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Earl Torgeson

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Full name Clifford Earl Torgeson
Born January 1, 1924, Snohomish, Washington
Died November 8, 1990, Everett, Washington
Buried at Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, Washington
First Game: April 15, 1947; Final Game: August 23, 1961
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 3" Weight: 180
Ejections as player: 1948 (1), 1950 (1), 1951 (1), 1952 (1), 1953 (1), 1954 (2), 1955 (1), 1956 (1). Total: 9
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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1947 BOS N Daily Splits 128 399 73 112 20 6 16 78 82 23 59 0 3 0 5 6 11 6 .281 .403 .481 1.9 1947 BOS N 1948 BOS N Daily Splits 134 438 70 111 23 5 10 67 81 5 54 2 10 0 6 7 19 3 .253 .372 .397 0.5 1948 BOS N 1949 BOS N Daily Splits 25 100 17 26 5 1 4 19 13 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 4 1 .260 .345 .450 -0.2 1949 BOS N 1950 BOS N Daily Splits 156 576 120 167 30 3 23 87 119 9 69 1 8 0 10 10 15 9 .290 .412 .472 3.5 1950 BOS N 1951 BOS N Daily Splits 155 581 99 153 21 4 24 92 102 1 70 2 5 0 9 18 20 11 .263 .375 .437 2.0 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N Daily Splits 122 382 49 88 17 0 5 34 81 2 38 1 7 0 7 8 11 7 .230 .366 .314 -0.3 1952 BOS N 1953 PHI N Daily Splits 111 379 58 104 25 8 11 64 53 3 57 2 3 0 6 7 7 1 .274 .366 .470 0.1 1953 PHI N 1954 PHI N Daily Splits 135 490 63 133 22 6 5 54 75 6 52 0 11 6 0 10 13 7 1 .271 .364 .371 -2.0 1954 PHI N 1955 PHI N Daily Splits 47 150 29 40 5 3 1 17 32 1 20 0 1 1 0 6 5 2 3 .267 .393 .360 -0.2 1955 PHI N 1955 DET A Daily Splits 89 300 58 85 10 1 9 50 61 2 29 0 1 7 0 3 6 9 0 .283 .397 .413 0.9 1955 DET A 1955 Total 136 450 87 125 15 4 10 67 93 3 49 0 2 8 0 9 11 11 3 .278 .396 .396 0.7 1955 Total 1956 DET A Daily Splits 117 318 61 84 9 3 12 42 78 0 47 0 1 3 0 4 5 6 4 .264 .406 .425 0.2 1956 DET A 1957 DET A Daily Splits 30 50 5 12 2 1 1 5 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .240 .387 .380 0.0 1957 DET A 1957 CHI A Daily Splits 86 251 53 74 11 2 7 46 49 0 44 0 4 3 0 7 8 7 3 .295 .406 .438 0.7 1957 CHI A 1957 TOT A 116 301 58 86 13 3 8 51 61 0 54 0 4 3 0 7 9 7 3 .286 .403 .429 0.7 1957 TOT A 1958 CHI A Daily Splits 96 188 37 50 8 0 10 30 48 1 29 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 2 .266 .415 .468 1.0 1958 CHI A 1959 CHI A Daily Splits 127 277 40 61 5 3 9 45 62 1 55 0 1 4 0 4 7 7 6 .220 .359 .357 -1.1 1959 CHI A 1960 CHI A Daily Splits 68 57 12 15 2 0 2 9 21 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .263 .462 .404 0.5 1960 CHI A 1961 CHI A Daily Splits 20 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .067 .211 .067 -0.3 1961 CHI A 1961 NY A Daily Splits 22 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .385 .111 -0.2 1961 NY A 1961 TOT A 42 33 4 3 0 0 0 1 11 0 8 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 .091 .311 .091 -0.5 1961 TOT A Total NL ( 9 Years) 1013 3495 578 934 168 36 99 512 638 50 423 8 48 7 0 61 77 96 42 .267 .381 .421 5.3 Total NL Total AL ( 7 Years) 655 1474 270 384 47 10 50 228 342 6 230 0 7 18 0 22 36 37 16 .261 .396 .408 1.7 Total AL Total (15 Years) Splits 1668 4969 848 1318 215 46 149 740 980 56 653 8 55 25 0 83 113 133 58 .265 .385 .417 7.