Hal Jeffcoat

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Hal Jeffcoat
Outfielder / Pitcher
Born: September 6, 1924(1924-09-06)
Died: August 30, 2007 (aged 82)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1948
for the Chicago Cubs
Final game
August 6, 1959
for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
AVG     .248
Hits     487
Win-Loss Record     39-37
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Harold Bentley Jeffcoat (born September 6, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina; died August 30, 2007 in Tampa, Florida[1]) was an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948-55), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-59) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959).

He is the brother of former Major League pitcher George Jeffcoat.

In 12 seasons as an outfielder he played in 918 games, 1,963 at bats, 249 runs, 487 hits, 95 doubles, 18 triples, 26 home Runs, 188 RBI, 49 stolen bases, 114 walks, .248 batting Average, .291 nn-base percentage, .355 slugging percentage, 696 total bases, 47 sacrifice hits and 2 sacrifice flies.

Five of his seasons he also played as a pitcher where he had a win-loss record of 39-37, 245 games, 51 games started, 13 omplete games, 1 shutout, 106 games finished, 25 saves, 697 innings pitched, 772 hits allowed, 365 runs allowed, 327 earned runs allowed, 73 home runs allowed, 257 walks allowed, 239 strikeouts, 22 hit batsmen, 13 wild pitches, 3,053 batters faced, 35 intentional walks and a 4.22 ERA.

[edit] Sources

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
  • Shatzkin, Mike (1990). The Ballplayers. Arbor House, p. 522. 
  • Retrosheet