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Harmon
Dego		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 19, 1936 in Grants Pass Or
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1963    1970   
All-Star Selections 1965    1967   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 21 NYA AL 4 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 1.1 0.1
    AAA   67 266 44 86 14 0 18 55 2 6 24 43 .323 .379 .579 .958 52.3  
    AA   64 279 37 81 9 0 21 62 0 2 9 32 .290 .313 .548 .861 45.6  
1959 22 PIT NL 89 277 25 64 14 4 4 33 1 0 18 42 .231 .283 .354 .637 25.9 2.2
    AAA   50 208 34 73 13 0 14 30 1 4 12 26 .351 .386 .615 1.002 42.5  
1960 23 PIT NL 148 528 55 129 15 1 17 69 1 1 25 55 .244 .280 .373 .653 51.8 4.4
1961 24 PIT NL 150 580 88 176 25 1 23 99 0 2 35 64 .303 .344 .469 .813 87.3 14.6
1962 25 PIT NL 153 574 76 166 15 5 22 106 2 0 43 56 .289 .339 .448 .786 86.0 17.2
1963 26 DET AL 147 528 71 151 23 3 20 59 0 0 27 51 .286 .323 .455 .778 71.4 14.9
1964 27 DET AL 145 534 76 169 14 2 27 101 0 0 31 57 .316 .353 .502 .854 85.8 17.7
1965 28 DET AL 157 609 96 198 21 1 36 119 1 0 53 58 .325 .378 .540 .918 114.8 25.2
1966 29 DET AL 155 565 64 148 22 1 22 77 1 0 54 60 .262 .326 .421 .747 76.4 12.5
1967 30 STL NL 158 560 81 168 28 2 28 99 0 0 43 61 .300 .351 .507 .858 92.3 20.7
1968 31 STL NL 156 541 56 145 16 2 13 56 0 1 49 62 .268 .328 .377 .705 64.5 13.4
1969 32 STL NL 157 564 73 162 23 0 18 91 0 0 53 60 .287 .346 .424 .770 79.9 16.4
1970 33 BAL AL 156 568 78 165 31 0 29 117 1 1 61 58 .290 .356 .498 .854 97.3 20.5
1971 34 BAL AL 155 584 73 154 20 3 23 92 0 1 43 62 .264 .318 .426 .744 74.4 14.7
1972 35 BAL AL 143 501 60 117 5 1 28 83 0 0 38 53 .234 .285 .415 .700 62.8 10.8
1973 36 BAL AL 151 573 72 150 21 1 29 102 0 1 44 60 .262 .313 .454 .767 83.0 15.7
1974 37 BAL AL 153 554 62 137 13 0 19 85 0 1 51 66 .247 .308 .374 .682 64.1 10.1
1975 38 TEX AL 64 137 15 31 5 0 5 22 0 1 15 23 .226 .306 .372 .679 18.9 2.2
18 Years Sim 2441 8786 1122 2432 313 27 363 1410 7 9 684 949 .277 .329 .443 .771 1237.7 233.2
2 Years AAA 117 474 78 159 27 0 32 85 3 10 36 69 .335 .378 .595 .973 94.9  
1 Years AA 64 279 37 81 9 0 21 62 0 2 9 32 .290 .310 .548 .859 45.6  
3 Years Minors 181 753 115 240 36 0 53 147 3 12 45 101 .319 .354 .578 .931 140.5  
162 Game Average 583 74 161 20 1 24 93 0 0 45 62 .277 .329 .443 .771 82.1  
Career Highs 158 609 96 198 31 5 36 119 2 2 61 66 .325 .378 .540 .918 114.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6602 870 1863 232 20 291 1108 7 5 548 677 .282 .337 .456 .793 997.9
vs LH   2184 252 569 81 7 72 302 0 4 136 272 .261 .304 .403 .707 263.7
Home 1217 4259 570 1208 149 17 201 738 3 3 334 461 .284 .336 .468 .805 655.1
Away 1224 4527 552 1224 164 10 162 672 4 6 350 488 .270 .322 .418 .740 606.5
RISP   2308 0 653 75 6 95 998 0 0 230 237 .283 .340 .444 .784 354.9
Pinch Hitting   163 18 40 5 1 5 27 0 0 17 24 .245 .317 .380 .698 20.3
Close/Late   1000 93 275 45 2 37 158 0 0 104 116 .275 .341 .435 .776 149.0
Mar/Apr 292 1106 139 307 37 4 51 189 0 2 69 130 .278 .320 .457 .776 157.9
May 436 1538 193 424 48 5 50 218 0 1 128 157 .276 .332 .411 .743 208.5
June 437 1556 196 442 60 4 69 234 2 1 108 167 .284 .331 .461 .792 231.0
July 424 1526 217 428 55 4 66 249 0 1 119 146 .280 .330 .452 .781 225.0
August 437 1585 176 405 47 5 61 266 1 2 118 195 .256 .308 .407 .715 199.3
Sep/Oct 415 1475 201 426 66 5 66 254 4 2 142 154 .289 .350 .475 .825 239.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1958 21 NYA AL 1B 3 2 21.0 22 2 2 2 .923 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 22 PIT NL 1B 77 76 619.0 608 43 5 73 .992 9.47 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 23 PIT NL 1B 143 142 1178.0 1141 101 11 98 .991 9.49 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1961 24 PIT NL 1B 148 146 1242.7 1166 86 8 103 .994 9.07 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1962 25 PIT NL 1B 149 141 1253.0 1108 84 5 89 .996 8.56 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1963 26 DET AL 1B 136 132 1111.0 1085 80 12 92 .990 9.44 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 27 DET AL 1B 138 134 1148.3 1077 79 7 92 .994 9.06 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1965 28 DET AL 1B 154 152 1335.0 1298 98 11 140 .992 9.41 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1966 29 DET AL 1B 152 142 1266.7 1287 85 15 101 .989 9.75 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1967 30 STL NL 1B 153 138 1240.7 1371 103 3 108 .998 10.69 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1968 31 STL NL 1B 153 134 1233.0 1314 99 10 120 .993 10.31 0 0 .000 0 3.5
