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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 (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: August 23, 1961
Died: November 8, 1990 in Everett, WA
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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
1947 23 BSN NL 128 484 399 73 112 20 6 16 78 11 82 59 .281 .403 .481 .885 136 192 6 0 3 *3
1948 24 BSN NL 134 531 438 70 111 23 5 10 67 19 81 54 .253 .372 .397 .770 109 174 7 2 10 *3
1949 25 BSN NL 25 113 100 17 26 5 1 4 19 4 13 4 .260 .345 .450 .795 116 45 3 0 0 3 MVP-27
1950 26 BSN NL 156 704 576 120 167 30 3 23 87 15 119 69 .290 .412 .472 .885 138 272 10 1 8 *3 MVP-27
1951 27 BSN NL 155 690 581 99 153 21 4 24 92 20 11 102 70 .263 .375 .437 .812 125 254 18 2 5 *3
1952 28 BSN NL 122 471 382 49 88 17 0 5 34 11 7 81 38 .230 .366 .314 .681 93 120 8 1 7 *3/O
1953 29 PHI NL 111 437 379 58 104 25 8 11 64 7 1 53 57 .274 .366 .470 .836 117 178 7 2 3 *3
1954 30 PHI NL 135 582 490 63 133 22 6 5 54 7 1 75 52 .271 .364 .371 .736 94 182 13 0 11 6 *3
1955 31 TOT MLB 136 553 450 87 125 15 4 10 67 11 3 93 49 .278 .396 .396 .791 115 178 11 0 2 8 3 *3
1955 31 PHI NL 47 184 150 29 40 5 3 1 17 2 3 32 20 .267 .393 .360 .753 104 54 5 0 1 1 1 3
1955 31 DET AL 89 369 300 58 85 10 1 9 50 9 0 61 29 .283 .397 .413 .810 121 124 6 0 1 7 2 3
1956 32 DET AL 117 400 318 61 84 9 3 12 42 6 4 78 47 .264 .406 .425 .831 119 135 5 0 1 3 0 3
1957 33 TOT AL 116 369 301 58 86 13 3 8 51 7 3 61 54 .286 .403 .429 .831 127 129 9 0 4 3 0 3/9
1957 33 DET AL 30 62 50 5 12 2 1 1 5 0 0 12 10 .240 .387 .380 .767 109 19 1 0 0 0 0 3
1957 33 CHW AL 86 307 251 53 74 11 2 7 46 7 3 49 44 .295 .406 .438 .844 131 110 8 0 4 3 0 3/9
1958 34 CHW AL 96 236 188 37 50 8 0 10 30 7 2 48 29 .266 .415 .468 .883 145 88 7 0 0 0 1 3
1959 35 CHW AL 127 344 277 40 61 5 3 9 45 7 6 62 55 .220 .359 .357 .716 99 99 7 0 1 4 1 *3
1960 36 CHW AL 68 78 57 12 15 2 0 2 9 1 0 21 8 .263 .462 .404 .865 137 23 0 0 0 0 2 3
1961 37 TOT AL 42 45 33 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 8 .091 .311 .091 .402 15 3 2 0 0 1 0 /3
1961 37 CHW AL 20 19 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .067 .211 .067 .277 -21 1 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1961 37 NYY AL 22 26 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 .111 .385 .111 .496 43 2 1 0 0 0 0 /3
15 Seasons 1668 6037 4969 848 1318 215 46 149 740 133 39 980 653 .265 .385 .417 .802 117 2072 113 8 55 25 7
162 Game Avg. 162 586 483 82 128 21 4 14 72 13 95 63 .265 .385 .417 .802 117 201 11 1 5
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
BSN (6 yrs) 720 2993 2476 428 657 116 19 82 377 80 18 478 294 .265 .385 .427 .812 122 1057 52 6 33
CHW (5 yrs) 397 984 788 143 201 26 5 28 131 22 11 183 141 .255 .392 .407 .800 120 321 23 0 5 8 4
PHI (3 yrs) 293 1203 1019 150 277 52 17 17 135 16 5 160 129 .272 .370 .406 .776 104 414 25 2 15 7 1
DET (3 yrs) 236 831 668 124 181 21 5 22 97 15 4 151 86 .271 .400 .416 .817 119 278 12 0 2 10 2
NYY (1 yr) 22 26 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 .111 .385 .111 .496 43 2 1 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 655 1841 1474 270 384 47 10 50 228 37 16 342 230 .261 .396 .408 .804 119 601 36 0 7 18 6
NL (9 yrs) 1013 4196 3495 578 934 168 36 99 512 96 23 638 423 .267 .381 .421 .802 117 1471 77 8 48 7 1

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
1948 24 BSN NL WS CLE L 5 20 18 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 .389 .450 .556 1.006 10 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 CHW AL WS LAD L 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 22 19 3 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .368 .455 .526 .981 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 22 19 3 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .368 .455 .526 .981 10 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-NL-27-1%
1950-NL-27-2%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 NL--.412--5th
Career--.385--133rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1950 NL--.885--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL--156--3rd
1951 NL--155--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 NL--704--1st
1951 NL--690--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 NL--120--1st
1951 NL--99--7th

Hits s c a p y
1950 NL--167--10th

Triples s c a p y
1953 NL--8--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--24--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 NL--92--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 NL--82--10th
1948 NL--81--4th
1950 NL--119--3rd
1951 NL--102--4th
1952 NL--81--7th
1954 NL--75--10th
Career--980--116th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 NL--70--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 NL--11--5th
1948 NL--19--5th
1950 NL--15--4th
1951 NL--20--4th
1952 NL--11--7th
1955 AL--9--6th
1958 AL--7--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 NL--138--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 NL--112--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 NL--24--10th
1950 NL--38--5th
1951 NL--24--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 NL--2.3--10th
1950 NL--3.7--5th
1951 NL--2.3--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 NL--287--2nd
1951 NL--257--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 NL--.673--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL--10--6th
1954 NL--11--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL--7--5th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 NL--18--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL--11--2nd
1952 NL--7--7th
1959 AL--6--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 NL--13.0--2nd
1948 NL--13.1--4th
1950 NL--18.2--3rd
1951 NL--21.8--2nd
1955 AL--9.0--8th
Career--140.5--197th

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 NL--462--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (593), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 46 (533), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1377), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 5, 1946: Traded by Seattle (PCL) to the Boston Braves for . The Boston Braves sent Tony York (August 30, 1946) and Bill Ramsey (August 30, 1946) to Seattle (PCL) to complete the trade.

February 16, 1953: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Milwaukee Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Milwaukee Braves sent cash to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds sent Joe Adcock to the Milwaukee Braves. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to the Milwaukee Braves. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Rocky Bridges to the Cincinnati Reds. The Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to the Milwaukee Braves. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 15, 1955: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 14, 1957: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Dave Philley.

June 17, 1961: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

June 17, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

September 2, 1961: Released by the New York Yankees.

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