Don Hoak

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: February 5, 1928 in Roulette, PA us

Died: October 9, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Fishing Creek Cemetery, Roulette, PA

High School: Roullette HS (Roullette, PA)

Debut: April 18, 1954 (Age 26-072d, 11,111th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1964 (Age 36-097d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Donald Albert Hoak

Nicknames: Tiger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.3

4322

1144

.265

598

RBI

498

OBP

.345

SLG

.396

OPS

.741

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
3	3	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,1-1	CG	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	78	17.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	14	May 4	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
15	15	May 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	16	May 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,6-6	CG	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 8	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	55 (37)	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
19	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	GF	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
21	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
22	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
23	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
24	61	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	62	Jun 29	CHC		MLN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	63	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	64	Jul 1 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	65	Jul 1 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	66	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	67	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
32	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	70	Jul 5	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	GS	17	4.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
36	73	Jul 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	74	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	77 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
39	78	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
40	79	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	80	Jul 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
42	81	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	63	16.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
43	82	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
44	83	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
45	91 (7)	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	0	5	0	5	2	3B
46	92	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
47	93	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	94	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
49	95	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
50	96	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	97	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
53	99	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	100	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	101	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
56	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
58	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
59	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
60	106	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	107	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
62	108	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
63	109	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		STL	T,0-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	110	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
65	111	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	66	15.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
66	112	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	29	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
67	113	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
68	114	Aug 17	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	115	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
70	116	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
71	117	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
72	118	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
73	119	Aug 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	120	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	3B
75	121	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG	41	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	122	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
78	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
80	127	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	128	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
82	129	Aug 30	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	130	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	131	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
85	132	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	133	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	134	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
88	135	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
89	136	Sep 7	CHC		MLN	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
90	137	Sep 8	CHC		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	138	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	139	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
93	140	Sep 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
94	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
95	142	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
96	143	Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
98	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
99	146	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
100	147	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	148	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
102	149	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
104	151	Sep 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	152	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	153	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	154	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	155	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	3	6	0	9	0	3B
109	156	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	157	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							110gm		955.1	122	158	15	295	16