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Hal Wagner
Harold Edward Wagner

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.
School Duke University

Debut October 3, 1937
Final Game April 19, 1949
Born July 2, 1915 in East Riverton, NJ
Died August 7, 1979 in Riverside, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 21 PHA AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0    
 1938 22 PHA AL  33   88   10   20   2  1   0    8   0  0   8   9  .227  .299  .273   46   24   3           1    
 1939 23 PHA AL   5    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .125  .125  .125  -35    1   0           0   0
 1940 24 PHA AL  34   75    9   19   5  1   0   10   0  0  11   6  .253  .356  .347   85   26   2           1   2
 1941 25 PHA AL  46  131   18   29   8  2   1   15   1  0  19   9  .221  .320  .336   75   44   0           0   1
 1942 26 PHA AL 104  288   26   68  17  1   1   30   1  0  24  29  .236  .304  .313   74   90   4           4   7 AS
 1943 27 PHA AL 111  289   22   69  17  1   1   26   3  3  36  17  .239  .327  .315   89   91   3           2   9 MVP-33
 1944 28 TOT AL  71  227   21   75  13  4   1   38   1  1  29  14  .330  .415  .436  144   99   2           4   2
         PHA AL   5    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   44    1   0           0   0
         BOS AL  66  223   21   74  13  4   1   38   1  1  29  14  .332  .418  .439  146   98   2           4   2
 1946 30 BOS AL 117  370   39   85  12  2   6   52   3  1  69  32  .230  .354  .322   85  119   4           2   7 MVP-26,AS
 1947 31 TOT AL  92  256   24   70  13  0   5   39   0  1  37  21  .273  .367  .383  105   98   3           1   3
         BOS AL  21   65    5   15   3  0   0    6   0  0   9   5  .231  .324  .277   63   18   1           0   1
         DET AL  71  191   19   55  10  0   5   33   0  1  28  16  .288  .382  .419  120   80   2           1   2
 1948 32 TOT     57  113   10   22   3  0   0   10   1  0  20  11  .195  .316  .221   43   25   3           0   3
         DET AL  54  109   10   22   3  0   0   10   1  0  20  11  .202  .326  .229   47   25   3           0   2
         PHI NL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   1
 1949 33 PHI NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     672 1849  179  458  90 12  15  228  10  6 253 152  .248  .343  .334   87  617  24   0   0  15  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        446   43  110  22  3   4   55   2  1  61  37  .248  .343  .334   87  149   6   0   0   4   8
 Career High    117  370   39   85  17  4   6   52   3  3  69  32  .330  .415  .436  144  119   4   0   0   4   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 21 PHA AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1938 22 PHA AL  100   71    7   2.6   116| .227  .286| .299  .365| .273  .427| .572  .791|  46  .214  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1939 23 PHA AL    8    7    0   0.0   112| .125  .284| .125  .359| .125  .420| .250  .778| -35  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1940 24 PHA AL   89   60    9   4.0   109| .253  .277| .356  .349| .347  .419| .703  .769|  85  .401  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1941 25 PHA AL  150  103   14   3.6   105| .221  .273| .320  .349| .336  .402| .656  .752|  75  .381  -4.4  -0.4 100%
 1942 26 PHA AL  320  231   27   3.1    94| .236  .264| .304  .339| .313  .370| .617  .709|  74  .378  -9.6  -1.0 100%
 1943 27 PHA AL  330  235   29   3.4    86| .239  .255| .327  .329| .315  .352| .642  .681|  89  .445  -2.8  -0.3  50%
 1944 28 TOT AL  262  157   40   6.9    91| .330  .267| .415  .334| .436  .364| .851  .698| 144  .726  14.7   1.6  50%
         PHA AL    4    3    0   0.0    91| .250  .267| .250  .334| .250  .364| .500  .698|  44  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  258  154   40   7.0    91| .332  .267| .418  .334| .439  .364| .857  .698| 146  .734  15.0   1.6  50%
 1946 30 BOS AL  445  297   42   3.8   101| .230  .270| .354  .346| .322  .389| .676  .735|  85  .456  -5.3  -0.5  75%
 1947 31 TOT AL  297  193   36   5.0   100| .273  .267| .367  .348| .383  .384| .750  .732| 105  .580   3.0   0.3   0%
