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Pete Runnels
James Edward Runnels

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
School Rice

MLB Debut July 1, 1951
Final Game May 14, 1964
Born January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, TX
Died May 20, 1991 (age 63)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 23 DEA AL   92  304   26   84  17   3   0   28   0   0   29   43  .276  .339  .352  .691    94   107   3   2   3   1   9  
 1952 24 DEA AL  152  618   78  170  16   2   3   43   0   0   73   81  .275  .353  .322  .675    94   199  11   3   3   3   7  
 1953 25 DEA AL  131  491   72  126  21   7   6   37   2   2   63   33  .257  .345  .365  .710    97   179  15   1   0   4  12  
 1954 26 DEA AL  135  516   75  133  23  13   4   43   3   1   80   53  .258  .356  .376  .732   106   194   5   3   9   0  11  
 1955 27 DEA AL  133  534   78  164  29  10   3   49   2   1   58   53  .307  .375  .416  .791   110   222   0   0   1   0  10  
 1956 28 DEA AL  136  519   77  166  24   9   6   50   2   1   55   51  .320  .386  .435  .822   114   226   7   3   4   3   9  
 1957 29 DEA AL   24   41    6   10   1   1   2    8   0   0    1    6  .244  .256  .463  .719    98    19   1   1   0   0   2  
 1958 30 BOA AL  149  591   99  179  27   5  12   72   2   5   89   59  .303  .397  .426  .823   110   252  10   3   4   5  10  MVP-9
 1959 31 BOA AL  152  623  115  197  36   9   5   64  10   8   89   59  .316  .400  .427  .827   110   266   5   3   1   0  14  MVP-10
 1960 32 BOA AL  150  561   71  166  34   1   0   37   0   2   65   63  .296  .370  .360  .731    93   202  14   1   1   2  15  
 1961 33 BOA AL  114  317   39   99  13   3   1   32   4   1   43   28  .312  .398  .382  .780   105   121   2   1   6   3  15  
 1962 34 BOA AL  153  575   99  197  38   1  11   79   2   1   64   69  .343  .412  .470  .882   121   270   0   6   2   8   9  
 1963 35 BOA AL   14   16    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .125  .125  .188  .312    42     3   0   0   0   0   1  
         NYA AL   19   51    7   10   0   0   0    3   0   0    7    6  .196  .305  .196  .501    72    10   0   0   0   1   1  
         TOT      33   67    8   12   1   0   0    3   0   0    7    9  .179  .267  .194  .461          13   0   0   0   1   2 
 1964 36 NYA AL    4    9    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .111  .385  .222  .607    88     2   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1558 5766  845 1704 281  64  53  545  27  22  720  609  .296  .375  .394  .769        2272  73  27  34  30 126
 Per 600 PA           523   77  155  25   6   5   49   2   2   65   55                                 206   7   2   3   3  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA      803 3023  412  853 131  45  24  258   9   5  359  320  .282  .359  .379  .738        1146  42  13  20  11  60
   With BOA      732 2683  424  840 149  19  29  284  18  17  350  281  .313  .394  .415  .809        1114  31  14  14  18  64
   With NYA       23   60    9   11   1   0   0    3   0   0   11    8  .183  .319  .200  .519          12   0   0   0   1   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1799 6373  876 1854 282  64  49  630  37  51  844  627  .291  .375  .378  .753        2411  49  34  28  28 174
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1951 23 DEA AL  30   36   4.2  12   4   0  .333  16   94   55  .585    0    0  .000  SS   4e37        0   
 1952 24 DEA AL  26   76   4.4   1   0   0  .000  23  173  112  .647    0    0  .000  SS   3e26      -26   
 1953 25 DEA AL  21   64   4.4   2   1   0  .500  30  129   66  .512    0    0  .000  2B   4e41       42   
 1954 26 DEA AL  18   72   4.9   2   0   0  .000  27  137   81  .591    0    0  .000  2B   3e29      -20   
 1955 27 DEA AL  19   84   6.0   6   0   0  .000  17  128   94  .734    0    0  .000  2B   3e22       93   
 1956 28 DEA AL  12   89   6.5   8   5   0  .625  16   92   52  .565    0    0  .000  2B   4e25       17   
 1957 29 DEA AL  12    4   3.2  17   4   1  .235   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  2B   4e17      111   
 1958 30 BOA AL  24  104   6.4   2   1   0  .500  11  145   95  .655    0    0  .000  2B   4e13      -31   
 1959 31 BOA AL  21  109   6.5   4   0   0  .000  16  163   93  .571    0    0  .000  2B   4e16      -14   
