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Cookie Lavagetto
Attilio H. Lavagetto

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

Debut April 17, 1934
Final Game September 28, 1947
Born December 1, 1912 in Oakland, CA
Died August 10, 1990 in Orinda, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 21 PIT NL  87  304   41   67  16  3   3   46   6     32  39  .220  .295  .322   64   98   0           0   3
 1935 22 PIT NL  78  231   27   67   9  4   0   19   1     18  15  .290  .341  .364   87   84   0           0   5
 1936 23 PIT NL  60  197   21   48  15  2   2   26   0     15  13  .244  .300  .371   78   73   0           1   4
 1937 24 BRO NL 149  503   64  142  26  6   8   70  13     74  41  .282  .375  .406  110  204   9           1  17
 1938 25 BRO NL 137  487   68  133  34  6   6   79  15     68  31  .273  .364  .405  109  197   5           2  12 AS
 1939 26 BRO NL 153  587   93  176  28  5  10   87  14     78  30  .300  .387  .416  112  244   8           5  19 MVP-29,AS
 1940 27 BRO NL 118  448   56  115  21  3   4   43   4     70  32  .257  .361  .344   91  154   2           3  12 AS
 1941 28 BRO NL 132  441   75  122  24  7   1   78   7     80  21  .277  .388  .370  111  163   2           0   6 MVP-35,AS
 1946 33 BRO NL  88  242   36   57   9  1   3   27   3     38  17  .236  .339  .318   86   77   6           0   7
 1947 34 BRO NL  41   69    6   18   1  0   3   11   0     12   5  .261  .370  .406  103   28   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1043 3509  487  945 183 37  40  486  63  0 485 244  .269  .360  .377   99 1322  33   0   0  12  86
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545   76  147  28  6   6   75  10  0  75  38  .269  .360  .377   99  205   5   0   0   2  13
 Career High    153  587   93  176  34  7  10   87  15  0  80  41  .300  .388  .416  112  244   9   0   0   5  19
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 21 PIT NL  336  240   29   3.2   106| .220  .290| .295  .345| .322  .412| .617  .757|  64  .330 -15.8  -1.5     
 1935 22 PIT NL  249  169   29   4.6   106| .290  .289| .341  .345| .364  .412| .705  .757|  87  .490  -4.2  -0.4     
 1936 23 PIT NL  213  153   22   3.9   105| .244  .288| .300  .348| .371  .404| .671  .751|  78  .412  -6.2  -0.6     
 1937 24 BRO NL  587  387   76   5.2   103| .282  .282| .375  .344| .406  .400| .781  .745| 110  .568   9.8   1.0     
 1938 25 BRO NL  562  371   71   5.1   100| .273  .277| .364  .341| .405  .394| .769  .736| 109  .570   8.7   0.9     
 1939 26 BRO NL  678  438   93   5.7   107| .300  .285| .387  .351| .416  .407| .803  .759| 112  .598  12.6   1.2     
 1940 27 BRO NL  523  347   55   4.3   103| .257  .279| .361  .344| .344  .401| .705  .745|  91  .489  -3.1  -0.3     
 1941 28 BRO NL  523  327   63   5.2    97| .277  .271| .388  .342| .370  .381| .758  .723| 111  .598  10.2   1.0     
 1946 33 BRO NL  286  198   26   3.5    93| .236  .264| .339  .339| .318  .369| .657  .708|  86  .437  -3.3  -0.3     
 1947 34 BRO NL   82   53   10   5.0   109| .261  .279| .370  .355| .406  .413| .776  .768| 103  .536   0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4039 2683  474   4.7   103| .269  .280| .360  .345| .377  .398| .737  .743|  99  .529   9.1   1.0     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 21 PIT NL 2B 83 214 234 18 39 .961 .965 5.40 5.45 1935 22 PIT NL 2B 42 92 120 11 10 .951 .963 5.05 5.37 3B 15 8 23 4 0 .886 .942 2.07 2.71 1936 23 PIT NL 2B 37 85 110 10 24 .951 .963 5.27 5.30 3B 13 15 21 4 0 .900 .947 