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Don Hoak

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Full Name: Donald Albert Hoak Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/170 First Game: April 18, 1954
Birthdate: February 5, 1928 Final Game: May 12, 1964
Birthplace: Roulette, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 9, 1969
Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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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