Dave Philley Stats

Dave Philley was born on Sunday, May 16, 1920, in Paris, Texas. Philley was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1941, with the Chicago White Sox. 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 Dave Philley baseball stats page.
"I was proud to join the Army when the war broke out and I never regretted my decision." - Dave Philley in The New York Times (April 19, 1951)

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Dave Philley

Dave Philley Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#64)

Dave Philley Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#64)
 

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Birth Name:   David Earl Philley
Nickname:   Dave or Durable Dave
Born On:   05-16-1920  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Paris, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-15-2012 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Paris, Texas
Cemetery:   Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas
High School:   Chicota High School (Chicota, TX)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   188
First Game:   09-06-1941 (Age 21)
Last Game:   08-06-1962
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dave Philley

Dave Philley 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
Dave Philley

Dave Philley Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1941 21 White Sox 7 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 0 - 0 0 .222 .417 .333
1946 26 White Sox 17 68 10 24 2 3 0 0 17 4 - 4 1 - 0 1 .353 .389 .471
1947 27 White Sox 143 551 55 142 25 11 2 0 45 35 - 39 5 - 1 14 .258 .303 .354
1948 28 White Sox 137 488 51 140 28 3 5 0 42 50 - 33 8 - 0 11 .287 .353 .387
1949 29 White Sox 146 598 84 171 20 8 0 0 44 54 - 51 6 - 2 12 .286 .347 .346
1950 30 White Sox 156 619 69 150 21 5 14 0 80 52 - 57 10 - 1 17 .242 .302 .360
1951 31 White Sox 7 25 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 - 3 0 - 0 1 .240 .296 .320
1951 31 Athletics 125 468 71 123 18 7 7 1 59 63 - 38 4 - 3 4 .263 .354 .376
1952 32 Athletics 151 586 80 154 25 4 7 0 71 59 - 35 17 - 4 29 .263 .334 .355
1953 33 Athletics 157 620 80 188 30 9 9 0 59 51 - 35 4 - 2 22 .303 .358 .424
1954 34 Indians 133 452 48 102 13 3 12 1 60 57 - 48 6 7 0 16 .226 .308 .347
1955 35 Indians 43 104 15 31 4 2 2 0 9 12 2 10 0 1 0 5 .298 .368 .433
1955 35 Orioles 83 311 50 93 13 3 6 1 41 34 2 38 2 1 0 9 .299 .367 .418
1956 36 Orioles 32 117 13 24 4 2 1 0 17 18 3 13 0 1 0 7 .205 .309 .299
1956 36 White Sox 86 279 44 74 14 2 4 0 47 28 0 27 2 6 1 9 .265 .328 .373
1957 37 White Sox 22 71 9 23 4 0 0 0 9 4 0 10 1 0 0 1 .324 .360 .380
1957 37 Tigers 65 173 15 49 8 1 2 0 16 7 0 16 0 1 0 4 .283 .309 .376
1958 38 Phillies 91 207 30 64 11 4 3 0 31 15 3 20 1 1 1 8 .309 .357 .444
1959 39 Phillies 99 254 32 74 18 2 7 0 37 18 3 27 4 1 1 3 .291 .339 .461
1960 40 Phillies 14 15 2 5 2 0 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .444 .467
1960 40 Giants 39 61 5 10 0 0 1 0 7 6 0 14 0 0 0 2 .164 .239 .213
1960 40 Orioles 14 34 6 9 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 .265 .342 .471
1961 41 Orioles 99 144 13 36 9 2 1 0 23 10 0 20 0 3 0 9 .250 .293 .361
1962 42 Red Sox 38 42 3 6 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 3 0 0 1 5 .143 .250 .190
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
18 Years 1,904 6,296 789 1,700 276 72 84 3 729 594 14 551 71 22 17 190 .270 .334 .377
Dave Philley

