Don Hoak
Brooklyn Dodgers 1954–1955; Chicago Cubs 1956; Cincinnati Redlegs 1957–1958; Pittsburgh Pirates 1959–1962; Philadelphia Phillies 1963–1964
Percentile snapshot
1961 season — qualified batters
of 85 qualified 1961 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 88 | 296 | 261 | 41 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | .245 | .318 | .398 | .717 | 82.6 | 84.4 | .323 | 0.5 |
| 1955 | 94 | 332 | 279 | 50 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 46 | 50 | 9 | 5 | .240 | .350 | .362 | .712 | 95.4 | 88.5 | .332 | 1.0 |
| 1956 | 121 | 478 | 424 | 51 | 91 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 8 | 3 | .215 | .283 | .311 | .594 | 60.8 | 60.3 | .274 | -0.5 |
| 1957 | 149 | 616 | 529 | 78 | 155 | 39 | 2 | 19 | 89 | 74 | 54 | 8 | 15 | .293 | .381 | .482 | .863 | 129.4 | 124.9 | .382 | 4.5 |
| 1958 | 114 | 466 | 417 | 51 | 109 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 8 | .261 | .333 | .376 | .709 | 83.4 | 83.3 | .321 | 0.8 |
| 1959 | 155 | 651 | 564 | 60 | 166 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 65 | 71 | 75 | 9 | 2 | .294 | .374 | .399 | .773 | 113.0 | 108.8 | .353 | 3.5 |
| 1960 | 155 | 636 | 553 | 97 | 156 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 79 | 74 | 74 | 3 | 2 | .282 | .366 | .445 | .810 | 123.7 | 121.8 | .363 | 4.2 |
| 1961 | 145 | 586 | 503 | 72 | 150 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 73 | 53 | 4 | 2 | .298 | .388 | .451 | .839 | 126.1 | 123.7 | .375 | 4.1 |
| 1962 | 121 | 467 | 411 | 63 | 99 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 4 | 2 | .241 | .320 | .350 | .670 | 80.6 | 81.1 | .307 | 0.6 |
| 1963 | 115 | 411 | 377 | 35 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 52 | 5 | 5 | .231 | .282 | .324 | .605 | 74.8 | 75.9 | .279 | 0.3 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.3 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-05-31 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1957-06-01 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 1960-08-29 | PIT @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1957-06-13 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1957-08-31 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-05-02 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-16 | CHC @ SF Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-17 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-19 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-06-05 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.