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Hugh Poland

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: January 19, 1910 in Tompkinsville, KY us

Died: March 29, 1984 in Guthrie, KY

Buried: Guthrie Highland Cemetery, Guthrie, KY

School: Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)

Debut: April 22, 1943 (Age 33-093d, 9,415th in major league history)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 18, 1948 (Age 38-120d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Hugh Reid Poland

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

211

.185

RBI

OBP

.207

SLG

.242

OPS

.449

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-29 / in Starts: 17-21
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 159 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	71 (38-17-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 159 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	102 (52-33-15)

Most Driven In
C Workman	3
B Nieman	2
J McCarthy	2
J Orengo	1
W Wietelmann	1
E Joost	1
C Ryan	1
J Burns	1

Most Driven In By
W Wietelmann	2
M Salvo	1
R Barrett	1
B Jurges	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.55	-0.032	1.41	-0.05%	-0.40	C
2	2	2	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.375	.500	8	.80	0.219	1.90	0.31%	2.03	C
3	3	3	Apr 25	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.333	.444	9	4.16	-0.102	10.52	-0.16%	-0.40	PH C
4	4	4	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.250	.404	8	.45	-0.040	1.06	-0.06%	-0.34	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from New York Giants to Boston Braves
5	5	10	May 5 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.214	.450	7	.84	0.001	2.27	0.00%	-0.02	C
6	6	11	May 7	BSN		BRO	L,7-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.222	.200	.422	9	2.42	-0.059	7.17	-0.11%	-0.21	PH
7	7	12	May 8	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.263	.313	.576	9	4.31	0.318	11.34	0.50%	1.49	PH
8	8	18 (5)	May 16 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.368	.687	6	.58	0.026	1.61	0.04%	0.03	C
9	9	20 (1)	May 18	BSN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.182	.280	.318	.598	6	.39	-0.028	1.06	-0.05%	-0.81	C
10	10	22 (1)	May 19 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.241	.269	.511	6	.16	-0.016	.52	-0.03%	-0.57	C
11	11	23	May 23 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.242	.267	.509	6	.98	-0.052	3.17	-0.10%	-0.26	C
12	12	25 (1)	May 26	BSN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.257	.494	6	1.20	-0.097	3.94	-0.19%	-0.76	C
13	13	29 (3)	May 30	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	6	1.20	-0.111	2.65	-0.15%	-1.00	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	14	32 (2)	Jun 1	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG(14)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	6						C
15	15	37 (4)	Jun 10	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	7	.93	-0.069	1.72	-0.08%	-0.39	C
16	16	38	Jun 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.182	.192	.374	7	1.25	-0.100	1.79	-0.09%	-0.65	C
17	17	39	Jun 13 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.169	.179	.348	7	1.20	-0.072	2.19	-0.08%	-0.99	C
18	18	42 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.175	.183	.358	7	1.72	-0.076	2.96	-0.08%	-0.29	C
19	19	46 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.143	.194	.190	.385	5						C
20	20	47	Jun 18	BSN		NYG	W,8-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.183	.179	.362	5	1.12	-0.101	1.36	-0.07%	-1.21	C
21	21	48	Jun 19	BSN		NYG	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.134	.183	.179	.362	7						C
22	22	52 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.189	.200	.389	5	.94	0.105	.95	0.06%	0.90	C
23	23	57 (4)	Jun 27 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.133	.177	.187	.364	5						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	24	61 (3)	Jul 1	BSN		CHC	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.183	.192	.375	8	.64	-0.004	.45	0.00%	0.57	C
25	25	67 (5)	Jul 7 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.174	.183	.357	6	.69	-0.069	.52	-0.03%	-0.76	C
26	26	69 (1)	Jul 9	BSN		STL	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.169	.176	.345	6	.14	-0.011	.12	-0.01%	-0.31	C
27	27	76 (6)	Jul 18 susp	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.178	.176	.354	2	3.83	0.126	.54	0.01%	1.00	PH
28	28	79 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.124	.170	.169	.339	5						C
29	29	83 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.140	.184	.194	.377	6						C
30	30	84	Jul 26	BSN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.176	.186	.362	6	.61	-0.064	.01	0.00%	-0.76	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	31	103 (18)	Aug 15 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,1-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.175	.184	.358	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
32	32	106 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.147	.187	.196	.383	5						C
33	33	108 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.151	.189	.208	.397	5	.43	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
34	34	109	Aug 19	BSN		CIN	L,5-7	GS-6	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.165	.202	.229	.431	5	1.14	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
35	35	115 (5)	Aug 24	BSN		STL	L,0-1	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.212	.248	.460	5	1.27	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
36	36	117 (1)	Aug 28	BSN		NYG	L,0-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.207	.241	.448	5	.52	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
37	37	120 (2)	Aug 31	BSN		NYG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.175	.208	.242	.450	5	.64	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	38	123 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.209	.242	.451	5	2.11	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
39	39	124	Sep 6 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.211	.250	.461	5	.89	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.12	C
40	40	126 (1)	Sep 8	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.209	.248	.457	9	1.43	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
41	41	127	Sep 10	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.207	.246	.454	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
42	42	130 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-7	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.213	.252	.465	5	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.37	C
43	43	131	Sep 13	BSN		BRO	L,3-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.212	.250	.462	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.18	PH
44	44	134 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.213	.250	.463	6	.36	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
45	45	138 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG(14)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.184	.212	.248	.461	5						C
46	46	139	Sep 22	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.186	.213	.248	.462	6	.93	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.19	C
47	47	142 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.208	.242	.449	6	1.06	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
48	48	146 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.209	.242	.451	6	1.26	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
							19-29		159	153	6	28	7	1	0	15	5	0	12	0	1		4	3	0	0	.183	.209	.242	.451		.95	-0.013	1.22	-0.38%	-2.77

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