Dave Philley Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1941 White Sox LF 2 2 14 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1946 White Sox CF 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
1946 White Sox LF 16 16 408 55 3.4 54 51 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .982 3.57
1947 White Sox 3B 4 4 117 7 1.8 7 1 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.62
1947 White Sox CF 94 93 2,430 281 3.0 276 271 5 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 3.07
1947 White Sox LF 41 40 1,047 88 2.1 88 84 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.27
1948 White Sox CF 123 122 3,165 398 3.2 390 369 21 8 6 n/a n/a n/a .980 3.33
1948 White Sox LF 6 6 120 14 2.3 13 12 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.93
1949 White Sox CF 3 2 60 13 4.3 13 12 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.85
1949 White Sox RF 143 142 3,708 296 2.1 289 273 16 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.10
1950 White Sox CF 70 62 1,533 184 2.6 179 168 11 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .973 3.15
1950 White Sox RF 104 91 2,436 208 2.0 205 196 9 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.27
1951 Athletics CF 117 115 3,072 314 2.7 307 293 14 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.70
1951 White Sox LF 6 6 156 16 2.7 15 15 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.60
1951 Athletics LF 2 2 54 6 3.0 6 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1951 Athletics RF 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1951 Athletics 3B 2 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1952 Athletics 3B 2 3 75 6 3.0 6 3 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16
1952 Athletics CF 149 146 3,937 459 3.1 455 442 13 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .991 3.12
1953 Athletics 3B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1953 Athletics CF 32 30 786 81 2.5 77 77 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.65
1953 Athletics RF 128 126 3,201 240 1.9 238 222 16 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.01
1954 Indians LF 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1954 Indians RF 129 120 3,318 247 1.9 243 236 7 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 1.98
1955 Indians LF 2 0 12 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1955 Indians RF 32 22 678 42 1.3 42 40 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.67
1955 Orioles 3B 2 0 9 2 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 3.00
1955 Orioles CF 2 2 45 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.20
1955 Orioles LF 46 32 879 85 1.8 82 79 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.52
1955 Orioles RF 49 46 1,137 84 1.7 82 78 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.95
1956 Orioles 3B 5 1 60 7 1.4 6 2 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.70
1956 Orioles LF 21 14 396 27 1.3 23 22 1 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .852 1.57
1956 Orioles RF 18 17 369 35 1.9 35 34 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.56
1956 White Sox 1B 51 44 1,059 323 6.3 316 299 17 7 31 n/a n/a n/a .978 8.06
1956 White Sox LF 13 5 207 15 1.2 15 15 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.96
1956 White Sox RF 22 21 474 35 1.6 35 33 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.99
1957 White Sox 1B 2 0 39 15 7.5 15 15 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.38
1957 Tigers LF 4 3 81 6 1.5 5 5 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 1.67
1957 White Sox RF 17 16 438 39 2.3 38 38 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.34
1957 Tigers RF 8 8 216 11 1.4 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.38
1957 Tigers 1B 27 23 681 229 8.5 228 203 25 1 19 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.04
1957 Tigers 3B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1958 Phillies 1B 18 17 444 164 9.1 163 151 12 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.91
1958 Phillies RF 24 24 609 34 1.4 34 34 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.51
1959 Phillies 1B 24 21 570 189 7.9 185 174 11 4 17 n/a n/a n/a .979 8.76
1959 Phillies RF 34 35 891 71 2.1 71 67 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.15
1960 Phillies 1B 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1960 Phillies LF 2 0 14 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1960 Phillies RF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1960 Giants 3B 3 0 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1960 Giants LF 10 9 219 17 1.7 16 16 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.97
1960 Orioles 3B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1960 Orioles LF 7 5 132 10 1.4 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1960 Orioles RF 2 2 42 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1961 Orioles 1B 1 1 18 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1961 Orioles LF 22 15 396 16 0.7 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.09
1961 Orioles RF 3 2 39 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.77
1962 Red Sox RF 4 4 72 6 1.5 6 6 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
RF Totals 719 677 17,661 1,358 1.9 1,339 1,278 61 19 13 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.05
CF Totals 591 573 15,055 1,736 2.9 1,703 1,637 66 33 19 n/a n/a n/a .981 3.05
LF Totals 201 155 4,147 359 1.8 347 334 13 12 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.26
1B Totals 125 106 2,820 924 7.4 911 846 65 13 82 n/a n/a n/a .986 8.72
3B Totals 21 8 288 22 1.0 20 6 14 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.88
18 Years 1,657 1,519 39,971 4,399 2.7 4,320 4,101 219 79 117 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.92
Dave Philley

