Earl Torgeson
Clifford Earl Torgeson (The Earl Of Snohomish)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 1, 1924 in Snohomish, WA
High School: Snohomish (Snohomish, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: August 23, 1961
Died: November 8, 1990 in Everett, WA
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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BSN NL 23 1B 117 1127 1033 76 18 83 .984 9.48 .991 8.55
1948 BSN NL 24 1B 129 1158 1069 81 8 85 .993 8.91 .990 7.75
1949 BSN NL 25 1B 25 253 242 8 3 21 .988 10.00 .991 8.98 MVP-27
1950 BSN NL 26 1B 156 1496 1365 110 21 126 .986 9.46 .990 6.41 MVP-27
1951 BSN NL 27 1B 155 1454 1330 107 17 137 .988 9.27 .989 6.45
1952 BSN NL 28 1B 105 1015 931 73 11 86 .989 9.56 .990 9.17
1952 BSN NL 28 OF 5 6 4 1 1 0 .833 1.00 .983 2.10 2-0-3
1953 PHI NL 29 1B 105 994 916 65 13 83 .987 9.34 .990 9.17
1954 PHI NL 30 1B 133 131 1164.1 1232 1146 74 12 103 .990 2.9 3.0 2.9 4.5 -1.6 0 9.43 9.17 .991 7.73 7.52
1955 TOT MLB 31 1B 126 123 1092.4 1131 1044 79 8 106 .993 7.1 7.8 7.1 3.0 4.1 0 9.25 8.91 .991 9.69 8.48
1955 PHI NL 31 1B 43 43 374.2 377 349 26 2 27 .995 3.8 12.2 3.8 1.7 2.1 0 9.01 8.72 .991 9.79 9.09
1955 DET AL 31 1B 83 80 717.2 754 695 53 6 79 .992 3.3 5.5 3.3 1.3 2.0 0 9.38 9.01 .991 9.63 8.17
1956 DET AL 32 1B 83 75 680.1 660 623 32 5 62 .992 -2.7 -4.8 -2.7 -1.0 -1.6 0 8.66 7.89 .990 9.43 7.99
1957 TOT AL 33 1B 87 71 665.0 747 710 36 1 83 .999 -1.3 -2.3 -1.3 -2.8 1.5 0 10.10 8.57 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 DET AL 33 1B 17 9 103.2 105 98 7 0 11 1.000 -1.6 -18.5 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 0 9.12 6.18 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 CHW AL 33 1B 70 62 561.1 642 612 29 1 72 .998 0.3 0.6 0.3 -2.0 2.3 0 10.28 9.16 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 CHW AL 33 OF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1957 CHW AL 33 RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
1958 CHW AL 34 1B 73 45 462.0 511 470 30 11 54 .978 -0.9 -2.3 0.1 0.6 -0.5 -1 9.74 6.85 .991 9.60 8.47
1959 CHW AL 35 1B 103 68 710.0 767 717 37 13 58 .983 -2.7 -4.6 -1.7 -3.0 1.3 -1 9.56 7.32 .990 9.84 8.27
1960 CHW AL 36 1B 10 4 44.0 59 54 4 1 3 .983 0.9 24.5 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 11.86 5.80 .992 9.57 8.04
1961 TOT AL 37 1B 9 3 37.0 33 30 2 1 7 .970 -0.3 -9.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.78 3.56 .991 9.44 8.29
1961 CHW AL 37 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 8.30
1961 NYY AL 37 1B 8 3 36.0 32 29 2 1 7 .969 -0.3 -10.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.75 3.88 .991 9.45 8.29
15 Seasons 1B 1416 520 4855.0 12637 11680 814 143 1097 .989 3.0 0.7 5.0 1.3 3.8 -2 23.16 8.82 .990 9.19 7.93
2 Seasons OF 6 0 4.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 11.25 0.83 .983 2.25 2.08 2-0-4
1 Season (incomplete) RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
15 Seasons TOT 1422 520 4859.0 12643 11684 815 144 1097 .989 2.8 0.7 4.8 1.1 3.8 0 -2 23.15 8.79 .979 9.18 7.91 2-0-4
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 LF-CF-RF 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
1947 BSN NL 23 128 128 128 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BSN NL 24 134 134 134 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BSN NL 25 25 25 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BSN NL 26 156 156 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 27 155 155 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 28 122 122 122 0 0 105 0 0 0 2 0 3 5
1953 PHI NL 29 111 111 111 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 30 135 131 135 135 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1955 DET AL 31 89 80 89 89 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1955 PHI NL 31 47 43 47 47 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 DET AL 32 117 75 117 117 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6
1957 CHW AL 33 86 62 86 86 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 2
1957 DET AL 33 30 9 30 30 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
1958 CHW AL 34 96 45 96 96 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 9
1959 CHW AL 35 127 68 127 127 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 9
1960 CHW AL 36 68 4 68 68 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 1
1961 NYY AL 37 22 3 22 22 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
1961 CHW AL 37 20 0 20 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
15 Seasons 1668 520 1668 1668 0 0 1416 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 234 35
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 -- 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%
1954 PHI NL 30 4607 64% 83% 25% 247 94% 1 1035 54 965 14 115 68 44 17 1 6 10 2 8 0 6 90 5 0 0 79 6 11 3 7 26 77%
1955 DET AL 31 3166 60% 80% 25% 174 91% 1 699 37 658 3 75 53 30 17 1 2 6 0 5 1 3 79 1 2 2 69 5 10 3 7 9 56%
1955 PHI NL 31 1574 64% 77% 24% 82 96% 0 335 21 310 4 39 22 17 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 26 0 0 0 21 1 5 0 4 5 100%
1956 DET AL 32 3138 63% 76% 22% 136 95% 1 625 45 571 9 55 34 18 8 0 2 5 0 5 0 4 63 0 2 0 58 3 5 2 3 5 100%
1957 CHW AL 33 2386 72% 82% 29% 103 96% 0 611 36 571 3 37 28 14 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 74 3 0 1 68 4 6 0 6 6 83%
1957 DET AL 33 468 67% 77% 23% 16 94% 0 97 7 89 1 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 4 75%
1958 CHW AL 34 2006 64% 79% 27% 106 87% 5 473 21 442 9 45 31 15 8 2 3 11 0 11 0 10 53 2 0 0 43 2 10 1 9 5 60%
1959 CHW AL 35 3040 64% 78% 27% 136 88% 0 715 24 680 11 61 37 29 6 1 2 13 0 11 2 9 58 1 0 0 55 1 3 0 3 6 83%
1960 CHW AL 36 177 61% 86% 37% 10 100% 0 55 1 55 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 37 146 63% 75% 23% 6 83% 0 29 1 28 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
1961 CHW AL 37 4 25% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 20712 64% 80% 26% 1016 93% 8 4675 247 4370 54 437 285 177 72 5 19 50 3 43 4 36 464 12 4 3 411 22 53 10 41 66 77%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1957 CHW AL 33 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 0 0 15 60% 87% 27% 1 0%
1 Season 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 0 0 15 60% 87% 27% 1 0%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* 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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