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Pete Runnels
James Edward Runnels
born James Edward Runnells

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

Debut July 1, 1951
Final Game May 14, 1964
Born January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, TX
Died May 20, 1991 in Pasadena, TX

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 23 WSH AL  78  273   31   76  12  2   0   25   0  3  31  24  .278  .354  .337   89   92   2           1   5
 1952 24 WSH AL 152  555   70  158  18  3   1   64   0 10  72  55  .285  .368  .333   99  185   4           1  14 MVP-23
 1953 25 WSH AL 137  486   64  125  15  5   2   50   3  4  64  36  .257  .347  .321   83  156   6           3  18
 1954 26 WSH AL 139  488   75  131  17 15   3   56   2  3  78  60  .268  .368  .383  111  187   2   2       0  10
 1955 27 WSH AL 134  503   66  143  16  4   2   49   3  9  55  51  .284  .353  .344   91  173   4   4   2   1  14
 1956 28 WSH AL 147  578   72  179  29  9   8   76   5  5  58  64  .310  .372  .433  116  250   4   4   2   2  18 MVP-17
 1957 29 WSH AL 134  473   53  109  18  4   2   35   2  3  55  51  .230  .310  .298   69  141   1   5   5   2   7
 1958 30 BOS AL 147  568  103  183  32  5   8   59   1  2  87  49  .322  .416  .438  130  249   2   3   0   6  15 MVP-10
 1959 31 BOS AL 147  560   95  176  33  6   6   57   6  5  95  48  .314  .415  .427  129  239   5   0   1   1  17 MVP-26,AS
 1960 32 BOS AL 143  528   80  169  29  2   2   35   5  2  71  51  .320  .401  .394  114  208   9   3   2   2  16 MVP-17,AS
 1961 33 BOS AL 143  360   49  114  20  3   3   38   5  1  46  32  .317  .396  .414  116  149   2   3   2   3  12
 1962 34 BOS AL 152  562   80  183  33  5  10   60   3  4  79  57  .326  .408  .456  130  256   0   6  11   3   5 MVP-18,AS
 1963 35 HOU NL 124  388   35   98   9  1   2   23   2  0  45  42  .253  .332  .296   88  115   7   4   2   3  20
 1964 36 HOU NL  22   51    3   10   1  0   0    3   0  0   8   7  .196  .305  .216   53   11   1   0   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1799 6373  876 1854 282 64  49  630  37 51 844 627  .291  .375  .378  107 2411  49  34  28  28 174
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   79  167  25  6   4   57   3  5  76  56  .291  .375  .378  107  217   4   3   3   3  16
 Career High    152  578  103  183  33 15  10   76   6 10  95  64  .326  .416  .456  130  256   9   6  11   6  20
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 23 WSH AL  307  207   31   4.0   100| .278  .265| .354  .346| .337  .389| .691  .735|  89  .448  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1952 24 WSH AL  632  425   65   4.1    94| .285  .257| .368  .336| .333  .375| .701  .710|  99  .498   1.8   0.2   0%
 1953 25 WSH AL  559  389   53   3.7   101| .257  .267| .347  .343| .321  .393| .668  .736|  83  .411  -9.8  -1.0  42%
 1954 26 WSH AL  570  374   68   4.9    95| .268  .259| .368  .334| .383  .379| .751  .713| 111  .562   9.0   0.9  40%
 1955 27 WSH AL  567  391   60   4.1   100| .284  .263| .353  .342| .344  .391| .697  .733|  91  .451  -4.8  -0.5  25%
 1956 28 WSH AL  646  430   91   5.7   103| .310  .262| .372  .344| .433  .401| .805  .744| 116  .575  13.9   1.3  50%
 1957 29 WSH AL  536  380   46   3.3    98| .230  .261| .310  .333| .298  .393| .608  .726|  69  .369 -18.9  -1.9  40%
 1958 30 BOS AL  666  407  107   7.0   103| .322  .268| .416  .338| .438  .408| .854  .746| 130  .711  29.0   2.9  33%
 1959 31 BOS AL  661  411  102   6.7   102| .314  .265| .415  .337| .427  .405| .842  .742| 129  .682  27.0   2.7  54%
 1960 32 BOS AL  613  389   86   6.0   104| .320  .267| .401  .341| .394  .408| .795  .749| 114  .627  14.2   1.4  71%
 1961 33 BOS AL  414  264   60   6.1   106| .317  .266| .396  .342| .414  .414| .810  .756| 116  .619  10.3   1.0  83%
 1962 34 BOS AL  650  394  110   7.5   105| .326  .266| .408  .339| .456  .415| .864  .754| 130  .714  28.0   2.7  42%
 1963 35 HOU NL  447  321   38   3.2    84| .253  .247| .332  .308| .296  .370| .628  .678|  88  .408  -3.6  -0.4 100%
