Pete Runnels Stats

Pete Runnels was born on Saturday, January 28, 1928, in Lufkin, Texas. Runnels was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 1, 1951, with the Washington Senators. 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 Pete Runnels baseball stats page.

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Pete Runnels

Pete Runnels Autograph on a 1959 Topps (#15)

Pete Runnels Autograph on a 1959 Topps (#15)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   James Edward Runnells
Nickname:   Pete
Born On:   01-28-1928
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Lufkin, Texas
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-20-1991
Place of Death Data Died In:   Pasadena, Texas
Cemetery:   Forest Park East Cemetery, Houston, Texas
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   07-01-1951 (Age 23)
Last Game:   05-14-1964
Draft:   Not Applicable
Pete Runnels

Pete Runnels 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
Pete Runnels

Pete Runnels Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1951 Senators 78 273 31 76 12 2 0 0 25 31 - 24 2 - 1 5 .278 .354 .337
1952 Senators 152 555 70 158 18 3 1 0 64 72 - 55 4 - 1 14 .285 .368 .333
1953 Senators 137 486 64 125 15 5 2 0 50 64 - 36 6 - 3 18 .257 .347 .321
1954 Senators 139 488 75 131 17 15 3 0 56 78 - 60 2 2 0 10 .268 .368 .383
1955 Senators 134 503 66 143 16 4 2 0 49 55 2 51 4 4 1 14 .284 .353 .344
1956 Senators 147 578 72 179 29 9 8 0 76 58 2 64 4 4 2 18 .310 .372 .433
1957 Senators 134 473 53 109 18 4 2 0 35 55 5 51 1 5 2 7 .230 .310 .298
1958 Red Sox 147 568 103 183 32 5 8 0 59 87 0 49 2 3 6 15 .322 .416 .438
1959 Red Sox 147 560 95 176 33 6 6 0 57 95 1 48 5 0 1 17 .314 .415 .427
1960 Red Sox 143 528 80 169 29 2 2 0 35 71 2 51 9 3 2 16 .320 .401 .394
1961 Red Sox 143 360 49 114 20 3 3 0 38 46 2 32 2 3 3 12 .317 .396 .414
1962 Red Sox 152 562 80 183 33 5 10 0 60 79 11 57 0 6 3 5 .326 .408 .456
1963 Colt .45s 124 388 35 98 9 1 2 0 23 45 2 42 7 4 3 20 .253 .332 .296
1964 Colt .45s 22 51 3 10 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 7 1 0 0 3 .196 .305 .216
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 1,799 6,373 876 1,854 282 64 49 0 630 844 28 627 49 34 28 174 .291 .375 .378
Pete Runnels

