Pinky Hargrave

Full Name: William McKinley Hargrave	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/180	First Game: May 18, 1923
Birthdate: January 31, 1896	Final Game: September 23, 1933
Birthplace: New Haven, Indiana	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 3, 1942
Deathplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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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.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1923	WAS	A	33	59	4	17	0	8	.288	.311	.322	2	0	2	6	0	1	0	0
1924	WAS	A	24	33	3	5	0	5	.152	.176	.242	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0
1925	WAS	A	5	6	0	3	0	0	.500	.571	.500	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
1925	STL	A	67	225	34	64	8	43	.284	.326	.476	15	2	13	13	1	2	2	0
1925	TOT	A	72	231	34	67	8	43	.290	.333	.476	15	2	14	15	1	2	2	0
1926	STL	A	92	235	20	66	7	37	.281	.319	.464	16	3	10	38	3	8	3	0
1928	DET	A	121	320	38	88	10	63	.275	.343	.441	13	5	32	28	1	6	4	0
1929	DET	A	76	185	26	61	3	26	.330	.401	.443	12	0	20	24	2	3	2	0
1930	WAS	A	10	31	3	6	1	7	.194	.265	.484	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	0
1930	DET	A	55	137	18	39	5	18	.285	.380	.453	8	0	20	12	1	3	2	0
1930	TOT	A	65	168	21	45	6	25	.268	.359	.458	10	2	23	13	1	4	3	0
1931	WAS	A	40	80	6	26	1	19	.325	.393	.463	8	0	9	12	0	0	1	0
1932	BOS	N	82	217	20	57	4	33	.263	.336	.410	14	3	24	18	0	3	1	0
1933	BOS	N	45	73	5	13	0	6	.178	.241	.178	0	0	5	7	1	1	1	2
Total	NL		127	290	25	70	4	39	.241	.313	.352	14	3	29	25	1	4	2	2
Total	AL		523	1311	152	375	35	226	.286	.345	.445	77	13	111	140	8	25	15	0
Total			650	1601	177	445	39	265	.278	.339	.428	91	16	140	165	9	29	17	2

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	AVG
1923	WAS	A	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	WAS	A	3B	8	6	5	1	1	0	.917
1923	WAS	A	C	5	12	4	1	1	0	.941
1924	WAS	A	C	8	17	2	0	0	0	1.000
1925	WAS	A	C	1	6	1	0	0	0	1.000
1925	STL	A	C	62	211	44	5	4	9	.981
1925	TOT	A	C	63	217	45	5	4	9	.981
1926	STL	A	C	58	165	50	5	7	4	.977
1928	DET	A	C	88	301	35	8	5	6	.977
1929	DET	A	C	48	175	38	6	7	5	.973
1930	WAS	A	C	9	39	4	0	3	0	1.000
1930	DET	A	C	40	175	14	3	3	3	.984
1930	TOT	A	C	49	214	18	3	6	3	.987
1931	WAS	A	C	25	79	8	2	1	1	.978
1932	BOS	N	C	73	206	39	8	4	1	.968
1933	BOS	N	C	25	59	7	3	3	1	.957
Total			OF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	8	6	5	1	1	0	.917
Total			C	442	1445	246	41	38	30	.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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