Don Padgett

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: December 5, 1911 in Caroleen, NC us

Died: December 2, 1980 in High Point, NC

Buried: Oakwood Memorial Park, High Point, NC

School: Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)

Debut: April 23, 1937 (Age 25-139d, 8,235th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 12, 1948 (Age 36-282d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Don Wilson Padgett

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

1991

573

.288

247

RBI

338

OBP

.336

SLG

.415

OPS

.752

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,4-6	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	5	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
5	6	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS	41	7.2	6	0	0	6	0
6	7	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	8	Apr 27	STL		CHC	L,0-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 28	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	10	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	52	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 2	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	12	May 3	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
12	14 (1)	May 5	STL		BRO	L,6-9	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	15	May 6	STL		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	16	May 7	STL		BRO	W,18-2	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	18 (1)	May 9	STL		PHI	W,8-4	GS	27	5.0	3	0	1	4	0
16	19	May 11	STL		CIN	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
17	20	May 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
18	21	May 12 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-13	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	22	May 13	STL	@	CIN	T,8-8	GS	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	23	May 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
21	24	May 15	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
22	25	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	26	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
24	27	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	28	May 20	STL	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	29	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	32 (2)	May 27	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	36 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
29	42 (5)	Jun 8 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	43	Jun 9 (1)	STL		NYG	L,9-11	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	44	Jun 9 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-7	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	45	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,2-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	46	Jun 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	47	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,14-1	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	48	Jun 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
36	51 (2)	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	48	11.0	6	0	2	8	0
37	52	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	GF	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	53	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	54	Jun 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	55	Jun 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-10	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	65 (9)	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-15	GS	21	4.0	2	0	1	3	0
42	85 (19)	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	86	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	88 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	89	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,13-5	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
46	90	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	5	0	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	92 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	93	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	95 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	98 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
51	100 (1)	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	101	Aug 10	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
53	103 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
54	105 (1)	Aug 14	STL		PIT	W,7-6		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	108 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	109	Aug 18 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-4		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	111 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	113 (1)	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-0	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	114	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	115	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,1-0	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	116	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	119 (2)	Aug 27	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GS	24	7.0	8	1	0	9	1
63	121 (1)	Aug 29	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	123 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	124	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	126 (1)	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	127	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	128	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	130 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	L,14-16	GS	51	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	133 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	134	Sep 12 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-17	CG	52	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	136 (1)	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	137	Sep 14	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
74	138	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	GS	22	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
							74gm		505.0	244	34	11	289	5