Pete Runnels
James Edward Runnels
born James Edward Runnells
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, TX
High School: Lufkin (Lufkin, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1951
Final Game: May 14, 1964
Died: May 20, 1991 in Pasadena, 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% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 WSH AL 23 SS 73 353 159 176 18 41 .949 4.59 .961 4.72
1952 WSH AL 24 SS 147 745 314 406 25 97 .966 4.90 .962 4.29 MVP-23
1952 WSH AL 24 2B 1 9 5 4 0 2 1.000 9.00 .978 5.10 MVP-23
1953 WSH AL 25 SS 121 542 195 324 23 87 .958 4.29 .966 4.52
1953 WSH AL 25 2B 11 54 24 27 3 7 .944 4.64 .980 5.13
1954 WSH AL 26 SS 107 104 916.0 511 174 313 24 69 .953 -8.1 -10.6 -8.1 -2.2 -5.9 0 4.78 4.55 .960 5.00 4.31
1954 WSH AL 26 2B 27 27 236.2 154 90 59 5 23 .968 -2.0 -10.1 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 0 5.67 5.52 .976 5.37 4.84
1954 WSH AL 26 LF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1954 WSH AL 26 OF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1955 WSH AL 27 2B 132 129 1137.2 704 349 338 17 107 .976 -9.4 -9.9 -8.4 -5.6 -2.8 -1 5.43 5.20 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 WSH AL 27 SS 2 0 2.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 .967 4.95 4.05
1956 WSH AL 28 1B 81 79 698.0 746 693 49 4 73 .995 -0.7 -1.2 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 0 9.57 9.16 .990 9.43 7.99 MVP-17
1956 WSH AL 28 2B 69 65 558.2 366 179 177 10 56 .973 -1.9 -4.1 -1.9 -0.6 -1.2 0 5.74 5.16 .973 5.44 4.74 MVP-17
1956 WSH AL 28 SS 3 0 6.0 6 3 3 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -120.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 .967 4.95 4.10 MVP-17
1957 WSH AL 29 1B 72 70 603.0 663 616 44 3 59 .995 -0.4 -0.8 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 1 9.85 9.17 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 WSH AL 29 3B 32 32 284.1 107 31 73 3 12 .972 0.9 3.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 1 3.29 3.25 .950 3.23 2.77
1957 WSH AL 29 2B 23 17 164.0 97 52 43 2 13 .979 -5.3 -38.8 -4.3 -3.2 -1.1 -1 5.21 4.13 .980 5.39 4.84
1958 BOS AL 30 2B 106 106 935.1 596 267 320 9 88 .985 3.0 3.8 5.0 4.7 0.3 -2 5.65 5.54 .978 5.26 4.68 MVP-10
1958 BOS AL 30 1B 42 40 353.1 381 364 15 2 41 .995 1.3 4.4 1.3 0.9 0.4 0 9.65 9.02 .991 9.60 8.47 MVP-10
1959 BOS AL 31 2B 101 101 872.1 555 273 272 10 82 .982 0.4 0.6 0.4 -1.2 1.6 0 5.62 5.40 .976 5.29 4.73 AS,MVP-26
1959 BOS AL 31 1B 44 42 363.1 415 387 28 0 48 1.000 4.9 16.2 4.9 1.4 3.5 0 10.28 9.43 .990 9.84 8.27 AS,MVP-26
1959 BOS AL 31 SS 9 1 25.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 3.60 1.11 .960 4.86 3.97 AS,MVP-26
1960 BOS AL 32 2B 129 127 1018.2 643 274 360 9 99 .986 9.1 10.7 8.1 6.6 1.5 1 5.60 4.91 .979 5.46 4.66 AS,MVP-17
1960 BOS AL 32 1B 57 7 148.2 154 142 11 1 15 .994 1.1 8.9 1.1 1.5 -0.4 0 9.26 2.68 .991 9.58 8.04 AS,MVP-17
1960 BOS AL 32 3B 3 3 26.0 11 4 6 1 0 .909 -0.6 -27.7 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 3.46 3.33 .955 3.15 2.73 AS,MVP-17
1961 BOS AL 33 1B 113 75 735.0 755 701 50 4 92 .995 -3.4 -5.6 -3.4 -4.4 1.1 0 9.20 6.65 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 BOS AL 33 3B 11 11 82.0 39 8 29 2 0 .949 2.4 35.1 2.4 0.5 1.9 0 4.06 3.36 .951 3.18 2.79
1961 BOS AL 33 2B 7 2 23.0 17 6 11 0 5 1.000 1.0 52.2 0.0 -0.3 0.3 1 6.65 2.43 .976 5.24 4.71
