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Al Pilarcik
Alfred James Pilarcik

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 3, 1930 in Whiting, IN
High School: Whiting (Whiting, IN)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1956
Final Game: September 24, 1961
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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
1956	25	KCA	AL	69	272	239	28	60	10	1	4	22	9	2	30	32	.251	.333	.351	.685	82	84	2	0	2	1	1	8/9
1957	26	BAL	AL	142	482	407	52	113	16	3	9	49	14	7	53	28	.278	.359	.398	.757	114	162	7	4	9	9	6	*98/7
1958	27	BAL	AL	141	430	379	40	92	21	0	1	24	7	3	42	37	.243	.320	.306	.626	78	116	7	2	5	2	1	*98/7
1959	28	BAL	AL	130	317	273	37	77	12	1	3	16	9	3	30	25	.282	.355	.366	.722	102	100	7	1	13	0	1	*9/87
1960	29	BAL	AL	104	217	194	30	48	5	1	4	17	0	2	15	16	.247	.313	.345	.658	79	67	4	4	3	1	2	9/8
1961	30	TOT	AL	82	142	122	18	23	2	1	1	15	2	1	15	12	.189	.275	.246	.521	41	30	5	0	4	1	0	98/7
1961	30	KCA	AL	35	69	60	9	12	1	1	0	9	1	0	6	7	.200	.269	.250	.519	40	15	3	0	2	1	0	9/8
1961	30	CHW	AL	47	73	62	9	11	1	0	1	6	1	1	9	5	.177	.282	.242	.524	43	15	2	0	2	0	0	8/79
6 Seasons				668	1860	1614	205	413	66	7	22	143	41	18	185	150	.256	.334	.346	.680	89	559	32	11	36	14	11
162 Game Avg.				162	451	391	50	100	16	2	5	35	10	4	45	36	.256	.334	.346	.680	89	136	8	3	9	3	3

BAL (4 yrs)				517	1446	1253	159	330	54	5	17	106	30	15	140	106	.263	.340	.355	.695	95	445	25	11	30	12	10
KCA (2 yrs)				104	341	299	37	72	11	2	4	31	10	2	36	39	.241	.320	.331	.652	73	99	5	0	4	2	1
CHW (1 yr)				47	73	62	9	11	1	0	1	6	1	1	9	5	.177	.282	.242	.524	43	15	2	0	2	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1956	25	KCA	AL	272	186	31	4.5	106	.275	.251	.267	.333	.349	.351	.408	.685	.757	82	.466	-6.2	-0.6	.661	.255	.100	5.5
1957	26	BAL	AL	482	326	62	5.2	93	.274	.278	.255	.359	.326	.398	.384	.757	.710	114	.572	10.6	1.1	.734	.268	.120	11.0
1958	27	BAL	AL	430	304	39	3.4	93	.265	.243	.255	.320	.322	.306	.387	.626	.709	78	.399	-8.9	-0.9	.552	.185	.063	1.8
1959	28	BAL	AL	317	219	37	4.5	96	.302	.282	.257	.355	.328	.366	.392	.722	.720	102	.514	1.4	0.1	.665	.216	.084	4.5
1960	29	BAL	AL	217	156	21	3.6	100	.251	.247	.262	.313	.336	.345	.401	.658	.737	79	.404	-5.9	-0.6	.553	.165	.098	.0
1961	30	TOT	AL	142	110	8	1.9	104	.200	.189	.264	.275	.339	.246	.411	.521	.750	41	.168	-10.4	-1.0	.438	.189	.057	1.3
1961	30	KCA	AL	69	54	4	2.0	105	.222	.200	.265	.269	.340	.250	.412	.519	.753	40	.173	-5.3	-0.5	.431	.167	.050	.0
1961	30	CHW	AL	73	56	4	1.9	103	.179	.177	.263	.282	.338	.242	.409	.524	.747	43	.164	-5.1	-0.5	.444	.210	.065	1.0
6 Seasons				1860	1301	198	4.1	97	.269	.256	.258	.334	.331	.346	.394	.680	.725	89	.460	-19.4	-1.9	.622	.219	.090	28.6
162 Game Avg.				451	316	48	4.1	97	.269	.256	.258	.334	.331	.346	.394	.680	.725	89	.460	-19.4	-1.9	.622	.219	.090	7

