Grady Hatton
[edit] Biography
Grady Hatton (Grady Edgebert Hatton) was born on October 7, 1922 in Beaumont, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1946 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 14 home runs and 69 RBI. Hatton played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Grady Hatton's best season was 1947, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .281 average and knocked in 77 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1946
| CIN
| N
| 116
| 436
| 56
| 118
| 14
| 69
| .271
| .369
| .422
| 18
| 3
| 66
| 53
| 2
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 146
| 524
| 91
| 147
| 16
| 77
| .281
| .377
| .448
| 24
| 8
| 81
| 50
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 10
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 133
| 458
| 58
| 110
| 9
| 44
| .240
| .343
| .345
| 17
| 2
| 72
| 50
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 6
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 137
| 537
| 71
| 141
| 11
| 69
| .263
| .342
| .413
| 38
| 5
| 62
| 48
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 8
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 130
| 438
| 67
| 114
| 11
| 54
| .260
| .366
| .379
| 17
| 1
| 70
| 39
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| 96
| 331
| 41
| 84
| 4
| 37
| .254
| .321
| .335
| 9
| 3
| 33
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1952
| CIN
| N
| 128
| 433
| 48
| 92
| 9
| 57
| .212
| .319
| .312
| 14
| 1
| 66
| 60
| 2
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 5
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| 83
| 159
| 22
| 37
| 7
| 22
| .233
| .351
| .396
| 3
| 1
| 29
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1954
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 13
| 30
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .167
| .278
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 99
| 302
| 40
| 85
| 5
| 33
| .281
| .399
| .391
| 12
| 3
| 58
| 25
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1954
| Total
|
| 113
| 333
| 43
| 90
| 5
| 36
| .270
| .387
| .372
| 13
| 3
| 63
| 28
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 7
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| 112
| 332
| 43
| 90
| 5
| 36
| .271
| .388
| .373
| 13
| 3
| 63
| 28
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 7
|
| 1955
| BOS
| A
| 126
| 380
| 48
| 93
| 4
| 49
| .245
| .367
| .326
| 11
| 4
| 76
| 28
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 8
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 44
| 73
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .247
| .360
| .315
| 1
| 2
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 27
| 61
| 4
| 9
| 1
| 3
| .148
| .297
| .213
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1956
| Total
|
| 76
| 139
| 14
| 29
| 1
| 12
| .209
| .333
| .273
| 2
| 2
| 26
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 3
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| 32
| 66
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 5
| .167
| .304
| .227
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 28
| 38
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 7
| .342
| .381
| .342
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1042
| 3428
| 467
| 874
| 81
| 443
| .255
| .351
| .382
| 141
| 26
| 494
| 368
| 11
| 31
| 40
| 1
| 47
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 270
| 778
| 95
| 194
| 10
| 90
| .249
| .371
| .338
| 25
| 7
| 152
| 62
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 4
| 15
|
| Total
|
|
| 1312
| 4206
| 562
| 1068
| 91
| 533
| .254
| .354
| .374
| 166
| 33
| 646
| 430
| 13
| 39
| 42
| 5
| 62
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1946
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 108
| 194
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1946
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 143
| 248
| 26
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 141
| 243
| 28
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 143
| 290
| 11
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 145
| 230
| 18
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 103
| 176
| 8
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 316
| 289
| 6
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 49
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1954
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 204
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| TOT
| A
| 3B
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 219
| 10
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1955
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1955
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 225
| 8
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 34
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 2B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1956
| Total
|
| 3B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1956
| Total
|
| 2B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 60
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 7
| 47
| 11
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 956
| 0
| 0
| 979
| 1844
| 129
| 169
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 78
| 3
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 196
| 7
| 47
| 428
| 414
| 12
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1946).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Johnny Lipon (April 18, 1954).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with $100000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for George Kell (May 23, 1954).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals (May 11, 1956).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore Orioles (August 1, 1956).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 22, 1956).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (July 19, 1960).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (October 10, 1960).
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