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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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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
1951 23 WSH AL 78 307 273 31 76 12 2 0 25 0 3 31 24 .278 .354 .337 .691 89 92 5 1 2 6
1952 24 WSH AL 152 632 555 70 158 18 3 1 64 0 10 72 55 .285 .368 .333 .701 99 185 14 1 4 *6/4 MVP-23
1953 25 WSH AL 137 559 486 64 125 15 5 2 50 3 4 64 36 .257 .347 .321 .668 83 156 18 3 6 *64
1954 26 WSH AL 139 570 488 75 131 17 15 3 56 2 3 78 60 .268 .368 .383 .751 112 187 10 0 2 2 *64/7
1955 27 WSH AL 134 567 503 66 143 16 4 2 49 3 9 55 51 .284 .353 .344 .697 91 173 14 1 4 4 2 *4/6
1956 28 WSH AL 147 646 578 72 179 29 9 8 76 5 5 58 64 .310 .372 .433 .805 116 250 18 2 4 4 2 34/6 MVP-17
1957 29 WSH AL 134 536 473 53 109 18 4 2 35 2 3 55 51 .230 .310 .298 .608 69 141 7 2 1 5 5 354
1958 30 BOS AL 147 666 568 103 183 32 5 8 59 1 2 87 49 .322 .416 .438 .854 130 249 15 6 2 3 0 *43 MVP-10
1959 31 BOS AL 147 661 560 95 176 33 6 6 57 6 5 95 48 .314 .415 .427 .841 129 239 17 1 5 0 1 43/6 AS,MVP-26
1960 32 BOS AL 143 613 528 80 169 29 2 2 35 5 2 71 51 .320 .401 .394 .795 114 208 16 2 9 3 2 *43/5 AS,MVP-17
1961 33 BOS AL 143 414 360 49 114 20 3 3 38 5 1 46 32 .317 .396 .414 .810 116 149 12 3 2 3 2 *35/46
1962 34 BOS AL 152 650 562 80 183 33 5 10 60 3 4 79 57 .326 .408 .456 .863 130 256 5 3 0 6 11 *3 AS,MVP-18
1963 35 HOU NL 124 447 388 35 98 9 1 2 23 2 0 45 42 .253 .332 .296 .628 88 115 20 3 7 4 2 34/5
1964 36 HOU NL 22 60 51 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 7 .196 .305 .216 .521 53 11 3 0 1 0 1 3
14 Seasons 1799 7328 6373 876 1854 282 64 49 630 37 51 844 627 .291 .375 .378 .753 107 2411 174 28 49 34 28
162 Game Avg. 162 660 574 79 167 25 6 4 57 3 5 76 56 .291 .375 .378 .753 107 217 16 3 4
WSH (7 yrs) 921 3817 3356 431 921 125 42 18 355 15 37 413 341 .274 .354 .353 .707 95 1184 86 10 23 15 9
BOS (5 yrs) 732 3004 2578 407 825 147 21 29 249 20 14 378 237 .320 .408 .427 .835 124 1101 65 15 18 15 16
HOU (2 yrs) 146 507 439 38 108 10 1 2 26 2 0 53 49 .246 .329 .287 .616 84 126 23 3 8 4 3
AL (12 yrs) 1653 6821 5934 838 1746 272 63 47 604 35 51 791 578 .294 .378 .385 .763 108 2285 151 25 41 30 25
NL (2 yrs) 146 507 439 38 108 10 1 2 26 2 0 53 49 .246 .329 .287 .616 84 126 23 3 8 4 3

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2 (1B)
1960-1 (2B)
1960-2 (2B)
1962-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (23, 2%)
1956 AL (17, 7%)
1958 AL (10, 9%)
1959 AL (26, 1%)
1960 AL (17, 5%)
1962 AL (18, 3%)
0.27 Career Shares (628th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 AL  .322 (2nd)
1959 AL  .314 (3rd)
1960 AL  .320 (1st)
1962 AL  .326 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 AL  .416 (3rd)
1959 AL  .415 (2nd)
1960 AL  .401 (3rd)
1962 AL  .408 (4th)
Career  .375 (216th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 AL  .854 (9th)
1962 AL  .863 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL  152 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1956 AL  578 (5th)
1958 AL  568 (6th)
1959 AL  560 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1956 AL  646 (10th)
1958 AL  666 (4th)
1959 AL  661 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL  103 (2nd)
1959 AL  95 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1956 AL  179 (6th)
1958 AL  183 (4th)
1959 AL  176 (3rd)
1960 AL  169 (4th)
1962 AL  183 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1956 AL  29 (4th)
1958 AL  32 (4th)
1959 AL  33 (4th)
1960 AL  29 (10th)
1962 AL  33 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL  15 (2nd)
1956 AL  9 (7th)
1959 AL  6 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  72 (9th)
1954 AL  78 (10th)
1958 AL  87 (4th)
1959 AL  95 (2nd)
1960 AL  71 (9th)
Career  844 (199th)

Singles s c a p y
1952 AL  136 (2nd)
1955 AL  121 (8th)
1956 AL  133 (3rd)
1958 AL  138 (2nd)
1959 AL  131 (3rd)
1960 AL  136 (3rd)
1962 AL  135 (5th)
Career  1459 (219th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL  130 (9th)
1962 AL  130 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 AL  107 (5th)
1959 AL  102 (6th)
1962 AL  110 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  29 (9th)
1959 AL  27 (9th)
1962 AL  28 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  2.9 (9th)
1959 AL  2.7 (9th)
1962 AL  2.8 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1958 AL  276 (2nd)
1959 AL  272 (2nd)
1960 AL  242 (4th)
1962 AL  265 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 AL  .711 (6th)
1959 AL  .682 (6th)
1962 AL  .714 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  9 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  11 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  18 (7th)
1956 AL  18 (7th)
1959 AL  17 (5th)
1963 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  174 (153rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 AL  10 (3rd)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)
1956 AL  5 (9th)
1959 AL  5 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1958 AL  11.6 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 AL  430 (7th)
1959 AL  411 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 64 (383), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 45 (412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (475), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Claude Ritchey (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Claude Ritchey (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Offerman (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Offerman (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Heinie Groh (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Heinie Groh (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September, 1950: Purchased by the Washington Senators from Texarkana (Big State) for $12,500.

January 23, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Albie Pearson and Norm Zauchin.

November 26, 1962: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45's for Roman Mejias.

May 19, 1964: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

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