Val Picinich
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[edit] Biography
Val Picinich (Valentine John Picinich) was born on September 8, 1896 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on July 25, 1916 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1918, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 0 home runs and 12 RBI. Picinich played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 18 year career.
Most people believe that Val Picinich's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .302 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | PHI | A | 40 | 118 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 5 | .195 | .234 | .237 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PHI | A | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | WAS | A | 47 | 148 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 12 | .230 | .274 | .291 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | WAS | A | 80 | 212 | 18 | 58 | 3 | 22 | .274 | .330 | .401 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | 48 | 133 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 14 | .203 | .259 | .346 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | WAS | A | 45 | 141 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 12 | .277 | .354 | .340 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | WAS | A | 76 | 210 | 16 | 48 | 0 | 19 | .229 | .311 | .305 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | 87 | 268 | 33 | 74 | 2 | 31 | .276 | .386 | .384 | 21 | 1 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 69 | 161 | 25 | 44 | 1 | 24 | .273 | .394 | .366 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS | A | 90 | 251 | 31 | 64 | 1 | 25 | .255 | .344 | .351 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CIN | N | 89 | 240 | 33 | 63 | 2 | 31 | .262 | .342 | .363 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CIN | N | 65 | 173 | 16 | 44 | 0 | 12 | .254 | .345 | .335 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CIN | N | 96 | 324 | 29 | 98 | 7 | 35 | .302 | .343 | .420 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | BRO | N | 93 | 273 | 28 | 71 | 4 | 31 | .260 | .342 | .407 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | BRO | N | 23 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .217 | .294 | .283 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | BRO | N | 24 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .267 | .327 | .422 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | 41 | 70 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 11 | .257 | .297 | .386 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | PIT | N | 16 | 52 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .316 | .385 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1933 | BRO | N | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | TOT | N | 22 | 58 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 7 | .241 | .302 | .379 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 453 | 1229 | 130 | 330 | 16 | 134 | .269 | .336 | .385 | 73 | 11 | 125 | 120 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | AL | 584 | 1648 | 168 | 413 | 10 | 164 | .251 | .332 | .343 | 93 | 15 | 189 | 262 | 11 | 64 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1037 | 2877 | 298 | 743 | 26 | 298 | .258 | .334 | .361 | 166 | 26 | 314 | 382 | 11 | 106 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | PHI | A | C | 37 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .967 |
| 1917 | PHI | A | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .786 |
| 1918 | WAS | A | C | 46 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1919 | WAS | A | C | 69 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 92 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | C | 45 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1921 | WAS | A | C | 45 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1922 | WAS | A | C | 76 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | C | 81 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 89 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | C | 52 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1925 | BOS | A | C | 74 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .968 |
| 1925 | BOS | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
| 1926 | CIN | N | C | 86 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .967 |
| 1927 | CIN | N | C | 61 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
| 1928 | CIN | N | C | 93 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 65 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1929 | BRO | N | C | 85 | 0 | 0 | 311 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1930 | BRO | N | C | 22 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1931 | BRO | N | C | 15 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .967 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | C | 24 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .985 |
| 1933 | PIT | N | C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1933 | BRO | N | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1933 | TOT | N | C | 22 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| Total | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 | ||
| Total | C | 935 | 0 | 0 | 3251 | 732 | 123 | 67 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators with Howie Shanks and Ed Goebel to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Muddy Ruel and Allen Russell (February 10, 1923).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Reds (February 10, 1926).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Johnny Gooch and Rube Ehrhardt (April 18, 1929).
- Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 14, 1933).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 23, 1933).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 1, 1933).
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