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Don Kolloway
Donald Martin Kolloway (Butch or Cab)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 16, 1940
Final Game April 21, 1953
Born August 4, 1918 in Posen, IL
Died June 30, 1994 in Blue Island, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 21 CHW AL  10   40    5    9   1  0   0    3   1  0   0   3  .225  .225  .250   22   10   0           0   1
 1941 22 CHW AL  71  280   33   76   8  3   3   24  11  4   6  12  .271  .292  .354   71   99   3           2   8
 1942 23 CHW AL 147  601   72  164  40  4   3   60  16 14  30  39  .273  .311  .368   92  221  10           3  13
 1943 24 CHW AL  85  348   29   75  14  4   1   33  11  7   9  30  .216  .235  .287   53  100   3           0   7
 1946 27 CHW AL 123  482   45  135  23  4   3   53  14  6   9  29  .280  .293  .363   86  175   9           0   5
 1947 28 CHW AL 124  485   49  135  25  4   2   35  11  4  17  34  .278  .303  .359   87  174   7           0  22
 1948 29 CHW AL 119  417   60  114  14  4   6   38   2  4  18  18  .273  .303  .369   81  154   3           0  10
 1949 30 TOT AL 130  487   71  142  19  3   2   47   7  7  49  26  .292  .359  .355   89  173   4           2  17
         CHW AL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         DET AL 126  483   71  142  19  3   2   47   7  7  49  25  .294  .361  .358   91  173   4           2  17
 1950 31 DET AL 125  467   55  135  20  4   6   62   1  3  29  28  .289  .331  .388   81  181   5           0  15
 1951 32 DET AL  78  212   28   54   7  0   1   17   2  3  15  12  .255  .307  .302   65   64   4           1   7
 1952 33 DET AL  65  173   19   42   9  0   2   21   0  2   7  19  .243  .280  .329   69   57   4           2   5
 1953 34 PHA AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1079 3993  466 1081 180 30  29  393  76 54 189 251  .271  .305  .353   80 1408  52   0   0  10 110
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        600   70  162  27  5   4   59  11  8  28  38  .271  .305  .353   80  211   8   0   0   2  17
 Career High    147  601   72  164  40  4   6   62  16 14  49  39  .292  .359  .388   92  221  10   0   0   3  22
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 21 CHW AL   40   32    2   1.7   112| .225  .280| .225  .354| .250  .425| .475  .779|  22  .119  -4.7  -0.5 100%
 1941 22 CHW AL  291  219   29   3.5   106| .271  .274| .292  .351| .354  .404| .646  .755|  71  .370 -13.4  -1.3  73%
 1942 23 CHW AL  644  474   66   3.7    93| .273  .263| .311  .337| .368  .368| .679  .706|  92  .456  -7.8  -0.8  53%
 1943 24 CHW AL  360  290   23   2.2    87| .216  .256| .235  .330| .287  .353| .522  .684|  53  .262 -22.9  -2.6  61%
 1946 27 CHW AL  500  367   51   3.7    92| .280  .259| .293  .333| .363  .372| .656  .705|  86  .448 -11.4  -1.2  70%
 1947 28 CHW AL  509  383   53   3.7    93| .278  .258| .303  .337| .359  .371| .662  .708|  87  .444 -10.6  -1.1  73%
 1948 29 CHW AL  438  320   46   3.8   103| .273  .269| .303  .354| .369  .389| .672  .743|  81  .416 -14.2  -1.4  33%
 1949 30 TOT AL  542  373   61   4.3   107| .292  .271| .359  .363| .355  .393| .714  .756|  89  .476  -7.5  -0.7  50%
         CHW AL    4    4    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .358| .000  .388| .000  .746|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         DET AL  538  369   61   4.4   107| .294  .271| .361  .363| .358  .393| .719  .756|  91  .482  -6.3  -0.6  50%
 1950 31 DET AL  501  355   59   4.4   116| .289  .282| .331  .370| .388  .423| .719  .793|  81  .446 -15.5  -1.5  25%
 1951 32 DET AL  232  172   19   3.0   102| .255  .267| .307  .349| .302  .392| .609  .741|  65  .318 -10.6  -1.1  40%
