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Pete Runnels

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Full Name: James Edward Runnels Primary Position: 1B,2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: July 1, 1951
Birthdate: January 28, 1928 Final Game: May 14, 1964
Birthplace: Lufkin, Texas MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: May 20, 1991
Deathplace: Pasadena, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Pete Runnels (James Edward Runnels) was born on January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, Texas. He made his Major League debut on July 1, 1951 for the Washington Senators. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Runnels played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Pete Runnels's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1962, when he hit for a .326 average and knocked in 60 runs. However, others believe that it was 1959, when he hit for a .314 average and knocked in 57 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1951 WAS A 78 273 31 76 0 25 .278 .354 .337 12 2 31 24 1 2 0 0 5
1952 WAS A 152 555 70 158 1 64 .285 .368 .333 18 3 72 55 1 4 0 0 14
1953 WAS A 137 486 64 125 2 50 .257 .347 .321 15 5 64 36 3 6 3 0 18
1954 WAS A 139 488 75 131 3 56 .268 .368 .383 17 15 78 60 0 2 2 0 10
1955 WAS A 134 503 66 143 2 49 .284 .353 .344 16 4 55 51 1 4 3 2 14
1956 WAS A 147 578 72 179 8 76 .310 .372 .433 29 9 58 64 2 4 5 2 18
1957 WAS A 134 473 53 109 2 35 .230 .310 .298 18 4 55 51 2 1 2 5 7
1958 BOS A 147 568 103 183 8 59 .322 .416 .438 32 5 87 49 6 2 1 0 15
1959 BOS A 147 560 95 176 6 57 .314 .415 .427 33 6 95 48 1 5 6 1 17
1960 BOS A 143 528 80 169 2 35 .320 .401 .394 29 2 71 51 2 9 5 2 16
1961 BOS A 143 360 49 114 3 38 .317 .396 .414 20 3 46 32 3 2 5 2 12
1962 BOS A 152 562 80 183 10 60 .326 .408 .456 33 5 79 57 3 0 3 11 5
1963 HOU N 124 388 35 98 2 23 .253 .332 .296 9 1 45 42 3 7 2 2 20
1964 HOU N 22 51 3 10 0 3 .196 .305 .216 1 0 8 7 0 1 0 1 3
Total NL 146 439 38 108 2 26 .246 .329 .287 10 1 53 49 3 8 2 3 23
Total AL 1653 5934 838 1746 47 604 .294 .378 .385 272 63 791 578 25 41 35 25 151
Total 1799 6373 876 1854 49 630 .291 .375 .378 282 64 844 627 28 49 37 28 174

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1951 WAS A SS 73 0 0 159 176 18 41 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1952 WAS A SS 147 0 0 314 406 25 97 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1952 WAS A 2B 1 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 WAS A SS 121 0 0 195 324 23 87 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1953 WAS A 2B 11 0 0 24 27 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1954 WAS A 2B 27 0 0 90 59 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1954 WAS A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1954 WAS A SS 107 0 0 174 313 24 69 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1955 WAS A SS 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1955 WAS A 2B 132 0 0 349 338 17 107 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1956 WAS A SS 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 WAS A 1B 81 0 0 693 49 4 73 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1956 WAS A 2B 69 0 0 179 177 10 56 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1957 WAS A 2B 23 17 164 52 43 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1957 WAS A 1B 72 70 603 616 44 3 59 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1957 WAS A 3B 32 32 284.1 31 73 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1958 BOS A 2B 106 106 935.1 267 320 9 88 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1958 BOS A 1B 42 40 353.1 364 15 2 41 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1959 BOS A 2B 101 101 872.1 273 272 10 82 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1959 BOS A 1B 44 42 363.1 387 28 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 BOS A SS 9 1 25 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 BOS A 2B 129 127 1018.2 274 360 9 99 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1960 BOS A 1B 57 7 148.2 142 11 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1960 BOS A 3B 3 3 26 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1961 BOS A 1B 113 75 735 701 50 4 92 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1961 BOS A SS 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 BOS A 3B 11 11 82 8 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1961 BOS A 2B 6 2 23 6 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 BOS A 1B 151 151 1344 1309 104 10 125 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1963 HOU N 2B 36 33 268.1 64 64 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1963 HOU N 3B 3 3 26 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 HOU N 1B 70 65 554.1 526 40 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1964 HOU N 1B 14 13 115.1 138 5 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total 3B 49 49 418.1 46 115 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 1B 644 463 4217 4876 346 30 492 0 0 0 0 0 .994
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 641 386 3281.2 1583 1675 67 500 0 0 0 0 0 .980
Total SS 463 1 27 848 1231 91 297 0 0 0 0 0 .958

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Texarkana (Big State) to Washington Senators for $12500 (September, 1950).
  • Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Albie Pearson and Norm Zauchin (January 23, 1958).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Houston Colt .45s in exchange for Roman Mejias (November 26, 1962).
  • Released by Houston Colt .45s (May 19, 1964).

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