Pete Runnels

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, TX us

Died: May 20, 1991 in Pasadena, TX

Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX

High School: Lufkin HS (Lufkin, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: July 1, 1951 (Age 23-154d, 10,820th in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 14, 1964 (Age 36-107d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: James Edward Runnels

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.9

6373

1854

.291

876

RBI

630

OBP

.375

SLG

.378

OPS

.753

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 22)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 19	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 21	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
9	9	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
12	12	Apr 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 29	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
14	14	Apr 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	27	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
16	16	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
17	17	May 3 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
18	18	May 3 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
19	19	May 5	WSH	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
20	20	May 6	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
21	21	May 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-7	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	23 (1)	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	27	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
23	25 (1)	May 12	WSH		DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
24	26	May 14	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
25	27	May 15	WSH		SLB	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
26	28	May 16	WSH		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
27	29	May 17	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	30	May 18	WSH		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	31	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
30	32	May 21	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
31	33	May 22	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
32	34	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
33	35	May 24	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
34	36	May 25	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
35	37	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
36	39 (1)	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
37	40	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
38	41	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
39	42	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
40	43	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
42	45	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	46	Jun 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
44	47	Jun 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
45	48	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,16-2	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
46	49	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	50	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
48	51	Jun 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	52	Jun 11	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
50	53	Jun 12	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
51	54	Jun 13	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
52	55	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
53	56	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	CG	50	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
54	57	Jun 17	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
55	58	Jun 18	WSH		CHW	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
56	59	Jun 19	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
57	60	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
58	61	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
59	62	Jun 22 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	63	Jun 22 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
61	64	Jun 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
62	67 (2)	Jun 26	WSH		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
63	68	Jun 27	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
64	69	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	6	1	11	3	SS
65	70	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		DET	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
66	71	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	72	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
68	73	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
69	74	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
70	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
71	78 (1)	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
72	79	Jul 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
73	80	Jul 8	WSH		PHA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	81	Jul 9	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	83 (1)	Jul 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
76	84	Jul 12	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	85	Jul 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
78	86	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	87	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
80	88	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
81	90 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
82	91	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	92	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	GF	26	4.1	0	2	0	2	1	PH SS
84	93	Jul 23 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
85	94	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
86	95	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.2	4	3	1	8	3	SS
87	96	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
88	97	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
89	98	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	GS	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 2B
90	99	Jul 29	WSH		DET	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
91	100	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
92	101	Jul 31	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	102	Aug 1	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
94	103	Aug 2	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
95	105 (1)	Aug 4	WSH		CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
96	106	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
97	107	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
98	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
99	115 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	116	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
101	117	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
102	118	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
103	120 (1)	Aug 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
104	121	Aug 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
105	122	Aug 21 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
106	123	Aug 21 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	GF	15	3.0	1	1	1	3	0	PH SS
107	124	Aug 22	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
108	125	Aug 23	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	126	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
110	127	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	128	Aug 27	WSH	@	DET	W,12-5	GS	26	6.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
112	129	Aug 28	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
113	131 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
114	133 (1)	Aug 31	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	134	Sep 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
116	135	Sep 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
117	136	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
118	137	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	4	0	11	4	SS
119	138	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
120	139	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	49	12.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
121	140	Sep 11	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
122	141	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
123	142	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
124	144 (1)	Sep 14	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
125	145	Sep 16	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
126	147 (1)	Sep 19	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
127	148	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
128	149	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	46	10.1	2	5	0	7	2	SS
129	150	Sep 25	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
130	151	Sep 26	WSH		PHA	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
131	152	Sep 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							132gm		1106.1	219	351	26	596	94