Earl Torgeson

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: January 1, 1924 in Snohomish, WA us

Died: November 8, 1990 in Everett, WA

Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, WA

High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 23-104d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1961 (Age 37-234d)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Clifford Earl Torgeson

Nicknames: The Earl Of Snohomish

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.1

4969

1318

149

.265

848

RBI

740

133

OBP

.386

SLG

.417

OPS

.803

OPS+

117

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,7-0	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
2	12 (7)	Apr 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	30	6.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	20 (7)	May 7	DET		WSH	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
4	21	May 8	DET		WSH	W,11-3	GF	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
5	22	May 9	DET		WSH	L,5-8	GS	26	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
6	36 (13)	May 27	DET		CLE	W,11-5	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
7	37	May 28	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
8	38	May 29	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
9	39	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	40	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
11	41	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
13	43	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
14	47 (3)	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
15	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
16	50 (1)	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GF	30	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
17	51	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox
18	52	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
19	58 (5)	Jun 20	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
20	59	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
21	60	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
22	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	27	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
23	66 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
24	67	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
25	69 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	GF	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
26	70	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-11	CG	48	9.2	11	0	0	11	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	71	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
28	72	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
29	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
30	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
31	76	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
32	77	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	79 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	80	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
35	81	Jul 13	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
36	82	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	83	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
38	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
39	85	Jul 17	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
40	87 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
41	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
42	89	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
44	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
45	93 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
46	95 (1)	Jul 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	97 (1)	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
48	98	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
49	99	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	100	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
51	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	15	3.1	3	0	0	3	3	PH 1B
52	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
53	103	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
54	104	Aug 6	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
55	105	Aug 7	CHW		KCA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
56	106	Aug 8	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
57	107	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
58	108	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
59	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
60	111 (1)	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
61	112	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	113	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
63	114	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
64	115	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	47	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
65	116	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	117	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
67	118	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
68	120 (1)	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
69	121	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
70	122	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
71	123	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
72	124	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
73	125	Aug 27	CHW		NYY	L,6-12	GS	32	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
74	126	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
75	127	Aug 29	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
76	129 (1)	Aug 31	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
78	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
79	132	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
80	134 (1)	Sep 6	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	135	Sep 7	CHW		KCA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
82	136	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	53	13.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
83	138 (1)	Sep 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
84	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	141 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
86	142	Sep 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
87	143	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
88	149 (5)	Sep 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
							88gm		669.0	710	36	1	747	83