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Specs Toporczer
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Birthdate: 2/9/1899
Died: 5/17/1989
Height / Weight: ' " / 165 lbs.
Place of Birth: New York, NY, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1926 Photo  SUMMARY
Informal portrait of baseball player Specs Toporcer of the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, following through after swinging a baseball bat, standing in front of grandstands on the field at Wrigley Field SDN-066216, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Specs Toporczer

 

Born in New York City on February 9, 1899, George Toporcer played his entire 8-year major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals, 1921-1928. A left-handed slap-hitter he rarely struck out, just 93 strikeouts in 1566 at bats. He compiled a solid .946 career fielding average while playing 249 games at shortstop, 105 at second base, 95 at third base, 3 at first and one game in the outfield.  


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
8 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
1921 STL (NL) 22 53 4 14 1 0 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .264 .304 SLG
1922 STL (NL) 116 352 56 114 25 6 3 36 24 18 2 1 0 2 13 0 .324 .370 SLG
1923 STL (NL) 97 303 45 77 11 3 3 35 41 14 4 3 0 3 7 0 .254 .349 SLG
1924 STL (NL) 70 198 30 62 10 3 1 24 11 14 2 3 0 4 3 0 .313 .362 SLG
1925 STL (NL) 83 268 38 76 13 4 2 26 36 15 7 2 0 2 6 0 .284 .373 SLG
1926 STL (NL) 64 88 13 22 3 2 0 9 8 9 1 0 0 2 6 0 .250 .327 SLG
1927 STL (NL) 86 290 37 72 13 4 0 19 27 16 5 0 0 1 11 0 .248 .314 SLG
1928 STL (NL) 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
8 years   546 1566 223 437 76 22 9 151 150 93 22 9 0 14 47 0 .279 .347 .SLG



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