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Arnold
Colfax		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 212
 
Born: July 7, 1907 in Turtle Creek, PA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1928    1930   
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1936   
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1926   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1926    1927    1928    1930    1931    1933   
All-Star Selections 1933    1935    1936    1937    1938    1939    1940    1942   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1926 18 WSH AL 130 471 90 169 25 3 5 75 35 13 50 37 .359 .429 .456 .886 89.4 19.4
    AAA   5 6 3 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 .667 .778 1.333 2.111 4.2  
1927 19 WSH AL 148 570 80 165 21 5 3 66 28 12 43 60 .289 .345 .360 .704 69.3 8.0
1928 20 WSH AL 147 607 103 176 26 12 6 76 30 7 57 43 .290 .351 .402 .753 86.5 13.9
1929 21 WSH AL 147 606 118 203 49 8 11 82 22 15 68 55 .335 .407 .497 .904 114.7 20.5
1930 22 WSH AL 147 640 118 211 35 16 14 91 26 9 43 50 .330 .379 .500 .879 112.9 17.7
1931 23 WSH AL 150 620 127 200 38 8 9 68 19 9 50 45 .323 .383 .453 .837 104.6 21.5
1932 24 WSH AL 148 613 101 195 37 6 14 85 24 5 44 51 .318 .380 .467 .847 104.8 21.6
1933 25 WSH AL 150 605 100 185 26 14 10 77 20 8 48 63 .306 .364 .445 .809 96.1 23.9
1934 26 WSH AL 150 588 106 197 34 6 21 93 31 13 53 67 .335 .399 .520 .919 112.6 23.3
1935 27 WSH AL 147 544 97 169 33 4 23 89 40 15 56 53 .311 .387 .513 .900 106.7 24.0
1936 28 WSH AL 145 593 147 206 44 7 33 122 31 14 48 98 .347 .417 .612 1.029 133.0 31.0
1937 29 WSH AL 147 604 105 179 35 6 27 112 19 13 33 83 .296 .346 .508 .854 103.5 17.8
1938 30 WSH AL 140 554 118 163 36 5 18 84 13 7 45 81 .294 .360 .475 .835 89.7 14.5
1939 31 WSH AL 146 572 108 176 39 3 27 113 29 6 57 87 .308 .381 .528 .909 110.4 19.9
1940 32 WSH AL 147 573 115 171 42 6 26 113 24 12 59 84 .298 .375 .529 .903 106.0 19.6
1941 33 WSH AL 146 535 96 157 30 5 17 80 33 5 71 77 .293 .384 .464 .847 95.5 19.6
1942 34 WSH AL 138 515 67 143 31 2 9 76 23 11 34 69 .278 .339 .398 .737 67.4 16.0
1943 35 WSH AL 25 29 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .103 .235 .103 .339 0.4 0.0
    AA   4 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.5  
18 Years Sim 2498 9839 1799 3068 581 116 273 1504 447 174 861 1110 .312 .377 .478 .855 1703.5 332.2
1 Years AAA 5 6 3 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 .667 .800 1.333 2.133 4.2  
1 Years AA 4 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .375 .333 .708 1.5  
2 Years Minors 9 21 4 9 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 .429 .538 .619 1.158 5.7  
162 Game Average 638 116 198 37 7 17 97 28 11 55 71 .312 .377 .478 .855 110.5  
Career Highs 150 640 147 211 49 16 33 122 40 15 71 98 .359 .429 .612 1.029 133.0  
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   6652 1238 2025 354 77 155 952 310 117 634 694 .304 .374 .451 .825 1067.4
vs LH   3187 561 1043 227 39 118 552 137 57 227 416 .327 .384 .534 .918 581.2
Home 1238 4827 891 1528 297 58 88 698 227 88 400 533 .317 .380 .457 .837 775.4
Away 1260 5012 908 1540 284 58 185 806 220 86 461 577 .307 .375 .498 .873 873.2
RISP   2566 0 827 164 31 79 1184 0 0 296 293 .322 .395 .503 .898 474.3
Pinch Hitting   110 14 32 5 2 0 14 1 0 12 17 .291 .368 .373 .741 15.0
Close/Late   1026 152 309 55 10 23 165 0 0 114 143 .301 .381 .442 .822 163.5
Mar/Apr 261 1071 215 359 63 22 41 179 51 13 90 114 .335 .395 .550 .945 211.0
May 485 1868 344 581 99 17 56 284 87 46 167 217 .311 .380 .472 .852 308.3
June 441 1742 308 559 105 19 42 273 82 39 138 186 .321 .380 .475 .856 288.0
July 461 1845 342 599 134 29 52 278 91 24 146 208 .325 .382 .513 .895 332.2
August 427 1672 301 496 116 13 43 247 67 25 149 200 .297 .368 .459 .826 262.8
Sep/Oct 423 1641 289 474 64 16 39 243 69 27 171 185 .289 .366 .419 .785 246.3
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   DWS
1926 18 WSH AL RF 127 125 1105.7 294 5 12 2 .961 2.43   3.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1927 19 WSH AL RF 144 143 1260.0 344 8 5 3 .986 2.51   3.8
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1928 20 WSH AL LF 142 138 1226.7 337 6 8 5 .977 2.52   5.4
