Earl Torgeson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 180 lb

BornJanuary 1, 1924 · Snohomish, WA, USA

MLB debutApril 15, 1947

Final gameAugust 23, 1961

Seasons15 (1947–1961)

Boston Braves 1947–1952; Philadelphia Phillies 1953–1954; Detroit Tigers 1955; Philadelphia Phillies 1955; Detroit Tigers 1956; Chicago White Sox 1957; Detroit Tigers 1957; Chicago White Sox 1958–1961; New York Yankees 1961

Percentile snapshot

1955 season — qualified batters

136

25.9

553

24.7

450

11.1

67.9

125

19.8

12.3

39.5

29.6

RBI

49.4

91.4

61.7

85.2

45.7

.278

46.9

OBP

.396

88.9

SLG

.396

30.9

OPS

.791

wRC+

121.6

66.7

OPS+

115.7

wOBA

.372

64.2

sWAR

2.2

of 82 qualified 1955 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

123.5

84.1

OPS+

118.6

77.2

sWAR

25.2

95.4

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
1947	128	484	399	73	112	20	6	16	78	82	59	11	0	.281	.403	.481	.885	140.3	137.9	.406	3.1
1948	134	531	438	70	111	23	5	10	67	81	54	19	0	.253	.372	.397	.770	115.1	111.1	.362	1.6
1949	25	113	100	17	26	5	1	4	19	13	4	4	0	.260	.345	.450	.795	116.8	118.0	.361	0.4
1950	156	704	576	120	167	30	3	23	87	119	69	15	0	.290	.412	.472	.885	142.4	139.0	.402	4.7
1951	155	690	581	99	153	21	4	24	92	102	70	20	11	.263	.375	.437	.812	127.3	124.9	.373	3.3
1952	122	471	382	49	88	17	0	5	34	81	38	11	7	.230	.366	.314	.681	103.2	94.8	.333	0.8
1953	111	437	379	58	104	25	8	11	64	53	57	7	1	.274	.366	.470	.836	119.2	118.4	.372	1.6
1954	135	582	490	63	133	22	6	5	54	75	52	7	1	.271	.364	.371	.736	97.9	94.6	.340	0.6
1955	136	553	450	87	125	15	4	10	67	93	49	11	3	.278	.396	.396	.791	121.6	115.7	.372	2.2
1956	117	400	318	61	84	9	3	12	42	78	47	6	4	.264	.406	.425	.831	129.0	121.3	.392	2.1
1957	116	369	301	58	86	13	3	8	51	61	54	7	3	.286	.403	.429	.831	137.8	128.7	.389	2.1
1958	96	236	188	37	50	8	0	10	30	48	29	7	2	.266	.415	.468	.883	155.8	147.6	.406	1.8
1959	127	344	277	40	61	5	3	9	45	62	55	7	6	.220	.359	.357	.716	107.3	100.5	.339	0.6
1960	68	78	57	12	15	2	0	2	9	21	8	1	0	.263	.462	.404	.865	150.2	139.2	.408	0.6
1961	42	45	33	4	3	0	0	0	1	11	8	0	1	.091	.311	.091	.402	40.1	17.1	.243	-0.3

Career totals

1,668

6,037

4,969

848

1,318

215

149

RBI

740

980

134th-most career BB

653

133

.2652

OBP

.3855

150th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4170

OPS

.8025

477th-highest career OPS

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
1950-07-29	CIN @ ATL Gameday	4	3	3	0	1	2	3	1	11
1957-08-08	ATH @ CWS Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	5	0	10
1947-05-13	ATL @ CHC Gameday	5	1	4	2	0	1	5	0	9
1951-06-30	SF @ ATL Gameday	5	3	2	0	0	2	7	1	8
1955-07-08	ATH @ DET Gameday	5	2	2	0	0	2	6	1	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1947-04-15	ATL @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947-04-17	ATL @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947-04-18	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947-04-19	PHI @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947-04-19	PHI @ ATL 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.