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Hal Epps
Harold Franklin Epps

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 9, 1938
Final Game September 20, 1944
Born March 26, 1914 in Athens, GA
Died August 25, 2004 in Houston, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 24 STL NL  17   50    8   15   0  0   1    3   2      2   4  .300  .327  .360   84   18   1           0   0
 1940 26 STL NL  11   15    6    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .200  .200  .200    8    3   0           0   0
 1943 29 SLB AL   8   35    2   10   4  0   0    1   1  1   3   4  .286  .342  .400  115   14   0           0   2
 1944 30 TOT AL  89  291   42   71   9  9   0   16   2  2  32  32  .244  .321  .337   87   98   5           1   4
         SLB AL  22   62   15   11   1  1   0    3   0  1  14  14  .177  .338  .226   59   14   0           1   1
         PHA AL  67  229   27   60   8  8   0   13   2  1  18  18  .262  .316  .367   95   84   5           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      125  391   58   99  13  9   1   21   5  3  37  43  .253  .319  .340   86  133   6   0   0   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        507   75  128  17 12   1   27   6  4  48  56  .253  .319  .340   86  172   8   0   0   1   8
 Career High     89  291   42   71   9  9   1   16   2  2  32  32  .244  .321  .337   87   98   5   0   0   1   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 24 STL NL   53   36    6   4.5   104| .300  .282| .327  .347| .360  .401| .687  .748|  84  .507  -1.3  -0.1     
 1940 26 STL NL   15   12    1   2.2   103| .200  .279| .200  .344| .200  .401| .400  .745|   8  .229  -2.0  -0.2     
 1943 29 SLB AL   38   28    5   4.9    89| .286  .258| .342  .333| .400  .357| .742  .690| 115  .612   0.8   0.1  50%
 1944 30 TOT AL  329  231   31   3.6    92| .244  .268| .321  .336| .337  .367| .658  .702|  87  .451  -5.2  -0.6  50%
         SLB AL   77   53    4   2.0    96| .177  .275| .338  .343| .226  .375| .564  .718|  59  .223  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         PHA AL  252  178   27   4.1    91| .262  .267| .316  .333| .367  .364| .683  .698|  95  .508  -2.4  -0.3  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       435  307   43   3.8    93| .253  .270| .319  .337| .340  .372| .659  .709|  86  .467  -7.8  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 24 STL NL OF 10 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 2.60 2.22 0 10 0 1940 26 STL NL OF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.33 2.17 0 3 0 1943 29 SLB AL OF 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 2.39 0 8 0 1944 30 TOT AL OF 78 188 7 6 3 .970 .974 2.50 2.35 0 62 16 SLB AL OF 18 47 3 2 2 .962 .975 2.78 2.35 0 18 0 PHA AL OF 60 141 4 4 1 .973 .974 2.42 2.35 0 44 16
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 24 STL NL OF 10 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 2.60 2.22 0 10 0 1940 26 STL NL OF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.33 2.17 0 3 0 1943 29 SLB AL OF 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 2.39 0 8 0 1944 30 TOT AL OF 78 188 7 6 3 .970 .974 2.50 2.35 0 62 16 SLB AL OF 18 47 3 2 2 .962 .975 2.78 2.35 0 18 0 PHA AL OF 60 141 4 4 1 .973 .974 2.42 2.35 0 44 16
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 99 236 7 8 3 .968 .975 2.45 2.33 0 83 16 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 99 236 7 8 3 .968 .975 2.45 2.33
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.

Triples
1944 AL-9-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

November 7, 1942: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 minor league draft.

December 13, 1946: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Philadelphia Athletics.


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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