 1964 36 HOU NL   60   45    3   1.8    89| .196  .257| .305  .315| .216  .382| .521  .697|  53  .181  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7328 4827  920   5.1   100| .291  .263| .375  .337| .378  .396| .753  .733| 107  .567  89.9   8.7  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1951 23 WSH AL  SS   73    159  176   18   41  .949  .961  4.59  4.72                        
 1952 24 WSH AL  SS  147    314  406   25   97  .966  .962  4.90  4.29                        
                 2B    1      5    4    0    2 1.000  .978  9.00  5.10                        
 1953 25 WSH AL  SS  121    195  324   23   87  .958  .966  4.29  4.52                        
                 2B   11     24   27    3    7  .944  .979  4.64  5.13                        
 1954 26 WSH AL  SS  107    174  313   24   69  .953  .960  4.55  4.31                        
                 2B   27     90   59    5   23  .968  .976  5.52  4.84                        
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            1    0    0
 1955 27 WSH AL  2B  132    349  338   17  107  .976  .976  5.20  4.87                        
                 SS    2      0    2    1    0  .667  .952  1.00  4.05                        
 1956 28 WSH AL  1B   81    693   49    4   73  .995  .990  9.16  7.99  9.57  9.43   79  698.0
                 2B   69    179  177   10   56  .973  .973  5.16  4.74  5.73  5.44   65  558.7
                 SS    3      3    3    0    2 1.000  .952  2.00  4.10  9.00  4.95    0    6.0
 1957 29 WSH AL  1B   72    616   44    3   59  .995  .992  9.17  8.36  9.85  9.67   70  603.0
                 3B   32     31   73    3   12  .972  .951  3.25  2.77  3.29  3.23   32  284.3
                 2B   23     52   43    2   13  .979  .980  4.13  4.84  5.21  5.39   17  164.0
 1958 30 BOS AL  2B  106    267  320    9   88  .985  .978  5.54  4.68  5.65  5.26  106  935.3
                 1B   42    364   15    2   41  .995  .991  9.02  8.47  9.65  9.60   40  353.3
 1959 31 BOS AL  2B  101    273  272   10   82  .982  .976  5.40  4.73  5.62  5.29  101  872.3 AS
                 1B   44    387   28    0   48 1.000  .990  9.43  8.27 10.28  9.84   42  363.3 AS
                 SS    9      3    7    0    1 1.000  .962  1.11  3.97  3.60  4.86    1   25.0 AS
 1960 32 BOS AL  2B  129    274  360    9   99  .986  .979  4.91  4.66  5.60  5.46  127 1018.7 AS
                 1B   57    142   11    1   15  .994  .991  2.68  8.04  9.26  9.58    7  148.7 AS
                 3B    3      4    6    1    0  .909  .952  3.33  2.73  3.46  3.15    3   26.0 AS
 1961 33 BOS AL  1B  113    701   50    4   92  .995  .990  6.65  8.29  9.20  9.45   75  735.0
                 3B   11      8   29    2    0  .949  .951  3.36  2.79  4.06  3.18   11   82.0
                 2B    7      6   11    0    5 1.000  .977  2.43  4.71  6.65  5.24    2   23.0
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.40  0.00  4.95    0    2.0
 1962 34 BOS AL  1B  151   1309  104   10  125  .993  .990  9.36  6.62  9.46  6.70  151 1344.0 AS
 1963 35 HOU NL  1B   70    526   40    4   31  .993  .989  8.09  8.36  9.19  9.81   65  554.3
                 2B   36     64   64    2   18  .985  .974  3.56  4.59  4.29  5.21   33  268.3
                 3B    3      3    7    0    1 1.000  .943  3.33  2.53  3.46  2.94    3   26.0
 1964 36 HOU NL  1B   14    138    5    2    8  .986  .990 10.21  8.83 11.16 10.02   13  115.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1956 28 WSH AL  1B   81    693   49    4   73  .995  .990  9.16  7.99  9.57  9.43   79  698.0
 1957 29 WSH AL  1B   72    616   44    3   59  .995  .992  9.17  8.36  9.85  9.67   70  603.0
 1958 30 BOS AL  1B   42    364   15    2   41  .995  .991  9.02  8.47  9.65  9.60   40  353.3
 1959 31 BOS AL  1B   44    387   28    0   48 1.000  .990  9.43  8.27 10.28  9.84   42  363.3
 1960 32 BOS AL  1B   57    142   11    1   15  .994  .991  2.68  8.04  9.26  9.58    7  148.7
 1961 33 BOS AL  1B  113    701   50    4   92  .995  .990  6.65  8.29  9.20  9.45   75  735.0
 1962 34 BOS AL  1B  151   1309  104   10  125  .993  .990  9.36  6.62  9.46  6.70  151 1344.0
 1963 35 HOU NL  1B   70    526   40    4   31  .993  .989  8.09  8.36  9.19  9.81   65  554.3
 1964 36 HOU NL  1B   14    138    5    2    8  .986  .990 10.21  8.83 11.16 10.02   13  115.3

