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Claude
Macfarlane		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 160
 
Born: June 7, 1912 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1946   
Top Fielders Award 1938    1939    1940    1946    1947   
All-Star Selections 1938    1939    1940    1945    1946    1947    1948    1949   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 26 ELM EL 136 453 109 141 29 7 29 83 43 11 94 68 .311 .432 .598 1.030 114.3  
1939 27 ELM EL 134 447 99 136 22 5 34 74 47 7 95 62 .304 .431 .604 1.035 116.5  
1940 28 ELM EL 132 455 115 148 20 4 39 107 45 11 79 66 .325 .424 .644 1.068 119.1  
1941 29 NO SA 13 45 15 19 2 0 5 13 4 5 12 5 .422 .544 .800 1.344 15.5  
1942 30 HFD EL 99 341 77 106 22 5 29 79 13 11 71 48 .311 .431 .660 1.090 89.2  
1943 31 HFD EL 38 123 37 34 7 2 13 27 2 2 29 17 .276 .418 .683 1.101 32.0  
1945 33 MEM SA 89 281 71 92 14 3 27 62 17 7 70 56 .327 .469 .687 1.156 82.4  
1946 34 NSH SA 120 406 90 123 23 4 30 78 24 9 69 81 .303 .405 .601 1.006 94.6  
1947 35 NSH SA 130 466 107 140 16 8 22 69 29 9 82 87 .300 .410 .511 .920 96.0  
1948 36 NSH SA 126 408 93 120 20 5 30 87 31 18 78 89 .294 .413 .588 1.001 92.9  
1949 37 NSH SA 113 361 74 119 19 6 16 47 27 14 48 95 .330 .415 .548 .964 78.0  
1950 38 NSH SA 98 309 42 91 16 0 9 41 2 2 31 62 .294 .359 .434 .793 46.5  
12 Years Sim 1228 4095 929 1269 210 49 283 767 284 106 758 736 .310 .421 .592 1.013 977.1  
162 Game Average 540 122 167 27 6 37 101 37 13 99 97 .310 .421 .592 1.013 128.9  
Career Highs 136 466 115 148 29 8 39 107 47 18 95 95 .422 .544 .800 1.344 119.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 26 ELM EL LF 129 122 1097.3 330 4 7 2 .979 2.74    
    RF 3 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1939 27 ELM EL LF 129 120 1107.3 280 4 5 4 .983 2.31    
    RF 5 0 13.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.38    
1940 28 ELM EL LF 126 123 1084.0 288 7 0 1 1.000 2.45    
    RF 6 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1941 29 NO SA LF 13 13 115.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1942 30 HFD EL LF 99 96 845.0 182 6 3 1 .984 2.00    
1943 31 HFD EL LF 34 33 288.7 60 1 0 0 1.000 1.90    
    RF 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1945 33 MEM SA LF 85 83 726.7 185 6 2 1 .990 2.37    
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1946 34 NSH SA LF 112 105 936.3 244 6 8 4 .969 2.40    
    RF 6 0 16.3 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.41    
1947 35 NSH SA LF 114 109 972.3 249 9 4 1 .985 2.39    
    RF 16 14 131.0 35 1 1 1 .973 2.47    
1948 36 NSH SA RF 86 80 727.7 173 4 8 1 .957 2.19    
    LF 36 28 276.0 76 2 2 0 .975 2.54    
1949 37 NSH SA RF 77 63 568.0 113 1 4 1 .966 1.81    
    CF 26 25 213.0 66 3 5 0 .932 2.92    
    LF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1950 38 NSH SA RF 83 74 649.0 149 1 9 0 .943 2.08    
    LF 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 886 832 7459.6 1922 45 31 14 .984 2.37    
  RF 287 231 2139.0 489 8 23 3 .956 2.09    
  CF 27 25 215.0 68 3 5 0 .934 2.97    
Career Totals   1200 1088 9813.6 2479 56 59 17 .977 2.32    
Career Highs   134 123 1120.3 331 10 10 4 1.000 2.73    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1946 34 NSH SA 9 34 6 9 3 1 2 11 3 2 7 7 .265 .381 .588 .969
1947 35 NSH SA 5 18 5 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 6 .389 .500 .444 .944
1948 36 NSH SA 10 43 4 8 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 10 .186 .255 .209 .465
1949 37 NSH SA 6 28 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 7 .179 .233 .321 .555
Career Post-Season Batting 30 123 17 29 5 3 2 13 7 6 16 30 .236 .326 .374 .700
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1938-8-.311
1939-5-.304
1940-3-.325
1942-10-.302*
1949-9-.322*
CAR-7-.310
 On-Base Pct
1938-1-.432
1939-1-.431
1940-3-.424
1942-3-.421*
1945-5-.393*
1946-3-.405
1947-2-.410
1948-2-.413
1949-3-.407*
