Earl Torgeson

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Full Name: Clifford Earl Torgeson	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180	First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: January 1, 1924	Final Game: August 23, 1961
Birthplace: Snohomish, Washington	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: November 8, 1990
Deathplace: Everett, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Earl Torgeson (Clifford Earl Torgeson) was born on January 1, 1924 in Snohomish, Washington. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Boston Braves. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 16 home runs and 78 RBI. Torgeson played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Earl Torgeson's best season was 1950, when he slugged 23 home runs, hit for a .290 average and knocked in 87 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
1947	BOS	N	128	399	73	112	16	78	.281	.403	.481	20	6	82	59	0	3	11	0	6
1948	BOS	N	134	438	70	111	10	67	.253	.372	.397	23	5	81	54	2	10	19	0	7
1949	BOS	N	25	100	17	26	4	19	.260	.345	.450	5	1	13	4	0	0	4	0	3
1950	BOS	N	156	576	120	167	23	87	.290	.412	.472	30	3	119	69	1	8	15	0	10
1951	BOS	N	155	581	99	153	24	92	.263	.375	.437	21	4	102	70	2	5	20	0	18
1952	BOS	N	122	382	49	88	5	34	.230	.366	.314	17	0	81	38	1	7	11	0	8
1953	PHI	N	111	379	58	104	11	64	.274	.366	.470	25	8	53	57	2	3	7	0	7
1954	PHI	N	135	490	63	133	5	54	.271	.364	.371	22	6	75	52	0	11	7	6	13
1955	PHI	N	47	150	29	40	1	17	.267	.393	.360	5	3	32	20	0	1	2	1	5
1955	DET	A	89	300	58	85	9	50	.283	.397	.413	10	1	61	29	0	1	9	2	6
1955	Total		136	450	87	125	10	67	.278	.396	.396	15	4	93	49	0	2	11	3	11
1956	DET	A	117	318	61	84	12	42	.264	.406	.425	9	3	78	47	0	1	6	0	5
1957	DET	A	30	50	5	12	1	5	.240	.387	.380	2	1	12	10	0	0	0	0	1
1957	CHI	A	86	251	53	74	7	46	.295	.406	.438	11	2	49	44	0	4	7	0	8
1957	TOT	A	116	301	58	86	8	51	.286	.403	.429	13	3	61	54	0	4	7	0	9
1958	CHI	A	96	188	37	50	10	30	.266	.415	.468	8	0	48	29	0	0	7	1	7
1959	CHI	A	127	277	40	61	9	45	.220	.359	.357	5	3	62	55	0	1	7	1	7
1960	CHI	A	68	57	12	15	2	9	.263	.462	.404	2	0	21	8	0	0	1	2	0
1961	NY	A	22	18	3	2	0	0	.111	.385	.111	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	1
1961	CHI	A	20	15	1	1	0	1	.067	.211	.067	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
1961	TOT	A	42	33	4	3	0	1	.091	.311	.091	0	0	11	8	0	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		1013	3495	578	934	99	512	.267	.381	.421	168	36	638	423	8	48	96	7	77
Total	AL		655	1474	270	384	50	228	.261	.396	.408	47	10	342	230	0	7	37	6	36
Total			1668	4969	848	1318	149	740	.265	.385	.417	215	46	980	653	8	55	133	13	113

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	BOS	N	1B	117	0	0	1033	76	18	83	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1948	BOS	N	1B	129	0	0	1069	81	8	85	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1949	BOS	N	1B	25	0	0	242	8	3	21	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1950	BOS	N	1B	156	0	0	1365	110	21	126	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1951	BOS	N	1B	155	0	0	1330	107	17	137	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1952	BOS	N	1B	105	0	0	931	73	11	86	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1952	BOS	N	OF	5	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1953	PHI	N	1B	105	0	0	916	65	13	83	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1954	PHI	N	1B	133	131	1164.1	1146	74	12	103	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1955	PHI	N	1B	43	0	0	349	26	2	27	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1955	DET	A	1B	83	0	0	695	53	6	79	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1955	Total		1B	126	0	0	1044	79	8	106	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1956	DET	A	1B	83	0	0	623	32	5	62	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1957	DET	A	1B	17	9	103.2	98	7	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CHI	A	OF	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	CHI	A	1B	70	62	561.1	612	29	1	72	1	0	0	0	0	.998
1957	CHI	A	RF	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	TOT	A	1B	87	71	665	710	36	1	83	1	0	0	0	0	.999
1958	CHI	A	1B	73	45	462	470	30	11	54	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1959	CHI	A	1B	103	68	710	717	37	13	58	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1960	CHI	A	1B	10	4	44	54	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1961	NY	A	1B	8	3	36	29	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1961	CHI	A	1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	TOT	A	1B	9	3	37	30	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.970
Total			1B	1416	322	3082.1	11680	814	143	1097	1	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			OF	6	0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			RF	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Seattle (PCL) to Boston Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (January 5, 1946); Seattle (PCL) received Tony York and Bill Ramsey (August 30, 1946).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Philadelphia Phillies as part of 4-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to Milwaukee Braves; Milwaukee Braves sent cash to Cincinnati Reds; Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to Brooklyn Dodgers; Brooklyn Dodgers sent Rocky Bridges to Cincinnati Reds; Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to Milwaukee Braves; and Cincinnati Reds sent Joe Adcock to Milwaukee Braves (February 16, 1953).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Detroit Tigers (June 15, 1955).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dave Philley (June 14, 1957).
Released by Chicago White Sox (June 17, 1961).
Signed by New York Yankees (June 17, 1961).
Released by New York Yankees (September 2, 1961).

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