHC NL 128 512 469 47 126 16 2 6 62 2 28 23 .269 .315 .350 .665 87 164 14 4 11 *O
1945 24 CHC NL 144 608 534 64 159 24 12 12 110 5 45 36 .298 .361 .455 .816 128 243 4 8 21 *O MVP-4
1946 25 CHC NL 65 273 234 18 66 6 4 3 39 4 27 15 .282 .366 .380 .746 114 89 9 4 8 O
1947 26 CHC NL 129 550 513 68 155 25 7 13 66 4 31 39 .302 .346 .454 .800 114 233 19 3 3 *O AS,MVP-26
1948 27 CHC NL 142 606 548 82 171 30 2 26 101 3 50 50 .312 .375 .516 .891 143 283 13 5 3 *5 AS,MVP-16
1949 28 CHC NL 144 592 519 79 146 29 2 18 69 4 63 33 .281 .369 .449 .818 121 233 17 9 1 O5 AS
1950 29 CHC NL 146 595 514 95 156 24 8 36 92 4 69 32 .304 .397 .591 .989 157 304 9 11 1 *O AS,MVP-12
1951 30 TOT NL 133 519 455 68 116 16 3 30 93 2 5 52 37 .255 .347 .501 .848 123 228 14 12 0 *O
1951 30 CHC NL 49 199 178 26 47 5 3 12 35 1 1 17 10 .264 .342 .528 .870 129 94 6 4 0 O
1951 30 BRO NL 84 320 277 42 69 11 0 18 58 1 4 35 27 .249 .350 .484 .834 120 134 8 8 0 O
1952 31 BRO NL 150 624 551 76 158 17 5 19 85 4 3 64 48 .287 .366 .439 .805 121 242 14 5 4 *O5
1953 32 MLN NL 140 568 516 70 153 23 4 17 72 2 1 37 33 .297 .347 .455 .803 113 235 14 3 12 *O
1954 33 MLN NL 138 570 510 61 146 22 4 14 69 1 2 37 36 .286 .335 .427 .763 103 218 14 4 12 7 *9/8
1955 34 MLN NL 86 267 252 29 67 3 5 5 34 1 2 7 23 .266 .293 .377 .670 80 95 8 4 1 3 1 95/87
1956 35 MLN NL 45 104 93 15 24 5 0 2 9 0 0 10 13 .258 .330 .376 .706 95 35 0 0 1 0 0 7/9
1957 36 MLN NL 83 235 220 31 61 6 1 8 27 1 0 10 22 .277 .308 .423 .730 100 93 6 1 1 3 2 97/8
1958 37 MLN NL 95 185 164 17 39 7 1 3 23 0 0 15 17 .238 .306 .348 .654 79 57 3 2 2 2 3 79/8
1959 38 MLN NL 71 158 142 17 31 8 2 1 15 0 0 14 15 .218 .293 .324 .617 71 46 4 1 1 0 1 78/9
17 Seasons 1852 7026 6292 844 1796 264 62 213 976 38 13 561 477 .285 .350 .449 .799 117 2823 164 76 82 15 7
162 Game Avg. 162 615 550 74 157 23 5 19 85 3 49 42 .285 .350 .449 .799 117 247 14 7 7
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
CHC (9 yrs) 960 3995 3567 486 1048 162 40 126 584 28 1 332 243 .294 .362 .468 .829 126 1668 93 48 48
MLN (7 yrs) 658 2087 1897 240 521 74 17 50 249 5 5 130 159 .275 .324 .411 .734 98 779 49 15 30 15 7
BRO (2 yrs) 234 944 828 118 227 28 5 37 143 5 7 99 75 .274 .361 .454 .815 121 376 22 13 4

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
1945 24 CHC NL WS DET L 7 31 28 5 6 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .214 .267 .357 .624 10 1 0 1 0 1
1952 31 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .190 .190 .190 .381 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 36 MLN NL WS NYY W 6 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .267 .214 .481 3 0 1 0 0 0
1958 37 MLN NL WS NYY L 4 10 9 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .300 .444 .744 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 24 77 72 6 16 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 10 .222 .250 .292 .542 21 1 1 1 1 1
4 WS 24 77 72 6 16 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 10 .222 .250 .292 .542 21 1 1 1 1 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1945
1947 *
1948 (3B)
1949 *
1950 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (4, 39%)
1947 NL (26, 0%)
1948 NL (16, 7%)
1950 NL (12, 11%)
0.57 Career Shares (391st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .312 (7th)
1950 NL  .304 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 NL  .397 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1945 NL  .455 (8th)
1948 NL  .516 (6th)
1950 NL  .591 (2nd)
1951 NL  .501 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 NL  .816 (10th)
1948 NL  .891 (6th)
1950 NL  .989 (3rd)
1951 NL  .848 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  171 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  243 (9th)
1948 NL  283 (5th)
1950 NL  304 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL  30 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1945 NL  12 (2nd)
1950 NL  8 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  26 (7th)
1950 NL  36 (2nd)
1951 NL  30 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1945 NL  110 (3rd)
1948 NL  101 (5th)
1951 NL  93 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL  113 (10th)
1952 NL  117 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 NL  128 (9th)
1948 NL  143 (6th)
1950 NL  157 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1948 NL  105 (7th)
1950 NL  117 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  32 (7th)
1950 NL  43 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1948 NL  3.1 (7th)
1950 NL  4.1 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  48 (9th)
1948 NL  58 (6th)
1950 NL  68 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 NL  236 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 NL  .701 (6th)
1950 NL  .745 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  4 (10th)
1945 NL  8 (1st)
1946 NL  4 (6th)
1948 NL  5 (2nd)
1949 NL  9 (1st)
1950 NL  11 (2nd)
1951 NL  12 (1st)
1952 NL  5 (8th)
1955 NL  4 (10th)
Career  76 (159th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  21 (2nd)
1953 NL  12 (4th)
1954 NL  12 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 NL  14 (9th)
1947 NL  19 (1st)
1949 NL  17 (6th)
Career  164 (192nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 NL  21.1 (7th)
1950 NL  14.3 (3rd)
1951 NL  15.2 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1958 NL  born 1921-02-25 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 51 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (533), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (632), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Carl Furillo (927)
  4. Bobby Thomson (926)
  5. Bob Watson (922)
  6. Bill White (917)
  7. Ben Oglivie (915)
  8. Bobby Murcer (909)
  9. Tony Oliva (907)
  10. Johnny Callison (906)
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  2. Don Mueller (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ping Bodie (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Alex Johnson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Gonzalez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Gonzalez (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ellis Burks (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Richie Zisk (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jackie Jensen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Thomson (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Singleton (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carl Furillo (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carl Furillo (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Richie Hebner (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Richie Hebner (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Cy Williams (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November, 1941: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Green Bay (Wisconsin State) for $1,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Johnny Schmitz, Wayne Terwilliger and Rube Walker to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Gene Hermanski and Eddie Miksis.

January 17, 1953: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy Hartsfield and $50,000.

October 26, 1959: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

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