Andy Pafko was born on Friday, February 25, 1921, in Boyceville, Wisconsin. Pafko was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 24, 1943, 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 Andy Pafko baseball stats page.
"Those Dodger-Giant games weren't baseball. They were civil war." - Pafko, Andy. Baseball and the Mythic Moment: How We Remember the National Game. Hardy, James Jr. Author. McFarland Publishers. 12 February 2007. Page 107. [Andy Pafko Biography]
Andy PafkoAndy Pafko Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#79) |
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Andy PafkoAndy Pafko Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Andy PafkoAndy Pafko Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1943 | 22 | Cubs | 13 | 58 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | .379 | .400 | .431 |
1944 | 23 | Cubs | 128 | 469 | 47 | 126 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 28 | 4 | 23 | 11 | - | 4 | 14 | .269 | .315 | .350 |
1945 | 24 | Cubs | 144 | 534 | 64 | 159 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 110 | 45 | 2 | 36 | 21 | - | 8 | 4 | .298 | .361 | .455 |
1946 | 25 | Cubs | 65 | 234 | 18 | 66 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 8 | - | 4 | 9 | .282 | .366 | .380 |
1947 | 26 | Cubs | 129 | 513 | 68 | 155 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 66 | 31 | 6 | 39 | 3 | - | 3 | 19 | .302 | .346 | .454 |
1948 | 27 | Cubs | 142 | 548 | 82 | 171 | 30 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 101 | 50 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | 5 | 13 | .312 | .375 | .516 |
1949 | 28 | Cubs | 144 | 519 | 79 | 146 | 29 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 69 | 63 | 6 | 33 | 1 | - | 9 | 17 | .281 | .369 | .449 |
1950 | 29 | Cubs | 146 | 514 | 95 | 156 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 92 | 69 | 8 | 32 | 1 | - | 11 | 9 | .304 | .397 | .591 |
1951 | 30 | Cubs | 49 | 178 | 26 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | 4 | 6 | .264 | .342 | .528 |
1951 | 30 | Dodgers | 84 | 277 | 42 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 58 | 35 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | 8 | 8 | .249 | .350 | .484 |
1952 | 31 | Dodgers | 150 | 551 | 76 | 158 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 85 | 64 | 3 | 48 | 4 | - | 5 | 14 | .287 | .366 | .439 |
1953 | 32 | Braves | 140 | 516 | 70 | 153 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 72 | 37 | 7 | 33 | 12 | - | 3 | 14 | .297 | .347 | .455 |
1954 | 33 | Braves | 138 | 510 | 61 | 146 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 69 | 37 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 14 | .286 | .335 | .427 |
1955 | 34 | Braves | 86 | 252 | 29 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | .266 | .293 | .377 |
1956 | 35 | Braves | 45 | 93 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .330 | .376 |
1957 | 36 | Braves | 83 | 220 | 31 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .277 | .308 | .423 |
1958 | 37 | Braves | 95 | 164 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .306 | .348 |
1959 | 38 | Braves | 71 | 142 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .218 | .293 | .324 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
17 Years | 1,852 | 6,292 | 844 | 1,796 | 264 | 62 | 213 | 6 | 976 | 561 | 56 | 477 | 82 | 15 | 76 | 164 | .285 | .350 | .449 |
Andy PafkoAndy Pafko Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1943 Cubs | CF | 13 | 12 | 351 | 25 | 1.9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.92 |
1944 Cubs | CF | 122 | 117 | 3,172 | 356 | 2.9 | 356 | 332 | 24 | 6 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 3.03 |
1944 Cubs | RF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1945 Cubs | CF | 140 | 139 | 3,683 | 384 | 2.7 | 382 | 371 | 11 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .995 | 2.80 |
1946 Cubs | CF | 64 | 63 | 1,692 | 186 | 2.9 | 182 | 169 | 13 | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 2.90 |
1947 Cubs | CF | 127 | 126 | 3,311 | 341 | 2.7 | 336 | 327 | 9 | 5 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 2.74 |
1948 Cubs | 3B | 139 | 139 | 3,647 | 468 | 3.4 | 439 | 125 | 314 | 29 | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 3.25 |
1949 Cubs | 3B | 49 | 49 | 1,262 | 151 | 3.1 | 141 | 40 | 101 | 10 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .934 | 3.02 |
1949 Cubs | CF | 84 | 83 | 2,155 | 208 | 2.5 | 205 | 200 | 5 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 2.57 |
