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Hal Trosky
Harold Arthur Trosky Sr.
born Harold Arthur Trojovsky

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 207 lb.

Debut September 11, 1933
Final Game September 27, 1946
Born November 11, 1912 in Norway, IA
Died June 18, 1979 in Cedar Rapids, IA

Father of Hal Trosky

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 20 CLE AL  11   44    6   13   1  2   1    8   0  0   2  12  .295  .340  .477  110   21   0           1    
 1934 21 CLE AL 154  625  117  206  45  9  35  142   2  2  58  49  .330  .388  .598  151  374   0           2     MVP-7
 1935 22 CLE AL 154  632   84  171  33  7  26  113   1  2  46  60  .271  .321  .468  100  296   1           1    
 1936 23 CLE AL 151  629  124  216  45  9  42  162   6  5  36  58  .343  .382  .644  146  405   3           3     MVP-10
 1937 24 CLE AL 153  601  104  179  36  9  32  128   3  1  65  60  .298  .367  .547  129  329   3           1    
 1938 25 CLE AL 150  554  106  185  40  9  19  110   5  1  67  40  .334  .407  .542  137  300   4           1     MVP-13
 1939 26 CLE AL 122  448   89  150  31  4  25  104   2  3  52  28  .335  .405  .589  154  264  10           1   6 MVP-30
 1940 27 CLE AL 140  522   85  154  39  4  25   93   1  2  79  45  .295  .392  .529  139  276   3           4   5
 1941 28 CLE AL  89  310   43   91  17  0  11   51   1  2  44  21  .294  .383  .455  126  141   0           1   6
 1944 31 CHW AL 135  497   55  120  32  2  10   70   3  2  62  30  .241  .327  .374  101  186   0           1  15
 1946 33 CHW AL  88  299   22   76  12  3   2   31   4  3  34  37  .254  .330  .334   89  100   1           0  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1347 5161  835 1561 331 58 228 1012  28 23 545 440  .302  .371  .522  130 2692  25   0   0  16  43
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        621  100  188  40  7  27  122   3  3  66  53  .302  .371  .522  130  324   3   0   0   2   5
 Career High    154  632  124  216  45  9  42  162   6  5  79  60  .343  .407  .644  154  405  10   0   0   4  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 20 CLE AL   47   31    7   6.1   110| .295  .287| .340  .359| .477  .413| .817  .772| 110  .609   0.2   0.0   0%
 1934 21 CLE AL  685  421  144   9.1   112| .330  .288| .388  .362| .598  .415| .986  .777| 151  .749  44.1   4.1  50%
 1935 22 CLE AL  680  464   94   5.4   113| .271  .290| .321  .363| .468  .419| .789  .782| 100  .535  -4.4  -0.4  33%
 1936 23 CLE AL  671  421  152   9.6   124| .343  .302| .382  .379| .644  .444|1.026  .823| 146  .732  39.2   3.5  54%
 1937 24 CLE AL  670  426  121   7.5   115| .298  .287| .367  .362| .547  .428| .914  .790| 129  .658  24.0   2.2  75%
 1938 25 CLE AL  626  374  122   8.6   116| .334  .288| .407  .366| .542  .429| .949  .795| 137  .709  32.2   2.9  83%
 1939 26 CLE AL  511  317  106   8.9   111| .335  .283| .405  .357| .589  .418| .994  .775| 154  .736  36.0   3.3  40%
 1940 27 CLE AL  608  378  106   7.4   108| .295  .276| .392  .348| .529  .418| .921  .766| 139  .678  32.2   3.0  33%
 1941 28 CLE AL  355  227   53   6.2   102| .294  .269| .383  .345| .455  .397| .838  .742| 126  .624  12.6   1.2  33%
 1944 31 CHW AL  560  394   60   4.1    91| .241  .267| .327  .333| .374  .364| .701  .698| 101  .509   1.6   0.2  60%
 1946 33 CHW AL  334  238   33   3.7    92| .254  .259| .330  .333| .334  .372| .664  .705|  89  .447  -3.8  -0.4  57%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5747 3691  998   7.2   110| .302  .283| .371  .357| .522  .414| .893  .771| 130  .663 214.1  19.6  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 20 CLE AL 1B 11 91 4 1 6 .990 .989 8.64 9.87 1934 21 CLE AL 1B 154 1487 86 22 145 .986 .991 10.21 6.49 1935 22 CLE AL 1B 153 1567 88 11 129 .993 .992 10.82 6.54 1936 23 CLE AL 1B 151 1367 85 22 126 .985 .991 9.62 6.62 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 1937 24 CLE AL 1B 152 1403 76 10 131 .993 .991 9.73 6.58 1938 25 CLE AL 1B 148 1232 102 10 121 .993 .990 9.01 6.76 1939 26 CLE AL 1B 118 1004 97 9 97 .992 .990 9.33 8.47 1940 27 CLE AL 1B 139 1207 70 11 129 .991 .989 9.19 7.19 1941 28 CLE AL 1B 85 727 54 9 77 .989 .990 9.19 9.64 1944 31 CHW AL 1B 130 1310 57 9 122 .993 .990 10.52 7.69 1946 33 CHW AL 1B 80 729 33 7 63 .991 .989 9.53 9.24
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 20 CLE AL 1B 11 91 4 1 6 .990 .989 8.64 9.87 1934 21 CLE AL 1B 154 1487 86 22 145 .986 .991 10.21 6.49 1935 22 CLE AL 1B 153 1567 88 11 129 .993 .992 10.82 6.54 1936 23 CLE AL 1B 151 1367 85 22 126 .985 .991 9.62 6.62 1937 24 CLE AL 1B 152 1403 76 10 131 .993 .991 9.73 6.58 1938 25 CLE AL 1B 148 1232 102 10 121 .993 .990 9.01 6.76 1939 26 CLE AL 1B 118 1004 97 9 97 .992 .990 9.33 8.47 1940 27 CLE AL 1B 139 1207 70 11 129 .991 .989 9.19 7.19 1941 28 CLE AL 1B 85 727 54 9 77 .989 .990 9.19 9.64 1944 31 CHW AL 1B 130 1310 57 9 122 .993 .990 10.52 7.69 1946 33 CHW AL 1B 80 729 33 7 63 .991 .989 9.53 9.24 1936 23 CLE AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 1321 12124 752 121 1146 .991 .990 9.75 7.32 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1322 12125 753 121 1146 .991 .990 9.74 7.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-AL-7-0.22
1936-AL-10-0.24
1938-AL-13-0.07
1939-AL-30-0.01
Car-403-0.54 shares