Dave Philley Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1941 White Sox 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
1946 White Sox 5 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.0 4.0 - - -
1947 White Sox 21 16 .568 6 0 n/a 275.5 14.1 12.2 - - -
1948 White Sox 8 10 .444 9 0 n/a 97.6 14.8 11.6 - - -
1949 White Sox 13 4 .765 2 0 n/a 0.0 11.7 13.6 - - -
1950 White Sox 6 3 .667 1 1 n/a 44.2 10.9 7.7 - - -
1951 White Sox 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 8.3 12.5 - - -
1951 Athletics 9 6 .600 5 1 n/a 66.9 12.3 7.9 - - -
1952 Athletics 11 4 .733 0 0 n/a 83.7 16.7 8.3 - - -
1953 Athletics 13 5 .722 1 0 n/a 68.9 17.7 10.5 - - -
1954 Indians 2 4 .333 4 0 n/a 37.7 9.4 7.5 - - -
1955 Indians 0 2 .000 9 5 n/a 52.0 10.4 11.6 - - -
1955 Orioles 1 2 .333 2 0 n/a 51.8 8.2 7.6 - - -
1956 Orioles 3 1 .750 0 0 n/a 117.0 9.0 6.9 - - -
1956 White Sox 1 3 .250 14 0 n/a 69.8 10.3 5.9 - - -
1957 White Sox 1 1 .500 4 0 n/a 0.0 7.1 7.9 - - -
1957 Tigers 3 1 .750 26 1 n/a 86.5 10.8 10.8 - - -
1958 Phillies 1 1 .500 49 0 n/a 69.0 10.4 6.7 - - -
1959 Phillies 0 0 .000 42 0 n/a 36.3 9.4 6.9 - - -
1960 Phillies 0 0 .000 14 0 n/a 0.0 7.5 3.8 - - -
1960 Giants 0 0 .000 29 0 n/a 61.0 4.4 8.7 - - -
1960 Orioles 1 0 1.000 7 0 n/a 34.0 6.8 6.8 - - -
1961 Orioles 2 0 1.000 79 0 n/a 144.0 7.2 6.3 - - -
1962 Red Sox 0 0 .000 34 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 10.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
18 Years 101 63 .616 343 8 n/a 75.0 11.4 8.6 - - -
Dave Philley

Dave Philley Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1941 Chicago White Sox 49 $1,800.00 - -
1946 Chicago White Sox 38 $4,200.00 - -
1947 Chicago White Sox 38, 9 $10,000.00 - -
1948 Chicago White Sox 9 $10,000.00 - -
1949 Chicago White Sox 9 $11,500.00 - -
1950 Chicago White Sox 9 $12,000.00 - -
1951 Chicago White Sox 9 $13,000.00 - -
1951 Philadelphia Athletics 17 "     "     - -
1952 Philadelphia Athletics 17 $13,000.00 - -
1953 Philadelphia Athletics 17 $16,000.00 - -
1954 Cleveland Indians 17 $21,000.00 - Stats
1955 Cleveland Indians 17 $19,500.00 - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 4 "     "     - -
1956 Baltimore Orioles 4 $24,000.00 - -
1956 Chicago White Sox 6 "     "     - -
1957 Chicago White Sox 6 $22,000.00 - -
1957 Detroit Tigers 9 "     "     - -
1958 Philadelphia Phillies 12 $24,000.00 - -
1959 Philadelphia Phillies 12 $24,000.00 - -
1960 Philadelphia Phillies 12 $25,000.00 - -
1960 San Francisco Giants 32 "     "     - -
1960 Baltimore Orioles 22 "     "     - -
1961 Baltimore Orioles 22 $25,000.00 - -
1962 Boston Red Sox 19 $15,000.00 - -




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