Arky Vaughan

Full Name: Joseph Floyd Vaughan	Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/175	First Game: April 17, 1932
Birthdate: March 9, 1912	Final Game: September 22, 1948
Birthplace: Clifty, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: August 30, 1952
Deathplace: Eagleville, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985

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Arky Vaughan (Joseph Floyd Vaughan) was born on March 9, 1912 in Clifty, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1932 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1932, his rookie year, he hit .318 with 4 home runs and 61 RBI. Vaughan played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Arky Vaughan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1935, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .385 average and knocked in 99 runs. However, others believe that it was 1940, when he hit for a .300 average and knocked in 95 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1932	PIT	N	129	497	71	158	4	61	.318	.375	.412	15	10	39	26	6	13	10	0
1933	PIT	N	152	573	85	180	9	97	.314	.388	.478	29	19	64	23	5	13	3	9
1934	PIT	N	149	558	115	186	12	94	.333	.431	.511	41	11	94	38	2	6	10	3
1935	PIT	N	137	499	108	192	19	99	.385	.491	.607	34	10	97	18	7	7	4	5
1936	PIT	N	156	568	122	190	9	78	.335	.453	.474	30	11	118	21	5	10	6	7
1937	PIT	N	126	469	71	151	5	72	.322	.394	.463	17	17	54	22	2	6	7	6
1938	PIT	N	148	541	88	174	7	68	.322	.433	.444	35	5	104	21	2	3	14	8
1939	PIT	N	152	595	94	182	6	62	.306	.385	.424	30	11	70	20	6	22	12	5
1940	PIT	N	156	594	113	178	7	95	.300	.393	.453	40	15	88	25	3	4	12	5
1941	PIT	N	106	374	69	118	6	38	.316	.399	.455	20	7	50	13	2	11	8	3
1942	BRO	N	128	495	82	137	2	49	.277	.348	.341	18	4	51	17	3	9	8	4
1943	BRO	N	149	610	112	186	5	66	.305	.370	.413	39	6	60	13	3	12	20	9
1947	BRO	N	64	126	24	41	2	25	.325	.444	.444	5	2	27	11	0	0	4	2
1948	BRO	N	65	123	19	30	3	22	.244	.354	.341	3	0	21	8	0	0	0	4
Total			1817	6622	1173	2103	96	926	.318	.406	.453	356	128	937	276	46	116	118	70

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1932	PIT	N	SS	128	247	403	46	74	.934
1933	PIT	N	SS	152	310	487	46	95	.945
1934	PIT	N	SS	149	329	480	41	77	.952
1935	PIT	N	SS	137	249	422	35	55	.950
1936	PIT	N	SS	156	327	477	47	86	.945
1937	PIT	N	OF	12	26	0	1	0	.963
1937	PIT	N	SS	108	231	335	26	58	.956
1938	PIT	N	SS	147	306	507	33	107	.961
1939	PIT	N	SS	152	330	531	34	103	.962
1940	PIT	N	SS	155	308	542	52	94	.942
1940	PIT	N	3B	2	1	4	0	0	1.000
1941	PIT	N	3B	3	2	9	1	1	.917
1941	PIT	N	SS	97	172	289	20	42	.958
1942	BRO	N	SS	5	11	16	0	4	1.000
1942	BRO	N	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1942	BRO	N	3B	119	118	208	14	18	.959
1943	BRO	N	3B	55	62	84	4	2	.973
1943	BRO	N	SS	99	175	291	17	55	.965
1947	BRO	N	OF	22	49	0	0	0	1.000
1947	BRO	N	3B	10	7	20	0	3	1.000
1948	BRO	N	OF	26	47	4	0	0	1.000
1948	BRO	N	3B	8	0	10	0	1	1.000
Total			3B	197	190	335	19	25	.965
Total			OF	60	122	4	1	0	.992
Total			2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1485	2995	4780	397	850	.951

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Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell (December 12, 1941).

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