1961 BOS AL 33 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.40
1962 BOS AL 34 1B 151 151 1344.0 1423 1309 104 10 125 .993 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1 9.46 9.36 .990 6.70 6.62 AS,MVP-18
1963 HOU NL 35 1B 70 65 554.1 570 526 40 4 31 .993 0.4 0.9 0.4 -3.1 3.5 0 9.19 8.09 .989 9.81 8.36
1963 HOU NL 35 2B 36 33 268.1 130 64 64 2 18 .985 -1.8 -8.0 -1.8 -0.9 -0.9 0 4.29 3.56 .974 5.21 4.59
1963 HOU NL 35 3B 3 3 26.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.0 46.2 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 3.46 3.33 .940 2.94 2.53
1964 HOU NL 36 1B 14 13 115.1 145 138 5 2 8 .986 -1.0 -10.4 -1.0 -1.0 -0.1 0 11.16 10.21 .990 10.02 8.83
9 Seasons 1B 644 542 4915.0 5252 4876 346 30 492 .994 3.3 0.8 1.3 -4.0 5.3 2 9.56 8.11 .990 8.82 7.88
11 Seasons 2B 642 607 5214.2 3325 1583 1675 67 500 .980 -6.9 -1.6 -4.9 -1.7 -3.1 -2 5.62 5.07 .977 5.35 4.75
8 Seasons SS 463 105 951.0 2170 848 1231 91 297 .958 -9.5 -12.0 -9.5 -2.3 -7.1 0 19.68 4.49 .963 5.00 4.41
4 Seasons 3B 49 49 418.1 167 46 115 6 13 .964 3.7 10.6 2.7 0.4 2.3 1 3.46 3.29 .950 3.20 2.76
1 Season LF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1 Season OF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
14 Seasons TOT 1799 1303 11499.2 10914 7353 3367 194 1302 .982 -9.4 -1.0 -10.4 -7.6 -2.6 0 1 8.39 5.96 .962 6.73 5.73
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 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
1951 WSH AL 23 78 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0
1952 WSH AL 24 152 152 152 0 0 0 1 0 147 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 25 137 137 137 0 0 0 11 0 121 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 26 139 131 139 139 0 0 0 27 0 107 1 0 0 1 6 0
1955 WSH AL 27 134 129 134 134 0 0 0 132 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 WSH AL 28 147 144 147 147 0 0 81 69 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 WSH AL 29 134 119 134 134 0 0 72 23 32 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1958 BOS AL 30 147 146 147 147 0 0 42 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 BOS AL 31 147 144 147 147 0 0 44 101 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 BOS AL 32 143 137 143 143 0 0 57 129 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 BOS AL 33 143 88 143 143 0 0 113 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 31 6
1962 BOS AL 34 152 151 152 152 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 HOU NL 35 124 101 124 124 0 0 70 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1964 HOU NL 36 22 13 22 22 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
14 Seasons 1799 1303 1799 1799 0 0 644 642 49 463 1 0 0 1 92 7
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 WSH AL 28 3276 65% 79% 25% 164 95% 0 694 60 629 6 55 47 32 7 0 3 4 1 2 1 3 74 0 1 0 64 2 10 1 8 15 80%
1957 WSH AL 29 2763 65% 79% 26% 136 96% 0 602 52 542 8 43 45 24 12 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 58 5 1 1 53 7 5 1 3 8 88%
1958 BOS AL 30 1545 64% 79% 27% 76 97% 0 363 15 346 2 45 15 9 5 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 40 0 2 0 35 2 5 1 4 5 80%
1959 BOS AL 31 1588 66% 77% 27% 84 98% 0 379 23 351 5 35 27 16 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 48 2 0 0 43 2 5 2 3 6 100%
1960 BOS AL 32 656 64% 75% 26% 40 95% 0 142 10 130 1 19 10 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 16 1 0 0 14 1 2 1 1 1 100%
