Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat
File:Hal Jeffcoat 1953.jpg Jeffcoat in 1953.
Outfielder / Pitcher
Born: (1924-09-06)September 6, 1924 Columbia, South Carolina
Died: Tampa, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1948, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
August 6, 1959, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
AVG	.248
Hits	487
Win-Loss Record	39-37
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1948–1955) Cincinnati Redlegs (1956–1959) St. Louis Cardinals (1959)
Career highlights and awards
Had the NL's 2nd highest total in sacrifice hits with 14 in 1948. Hal threw a 6-hit shutout against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 9, 1957 with a career-high 9 strikeouts.

Harold Bentley Jeffcoat (born September 6, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina – died August 30, 2007 in Tampa, Florida was an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948–55), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956–59) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959).

He is the brother of former major league pitcher George Jeffcoat.

In 12 seasons as an outfielder he played in 918 games, 1,963 at-bats, 249 runs, 487 hits, 95 doubles, 18 triples, 26 home Runs, 188 RBI, 49 stolen bases, 114 walks, .248 batting Average, .291 nn-base percentage, .355 slugging percentage, 696 total bases, 47 sacrifice hits and 2 sacrifice flies.

Five of his seasons he also played as a pitcher where he had a win-loss record of 39–37, 245 games, 51 games started, 13 omplete games, 1 shutout, 106 games finished, 25 saves, 697 innings pitched, 772 hits allowed, 365 runs allowed, 327 earned runs allowed, 73 home runs allowed, 257 walks allowed, 239 strikeouts, 22 hit batsmen, 13 wild pitches, 3,053 batters faced, 35 intentional walks and a 4.22 ERA. He is remembered as the pitcher that beaned Brooklyn's Don Zimmer on April 30, 1956, fracturing Zimmer's cheekbone and ending his season.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
• Retrosheet
• Hal jeffcoat at Find a Grave