 1952 24 WSH AL  2B    1      5    4    0    2 1.000  .978  9.00  5.10                        
 1953 25 WSH AL  2B   11     24   27    3    7  .944  .979  4.64  5.13                        
 1954 26 WSH AL  2B   27     90   59    5   23  .968  .976  5.52  4.84                        
 1955 27 WSH AL  2B  132    349  338   17  107  .976  .976  5.20  4.87                        
 1956 28 WSH AL  2B   69    179  177   10   56  .973  .973  5.16  4.74  5.73  5.44   65  558.7
 1957 29 WSH AL  2B   23     52   43    2   13  .979  .980  4.13  4.84  5.21  5.39   17  164.0
 1958 30 BOS AL  2B  106    267  320    9   88  .985  .978  5.54  4.68  5.65  5.26  106  935.3
 1959 31 BOS AL  2B  101    273  272   10   82  .982  .976  5.40  4.73  5.62  5.29  101  872.3
 1960 32 BOS AL  2B  129    274  360    9   99  .986  .979  4.91  4.66  5.60  5.46  127 1018.7
 1961 33 BOS AL  2B    7      6   11    0    5 1.000  .977  2.43  4.71  6.65  5.24    2   23.0
 1963 35 HOU NL  2B   36     64   64    2   18  .985  .974  3.56  4.59  4.29  5.21   33  268.3

 1957 29 WSH AL  3B   32     31   73    3   12  .972  .951  3.25  2.77  3.29  3.23   32  284.3
 1960 32 BOS AL  3B    3      4    6    1    0  .909  .952  3.33  2.73  3.46  3.15    3   26.0
 1961 33 BOS AL  3B   11      8   29    2    0  .949  .951  3.36  2.79  4.06  3.18   11   82.0
 1963 35 HOU NL  3B    3      3    7    0    1 1.000  .943  3.33  2.53  3.46  2.94    3   26.0

 1954 26 WSH AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            1    0    0