2.77 2.51 SS 1 0 1 2 1 .333 .909 1.00 5.10 1937 24 BRO NL 2B 100 229 294 28 56 .949 .959 5.23 5.33 3B 45 52 74 6 8 .955 .954 2.80 2.72 1938 25 BRO NL 3B 132 136 229 28 26 .929 .945 2.77 2.87 AS 2B 4 6 11 0 2 1.000 .971 4.25 5.40 AS 1939 26 BRO NL 3B 149 163 278 24 28 .948 .942 2.96 2.79 AS 1940 27 BRO NL 3B 116 137 191 24 12 .932 .948 2.83 2.82 AS 1941 28 BRO NL 3B 120 117 215 22 17 .938 .949 2.77 3.16 AS 1946 33 BRO NL 3B 67 70 108 14 11 .927 .952 2.66 2.84 1947 34 BRO NL 3B 18 20 29 2 3 .961 .948 2.72 2.80 1B 3 20 2 0 0 1.000 .991 7.33 9.23
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 34 BRO NL 1B 3 20 2 0 0 1.000 .991 7.33 9.23 1934 21 PIT NL 2B 83 214 234 18 39 .961 .965 5.40 5.45 1935 22 PIT NL 2B 42 92 120 11 10 .951 .963 5.05 5.37 1936 23 PIT NL 2B 37 85 110 10 24 .951 .963 5.27 5.30 1937 24 BRO NL 2B 100 229 294 28 56 .949 .959 5.23 5.33 1938 25 BRO NL 2B 4 6 11 0 2 1.000 .971 4.25 5.40 1935 22 PIT NL 3B 15 8 23 4 0 .886 .942 2.07 2.71 1936 23 PIT NL 3B 13 15 21 4 0 .900 .947 2.77 2.51 1937 24 BRO NL 3B 45 52 74 6 8 .955 .954 2.80 2.72 1938 25 BRO NL 3B 132 136 229 28 26 .929 .945 2.77 2.87 1939 26 BRO NL 3B 149 163 278 24 28 .948 .942 2.96 2.79 1940 27 BRO NL 3B 116 137 191 24 12 .932 .948 2.83 2.82 1941 28 BRO NL 3B 120 117 215 22 17 .938 .949 2.77 3.16 1946 33 BRO NL 3B 67 70 108 14 11 .927 .952 2.66 2.84 1947 34 BRO NL 3B 18 20 29 2 3 .961 .948 2.72 2.80 1936 23 PIT NL SS 1 0 1 2 1 .333 .909 1.00 5.10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 675 718 1168 128 105 .936 .947 2.79 2.87 2B 266 626 769 67 131 .954 .962 5.24 5.37 1B 3 20 2 0 0 1.000 .991 7.33 9.23 SS 1 0 1 2 1 .333 .909 1.00 5.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 945 1364 1940 197 237 .944 .954 3.50 3.60
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   3  10   1   1  0  0  0   0   2   0  .100  .250  .100   0  0   0   0   0 
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   5   7   0   1  1  0  0   3   0   2  .143  .143  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   8  17   1   2  1  0  0   3   2   2  .118  .211  .176   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1940   BRO NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1941   BRO NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/4      1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1938
1939
1940 (3B)
1941 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-NL-29-0.01
1941-NL-35-0.01
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Games
1937 NL-149-9
1939 NL-153-5

At Bats
1939 NL-587-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1939 NL-678-8

Hits
1939 NL-176-10

Doubles
1938 NL-34-7

RBI
1938 NL-79-10
1939 NL-87-6

Bases on Balls
1937 NL-74-6
1938 NL-68-7
1939 NL-78-5
1940 NL-70-8
1941 NL-80-7

Stolen Bases
1937 NL-13-3
1938 NL-15-2
1939 NL-14-4

Singles
1939 NL-133-6

Runs Created
1939 NL-93-10

Times on Base
1939 NL-259-5

Hit By Pitch
1939 NL-5-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1937 NL-17-3
1939 NL-19-7

Power/Speed Number
1937 NL-9.9-5
1938 NL-8.6-6
1939 NL-11.7-1

Outs
1939 NL-438-7

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.1 (889) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (906) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 4, 1936: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ralph Birkofer to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ed Brandt.

May 3, 1948: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.


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