1969 32 STL NL 1B 151 143 1248.0 1371 112 14 148 .991 10.69 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1970 33 BAL AL 1B 153 146 1296.7 1374 102 5 119 .997 10.24 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1971 34 BAL AL 1B 152 149 1330.0 1438 126 17 127 .989 10.58 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1972 35 BAL AL 1B 138 135 1179.0 1114 81 8 96 .993 9.12 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1973 36 BAL AL 1B 146 145 1278.0 1232 89 16 114 .988 9.30 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1974 37 BAL AL 1B 119 115 991.7 1065 88 9 101 .992 10.46 0 0 .000 0 3.2
1975 38 TEX AL 1B 50 29 303.0 336 23 4 30 .989 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 2315 2201 19274.6 19407 1481 162 1753 .992 9.75 0 0 .000 0 38.3
  CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   2321 2201 19287.6 19411 1481 162 1753 .992 9.75 0 0 .000 1 38.3
Career Highs   154 152 1335.0 1438 126 17 148 .998 10.69 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 26 DET AL 7 29 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .310 .333 .345 .678
1964 27 DET AL 5 22 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .364 .636
1970 33 BAL AL 9 37 5 12 3 0 2 5 0 0 1 5 .324 .342 .568 .910
1973 36 BAL AL 3 13 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .385 .385 .615 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 24 101 10 32 6 0 3 8 0 0 2 12 .317 .330 .465 .795
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1965-5-.325
1967-10-.300
 Slugging Pct
1964-10-.502
1965-7-.540
1967-6-.507
 OPS
1965-4-.918
1967-7-.858
 XR
1965-4-114.8
1967-9-92.3
CAR-40-1237.7
 Games
1961-5-150
1967-2-158
1968-3-156
1969-8-157
CAR-19-2441
 At-Bats
1961-2-580
1965-3-609
CAR-21-8786
Hits
1961-5-176
1965-3-198
1967-9-168
CAR-25-2432
 Total Bases
1965-3-329
1967-7-284
CAR-22-3888
 Singles
1961-6-127
1965-4-140
CAR-31-1729
 Doubles
1967-8-28
1970-10-31
 Homeruns
1964-5-27
1965-5-36
1967-9-28
1970-8-29
1971-7-23
1972-5-28
1973-4-29
CAR-12-363
 RBIs
1962-6-106
1964-6-101
1965-3-119
1967-6-99
1970-6-117
1971-10-92
1972-9-83
1973-8-102
CAR-15-1410
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 96
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32
 
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  8. Charlie Smith (851)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1956
Had first career hit (double) on 9/23/1958, off Bill Lovely (DET)
Traded from New York to Pittsburgh on 3/2/1959 (Going to NYA: 2B Herm Vardaman, RF William Perry, P Harvey Gaunt. Going to PIT: 1B Harmon Dego, P Carl Freel, P Lynn Willmon)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1959, off Bud Ulrich (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1961, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 3/10/1963 (Going to PIT: P Larry Grams. Going to DET: 1B Harmon Dego, P Noel Menke)
Won World Series with Detroit in 1963
Injured on 7/20/1964 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1965, hitting .357 with 11 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/1965, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1965, hitting .392 with 11 HR, 31 RBI
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 3/12/1967 (Going to DET: 1B Keith Lewter, SS Travis Compton, P Chris North. Going to STL: 1B Harmon Dego, RF Kurt Knox)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1967, hitting .364 with 6 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1967, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from St. Louis to Baltimore on 3/8/1970 (Going to BAL: 1B Harmon Dego. Going to STL: 3B Donny England)
Won World Series with Baltimore in 1970
Had 2000th career hit on 4/19/1972, off Buck Shankster (DET)
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 7/16/1973
Drove in 7 runs against Boston on 8/6/1973
Traded from Baltimore to Texas on 3/5/1975 (Going to TEX: RF Dusty Lane, 2B Alexander Jones, 1B Harmon Dego, P Joe Coyer. Going to BAL: LF Hank Basford, P Joe Andrew, P Adam Stormer, P Clemente Hernandez)
Injured on 8/26/1975 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
 
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