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Hughie Critz
Hugh Melville Critz

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 147 lb.
School Mississippi State University

Debut May 31, 1924
Final Game September 27, 1935
Born September 17, 1900 in Starkville, MS
Died January 10, 1980 in Greenwood, MS

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1924 23 CIN NL 102  413   67  133  15 14   3   35  19 11  19  18  .322  .352  .448  114  185  11           0    
 1925 24 CIN NL 144  541   74  150  14  8   2   51  13 13  34  17  .277  .321  .344   71  186  21           1    
 1926 25 CIN NL 155  607   96  164  24 14   3   79   7     39  25  .270  .316  .371   86  225  24           2     MVP-2
 1927 26 CIN NL 113  396   50  110  10  8   4   49   7     16  18  .278  .306  .374   83  148  17           0    
 1928 27 CIN NL 153  641   95  190  21 11   5   52  18     37  24  .296  .335  .387   90  248  20           0     MVP-4
 1929 28 CIN NL 107  425   55  105  17  9   1   50   9     27  21  .247  .292  .336   58  143  22           0     MVP-17
 1930 29 TOT NL 152  662  108  172  20 13   4   61   8     30  32  .260  .292  .347   55  230  15           0    
         CIN NL  28  104   15   24   3  2   0   11   1      6   6  .231  .273  .298   41   31   5           0    
         NYG NL 124  558   93  148  17 11   4   50   7     24  26  .265  .296  .357   58  199  10           0    
 1931 30 NYG NL  66  238   33   69   7  2   4   17   4      8  17  .290  .313  .387   89   92   3           0    
 1932 31 NYG NL 151  659   90  182  32  7   2   50   3     34  27  .276  .313  .355   81  234   6           1    
 1933 32 NYG NL 133  558   68  137  18  5   2   33   4     23  24  .246  .279  .306   68  171  21           3  11
 1934 33 NYG NL 137  571   77  138  17  1   6   40   3     19  24  .242  .269  .306   55  175  22           2  12
 1935 34 NYG NL  65  219   19   41   0  3   2   14   2      3  10  .187  .198  .242   19   53   5           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1478 5930  832 1591 195 95  38  531  97 24 289 257  .268  .303  .352   73 2090 187   0   0   9  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        650   91  174  21 10   4   58  11  3  32  28  .268  .303  .352   73  229  20   0   0   1   3
 Career High    155  662  108  190  32 14   6   79  19 13  39  32  .322  .352  .448  114  248  24   0   0   3  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1924 23 CIN NL  443  302   64   5.7   103| .322  .289| .352  .344| .448  .402| .800  .746| 114  .600   6.0   0.6  63%
 1925 24 CIN NL  597  425   57   3.6   112| .277  .298| .321  .355| .344  .425| .665  .780|  71  .343 -23.8  -2.2  50%
 1926 25 CIN NL  672  467   71   4.0   101| .270  .284| .316  .344| .371  .394| .687  .739|  86  .450 -13.6  -1.3     
 1927 26 CIN NL  429  303   45   4.0   102| .278  .286| .306  .344| .374  .395| .680  .739|  83  .435 -11.0  -1.1     
 1928 27 CIN NL  698  471   83   4.8   107| .296  .288| .335  .352| .387  .409| .722  .761|  90  .492 -11.5  -1.1     
 1929 28 CIN NL  474  342   42   3.3   116| .247  .298| .292  .361| .336  .434| .628  .795|  58  .280 -28.1  -2.6     
 1930 29 TOT NL  707  505   67   3.5   124| .260  .308| .292  .367| .347  .459| .639  .826|  55  .283 -49.8  -4.4     
         CIN NL  115   85    8   2.5   122| .231  .305| .273  .363| .298  .454| .571  .817|  41  .173 -10.0  -0.9     
         NYG NL  592  420   59   3.7   125| .265  .309| .296  .367| .357  .460| .653  .827|  58  .304 -39.8  -3.5     
 1931 30 NYG NL  249  172   29   4.5   102| .290  .283| .313  .341| .387  .399| .700  .741|  89  .489  -4.8  -0.5     
 1932 31 NYG NL  700  483   73   4.1   102| .276  .282| .313  .334| .355  .408| .668  .742|  81  .435 -18.1  -1.8     
 1933 32 NYG NL  605  453   47   2.8    91| .246  .273| .279  .326| .306  .374| .585  .699|  68  .332 -24.3  -2.6     