 1960 32 BOA AL  29   76   4.8   6   4   0  .667  21   59   28  .475    0    0  .000  UT             -64   
 1961 33 BOA AL   9   47   5.4  28   8   0  .286  13   38   14  .368    0    0  .000  3B   4e25      -29   
 1962 34 BOA AL  28  115   7.9   8   1   0  .125   9   52   31  .596    0    0  .000  1B   3e11       18   
 1963 35 BOA AL   6    0    .3  11   2   0  .182   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   4e11     -316   
         NYA AL  10    3   2.2   6   2   0  .333   2    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  1B   4e11     -127   
         TOT                    17   4   0  .235   2    4    2  .500    0    0  .000
 1964 36 NYA AL  69    0   2.8   1   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  UT              86   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          886   5.6 114  32   1  .281 202 1218  725  .595    0    0  .000                  -2   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 32.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 38.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1951 23 DEA AL  SS    80   164   249   16   40   .963    78   708.2   5.25
 1952 24 DEA AL  SS   152   284   444   23   76   .969   151  1359.1   4.82
 1953 25 DEA AL  2B   129   272   344   30   99   .954   127  1064.2   5.21
 1954 26 DEA AL  2B   133   335   367   27   88   .963   132  1115.1   5.66
                 LF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
 1955 27 DEA AL  2B   126   314   366   16   82   .977   124  1114.0   5.49
                 SS     1     5     5    1    1   .909     1    11.0   8.18
 1956 28 DEA AL  2B    87   235   198    9   54   .980    83   701.0   5.56
                 1B    29   173    13    1   18   .995    18   183.0   9.15
                 SS    20    26    57    6   14   .933    20   159.0   4.70
 1957 29 DEA AL  2B    10    13    13    0    5  1.000     5    45.0   5.20
 1958 30 BOA AL  2B   130   279   375   10   91   .985   130  1149.1   5.12
                 1B    18   168    17    1   13   .995    17   148.0  11.25
 1959 31 BOA AL  2B   147   469   393   15  100   .983   147  1325.0   5.86
                 SS     2     2     2    1    0   .800     1     9.0   4.00
 1960 32 BOA AL  1B    79   721    85    2   67   .998    76   677.0  10.71
                 3B    70    40   155   19   17   .911    67   585.1   3.00
                 2B     2     1     3    0    1  1.000     1     8.0   4.50
 1961 33 BOA AL  3B    82    63   126   13   18   .936    79   686.0   2.48
                 1B     8    33     1    0    2  1.000     1    29.1  10.43
                 2B     3     0     2    0    1  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1962 34 BOA AL  1B   145  1198   115    9  140   .993   145  1275.0   9.27
 1963 35 BOA AL  1B     2     9     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   8.10
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 2B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
         NYA AL  1B     9    59     7    1    8   .985     8    67.0   8.87
                 3B     4     0     4    1    0   .800     3    25.0   1.44
 1964 36 NYA AL  LF     2     1     0    1    0   .500     2    17.0   0.53
                 1B     1    11     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0  12.38
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   768  1918  2062  107  521   .974   749  6527.1   5.49
                 1B   291  2372   238   14  248   .995   267  2397.1   9.80
                 SS   256   481   757   47  131   .963   251  2248.0   4.96
                 3B   157   103   285   33   35   .922   149  1297.1   2.69
                 LF     3     3     0    1    0   .750     3    25.0   1.08
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    4  17  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  .059  .059  .059  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1951  DEA   58-96   Tim Carr, Jim Pardee
 1952  DEA   63-91   Tom Austad, Rick Field
 1953  DEA   64-90   Tom Austad
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  BOA   79-75   Mike Petersen
 1959  BOA   83-71   Mike Petersen
 1960  BOA   59-95   Mike Tomeo, Mike Petersen
 1961  BOA   70-84   Mike Tomeo
 1962  BOA   83-79   Mike Tomeo
 1963  BOA   76-86   Mike Tomeo
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson

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