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1929 21 WSH AL LF 79 77 685.3 190 6 4 1 .980 2.57   3.4
    CF 67 65 580.7 187 2 4 2 .979 2.93    
1930 22 WSH AL CF 144 142 1265.0 467 9 10 3 .979 3.39   5.5
    RF 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1931 23 WSH AL CF 140 138 1234.3 430 1 13 1 .971 3.14   3.1
    RF 6 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1932 24 WSH AL CF 146 143 1263.7 425 9 11 4 .975 3.09   3.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 25 WSH AL CF 146 141 1239.3 506 6 14 2 .973 3.72   2.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1934 26 WSH AL CF 145 140 1223.0 466 5 13 4 .973 3.47   1.7
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 27 WSH AL LF 136 131 1155.0 317 5 14 2 .958 2.51   3.7
    CF 8 1 21.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.74    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1936 28 WSH AL LF 139 138 1219.7 329 6 13 3 .963 2.47   3.0
    CF 5 0 9.0 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00    
1937 29 WSH AL LF 140 139 1220.3 328 6 10 3 .971 2.46   3.4
    CF 5 0 16.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.10    
1938 30 WSH AL LF 131 130 1122.7 293 4 13 1 .958 2.38   2.4
    CF 6 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1939 31 WSH AL RF 140 140 1235.3 331 6 12 4 .966 2.46   4.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1940 32 WSH AL RF 136 133 1186.3 337 3 15 1 .958 2.58   3.7
    LF 9 7 68.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.91    
1941 33 WSH AL RF 139 135 1199.3 282 2 13 2 .956 2.13   2.6
    CF 4 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
1942 34 WSH AL RF 135 135 1191.7 340 5 10 1 .972 2.61   3.6
    CF 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1943 35 WSH AL RF 7 3 30.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    CF 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  RF 842 814 7231.6 1937 30 67 13 .967 2.45   21.4
  CF 823 771 6886.6 2505 33 66 17 .975 3.32   16.4
  LF 788 761 6727.6 1825 33 62 15 .968 2.49   21.3
Career Totals   2453 2346 20845.9 6267 96 195 45 .970 2.75   59.1
Career Highs   149 143 1268.3 508 9 15 5 1.000 3.71    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1928 20 WSH AL 5 20 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 .350 .435 .450 .885
1930 22 WSH AL 5 24 6 7 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 5 .292 .346 .500 .846
1936 28 WSH AL 7 28 1 6 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 7 .214 .313 .250 .563
1937 29 WSH AL 4 19 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .158 .263
1939 31 WSH AL 6 25 7 9 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 3 .360 .429 .520 .949
1942 34 WSH AL 5 19 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .368 .368 .368 .737
Career Post-Season Batting 32 135 16 38 8 1 1 16 3 1 9 22 .281 .340 .378 .718
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
1926-2-.359
1929-4-.335
1931-8-.323
1932-10-.318
1934-7-.335
1936-4-.347
 On-Base Pct
1926-2-.429
1929-6-.407
1931-7-.383
1932-10-.380
1934-6-.399
1935-7-.387
1936-5-.417
 Slugging Pct
1934-4-.520
1935-4-.513
1936-1-.612
1937-8-.508
1939-6-.528
1940-6-.529
1941-8-.464
 OPS
1926-3-.886
1929-8-.904
1932-8-.847
1934-4-.919
1935-4-.900
1936-1-1.029
1939-4-.909
1940-6-.903
1941-8-.847
 OPS+
1926-3-143
1929-8-134
1931-9-131
1932-7-132
1934-4-150
1935-3-144
1936-1-172
1939-4-142
1940-6-139
 Secondary Average
1934-8-0.306
1935-3-0.351
1936-3-0.374
1939-6-0.36
1940-10-0.354
1941-4-0.355
XR
1926-8-89.4
1929-4-114.7
1930-3-112.9
1931-2-104.6
1932-3-104.8
1933-6-96.1
1934-2-112.6
1935-3-106.7
1936-1-133.0
1937-4-103.5
1939-4-110.4
1940-4-106.0
1941-2-95.5
 Games
1930-4-147
1931-1-150
1932-4-148
1933-2-150
1934-3-150
1935-9-147
1940-4-147
 At-Bats
1927-10-570
1928-2-607
1929-2-606
1930-1-640
1931-1-620
1932-1-613
1933-2-605
1934-4-588
1936-8-593
1937-2-604
1939-8-572
1940-4-573
 Runs
1928-6-103
1929-2-118
1930-4-118
1931-1-127
1932-5-101
1933-4-100
1934-5-106
1935-7-97
1936-1-147
1937-7-105
1938-3-118
1939-4-108
1940-4-115
1941-9-96
 Hits
1929-2-203
1930-2-211
1931-1-200
1932-2-195
1933-5-185
1934-4-197
1935-9-169
1936-2-206
1937-7-179
1939-9-176
1940-7-171
 Walks
