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Babe Dahlgren
Ellsworth Tenney Dahlgren

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 16, 1935
Final Game September 3, 1946
Born June 15, 1912 in San Francisco, CA
Died September 4, 1996 in Arcadia, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 23 BOS AL 149  525   77  138  27  7   9   63   6  5  56  67  .263  .337  .392   83  206  12           3    
 1936 24 BOS AL  16   57    6   16   3  1   1    7   2  1   7   1  .281  .359  .421   88   24   1           0    
 1937 25 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1938 26 NYY AL  27   43    8    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   7  .186  .205  .209    4    9   0           0    
 1939 27 NYY AL 144  531   71  125  18  6  15   89   2  3  57  54  .235  .312  .377   76  200  13           2  15
 1940 28 NYY AL 155  568   51  150  24  4  12   73   1  1  46  54  .264  .325  .384   86  218   3           5  20
 1941 29 TOT NL 143  525   70  140  28  2  23   89   2     59  52  .267  .343  .459  129  241   0           2  15 MVP-28
         BSN NL  44  166   20   39   8  1   7   30   0     16  13  .235  .306  .422  108   70   0           1   7
         CHC NL  99  359   50  101  20  1  16   59   2     43  39  .281  .360  .476  138  171   0           1   8
 1942 30 TOT     36   77    6   13   1  0   0    6   0  0   8   7  .169  .247  .182   28   14   0           0   4
         TOT NL  34   75    6   13   1  0   0    6   0      8   7  .173  .253  .187   31   14   0           0   4
         CHC NL  17   56    4   12   1  0   0    6   0      4   2  .214  .267  .232   49   13   0           0   3
         SLB AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         BRO NL  17   19    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      4   5  .053  .217  .053  -20    1   0           0   1
 1943 31 PHI NL 136  508   55  146  19  2   5   56   2     50  39  .287  .354  .362  110  184   5           2  22 MVP-29,AS
 1944 32 PIT NL 158  599   67  173  28  7  12  101   2     47  56  .289  .347  .419  111  251   7           6  20 MVP-12
 1945 33 PIT NL 144  531   57  133  24  8   5   75   1     51  51  .250  .318  .354   84  188   7           2  23
 1946 34 SLB AL  28   80    2   14   1  0   0    9   0  1   8  13  .175  .250  .188   21   15   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1137 4045  470 1056 174 37  82  569  18 11 390 401  .261  .329  .383   92 1550  49   0   0  22 121
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        576   67  150  25  5  12   81   3  2  56  57  .261  .329  .383   92  221   7   0   0   3  17
 Career High    158  599   77  173  28  8  23  101   6  5  59  67  .289  .354  .459  129  251  13   0   0   6  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 23 BOS AL  596  404   68   4.5   117| .263  .296| .337  .370| .392  .428| .729  .797|  83  .450 -15.0  -1.4  54%
 1936 24 BOS AL   65   43    9   5.6   127| .281  .306| .359  .383| .421  .450| .780  .833|  88  .502  -1.3  -0.1  66%
 1937 25 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0   118| .000  .291| .000  .367| .000  .434| .000  .801|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1938 26 NYY AL   44   35    2   1.5   118| .186  .290| .205  .369| .209  .432| .414  .801|   4  .091  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 1939 27 NYY AL  603  437   61   3.7   113| .235  .285| .312  .360| .377  .422| .689  .782|  76  .360 -21.3  -2.0  40%
 1940 28 NYY AL  622  442   69   4.1   107| .264  .274| .325  .347| .384  .416| .709  .762|  86  .418 -12.0  -1.1  50%
 1941 29 TOT NL  586  400   82   5.5    90| .267  .261| .343  .330| .459  .367| .802  .698| 129  .625  19.1   1.9     
         BSN NL  183  134   21   4.2    90| .235  .260| .306  .329| .422  .366| .728  .696| 108  .505   1.2   0.1     
         CHC NL  403  266   61   6.1    91| .281  .261| .360  .331| .476  .368| .836  .699| 138  .672  17.9   1.8     
 1942 30 TOT      85   68    3   1.2    85| .169  .253| .247  .325| .182  .352| .429  .677|  28  .106  -7.0  -0.8   0%
         TOT NL   83   66    3   1.2    85| .173  .253| .253  .325| .187  .352| .440  .676|  31  .111  -6.4  -0.7     
         CHC NL   60   47    3   1.7    84| .214  .251| .267  .322| .232  .349| .499  .672|  49  .189  -3.6  -0.4     
         SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .000  .342| .000  .374| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         BRO NL   23   19    0   0.0    88| .053  .258| .217  .331| .053  .359| .270  .689| -20  .000  -2.8  -0.3     
 1943 31 PHI NL  565  389   65   4.5    86| .287  .260| .354  .328| .362  .353| .716  .681| 110  .560   7.7   0.8     
 1944 32 PIT NL  659  453   85   5.0    97| .289  .273| .347  .340| .419  .383| .766  .723| 111  .583   7.9   0.8     
 1945 33 PIT NL  591  428   59   3.7   100| .250  .278| .318  .348| .354  .384| .672  .732|  84  .433 -12.9  -1.3     
 1946 34 SLB AL   89   70    4   1.5   100| .175  .269| .250  .345| .188  .387| .438  .732|  21  .138  -8.7  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4506 3170  507   4.3   102| .261  .275| .329  .347| .383  .394| .712  .740|  92  .474 -50.5  -4.7     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 23 BOS AL 1B 149 1433 69 18 109 .988 .992 10.08 6.71 1936 24 BOS AL 1B 16 136 8 3 10 .980 .991 9.00 9.74 1938 26 NYY AL 3B 8 11 8 4 0 .826 .941 2.38 3.08 1B 6 26 2 0 2 1.000 .989 4.67 9.57 1939 27 NYY AL 1B 144 1303 68 13 140 .991 .990 9.52 6.94 1940 28 NYY AL 1B 155 1488 75 15 143 .990 .989 10.08 6.45 1941 29 TOT NL 1B 137 1336 66 12 129 .992 .989 10.23 9.73 BSN NL 1B 39 379 28 3 45 .993 .989 10.44 9.73 3B 5 5 12 1 0 .944 .950 3.40 3.16 CHC NL 1B 98 957 38 9 84 .991 .989 10.15 9.73 1942 30 TOT NL 1B 24 183 14 2 13 .990 .989 8.21 9.66 CHC NL 1B 14 136 10 2 7 .986 .989 10.43 9.66 BRO NL 1B 10 47 4 0 6 1.000 .988 5.10 9.66 1943 31 PHI NL 1B 73 714 46 9 66 .988 .992 10.41 9.99 AS 3B 35 33 52 9 4 .904 .948 2.43 2.97 AS SS 25 53 53 6 11 .946 .954 4.24 4.97 AS C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0 AS 1944 32 PIT NL 1B 158 1440 128 20 105 .987 .990 9.92 6.33 1945 33 PIT NL 1B 144 1373 93 6 115 .996 .990 10.18 6.94 1946 34 SLB AL 1B 24 187 18 4 16 .981 .989 8.54 9.24
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 23 BOS AL 1B 149 1433 69 18 109 .988 .992 10.08 6.71 1936 24 BOS AL 1B 16 136 8 3 10 .980 .991 9.00 9.74 1938 26 NYY AL 1B 6 26 2 0 2 1.000 .989 4.67 9.57 1939 27 NYY AL 1B 144 1303 68 13 140 .991 .990 9.52 6.94 1940 28 NYY AL 1B 155 1488 75 15 143 .990 .989 10.08 6.45 1941 29 TOT NL 1B 137 1336 66 12 129 .992 .989 10.23 9.73 BSN NL 1B 39 379 28 3 45 .993 .989 10.44 9.73 CHC NL 1B 98 957 38 9 84 .991 .989 10.15 9.73 1942 30 TOT NL 1B 24 183 14 2 13 .990 .989 8.21 9.66 CHC NL 1B 14 136 10 2 7 .986 .989 10.43 9.66 BRO NL 1B 10 47 4 0 6 1.000 .988 5.10 9.66 1943 31 PHI NL 1B 73 714 46 9 66 .988 .992 10.41 9.99 1944 32 PIT NL 1B 158 1440 128 20 105 .987 .990 9.92 6.33 1945 33 PIT NL 1B 144 1373 93 6 115 .996 .990 10.18 6.94 1946 34 SLB AL 1B 24 187 18 4 16 .981 .989 8.54 9.24 1938 26 NYY AL 3B 8 11 8 4 0 .826 .941 2.38 3.08 1941 29 BSN NL 3B 5 5 12 1 0 .944 .950 3.40 3.16 1943 31 PHI NL 3B 35 33 52 9 4 .904 .948 2.43 2.97 1943 31 PHI NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0 1943 31 PHI NL SS 25 53 53 6 11 .946 .954 4.24 4.97
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 1B 1030 9619 587 102 848 .990 .990 9.91 7.50 3B 48 49 72 14 4 .896 .947 2.52 3.01 SS 25 53 53 6 11 .946 .954 4.24 4.97 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1104 9721 712 122 863 .988 .989 9.45 7.25
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   4  14   2   3  2  0  1   2   0   4  .214  .214  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   PHI NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1943 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-28-0.02
1943-NL-29-0.01
1944-NL-12-0.10
Car-819-0.13 shares

