Earl Torgeson
Clifford Earl Torgeson
Born: January 1, 1924
Snohomish, WA USA
Deceased: 1990
Everett, WA USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 180
Career: 1947-1961
Minor League Statistics
Earl Torgeson compiled a career batting average of .265 with 149 home runs and 740 RBI in his 1668-game career with the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1947 season and last took the field during the 1961 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NL | Boston Braves | 128 | 484 | 399 | 73 | 112 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 82 | 59 | .281 | .403 | .481 | .885 | 192 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | NL | Boston Braves | 134 | 531 | 438 | 70 | 111 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 81 | 54 | .253 | .372 | .397 | .770 | 174 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NL | Boston Braves | 25 | 113 | 100 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | .260 | .345 | .450 | .795 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NL | Boston Braves | 156 | 704 | 576 | 120 | 167 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 119 | 69 | .290 | .412 | .472 | .885 | 272 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NL | Boston Braves | 155 | 690 | 581 | 99 | 153 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 92 | 20 | 11 | 102 | 70 | .263 | .375 | .437 | .812 | 254 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NL | Boston Braves | 122 | 471 | 382 | 49 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 81 | 38 | .230 | .366 | .314 | .681 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 111 | 437 | 379 | 58 | 104 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 57 | .274 | .366 | .470 | .836 | 178 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 135 | 582 | 490 | 63 | 133 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 52 | .271 | .364 | .371 | .736 | 182 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 184 | 150 | 29 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 20 | .267 | .393 | .360 | .753 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 89 | 369 | 300 | 58 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 29 | .283 | .397 | .413 | .810 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1956 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 117 | 400 | 318 | 61 | 84 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 47 | .264 | .406 | .425 | .831 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1957 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 62 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .240 | .387 | .380 | .767 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 86 | 307 | 251 | 53 | 74 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 44 | .295 | .406 | .438 | .844 | 110 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1958 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 96 | 236 | 188 | 37 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 29 | .266 | .415 | .468 | .883 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 127 | 344 | 277 | 40 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 55 | .220 | .359 | .357 | .716 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1960 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 68 | 78 | 57 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | .263 | .462 | .404 | .865 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 20 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .067 | .211 | .067 | .277 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 22 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .111 | .385 | .111 | .496 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1668 | 6037 | 4969 | 848 | 1318 | 215 | 46 | 149 | 740 | 133 | 39 | 980 | 653 | .265 | .385 | .417 | .802 | 2072 | 113 | 8 | 55 | 25 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 1033 | 76 | 18 | 83 | .984 | 9.479 | |
| 1948 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 1069 | 81 | 8 | 85 | .993 | 8.915 | |
| 1949 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 242 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .988 | 1.000 | |
| 1950 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 1365 | 110 | 21 | 126 | .986 | 9.455 | |
| 1951 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1330 | 107 | 17 | 137 | .988 | 9.271 | |
| 1952 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 931 | 73 | 11 | 86 | .989 | 9.562 | |
| 1952 | NL | Boston Braves | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | |
| 1953 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 916 | 65 | 13 | 83 | .987 | 9.343 | |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 133 | 131 | 1164.3 | 1146 | 74 | 12 | 103 | .990 | 9.430 | 9.173 |
| 1955 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 83 | 80 | 717.7 | 695 | 53 | 6 | 79 | .992 | 9.380 | 9.012 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 43 | 43 | 374.7 | 349 | 26 | 2 | 27 | .995 | 9.008 | 8.721 |
| 1956 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 83 | 75 | 680.3 | 623 | 32 | 5 | 62 | .992 | 8.665 | 7.892 |
| 1957 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 70 | 62 | 561.3 | 612 | 29 | 1 | 72 | .998 | 1.277 | 9.157 |
| 1957 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 17 | 9 | 103.7 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 9.116 | 6.176 |
| 1957 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1958 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 73 | 45 | 462.0 | 470 | 30 | 11 | 54 | .978 | 9.740 | 6.849 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 103 | 68 | 710.0 | 717 | 37 | 13 | 58 | .983 | 9.558 | 7.320 |
| 1960 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 10 | 4 | 44.0 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 11.864 | 5.800 |
| 1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 8 | 3 | 36.0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .969 | 7.750 | 3.875 |
| 1961 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 1422 | 520 | 4859.0 | 11684 | 815 | 144 | 1097 | .989 | 23.151 | 8.790 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .389 | .450 | .556 | 1.006 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .368 | .455 | .526 | .981 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.023 | 9.800 |
| 1959 | AL | Chicago White Sox | WS | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 6 | 5 | 45.0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.800 | 8.167 |
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