Hal Jeffcoat Stats

Hal Jeffcoat was born on Saturday, September 6, 1924, in West Columbia, South Carolina. Jeffcoat was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 20, 1948, with the Chicago Cubs. 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 Hal Jeffcoat baseball stats page.

"When you first sign that contract as a kid they tell you your whole future is ahead of you, but they forget to tell you that your future stops at thirty-five." - Hal Jeffcoat (1959)
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Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#29)

Hal Jeffcoat Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#29)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Harold Bentley Jeffcoat
Nickname:   Hal
Born On:   09-06-1924
Place of Birth Data Born In:   West Columbia, South Carolina
Zodiac:   Virgo
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-30-2007
Place of Death Data Died In:   Tampa, Florida
Cemetery:   Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-20-1948 (Age 23)
Last Game:   08-06-1959
Draft:   Not Applicable
Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat 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
1954 Cubs 43 3 21 5 6 .455 5.19 1 0 7 104.0 475 110 60 63 12 58 0 35 0 4 0 -
1955 Cubs 50 1 26 8 6 .571 2.95 0 0 6 100.2 453 107 33 46 5 53 12 32 2 4 0 -
1956 Redlegs 38 16 7 8 2 .800 3.84 2 0 2 171.0 744 189 73 79 12 55 4 55 7 5 0 -
1957 Redlegs 37 31 1 12 13 .480 4.52 10 1 0 207.0 873 236 104 117 29 46 7 63 2 7 0 -
1958 Redlegs 49 0 34 6 8 .429 3.72 0 0 9 75.0 324 76 31 34 8 26 8 35 0 2 0 -
1959 Reds 17 0 11 0 1 .000 3.32 0 0 1 21.2 93 21 8 8 3 10 2 12 1 0 0 -
1959 Cardinals 11 0 6 0 1 .000 9.17 0 0 0 17.2 91 33 18 18 4 9 2 7 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
6 Years 245 51 106 39 37 .513 4.22 13 1 25 697.0 3,053 772 327 365 73 257 35 239 13 22 0 -
Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1948 Cubs 134 473 53 132 16 4 4 0 42 24 - 68 14 - 1 6 .279 .315 .355
1949 Cubs 108 363 43 89 18 6 2 0 26 20 - 48 4 - 1 5 .245 .286 .344
1950 Cubs 66 179 21 42 13 1 2 0 18 6 - 23 2 - 0 11 .235 .259 .352
1951 Cubs 113 278 44 76 20 2 4 0 27 16 - 23 4 - 1 5 .273 .315 .403
1952 Cubs 102 297 29 65 17 2 4 0 30 15 - 40 7 - 1 17 .219 .259 .330
1953 Cubs 106 183 22 43 3 1 4 0 22 21 - 26 3 - 0 5 .235 .314 .328
1954 Cubs 56 31 13 8 2 1 1 0 6 1 - 7 0 2 0 1 .258 .265 .484
1955 Cubs 52 23 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 .174 .240 .304
1956 Redlegs 49 54 5 8 2 0 0 0 5 3 0 20 3 0 0 1 .148 .193 .185
1957 Redlegs 53 69 13 14 3 1 4 0 11 5 0 20 8 0 1 2 .203 .267 .449
1958 Redlegs 50 9 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .556 .600 .556
1959 Reds 17 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000
1959 Cardinals 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 918 1,963 249 487 95 18 26 0 188 114 0 289 47 2 5 55 .248 .291 .355
Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1948 Cubs CF 119 - - 327 2.7 319 307 12 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1949 Cubs OF 101 - - 272 2.7 262 250 12 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1950 Cubs OF 53 - - 92 1.7 89 83 6 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1951 Cubs OF 87 - - 179 2.1 177 166 11 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1952 Cubs CF 95 - - 235 2.5 234 218 16 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1953 Cubs OF 100 - - 186 1.9 181 175 6 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1954 Cubs CF 3 - - 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1954 Cubs P 43 3 312 36 0.8 32 12 20 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.77 -
1955 Cubs P 50 1 302 31 0.6 28 4 24 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .903 2.50 -
1956 Redlegs P 38 16 513 65 1.7 63 21 42 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .969 3.32 -
1957 Redlegs P 37 31 621 48 1.3 46 16 30 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.00 -
1958 Redlegs CF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1958 Redlegs P 49 0 225 27 0.6 27 8 19 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.24 -
1959 Reds P 17 0 65 6 0.4 6 4 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.49 -
1959 Cardinals P 11 0 53 4 0.4 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.04 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 341 0 0 729 2.1 709 674 35 20 9 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 --
P Totals 245 51 2,091 217 0.9 206 66 140 11 14 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.66 --
CF Totals 218 0 0 564 2.6 555 527 28 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 --
12 Years 804 51 2,091 1,510 1.9 1,470 1,267 203 40 28 n/a n/a n/a .974 18.98 --
Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1948 Cubs 8 - - - - n/a 118.3 7.0 11.3 - - -
1949 Cubs 12 - - - - n/a 181.5 7.6 14.0 - - -
1950 Cubs 7 - - - - n/a 89.5 7.8 9.9 - - -
1951 Cubs 8 4 .667 - - n/a 69.5 12.1 10.3 - - -
1952 Cubs 7 2 .778 - - n/a 74.3 7.4 9.9 - - -
1953 Cubs 5 0 1.000 - - n/a 45.8 7.0 8.3 - - -
1954 Cubs 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 31.0 4.4 5.2 0.60 3.03 5.02
1955 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 23.0 2.6 23.0 0.60 2.86 4.74
1956 Redlegs 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.7 10.8 1.00 2.89 2.89
1957 Redlegs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 17.3 3.5 6.3 1.37 2.74 2.00
1958 Redlegs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.5 0.0 1.35 4.20 3.12
1959 Reds 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.20 4.98 4.15
1959 Cardinals 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.78 3.57 4.58
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 49 7 .875 - - n/a 75.5 6.8 10.4 0.93 3.09 3.32
Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1948 Chicago Cubs 19 Undetermined - -
1949 Chicago Cubs 4, 19 Undetermined - -
1950 Chicago Cubs 4 Undetermined - -
1951 Chicago Cubs 4 Undetermined - -
1952 Chicago Cubs 4 Undetermined - -
1953 Chicago Cubs 3, 4 Undetermined - -
1954 Chicago Cubs 19 Undetermined - -
1955 Chicago Cubs 19 Undetermined - -
1956 Cincinnati Redlegs 42 Undetermined - -
1957 Cincinnati Redlegs 42 Undetermined - -
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs 42 Undetermined - -
1959 Cincinnati Reds 42 Undetermined - -
1959 St. Louis Cardinals 36 Undetermined - -


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