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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-47 / in Starts: 31-41
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	77 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 307 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	181 (90-57-34) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 307 PAs	34
Avg. Runners on Base	200 (104-63-31)

Most Driven In
G Coan	4
M Vernon	4
I Noren	4
E Yost	4
S Mele	3
C Michaels	2
C Marrero	1
C Kluttz	1

Most Driven In By
M Vernon	5
M Guerra	3
C Kluttz	3
S Mele	3
C Michaels	2
M Grasso	2
S Dente	1
S Consuegra	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 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	65 (64)	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	6	.85	-0.015	.03	0.00%	-0.41	SS
2	2	66	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	6	1.21	-0.042	.02	0.00%	0.11	SS
3	3	68 (1)	Jul 3	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	6	.63	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.90	SS
4	4	69	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.188	.364	6	.87	-0.088	.01	0.00%	-0.65	SS
5	5	73 (3)	Jul 7	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.167	.211	.222	.433	6	.97	-0.026	.02	0.00%	-0.22	SS
6	6	75 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.182	.356	6	.48	-0.072	.01	0.00%	-1.31	SS
7	7	79 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS-7	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	6	.49	0.028	.01	0.00%	0.75	SS
8	8	80	Jul 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	6	.35	-0.029	.01	0.00%	-0.36	SS
9	9	81	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.242	.500	6	.53	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.29	SS
10	10	82	Jul 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.243	.229	.472	6						SS
11	11	84 (1)	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.310	.308	.617	6						SS
12	12	85	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.283	.279	.562	6						SS
13	13	86	Jul 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	.229	.275	.271	.545	6	1.69	-0.280	.02	0.00%	-1.59	SS
14	14	87	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.273	.255	.528	6	.46	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-1.01	SS
15	15	88	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.271	.241	.512	6	.83	-0.026	.02	0.00%	-0.21	SS
16	16	89	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS-5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.274	.263	.537	6	1.24	-0.018	.05	0.00%	0.45	SS
17	17	90	Jul 24	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.288	.279	.567	6	1.77	0.010	.04	0.00%	-0.09	SS
18	18	92 (1)	Jul 26	WSH		DET	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.284	.274	.558	9	.51	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.16	PH
19	19	93	Jul 27	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.286	.266	.551	6	.57	0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.22	SS
20	20	94	Jul 29 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-2	GS-4	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.306	.288	.593	6	1.25	0.097	.02	0.00%	0.85	SS
21	21	95	Jul 29 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-8	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.306	.288	.593	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
22	22	96	Jul 31	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.319	.639	6	1.44	0.187	.01	0.00%	1.31	SS
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
23	23	97	Aug 1 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.363	.365	.727	6	1.20	0.289	.00	0.00%	2.85	SS
24	24	98	Aug 1 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.369	.364	.733	6	.46	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.05	SS
25	25	99	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.364	.358	.722	6	.98	-0.062	.01	0.00%	-0.85	SS
26	26	100	Aug 3	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.359	.353	.712	6	.81	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.25	SS
27	27	101	Aug 4	WSH		CHW	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.354	.348	.702	3	.82	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.13	SS
28	28	102	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.350	.344	.694	3	.54	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.66	SS
29	29	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.359	.354	.713	6	.85	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.53	SS
30	30	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.355	.343	.699	3	.85	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.45	SS
31	31	105	Aug 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.360	.350	.710	3	.92	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.80	SS
32	32	106	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.374	.374	.748	3	1.16	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.11	SS
33	33	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.375	.369	.744	6	.54	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.57	SS
34	34	108	Aug 12 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	1	.325	.379	.368	.747	3	1.17	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.49	SS
35	35	109	Aug 12 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.383	.368	.750	3	.55	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.62	SS
36	36	110	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.379	.364	.742	3	2.13	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.02	SS
37	37	111	Aug 15	WSH		NYY	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.325	.380	.365	.745	3	1.37	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.96	SS
38	38	112	Aug 16	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.366	.351	.717	3	1.55	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-1.66	SS
39	39	113	Aug 17	WSH		BOS	L,4-7	CG(12)	6	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.378	.368	.746	3	1.61	0.344	.00	0.00%	1.36	SS
40	40	114	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,9-10	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.373	.357	.730	3	1.58	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.63	SS
41	41	115	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.369	.350	.719	3	.64	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.07	SS
42	42	116	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.366	.347	.713	3	.58	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.36	SS
43	43	117	Aug 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.370	.351	.721	3	.42	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.12	SS
44	44	118	Aug 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG(14)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.342	.702	3	1.66	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-1.62	SS
45	45	119	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.294	.350	.331	.682	2						SS
46	46	120	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.341	.321	.662	2	.89	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.72	SS
47	47	121	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.293	.346	.328	.673	2						SS
48	48	122	Aug 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.296	.351	.335	.686	2						SS
49	49	123	Aug 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.297	.354	.335	.689	2						SS
50	50	124	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.289	.345	.326	.671	2	1.77	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-1.70	SS
51	51	125	Aug 29	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.341	.323	.664	2	1.70	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.93	SS
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
52	52	126	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.340	.318	.658	2	.66	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.17	SS
53	53	127	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.343	.318	.661	7	1.13	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.57	SS
54	54	128	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.341	.317	.658	9	.20	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
55	55	129	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.279	.341	.313	.654	7						SS
56	56	130	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.333	.306	.639	5	1.10	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-2.12	SS
57	57	131	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.336	.311	.647	6	.64	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.08	SS
58	58	133 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.342	.327	.669	5	1.50	0.162	.00	0.00%	1.50	SS
59	59	134	Sep 9 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(6)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.343	.326	.669	5	.89	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.03	SS
60	60	135	Sep 11	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.340	.323	.663	5	1.59	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.61	SS
61	61	136	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.339	.321	.660	9	.92	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
62	62	137	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.337	.317	.654	5	1.18	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-1.04	SS
63	63	138	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.274	.344	.319	.663	5	1.03	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.63	SS
64	64	139	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.341	.316	.657	5	1.96	0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.58	SS
65	65	140	Sep 16 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.344	.319	.663	6	1.08	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.11	SS
66	66	141	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.275	.342	.318	.660	6	1.72	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH SS
67	67	143 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.345	.321	.666	4	1.79	0.177	.00	0.00%	0.40	SS
68	68	144	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.351	.329	.680	6	2.03	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.44	SS
69	69	145	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.349	.325	.674	6	1.60	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.50	SS
70	70	146	Sep 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.348	.328	.676	6	.54	0.107	.00	0.00%	0.19	SS
71	71	147	Sep 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.350	.328	.678	6	.30	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.12	SS
72	72	148	Sep 23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.349	.327	.676	9	.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
73	73	149	Sep 25	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.354	.332	.686	6	.56	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.92	SS
74	74	150	Sep 26	WSH		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.356	.329	.686	6	.54	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.17	SS
75	75	151	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.358	.333	.692	6	1.09	0.124	.00	0.00%	0.96	SS
76	76	152	Sep 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.357	.340	.697	6	.55	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.43	SS
77	77	153	Sep 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.355	.338	.694	6	.74	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.01	SS
78	78	154	Sep 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.354	.337	.691	5	1.72	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-1.20	SS
							31-47		307	273	31	76	12	2	0	25	31	3	24	1	2		2	5	0	3	.278	.354	.337	.691		1.07	-0.517	.00	0.00%	-10.98

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