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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	HOU		SFG	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
2	2	Apr 10	HOU		SFG	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
3	4 (1)	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
4	5	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
5	6	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
6	7	Apr 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
7	8	Apr 17	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
8	9	Apr 18	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
9	10	Apr 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
10	11	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-6	GS	28	7.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
11	12	Apr 21 (1)	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-11	GS	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
12	15 (2)	Apr 23	HOU		STL	L,0-15	CG	52	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
13	16	Apr 24	HOU		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
14	17	Apr 25	HOU		MLN	W,7-5	GS	26	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
15	18	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	GS	25	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
16	19	Apr 27	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	21 (1)	May 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	23 (1)	May 4	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
19	24	May 5 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	8	1	1	10	2	1B
20	28 (3)	May 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-13	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
21	29	May 10	HOU		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	30	May 11 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
23	31	May 11 (2)	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
24	32	May 12	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
25	33	May 13	HOU		NYM	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
26	34	May 14	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
27	35	May 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
28	36	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
29	37	May 17	HOU		PHI	W,4-1	GF	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
30	38	May 18	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
31	39	May 19	HOU		PIT	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
32	40	May 20	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
33	41	May 21	HOU		PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
34	42	May 22	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
35	43	May 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	50	10.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
36	44	May 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
37	45	May 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	53 (7)	Jun 4	HOU		LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
39	54	Jun 5	HOU		LAD	L,1-5	GF	26	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
40	64 (9)	Jun 16 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-0	GS	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
41	65	Jun 16 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
42	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
43	67	Jun 19	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
44	68	Jun 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
45	69	Jun 21	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
46	70	Jun 22	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
47	71	Jun 23 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
48	77 (5)	Jun 29	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	78	Jun 30	HOU		STL	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	80 (1)	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
51	81	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	83 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	HOU		CIN	W,6-2	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	84	Jul 5	HOU		MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
54	86 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	HOU		MLN	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
55	87	Jul 7	HOU		MLN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
56	88	Jul 10	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
57	89	Jul 11	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
58	90	Jul 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
59	91	Jul 13	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
60	92	Jul 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
61	93	Jul 15 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,5-14	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	94	Jul 15 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-0	GS	19	5.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
63	95	Jul 16	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	96	Jul 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,9-10	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
65	97	Jul 18	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
66	98	Jul 19	HOU	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
67	99	Jul 20	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
68	100	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
69	101	Jul 23	HOU		PHI	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
70	102	Jul 24	HOU		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
71	103	Jul 25	HOU		PHI	W,3-0	GS	23	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
72	104	Jul 26	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
73	105	Jul 27	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	GS	26	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B 1B
74	106	Jul 28	HOU		NYM	W,8-2	GS	25	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
75	107	Jul 30	HOU		PIT	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	109 (1)	Aug 2	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
77	112 (2)	Aug 5	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
78	113	Aug 6	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
79	114	Aug 7	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
80	115	Aug 9 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
81	116	Aug 9 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
82	117	Aug 10	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
83	119 (1)	Aug 12	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
84	120	Aug 13	HOU	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
85	121	Aug 14	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
86	123 (1)	Aug 16	HOU	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	2B
87	125 (1)	Aug 18	HOU	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
88	126	Aug 20	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
89	128 (1)	Aug 23	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
90	129	Aug 24	HOU		STL	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
91	130	Aug 25	HOU		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
92	131	Aug 26	HOU		MLN	L,7-11	GF	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
93	132	Aug 27	HOU		MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
94	133	Aug 28	HOU		MLN	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
95	134	Aug 30	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
96	135	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	136	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
98	139 (2)	Sep 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
99	140	Sep 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
100	141	Sep 5	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
101	142	Sep 6	HOU		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
102	144 (1)	Sep 8	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
103	146 (1)	Sep 11	HOU	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
104	147	Sep 12	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
105	148	Sep 13	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
106	149	Sep 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
107	151 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
108	153 (1)	Sep 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
							109gm		848.2	593	111	6	710	50