1961 BOS AL 33 3272 63% 76% 24% 168 96% 0 699 57 639 4 62 49 31 12 0 3 4 1 3 0 3 91 5 0 0 85 5 6 0 6 17 94%
1962 BOS AL 34 6020 57% 75% 25% 298 96% 1 1301 73 1214 14 125 100 69 23 2 6 10 1 8 1 4 125 7 1 4 118 13 7 3 4 21 86%
1963 HOU NL 35 2443 54% 79% 26% 147 95% 0 525 39 476 11 62 43 37 2 0 3 5 1 3 1 1 33 1 0 1 30 2 3 0 3 11 100%
1964 HOU NL 36 480 53% 78% 31% 24 92% 0 137 4 131 2 12 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 100%
9 Seasons 22043 61% 77% 25% 1137 96% 1 4842 333 4458 53 458 342 228 72 3 24 31 5 23 3 17 493 21 5 6 450 34 43 9 32 87 90%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 WSH AL 26 979 71% 81% 24% 82 94% 2 87 33 39 15 59 48 8 0 0 5 0 2 3 1 24 7 6 3 3 20 6 13 3 2 0
1955 WSH AL 27 5220 68% 79% 24% 408 91% 1 349 115 174 60 336 276 48 1 4 17 0 15 2 10 107 44 19 26 3 97 29 66 7 3 3
1956 WSH AL 28 2647 69% 77% 25% 207 91% 2 179 48 94 37 175 135 34 1 4 10 0 9 1 8 56 20 8 15 3 48 18 29 6 2 4
1957 WSH AL 29 768 64% 79% 24% 49 90% 0 51 12 26 13 43 35 6 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 13 6 3 2 0 11 2 9 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 30 4095 66% 79% 29% 357 94% 2 265 82 139 44 317 265 47 1 3 9 3 5 1 5 89 35 22 22 0 85 23 59 3 2 1
1959 BOS AL 31 3872 66% 78% 27% 341 95% 1 275 109 122 44 267 221 40 1 8 10 0 8 2 9 80 27 12 24 5 71 30 41 8 3 4
1960 BOS AL 32 4604 67% 78% 26% 393 94% 3 282 91 147 44 349 280 53 2 7 9 1 3 5 3 98 32 23 26 4 92 30 59 5 4 0
1961 BOS AL 33 113 73% 79% 24% 9 89% 0 6 1 4 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
1963 HOU NL 35 1099 58% 78% 28% 88 92% 0 64 24 30 10 67 62 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 16 9 0 4 1 15 5 10 1 0 1
9 Seasons 23397 67% 79% 26% 1934 93% 11 1558 515 775 268 1624 1331 243 6 29 64 4 45 15 39 488 181 95 124 19 444 145 289 33 16 13
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 WSH AL 26 4096 69% 81% 26% 401 89% 4 177 84 70 24 312 218 80 3 5 24 1 18 5 18 69 35 1 12 10 1 61 36 24 5 2 2
1955 WSH AL 27 11 45% 73% 36% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WSH AL 28 32 53% 81% 28% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 31 105 77% 84% 34% 8 100% 0 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 33 11 64% 91% 9% 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
5 Seasons 4255 69% 81% 26% 413 89% 4 183 86 74 24 323 226 83 3 5 25 1 19 5 18 72 36 1 14 10 1 64 37 26 5 2 2
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1957 WSH AL 29 1266 64% 79% 27% 107 90% 1 31 27 2 2 73 54 15 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 12 10 1 12 0 0 0 4 25%
1960 BOS AL 32 113 82% 83% 26% 13 77% 0 4 4 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 33 365 70% 80% 30% 38 87% 0 8 5 1 2 27 25 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33%
1963 HOU NL 35 112 46% 74% 30% 9 100% 1 3 2 1 0 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1856 65% 79% 28% 167 89% 2 46 38 4 4 113 90 18 1 3 6 0 4 2 4 13 10 2 13 0 0 0 7 29%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 60%

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%
1954 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 6 83% 83% 33% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 6 83% 83% 33% 1 0%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* 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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