Al Zarilla Stats

Al Zarilla was born on Thursday, May 1, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Zarilla was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 30, 1943, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Al Zarilla baseball stats page.

June 30, 1943 , the St. Louis Browns played the first of a series of 'Baseball for Victory' games at their home field, Sportman's Park. Proceeds from the game went to benefit the National War funds; consequently, every spectator, player, umpire, and member of the press was required to buy a ticket. Zarilla paid his way into the game and smacked two hits (off Athletics right-hander Orie Arntzen ) as the Browns went on to defeat the Mackmen, 3-1. Five years later, a grinning Zarilla said, 'Best money I ever spent.'" - Researcher Maurice Bouchard on SABR Baseball Biography Project (SABR.org, 'Al Zarilla', Source )

Birth Name:

Allen Lee Zarilla

Nickname:

Al or Zeke

Born On:

05-01-1919 (Taurus)

Born In:

Los Angeles, California

Died On:

08-28-1996 ( 500 Oldest Living )

Died In:

Honolulu, Hawaii

Cemetery:

Undetermined

High School:

Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, CA)

College:

None Attended

Bats:

Left

Throws:

Right

Height:

5-11

Weight:

180

First Game:

06-30-1943 (Age 24)

Last Game:

09-26-1953

Draft:

Not Applicable

Did Not Pitch

Al Zarilla Al Zarilla Hitting Stats
Yr	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1943	24	Browns	70	228	27	58	7	1	2	0	17	17	-	20	5	-	1	4	.254	.309	.320
1944	25	Browns	100	288	43	86	13	6	6	0	45	29	-	33	7	-	6	2	.299	.375	.448
1946	27	Browns	125	371	46	96	14	9	4	0	43	27	-	37	4	-	1	7	.259	.311	.377
1947	28	Browns	127	380	34	85	15	6	3	0	38	40	-	45	11	-	3	4	.224	.303	.318
1948	29	Browns	144	529	77	174	39	3	12	0	74	48	-	48	15	-	4	8	.329	.389	.482
1949	30	Browns	15	56	10	14	1	0	1	0	6	8	-	2	1	-	1	1	.250	.354	.321
1949	30	Red Sox	124	474	68	133	32	4	9	1	71	48	-	51	1	-	4	14	.281	.352	.422
1950	31	Red Sox	130	471	92	153	32	10	9	0	74	76	-	47	5	-	4	5	.325	.423	.493
1951	32	White Sox	120	382	56	98	21	2	10	0	60	60	-	57	3	-	4	9	.257	.363	.401
1952	33	White Sox	39	99	14	23	4	1	2	0	7	14	-	6	2	-	1	2	.232	.333	.354
1952	33	Browns	48	130	20	31	6	0	1	0	9	27	-	15	0	-	1	2	.238	.373	.308
1952	33	Red Sox	21	60	9	11	0	1	2	0	8	7	-	8	0	-	0	0	.183	.269	.317
1953	34	Red Sox	57	67	11	13	2	0	0	0	4	14	-	13	0	-	0	3	.194	.333	.224
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years			1,120	3,535	507	975	186	43	61	1	456	415	-	382	54	-	30	61	.276	.357	.405

