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Max Surkont
Matthew Constantine Surkont

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 19, 1949
Final Game May 1, 1957
Born June 16, 1922 in Central Falls, RI
Died October 8, 1986 in Largo, FL

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1949 27 CHW AL   3   5  44   2   0   0  23  4   96.0   92   61   51   9   60   38   3   3   435       0  4.78  4.16   87 1.583
 1950 28 BSN NL   5   2   9   6   2   0   3  0   55.7   63   29   20   5   20   21   2   0   246       0  3.23  3.85  119 1.491
 1951 29 BSN NL  12  16  37  33  11   2   3  1  237.0  230  119  105  21   89  110   7   5  1022       0  3.99  3.68   92 1.346
 1952 30 BSN NL  12  13  31  29  12   3   1  0  215.0  201   95   90  19   76  125   3   7   914       0  3.77  3.62   96 1.288
 1953 31 MLN NL  11   5  28  24  11   2   2  0  170.0  168   82   79  22   64   83   0   2   732       2  4.18  3.94   94 1.365
 1954 32 PIT NL   9  18  33  29  11   0   2  0  208.3  216  124  102  25   78   78   4   4   916       0  4.41  4.19   95 1.411
 1955 33 PIT NL   7  14  35  22   5   0   7  2  166.3  194  109  103  23   78   84   3   6   745   4   0  5.57  4.12   74 1.635
 1956 34 TOT NL   2   2  14   4   1   0   4  1   39.7   36   24   24   8   14   24   0   1   167   1   0  5.45  3.77   69 1.261
         PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    2    1    1   0    3    1   0   0    11   0   0  4.50  3.77   84 2.500
         STL NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    5.7   10    6    6   3    2    5   0   0    27   0   0  9.53  3.77   40 2.118
         NYG NL   2   2   8   4   1   0   2  1   32.0   24   17   17   5    9   18   0   1   129   1   0  4.78  3.77   79 1.031
 1957 35 NYG NL   0   1   5   0   0   0   1  0    6.3    9    7    7   2    2    8   0   0    30   0   0  9.95  3.92   39 1.737
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .445  61  76 236 149  53   7  46  8 1194.3 1209  650  581 134  481  571  22  28  5207   5   2  4.38  3.91   89 1.415
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  41  26   9   1   8  1  210.7  213  114  102  23   84  100   3   4   919   0   0  4.38  3.91   89 1.415
 Career High     12  18  44  33  12   3  23  4  237.0  230  124  105  25   89  125   7   7  1022   4   2  3.23  4.19  119 1.288

