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Dave Cole
David Bruce Cole

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 9, 1950
Final Game June 6, 1955
Born August 29, 1930 in Williamsport, MD

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 19 BSN NL   0   1   4   0   0   0   2  0    8.0    7    2    1   0    3    8   1   0    32       0  1.13  3.85  342 1.250
 1951 20 BSN NL   2   4  23   7   1   0   4  0   67.7   64   43   32   3   64   33   2   2   320       1  4.26  3.68   86 1.892
 1952 21 BSN NL   1   1  22   3   0   0  10  0   44.7   38   21   20   2   42   22   3   3   207       0  4.03  3.62   90 1.791
 1953 22 MLN NL   0   1  10   0   0   0   8  0   14.7   17   14   14   1   14   13   0   1    75       0  8.59  3.94   46 2.114
 1954 23 CHC NL   3   8  18  14   2   1   3  0   84.0   74   56   50   7   62   37   1   5   379       0  5.36  4.19   78 1.619
 1955 24 PHI NL   0   3   7   3   0   0   4  0   18.3   21   15   13   3   14    6   0   1    88   0   0  6.38  3.96   62 1.909
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .250   6  18  84  27   3   1  31  0  237.3  221  151  130  16  199  119   7  12  1101   0   1  4.93  3.89   79 1.770
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3  11  51  16   1   0  18  0  145.3  135   92   79   9  121   72   4   7   674   0   0  4.93  3.89   79 1.770
 Career High      3   8  23  14   2   1  10  0   84.0   74   56   50   7   64   37   3   5   379   0   1  4.03  4.19   90 1.619

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 19 BSN NL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1951 20 BSN NL  23   17    1    6   1  1   1    6   0  0   0   4  .353  .353  .706  186   12   0           0   0
 1952 21 BSN NL  22    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1953 22 MLN NL  10    2    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 2.000  529    4   0           0   0
 1954 23 CHC NL  19   28    1    6   0  0   1    4   0  0   2   4  .214  .267  .321   52    9   1   0       0   2
 1955 24 PHI NL   7    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200    8    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       85   61    3   14   1  1   3   11   0  0   2  15  .230  .254  .426   79   26   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        116    6   27   2  2   6   21   0  0   4  29  .230  .254  .426   79   50   2   0   0   0   4
 Career High     23   28    1    6   1  1   1    6   0  0   2   4                          12   1   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 19 BSN NL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .262| .000  .338| .000  .407| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1951 20 BSN NL   17   11    4   9.8    97| .353  .259| .353  .332| .706  .392|1.059  .724| 186  .804   1.7   0.2   0%
 1952 21 BSN NL    8    8    0   0.0    95| .000  .258| .000  .330| .000  .384| .000  .714|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1953 22 MLN NL    2    1    2  52.9   105| .500  .267| .500  .337|2.000  .416|2.500  .753| 529  .988   1.1   0.1   0%
 1954 23 CHC NL   31   25    2   2.2   110| .214  .275| .267  .347| .321  .426| .588  .772|  52  .187  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1955 24 PHI NL    5    4    0   0.0   104| .200  .263| .200  .334| .200  .417| .400  .750|   8  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        64   50    8   4.3   104| .230  .267| .254  .339| .426  .409| .680  .749|  79  .465  -2.4  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 19 BSN NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.97 1.12 2.14 0 8.0 1951 20 BSN NL P 23 4 13 1 2 .944 .960 0.74 0.96 2.26 2.14 7 67.7 1952 21 BSN NL P 22 1 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.45 0.98 2.01 2.17 3 44.7 1953 22 MLN NL P 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.87 3.06 2.08 0 14.7 1954 23 CHC NL P 18 9 11 1 0 .952 .962 1.11 0.87 2.14 2.07 14 84.0 1955 24 PHI NL P 7 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.86 0.83 2.95 2.02 3 18.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 19 BSN NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.97 1.12 2.14 0 8.0 1951 20 BSN NL P 23 4 13 1 2 .944 .960 0.74 0.96 2.26 2.14 7 67.7 1952 21 BSN NL P 22 1 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.45 0.98 2.01 2.17 3 44.7 1953 22 MLN NL P 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.87 3.06 2.08 0 14.7 1954 23 CHC NL P 18 9 11 1 0 .952 .962 1.11 0.87 2.14 2.07 14 84.0 1955 24 PHI NL P 7 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.86 0.83 2.95 2.02 3 18.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 84 16 43 3 3 .952 .959 0.70 0.93 2.24 2.11 27 237.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 84 16 43 3 3 .952 .959 0.70 0.93 2.24 2.11 27 237
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1954 NL-5-7

Youngest Player
1950 NL-19-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

March 20, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Roy Smalley.

March 19, 1955: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

June 7, 1955: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ron Negray.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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