1949 Cubs | LF | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1949 Cubs | RF | 13 | 11 | 309 | 18 | 1.4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.57 |
1950 Cubs | CF | 125 | 124 | 3,253 | 312 | 2.5 | 304 | 297 | 7 | 8 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 2.52 |
1950 Cubs | RF | 19 | 19 | 513 | 38 | 2.0 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.00 |
1951 Cubs | CF | 48 | 48 | 1,241 | 123 | 2.6 | 122 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 2.65 |
1951 Dodgers | CF | 9 | 8 | 201 | 22 | 2.4 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.96 |
1951 Dodgers | LF | 70 | 68 | 1,721 | 132 | 1.9 | 131 | 123 | 8 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 2.06 |
1952 Dodgers | 3B | 14 | 11 | 327 | 37 | 2.6 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .919 | 2.81 |
1952 Dodgers | CF | 13 | 10 | 219 | 23 | 1.8 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.84 |
1952 Dodgers | LF | 108 | 80 | 2,370 | 153 | 1.4 | 153 | 142 | 11 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.74 |
1952 Dodgers | RF | 46 | 45 | 988 | 78 | 1.7 | 75 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.05 |
1953 Braves | RF | 139 | 136 | 3,525 | 251 | 1.8 | 245 | 240 | 5 | 6 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 1.88 |
1954 Braves | CF | 8 | 8 | 239 | 16 | 2.0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.81 |
1954 Braves | RF | 130 | 128 | 3,389 | 242 | 1.9 | 234 | 224 | 10 | 8 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 1.86 |
1955 Braves | 3B | 12 | 11 | 297 | 36 | 3.0 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 3.18 |
1955 Braves | CF | 7 | 6 | 146 | 13 | 1.9 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.40 |
1955 Braves | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1955 Braves | RF | 52 | 41 | 851 | 88 | 1.7 | 86 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 2.73 |
1956 Braves | LF | 33 | 20 | 551 | 41 | 1.2 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 1.96 |
1956 Braves | RF | 5 | 1 | 66 | 7 | 1.4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.86 |
1957 Braves | CF | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 4.00 |
1957 Braves | LF | 31 | 15 | 555 | 44 | 1.4 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 2.09 |
1957 Braves | RF | 37 | 28 | 804 | 64 | 1.7 | 64 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.15 |
1958 Braves | CF | 4 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.60 |
1958 Braves | LF | 79 | 21 | 961 | 76 | 1.0 | 76 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.14 |
1958 Braves | RF | 17 | 11 | 323 | 25 | 1.5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.09 |
1959 Braves | CF | 22 | 20 | 432 | 41 | 1.9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.56 |
1959 Braves | LF | 41 | 12 | 490 | 42 | 1.0 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 2.20 |
1959 Braves | RF | 8 | 3 | 108 | 9 | 1.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
CF Totals | 787 | 766 | 20,167 | 2,061 | 2.6 | 2,037 | 1,960 | 77 | 30 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 2.73 | |
RF Totals | 467 | 424 | 10,903 | 821 | 1.8 | 802 | 772 | 30 | 19 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 1.99 | |
LF Totals | 364 | 216 | 6,663 | 490 | 1.3 | 485 | 462 | 23 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 1.97 | |
3B Totals | 214 | 210 | 5,533 | 692 | 3.2 | 649 | 189 | 460 | 43 | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 3.17 | |
17 Years | 1,832 | 1,616 | 43,266 | 4,064 | 2.2 | 3,973 | 3,383 | 590 | 97 | 67 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.48 |
Andy PafkoAndy Pafko Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1943 Cubs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 11.6 | 5.8 | - | - | - |
1944 Cubs | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 78.2 | 20.4 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
1945 Cubs | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 44.5 | 14.8 | 4.9 | - | - | - |
1946 Cubs | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 78.0 | 15.6 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
1947 Cubs | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 39.5 | 13.2 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
1948 Cubs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 21.1 | 11.0 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
1949 Cubs | 4 | 5 | .444 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 28.8 | 15.7 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
