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Historical player · 1947–1961

Earl Torgeson

B/T L/L · HT 75 · WT 180 · Born 1/1/1924 · From Snohomish, WA USA · Debut 1947-04-15 · Final 1961-08-23

Career · batting

1,668

4,969

1,318

149

RBI

740

133

980

AVG/OPS

0.265 · 0.803

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Boston Braves · 1947–1952

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#37 on the Braves

↑ 2 J. Heyward

↓ 1 E. Williams

Hits

657

#71 on the Braves

↑ 7 M. Ozuna

↓ 3 F. Bolling

RBI

377

#45 on the Braves

↑ 6 S. Wise

↓ 11 C. Chambliss

#34 on the Braves

↑ 4 C. Stahl

↓ 1 E. Abbaticchio

Runs

428

#47 on the Braves

↑ 5 D. Swanson

↓ 12 M. Giles

478

#15 on the Braves

↑ 5 J. Blauser

↓ 2 T. Holmes

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1957–1961

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#112 on the White Sox

↑ 1 T. Hulett

↓ 1 D. Tartabull

Hits

201

#223 on the White Sox

↑ 3 W. Harris

↓ 1 R. Clayton

RBI

131

#159 on the White Sox

↑ 4 G. Zernial

↓ 1 B. Fothergill

#153 on the White Sox

↑ 1 E. Andrus

↓ 1 J. Anderson

Runs

143

#163 on the White Sox

↑ 1 A. Strunk

↓ 1 T. Phillips

183

#89 on the White Sox

↑ 1 A. Eaton

↓ 2 C. Quentin

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1955–1957

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#151 on the Tigers

↑ 1 B. Campbell

↓ 1 M. Mahtook

Hits

181

#244 on the Tigers

↑ 3 T. Taylor

↓ 2 J. Yeager

RBI

#209 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Gladden

↓ 2 D. Kelly

#158 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 E. Ainsmith

Runs

124

#182 on the Tigers

↑ 1 R. White

↓ 1 M. Kavanagh

151

#120 on the Tigers

↑ 1 B. Fothergill

↓ 2 H. Manush

Career with the Philadelphia Phillies · 1953–1955

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#194 on the Phillies

↑ 1 B. Arlett

↓ 1 J. Morgan

Hits

277

#196 on the Phillies

↑ 1 H. Walker

↓ 2 W. Chamberlain

RBI

135

#182 on the Phillies

↑ 1 B. Robinson

↓ 2 J. Marty

#186 on the Phillies

↑ 1 K. Davis

↓ 1 E. Allen

Runs

150

#179 on the Phillies

↑ 1 R. Hulswitt

↓ 1 B. Killefer

160

#104 on the Phillies

↑ 2 E. Courtney

↓ 1 B. White

Career with the New York Yankees · 1961–1961

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Hits

#1,024 on the Yankees

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 R. Young

Runs

#864 on the Yankees

↑ 1 A. Aragon

↓ 1 L. Arroyo

#609 on the Yankees

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 L. Aguayo

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

149

#614 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Dunston

↓ 1 C. Maxwell

Hits

1,318

#891 all-time MLB

↑ 1 O. Hudson

↓ 1 R. Sanchez

RBI

740

#615 all-time MLB

↑ 2 T. Brown

↓ 1 J. Randa

133

#665 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Benjamin

↓ 1 B. Cree

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1947	Braves	NL	128	399	73	112	20	6	16	78	11	82	59	0.281	—	0.481
1948	Braves	NL	134	438	70	111	23	5	10	67	19	81	54	0.253	—	0.397
1949	Braves	NL	25	100	17	26	5	1	4	19	4	13	4	0.260	—	0.450
1950	Braves	NL	156	576	120	167	30	3	23	87	15	119	69	0.290	—	0.472
1951	Braves	NL	155	581	99	153	21	4	24	92	20	102	70	0.263	—	0.437
1952	Braves	NL	122	382	49	88	17	0	5	34	11	81	38	0.230	—	0.314
1953	Phillies	NL	111	379	58	104	25	8	11	64	7	53	57	0.274	—	0.470
1954	Phillies	NL	135	490	63	133	22	6	5	54	7	75	52	0.271	0.364	0.371
1955	Phillies	NL	47	150	29	40	5	3	1	17	2	32	20	0.267	0.393	0.360
1955	Tigers	AL	89	300	58	85	10	1	9	50	9	61	29	0.283	0.397	0.413
1956	Tigers	AL	117	318	61	84	9	3	12	42	6	78	47	0.264	0.406	0.425
1957	Tigers	AL	30	50	5	12	2	1	1	5	0	12	10	0.240	0.387	0.380
1957	White Sox	AL	86	251	53	74	11	2	7	46	7	49	44	0.295	0.406	0.438
1958	White Sox	AL	96	188	37	50	8	0	10	30	7	48	29	0.266	0.415	0.468
1959	White Sox	AL	127	277	40	61	5	3	9	45	7	62	55	0.220	0.359	0.357
1960	White Sox	AL	68	57	12	15	2	0	2	9	1	21	8	0.263	0.462	0.404
1961	White Sox	AL	20	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	0.067	0.211	0.067
1961	Yankees	AL	22	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0.111	0.385	0.111
Career			1,668	4,969	848	1,318	215	46	149	740	133	980	653	0.265	0.386	0.417

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1,416	520	4,855.0	11,680	814	143	1,097
OF	6	0	4.0	4	1	1	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1967	BBWAA	2	219	Ballot