BAL (4 yrs)				1446	1005	159	4.3	95	.274	.263	.256	.340	.327	.355	.389	.695	.716	95	.487	-2.8	-0.3	.634	.215	.092	21.7
KCA (2 yrs)				341	240	35	3.9	106	.264	.241	.267	.320	.348	.331	.409	.652	.756	73	.408	-11.5	-1.1	.611	.237	.090	5.7
CHW (1 yr)				73	56	4	1.9	103	.179	.177	.263	.282	.338	.242	.409	.524	.747	43	.164	-5.1	-0.5	.444	.210	.065	1.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	25	KCA	AL	272	1.5%	11.8%	11.0%	5.5%	25%	1.07	7.5	59.8	10.9	1.04	75%
1957	26	BAL	AL	482	1.9%	5.8%	11.0%	5.8%	25%	0.53	14.5	45.2	8.3	0.99	79%
1958	27	BAL	AL	430	0.2%	8.6%	9.8%	5.1%	24%	0.88	10.2	379.0	15.8	1.61	80%
1959	28	BAL	AL	317	1.0%	7.9%	9.5%	5.1%	21%	0.83	10.9	91.0	17.1	1.27	77%
1960	29	BAL	AL	217	1.8%	7.4%	6.9%	4.6%	21%	1.07	12.1	48.5	11.4	1.09	81%
1961	30	TOT	AL	142	0.7%	8.5%	10.6%	2.8%	17%	0.80	10.2	122.0	8.1	1.29	77%
1961	30	KCA	AL	69	0.0%	10.1%	8.7%	2.9%	17%	1.17	8.6		6.7	1.37	78%
1961	30	CHW	AL	73	1.4%	6.9%	12.3%	2.7%	18%	0.56	12.4	62.0	10.3	1.23	77%
6 Seasons				1860	1.2%	8.1%	10.0%	5.1%	23%	0.81	10.8	73.4	11.3	1.21	78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	25	KCA	AL	3	0	28%	121	9	2	82%	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5	52%	19	12	7	4	1	3	10	1	7
1957	26	BAL	AL	7	0	27%	191	14	7	67%	13	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	7	9	50%	31	19	12	3	1	2	20	6	13
1958	27	BAL	AL	3	0	29%	182	7	3	70%	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	55%	23	14	9	9	5	4	19	3	15
1959	28	BAL	AL	6	0	32%	145	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	43%	23	14	9	4	3	1	10	3	6
1960	29	BAL	AL	3	0	41%	99	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	46%	18	12	6	4	1	2	4	0	4
1961	30	TOT	AL	3	0	46%	65	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	12	8	4	2	0	2	2	0	2
1961	30	KCA	AL	2	0	50%	29	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	57%	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	30	CHW	AL	1	0	42%	36	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	44%	6	5	1	2	0	2	1	0	1
6 Seasons				25	0	31%	803	41	18	69%	37	18	1	1	3	0	3	0	21	37	50%	126	79	47	26	11	14	65	13	47
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1956	25	KCA	AL	266	77%	60			3	0	0	0	1.41	4	0	4	4	0	3	1	0	3	2	67%	56	2	4%	27	8	30%	145	19	13%	9	4	44%	18	9	50%	6
1957	26	BAL	AL	479	87%	113			13	2	0	1	1.94	9	0	12	8	1	2	7	0	13	9	69%	101	7	7%	48	19	40%	314	42	13%	32	17	53%	30	11	37%	2
1958	27	BAL	AL	430	82%	92			23	7	0	2	1.39	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	10	5	50%	83	7	8%	45	12	27%	227	24	11%	14	8	57%	18	4	22%	0
1959	28	BAL	AL	317	87%	77			21	7	0	1	1.30	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	22	13	59%	69	7	10%	31	15	48%	188	15	8%	8	2	25%	19	13	68%	0
1960	29	BAL	AL	217	88%	48			23	6	0	2	2.32	4	0	7	4	0	2	2	0	8	3	38%	55	4	7%	26	6	23%	134	14	10%	11	4	36%	12	5	42%	0
1961	30	TOT	AL	142	94%	23			28	6	0	3	1.67	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	4	67%	40	5	13%	19	7	37%	94	16	17%	10	6	60%	5	2	40%	0
1961	30	KCA	AL	69	96%	12			11	2	0	2	2.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	19	3	16%	11	5	45%	41	9	22%	7	5	71%	3	2	67%	0
1961	30	CHW	AL	73	93%	11			17	4	0	1	1.45	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	21	2	10%	8	2	25%	53	7	13%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
6 Seasons				1851	85%	413			111	28	0	9	1.70	22	0	34	20	2	9	13	0	62	36	58%	404	32	8%	196	67	34%	1102	130	12%	84	41	49%	102	44	43%	8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1956	25	69	272	239	28	60	10	1	4	22	9	2	30	32	.251	.333	.351	.685	82	84	2	0	2	1	1
1957	26	211	754	646	80	173	26	4	13	71	23	9	83	60	.268	.350	.381	.731	102	246	9	4	11	10	7
1958	27	352	1184	1025	120	265	47	4	14	95	30	12	125	97	.259	.339	.353	.692	93	362	16	6	16	12	8
1959	28	482	1501	1298	157	342	59	5	17	111	39	15	155	122	.263	.342	.356	.698	95	462	23	7	29	12	9
1960	29	586	1718	1492	187	390	64	6	21	128	39	17	170	138	.261	.339	.355	.693	93	529	27	11	32	13	11
1961	30	668	1860	1614	205	413	66	7	22	143	41	18	185	150	.256	.334	.346	.680	89	559	32	11	36	14	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	25	72	284	251	27	64	11	1	4	22	10	32	33	.255	.338	.355	.693	30	69
1957	26	149	518	442	62	133	19	4	11	58	16	62	29	.301	.386	.437	.823	74	142
1958	27	147	460	407	47	107	24	0	1	28	8	49	39	.263	.343	.329	.673	46	141
1959	28	136	326	291	41	86	13	1	3	18	10	34	26	.296	.371	.378	.749	41	130
1960	29	109	227	206	32	52	5	1	4	18	0	16	17	.252	.317	.345	.662	22	104
1961	30	82	136	121	17	22	2	1	1	14	2	14	12	.182	.265	.240	.504	8	82
6 Seasons		695	1951	1718	226	464	74	8	24	158	46	207	156	.270	.350	.364	.714	221	668
162 Game Avg.		162	455	400	53	108	17	2	6	37	11	48	36	.270	.350	.364	.714	52	668

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1956 AL 9 (8th) 1957 AL 14 (5th) 1958 AL 7 (10th) 1959 AL 9 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1957 AL 9 (8th) 1959 AL 13 (1st)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1957 AL 9 (2nd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1957 AL 6 (10th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1957 AL 7 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1957 AL 11.0 (8th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1957 AL 14.5 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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R.J. Reynolds (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jermaine Allensworth (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Miller (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Henry Cotto (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Owens (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50