Augie Galan
[edit] Biography
Augie Galan (August John Galan) was born on May 23, 1912 in Berkeley, California. He made his Major League debut on April 29, 1934 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 5 home runs and 22 RBI. Galan played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants over the course of his 16 year career.
Most people believe that Augie Galan's best season was 1935, when he hit for a .314 average and knocked in 79 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| 66
| 192
| 31
| 50
| 5
| 22
| .260
| .317
| .391
| 6
| 2
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
|
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| 154
| 646
| 133
| 203
| 12
| 79
| .314
| .399
| .467
| 41
| 11
| 87
| 53
| 4
| 11
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| 145
| 575
| 74
| 152
| 8
| 81
| .264
| .344
| .365
| 26
| 4
| 67
| 50
| 3
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 9
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| 147
| 611
| 104
| 154
| 18
| 78
| .252
| .339
| .412
| 24
| 10
| 79
| 48
| 1
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 7
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| 110
| 395
| 52
| 113
| 6
| 69
| .286
| .368
| .418
| 16
| 9
| 49
| 17
| 2
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 7
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| 148
| 549
| 104
| 167
| 6
| 71
| .304
| .392
| .432
| 36
| 8
| 75
| 26
| 4
| 13
| 8
| 0
| 10
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 68
| 209
| 33
| 48
| 3
| 22
| .230
| .346
| .359
| 14
| 2
| 37
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 65
| 120
| 18
| 25
| 1
| 13
| .208
| .331
| .258
| 3
| 0
| 22
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 17
| 27
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .259
| .333
| .370
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 82
| 147
| 21
| 32
| 1
| 17
| .218
| .331
| .279
| 6
| 0
| 25
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 69
| 209
| 24
| 55
| 0
| 22
| .263
| .339
| .340
| 16
| 0
| 24
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 139
| 495
| 83
| 142
| 9
| 67
| .287
| .412
| .406
| 26
| 3
| 103
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 3
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 151
| 547
| 96
| 174
| 12
| 93
| .318
| .426
| .495
| 43
| 9
| 101
| 23
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 8
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 152
| 576
| 114
| 177
| 9
| 92
| .307
| .423
| .441
| 36
| 7
| 114
| 27
| 2
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 10
|
| 1946
| BRO
| N
| 99
| 274
| 53
| 85
| 3
| 38
| .310
| .451
| .460
| 22
| 5
| 68
| 21
| 2
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 124
| 392
| 60
| 123
| 6
| 61
| .314
| .449
| .416
| 18
| 2
| 94
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 54
| 77
| 18
| 22
| 2
| 16
| .286
| .471
| .455
| 3
| 2
| 26
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 12
| 26
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .308
| .486
| .385
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 22
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .059
| .273
| .118
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| Total
|
| 34
| 43
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .209
| .404
| .279
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1730
| 5911
| 1000
| 1698
| 100
| 830
| .287
| .390
| .420
| 334
| 74
| 970
| 391
| 25
| 61
| 123
| 0
| 71
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 12
| 26
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .308
| .486
| .385
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 1742
| 5937
| 1004
| 1706
| 100
| 830
| .287
| .390
| .419
| 336
| 74
| 979
| 393
| 25
| 62
| 123
| 0
| 72
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 90
| 106
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 351
| 12
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 381
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 33
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 328
| 9
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 10
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 290
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 131
| 17
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 347
| 12
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 147
| 0
| 0
| 323
| 10
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 558
| 34
| 7
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 79
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1946
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 91
| 6
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1946
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1946
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 34
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 246
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1949
| Total
|
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| Total
|
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 816
| 59
| 12
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1359
| 0
| 0
| 2996
| 88
| 61
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 111
| 148
| 12
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 121
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Mace Brown and cash (August 26, 1941).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ed Heusser (December 4, 1946).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (December 29, 1948).
- Sold by New York Giants to Philadelphia Athletics (July 15, 1949).
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (September 20, 1949).
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