 1952 33 DET AL  186  142   15   2.8    97| .243  .261| .280  .341| .329  .381| .609  .723|  69  .335  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1953 34 PHA AL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .274| .000  .351| .000  .404| .000  .755|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4244 3128  424   3.6   100| .271  .266| .305  .347| .353  .384| .658  .731|  80  .414 -126.8 -13.0  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 21 CHW AL 2B 10 19 28 4 7 .922 .969 4.70 5.22 1941 22 CHW AL 2B 62 118 181 14 23 .955 .967 4.82 5.18 1B 4 34 4 4 6 .905 .990 9.50 9.65 1942 23 CHW AL 2B 116 308 345 23 80 .966 .969 5.63 5.39 1B 33 328 15 5 28 .986 .989 10.39 9.85 1943 24 CHW AL 2B 85 246 240 16 71 .968 .969 5.72 5.44 1946 27 CHW AL 2B 90 235 281 15 74 .972 .970 5.73 5.23 3B 31 32 72 9 8 .920 .948 3.35 2.89 1947 28 CHW AL 2B 99 274 306 23 76 .962 .978 5.86 5.19 1B 11 99 8 1 9 .991 .990 9.73 9.34 3B 8 5 17 3 1 .880 .961 2.75 2.91 1948 29 CHW AL 2B 83 241 276 18 62 .966 .976 6.23 5.39 3B 18 23 27 4 1 .926 .958 2.78 2.93 1949 30 TOT AL 3B 9 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 2.00 2.96 CHW AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.95 DET AL 2B 62 135 149 13 44 .956 .974 4.58 5.13 1B 57 472 35 5 49 .990 .989 8.89 9.15 3B 7 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 2.57 2.96 1950 31 DET AL 1B 118 1087 85 13 133 .989 .989 9.93 8.47 2B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 1951 32 DET AL 1B 59 452 49 4 53 .992 .990 8.49 8.49 1952 33 DET AL 1B 32 252 28 6 15 .979 .988 8.75 8.88 2B 8 14 16 1 4 .968 .977 3.75 5.12 1953 34 PHA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 22 CHW AL 1B 4 34 4 4 6 .905 .990 9.50 9.65 1942 23 CHW AL 1B 33 328 15 5 28 .986 .989 10.39 9.85 1947 28 CHW AL 1B 11 99 8 1 9 .991 .990 9.73 9.34 1949 30 DET AL 1B 57 472 35 5 49 .990 .989 8.89 9.15 1950 31 DET AL 1B 118 1087 85 13 133 .989 .989 9.93 8.47 1951 32 DET AL 1B 59 452 49 4 53 .992 .990 8.49 8.49 1952 33 DET AL 1B 32 252 28 6 15 .979 .988 8.75 8.88 1940 21 CHW AL 2B 10 19 28 4 7 .922 .969 4.70 5.22 1941 22 CHW AL 2B 62 118 181 14 23 .955 .967 4.82 5.18 1942 23 CHW AL 2B 116 308 345 23 80 .966 .969 5.63 5.39 1943 24 CHW AL 2B 85 246 240 16 71 .968 .969 5.72 5.44 1946 27 CHW AL 2B 90 235 281 15 74 .972 .970 5.73 5.23 1947 28 CHW AL 2B 99 274 306 23 76 .962 .978 5.86 5.19 1948 29 CHW AL 2B 83 241 276 18 62 .966 .976 6.23 5.39 1949 30 DET AL 2B 62 135 149 13 44 .956 .974 4.58 5.13 1950 31 DET AL 2B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 1952 33 DET AL 2B 8 14 16 1 4 .968 .977 3.75 5.12 1946 27 CHW AL 3B 31 32 72 9 8 .920 .948 3.35 2.89 1947 28 CHW AL 3B 8 5 17 3 1 .880 .961 2.75 2.91 1948 29 CHW AL 3B 18 23 27 4 1 .926 .958 2.78 2.93 1949 30 TOT AL 3B 9 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 2.00 2.96 CHW AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.95 DET AL 3B 7 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 2.57 2.96 1953 34 PHA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 616 1591 1825 127 441 .964 .972 5.55 5.29 1B 314 2724 224 38 293 .987 .989 9.39 8.83 3B 67 66 128 16 11 .924 .953 2.90 2.91 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 997 4381 2177 181 745 .973 .979 6.58 6.24
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1942 AL-601-10

Doubles
1942 AL-40-1

Stolen Bases
1941 AL-11-10
1942 AL-16-7
1946 AL-14-4
1947 AL-11-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1947 AL-22-2

Caught Stealing
1942 AL-14-2
1949 AL-7-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 AL-16.6-9
1948 AL-23.2-5
1949 AL-18.7-9

Outs
1942 AL-474-5

         

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1308) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.6 (1751) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2055) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 29, 1939: Traded by the Oklahoma City (Texas) to the Chicago White Sox for Tony Rensa, Jesse Landrum, and cash.

May 7, 1949: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Earl Rapp.

January 29, 1953: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics for Billy Hitchcock.

May 13, 1953: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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