Batting Average
1934 AL-.330-9
1936 AL-.343-9
1938 AL-.334-6
1939 AL-.335-4

Slugging %
1934 AL-.598-4
1936 AL-.644-2
1937 AL-.547-9
1938 AL-.542-9
1939 AL-.589-5
1940 AL-.529-6
Car-.522-55

OPS
1934 AL-.987-4
1936 AL-1.026-5
1939 AL-.994-5
1940 AL-.920-6
Car-.892-69

Games
1934 AL-154-1
1935 AL-154-1
1938 AL-150-9

At Bats
1934 AL-625-2
1935 AL-632-4
1936 AL-629-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1934 AL-685-8
1935 AL-680-9

Runs
1934 AL-117-7
1936 AL-124-9

Hits
1934 AL-206-3
1936 AL-216-3

Total Bases
1934 AL-374-2
1935 AL-296-8
1936 AL-405-1
1937 AL-329-5
1938 AL-300-7

Doubles
1934 AL-45-4
1936 AL-45-5
1938 AL-40-3
1940 AL-39-7
1944 AL-32-8

Triples
1934 AL-9-8
1938 AL-9-9

Home Runs
1934 AL-35-3
1935 AL-26-5
1936 AL-42-2
1937 AL-32-6
1939 AL-25-6
1940 AL-25-8

RBI
1934 AL-142-2
1935 AL-113-4
1936 AL-162-1
1937 AL-128-5
1939 AL-104-10

Strikeouts
1935 AL-60-8

Adjusted OPS+
1934 AL-151-5
1936 AL-146-5
1938 AL-137-10
1939 AL-154-6
1940 AL-139-7

Runs Created
1934 AL-144-3
1936 AL-152-5
1937 AL-121-9
1938 AL-122-7
1939 AL-106-9
1940 AL-106-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1934 AL-44-6
1936 AL-39-5
1938 AL-32-8
1939 AL-36-7
1940 AL-32-7

Batting Wins
1934 AL-4.1-6
1936 AL-3.5-5
1938 AL-2.9-7
1939 AL-3.3-7
1940 AL-3.0-7

Extra-Base Hits
1934 AL-89-3
1935 AL-66-5
1936 AL-96-1
1937 AL-77-5
1938 AL-68-6
1939 AL-60-9
1940 AL-68-7

Times on Base
1934 AL-266-6

Offensive Win%
1934 AL-.749-5
1936 AL-.732-7
1938 AL-.709-8
1939 AL-.736-6
1940 AL-.678-8

Hit By Pitch
1940 AL-4-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 AL-15-10

Power/Speed Number
1936 AL-10.5-10

At Bats per Home Run
1934 AL-17.9-5
1935 AL-24.3-7
1936 AL-15.0-3
1937 AL-18.8-7
1939 AL-17.9-5
1940 AL-20.9-8

Outs
1935 AL-464-2

Youngest Player
1933 AL-20-4
1934 AL-21-10

   

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (332) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 108 (195) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 30.0 (266) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 77.0 (226) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 6, 1943: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

February 4, 1947: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


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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