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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 14	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
3	3	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	4	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
6	6	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
7	7	Apr 19	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
9	9	Apr 22	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
10	10	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
11	11	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
12	12	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B 1B
15	15	May 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
16	16	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
17	17	May 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
18	18	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
19	19	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,17-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
20	20	May 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
21	21	May 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
22	22	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
23	23	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
24	24	May 10 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	6	0	12	3	2B
25	25	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
26	26	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
27	27	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
28	28	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
29	29	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
30	30	May 17	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
31	31	May 18	BOS		DET	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
32	32	May 20	BOS		KCA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
33	33	May 21	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	2B
34	34	May 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
35	35	May 23	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	47	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
36	36	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B
37	37	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
38	38	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
39	39	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
40	40	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	2B
41	41	May 30 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
42	42	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
43	43	May 31	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
45	45	Jun 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
47	47	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
48	48	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	4	2B
49	49	Jun 7 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	5	4	1	10	1	2B
50	50	Jun 7 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	5	0	13	1	1B
51	51	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
52	52	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
53	53	Jun 10	BOS		DET	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
54	56 (2)	Jun 13	BOS		KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
55	57	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
56	58	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
57	59	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
58	60	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
59	61	Jun 20 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
60	62	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
61	63	Jun 21	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
62	64	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	2B
63	65	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
64	66	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
65	67	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
66	68	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
67	69	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
68	70	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
69	71	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	72	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
71	73	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	1	2B
72	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
73	75	Jul 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
74	76	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
75	77	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
76	78	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-11	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
77	80 (1)	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
78	82 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
79	83	Jul 13	BOS		NYY	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
80	84	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	85	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
82	86	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
83	87	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	GS	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B SS
84	88	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	52	13.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
85	89	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
86	90	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B SS
87	91	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
88	93 (1)	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
89	94	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
90	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
91	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
92	97	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
93	98	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
94	99	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
95	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
96	101	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
98	103	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
99	104	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
100	105	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
101	106	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,17-6	GS	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
102	107	Aug 6	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
103	108	Aug 7	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
104	109	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GS	49	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B SS
105	110	Aug 9	BOS		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
106	111	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
107	112	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
108	113	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
109	114	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
110	115	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
111	116	Aug 16 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
112	117	Aug 16 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
113	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
114	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
115	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCA	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
116	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	GS	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
117	124 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
118	125	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
119	126	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
120	128 (1)	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B
121	129	Aug 29	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
122	130	Aug 30	BOS		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
123	131	Aug 31	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	132	Sep 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	GS	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B SS
125	133	Sep 2	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
126	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
127	135	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
128	136	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-14	GS	23	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
129	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
130	138	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
131	139	Sep 9	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
132	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
133	141	Sep 11	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	GS	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B SS
134	142	Sep 12	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
135	143	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	GS	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B SS
136	144	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
137	145	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	14	3	0	17	3	1B
138	146	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
139	147	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
140	148	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
141	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B SS
142	150	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
143	151	Sep 23	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
144	152	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
145	153	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
							154gm		1260.2	663	307	10	980	131