Al Zarilla Al Zarilla Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1943 Browns	CF	6	4	81	7	1.2	7	7	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.33
1943 Browns	RF	55	51	1,263	126	2.3	121	116	5	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	2.59
1944 Browns	CF	2	0	-	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1944 Browns	LF	74	68	1,725	170	2.3	166	162	4	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.60
1944 Browns	RF	4	0	-	4	1.0	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1946 Browns	CF	17	15	366	51	3.0	51	49	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.76
1946 Browns	LF	45	26	567	193	4.3	189	187	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	9.00
1946 Browns	RF	52	47	1,176	2,112	40.6	2,109	2,100	9	3	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.999	48.42
1947 Browns	CF	23	23	495	79	3.4	78	76	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	4.25
1947 Browns	LF	24	5	195	218	9.1	218	218	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	30.18
1947 Browns	RF	70	68	1,767	1,121	16.0	1,119	1,115	4	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.998	17.10
1948 Browns	CF	57	55	1,263	1,152	20.2	1,148	1,146	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.997	24.54
1948 Browns	LF	29	26	615	258	8.9	256	256	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	11.24
1948 Browns	RF	59	52	1,377	130	2.2	123	120	3	7	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	2.41
1949 Red Sox	CF	2	2	51	3	1.5	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.59
1949 Browns	CF	1	0	12	3	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.75
1949 Browns	LF	11	9	207	17	1.5	17	17	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.22
1949 Red Sox	LF	2	0	15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1949 Red Sox	RF	119	117	3,138	1,249	10.5	1,245	1,239	6	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.997	10.71
1949 Browns	RF	7	6	129	5	0.7	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.05
1950 Red Sox	RF	128	128	3,303	248	1.9	242	230	12	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	1.98
1951 White Sox	LF	7	5	144	115	16.4	114	114	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	21.38
1951 White Sox	RF	112	98	2,586	1,160	10.4	1,158	1,151	7	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.998	12.09
1952 Browns	CF	12	9	210	33	2.8	31	30	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	3.99
1952 Red Sox	CF	6	5	126	10	1.7	8	8	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	1.71
1952 Browns	LF	19	16	438	46	2.4	46	46	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.84
1952 White Sox	LF	17	11	288	116	6.8	116	115	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	10.88
1952 White Sox	RF	18	13	375	222	12.3	221	220	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	15.91
1952 Red Sox	RF	14	8	258	24	1.7	24	21	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.51
1952 Browns	RF	8	7	186	13	1.6	13	9	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.89
1953 Red Sox	CF	8	3	108	7	0.9	7	6	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.75
1953 Red Sox	LF	3	2	45	2	0.7	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.20
1953 Red Sox	RF	9	4	123	10	1.1	9	9	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	1.98
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
RF Totals		655	599	15,681	6,424	9.8	6,393	6,339	54	31	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	11.01
LF Totals		231	168	4,239	1,135	4.9	1,124	1,117	7	11	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	7.16
CF Totals		134	116	2,712	1,346	10.0	1,337	1,329	8	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	13.31
10 Years		1,020	883	22,632	8,905	8.7	8,854	8,785	69	51	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	10.56

Al Zarilla Al Zarilla Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1943 Browns	1	1	.500	11	2	n/a	114.0	11.4	13.4	-	-	-
1944 Browns	1	1	.500	21	2	n/a	48.0	8.7	6.4	-	-	-
1946 Browns	3	5	.375	18	2	n/a	92.8	10.0	8.6	-	-	-
1947 Browns	3	6	.333	17	0	n/a	126.7	8.4	10.0	-	-	-
1948 Browns	11	6	.647	10	0	n/a	44.1	11.0	7.1	-	-	-
1949 Browns	1	1	.500	0	0	n/a	56.0	28.0	9.3	-	-	-
1949 Red Sox	4	4	.500	2	1	n/a	52.7	9.3	6.7	-	-	-
1950 Red Sox	2	3	.400	2	0	n/a	52.3	10.0	6.4	-	-	-
1951 White Sox	2	4	.333	6	1	n/a	38.2	6.7	6.4	-	-	-
1952 White Sox	1	0	1.000	8	1	n/a	49.5	16.5	14.1	-	-	-
1952 Browns	2	1	.667	14	1	n/a	130.0	8.7	14.4	-	-	-
1952 Red Sox	2	0	1.000	3	1	n/a	30.0	7.5	7.5	-	-	-
1953 Red Sox	0	1	.000	38	5	n/a	0.0	5.2	16.8	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
10 Years	33	33	.500	150	16	n/a	58.0	9.3	7.8	-	-	-

Al Zarilla Al Zarilla Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1943 St. Louis Browns	14	$3,000.00	-	-
1944 St. Louis Browns	14	$3,500.00	-	Stats
1946 St. Louis Browns	14 , 20	$3,000.00	-	-
1947 St. Louis Browns	14	$6,000.00	-	-
1948 St. Louis Browns	14	$7,500.00	Stats	-
1949 St. Louis Browns	14	$14,500.00	-	-
1949 Boston Red Sox	2	" "	-	-
1950 Boston Red Sox	2	$15,000.00	-	-
1951 Chicago White Sox	2	$20,000.00	-	-
1952 Chicago White Sox	2	$20,000.00	-	-
1952 St. Louis Browns	14	" "	-	-
1952 Boston Red Sox	32	" "	-	-
1953 Boston Red Sox	32	$16,000.00	-	-
Al Zarilla Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that Al Zarilla was the first player in American League history to hit two triples during the same inning ? On July 13, 1946 , Zeke - during the fourth inning - hit his first triple off Lou Knerr , then in the same frame, hit his second triple off Lee Griffeth .

Al Zarilla, Two Triples in Same Inning
Al Zarilla Triples History ( Box Score ) | Asbury Park Press | July 14, 1946 | Page 8
Al Zarilla, who served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946 during World War II, also appears in the Doubles Record Book as he was only the eighth player in American League history to hit four doubles in a game ( June 8, 1950 ).

In 1949, Al Zarilla appeared in his first major motion picture, The Stratton Story (Al played the part of a Yankee ballplayer, IMDB.com ), and in 1952, Zarilla appeared in his second film, The Winning Team (Al played the part of a ballplayer, IMDB.com ).

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