Al Pilarcik
[edit] Biography
Al Pilarcik (Alfred James Pilarcik) was born on July 3, 1930 in Whiting, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on July 13, 1956 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 4 home runs and 22 RBI. Pilarcik played for the Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Al Pilarcik's best season was 1957, when he hit for a .278 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 69
| 239
| 28
| 60
| 4
| 22
| .251
| .333
| .351
| 10
| 1
| 30
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 2
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 142
| 407
| 52
| 113
| 9
| 49
| .278
| .359
| .398
| 16
| 3
| 53
| 28
| 4
| 9
| 14
| 6
| 7
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 141
| 379
| 40
| 92
| 1
| 24
| .243
| .320
| .306
| 21
| 0
| 42
| 37
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 7
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 130
| 273
| 37
| 77
| 3
| 16
| .282
| .355
| .366
| 12
| 1
| 30
| 25
| 1
| 13
| 9
| 1
| 7
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| 104
| 194
| 30
| 48
| 4
| 17
| .247
| .313
| .345
| 5
| 1
| 15
| 16
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 35
| 60
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 9
| .200
| .269
| .250
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1961
| CHI
| A
| 47
| 62
| 9
| 11
| 1
| 6
| .177
| .282
| .242
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| 82
| 122
| 18
| 23
| 1
| 15
| .189
| .275
| .246
| 2
| 1
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 668
| 1614
| 205
| 413
| 22
| 143
| .256
| .334
| .346
| 66
| 7
| 185
| 150
| 11
| 36
| 41
| 11
| 32
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| KC
| A
| OF
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 154
| 9
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 127
| 105
| 998.2
| 234
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 5.2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 81
| 62
| 593.2
| 113
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| CF
| 53
| 43
| 399.1
| 121
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| CF
| 35
| 26
| 190.2
| 55
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 120
| 90
| 858.1
| 213
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 4
| 0
| 8.2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 102
| 64
| 659
| 155
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 102
| 53
| 601.1
| 124
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| CF
| 8
| 7
| 44
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 106
| 60
| 649.2
| 133
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 4.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 75
| 40
| 417.2
| 75
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 74
| 38
| 403.2
| 70
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| CF
| 2
| 2
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| CF
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| OF
| 21
| 12
| 113.1
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| RF
| 19
| 12
| 111.1
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| CHI
| A
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 17
| 13
| 119
| 32
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1961
| CHI
| A
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1961
| CHI
| A
| CF
| 14
| 13
| 108
| 29
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 16
| 13
| 110
| 29
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 38
| 25
| 232.1
| 63
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 20
| 12
| 113.1
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 11
| 0
| 27.2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 533
| 320
| 3156.2
| 872
| 40
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 114
| 91
| 758
| 221
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 379
| 229
| 2371
| 493
| 22
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1948).
- Sent to Kansas City Athletics by New York Yankees for future considerations (October, 1955).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Art Ceccarelli to Baltimore Orioles (October 11, 1956) completing trade in which Baltimore Orioles traded Jim Pisoni and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September 17, 1956); Kansas City Athletics received Ryne Duren (September 21, 1956).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Bob Boyd, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey and Clint Courtney to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog (January 24, 1961); Clint Courtney returned to Baltimore Orioles (April 14, 1961).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Ray Herbert, Don Larsen and Andy Carey to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Shaw, Gerry Staley, Wes Covington and Stan Johnson (June 10, 1961).
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