Hal Jeffcoat

Full Name: Harold Bentley Jeffcoat	Primary Position: OF,P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/185	First Game: April 20, 1948
Birthdate: September 6, 1924	Final Game: August 6, 1959
Birthplace: West Columbia, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Hal Jeffcoat (Harold Bentley Jeffcoat) was born on September 6, 1924 in West Columbia, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1948 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 4 home runs and 42 RBI. Jeffcoat played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Hal Jeffcoat's best season was 1948, when he hit for a .279 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1948	CHI	N	134	473	53	132	4	42	.279	.315	.355	16	4	24	68	1	14	8	6
1949	CHI	N	108	363	43	89	2	26	.245	.286	.344	18	6	20	48	1	4	12	5
1950	CHI	N	66	179	21	42	2	18	.235	.259	.352	13	1	6	23	0	2	7	11
1951	CHI	N	113	278	44	76	4	27	.273	.315	.403	20	2	16	23	1	4	8	5
1952	CHI	N	102	297	29	65	4	30	.219	.259	.330	17	2	15	40	1	7	7	17
1953	CHI	N	106	183	22	43	4	22	.235	.314	.328	3	1	21	26	0	3	5	5
1954	CHI	N	56	31	13	8	1	6	.258	.265	.484	2	1	1	7	0	0	2	1
1955	CHI	N	52	23	3	4	1	1	.174	.240	.304	0	0	2	9	0	2	0	2
1956	CIN	N	49	54	5	8	0	5	.148	.193	.185	2	0	3	20	0	3	0	1
1957	CIN	N	53	69	13	14	4	11	.203	.267	.449	3	1	5	20	1	8	0	2
1958	CIN	N	50	9	2	5	0	0	.556	.600	.556	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
1959	STL	N	12	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1959	CIN	N	17	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	TOT	N	29	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Total			918	1963	249	487	26	188	.248	.291	.355	95	18	114	289	5	47	49	55

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	CHI	N	OF	119	0	0	307	12	8	3	0	0	0	0	.976
1949	CHI	N	OF	101	0	0	250	12	10	2	0	0	0	0	.963
1950	CHI	N	OF	53	0	0	83	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1951	CHI	N	OF	87	0	0	166	11	2	5	0	0	0	0	.989
1952	CHI	N	OF	95	0	0	218	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	.996
1953	CHI	N	OF	100	0	0	175	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	.973
1954	CHI	N	CF	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CHI	N	OF	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CHI	N	P	43	3	104	12	20	4	1	2	6	0	0	.889
1955	CHI	N	P	50	0	0	4	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	.903
1956	CIN	N	P	38	0	0	21	42	2	4	0	0	0	0	.969
1957	CIN	N	P	37	31	207	16	30	2	5	0	5	7	1	.958
1958	CIN	N	CF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	CIN	N	OF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	CIN	N	P	49	0	75	8	19	0	2	1	3	1	0	1.000
1959	STL	N	P	11	0	17.2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1959	CIN	N	P	17	0	21.2	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000
1959	TOT	N	P	28	0	39.1	5	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.000
Total			OF	559	0	9	1201	63	29	14	0	0	0	0	.978
Total			P	245	34	425.1	66	140	11	14	3	15	9	2	.949
Total			CF	4	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	CHI	N	43	3	5	6	5.19	35	63	60	1	0	7	104	110	12	58	6	0	4
1955	CHI	N	50	1	8	6	2.95	32	46	33	0	0	6	100.2	107	5	53	12	2	4
1956	CIN	N	38	16	8	2	3.84	55	79	73	2	0	2	171	189	12	55	4	7	5
1957	CIN	N	37	31	12	13	4.52	63	117	104	10	1	0	207	236	29	46	7	2	7
1958	CIN	N	49	0	6	8	3.72	35	34	31	0	0	9	75	76	8	26	8	0	2
1959	STL	N	11	0	0	1	9.17	7	18	18	0	0	0	17.2	33	4	9	2	1	0
1959	CIN	N	17	0	0	1	3.32	12	8	8	0	0	1	21.2	21	3	10	2	1	0
1959	TOT	N	28	0	0	2	5.95	19	26	26	0	0	1	39.1	54	7	19	4	2	0
Total			245	51	39	37	4.22	239	365	327	13	1	25	697	772	73	257	41	13	22

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1946).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hobie Landrith (November 28, 1955).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim Brosnan (June 8, 1959).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 13, 1959).

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