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Andy Seminick
Andrew Wasil Seminick

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 187 lb.

Debut September 14, 1943
Final Game September 21, 1957
Born September 12, 1920 in Pierce, WV
Died February 22, 2004 in Melbourne, FL

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 22 PHI NL  22   72    9   13   2  0   2    5   0      7  22  .181  .253  .292   60   21   3           0   3
 1944 23 PHI NL  22   63    9   14   2  1   0    4   2      6  17  .222  .300  .286   68   18   0           1   2
 1945 24 PHI NL  80  188   18   45   7  2   6   26   3     18  38  .239  .313  .394   98   74   1           2   5
 1946 25 PHI NL 124  406   55  107  15  5  12   52   2     39  86  .264  .334  .414  114  168   0           4  19
 1947 26 PHI NL 111  337   48   85  16  2  13   50   4     58  69  .252  .370  .427  115  144   5           5   9
 1948 27 PHI NL 125  391   49   88  11  3  13   44   4     58  68  .225  .328  .368   90  144   6           2  10
 1949 28 PHI NL 109  334   52   81  11  2  24   68   0     69  74  .243  .380  .503  138  168   3           5  10 AS
 1950 29 PHI NL 130  393   55  113  15  3  24   68   0     68  50  .288  .400  .524  143  206   0           6  12 MVP-14
 1951 30 PHI NL 101  291   42   66   8  1  11   37   1  0  63  67  .227  .370  .375  102  109   1           3   6
 1952 31 CIN NL 108  336   38   86  16  1  14   50   1  3  35  65  .256  .330  .435  110  146   1           2   7
 1953 32 CIN NL 119  387   46   91  12  0  19   64   2  2  49  82  .235  .323  .413   90  160   1           1  10
 1954 33 CIN NL  86  247   25   58   9  4   7   30   0  0  48  39  .235  .362  .389   95   96   1   1       2   8
 1955 34 TOT NL  99  304   33   73  12  1  12   35   1  2  32  62  .240  .325  .405   94  123   3   0   2   6   8
         CIN NL   6   15    1    2   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   3  .133  .133  .333   17    5   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  93  289   32   71  12  1  11   34   1  2  32  59  .246  .333  .408   98  118   3   0   2   6   8
 1956 35 PHI NL  60  161   16   32   3  1   7   23   3  0  31  38  .199  .332  .360   88   58   2   0   7   1   8
 1957 36 PHI NL   8   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .091  .167  .091  -27    1   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1304 3921  495  953 139 26 164  556  23  7 582 780  .243  .347  .417  107 1636  27   1   9  40 118
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        487   61  118  17  3  20   69   3  1  72  97  .243  .347  .417  107  203   3   0   1   5  15
 Career High    130  406   55  113  16  5  24   68   4  3  69  86  .288  .400  .524  143  206   6   1   7   6  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 22 PHI NL   82   65    5   2.1    86| .181  .260| .253  .328| .292  .353| .545  .681|  60  .236  -3.8  -0.4     
 1944 23 PHI NL   70   51    5   2.6    92| .222  .264| .300  .331| .286  .371| .586  .702|  68  .298  -2.6  -0.3     
 1945 24 PHI NL  209  149   23   4.1    94| .239  .270| .313  .339| .394  .372| .707  .711|  98  .484  -1.2  -0.1     
 1946 25 PHI NL  449  318   55   4.6    90| .264  .259| .334  .334| .414  .363| .748  .696| 114  .562   6.2   0.7     
 1947 26 PHI NL  405  266   52   5.2   102| .252  .269| .370  .344| .427  .399| .797  .743| 115  .552   9.0   0.9     
 1948 27 PHI NL  457  319   47   3.9   100| .225  .267| .328  .341| .368  .394| .696  .735|  90  .441  -5.3  -0.5     
 1949 28 PHI NL  411  266   63   6.3   101| .243  .267| .380  .340| .503  .399| .883  .739| 138  .645  19.4   1.9     
 1950 29 PHI NL  467  292   81   7.4   106| .288  .267| .400  .344| .524  .414| .924  .758| 143  .695  26.3   2.5     
 1951 30 PHI NL  358  232   40   4.6   102| .227  .266| .370  .340| .375  .403| .745  .743| 102  .512   3.2   0.3 100%
 1952 31 CIN NL  374  261   47   4.8    97| .256  .262| .330  .334| .435  .389| .765  .724| 110  .568   4.2   0.4  25%
 1953 32 CIN NL  438  309   51   4.4   110| .235  .274| .323  .345| .413  .427| .736  .773|  90  .454  -6.0  -0.6  50%
 1954 33 CIN NL  299  199   34   4.6   111| .235  .276| .362  .348| .389  .427| .751  .775|  95  .479  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1955 34 TOT NL  345  244   40   4.4   104| .240  .263| .325  .334| .405  .417| .730  .751|  94  .470  -2.7  -0.3  33%
         CIN NL   15   13    1   2.1   109| .133  .270| .133  .342| .333  .428| .466  .769|  17  .182  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         PHI NL  330  231   39   4.5   104| .246  .263| .333  .334| .408  .417| .741  .750|  98  .483  -0.7  -0.1  33%
 1956 35 PHI NL  195  139   19   3.6   101| .199  .262| .332  .328| .360  .413| .692  .741|  88  .408  -2.2  -0.2 100%
