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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 19	DET		KCA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
7	7	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
9	10 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
11	12	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
12	13	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
13	14	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
14	15	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
15	16	May 6 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
16	17	May 6 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	22 (4)	May 12	DET		CHW	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
18	23	May 13	DET		CHW	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
19	29 (5)	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
20	32 (2)	May 24	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
21	33	May 25	DET		KCA	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
22	34	May 26	DET		KCA	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
23	35	May 27 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
24	36	May 27 (2)	DET		KCA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
25	38 (1)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
26	39	May 30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	42 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
28	43	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,14-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
29	44	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
30	45	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	9.1	7	2	0	9	0	1B
31	51 (5)	Jun 12	DET	@	BAL	W,8-1	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
32	62 (10)	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	67 (4)	Jun 30	DET	@	KCA	W,14-2	GF	15	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	68	Jul 1	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
35	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,3-9	GF	21	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
36	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
38	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
39	75 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
40	76	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,17-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
41	79 (2)	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	L,11-12	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
42	80	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
43	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
44	82	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
46	84	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
47	87 (2)	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
48	88	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
49	89	Jul 22	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
50	90	Jul 24 (1)	DET		BAL	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	91	Jul 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
52	92	Jul 25	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
53	93	Jul 26	DET		BAL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
54	94	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
55	95	Jul 28	DET		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
56	98 (2)	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
57	99	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	100	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
59	101	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,3-18	CG	56	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
60	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
61	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
62	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
63	105	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
64	106	Aug 7	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
65	107	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
66	108	Aug 9	DET		KCA	L,3-5	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
67	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
68	110	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
69	112 (1)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	69	15.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
70	113	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
71	116 (2)	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
72	117	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR 1B
73	118	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
74	119	Aug 21	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	121 (1)	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
76	122	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
77	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
78	127 (2)	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	136 (8)	Sep 8	DET	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
80	137	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
81	139 (1)	Sep 12	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
82	151 (11)	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
83	154 (2)	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
							83gm		680.1	623	32	5	660	62