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Andy Pafko
Andrew Pafko (Handy Andy,Pruschka)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut September 24, 1943
Final Game September 29, 1959
Born February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, WI
Died October 8, 2013 (age 92)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 22 SLN NL   10   43    8   16   3   0   0    2   2   0    2    9  .372  .400  .442  .842   120    19   0   0   0   0   0  
 1944 23 PIN NL  133  508   42  132  12   4   8   65   9   4   40   35  .260  .316  .346  .663    94   176   1   7   9   5  10  
 1945 24 CHN NL  141  528   85  165  21  15  11   90   4   4   59   44  .312  .382  .472  .853   115   249   2   5  12   3  18  
 1946 25 CHN NL  101  247   30   71   9   5   5   29   4   0   30   20  .287  .366  .425  .791   117   105   1   1   7   1  13  
 1947 26 CHN NL  127  483   50  129  17   7   9   49   9   3   26   46  .267  .305  .387  .692    92   187   0   2   0   1  14  
 1948 27 CHN NL  151  598   87  186  25   3  35  106   4   5   46   54  .311  .360  .538  .898   124   322   1   6   3   3  10  MVP-6
 1949 28 CHN NL  152  568   69  153  24   3  16   80   6   2   64   48  .269  .344  .407  .751   100   231   0   6   7   4  12  
 1950 29 CHN NL  146  558   99  149  29   5  31   99   6   5   55   39  .267  .351  .504  .854   110   281   0   2   5  18  10  MVP-10
 1951 30 CHN NL  143  485   85  125  13   4  35   90   8   3   61   53  .258  .339  .518  .857   115   251   1   4   8   1   6  
 1952 31 CHN NL  152  573   87  168  17   4  18   74  11   9   71   61  .293  .377  .431  .808   109   247   0   3   4   8  17  
 1953 32 MLN NL  139  579   87  181  34   4  18   89   8   3   24   47  .313  .343  .478  .821   113   277   4   5   1   5  12  
 1954 33 MLN NL  141  551   63  150  28   5   9   57   1   3   41   51  .272  .324  .390  .714   100   215   5   6   2   4  18  
 1955 34 MLN NL   61   69    6   14   0   2   0    5   0   0    2    6  .203  .222  .261  .483    68    18   0   1   0   0   1  
 1956 35 MLN NL   40   42    6   15   4   0   0    8   0   0    2    4  .357  .386  .452  .839   109    19   0   0   0   0   0  
 1957 36 MLN NL   72  159   15   45   7   0   4   29   3   0    3   21  .283  .299  .403  .701    98    64   0   1   0   1   6  
 1958 37 MLN NL   69  188   22   49  10   1   5   30   0   0   11   14  .261  .302  .404  .706   100    76   1   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     1778 6179  841 1748 253  62 204  902  75  41  537  552  .283  .343  .443  .786        2737  16  49  58  54 149
 Per 600 PA           542   74  153  22   5  18   79   7   4   47   48                                 240   1   4   5   5  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN     1113 4040  592 1146 155  46 160  617  52  31  412  365  .284  .353  .464  .817        1873   5  29  46  39 100
   With MLN      522 1588  199  454  83  12  36  218  12   6   83  143  .286  .323  .421  .744         669  10  13   3  10  39
   With PIN      133  508   42  132  12   4   8   65   9   4   40   35  .260  .316  .346  .663         176   1   7   9   5  10
   With SLN       10   43    8   16   3   0   0    2   2   0    2    9  .372  .400  .442  .842          19   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1852 6292  844 1796 264  62 213  976  38  13  561  477  .285  .350  .449  .799        2823  82  15   7  76 164
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1943 22 SLN NL  24    8   8.2   0   0   0  .000   0    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e9    11   
 1944 23 PIN NL  15   56   3.8   2   1   0  .500   8   77   48  .623    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e7    -3   
 1945 24 CHN NL  17   91   6.3   1   1   0 1.000   1   75   54  .720    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e2    37   
 1946 25 CHN NL  62   36   5.1  39   7   0  .179   2   20   12  .600    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e9    44   
 1947 26 CHN NL  31   54   3.9   2   0   0  .000   4   54   37  .685    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6  -108   
 1948 27 CHN NL  27  114   7.1   0   0   0  .000  33   79   32  .405    0    0  .000  3B   4e32        7   
 1949 28 CHN NL  38   81   5.1   0   0   0  .000  19   69   42  .609    0    0  .000  3B   4e31      -67   
 1950 29 CHN NL  33   99   6.3   0   0   0  .000  13   68   53  .779    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e10 -134   
 1951 30 CHN NL  30   87   6.3   5   0   0  .000   0   42   29  .690    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e2     9   
 1952 31 CHN NL  31   92   5.7   0   0   0  .000  32   94   49  .521    0    0  .000  3B   4e35        3   
 1953 32 MLN NL  31   92   5.9   3   1   1  .333  12   56   33  .589    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6    18   
