Dick Cole Stats

Dick Cole was born on Thursday, May 6, 1926, in Long Beach, California. Cole was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 27, 1951, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dick Cole baseball stats page.

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Dick Cole

Dick Cole Autograph on a 1994 Topps Archive (#84)

Dick Cole Autograph on a 1994 Topps Archive (#84)
 

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Birth Name:   Richard Roy Cole
Nickname:   Dick
Born On:   05-06-1926  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Long Beach, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-27-1951 (Age 24)
Last Game:   07-21-1957
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dick Cole

Dick Cole Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Dick Cole

Dick Cole Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1951 25 Cardinals 15 36 4 7 1 0 0 0 3 6 - 5 0 - 0 0 .194 .310 .222
1951 25 Pirates 42 106 9 25 4 0 1 0 11 15 - 9 7 - 0 4 .236 .331 .302
1953 27 Pirates 97 235 29 64 13 1 0 0 23 38 - 26 7 - 0 6 .272 .374 .336
1954 28 Pirates 138 486 40 131 22 5 1 0 40 41 - 48 8 6 0 20 .270 .323 .342
1955 29 Pirates 77 239 16 54 8 3 0 0 21 18 1 22 0 1 2 5 .226 .285 .285
1956 30 Pirates 72 99 7 21 2 1 0 0 9 11 0 9 0 0 0 5 .212 .291 .253
1957 31 Braves 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 1 .071 .235 .071
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
6 Years 456 1,215 106 303 50 10 2 0 107 132 2 124 24 7 2 41 .249 .322 .312
Dick Cole

Dick Cole Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1951 Cardinals 2B 14 11 296 64 4.6 62 21 41 2 10 n/a n/a n/a .969 5.66
1951 Pirates 2B 34 31 762 162 4.8 159 85 74 3 18 n/a n/a n/a .981 5.63
1951 Pirates SS 8 8 228 26 3.3 26 12 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.08
1953 Pirates 1B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1953 Pirates 2B 7 4 112 27 3.9 27 16 11 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.51
1953 Pirates SS 77 65 1,739 343 4.5 331 139 192 12 40 n/a n/a n/a .965 5.14
1954 Pirates 2B 17 18 480 92 5.4 89 43 46 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .967 5.01
1954 Pirates 3B 55 50 1,302 170 3.1 160 48 112 10 7 n/a n/a n/a .941 3.32
1954 Pirates SS 66 62 1,633 294 4.5 279 101 178 15 29 n/a n/a n/a .949 4.61
1955 Pirates 2B 24 22 570 131 5.5 127 60 67 4 13 n/a n/a n/a .969 6.02
1955 Pirates 3B 33 29 785 92 2.8 86 25 61 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.96
1955 Pirates SS 12 4 175 48 4.0 48 18 30 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.41
1956 Pirates 2B 12 4 156 31 2.6 31 14 17 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.37
1956 Pirates 3B 18 7 210 19 1.1 18 4 14 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.31
1956 Pirates SS 6 4 69 10 1.7 9 2 7 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .900 3.52
1957 Braves 1B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1957 Braves 2B 10 3 104 21 2.1 20 11 9 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .952 5.19
1957 Braves 3B 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
SS Totals 169 143 3,844 721 4.3 693 272 421 28 79 n/a n/a n/a .961 4.87
2B Totals 118 93 2,480 528 4.5 515 250 265 13 56 n/a n/a n/a .975 5.61
3B Totals 107 86 2,309 282 2.6 265 78 187 17 16 n/a n/a n/a .940 3.10
1B Totals 2 0 6 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
6 Years 396 322 8,639 1,532 3.9 1,474 601 873 58 151 n/a n/a n/a .962 4.61
Dick Cole

Dick Cole Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1951 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 7.2 12.0 - - -
1951 Pirates 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 106.0 11.8 9.6 - - -
1953 Pirates 2 2 .500 15 1 n/a 0.0 9.0 10.2 - - -
1954 Pirates 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 486.0 10.1 12.2 - - -
1955 Pirates 0 0 .000 12 0 n/a 0.0 10.9 11.4 - - -
1956 Pirates 0 0 .000 48 0 n/a 0.0 11.0 11.0 - - -
1957 Braves 0 0 .000 4 2 n/a 0.0 2.8 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 2 3 .400 86 4 n/a 607.5 9.8 11.4 - - -
Dick Cole

Dick Cole Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1951 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - -
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 Undetermined - -
1957 Milwaukee Braves 12 Undetermined - -


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