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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
3	3	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
4	4	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
5	5	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	7	1	0	8	2	1B
6	6	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
7	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
8	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
9	9	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
10	10	Apr 24	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
11	11	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
12	12	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
13	14 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		KCA	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
15	16	May 2	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
16	17	May 4 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
17	18	May 4 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS	45	12.0	8	4	0	12	1	2B 1B
18	19	May 5	BOS		CLE	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
19	20	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
20	21	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
21	22	May 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
22	23	May 11 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
23	24	May 11 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
24	25	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
25	26	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
26	27	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
27	28	May 17 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
28	29	May 17 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	5	5	1	11	2	2B
29	30	May 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
30	31	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
31	32	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	48	11.2	6	6	0	12	1	2B
32	33	May 22	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-5	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	40 (6)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	7	0	12	1	2B
34	41	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
35	42	May 31	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 1	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	7	4	0	11	0	2B
37	44	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
38	45	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	49	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
39	46	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
40	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
41	48	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
42	49	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
43	50	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
44	51	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
45	52	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	53	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
47	54	Jun 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
48	55	Jun 13	BOS		KCA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
49	56	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	6	1	12	4	2B
50	57	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,6-17	CG	54	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
51	58	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
52	59	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
53	60	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
54	61	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	63	Jun 21	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	64	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
58	65	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
59	66	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
60	67	Jun 27	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
61	68	Jun 28	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	47	11.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
62	69	Jun 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	70	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
64	71	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
65	72	Jul 3	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	CG	68	15.0	5	6	0	11	4	2B
66	73	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
67	74	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
68	75	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	T,3-3	CG	43	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
69	76	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
70	77	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
71	78	Jul 11	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
72	79	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
73	80	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
74	81	Jul 13	BOS		CLE	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
75	82	Jul 14	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
76	83	Jul 15	BOS		KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
77	84	Jul 16	BOS		KCA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
78	85	Jul 17	BOS		KCA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
79	86	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
80	87	Jul 19	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
81	88	Jul 20 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-3	GS	3	1.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
82	90 (1)	Jul 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
83	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
84	92	Jul 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
85	93	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
86	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
87	95	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	2B
88	96	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,11-8	GS	45	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B 1B
89	97	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
90	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	99	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
92	101 (1)	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
93	102	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
94	103	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
95	104	Aug 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
96	105	Aug 6	BOS		WSH	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
97	106	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
98	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
99	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
100	109	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
101	110	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
102	111	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
103	112	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
104	113	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
105	114	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
106	115	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
107	116	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
108	117	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
109	118	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,8-10	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
110	119	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
111	120	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
112	121	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
113	122	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,14-3	GS	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
114	123	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
115	124	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
116	125	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
117	126	Aug 29	BOS		BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
118	127	Aug 30	BOS		BAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
119	128	Aug 31	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	129	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
121	130	Sep 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
122	131	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
123	132	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	2B
124	133	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
125	134	Sep 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
126	135	Sep 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
127	136	Sep 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
128	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
129	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
130	139	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
131	140	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
132	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
133	142	Sep 14 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
134	143	Sep 14 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
135	144	Sep 17 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
136	145	Sep 17 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
137	146	Sep 18	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
138	147	Sep 19	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
139	148	Sep 20	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
140	149	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
141	150	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
142	151	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
143	152	Sep 26 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
144	153	Sep 26 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
145	154	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
146	155	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
							148gm		1288.2	631	335	11	977	129