 1957 36 PHI NL   12   11    0   0.0   100| .091  .265| .167  .328| .091  .410| .258  .738| -27  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4571 3121  562   4.8   101| .243  .266| .347  .339| .417  .400| .764  .739| 107  .530  41.7   4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 22 PHI NL C 22 79 14 7 2 .930 .981 4.23 4.13 1 OF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.30 1 0 0 1944 23 PHI NL C 11 45 7 2 0 .963 .979 4.73 3.95 1 OF 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 .979 2.00 2.31 7 0 0 1945 24 PHI NL C 70 198 30 5 3 .979 .978 3.26 3.83 6 3B 4 2 9 4 0 .733 .940 2.75 2.98 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.30 1 0 0 1946 25 PHI NL C 118 461 61 14 12 .974 .980 4.42 4.24 5 1947 26 PHI NL C 107 438 53 11 6 .978 .981 4.59 4.37 17 1948 27 PHI NL C 124 541 74 22 8 .965 .980 4.96 4.41 13 1949 28 PHI NL C 98 411 54 12 6 .975 .982 4.74 4.39 13 AS 1950 29 PHI NL C 124 551 54 15 9 .976 .982 4.88 4.53 5 1951 30 PHI NL C 91 378 47 9 6 .979 .981 4.67 4.43 5 1952 31 CIN NL C 99 416 47 13 7 .973 .984 4.68 4.84 6 1953 32 CIN NL C 112 436 44 9 2 .982 .984 4.29 4.66 4 1954 33 CIN NL C 82 327 44 4 11 .989 .986 4.52 4.57 4 1955 34 TOT NL C 93 461 45 3 6 .994 .987 5.44 4.82 8 CIN NL C 5 26 0 0 0 1.000 .989 5.20 4.82 0 PHI NL C 88 435 45 3 6 .994 .987 5.45 4.82 8 1956 35 PHI NL C 54 266 23 7 2 .976 .985 5.35 5.01 6.08 5.83 49 427.7 1 9 22 10 1957 36 PHI NL C 8 22 1 0 0 1.000 .987 2.88 4.99 6.41 5.99 2 32.3 0 1 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 24 PHI NL 3B 4 2 9 4 0 .733 .940 2.75 2.98 1943 22 PHI NL C 22 79 14 7 2 .930 .981 4.23 4.13 1 1944 23 PHI NL C 11 45 7 2 0 .963 .979 4.73 3.95 1 1945 24 PHI NL C 70 198 30 5 3 .979 .978 3.26 3.83 6 1946 25 PHI NL C 118 461 61 14 12 .974 .980 4.42 4.24 5 1947 26 PHI NL C 107 438 53 11 6 .978 .981 4.59 4.37 17 1948 27 PHI NL C 124 541 74 22 8 .965 .980 4.96 4.41 13 1949 28 PHI NL C 98 411 54 12 6 .975 .982 4.74 4.39 13 1950 29 PHI NL C 124 551 54 15 9 .976 .982 4.88 4.53 5 1951 30 PHI NL C 91 378 47 9 6 .979 .981 4.67 4.43 5 1952 31 CIN NL C 99 416 47 13 7 .973 .984 4.68 4.84 6 1953 32 CIN NL C 112 436 44 9 2 .982 .984 4.29 4.66 4 1954 33 CIN NL C 82 327 44 4 11 .989 .986 4.52 4.57 4 1955 34 TOT NL C 93 461 45 3 6 .994 .987 5.44 4.82 8 CIN NL C 5 26 0 0 0 1.000 .989 5.20 4.82 0 PHI NL C 88 435 45 3 6 .994 .987 5.45 4.82 8 1956 35 PHI NL C 54 266 23 7 2 .976 .985 5.35 5.01 6.08 5.83 49 427.7 1 9 22 10 1957 36 PHI NL C 8 22 1 0 0 1.000 .987 2.88 4.99 6.41 5.99 2 32.3 0 1 1 0 1943 22 PHI NL OF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.30 1 0 0 1944 23 PHI NL OF 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 .979 2.00 2.31 7 0 0 1945 24 PHI NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.30 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C*1213 5030 598 133 80 .977 .982 4.64 4.49 51 460.0 89 10 23 10 OF 9 19 1 0 1 1.000 .980 2.22 2.31 9 0 0 3B 4 2 9 4 0 .733 .940 2.75 2.98 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1226 5051 608 137 81 .976 .982 4.62 4.47
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   4  11   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .182  .250  .182   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1949   PHI NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1949 (C)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-14-0.07
Car-983-0.07 shares

Home Runs
1949 NL-24-7

Strikeouts
1946 NL-86-2
1947 NL-69-6
1948 NL-68-5
1949 NL-74-3
1953 NL-82-10

Batting Wins
1949 NL-1.9-10

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-4-6
1947 NL-5-3
1949 NL-5-6
1950 NL-6-4
1955 NL-6-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 NL-19-1

At Bats per Home Run
1946 NL-33.8-5

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (636) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 23.0 (703) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

Before 1941 Season: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Before 1941 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Before 1942 Season: Returned to the Elizabethton (Appalachian) by the Brooklyn Dodgers after expiration of minor league working agreement.

September, 1943: Purchased by the Philadelphia Blue Jays from the Knoxville (Southern Association).

December 10, 1951: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Niles Jordan, Eddie Pellagrini, and Dick Sisler to the Cincinnati Reds for Connie Ryan, Smoky Burgess, and Howie Fox.

April 30, 1955: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Glen Gorbous and Jim Greengrass to the Philadelphia Phillies for Smoky Burgess, Steve Ridzik, and Stan Palys.

October 8, 1956: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 1, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

December 19, 1957: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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