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Don Padgett

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Full Name: Don Wilson Padgett Primary Position: C,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: April 23, 1937
Birthdate: December 5, 1911 Final Game: September 12, 1948
Birthplace: Caroleen, North Carolina MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: December 9, 1980
Deathplace: High Point, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/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 Padgett (Don Wilson Padgett) was born on December 5, 1911 in Caroleen, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1937 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1937, his rookie year, he hit .314 with 10 home runs and 74 RBI. Padgett played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Don Padgett's best season was 1937, when he hit for a .314 average and knocked in 74 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
1937 STL N 123 446 62 140 10 74 .314 .357 .457 22 6 30 43 0 1 4 0 5
1938 STL N 110 388 59 105 8 65 .271 .303 .425 26 5 18 28 0 1 0 0 12
1939 STL N 92 233 38 93 5 53 .399 .444 .554 15 3 18 11 1 5 1 0 11
1940 STL N 93 240 24 58 6 41 .242 .321 .387 15 1 26 14 2 0 1 0 6
1941 STL N 107 324 39 80 5 44 .247 .293 .349 18 0 21 16 0 1 0 0 8
1946 BRO N 19 30 2 5 1 9 .167 .265 .300 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
1946 BOS N 44 98 6 25 2 21 .255 .291 .347 3 0 5 7 0 1 0 0 0
1946 TOT N 63 128 8 30 3 30 .234 .285 .336 4 0 9 11 0 1 0 0 1
1947 PHI N 75 158 14 50 0 24 .316 .383 .380 8 1 16 5 1 0 0 0 6
1948 PHI N 36 74 3 17 0 7 .230 .260 .270 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1
Total 699 1991 247 573 37 338 .288 .336 .415 111 16 141 130 4 10 6 0 50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1937 STL N OF 109 0 0 225 9 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1938 STL N OF 71 0 0 140 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1938 STL N 1B 16 0 0 138 11 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 STL N C 6 0 0 17 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .864
1939 STL N C 61 0 0 249 18 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 .978
1939 STL N 1B 6 0 0 27 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1940 STL N 1B 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 STL N C 72 0 0 243 34 11 5 0 5 0 0 0 .962
1941 STL N 1B 2 0 0 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 STL N OF 62 0 0 115 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1941 STL N C 18 0 0 62 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .944
1946 BRO N C 10 0 0 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BOS N C 26 0 0 65 12 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 .939
1946 TOT N C 36 0 0 89 15 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 .954
1947 PHI N C 39 0 0 111 16 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 .962
1948 PHI N C 19 0 0 64 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .957
Total 1B 26 0 0 178 12 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .995
Total C 251 0 0 835 92 37 13 0 27 0 0 0 .962
Total OF 242 0 0 480 24 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 .958

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Brooklyn Dodgers for $30000 (December 10, 1941).
  • Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Braves (June 12, 1946).
  • Traded by Boston Braves to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Andy Karl (May 27, 1947).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (September 18, 1948).

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