Earl Torgeson
Earl Torgeson
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
Earl Torgeson
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 Team
1947 BOS N 1947 BOS N 1948 BOS N 1948 BOS N 1949 BOS N 1949 BOS N 1950 BOS N 120 167 30 3 23 87 119 69 1 8 10 15 .290 .412 .472 3.5 1950 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1953 PHI N 1953 PHI N 1954 PHI N 1954 PHI N 1955 PHI N 1955 PHI N 1955 DET A 1955 DET A 1955 Total 136 450 87 125 15 4 10 67 93 3 49 0 2 8 11 11 3 .278 .396 .396 0.7 1955 Total
1956 DET A 1956 DET A 1957 DET A 1957 DET A 1957 CHI A 1957 CHI A 1957 TOT A 116 301 58 86 13 3 8 51 61 0 54 0 4 3 9 7 3 .286 .403 .429 0.6 1957 TOT A
1958 CHI A 1958 CHI A 1959 CHI A 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 1013 3495 578 934 168 36 99 512 638 1i 423 8 48 7i 77 96 23i .267 .381 .421 5.4 Total NL
Total AL 655 1474 270 384 47 10 50 228 342 6 230 0 7 18 0i 3i 36 37 16 .261 .396 .408 1.7 Total AL
Total Splits 1668 4969 848 1318 215 46 149 740 980 7i 653 8 55 25i 0i 3i113 133 39i .265 .385 .417 7.1 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 Team
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World Series Batting Record 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 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1947 BOS N 18 83 .984
1948 BOS N 1949 BOS N 1950 BOS N 156 1365 110 21 126 .986
1951 BOS N 17 137 .988
1952 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1953 PHI N 1954 PHI N 1955 PHI N 1955 DET A 1955 Total 1B 126 1044 79 8 106 .993
1956 DET A 1957 DET A 1957 CHI A 1957 CHI A 1957 TOT A 1B 87 710 36 1 83 .999
1958 CHI A 1959 CHI A 1960 CHI A Daily 1B 10 4 4 44 54 4 1 3 0 .983
1961 CHI A Daily 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NY A Daily 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 1B 1416 7i 7i 81 i11680 814 143 1097 0i .989
Total OF 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2 0 4
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1948 BOS N Daily 1B 5 5 5 44 44 5 0 2 0 1.000
1959 CHI A Daily 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total 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
Transactions Transactions
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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