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 27 CHW AL  44   22    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  12  .045  .192  .045  -35    1   0           0   0
 1950 28 BSN NL   9   23    4   10   2  0   1    5   0      1   3  .435  .458  .652  196   15   0           0   0
 1951 29 BSN NL  37   73    2   11   1  0   0    4   0  0   7  17  .151  .225  .164   10   12   8           0   4
 1952 30 BSN NL  31   63    2    7   3  0   0    3   0  0   3  16  .111  .152  .159  -13   10   7           0   1
 1953 31 MLN NL  28   56   10   16   5  1   0    6   0  0   5   7  .286  .344  .411  101   23   5           0   1
 1954 32 PIT NL  33   60    3   10   1  0   0    5   0  0   6  19  .167  .239  .183   13   11   9   1       0   2
 1955 33 PIT NL  35   50    5    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   4  13  .140  .218  .160    4    8   4   0   0   1   0
 1956 34 TOT NL  14   10    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .100  .182  .100  -21    1   2   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         NYG NL   8    9    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .111  .200  .111  -13    1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      236  357   28   63  13  1   1   28   0  0  31  90  .176  .244  .227   29   81  35   1   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        245   19   43   9  1   1   19   0  0  21  62  .176  .244  .227   29   56  24   1   0   1   5
 Career High     44   73   10   16   5  1   1    6   0  0   7  19                          23   9   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 27 CHW AL   26   21    0   0.0   104| .045  .267| .192  .358| .045  .388| .237  .746| -35  .000  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1950 28 BSN NL   24   13    7  14.4   103| .435  .262| .458  .338| .652  .407|1.110  .745| 196  .885   3.1   0.3     
 1951 29 BSN NL   88   74    3   1.1    97| .151  .259| .225  .332| .164  .392| .389  .724|  10  .069  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1952 30 BSN NL   73   64    2   0.8    95| .111  .258| .152  .330| .159  .384| .311  .714| -13  .051  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1953 31 MLN NL   66   46    8   4.6   105| .286  .267| .344  .337| .411  .416| .755  .753| 101  .478   0.3   0.0   0%
 1954 32 PIT NL   76   62    3   1.3   107| .167  .272| .239  .343| .183  .420| .422  .763|  13  .084  -7.6  -0.7   0%
 1955 33 PIT NL   59   47    2   1.1   104| .140  .263| .218  .334| .160  .417| .378  .750|   4  .070  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1956 34 TOT NL   13   11    0   0.0   102| .100  .263| .182  .330| .100  .415| .282  .745| -21  .000  -1.7  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .264| .000  .331| .000  .417| .000  .748|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         NYG NL   12   10    0   0.0   102| .111  .263| .200  .330| .111  .415| .311  .745| -13  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       425  338   25   2.0   101| .176  .264| .244  .337| .227  .404| .471  .740|  29  .177 -35.6  -3.5     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1949 27 CHW AL   P   44      4   13    0    0 1.000  .960  0.39  1.01  1.59  2.12    2   96.0
 1950 28 BSN NL   P    9      1    9    0    0 1.000  .962  1.11  0.97  1.62  2.12    6   55.7
 1951 29 BSN NL   P   37     11   31    2    2  .955  .961  1.14  0.96  1.59  2.14   33  237.0
 1952 30 BSN NL   P   31      9   38    5    3  .904  .953  1.52  0.98  1.97  2.18   29  215.0
 1953 31 MLN NL   P   28     11   32    2    3  .956  .956  1.54  0.87  2.28  2.06   24  170.0
 1954 32 PIT NL   P   33      8   40    1    1  .980  .960  1.45  0.87  2.07  2.07   29  208.3
 1955 33 PIT NL   P   35      8   21    2    0  .935  .951  0.83  0.83  1.57  2.04   22  166.3
 1956 34 TOT NL   P   14      0    5    0    0 1.000  .980  0.36  0.82  1.13  2.06    4   39.7
         PIT NL   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  0.80  4.50  2.25    0    2.0
         STL NL   P    5      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.82  0.00  2.05    0    5.7
         NYG NL   P    8      0    4    0    0 1.000  .976  0.50  0.82  1.12  2.05    4   32.0
 1957 35 NYG NL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.82  1.43  2.00    0    6.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1949 27 CHW AL   P   44      4   13    0    0 1.000  .960  0.39  1.01  1.59  2.12    2   96.0
 1950 28 BSN NL   P    9      1    9    0    0 1.000  .962  1.11  0.97  1.62  2.12    6   55.7
 1951 29 BSN NL   P   37     11   31    2    2  .955  .961  1.14  0.96  1.59  2.14   33  237.0
 1952 30 BSN NL   P   31      9   38    5    3  .904  .953  1.52  0.98  1.97  2.18   29  215.0
 1953 31 MLN NL   P   28     11   32    2    3  .956  .956  1.54  0.87  2.28  2.06   24  170.0
 1954 32 PIT NL   P   33      8   40    1    1  .980  .960  1.45  0.87  2.07  2.07   29  208.3
 1955 33 PIT NL   P   35      8   21    2    0  .935  .951  0.83  0.83  1.57  2.04   22  166.3
 1956 34 TOT NL   P   14      0    5    0    0 1.000  .980  0.36  0.82  1.13  2.06    4   39.7
         PIT NL   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  0.80  4.50  2.25    0    2.0
         STL NL   P    5      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.82  0.00  2.05    0    5.7
         NYG NL   P    8      0    4    0    0 1.000  .976  0.50  0.82  1.12  2.05    4   32.0
 1957 35 NYG NL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.82  1.43  2.00    0    6.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 236     52  190   12    9  .953  .958  1.03  0.92  1.82  2.10  149 1194.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       236     52  190   12    9  .953  .958  1.03  0.92  1.82  2.10  149   1194

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.

Won-Loss %
1953 NL-.688-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1952 NL-5.23-9
1955 NL-4.55-10

Games
1949 AL-44-5

Saves
1949 AL-4-5

Innings
1951 NL-237.0-10

Strikeouts
1952 NL-125-7

Games Started
1951 NL-33-8

Comp. Games
1953 NL-11-8

Shutouts
1952 NL-3-10
1953 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1951 NL-21-8
1952 NL-19-7
1954 NL-25-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1951 NL-89-8
1955 NL-78-5

Losses
1951 NL-16-4
1952 NL-13-10
1954 NL-18-2
1955 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1951 NL-105-3
1952 NL-90-9
1954 NL-102-4
1955 NL-103-3

Wild Pitches
1952 NL-7-2
1955 NL-6-2

Hit Batsmen
1951 NL-7-5

Batters Faced
1951 NL-1022-9

Games Finished
1949 AL-23-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
November 10, 1948: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 rule 5 draft.
August 18, 1950: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Chicago White Sox.
December 26, 1953: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Larry Lasalle (minors), Sid Gordon, Sam Jethroe, Curt Raydon, Fred Waters, and $100,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny O'Connell.
May 5, 1956: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Arroyo.
June 4, 1956: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 20, 1956: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Boston Red Sox.
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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Won-Loss % 1953 NL-.688-9	Strikeouts/9IP 1952 NL-5.23-9 1955 NL-4.55-10	Games 1949 AL-44-5	Saves 1949 AL-4-5	Innings 1951 NL-237.0-10	Strikeouts 1952 NL-125-7
Games Started 1951 NL-33-8	Comp. Games 1953 NL-11-8	Shutouts 1952 NL-3-10 1953 NL-2-10	Home Runs Allow. 1951 NL-21-8 1952 NL-19-7 1954 NL-25-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1951 NL-89-8 1955 NL-78-5	Losses 1951 NL-16-4 1952 NL-13-10 1954 NL-18-2 1955 NL-14-6
Earned Runs Allow. 1951 NL-105-3 1952 NL-90-9 1954 NL-102-4 1955 NL-103-3	Wild Pitches 1952 NL-7-2 1955 NL-6-2	Hit Batsmen 1951 NL-7-5	Batters Faced 1951 NL-1022-9	Games Finished 1949 AL-23-5