Earl Torgeson

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: January 1, 1924 in Snohomish, WA us

Died: November 8, 1990 in Everett, WA

Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, WA

High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 23-104d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1961 (Age 37-234d)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Clifford Earl Torgeson

Nicknames: The Earl Of Snohomish

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.1

4969

1318

149

.265

848

RBI

740

133

OBP

.386

SLG

.417

OPS

.803

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	42	11.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 18	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
7	7	Apr 19	PHI		BRO	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 20	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
9	9	Apr 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	43	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 22	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 23	PHI		PIT	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
12	12	Apr 24 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
13	13	Apr 24 susp	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 28	PHI		MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
15	15	Apr 29	PHI		MLN	W,13-4	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
16	16	Apr 30	PHI		MLN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	18	May 1 susp	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
19	19	May 2	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
20	20	May 3	PHI		CIN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
21	21	May 4	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
22	22	May 6	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	CG	51	12.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
23	26 (3)	May 11	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
24	27	May 14	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
25	28	May 15 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	10	2	1	13	0	1B
26	29	May 15 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
27	30	May 18 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
28	31	May 18 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
29	32	May 20	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
30	33	May 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
31	41 (7)	May 29 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
32	42	May 29 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS	36	6.0	8	0	0	8	2
33	43	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
34	44	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
35	45	May 31	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	46	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
37	47	Jun 2	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
38	48	Jun 3	PHI		MLN	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
39	49	Jun 4	PHI		MLN	L,3-11	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
40	50	Jun 5 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
41	51	Jun 5 susp	PHI		MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	52	Jun 6	PHI		MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
43	53	Jun 7	PHI		STL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Detroit Tigers
44	57	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	6	0	0	6	2	1B
45	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	10.1	8	0	0	8	2	1B
46	59	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
47	60	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
48	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	47	8.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
49	62	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
50	63	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,18-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
51	64	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
52	65	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
53	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
54	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
55	68	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
56	69	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	70	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
58	71	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
59	72	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11	CG	55	10.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
60	73	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	1B
61	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	62	14.2	14	0	1	15	1	1B
62	76 (1)	Jul 6	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
63	77	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-12	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	78	Jul 8	DET		KCA	W,11-8	CG	48	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
65	79	Jul 9	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
66	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET		KCA	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	13	2	1	16	3	1B
67	81	Jul 10 (2)	DET		KCA	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
68	82	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
69	83	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
70	84	Jul 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	16	2	0	18	2	1B
71	86 (1)	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GF	22	5.0	5	2	0	7	1	PH 1B
72	87	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
73	88	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
74	89	Jul 21	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	90	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
76	91	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
77	92	Jul 24 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
78	93	Jul 24 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
79	94	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	CG	52	12.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
80	95	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
81	97 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
82	99 (1)	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS	24	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
83	100	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
84	101	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
85	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	103	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	GF	29	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
87	104	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
88	105	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
89	106	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
90	109 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	12	1	0	13	0	1B
91	111 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
92	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
93	113	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
94	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
95	115	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
96	116	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
97	117	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
98	119 (1)	Aug 19	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
99	120	Aug 20	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
100	121	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
101	122	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
102	123	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
103	124	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS	20	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
104	125	Aug 25 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
105	126	Aug 25 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
106	127	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
107	129 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
108	130	Aug 29 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
109	131	Aug 30	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
110	132	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,7-4	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	134 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	KCA	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
112	135	Sep 4	DET	@	KCA	W,17-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
113	136	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
114	137	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
115	138	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
116	139	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	3	0	15	2	1B
117	141 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
118	143 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	1B
119	144	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
120	145	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
121	146	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
122	147	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
123	148	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
124	149	Sep 19	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
125	150	Sep 20	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
126	151	Sep 21	DET		KCA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
127	153 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
							126gm		1092.1	1044	79	8	1131	106