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Arky Vaughan

Birthdate:

3/9/1912

Died:

8/30/1952

Height / Weight:

' " / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Clifty, AR, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Words on back side of baseball card as follows: Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball History Although relatively young in professional baseball, Floyd Vaughan already ranks among the leading batters of the National League and in 1933 scored the most triples of any player in that league. He was born in Clifty, Ark., in 1912. He entered professional baseball in 1931 with the Wichita club where Pirate scouts located him and 1932 found him in regular position as shortstop. He is a good fielder and a good batter, hitting consistently over .300. He bats left-handed but throws right-handed. Is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds.

Arky Vaughan, Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop, Bats LH, T RH - one of the greatest hitters of all time, Floyd 'Arky' Vaughan is the last National League batter to hit over .380 in a single season - in 1935, he batted .385, scored 108 runs, 99 RBIs and struck out a mere 18 times in 499 at-bats.

In his rookie season (1932) Vaughan hit .318 in 129 games. A member of the Hall of Fame, he strung-up .300 or better years in his first nine big-league seasons.... from 1932-1941, he hit .318, .314, .333, .385, .335, .322, .306, .300 and .316.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
14 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1932	PIT (NL)	129	497	71	158	15	10	4	61	39	26	10	0	0	6	13	0	.318	.375	SLG
1933	PIT (NL)	152	573	85	180	29	19	9	97	64	23	3	0	0	5	13	0	.314	.388	SLG
1934	PIT (NL)	149	558	115	186	41	11	12	94	94	38	10	0	0	2	6	0	.333	.431	SLG
1935	PIT (NL)	137	499	108	192	34	10	19	99	97	18	4	0	0	7	7	0	.385	.491	SLG
1936	PIT (NL)	156	568	122	190	30	11	9	78	118	21	6	0	0	5	10	0	.335	.453	SLG
1937	PIT (NL)	126	469	71	151	17	17	5	72	54	22	7	0	0	2	6	0	.322	.394	SLG
1938	PIT (NL)	148	541	88	174	35	5	7	68	104	21	14	0	0	2	3	0	.322	.433	SLG
1939	PIT (NL)	152	595	94	182	30	11	6	62	70	20	12	0	0	6	22	0	.306	.385	SLG
1940	PIT (NL)	156	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	88	25	12	0	0	3	4	0	.300	.393	SLG
1941	PIT (NL)	106	374	69	118	20	7	6	38	50	13	8	0	0	2	11	0	.316	.399	SLG
1942	BRO (NL)	128	495	82	137	18	4	2	49	51	17	8	0	0	3	9	0	.277	.348	SLG
1943	BRO (NL)	149	610	112	186	39	6	5	66	60	13	20	0	0	3	12	0	.305	.370	SLG
1947	BRO (NL)	64	126	24	41	5	2	2	25	27	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.444	SLG
1948	BRO (NL)	65	123	19	30	3	0	3	22	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.354	SLG
14 years		1817	6622	1173	2103	356	128	96	926	937	276	118	0	0	46	116	0	.318	.406	.SLG

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