Dave Pope
David Pope
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 17, 1921 in Talladega, AL
School: University of Pittsburgh
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1952
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: August 28, 1999 in Cleveland, OH
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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 Awards
1952 31 CLE AL 12 35 34 9 10 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 7 .294 .314 .471 .785 122 16 0 0 0 O
1954 33 CLE AL 60 114 102 21 30 2 1 4 13 2 1 10 22 .294 .354 .451 .805 118 46 2 0 1 1 7/89
1955 34 TOT AL 121 363 326 38 86 13 4 7 52 5 2 28 65 .264 .325 .393 .718 96 128 7 3 3 3 3 *897
1955 34 CLE AL 35 118 104 17 31 5 0 6 22 0 0 12 31 .298 .373 .519 .892 135 54 1 1 0 1 0 87/9
1955 34 BAL AL 86 245 222 21 55 8 4 1 30 5 2 16 34 .248 .302 .333 .635 77 74 6 2 3 2 3 897
1956 35 TOT AL 37 93 89 7 20 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 19 .225 .239 .281 .520 37 25 0 1 1 1 0 8/79
1956 35 BAL AL 12 21 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .158 .200 .158 .358 -1 3 0 1 1 0 0 /97
1956 35 CLE AL 25 72 70 6 17 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 12 .243 .250 .314 .564 47 22 0 0 0 1 0 8/79
4 Seasons 230 605 551 75 146 19 7 12 73 7 3 40 113 .265 .317 .390 .707 92 215 9 4 5 5 3
162 Game Avg. 162 426 388 53 103 13 5 8 51 5 2 28 80 .265 .317 .390 .707 92 151 6 3 4
CLE (4 yrs) 132 339 310 53 88 11 3 11 42 2 1 24 72 .284 .334 .445 .779 108 138 3 1 1 3 0
BAL (2 yrs) 98 266 241 22 58 8 4 1 31 5 2 16 41 .241 .294 .320 .613 71 77 6 3 4 2 3

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
1952 31 CLE AL 35 24 5 5.6 91 .346 .294 .253 .314 .332 .471 .369 .785 .701 122 .635 0.6 0.1 .708 .206 .176 .0
1954 33 CLE AL 114 77 16 5.6 100 .338 .294 .268 .354 .344 .451 .391 .805 .735 118 .620 2.2 0.2 .760 .265 .157 2.7
1955 34 TOT AL 363 255 43 4.5 99 .307 .264 .261 .325 .340 .393 .389 .718 .729 96 .493 -2.2 -0.2 .651 .224 .129 5.8
1955 34 CLE AL 118 75 21 7.5 106 .368 .298 .271 .373 .351 .519 .404 .892 .755 135 .711 5.0 0.5 .905 .337 .221 .0
1955 34 BAL AL 245 180 22 3.3 95 .286 .248 .257 .302 .335 .333 .382 .635 .717 77 .351 -7.1 -0.7 .543 .171 .086 1.7
1956 35 TOT AL 93 71 7 2.6 107 .282 .225 .268 .239 .350 .281 .409 .520 .759 37 .250 -8.5 -0.9 .391 .067 .056
1956 35 BAL AL 21 17 1 1.6 99 .250 .158 .257 .200 .338 .158 .393 .358 .731 -1 .114 -2.7 -0.3 .250 .000 .000
1956 35 CLE AL 72 54 6 3.0 109 .288 .243 .271 .250 .353 .314 .413 .564 .767 47 .293 -5.8 -0.6 .434 .086 .071
4 Seasons 605 427 71 4.4 100 .311 .265 .263 .317 .342 .390 .392 .707 .733 92 .492 -7.9 -0.8 .631 .205 .125 8.8
162 Game Avg. 426 301 50 4.4 100 .311 .265 .263 .317 .342 .390 .392 .707 .733 92 .492 -7.9 -0.8 .631 .205 .125 6
CLE (4 yrs) 339 230 48 5.6 103 .335 .284 .268 .334 .347 .445 .398 .779 .745 108 .601 2.0 0.2 .726 .242 .161 3.4
BAL (2 yrs) 266 197 23 3.1 96 .284 .241 .257 .294 .335 .320 .383 .613 .718 71 .330 -9.8 -1.0 .518 .158 .079 1.7

