Dick Cole stats
Last played for the Atlanta Braves, 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 456
- AB
- 1,215
- R
- 106
- H
- 303
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 107
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .249
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  STL/PIT | 57 | 142 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .225 |
| 1953 | PIT | 97 | 235 | 29 | 64 | 0 | 23 | 2 | .272 |
| 1954 | PIT | 138 | 486 | 40 | 131 | 1 | 40 | 0 | .270 |
| 1955 | PIT | 77 | 239 | 16 | 54 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .226 |
| 1956 | PIT | 72 | 99 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .212 |
| 1957 | ATL | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,380
- TB
- 379
- XBH
- 62
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 2
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | STL/PIT | 170 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 280 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | 541 | 166 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 260 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 110 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.3
- RC
- 135.7
- RC/27
- 3.90
- ISOP
- .063
- SECA
- .170
- BB/K
- 1.06
- AB/HR
- 607.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | STL/PIT | -0.1 | 15 | 3.4 | .056 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 142 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 0.7 | 33.9 | 5.1 | .064 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | -0.4 | 58.4 | 4.3 | .072 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 486 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | -0.7 | 20.5 | 3 | .059 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | -0.3 | 7.9 | 2.7 | .040 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | -0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Dick Cole's career stats?
Dick Cole played 6 seasons for the Pirates and the Braves. He was a career .249 hitter with 303 hits, 2 home runs and 107 RBI. His best season was 1953: a .272 batting average, 0 home runs and 23 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 1951 to 1957
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves