Pinky Hargrave

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-8, 180lb (173cm, 81kg)

Born: January 31, 1896 in New Haven, IN us

Died: October 3, 1942 in Fort Wayne, IN

Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, IN

Debut: May 18, 1923 (Age 27-107d, 5,274th in MLB history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1933 (Age 37-235d)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: William McKinley Hargrave

Relatives: Brother of Bubbles Hargrave

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

AB

1601

H

445

HR

BA

.278

R

177

RBI

268

SB

OBP

.339

SLG

.428

OPS

.767

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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	Pos	Awards
1923	27	WSH	AL	33	62	59	4	17	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	6	.288	.311	.322	.634	70	19		0	1	H/527
1924	28	WSH	AL	24	36	33	3	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	4	.152	.176	.242	.419	8	8		0	1	H/2
1925	29	TOT	AL	72	250	231	34	67	15	2	8	43	2	0	14	15	.290	.333	.476	.810	100	110		1	2	2H
1925	29	WSH	AL	5	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.571	.500	1.071	176	3		0	0	/H2
1925	29	SLB	AL	67	243	225	34	64	15	2	8	43	2	0	13	13	.284	.326	.476	.802	97	107		1	2	2/H
1926	30	SLB	AL	92	256	235	20	66	16	3	7	40	3	0	10	38	.281	.319	.464	.782	99	109		3	8	2H

1928	32	DET	AL	121	360	320	38	88	13	5	10	63	4	1	32	28	.275	.343	.441	.783	103	141		1	6	2H
1929	33	DET	AL	76	210	185	26	61	12	0	3	26	2	2	20	24	.330	.401	.443	.844	117	82		2	3	2H
1930	34	TOT	AL	65	197	168	21	45	10	2	6	25	3	0	23	13	.268	.359	.458	.818	104	77		1	4	2H
1930	34	DET	AL	55	162	137	18	39	8	0	5	18	2	0	20	12	.285	.380	.453	.832	108	62		1	3	2H
1930	34	WSH	AL	10	35	31	3	6	2	2	1	7	1	0	3	1	.194	.265	.484	.749	84	15		0	1	/2H
1931	35	WSH	AL	40	90	80	6	26	8	0	1	19	1	0	9	12	.325	.393	.463	.856	123	37		0	0	2H
1932	36	BSN	NL	82	245	217	20	57	14	3	4	33	1		24	18	.263	.336	.410	.746	103	89		0	3	2H
1933	37	BSN	NL	45	80	73	5	13	0	0	0	6	1		5	7	.178	.241	.178	.419	25	13	2	1	1	2H
1935	39	CLE-min	AA	65	219	219		53	8	0	4						.242	.242	.333	.575		73					MNE · AA
1936	40	CLE-min	AA	70	175	175		47	2	0	6						.269	.269	.383	.651		67					MNE · AA
1937	41	NYY-PIT-min	A,AA	12	32	32		6	1	0	0						.188	.188	.219	.406		7					BNG,NWK,MTL · NYPL,IL
10 Yrs				650	1786	1601	177	445	91	16	39	268	17	3	140	165	.278	.339	.428	.767	99	685	2	9	29
162 Game Avg.				162	445	399	44	111	23	4	10	67	4		35	41	.278	.339	.428	.767	99	171		2	7

WSH (5 yrs)				112	230	209	16	57	13	3	2	39	2	0	16	25	.273	.324	.392	.717	87	82		0	3
DET (3 yrs)				252	732	642	82	188	33	5	18	107	8	3	72	64	.293	.368	.444	.812	108	285		4	12
BSN (2 yrs)				127	325	290	25	70	14	3	4	39	2		29	25	.241	.313	.352	.664	85	102		1	4
SLB (2 yrs)				159	499	460	54	130	31	5	15	83	5	0	23	51	.283	.322	.470	.792	98	216		4	10

AL (8 yrs)				523	1461	1311	152	375	77	13	35	229	15	3	111	140	.286	.345	.445	.790	101	583		8	25
NL (2 yrs)				127	325	290	25	70	14	3	4	39	2		29	25	.241	.313	.352	.664	85	102		1	4

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