CAR-2-.421
 Slugging Pct
1938-4-.598
1939-2-.604
1940-3-.644
1942-1-.641*
1945-6-.550*
1946-4-.601
1947-7-.511
1948-3-.588
CAR-3-.592
 OPS
1938-1-1.030
1939-1-1.035
1940-3-1.068
1942-2-1.062*
1945-4-.942*
1946-3-1.006
1947-4-.920
1948-2-1.001
1949-7-.942*
CAR-1-1.013
 XR
1938-1-114.3
1939-1-116.5
1940-1-119.1
1942-8-89.2
1945-7-82.4
1946-5-94.6
1947-2-96.0
1948-3-92.9
CAR-19-977.1
 Games
1938-1-136
1939-4-134
1940-4-132
Runs
1938-1-109
1939-1-99
1940-1-115
1946-4-90
1947-1-107
1948-3-93
CAR-21-929
 Hits
1938-5-141
1939-4-136
1940-3-148
 Total Bases
1938-4-271
1939-2-270
1940-3-293
1946-7-244
1947-8-238
1948-9-240
CAR-37-2426
 Singles
1940-10-85
 Doubles
1938-6-29
 Triples
1938-7-7
Homeruns
1938-10-29
1939-3-34
1940-3-39
1942-7-29
1945-6-27
1946-1-30
1947-6-22
1948-2-30
CAR-16-283
 RBIs
1938-7-83
1939-7-74
1940-2-107
1946-6-78
1948-7-87
CAR-40-767
 Stolen Bases
1938-1-43
1939-1-47
1940-2-45
1946-6-24
1947-6-29
1948-3-31
1949-5-27
CAR-10-284
 Caught Stealing
1938-2-11
1939-5-7
1940-4-11
1942-5-11
1946-10-9
1947-7-9
1948-1-18
1949-3-14
CAR-11-106
 Walks
1938-1-94
1939-1-95
1940-4-79
1942-4-71
1945-2-70
1946-2-69
1947-1-82
1948-1-78
1949-10-48
CAR-9-758
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 161    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 40)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Elmira in 1938
Had first career hit (double) on 4/15/1938, off Steven Varnum (WB)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1938, off Numbers Dann (ALB)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1938, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Binghamton on 7/6/1938
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1938, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Top Fielders Award at Leftfield in 1938
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1939, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Top Fielders Award at Leftfield in 1939
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1940, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1940, hitting .356 with 11 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Wilkes-Barre on 7/25/1940
Won Top Fielders Award at Leftfield in 1940
Signed as a free agent by New Orleans on 8/28/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $5,056,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 5/22/1942 to a 1-year deal worth $3,992,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Springfield on 6/28/1942
Drove in 7 runs against Albany on 7/4/1942
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1942, hitting .452 with 6 HR, 18 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 7/31/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $5,320,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Wilkes-Barre on 8/25/1943
Drove in 6 runs against Wilkes-Barre on 8/26/1943
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 2/23/1945 to a 6-year deal worth $5,550,000 per year
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Injured on 7/17/1945 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Memphis to Nashville on 2/19/1946 (Going to NSH: RF C. MacFarlane. Going to MEM: CF J. Wilson, P A. Sparks)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1946, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1946, hitting .367 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 8/8/1946 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Class A Championship with Nashville in 1946
Won Top Fielders Award at Leftfield in 1946
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Top Fielders Award at Leftfield in 1947
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Mobile, driving in 5 runs on 8/19/1948
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1948, hitting .474 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Injured on 7/26/1949 with a Sprained Ankle, out for one week
 
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