Pinky Hargrave
Full Name: William McKinley "Pinky" Hargrave
Bats: Both Throws: Right
Height: 5-8 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: Jan 31, 1896 in New Haven, IN
College: ?
Major League Debut: May 18, 1923
Died: Oct 3, 1942 in Fort Wayne, IN


CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
 BATTING
YEAR TEAM LG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG
1923
1924
1925
1925
1926
1928
1929
1930
1930
1931
1932
1933
 Was
Was
Was
StL
StL
Det
Det
Det
Was
Was
Bos
Bos
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
 .288
.152
.500
.284
.281
.275
.330
.285
.194
.325
.263
.178
 33
24
5
67
92
121
76
55
10
40
82
45
 59
33
6
225
235
320
185
137
31
80
217
73
 4
3
0
34
20
38
26
18
3
6
20
5
 17
5
3
64
66
88
61
39
6
26
57
13
 2
1
0
15
16
13
12
8
2
8
14
0
 0
1
0
2
3
5
0
0
2
0
3
0
 0
0
0
8
7
10
3
5
1
1
4
0
 8
5
0
43
37
63
26
18
7
19
33
6
 2
1
1
13
10
32
20
20
3
9
24
5
 6
4
2
13
38
28
24
12
1
12
18
7
 .311
.176
.571
.326
.319
.343
.401
.380
.265
.393
.336
.241
 .322
.242
.500
.476
.464
.441
.443
.453
.484
.463
.410
.178
Totals AVG
.278		 G
650		 AB
1601		 R
177		 H
445		 2B
91		 3B
16		 HR
39		 RBI
265		 BB
140		 K
165		 OBP
.339		 SLG
.428


 BATTINGBASERUNNINGMISC
YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1923
1924
1925
1925
1926
1928
1929
1930
1930
1931
1932
1933
 Was
Was
Was
StL
StL
Det
Det
Det
Was
Was
Bos
Bos
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
 0
0
0
1
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
2
 19
8
3
107
109
141
82
62
15
37
89
13
 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 1
1
0
2
8
6
3
3
1
0
3
1
 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 0
0
0
2
3
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
 0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
--
--
 -.---
-.---
-.---
1.000
1.000
.800
.500
1.000
1.000
1.000
-.---
-.---
 --.-
--.-
--.-
28.1
33.6
32.0
61.7
27.4
31.0
80.0
54.3
--.-
 9.8
8.3
3.0
17.3
6.2
11.4
7.7
11.4
31.0
6.7
12.1
10.4
Totals HBP
9		 GDP
2		 TB
685		 IBB
--		 SH
29		 SF
--		 SB
17		 CS
3		 SB%
.850		 AB/HR
41.1		 AB/K
9.7


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM LG POS G Ch PO A E DP FPCT
1923
1923
1923
1924
1925
1925
1926
1928
1929
1930
1930
1931
1932
1933
 Was
Was
Was
Was
Was
StL
StL
Det
Det
Det
Was
Was
Bos
Bos
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
 OF
C
3B
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
 1
5
8
8
1
62
58
88
48
40
9
25
73
25
 1
17
12
19
7
260
220
344
219
192
43
89
253
69
 1
12
6
17
6
211
165
301
175
175
39
79
206
59
 0
4
5
2
1
44
50
35
38
14
4
8
39
7
 0
1
1
0
0
5
5
8
6
3
0
2
8
3
 0
1
1
0
1
4
7
5
7
3
3
1
4
3
 1.000
0.941
0.917
1.000
1.000
0.981
0.977
0.977
0.973
0.984
1.000
0.978
0.968
0.957
Totals G
451		 Ch
1745		 PO
1452		 A
251		 E
42		 DP
40		 FPCT
0.976



Not as good a hitter as his older brother Bubbles, Pinky batted righthanded in his first four ML seasons, switch-hit from 1928 to 1932, and batted only lefthanded in 1933. His flaming red hair inspired his nickname and his defensive ability earned him ten years as a ML catcher, mostly as a backup. The Hargrave brothers are just 1 of 14 Brother Catchers.