Andy Pafko

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, WI us

Died: October 8, 2013 in Bridgman, MI

Buried: St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL

High School: Boyceville HS (Boyceville, WI)

Debut: September 24, 1943 (Age 22-211d, 9,538th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1959 (Age 38-216d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Andrew Pafko

Nicknames: Handy Andy or Pruschka

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.8

6292

1796

213

.285

844

RBI

976

OBP

.350

SLG

.449

OPS

.799

OPS+

117

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1942	21	CHC-min	B	126	484	484		145	20	18	7						.300	.300	.459	.758		222							MAC · SALL
1943	22	CHC-min	AA	157	664	604	109	215	31	13	18	118	13		43	38	.356	.402	.540	.941		326		3	14				LOS · PCL
1943	22	CHC	NL	13	61	58	7	22	3	0	0	10	1	1	2	5	.379	.400	.431	.831	142	25	2	0	0		0	8/H
1944	23	CHC	NL	128	512	469	47	126	16	2	6	62	2	5	28	23	.269	.315	.350	.665	88	164	14	4	11		7	*8/H9
1945	24	CHC	NL	144	608	534	64	159	24	12	12	110	5	4	45	36	.298	.361	.455	.816	128	243	4	8	21		8	*8/H	AS,MVP-4
1946	25	CHC	NL	65	273	234	18	66	6	4	3	39	4	1	27	15	.282	.366	.380	.746	114	89	9	4	8		2	8/H
1947	26	CHC	NL	129	550	513	68	155	25	7	13	66	4	5	31	39	.302	.346	.454	.800	114	233	19	3	3		6	*8/H	AS,MVP-26
1948	27	CHC	NL	142	606	548	82	171	30	2	26	101	3	5	50	50	.312	.375	.516	.891	144	283	13	5	3		4	*5/H	AS,MVP-16
1949	28	CHC	NL	144	592	519	79	146	29	2	18	69	4	5	63	33	.281	.369	.449	.818	122	233	17	9	1		7	859/7H	AS
1950	29	CHC	NL	146	595	514	95	156	24	8	36	92	4	8	69	32	.304	.397	.591	.989	157	304	9	11	1		8	*89/H	AS,MVP-12
1951	30	TOT	NL	133	519	455	68	116	16	3	30	93	2	5	52	37	.255	.347	.501	.848	123	228	14	12	0		3	*78/H
1951	30	CHC	NL	49	199	178	26	47	5	3	12	35	1	1	17	10	.264	.342	.528	.870	129	94	6	4	0		1	8/H
1951	30	BRO	NL	84	320	277	42	69	11	0	18	58	1	4	35	27	.249	.350	.484	.834	120	134	8	8	0		2	7/8H
1952	31	BRO	NL	150	624	551	76	158	17	5	19	85	4	3	64	48	.287	.366	.439	.805	120	242	14	5	4		7	*7958/H
1953	32	MLN	NL	140	568	516	70	153	23	4	17	72	2	1	37	33	.297	.347	.455	.803	113	235	14	3	12		5	*9/H
1954	33	MLN	NL	138	570	510	61	146	22	4	14	69	1	2	37	36	.286	.335	.427	.763	103	218	14	4	12	7	1	*9/8H
1955	34	MLN	NL	86	267	252	29	67	3	5	5	34	1	2	7	23	.266	.293	.377	.670	80	95	8	4	1	3	1	9H5/87
1956	35	MLN	NL	45	105	93	15	24	5	0	2	9	0	0	10	13	.258	.330	.376	.706	95	35	0	0	1	0	0	7H/9
1957	36	MLN	NL	83	235	220	31	61	6	1	8	27	1	0	10	22	.277	.308	.423	.730	100	93	6	1	1	3	2	97H/8
1958	37	MLN	NL	95	185	164	17	39	7	1	3	23	0	0	15	17	.238	.306	.348	.654	79	57	3	2	2	2	3	7H9/8
1959	38	MLN	NL	71	158	142	17	31	8	2	1	15	0	0	14	15	.218	.293	.324	.617	71	46	4	1	1	0	1	78H/9
1964	43	MLN-min	A	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000		3		0	0	0			BNG · NYPL
17 Yrs				1852	7028	6292	844	1796	264	62	213	976	38	47	561	477	.285	.350	.449	.799	117	2823	164	76	82	15	65
162 Game Avg.				162	615	550	74	157	23	5	19	85	3	4	49	42	.285	.350	.449	.799	117	247	14	7	7		6
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CHC (9 yrs)				960	3996	3567	486	1048	162	40	126	584	28	35	332	243	.294	.362	.468	.829	126	1668	93	48	48		43
MLN (7 yrs)				658	2088	1897	240	521	74	17	50	249	5	5	130	159	.275	.324	.411	.734	98	779	49	15	30	15	13
BRO (2 yrs)				234	944	828	118	227	28	5	37	143	5	7	99	75	.274	.361	.454	.815	120	376	22	13	4		9

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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