Howie Pollet
Howard Joseph Pollet
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 26, 1921 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Fortier (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1941
Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: August 8, 1974 in Houston, TX
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 STL NL 20 P 9 18 0 18 0 0 1.000 2.00 .961 1.09
1942 STL NL 21 P 27 22 4 16 2 1 .909 0.74 .968 1.17
1943 STL NL 22 P 16 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.13 .961 1.16 AS
1946 STL NL 25 P 40 71 8 59 4 9 .944 1.68 .961 1.01 AS,MVP-4
1947 STL NL 26 P 37 38 5 33 0 5 1.000 1.03 .966 0.91
1948 STL NL 27 P 36 51 5 44 2 2 .961 1.36 .963 0.91
1949 STL NL 28 P 39 44 9 33 2 2 .955 1.08 .952 0.91 AS,MVP-11
1950 STL NL 29 P 37 57 13 40 4 5 .930 1.43 .961 0.97
1951 TOT NL 30 P 27 31 5 26 0 2 1.000 1.15 .961 0.96
1951 STL NL 30 P 6 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 .967 0.97
1951 PIT NL 30 P 21 28 5 23 0 2 1.000 1.33 .961 0.96
1952 PIT NL 31 P 31 58 7 48 3 2 .948 1.77 .953 0.98
1953 TOT NL 32 P 30 26 8 15 3 2 .885 0.77 .962 0.87
1953 PIT NL 32 P 5 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 1.000 0.88
1953 CHC NL 32 P 25 25 8 14 3 2 .880 0.88 .960 0.87
1954 CHC NL 33 P 20 20 128.1 28 6 22 0 1 1.000 1.96 1.40 .957 2.07 0.87
1955 CHC NL 34 P 24 7 61.0 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 3.25 0.92 .945 2.04 0.83
1956 TOT MLB 35 P 30 4 49.2 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.54 0.47 .957 1.98 0.83
1956 CHW AL 35 P 11 4 26.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.39 0.64 .943 1.91 0.82
1956 PIT NL 35 P 19 0 23.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.37 .971 2.04 0.83
14 Seasons P 403 31 239.0 498 82 396 20 32 .960 18.00 1.19 .959 2.04 0.95
14 Seasons TOT 403 31 239.0 498 82 396 20 32 .960 18.00 1.19 .919 2.04 0.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1941 STL NL 20 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 STL NL 21 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 STL NL 22 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 STL NL 25 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL NL 26 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 27 38 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 STL NL 28 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL NL 29 38 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 30 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 STL NL 30 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PIT NL 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 32 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 32 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 33 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 34 24 7 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT NL 35 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 35 12 4 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 407 31 407 407 403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 33 385 81% 28% 22 95% 2 5 0 4 21 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1955 CHC NL 34 114 82% 33% 7 86% 0 3 1 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1956 PIT NL 35 65 85% 43% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 35 120 79% 28% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 684 81% 30% 36 94% 2 11 1 9 34 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 82%

* 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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