Slugging %
1941 NL-.459-9

Games
1940 AL-155-1
1944 NL-158-1

At Bats
1944 NL-599-6

Hits
1944 NL-173-10

Triples
1945 NL-8-8

Home Runs
1941 NL-23-5

RBI
1941 NL-89-8
1944 NL-101-6

Strikeouts
1935 AL-67-6
1944 NL-56-8

Singles
1944 NL-126-8

Extra-Base Hits
1941 NL-53-7

Hit By Pitch
1940 AL-5-2
1944 NL-6-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 AL-15-9
1940 AL-20-2
1941 NL-15-8
1943 NL-22-2
1944 NL-20-2
1945 NL-23-1

At Bats per Home Run
1941 NL-22.8-4

Outs
1939 AL-437-9
1944 NL-453-5

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (927) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.6 (2063) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (1276) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

February 17, 1937: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox.

February 25, 1941: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Yankees.

June 15, 1941: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Boston Braves.

May 13, 1942: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago Cubs.

May 19, 1942: Returned to the Chicago Cubs by the St. Louis Browns following previous purchase.

May 19, 1942: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.

March 9, 1943: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Lloyd Waner and Al Glossop.

December 30, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Blue Jays to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Babe Phelps and cash.

April 23, 1946: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

September 28, 1946: Released by the St. Louis Browns.


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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