1950 Cubs | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 14.3 | 16.1 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
1951 Cubs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 14.8 | 17.8 | 5.1 | - | - | - |
1951 Dodgers | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 15.4 | 10.3 | 4.8 | - | - | - |
1952 Dodgers | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 29.0 | 11.5 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
1953 Braves | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 30.4 | 15.6 | 7.2 | - | - | - |
1954 Braves | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 36.4 | 14.2 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
1955 Braves | 1 | 2 | .333 | 23 | 1 | n/a | 50.4 | 11.0 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
1956 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13 | 2 | n/a | 46.5 | 7.2 | 10.3 | - | - | - |
1957 Braves | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 29 | 1 | n/a | 27.5 | 10.0 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
1958 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 4 | n/a | 54.7 | 9.6 | 7.1 | - | - | - |
1959 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 16 | 1 | n/a | 142.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
17 Years | 38 | 41 | .481 | 130 | 9 | n/a | 29.5 | 13.2 | 6.4 | - | - | - |
Andy PafkoAndy Pafko Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1943 Chicago Cubs | 33 | Undetermined | - | - |
1944 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
1945 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1946 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
1947 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1948 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1949 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1950 Chicago Cubs | 48 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1951 Chicago Cubs | 48 | $29,000.00 | - | - |
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1953 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
1954 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
1955 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
1956 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
1957 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1958 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1959 Milwaukee Braves | 48 | Undetermined | - | - |
Andy Pafko Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Andy Pafko was the Brooklyn Dodgers' left-fielder, who was at the base of the wall at the Polo Grounds watching Bobby Thomson's "The Shot Heard Round the World" sail into the stands? Then, when Thomson was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in 1954, his roommate on the road was... Andy Pafko - who once told The Journal-Sentinel of Milwaukee, "I had to ask him (his roommate Thomson) how he felt personally when he hit the home run, but he was such a modest guy, he didn’t want to talk about it."
Andy Pafko | The Shot Heard Round the World | October 3, 1951 | The Polo Grounds
The New York Times obituary (Richard Goldstein, Andy Pafko, Who Watched Thomson’s Shot, Dies at 92, 10/09/2013) had this wonderful Handy Andy anecdote:
Andy Pafko | 1952 Topps (#1 | Checklist) | Baseball Almanac Collection
"Nearly 40 years after his last major league season, Pafko was astounded to learn that one of his 1952 Topps trading cards had sold for $83,870 at an auction in Washington. The card, found by a collector in an unopened pack for which he paid $1,000, according to Sports Collectors Digest, was in mint condition.
Pafko lamented with a laugh that he had received boxes of cards from Topps in the 1950s but never kept any.
'I just gave the cards to the kids in the neighborhood and they put them in their bicycle spokes,' he told The Associated Press. 'And there went the money—click, click, click.'"
In 1947, Willard Marshall hit thirty-six home runs, and struck out thirty times, the first player in National League history with at least thirty-five homers, but less than thirty five strikeouts. One year later, Stan Musial matched the feat hitting thirty-nine home runs while striking out thirty-four times. Since then, only two players in senior circuit history have had a season with such precisional power; Andy Pafko (36 HRs / 32 SOs, in 1950) and Ted Kluszewski — who is the only player to do it more than once in Major League history — (40 HRs / 34 SOs in 1953, 49 HRs / 35 SOs in 1954, 35 HRs / 31 SOs in 1956).