Nick Etten
[edit] Biography
Nick Etten (Nicholas Raymond Thomas Etten) was born on September 19, 1913 in Spring Grove, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1938 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .252 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. Etten played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Nick Etten's best season was 1944, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .293 average and knocked in 91 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| 22
| 81
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 11
| .259
| .333
| .383
| 6
| 2
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| 43
| 155
| 20
| 39
| 3
| 29
| .252
| .322
| .406
| 11
| 2
| 16
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| 151
| 540
| 78
| 168
| 14
| 79
| .311
| .405
| .454
| 27
| 4
| 82
| 33
| 3
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 10
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 139
| 459
| 37
| 121
| 8
| 41
| .264
| .357
| .375
| 21
| 3
| 67
| 26
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 8
|
| 1943
| NY
| A
| 154
| 583
| 78
| 158
| 14
| 107
| .271
| .355
| .420
| 35
| 5
| 76
| 31
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 13
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 154
| 573
| 88
| 168
| 22
| 91
| .293
| .399
| .466
| 25
| 4
| 97
| 29
| 4
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 14
|
| 1945
| NY
| A
| 152
| 565
| 77
| 161
| 18
| 111
| .285
| .387
| .437
| 24
| 4
| 90
| 23
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 21
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| 108
| 323
| 37
| 75
| 9
| 49
| .232
| .315
| .365
| 14
| 1
| 38
| 35
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| 14
| 41
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 8
| .244
| .326
| .415
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 304
| 1040
| 120
| 299
| 23
| 128
| .287
| .381
| .417
| 52
| 7
| 154
| 63
| 3
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 20
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 633
| 2280
| 306
| 622
| 66
| 398
| .273
| .366
| .426
| 115
| 18
| 326
| 136
| 9
| 21
| 10
| 0
| 57
|
| Total
|
|
| 937
| 3320
| 426
| 921
| 89
| 526
| .277
| .371
| .423
| 167
| 25
| 480
| 199
| 12
| 28
| 22
| 0
| 77
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 212
| 10
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 376
| 19
| 4
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 1286
| 89
| 23
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 1152
| 83
| 19
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1943
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 1410
| 79
| 17
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 1382
| 106
| 16
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1945
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 1401
| 94
| 17
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 717
| 55
| 7
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1947
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 94
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 903
| 0
| 0
| 8030
| 545
| 107
| 797
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Baltimore (International) (June 14, 1939).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Yankees in exchange for Ed Levy, Al Gettel and $10000 (January 22, 1943); Ed Levy returned to New York Yankees and Al Gettel returned to New York Yankees (March 26, 1943); New York Yankees sent Tom Padden and Al Gerheauser (March 26, 1943) to complete trade. Sold by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies (April 14, 1947).
- Returned to New York Yankees (May 12, 1947).
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