Hatfield played in the infield, with 408 games at third base, 179 games at second base, and 27 games at shortstop.
Hatfield was among the American League leaders in being hit by pitch in 1952, 1954, 1956, and 1957. He was also among the league leaders in 1955 for sacrifice hits and intentional walks.
Coaching careeredit
As his playing career wound down in the minor leagues in the late 1950s, Hatfield became a professional baseballmanager and coach, and a college baseball coach. He skippered teams in the minors for 16 years between 1960 and 1986, spent two seasons (1977–78) as the third-base coach on Ralph Houk's Detroit Tigers staff, and five years (1964–68) as head baseball coach of the Florida State Seminoles, where he posted a 161–57 (.739) record. He was posthumously inducted into the Florida State University Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]
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fred, hatfield, american, powerlifter, fitness, trainer, frederick, hatfield, fred, james, hatfield, march, 1925, 1998, nicknamed, scrap, iron, major, league, baseball, infielder, played, nine, seasons, major, leagues, with, boston, 1950, detroit, tigers, 1952. For American powerlifter and fitness trainer see Frederick Hatfield Fred James Hatfield March 18 1925 May 22 1998 nicknamed Scrap Iron 1 was a Major League Baseball infielder who played nine seasons in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox 1950 52 Detroit Tigers 1952 56 Chicago White Sox 1956 57 Cleveland Indians 1958 and Cincinnati Redlegs 1958 He batted left handed threw right handed and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch 1 85 m tall and 171 pounds 78 kg Fred HatfieldHatfield Circa 1953 Third basemanBorn 1925 03 18 March 18 1925Lanett Alabama U S Died May 22 1998 1998 05 22 aged 73 Tallahassee Florida U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutAugust 31 1950 for the Boston Red SoxLast MLB appearanceMay 13 1958 for the Cincinnati RedlegsMLB statisticsBatting average 242Home runs23Runs batted in165TeamsBoston Red Sox 1950 1952 Detroit Tigers 1952 1956 Chicago White Sox 1956 1957 Cleveland Indians 1958 Cincinnati Redlegs 1958 Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 References 4 External linksPlaying career editBorn in Lanett Alabama Hatfield attended Birmingham Southern College and Troy State College before Hatfield was signed by the Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942 As a big leaguer Hatfield played in 722 games and had a career batting average of 242 with an on base percentage of 332 He had 493 hits 248 bases on balls and 165 RBIs Hatfield played in the infield with 408 games at third base 179 games at second base and 27 games at shortstop Hatfield was among the American League leaders in being hit by pitch in 1952 1954 1956 and 1957 He was also among the league leaders in 1955 for sacrifice hits and intentional walks Coaching career editAs his playing career wound down in the minor leagues in the late 1950s Hatfield became a professional baseball manager and coach and a college baseball coach He skippered teams in the minors for 16 years between 1960 and 1986 spent two seasons 1977 78 as the third base coach on Ralph Houk s Detroit Tigers staff and five years 1964 68 as head baseball coach of the Florida State Seminoles where he posted a 161 57 739 record He was posthumously inducted into the Florida State University Hall of Fame in 1999 2 Hatfield died in 1998 at age 73 in Tallahassee Florida References edit Fred Hatfield Baseball Stats Baseball Almanac Akin William Fred Hatfield Society for American Baseball Research Biography ProjectExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet or SABR Biography Project or DeadBall Era Obituary Archived 2016 11 14 at the Wayback Machine Fred Hatfield at Find a Grave nbsp Sporting positionsPreceded byJoe Schultz Detroit Tigers third base coach1977 1978 Succeeded byEddie Brinkman Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Baseball Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Hatfield amp oldid 1170749732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