 1934 33 NYG NL  614  467   47   2.7   103| .242  .285| .269  .340| .306  .405| .575  .744|  55  .260 -37.4  -3.7     
 1935 34 NYG NL  227  187   11   1.6   102| .187  .283| .198  .338| .242  .403| .440  .742|  19  .120 -26.0  -2.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6415 4577  636   3.7   106| .268  .289| .303  .346| .352  .410| .655  .757|  73  .381 -242.4 -23.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1924 23 CIN NL 2B 96 229 357 27 58 .956 .961 6.10 5.60 SS 1 4 1 1 2 .833 .943 5.00 5.40 1925 24 CIN NL 2B 144 340 542 27 96 .970 .967 6.12 5.61 1926 25 CIN NL 2B 155 357 588 18 107 .981 .965 6.10 5.29 1927 26 CIN NL 2B 113 239 388 20 69 .969 .966 5.55 5.63 1928 27 CIN NL 2B 153 333 497 25 124 .971 .970 5.42 5.71 1929 28 CIN NL 2B 106 210 395 16 72 .974 .968 5.71 5.46 SS 1 1 6 1 0 .875 .946 7.00 5.40 1930 29 TOT NL 2B 152 398 510 24 105 .974 .963 5.97 5.59 CIN NL 2B 28 52 97 2 17 .987 .963 5.32 5.59 NYG NL 2B 124 346 413 22 88 .972 .963 6.12 5.59 1931 30 NYG NL 2B 54 139 164 5 27 .984 .964 5.61 5.22 1932 31 NYG NL 2B 151 392 471 23 94 .974 .969 5.72 5.44 1933 32 NYG NL 2B 133 316 541 16 87 .982 .968 6.44 5.41 1934 33 NYG NL 2B 137 353 510 19 90 .978 .965 6.30 5.45 1935 34 NYG NL 2B 59 140 175 11 31 .966 .963 5.34 5.37
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1924 23 CIN NL 2B 96 229 357 27 58 .956 .961 6.10 5.60 1925 24 CIN NL 2B 144 340 542 27 96 .970 .967 6.12 5.61 1926 25 CIN NL 2B 155 357 588 18 107 .981 .965 6.10 5.29 1927 26 CIN NL 2B 113 239 388 20 69 .969 .966 5.55 5.63 1928 27 CIN NL 2B 153 333 497 25 124 .971 .970 5.42 5.71 1929 28 CIN NL 2B 106 210 395 16 72 .974 .968 5.71 5.46 1930 29 TOT NL 2B 152 398 510 24 105 .974 .963 5.97 5.59 CIN NL 2B 28 52 97 2 17 .987 .963 5.32 5.59 NYG NL 2B 124 346 413 22 88 .972 .963 6.12 5.59 1931 30 NYG NL 2B 54 139 164 5 27 .984 .964 5.61 5.22 1932 31 NYG NL 2B 151 392 471 23 94 .974 .969 5.72 5.44 1933 32 NYG NL 2B 133 316 541 16 87 .982 .968 6.44 5.41 1934 33 NYG NL 2B 137 353 510 19 90 .978 .965 6.30 5.45 1935 34 NYG NL 2B 59 140 175 11 31 .966 .963 5.34 5.37 1924 23 CIN NL SS 1 4 1 1 2 .833 .943 5.00 5.40 1929 28 CIN NL SS 1 1 6 1 0 .875 .946 7.00 5.40
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 1453 3446 5138 231 960 .974 .966 5.91 5.50 SS 2 5 7 2 2 .857 .945 6.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1455 3451 5145 233 962 .974 .966 5.91 5.50
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1933   WS    NYG WSH     W   5  22   2   3  0  0  0   0   1   0  .136  .174  .136   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-2-0.75
1928-NL-4-0.46
1929-NL-17-0.06
Car-169-1.27 shares

Games
1926 NL-155-3
1928 NL-153-3
1930 NL-152-9

At Bats
1926 NL-607-4
1928 NL-641-4
1930 NL-662-2
1932 NL-659-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1926 NL-672-4
1928 NL-698-4
1930 NL-707-7
1932 NL-700-4

Runs
1926 NL-96-8

Hits
1928 NL-190-7

Triples
1924 NL-14-6
1926 NL-14-7
1928 NL-11-9
1930 NL-13-9

Stolen Bases
1924 NL-19-9
1928 NL-18-5

Singles
1928 NL-153-4
1932 NL-141-5

Sac. Hits
1925 NL-21-3
1926 NL-24-9
1929 NL-22-5
1933 NL-21-3
1934 NL-22-1
Car-187-95

Caught Stealing
1925 NL-13-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1925 NL-31.8-7
1932 NL-24.4-9
1934 NL-23.8-9
Car-23.1-70

Outs
1925 NL-425-5
1926 NL-467-1
1928 NL-471-2
1930 NL-505-1
1932 NL-483-1
1933 NL-453-5
1934 NL-467-3

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (723) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (965) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1249) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (1093) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 29, 1924: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Minneapolis (American Association).

May 21, 1930: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Larry Benton.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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