 1954 33 MLN NL  31   66   4.2   5   0   0  .000   4   53   42  .792    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e10  -48   
 1955 34 MLN NL  23    3   1.9  32   4   0  .125   1    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e14     -187   
 1956 35 MLN NL  73    7   7.5  30  12   0  .400   1    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e8   132   
 1957 36 MLN NL  70   17   3.9   6   0   0  .000   1   14    9  .643    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e7   -29   
 1958 37 MLN NL  51   23   4.4   7   0   0  .000   2   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e7    52   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons          933   5.4 132  26   1  .197 133  724  453  .626    0    0  .000                 -23   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 27.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 32.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1943 22 SLN NL  CF     9    12     2    0    0  1.000     8    74.0   1.70
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   1.12
 1944 23 PIN NL  CF   121   246    18    8    3   .971   119  1085.1   2.19
                 LF     9    21     0    0    0  1.000     9    76.2   2.47
 1945 24 CHN NL  CF   136   293    23    1    2   .997   135  1198.1   2.37  GG
                 RF     4     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   2.25
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1946 25 CHN NL  RF    54   101     2    2    0   .981    52   451.0   2.06
                 CF     4     7     0    0    0  1.000     3    28.0   2.25
                 LF     4     7     0    0    0  1.000     3    26.0   2.42
 1947 26 CHN NL  CF   116   281    21    4    0   .987   114  1025.2   2.65
                 LF     5     7     0    0    0  1.000     1    19.0   3.32
                 RF     5     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     8.2   3.12
 1948 27 CHN NL  3B   151   126   297   33   17   .928   150  1373.0   2.77
 1949 28 CHN NL  3B   119   131   245   16   27   .959   117  1024.2   3.30
                 RF    32    62     2    3    1   .955    31   271.1   2.12
                 LF     4     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    16.0   2.81
                 CF     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   5.00
 1950 29 CHN NL  CF   146   409    22   13    4   .971   144  1284.2   3.02
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1951 30 CHN NL  RF   133   202    10    0    1  1.000   126  1133.2   1.68
                 LF     5     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   3.86
 1952 31 CHN NL  3B   106   111   268   32   11   .922   106   872.2   3.91
                 LF    63   117     5    0    0  1.000    45   448.1   2.45
 1953 32 MLN NL  RF   136   199    10   12    2   .946   136  1210.2   1.55
 1954 33 MLN NL  LF    59   123     1    3    0   .976    59   536.0   2.08
                 RF    51    78     5    0    1  1.000    50   453.0   1.65
                 CF    25    61     1    1    0   .984    24   217.1   2.57
 1955 34 MLN NL  3B    22     5    17    1    0   .957     2    57.1   3.45
                 RF     5     7     0    0    0  1.000     3    30.0   2.10
                 LF     6     3     0    0    0  1.000     1    18.1   1.47
 1956 35 MLN NL  LF     5     7     0    1    0   .875     4    25.0   2.52
 1957 36 MLN NL  LF    66    78     4    1    0   .988    33   353.2   2.09
 1958 37 MLN NL  RF    44    79     2    2    1   .976    41   352.1   2.07
                 LF    29    14     0    0    0  1.000     3    75.0   1.68
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   559  1313    88   27    9   .981   548  4923.1   2.56
                 RF   467   733    33   19    6   .976   440  3928.2   1.75
                 3B   398   373   827   82   55   .936   375  3327.2   3.25
                 LF   256   385    10    5    0   .988   159  1603.0   2.22
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1945 WS    CHN DEA   L    7  28  5 11  0  1  1   2  2  3  .393  .433  .571  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1943  SLN  102-52   Mike Rescigno
 1944  PIN   72-82   Tom Edwards
 1945  CHN  110-44   Alan Boodman
 1946  CHN   80-74   Alan Boodman
 1947  CHN   72-82   Alan Boodman
 1948  CHN   75-79   Alan Boodman
 1949  CHN   57-97   Alan Boodman
 1950  CHN   76-78   Alan Boodman
 1951  CHN   79-75   Alan Boodman
 1952  CHN   71-83   Alan Boodman
 1953  MLN   92-62   Jim Pardee
 1954  MLN   82-72   Jim Pardee
 1955  MLN   76-78   John Storer
 1956  MLN   88-66   John Storer
 1957  MLN   86-68   John Storer
 1958  MLN   80-74   John Storer

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