Don Hoak
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Don Hoak (Donald Albert Hoak) was born on February 5, 1928 in Roulette, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1954 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 7 home runs and 26 RBI. Hoak played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Don Hoak's best season was 1957, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .293 average and knocked in 89 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1954
| BRO
| N
| 88
| 261
| 41
| 64
| 7
| 26
| .245
| .318
| .398
| 9
| 5
| 25
| 39
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 7
|
| 1955
| BRO
| N
| 94
| 279
| 50
| 67
| 5
| 19
| .240
| .350
| .362
| 13
| 3
| 46
| 50
| 1
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 9
|
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| 121
| 424
| 51
| 91
| 5
| 37
| .215
| .283
| .311
| 18
| 4
| 41
| 46
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 4
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| 149
| 529
| 78
| 155
| 19
| 89
| .293
| .381
| .482
| 39
| 2
| 74
| 54
| 4
| 5
| 8
| 5
| 13
|
| 1958
| CIN
| N
| 114
| 417
| 51
| 109
| 6
| 50
| .261
| .333
| .376
| 30
| 0
| 43
| 36
| 2
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 11
|
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| 155
| 564
| 60
| 166
| 8
| 65
| .294
| .374
| .399
| 29
| 3
| 71
| 75
| 4
| 6
| 9
| 4
| 18
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 155
| 553
| 97
| 156
| 16
| 79
| .282
| .366
| .445
| 24
| 9
| 74
| 74
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 9
| 17
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 145
| 503
| 72
| 150
| 12
| 61
| .298
| .388
| .451
| 27
| 7
| 73
| 53
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 8
| 14
|
| 1962
| PIT
| N
| 121
| 411
| 63
| 99
| 5
| 48
| .241
| .320
| .350
| 14
| 8
| 49
| 49
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 18
|
| 1963
| PHI
| N
| 115
| 377
| 35
| 87
| 6
| 24
| .231
| .282
| .324
| 11
| 3
| 27
| 52
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 11
|
| 1964
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1263
| 4322
| 598
| 1144
| 89
| 498
| .265
| .345
| .396
| 214
| 44
| 523
| 530
| 22
| 45
| 64
| 36
| 122
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1954
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 75
| 62
| 614.2
| 71
| 139
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1955
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 82
| 183
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 158
| 15
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 149
| 148
| 1331.1
| 193
| 269
| 14
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1957
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 112
| 109
| 985.2
| 132
| 244
| 14
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1959
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 155
| 155
| 1378.1
| 169
| 322
| 20
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 155
| 152
| 1349.2
| 132
| 324
| 25
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 143
| 143
| 1232.1
| 137
| 267
| 20
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1962
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 116
| 116
| 1004.2
| 93
| 220
| 10
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1963
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 106
| 101
| 852.1
| 88
| 205
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1199
| 986
| 8749
| 1219
| 2331
| 153
| 227
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1947).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Randy Jackson and Don Elston (December 9, 1955).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Warren Hacker and Pete Whisenant to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Elmer Singleton and Ray Jablonski (November 13, 1956).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Smoky Burgess and Harvey Haddix to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, Frank Thomas and John Powers (January 30, 1959).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Pancho Herrera and Ted Savage (November 28, 1962).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 18, 1964).
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