Pete Runnels Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1951 Senators SS 73 - - 353 4.8 335 159 176 18 41 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1952 Senators 2B 1 - - 9 9.0 9 5 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1952 Senators SS 147 - - 745 5.1 720 314 406 25 97 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1953 Senators 2B 11 - - 54 4.9 51 24 27 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00 -
1953 Senators SS 121 - - 542 4.5 519 195 324 23 87 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1954 Senators 2B 27 - - 154 5.7 149 90 59 5 23 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1954 Senators LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1954 Senators SS 107 - - 511 4.8 487 174 313 24 69 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00 -
1955 Senators 2B 132 - - 704 5.3 687 349 338 17 107 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1955 Senators SS 2 - - 3 1.5 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1956 Senators 1B 81 - - 746 9.2 742 693 49 4 73 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1956 Senators 2B 69 - - 366 5.3 356 179 177 10 56 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1956 Senators SS 3 - - 6 2.0 6 3 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1957 Senators 1B 72 - - 663 9.2 660 616 44 3 59 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1957 Senators 2B 23 - - 97 4.2 95 52 43 2 13 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00 -
1957 Senators 3B 32 - - 107 3.3 104 31 73 3 12 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00 -
1958 Red Sox 1B 42 - - 381 9.1 379 364 15 2 41 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1958 Red Sox 2B 106 - - 596 5.6 587 267 320 9 88 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1959 Red Sox 1B 44 - - 415 9.4 415 387 28 0 48 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1959 Red Sox 2B 101 - - 555 5.5 545 273 272 10 82 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1959 Red Sox SS 9 - - 10 1.1 10 3 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1960 Red Sox 1B 57 - - 154 2.7 153 142 11 1 15 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 -
1960 Red Sox 2B 129 - - 643 5.0 634 274 360 9 99 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1960 Red Sox 3B 3 - - 11 3.7 10 4 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00 -
1961 Red Sox 1B 113 - - 755 6.7 751 701 50 4 92 n/a n/a n/a .995 0.00 -
1961 Red Sox 2B 7 - - 17 2.4 17 6 11 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1961 Red Sox 3B 11 - - 39 3.5 37 8 29 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1961 Red Sox SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1962 Red Sox 1B 151 - - 1,423 9.4 1,413 1,309 104 10 125 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1963 Colt .45s 1B 70 - - 570 8.1 566 526 40 4 31 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1963 Colt .45s 2B 36 - - 130 3.6 128 64 64 2 18 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1963 Colt .45s 3B 3 - - 10 3.3 10 3 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1964 Colt .45s 1B 14 - - 145 10.4 143 138 5 2 8 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1B Totals 644 0 0 5,252 8.2 5,222 4,876 346 30 492 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 --
2B Totals 642 0 0 3,325 5.2 3,258 1,583 1,675 67 500 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 --
SS Totals 463 0 0 2,170 4.7 2,079 848 1,231 91 297 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 --
3B Totals 49 0 0 167 3.4 161 46 115 6 13 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 --
LF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
14 Years 1,799 - - 10,914 6.1 10,720 7,353 3,367 194 1,302 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 --
Pete Runnels

Pete Runnels Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1951 Senators 0 3 .000 - - n/a 0.0 11.4 10.9 - - -
1952 Senators 0 10 .000 - - n/a 555.0 10.1 8.7 - - -
1953 Senators 3 4 .429 - - n/a 243.0 13.5 9.7 - - -
1954 Senators 2 3 .400 - - n/a 162.7 8.1 8.7 - - -
1955 Senators 3 9 .250 - - n/a 251.5 9.9 10.3 - - -
1956 Senators 5 5 .500 - - n/a 72.3 9.0 7.6 - - -
1957 Senators 2 3 .400 - - n/a 236.5 9.3 13.5 - - -
1958 Red Sox 1 2 .333 - - n/a 71.0 11.6 9.6 - - -
1959 Red Sox 6 5 .545 - - n/a 93.3 11.7 9.8 - - -
1960 Red Sox 5 2 .714 - - n/a 264.0 10.4 15.1 - - -
1961 Red Sox 5 1 .833 - - n/a 120.0 11.3 9.5 - - -
1962 Red Sox 3 4 .429 - - n/a 56.2 9.9 9.4 - - -
1963 Colt .45s 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 194.0 9.2 16.9 - - -
1964 Colt .45s 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 7.3 17.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 37 51 .420 - - n/a 130.1 10.2 10.1 - - -
Pete Runnels

Pete Runnels Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1951 Washington Senators 35 Undetermined - -
1952 Washington Senators 35 Undetermined - -
1953 Washington Senators 35 Undetermined - -
1954 Washington Senators 5 Undetermined - -
1955 Washington Senators 5 Undetermined - -
1956 Washington Senators 5 Undetermined - -
1957 Washington Senators 5 Undetermined - -
1958 Boston Red Sox 3 Undetermined - -
1959 Boston Red Sox 3 Undetermined Stats -
1960 Boston Red Sox 3 Undetermined Stats -
1961 Boston Red Sox 3 Undetermined - -
1962 Boston Red Sox 3 Undetermined Stats -
1963 Houston Colt .45s 3 Undetermined - -
1964 Houston Colt .45s 3 Undetermined - -


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