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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BOS		KCA	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		LAA	W,3-0	GS	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B 1B
3	3	Apr 17	BOS		LAA	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	6	6	0	12	0	3B 1B
4	4	Apr 18	BOS		MIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
5	5	Apr 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
7	7	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
8	8	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 25	BOS		WSA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
10	10	Apr 26	BOS		WSA	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
11	11	Apr 27	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 1B
12	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B 1B
14	14	Apr 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	18 (3)	May 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
16	21 (2)	May 10	BOS	@	LAA	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
17	22	May 12	BOS	@	WSA	W,2-1	GF	16	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	1B
18	25 (2)	May 14 (2)	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-2	GF	8	1.1	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
19	27 (1)	May 16	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
20	28	May 17	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
21	29	May 18	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
22	30	May 20	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	9	2	0	11	5	1B
23	31	May 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
24	32	May 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
25	33	May 22	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
26	34	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	37	8.2	8	0	0	8	2	1B 2B
27	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
28	36	May 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	3	0	0	3	0	1B
29	37	May 28	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	41 (3)	Jun 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	GF	17	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
31	43 (1)	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
32	44	Jun 4	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
33	46 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-10	GS	33	6.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
34	47	Jun 6	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
35	48	Jun 7	BOS		KCA	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
36	50 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		LAA	T,4-4	CG	47	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
37	52 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	BOS		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	54 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,8-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
39	55	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		MIN	L,5-10	GS	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B SS
40	56	Jun 12	BOS		MIN	W,10-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
41	59 (2)	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	W,10-1	GF	13	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
42	63 (3)	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		WSA	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
43	65 (1)	Jun 21	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-5	GF	32	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
44	67 (1)	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	GF	17	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
45	69 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
46	70	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
47	71	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
48	72	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
49	73	Jun 28	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
50	74	Jun 29	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	75	Jun 30	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	76	Jul 1	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
53	77	Jul 2	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
54	78	Jul 3	BOS	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	79	Jul 4	BOS	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
56	80	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
57	81	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
58	82	Jul 6	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
59	83	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
60	84	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
61	85	Jul 9 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
62	86	Jul 9 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
63	87	Jul 13	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
64	88	Jul 14	BOS		BAL	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
65	89	Jul 15	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
66	90	Jul 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	1B
67	92 (1)	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
68	93	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
69	94	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
70	95	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
71	96	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	45	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
72	97	Jul 21	BOS		NYY	L,8-11	GF	9	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
73	99 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
74	102 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
75	104 (1)	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
76	105	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	107 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
78	109 (1)	Aug 3	BOS		LAA	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
79	112 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
80	113	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
81	115 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
82	116	Aug 8	BOS		MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
83	117	Aug 9	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
84	118	Aug 10	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
85	120 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
86	121	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
87	123 (1)	Aug 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH 1B
88	124	Aug 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	30	6.2	5	2	0	7	2	1B
89	126 (1)	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
90	127	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B 2B
91	129 (1)	Aug 22	BOS		WSA	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
92	130	Aug 23	BOS		WSA	W,9-4	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
93	131	Aug 24	BOS		WSA	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
94	132	Aug 25	BOS	@	LAA	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
95	133	Aug 26	BOS	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
96	134	Aug 27	BOS	@	LAA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
97	135	Aug 28	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
98	136	Aug 29	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
99	137	Aug 30	BOS	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	138	Sep 1	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	3	1B
101	139	Sep 2	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
102	140	Sep 3	BOS	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
103	141	Sep 4	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
104	142	Sep 5	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
105	143	Sep 6	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
106	144	Sep 7	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
107	145	Sep 8	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
108	146	Sep 9	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
109	147	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
110	148	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSA	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
111	150 (1)	Sep 13	BOS	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
112	151	Sep 15	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
113	152	Sep 16	BOS		BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
114	153	Sep 17	BOS		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
115	155 (1)	Sep 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
116	156	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
117	157	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
118	158	Sep 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
119	160 (1)	Sep 27	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
120	162 (1)	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
121	163	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							132gm		842.0	715	90	6	811	97