George Altman

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: March 20, 1933 in Goldsboro, NC us

School: Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: April 11, 1959 (Age 26-022d, 11,612th in major league history)
vs. LAD 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1967 (Age 34-195d)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: George Lee Altman

Nicknames: Big George

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

3091

832

101

.269

409

RBI

403

OBP

.329

SLG

.432

OPS

.761

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC		LAD	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	5 (1)	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
5	6	Apr 17	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	9 (2)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
7	11 (1)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
8	12	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
9	13	Apr 25	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	14	Apr 26	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	15	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-18	CG	52	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	16	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	17	May 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	18	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	19	May 3 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	20	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
17	21	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	22	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
19	23	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	24	May 7	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	25	May 8	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	26	May 9	CHC	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	27	May 10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-9	GF	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	28	May 10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
25	37 (8)	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
26	39 (1)	May 22	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	50	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	42 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	44 (1)	May 28	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	45	May 29	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	GF	25	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH CF
30	47 (1)	May 31	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	48	Jun 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	49	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	50	Jun 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	51	Jun 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	52	Jun 7 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	53	Jun 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	54	Jun 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
38	55	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
39	56	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	57	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	58	Jun 12	CHC		MLN	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	59	Jun 13	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	60	Jun 14	CHC		MLN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
44	61	Jun 16	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	62	Jun 17	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
46	63	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	52	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	64	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	65	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	66	Jun 21	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
50	67	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	69 (1)	Jun 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
52	71 (1)	Jun 27	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	75 (3)	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	W,10-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	77 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
55	80 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	81	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	82	Jul 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	49	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	83	Jul 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
59	84	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	85	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	86	Jul 14	CHC		MLN	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	87	Jul 15	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	88	Jul 16	CHC		MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
64	89	Jul 17	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
65	90	Jul 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
66	91	Jul 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
67	92	Jul 21	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	94 (1)	Jul 23	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	95	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	96	Jul 25	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
71	97	Jul 26	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	98	Jul 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	99	Jul 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	100	Jul 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	101	Jul 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	102	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	103	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
78	110 (6)	Aug 11	CHC		LAD	W,5-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	111	Aug 12	CHC		LAD	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
80	112	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,20-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
81	113	Aug 14	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	114	Aug 15	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
83	115	Aug 16	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
84	116	Aug 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
85	117	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	118	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,7-7	CG	54	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	119	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	120	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	121	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
90	122	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
91	123	Aug 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	124	Aug 24	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	125	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	126	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
95	127	Aug 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
96	128	Aug 28	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
97	129	Aug 29	CHC		MLN	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	130	Aug 30	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	131	Sep 2	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	132	Sep 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
101	133	Sep 4	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
102	134	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
103	135	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
104	137 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	138	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	140 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	141	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
108	142	Sep 12	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
109	143	Sep 13	CHC		STL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
111	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
112	146	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
113	147	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
114	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
115	149	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,4-11	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	151	Sep 22	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	152	Sep 23	CHC		SFG	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
119	153	Sep 25	CHC		LAD	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	CF
120	154	Sep 26	CHC		LAD	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
121	155	Sep 27	CHC		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							121gm		949.0	278	7	3	288	2