Hal Jeffcoat

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#EE1422
bgcolor2=#083884
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Hal Jeffcoat
position=Outfielder / Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1924|9|6
deathdate=death date and age|2007|8|30|1924|9|6
debutdate=April 20
debutyear=by|1948
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=August 6
finalyear=by|1959
finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.248
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=487
stat3label=Win-Loss Record
stat3value=39-37
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (1948-1955)
*Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-1959)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1960)
highlights=
*Had the NL's 2nd highest total in Sacrifice Hits with 14 in by|1948.
*Hal threw a 6-hit shutout against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 9, by|1957 with a career-high 9 strikeouts.

Harold Bentley Jeffcoat (September 6, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina – August 30, 2007 in Tampa, Florida [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-070830coats,1,4107822.story] ) was an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948-55), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-59) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959).

He is the brother of former Major League pitcher George Jeffcoat.

In 12 seasons as an outfielder he played in 918 games, 1,963 at bats, 249 runs, 487 hits, 95 doubles, 18 triples, 26 home Runs, 188 RBI, 49 stolen bases, 114 walks, .248 batting Average, .291 nn-base percentage, .355 slugging percentage, 696 total bases, 47 sacrifice hits and 2 sacrifice flies.

Five of his seasons he also played as a pitcher where he had a win-loss record of 39-37, 245 games, 51 games started, 13 omplete games, 1 shutout, 106 games finished, 25 saves, 697 innings pitched, 772 hits allowed, 365 runs allowed, 327 earned runs allowed, 73 home runs allowed, 257 walks allowed, 239 strikeouts, 22 hit batsmen, 13 wild pitches, 3,053 batters faced, 35 intentional walks and a 4.22 ERA.

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* cite book
last =Shatzkin
first =Mike
title =The Ballplayers
publisher =Arbor House
year =1990
pages =p. 522
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjeffh101.htm Retrosheet]