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Don Padgett

Birthdate:

12/5/1911

Died:

12/9/1980

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Caroleen, NC, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

The good-hitting Don Padgett broke into the major leagues as an outfielder with the St Louis Cardinals in 1937, and hit a very fine .314, with 38 extra base hits, 74 RBI in 123 games as a rookie. Moved to the role of the Cardinals starting catcher two years later, he played that position defensively quite well, And, batted a torrid .399 in 233 at bats spanning 93 games. A contact hitter, Don Padgett was one of the hardest men in baseball history to strike out. Career walked more times than striking out, 141 Walks, 130 Ks in 1,991 at bats.

Red Padgett proudly served in US Military during World War II 1942-1945.

Played 251 career games as catcher, 242 in outfield and 26 games at first base.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
9 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1937	STL (NL)	123	446	62	140	22	6	10	74	30	43	4	0	0	0	1	0	.314	.357	SLG
1938	STL (NL)	110	388	59	105	26	5	8	65	18	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271	.303	SLG
1939	STL (NL)	92	233	38	93	15	3	5	53	18	11	1	0	0	1	5	0	.399	.444	SLG
1940	STL (NL)	93	240	24	58	15	1	6	41	26	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	.242	.321	SLG
1941	STL (NL)	107	324	39	80	18	0	5	44	21	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.293	SLG
1946	BRO (NL)	19	30	2	5	1	0	1	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.265	SLG
1946	BSN (NL)	44	98	6	25	3	0	2	21	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.291	SLG
1947	PHI (NL)	75	158	14	50	8	1	0	24	16	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.316	.383	SLG
1948	PHI (NL)	36	74	3	17	3	0	0	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.230	.260	SLG
9 years		699	1991	247	573	111	16	37	338	141	130	6	0	0	4	10	0	.288	.336	.SLG

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