         BOS AL   75   52    6   3.1   102| .231  .270| .324  .352| .277  .389| .601  .741|  63  .365  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         DET AL  222  141   30   5.7    99| .288  .266| .382  .347| .419  .382| .801  .729| 120  .637   6.0   0.6   0%
 1948 32 TOT     136   97    8   2.2   108| .195  .276| .316  .362| .221  .399| .537  .761|  43  .206  -8.9  -0.9 100%
         DET AL  132   92    8   2.3   108| .202  .277| .326  .362| .229  .400| .555  .762|  47  .222  -7.8  -0.8 100%
         PHI NL    4    5    0   0.0   100| .000  .266| .000  .340| .000  .394| .000  .735|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1949 33 PHI NL    4    4    0   0.0   101| .000  .267| .000  .340| .000  .399| .000  .739|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2141 1455  212   3.9    98| .248  .268| .343  .343| .334  .381| .677  .725|  87  .463 -24.8  -2.3     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 21 PHA AL C 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 0 1938 22 PHA AL C 30 87 16 3 2 .972 .983 3.43 4.37 2 1939 23 PHA AL C 5 11 3 0 0 1.000 .979 2.80 4.44 0 1940 24 PHA AL C 28 91 16 4 4 .964 .982 3.82 4.68 0 1941 25 PHA AL C 42 144 19 4 4 .976 .983 3.88 4.54 4 1942 26 PHA AL C 94 371 47 6 7 .986 .979 4.45 4.28 15 AS 1943 27 PHA AL C 99 340 56 8 3 .980 .981 4.00 4.61 13 1944 28 TOT AL C 65 300 30 10 4 .971 .976 5.08 4.36 4 PHA AL C 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.40 0 BOS AL C 64 299 29 10 4 .970 .976 5.12 4.36 4 1946 30 BOS AL C 116 553 39 10 3 .983 .982 5.10 4.79 3 AS 1947 31 TOT AL C 92 357 31 5 4 .987 .985 4.22 4.30 4 BOS AL C 21 82 9 2 1 .978 .985 4.33 4.30 2 DET AL C 71 275 22 3 3 .990 .985 4.18 4.30 2 1948 32 TOT C 53 165 14 2 4 .989 .986 3.38 4.09 1 DET AL C 52 162 12 2 4 .989 .986 3.35 4.08 1 PHI NL C 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 4.40 0 1949 33 PHI NL C 1 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 4.40 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 21 PHA AL C 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 0 1938 22 PHA AL C 30 87 16 3 2 .972 .983 3.43 4.37 2 1939 23 PHA AL C 5 11 3 0 0 1.000 .979 2.80 4.44 0 1940 24 PHA AL C 28 91 16 4 4 .964 .982 3.82 4.68 0 1941 25 PHA AL C 42 144 19 4 4 .976 .983 3.88 4.54 4 1942 26 PHA AL C 94 371 47 6 7 .986 .979 4.45 4.28 15 1943 27 PHA AL C 99 340 56 8 3 .980 .981 4.00 4.61 13 1944 28 TOT AL C 65 300 30 10 4 .971 .976 5.08 4.36 4 PHA AL C 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.40 0 BOS AL C 64 299 29 10 4 .970 .976 5.12 4.36 4 1946 30 BOS AL C 116 553 39 10 3 .983 .982 5.10 4.79 3 1947 31 TOT AL C 92 357 31 5 4 .987 .985 4.22 4.30 4 BOS AL C 21 82 9 2 1 .978 .985 4.33 4.30 2 DET AL C 71 275 22 3 3 .990 .985 4.18 4.30 2 1948 32 TOT C 53 165 14 2 4 .989 .986 3.38 4.09 1 DET AL C 52 162 12 2 4 .989 .986 3.35 4.08 1 PHI NL C 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 4.40 0 1949 33 PHI NL C 1 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 4.40 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 626 2423 271 53 36 .981 .981 4.30 4.46 46 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 626 2423 271 53 36 .981 .981 4.30 4.46
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   5  13   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   PHA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   BOS AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   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
1942
1946 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-AL-33-0.00
1946-AL-26-0.00

Bases on Balls
1946 AL-69-10

Hit By Pitch
1942 AL-4-7
1944 AL-4-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1068) (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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Transactions 

May 7, 1944: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Ford Garrison.

May 20, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Birdie Tebbetts.

September 13, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Detroit Tigers.

May 17, 1949: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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