1929-10-68
Hit By Pitch
1926-3-11
1927-10-7
1929-5-8
1930-3-10
1931-3-13
1932-2-19
1933-6-11
1934-7-12
1935-9-14
1936-2-24
1937-2-17
1938-4-14
1939-3-13
1940-4-15
1941-5-11
1942-2-16
 Times on Base
1929-3-279
1930-2-264
1931-2-263
1932-2-258
1933-4-244
1934-2-262
1935-5-239
1936-2-278
1940-7-245
1941-8-239
 Total Bases
1929-3-301
1930-2-320
1931-2-281
1932-4-286
1933-6-269
1934-3-306
1935-4-279
1936-1-363
1937-5-307
1938-7-263
1939-4-302
1940-4-303
1941-5-248
 Singles
1926-5-136
1927-7-136
1929-2-135
1930-5-146
1931-3-145
1932-5-138
1933-5-135
 Doubles
1929-3-49
1934-3-34
1936-6-44
1939-6-39
1940-6-42
1942-9-31
 Triples
1928-8-12
1930-5-16
1933-3-14
Homeruns
1931-10-9
1932-7-14
1933-10-10
1934-3-21
1935-3-23
1936-1-33
1937-3-27
1938-7-18
1939-4-27
1940-4-26
1941-7-17
 Extra Base Hits
1930-9-65
1934-2-61
1935-4-60
1936-2-84
1937-5-68
1939-5-69
1940-4-74
1941-7-52
 RBIs
1934-8-93
1935-10-89
1936-1-122
1937-3-112
1939-2-113
1940-4-113
1942-9-76
 Stolen Bases
1926-7-35
1927-8-28
1928-9-30
1934-10-31
1935-8-40
 Caught Stealing
1929-7-15
 Stolen Base Percentage
1926-5-73
1927-6-70
1928-3-81
1929-10-59
1930-5-74
1932-3-83
1933-6-71
1934-8-70
1935-6-73
1936-9-69
1939-2-83
1940-8-67
1941-1-87
Strikeouts
1927-8-60
1933-3-63
1934-7-67
1935-8-53
1936-1-98
1937-2-83
1938-1-81
1939-1-87
1940-3-84
1941-2-77
1942-6-69
 At Bats per Home Run
1935-4-23.7
1936-9-18
1937-5-22.4
1939-6-21.2
1940-5-22
1941-1-31.5
 Home Run Value
1935-9-1
1936-5-1.1
1937-7-1.5
1938-6-1.2
1939-4-1.4
1940-6-1.4
 Power Speed Number
1934-1-25
1939-1-28
1940-3-25
1941-2-22.4
1942-9-12.9
 Offensive Win Shares
1926-4-19.4
1929-4-20.5
1930-8-18.2
1931-3-21.7
1932-2-21.1
1933-4-24.2
1934-2-22.8
1935-2-24
1936-1-31
1939-7-19.9
1940-7-19
1941-3-19.8
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 250    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 75    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Washington in 1926
Injured on 3/9/1926 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 6-7 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/2/1926, off Marvelous Maxwell (SLA)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1926, hitting .536 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1926, hitting .611 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1926, hitting .632 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1926, hitting .359 with 5 HR, 75 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1926
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Rightfield in 1927
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 4/20/1928
Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 4/29/1928
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/20/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1928, hitting .452 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Washington in 1928
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Leftfield in 1928
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 6/30/1929
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 7/30/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1929, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 3/24/1930 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1930, hitting .467 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Philadelphia (A) on 9/11/1930
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 9/11/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1930, hitting .556 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Washington in 1930
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1930
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1931
Injured on 3/7/1932 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1933, hitting .452 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 9/24/1933
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1933
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1934, hitting .328 with 7 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1934, hitting .420 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1934, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1934, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
 
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