Hal Jeffcoat

Hal Jeffcoat
Hal Jeffcoat
	Jeffcoat in 1953.
	Outfielder / Pitcher
	Born: September 6, 1924; Columbia, South Carolina
	Died: August 30, 2007 (aged 82); 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
Batting average	.248
Hits	487
Win–loss record	39–37
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Chicago Cubs (1948–1955); Cincinnati Redlegs / Reds (1956–1959); St. Louis Cardinals (1959);
Career highlights and awards
	Had the NL's 2nd highest total in sacrifice hits with 14 in 1948.; Threw a 6-hit shutout against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 9, 1957 with a career-high 9 strikeouts.;

Harold Bentley Jeffcoat (September 6, 1924 – August 30, 2007) was an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948–55), Cincinnati Redlegs / Reds (1956–59) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959).

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

In 12 seasons as an outfielder Jeffcoat 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 Jeffcoat's seasons he also played as a pitcher where he had a win-loss record of 39–37, 245 games, 51 games started, 13 complete 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.

References

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) or Retrosheet
Hal jeffcoat at Find a Grave

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