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
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1952 31 CLE AL 35 2.9% 20.0% 2.9% 8.6% 30% 7.00 4.9 34.0 8.5 74%
1954 33 CLE AL 114 3.5% 19.3% 8.8% 6.1% 23% 2.20 4.6 25.5 7.8 1.22 68%
1955 34 TOT AL 363 1.9% 17.9% 7.7% 6.6% 28% 2.32 5.0 46.6 6.3 1.02 71%
1955 34 CLE AL 118 5.1% 26.3% 10.2% 9.3% 36% 2.58 3.4 17.3 4.7 0.79 58%
1955 34 BAL AL 245 0.4% 13.9% 6.5% 5.3% 24% 2.13 6.5 222.0 7.4 1.10 77%
1956 35 TOT AL 93 0.0% 20.4% 1.1% 4.3% 20% 19.00 4.7 22.3 1.04 76%
1956 35 BAL AL 21 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 19.0 2.00 57%
1956 35 CLE AL 72 0.0% 16.7% 1.4% 5.6% 24% 12.00 5.8 23.3 0.91 82%
4 Seasons 605 2.0% 18.7% 6.6% 6.3% 26% 2.83 4.9 45.9 7.5 1.06 71%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 33 CLE AL 2 0 47% 69 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 60% 11 6 5 2 2 0 7 0 7
1955 34 TOT AL 4 0 28% 155 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 42% 21 15 5 3 1 2 17 7 10
1955 34 CLE AL 2 0 29% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 36% 5 3 2 2 1 1 7 5 2
1955 34 BAL AL 2 0 28% 97 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 44% 16 12 3 1 0 1 10 2 8
1956 35 TOT AL 1 0 32% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1956 35 BAL AL 1 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 CLE AL 0 0 33% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 75% 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
4 Seasons 7 0 35% 256 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 6 48% 36 23 12 5 3 2 26 8 18
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
1954 33 CLE AL 114 91% 30 19 5 1 1 1.51 4 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 50% 23 2 9% 14 4 29% 72 10 14% 7 3 43% 7 2 29% 0
1955 34 TOT AL 363 79% 86 30 12 0 5 1.53 7 1 9 5 2 6 1 0 4 3 75% 85 7 8% 42 12 29% 242 45 19% 27 14 52% 16 6 38% 0
1955 34 CLE AL 118 66% 31 6 2 0 1 1.44 6 1 4 4 2 5 1 0 0 0 25 1 4% 10 3 30% 80 16 20% 7 3 43% 4 2 50% 0
1955 34 BAL AL 245 85% 55 24 10 0 4 1.55 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 60 6 10% 32 9 28% 162 29 18% 20 11 55% 12 4 33% 0
1956 35 TOT AL 93 96% 20 13 2 0 2 1.39 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 0 0% 8 4 50% 39 5 13% 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 0
1956 35 BAL AL 21 100% 3 8 2 0 1 1.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 3 1 33% 12 2 17% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
1956 35 CLE AL 72 94% 17 5 0 0 1 1.70 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 3 60% 27 3 11% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 570 84% 146 62 19 1 8 1.50 12 1 14 9 2 10 1 0 7 5 71% 121 9 7% 64 20 31% 353 60 17% 37 20 54% 28 8 29% 0
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
1952 31 12 35 34 9 10 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 7 .294 .314 .471 .785 122 16 0 0 0
1953 32 12 35 34 9 10 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 7 .294 .314 .471 .785 122 16 0 0 0
1954 33 72 149 136 30 40 3 2 5 17 2 1 11 29 .294 .345 .456 .800 119 62 2 0 1 1
1955 34 193 512 462 68 126 16 6 12 69 7 3 39 94 .273 .331 .411 .742 103 190 9 3 4 4 3
1956 35 230 605 551 75 146 19 7 12 73 7 3 40 113 .265 .317 .390 .707 92 215 9 4 5 5 3

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
1952 31 13 38 37 11 12 1 1 1 5 0 1 7 .324 .342 .486 .829 6 12
1954 33 63 119 107 23 32 2 1 4 14 2 11 23 .299 .361 .449 .810 18 60
1955 34 126 383 346 41 95 14 4 8 57 6 31 68 .275 .337 .408 .744 47 121
1956 35 39 96 93 7 21 3 1 0 4 0 1 20 .226 .240 .280 .519 6 37
4 Seasons 241 636 583 82 160 20 7 13 80 8 44 118 .274 .327 .400 .727 77 230
162 Game Avg. 162 428 392 55 108 13 5 9 54 5 30 79 .274 .327 .400 .727 52 230

* 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

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 AL--65--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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