Andy Pafko
[edit] Biography
Andy Pafko (Andrew Pafko) was born on February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on September 24, 1943 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1944, his rookie year, he hit .269 with 6 home runs and 62 RBI. Pafko played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 17 year career.
Most people believe that Andy Pafko's best season was 1950, when he slugged 36 home runs, hit for a .304 average and knocked in 92 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 13
| 58
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 10
| .379
| .400
| .431
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| 128
| 469
| 47
| 126
| 6
| 62
| .269
| .315
| .350
| 16
| 2
| 28
| 23
| 4
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 14
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 144
| 534
| 64
| 159
| 12
| 110
| .298
| .361
| .455
| 24
| 12
| 45
| 36
| 8
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 4
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 65
| 234
| 18
| 66
| 3
| 39
| .282
| .366
| .380
| 6
| 4
| 27
| 15
| 4
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 9
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 129
| 513
| 68
| 155
| 13
| 66
| .302
| .346
| .454
| 25
| 7
| 31
| 39
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 19
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 142
| 548
| 82
| 171
| 26
| 101
| .312
| .375
| .516
| 30
| 2
| 50
| 50
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 13
|
| 1949
| CHI
| N
| 144
| 519
| 79
| 146
| 18
| 69
| .281
| .369
| .449
| 29
| 2
| 63
| 33
| 9
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 17
|
| 1950
| CHI
| N
| 146
| 514
| 95
| 156
| 36
| 92
| .304
| .397
| .591
| 24
| 8
| 69
| 32
| 11
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 9
|
| 1951
| CHI
| N
| 49
| 178
| 26
| 47
| 12
| 35
| .264
| .342
| .528
| 5
| 3
| 17
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1951
| BRO
| N
| 84
| 277
| 42
| 69
| 18
| 58
| .249
| .350
| .484
| 11
| 0
| 35
| 27
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 8
|
| 1951
| TOT
| N
| 133
| 455
| 68
| 116
| 30
| 93
| .255
| .347
| .501
| 16
| 3
| 52
| 37
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 14
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 150
| 551
| 76
| 158
| 19
| 85
| .287
| .366
| .439
| 17
| 5
| 64
| 48
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 14
|
| 1953
| MIL
| N
| 140
| 516
| 70
| 153
| 17
| 72
| .297
| .347
| .455
| 23
| 4
| 37
| 33
| 3
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 14
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| 138
| 510
| 61
| 146
| 14
| 69
| .286
| .335
| .427
| 22
| 4
| 37
| 36
| 4
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 14
|
| 1955
| MIL
| N
| 86
| 252
| 29
| 67
| 5
| 34
| .266
| .293
| .377
| 3
| 5
| 7
| 23
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 8
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 45
| 93
| 15
| 24
| 2
| 9
| .258
| .330
| .376
| 5
| 0
| 10
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 83
| 220
| 31
| 61
| 8
| 27
| .277
| .308
| .423
| 6
| 1
| 10
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 6
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 95
| 164
| 17
| 39
| 3
| 23
| .238
| .306
| .348
| 7
| 1
| 15
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| 71
| 142
| 17
| 31
| 1
| 15
| .218
| .293
| .324
| 8
| 2
| 14
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 1852
| 6292
| 844
| 1796
| 213
| 976
| .285
| .350
| .449
| 264
| 62
| 561
| 477
| 76
| 82
| 38
| 8
| 164
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 333
| 24
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 371
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 13
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 327
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 314
| 29
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1949
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 101
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1949
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 217
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1950
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 342
| 12
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1951
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 119
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1951
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1951
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 19
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 18
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1953
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 241
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| RF
| 130
| 128
| 1131.1
| 223
| 9
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 8
| 8
| 79.2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 138
| 136
| 1211
| 245
| 9
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1955
| MIL
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1955
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| RF
| 37
| 28
| 268
| 63
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 31
| 15
| 185
| 43
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 69
| 43
| 462
| 108
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 93
| 34
| 443
| 107
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 4
| 2
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 79
| 21
| 320.1
| 74
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| RF
| 17
| 11
| 107.2
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 22
| 20
| 144
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 64
| 35
| 343.1
| 87
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| RF
| 8
| 3
| 36
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 41
| 12
| 163.1
| 39
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 35
| 30
| 247.2
| 67
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 192
| 170
| 1543
| 320
| 10
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 151
| 48
| 668.2
| 156
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 213
| 0
| 0
| 189
| 460
| 43
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1570
| 248
| 2459.1
| 3199
| 130
| 54
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Green Bay (Wisconsin State) to Chicago Cubs for $1000 (@November, 1941).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker and Wayne Terwilliger to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis and Gene Hermanski (June 15, 1951).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Roy Hartsfield and $50000 (January 17, 1953).
- Released by Milwaukee Braves (October 26, 1959).
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