Pete Runnels

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, TX us

Died: May 20, 1991 in Pasadena, TX

Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX

High School: Lufkin HS (Lufkin, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: July 1, 1951 (Age 23-154d, 10,820th in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 14, 1964 (Age 36-107d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: James Edward Runnels

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.9

6373

1854

.291

876

RBI

630

OBP

.375

SLG

.378

OPS

.753

OPS+

107

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 49 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 16 go ahead

3 Tms
BOS	29
WSH	18
HOU	2

Platoon
vs RHP	41
vs LHP	8

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	12

Outs
0	19
1	17
2	13

12 Opps
NYY	9
CLE	8
KCA	7
DET	7
CHW	5
MIN/WSH	3
BOS	2
WSA	2
LAA	2
BAL	2
PHI	1
CHC	1

41 Pitchers
Bob Lemon	2
Herb Score	2
Joe McClain	2
Early Wynn	2
Duke Maas	2
Jim Bunning	2
Jim Perry	2
Steve Gromek	2
Frank Baumann	1
Murry Dickson	1
Rudy Árias	1
Willard Nixon	1
John Romonosky	1
Sandy Consuegra	1
Jack Urban	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Bill Pleis	1
Troy Herriage	1
Dick Marlowe	1
Tom Sturdivant	1
Bob Botz	1
Jim Bouton	1
Bill Stafford	1
Jerry Walker	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Zach Monroe	1
Jim Wilson	1
Art Mahaffey	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Hal Brown	1
Tom Morgan	1
Ray Herbert	1
Phil Regan	1
Cal Koonce	1
Bill Fischer	1
Johnny Sain	1
Ray Narleski	1
Gordon Jones	1
Bob Turley	1
Dave Sisler	1

12 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	10
Munic. Stad (KAN)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
GriffithStad (WAS)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	36
7	3
8	2
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	17
12-	4
-2-	4

78 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	24
1 on	21
2 on	4
Any on	25

Inning
1	4
2	4
3	6
4	10
5	2
6	5
7	2
8	8
9	7
Extra	1

1-3	14
4-6	17
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	6
+1	2
Tied	10
-1	9
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	15
Tied	10
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	24
2B	17
SS	6
3B	2

