Pinky Hargrave
[edit] Biography
Pinky Hargrave (William McKinley Hargrave) was born on January 31, 1896 in New Haven, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on May 18, 1923 for the Washington Senators. In 1925, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 8 home runs and 43 RBI. Hargrave played for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Pinky Hargrave's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .275 average and knocked in 63 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1923
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 59
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 8
| .288
| .311
| .322
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| 24
| 33
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 5
| .152
| .176
| .242
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .571
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| 67
| 225
| 34
| 64
| 8
| 43
| .284
| .326
| .476
| 15
| 2
| 13
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 72
| 231
| 34
| 67
| 8
| 43
| .290
| .333
| .476
| 15
| 2
| 14
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| 92
| 235
| 20
| 66
| 7
| 37
| .281
| .319
| .464
| 16
| 3
| 10
| 38
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| DET
| A
| 121
| 320
| 38
| 88
| 10
| 63
| .275
| .343
| .441
| 13
| 5
| 32
| 28
| 1
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| DET
| A
| 76
| 185
| 26
| 61
| 3
| 26
| .330
| .401
| .443
| 12
| 0
| 20
| 24
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| WAS
| A
| 10
| 31
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 7
| .194
| .265
| .484
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| 55
| 137
| 18
| 39
| 5
| 18
| .285
| .380
| .453
| 8
| 0
| 20
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| 65
| 168
| 21
| 45
| 6
| 25
| .268
| .359
| .458
| 10
| 2
| 23
| 13
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| 40
| 80
| 6
| 26
| 1
| 19
| .325
| .393
| .463
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BOS
| N
| 82
| 217
| 20
| 57
| 4
| 33
| .263
| .336
| .410
| 14
| 3
| 24
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| BOS
| N
| 45
| 73
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .178
| .241
| .178
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 127
| 290
| 25
| 70
| 4
| 39
| .241
| .313
| .352
| 14
| 3
| 29
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 523
| 1311
| 152
| 375
| 35
| 226
| .286
| .345
| .445
| 77
| 13
| 111
| 140
| 8
| 25
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 650
| 1601
| 177
| 445
| 39
| 265
| .278
| .339
| .428
| 91
| 16
| 140
| 165
| 9
| 29
| 17
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1923
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1923
| WAS
| A
| C
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1924
| WAS
| A
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| C
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 44
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| C
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 217
| 45
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| C
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 50
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1928
| DET
| A
| C
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 301
| 35
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1929
| DET
| A
| C
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 175
| 38
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1930
| WAS
| A
| C
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| C
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 175
| 14
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| C
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 214
| 18
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 79
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1932
| BOS
| N
| C
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 206
| 39
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1933
| BOS
| N
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 442
| 0
| 0
| 1445
| 246
| 41
| 38
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators with Chick Gagnon and Bert Griffith to Kansas City (American Association) in exchange for Pete Scott and a player to be named later (July 18, 1924); Washington Senators received cash (July 26, 1924); Pete Scott refused to report to Washington Senators; Pinky Hargrave returned to Washington Senators (July 26, 1924).
- Traded by Washington Senators with George Mogridge to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Hank Severeid (June 8, 1925).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Marty McManus and Bobby LaMotte to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Lefty Stewart, Frank O'Rourke, Billy Mullen and Otto Miller (January 15, 1927).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators (September 10, 1930).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Buck Jordan to Baltimore (International) in exchange for Johnny Gill (August, 1931).
- Selected by Boston Braves from Baltimore (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1931).
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