 1951 23 WSH AL  SS   73    159  176   18   41  .949  .961  4.59  4.72                        
 1952 24 WSH AL  SS  147    314  406   25   97  .966  .962  4.90  4.29                        
 1953 25 WSH AL  SS  121    195  324   23   87  .958  .966  4.29  4.52                        
 1954 26 WSH AL  SS  107    174  313   24   69  .953  .960  4.55  4.31                        
 1955 27 WSH AL  SS    2      0    2    1    0  .667  .952  1.00  4.05                        
 1956 28 WSH AL  SS    3      3    3    0    2 1.000  .952  2.00  4.10  9.00  4.95    0    6.0
 1959 31 BOS AL  SS    9      3    7    0    1 1.000  .962  1.11  3.97  3.60  4.86    1   25.0
 1961 33 BOS AL  SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.40  0.00  4.95    0    2.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B* 644   4876  346   30  492  .994  .990  8.11  7.88              542 4915.0
                 2B* 642   1583 1675   67  500  .980  .977  5.07  4.75              451 3840.3
                 SS* 463    848 1231   91  297  .958  .962  4.49  4.41                1   33.0
                 3B*  49     46  115    6   13  .964  .950  3.29  2.76               49  418.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            1    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1799   7353 3367  194 1302  .982  .980  5.96  5.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1959-1 BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 BOS AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1960-1 BOS AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1960-2 BOS AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1962-2 BOS AL       1   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      3   7   1   1  0  0  1   1   3   3   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .400  .571 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1959-1 *
1959-2 (1B)
1960-1 (2B)
1960-2 (2B)
1962-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-AL-23-0.02
1956-AL-17-0.07
1958-AL-10-0.09
1959-AL-26-0.01
1960-AL-17-0.05
1962-AL-18-0.03
Car-624-0.27 shares

Batting Average
1958 AL-.322-2
1959 AL-.314-3
1960 AL-.320-1
1962 AL-.326-1

On-base %
1958 AL-.416-3
1959 AL-.415-2
1960 AL-.401-3
1962 AL-.408-4

OPS
1958 AL-.854-9
1962 AL-.863-7

Games
1952 AL-152-4

At Bats
1956 AL-578-5
1958 AL-568-6
1959 AL-560-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1956 AL-646-10
1958 AL-666-4
1959 AL-661-5

Runs
1958 AL-103-2
1959 AL-95-8

Hits
1956 AL-179-6
1958 AL-183-4
1959 AL-176-3
1960 AL-169-4
1962 AL-183-9

Doubles
1956 AL-29-4
1958 AL-32-4
1959 AL-33-4
1960 AL-29-10
1962 AL-33-8

Triples
1954 AL-15-2
1956 AL-9-7
1959 AL-6-7

Bases on Balls
1952 AL-72-9
1954 AL-78-10
1958 AL-87-4
1959 AL-95-2
1960 AL-71-9

Singles
1952 AL-136-2
1955 AL-121-8
1956 AL-133-3
1958 AL-138-2
1959 AL-131-3
1960 AL-136-3
1962 AL-135-5

Adjusted OPS+
1958 AL-130-9
1962 AL-130-8

Runs Created
1958 AL-107-5
1959 AL-102-6
1962 AL-110-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1958 AL-29-9
1959 AL-27-9
1962 AL-28-8

Batting Wins
1958 AL-2.9-8
1959 AL-2.7-8
1962 AL-2.7-8

Times on Base
1958 AL-276-2
1959 AL-272-2
1960 AL-242-4
1962 AL-265-3

Offensive Win%
1958 AL-.711-6
1959 AL-.682-6
1962 AL-.714-3

Hit By Pitch
1958 AL-6-7

Sac. Hits
1960 AL-9-9

Intentional Walks
1962 AL-11-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1953 AL-18-7
1956 AL-18-7
1959 AL-17-5
1963 NL-20-3

Caught Stealing
1952 AL-10-3
1955 AL-9-2
1956 AL-5-9
1959 AL-5-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1958 AL-11.6-8

Outs
1956 AL-430-7
1959 AL-411-10

      

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (272) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 64 (381) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.1 (414) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 45.0 (403) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

September, 1950: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Texarkana (Big State) for $12,500.

January 23, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Albie Pearson and Norm Zauchin.

November 26, 1962: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Houston Colt .45's for Roman Mejias.

May 19, 1964: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

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Uniforms 
View Pete Runnels's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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