OrderPos
2nd	19
3rd	11
5th	9
7th	3
6th	3
1st	2
4th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1952-06-19	WSH	@	CLE	Early Wynn	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	6	0.103	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1953-07-16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	Sandy Consuegra	behind 2-4	t 8	1	1--	2	2	6	0.308	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Yost Scores
3	3	2	1	1953-07-25	WSH	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 3-4	t 9	2	---	1	5	6	0.363	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1954-06-02	WSH		DET	Steve Gromek	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-	3	2	6	0.099	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Tipton Scores; D. Stone Scores
5	5	2	1	1954-06-27	WSH	@	DET	Dick Marlowe	ahead 6-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	6	0.013	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1954-09-05	WSH		NYY	Johnny Sain	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	1	4	4	0.309	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1955-05-29	WSH	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	4	0.161	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Delis Scores
8	8	2	1	1955-06-02	WSH	@	DET	Steve Gromek	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	4	0.128	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1956-04-18	WSH		NYY	Johnny Kucks	behind 1-9	b 4	1	---	1	5	4	0.011	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	1956-06-20	WSH	@	KCA	Troy Herriage	behind 0-2	t 5	2	1--	2	3	4	0.230	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Yost Scores
11	11	3	1	1956-06-24	WSH	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 0-7	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	4	0.021	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Yost Scores
12	12	4	1	1956-06-27	WSH	@	DET	Duke Maas	ahead 2-0	t 9	1	---	1	3	4	0.047	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	1956-07-01 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 4-5	t 7	2	-2-	2	3	3	0.376	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Roig Scores
14	14	6	1	1956-07-18 (1)	WSH		CLE	Herb Score	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3	3	3	0.172	81%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Yost Scores; T. Roig Scores
15	15	7	1	1956-09-08	WSH	@	NYY	Tom Sturdivant	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---	1	3	3	0.042	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	8	1	1956-09-25	WSH	@	BOS	Dave Sisler	behind 0-6	t 4	0	1--	2	3	3	0.063	14%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Herzog Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1957-07-21	WSH	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 1-2	t 3	1	1--	2	2	5	0.209	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Bolling Scores
18	18	2	1	1957-08-20 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	Jim Wilson	behind 1-4	t 4	2	1--	2	6	3	0.171	32%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Schult Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1958-05-20	BOS	@	CLE	Ray Narleski	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	2	4	0.225	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Piersall Scores
20	20	2	1	1958-06-22	BOS	@	KCA	Jack Urban	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.130	50%		Home Run
21	21	3	1	1958-07-22	BOS	@	KCA	Murry Dickson	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.110	37%		Home Run
22	22	4	1	1958-08-10 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	Zach Monroe	ahead 7-3	t 9	1	---	1	2	3	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	5	1	1958-08-15	BOS		NYY	Bob Turley	behind 0-1	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	4	0.140	65%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Buddin Scores
24	24	6	1	1958-09-07	BOS	@	BAL	Hal Brown	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	1--	2	2	4	0.122	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Buddin Scores
25	25	7	1	1958-09-17 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	Ray Herbert	behind 0-5	t 6	1	1--	2	2	3	0.062	10%		Home Run; D. Buddin Scores
26	26	8	1	1958-09-27	BOS	@	WSH	John Romonosky	ahead 5-4	t 4	1	1--	2	2	3	0.183	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Buddin Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1959-05-02	BOS	@	CHW	Rudy Árias	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	---	1	3	4	0.046	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	2	1	1959-05-08	BOS	@	BAL	Billy O'Dell	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.063	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	3	1	1959-05-27	BOS	@	NYY	Duke Maas	behind 0-3	t 9	0	1--	2	2	4	0.089	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Buddin Scores
30	30	4	1	1959-07-18	BOS		CLE	Herb Score	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2	2	6	0.211	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Busby Scores
31	31	5	1	1959-07-28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	Jim Perry	behind 3-4	t 5	1	1--	2	2	3	0.265	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Green Scores
32	32	6	1	1959-08-31	BOS		WSH	Chuck Stobbs	tied 3-3	b 10	2	---	1	3	3	0.464	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1960-05-22 (1)	BOS	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 1-5	t 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.035	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1960-06-08 (1)	BOS		CLE	Jim Perry	behind 6-8	b 6	2	---	1	2	5	0.128	32%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1961-04-22	BOS	@	CHW	Frank Baumann	behind 1-4	t 9	0	1--	2	7	3	0.091	16%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Harrell Scores
36	36	2	1	1961-05-21 (1)	BOS		CHW	Early Wynn	behind 1-2	b 8	2	12-	3	6	3	0.640	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Geiger Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
37	37	3	1	1961-06-23	BOS	@	KCA	Jerry Walker	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	1--	2	9	3	0.110	96%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); D. Buddin Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1962-04-24	BOS		WSA	Joe McClain	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	3	0.114	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	2	2	1962-04-24	BOS		WSA	Joe McClain	tied 1-1	b 8	1	---	1	1	3	0.292	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1962-06-17 (2)	BOS	@	DET	Phil Regan	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	0.063	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	4	1	1962-07-06	BOS	@	LAA	Bob Botz	ahead 9-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	3	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Clinton Scores
42	42	5	1	1962-07-08	BOS	@	LAA	Tom Morgan	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	0.063	93%		Home Run (LF-CF)
43	43	6	1	1962-07-12 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	Gordon Jones	behind 1-4	t 9	0	12-	3	5	3	0.350	50%		Home Run; C. Yastrzemski Scores; F. Malzone Scores
44	44	7	1	1962-07-14	BOS	@	KCA	Bill Fischer	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.106	58%		Home Run
45	45	8	1	1962-07-18	BOS		NYY	Jim Bouton	behind 0-5	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.051	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	9	1	1962-08-18	BOS	@	MIN	Bill Pleis	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1	7	3	0.035	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	10	1	1962-09-07	BOS	@	NYY	Bill Stafford	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.109	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1963-07-17	HOU	@	PHI	Art Mahaffey	ahead 7-2	t 3	2	1--	2	2	3	0.048	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Spangler Scores
49	49	2	1	1963-08-30	HOU	@	CHC	Cal Koonce	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	4	0.139	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Spangler Scores

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