Andy Pafko

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, WI us

Died: October 8, 2013 in Bridgman, MI

Buried: St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL

High School: Boyceville HS (Boyceville, WI)

Debut: September 24, 1943 (Age 22-211d, 9,528th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1959 (Age 38-216d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Andrew Pafko

Nicknames: Handy Andy or Pruschka

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.6

6292

1796

213

.285

844

RBI

976

OBP

.350

SLG

.449

OPS

.799

OPS+

117

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 20	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 24	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
8	8	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 30	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CHC		STL	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	14	May 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 7	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	22 (2)	May 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,13-1	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	23	May 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
22	24	May 15 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	25	May 17	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	27	May 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	28	May 22	CHC		BSN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
27	29	May 23	CHC		BSN	L,4-11	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	30	May 24	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	31	May 25	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	32	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	33	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	34	May 29 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	35	May 29 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	36	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	37	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	39	Jun 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	40	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-15	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	41	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	42	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	43	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	44	Jun 7	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	45	Jun 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	46	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	47	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	48	Jun 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	49	Jun 12 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	50	Jun 12 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	51	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	52	Jun 15 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	53	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	54	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
53	55	Jun 17	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	56	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	57	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	59 (1)	Jun 21	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	60	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
58	61	Jun 23	CHC		BSN	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	62	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
60	63	Jun 25	CHC		NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
61	64	Jun 26	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	GS	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
62	65	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
63	66	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	67	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	68	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	69	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	70	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	71	Jul 3	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-0	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	74	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	75	Jul 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-23	CG	58	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	76	Jul 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
74	77	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
75	78	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	53	12.2	1	1	0	2	0
76	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	0	6.0	0	2	1	3	1
78	81	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
79	82	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	83	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	84	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
82	85	Jul 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
83	86	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	87	Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	88	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	89	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
88	91	Jul 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	92	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	93	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
91	94	Jul 27	CHC		BRO	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	95	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
93	96	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
94	97	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
95	98	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	99	Aug 1	CHC		NYG	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
97	100	Aug 2	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
98	101	Aug 3	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	102	Aug 4	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	103	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	104	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	105	Aug 7 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
103	106	Aug 7 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	107	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	108	Aug 10	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
106	109	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
107	110	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	111	Aug 14 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	45	12.0	2	1	0	3	1
109	112	Aug 14 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	113	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,2-5	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	114	Aug 16	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	115	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	116	Aug 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	117	Aug 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	118	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	119	Aug 21 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	120	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	121	Aug 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
119	122	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	123	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
121	124	Aug 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	125	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	127	Aug 28 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	128	Aug 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	129	Aug 31	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	130	Sep 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	131	Sep 3	CHC		PIT	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	132	Sep 4	CHC		PIT	W,11-7	CG	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	134	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	135	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
133	136	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	137	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
135	138	Sep 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	139	Sep 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	140	Sep 14	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	141	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	150 (8)	Sep 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	151	Sep 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
141	152	Sep 30	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	153	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	154	Oct 2	CHC		STL	L,5-13	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							147gm		1230.0	253	108	13	374	12