Max Surkont

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Full Name: Matthew Constantine Surkont	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: April 19, 1949
Birthdate: June 16, 1922	Final Game: May 1, 1957
Birthplace: Central Falls, Rhode Island	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: October 8, 1986
Deathplace: Largo, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on June 16, 1922 in Central Falls, Rhode Island, Max Surkont (Matthew Constantine Surkont) played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants over the course of his 9 year career. Surkont broke into the bigs on April 19, 1949 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.78 ERA in 96 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Max Surkont's best season was 1952, when he posted a 3.77 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 125 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1949	CHI	A	44	2	3	5	4.78	38	61	51	0	0	4	96	92	9	60	0	3	3
1950	BOS	N	9	6	5	2	3.23	21	29	20	2	0	0	55.2	63	5	20	0	0	2
1951	BOS	N	37	33	12	16	3.99	110	119	105	11	2	1	237	230	21	89	0	5	7
1952	BOS	N	31	29	12	13	3.77	125	95	90	12	3	0	215	201	19	76	0	7	3
1953	MIL	N	28	24	11	5	4.18	83	82	79	11	2	0	170	168	22	64	0	2	0
1954	PIT	N	33	29	9	18	4.41	78	124	102	11	0	0	208.1	216	25	78	3	4	4
1955	PIT	N	35	22	7	14	5.57	84	109	103	5	0	2	166.1	194	23	78	4	6	3
1956	STL	N	5	0	0	0	9.53	5	6	6	0	0	0	5.2	10	3	2	0	0	0
1956	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0
1956	NY	N	8	4	2	2	4.78	18	17	17	1	0	1	32	24	5	9	1	1	0
1956	TOT	N	14	4	2	2	5.45	24	24	24	1	0	1	39.2	36	8	14	1	1	0
1957	NY	N	5	0	0	1	9.95	8	7	7	0	0	0	6.1	9	2	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		192	147	58	71	4.34	533	589	530	53	7	4	1098.1	1117	125	421	8	25	19
Total	AL		44	2	3	5	4.78	38	61	51	0	0	4	96	92	9	60	0	3	3
Total			236	149	61	76	4.38	571	650	581	53	7	8	1194.1	1209	134	481	8	28	22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	CHI	A	P	44	0	0	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	BOS	N	P	9	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	BOS	N	P	37	0	0	11	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1952	BOS	N	P	31	0	0	9	38	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1953	MIL	N	P	28	0	0	11	32	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1954	PIT	N	P	33	29	208.1	8	40	1	1	0	0	3	4	1	.980
1955	PIT	N	P	35	0	0	8	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1956	STL	N	P	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1956	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	NY	N	P	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	TOT	N	P	14	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	N	P	5	0	6.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	236	29	214.2	52	190	12	9	0	0	3	4	1	.953

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	CHI	A	44	22	1	1	0	2	.045	.192	.045	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0
1950	BOS	N	9	23	4	10	1	5	.435	.458	.652	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1951	BOS	N	37	73	2	11	0	4	.151	.225	.164	1	0	7	17	0	8	0	0	4
1952	BOS	N	31	63	2	7	0	3	.111	.152	.159	3	0	3	16	0	7	0	0	1
1953	MIL	N	28	56	10	16	0	6	.286	.344	.411	5	1	5	7	0	5	0	0	1
1954	PIT	N	33	60	3	10	0	5	.167	.239	.183	1	0	6	19	0	9	0	0	2
1955	PIT	N	35	50	5	7	0	2	.140	.218	.160	1	0	4	13	1	4	0	0	0
1956	STL	N	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	NY	N	8	9	1	1	0	1	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
1956	TOT	N	14	10	1	1	0	1	.100	.182	.100	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
1957	NY	N	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		192	335	27	62	1	26	.185	.247	.239	13	1	27	78	1	35	0	0	8
Total	AL		44	22	1	1	0	2	.045	.192	.045	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0
Total			236	357	28	63	1	28	.176	.244	.227	13	1	31	90	1	35	0	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1938).
Selected by Chicago White Sox from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1948).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Boston Braves (August 18, 1950).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Sid Gordon, Sam Jethroe, Curt Raydon, Fred Waters, Larry Lasalle and $100000 to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Danny O'Connell (December 26, 1953).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Luis Arroyo (May 5, 1956).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Red Sox (June 4, 1956).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Giants (August 20, 1956).

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