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Don Hoak
Full name Donald Albert Hoak Born February 5, 1928, Roulette, Pennsylvania Died October 9, 1969, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Buried at Fishing Creek Cemetery, Roulette, Pennsylvania (Cremated) First Game: April 18, 1954 ; Final Game: May 12, 1964 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 170 Ejections as player: 1955 (1), 1956 (1), 1957 (1), 1958 (1), 1959 (1), 1960 (2), 1961 (3), 1962 (1), 1963 (1). Total: 12 Ejections as coach: 1967 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1954 BRO N Daily Splits 88 261 41 64 9 5 7 26 25 0 39 4 4 2 0 5 7 8 3 .245 .318 .398 -0.6 1954 BRO N
1955 BRO N Daily Splits 94 279 50 67 13 3 5 19 46 0 50 1 6 0 0 7 9 9 5 .240 .350 .362 1.4 1955 BRO N
1956 CHI N Daily Splits 121 424 51 91 18 4 5 37 41 0 46 1 8 4 0 8 4 8 3 .215 .283 .311 -4.1 1956 CHI N
1957 CIN N Daily Splits 149 529 78 155 39 2 19 89 74 5 54 4 5 4 0 4 13 8 15 .293 .381 .482 1.7 1957 CIN N
1958 CIN N Daily Splits 114 417 51 109 30 0 6 50 43 4 36 2 3 1 0 6 11 6 8 .261 .333 .376 -0.6 1958 CIN N
1959 PIT N Daily Splits 155 564 60 166 29 3 8 65 71 4 75 4 6 6 0 9 18 9 2 .294 .374 .399 1.7 1959 PIT N
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 155 553 97 156 24 9 16 79 74 9 74 1 4 4 0 17 17 3 2 .282 .366 .445 2.1 1960 PIT N
1961 PIT N Daily Splits 145 503 72 150 27 7 12 61 73 8 53 3 3 4 0 10 14 4 2 .298 .388 .451 1.5 1961 PIT N
1962 PIT N Daily Splits 121 411 63 99 14 8 5 48 49 5 49 1 1 5 0 9 18 4 2 .241 .320 .350 -1.2 1962 PIT N
1963 PHI N Daily Splits 115 377 35 87 11 3 6 24 27 1 52 1 3 3 0 10 11 5 5 .231 .282 .324 -0.3 1963 PHI N
1964 PHI N Daily Splits 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1964 PHI N
Total (11 Years) Splits 1263 4322 598 1144 214 44 89 498 523 36 530 22 45 33 0 85 122 64 47 .265 .345 .396 1.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1955 BRO N Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 1955 BRO N
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 7 23 3 5 2 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .217 .333 .304 1960 PIT N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 10 26 3 6 2 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .231 .375 .308 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1954 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 75 62 58 614.2 71 139 11 12 0 .950
1955 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 78 71 64 646 82 183 11 15 0 .960
1956 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 110 108 105 955.1 122 158 15 16 0 .949
1957 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 149 148 142 1331.1 193 269 14 29 0 .971
1957 CIN N 2B 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CIN N Daily Splits 3B 112 109 103 985.2 132 244 14 29 0 .964
1958 CIN N SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 155 155 152 1378.1 169 322 20 31 0 .961
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 155 152 148 1348.2 132 324 25 34 0 .948
1961 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 143 143 133 1232.1 137 267 20 29 0 .953
1962 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 116 116 111 1004.2 93 220 10 19 0 .969
1963 PHI N Daily Splits 3B 106 101 79 852.1 88 205 13 13 0 .958
Total (10 Years) Splits 3B 1199 1165 1095 10349.1 1219 2331 153 227 0 .959
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1955 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 7 7 7 62 8 9 1 2 0 .944
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3B 8 8 8 71 9 10 1 2 0 .950
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1957 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1967 PHI N 4-11 10- 1
Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-18-1955 BOX BRO N Hal Dixon Called third strike
7- 7-1956 BOX CHI N Dusty Boggess Call at 3B
7-11-1957 BOX CIN N Jocko Conlan Fighting
6- 3-1958 BOX CIN N Bill Jackowski Call at 1B
4-26-1959(2) BOX PIT N Shag Crawford Interference non-call
7-17-1960(1) BOX PIT N Ed Sudol Called third strike
9- 5-1960(2) BOX PIT N Stan Landes Call at 1B
4-13-1961 BOX PIT N Ken Burkhart Called third strike
4-15-1961 BOX PIT N Ken Burkhart Call at 3B (Bumped umpire)
8-29-1961 BOX PIT N Al Forman Called third strike
7-12-1962 BOX PIT N Augie Donatelli Called third strike
7- 1-1963(1) BOX PHI N Tom Gorman Bench jockeying
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-23-1967 BOX PHI N John Kibler Call at 1B
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1947).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn to Chicago Cubs in
exchange for Randy Jackson and Don Elston (December 9, 1955 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Warren Hacker and Pete Whisenant to Cincinnati Reds in
exchange for Elmer Singleton and Ray Jablonski (November 13, 1956 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Smoky Burgess and Harvey Haddix to Pittsburgh Pirates
in exchange for Whammy Douglas , Jim Pendleton , Frank Thomas and John Powers (January
30, 1959 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Pancho Herrera
and Ted Savage (November 28, 1962 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 18, 1964 ).
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