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1948 BOS N Daily Splits 5 18 2 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .389 .450 .556 1948 BOS N 1959 CHI A Daily Splits 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1959 CHI A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 19 3 7 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .368 .455 .526 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1947 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 117 110 108 984 1033 76 18 83 0 .984 1948 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 129 111 104 1035.2 1069 81 8 85 0 .993 1949 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 25 25 24 222 242 8 3 21 0 .988 1950 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 156 155 154 1378 1365 110 21 126 0 .986 1951 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 155 155 154 1380.2 1330 107 17 137 0 .988 1952 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 105 100 100 910.2 931 73 11 86 0 .989 1952 BOS N OF 5 5 3 35 4 1 1 0 0 .833 2 0 3 1952 BOS N RF 3 3 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1952 BOS N LF 2 2 1 16 2 1 1 0 0 .750 1953 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 105 103 96 889 916 65 13 83 0 .987 1954 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 133 131 129 1164.1 1146 74 12 103 0 .990 1955 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 43 43 40 374.2 349 26 2 27 0 .995 1955 DET A Daily Splits 1B 84 80 76 717.2 695 53 6 79 0 .992 1955 Total 1B 127 123 116 1092.1 1044 79 8 106 0 .993 1956 DET A Daily Splits 1B 83 75 72 680.1 623 32 5 62 0 .992 1957 DET A Daily Splits 1B 17 9 7 103.2 98 7 0 11 0 1.000 1957 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 70 62 55 561.1 612 29 1 72 1 .998 1957 CHI A RF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 1957 CHI A OF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1957 TOT A 1B 87 71 62 665 710 36 1 83 1 .999 1958 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 73 45 41 462 470 30 11 54 0 .978 1959 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 103 68 65 710 717 37 13 58 0 .983 1960 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 10 4 4 43.1 54 4 1 3 0 .983 1961 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1961 NY A Daily Splits 1B 8 3 3 36 29 2 1 7 0 .969 1961 TOT A 1B 9 3 3 37 30 2 1 7 0 .970 Total (15 Years) Splits 1B 1417 1279 1232 11654.1 11680 814 143 1097 1 .989 Total ( 2 Years) OF 6 5 3 39 4 1 1 0 0 .833 2 0 4 Total ( 2 Years) RF 4 3 2 23 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 2 2 1 16 2 1 1 0 0 .750 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1948 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 5 5 5 44 44 5 0 2 0 1.000 1959 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 2 Years) Splits 1B 6 5 5 45 44 5 0 2 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1961 NY A 9- 2 10- 9 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 7-31-1948 BOX BOS N Frank Dascoli Called third strike 6-19-1950 BOX BOS N Scotty Robb Charging mound 7- 2-1951 BOX BOS N Lon Warneke Call at 2B 7- 1-1952 BOX BOS N Larry Goetz Fighting 5-25-1953 BOX PHI N Artie Gore Call at 1B 6-18-1954 BOX PHI N Artie Gore Called third strike 7-18-1954(2) PHI N Babe Pinelli Fighting 5- 7-1955 BOX PHI N Artie Gore Bench jockeying 8-23-1956 BOX DET A Bill McKinley Call at 2B

Transaction Information

Traded by Seattle (PCL) to Boston Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (January 5, 1946); Seattle (PCL) received Tony York and Bill Ramsey (August 30, 1946).

Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Philadelphia Phillies as part of 4-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to Milwaukee Braves; Milwaukee Braves sent cash to Cincinnati Reds; Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to Brooklyn Dodgers; Brooklyn Dodgers sent Rocky Bridges to Cincinnati Reds; Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to Milwaukee Braves; and Cincinnati Reds sent Joe Adcock to Milwaukee Braves (February 16, 1953).

Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Detroit Tigers (June 15, 1955).

Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dave Philley (June 14, 1957).

Released by Chicago White Sox (June 17, 1961).

Signed by New York Yankees (June 17, 1961).

Released by New York Yankees (September 2, 1961).

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