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Lonny Frey
Linus Reinhard Frey (Junior)

Bats Left, Throws Right,
Frey was a switch-hitter prior to 1939.
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

Debut August 29, 1933
Final Game September 28, 1948
Born August 23, 1910 in St. Louis, MO

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 22 BRO NL  34  135   25   43   5  3   0   12   4     13  13  .319  .378  .400  126   54   2           0   4
 1934 23 BRO NL 125  490   77  139  24  5   8   57  11     52  54  .284  .358  .402  108  197   9           5   7
 1935 24 BRO NL 131  515   88  135  35 11  11   77   6     66  68  .262  .352  .437  112  225   2           5  13
 1936 25 BRO NL 148  524   63  146  29  4   4   60   7     71  56  .279  .369  .372   99  195   8           4  13
 1937 26 CHC NL  78  198   33   55   9  3   1   22   6     33  15  .278  .381  .369  101   73   7           0   4
 1938 27 CIN NL 124  501   76  133  26  6   4   36   4     49  50  .265  .331  .365   94  183   7           0   1
 1939 28 CIN NL 125  484   95  141  27  9  11   55   5     72  46  .291  .388  .452  124  219  25           4   6 MVP-19,AS
 1940 29 CIN NL 150  563  102  150  23  6   8   54  22     80  48  .266  .361  .371  101  209  17           3   6
 1941 30 CIN NL 146  543   78  138  29  5   6   59  16     72  37  .254  .345  .359   98  195  11           3   7 AS
 1942 31 CIN NL 141  523   66  139  23  6   2   39   9     87  38  .266  .373  .344  110  180   8           2   4 MVP-27
 1943 32 CIN NL 144  586   78  154  20  8   2   43   7     76  56  .263  .347  .334   98  196   5           0   2 MVP-32,AS
 1946 35 CIN NL 111  333   46   82  10  3   3   24   5     63  31  .246  .368  .321  100  107   3           1   5
 1947 36 TOT     48   71   14   14   2  0   0    5   3  0  14   7  .197  .337  .225   56   16   1           1   1
         CHC NL  24   43    4    9   0  0   0    3   0      4   6  .209  .277  .209   33    9   0           0   0
         NYY AL  24   28   10    5   2  0   0    2   3  0  10   1  .179  .410  .250   87    7   1           1   1
 1948 37 TOT     30   51    7   13   1  0   1    6   0  0   4   6  .255  .309  .333   73   17   0           0   0
         NYY AL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0   0
         NYG NL  29   51    6   13   1  0   1    6   0      4   6  .255  .309  .333   73   17   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1535 5517  848 1482 263 69  61  549 105  0 752 525  .269  .359  .374  104 2066 105   0   0  28  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        582   89  156  28  7   6   58  11  0  79  55  .269  .359  .374  104  218  11   0   0   3   8
 Career High    150  586  102  154  35 11  11   77  22  0  87  68  .291  .388  .452  124  225  25   0   0   5  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 22 BRO NL  150   98   20   5.4    88| .319  .269| .378  .322| .400  .369| .778  .690| 126  .632   4.8   0.5     
 1934 23 BRO NL  556  367   69   5.0   100| .284  .281| .358  .335| .402  .399| .760  .735| 108  .525   7.1   0.7     
 1935 24 BRO NL  588  395   78   5.3   102| .262  .283| .352  .338| .437  .403| .789  .742| 112  .554  10.4   1.0     
 1936 25 BRO NL  607  399   71   4.8   104| .279  .287| .369  .346| .372  .402| .741  .748|  99  .509   2.5   0.2     
 1937 26 CHC NL  238  154   28   4.8   105| .278  .285| .381  .347| .369  .404| .750  .751| 101  .533   1.7   0.2     
 1938 27 CIN NL  557  376   61   4.4    96| .265  .271| .331  .334| .365  .386| .696  .720|  94  .495  -3.7  -0.4     
 1939 28 CIN NL  585  374   84   6.0   104| .291  .282| .388  .347| .452  .402| .840  .749| 124  .622  18.4   1.8     
 1940 29 CIN NL  663  436   75   4.6    99| .266  .273| .361  .338| .371  .393| .732  .730| 101  .527   3.5   0.4     
 1941 30 CIN NL  629  423   67   4.2    95| .254  .267| .345  .337| .359  .376| .704  .714|  98  .510   0.0   0.0     
 1942 31 CIN NL  620  396   67   4.6    87| .266  .256| .373  .328| .344  .356| .717  .684| 110  .581  11.1   1.2     
 1943 32 CIN NL  667  439   68   4.2    89| .263  .264| .347  .332| .334  .358| .681  .690|  98  .526   0.4   0.0     
 1946 35 CIN NL  400  259   39   4.0    89| .246  .258| .368  .332| .321  .361| .689  .693| 100  .499   3.1   0.3     
 1947 36 TOT      87   59    5   2.2   100| .197  .266| .337  .342| .225  .390| .562  .732|  56  .225  -3.6  -0.3 100%
         CHC NL   47   34    2   1.6   102| .209  .269| .277  .344| .209  .399| .486  .743|  33  .120  -4.1  -0.4     
         NYY AL   40   25    3   3.2    96| .179  .261| .410  .341| .250  .376| .660  .717|  87  .381   0.5   0.1 100%
 1948 37 TOT      55   38    5   3.5   103| .255  .270| .309  .345| .333  .400| .642  .744|  73  .391  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         NYY AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         NYG NL   55   38    5   3.5   103| .255  .270| .309  .345| .333  .400| .642  .744|  73  .391  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     6402 4213  737   4.7    97| .269  .273| .359  .337| .374  .384| .733  .721| 104  .535  53.9   5.4     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1933 22 BRO NL  SS   34     66   89   18   11  .896  .949  4.56  4.94            
 1934 23 BRO NL  SS  109    232  375   35   81  .945  .951  5.57  5.14            
                 3B   13     13   25    5    1  .884  .945  2.92  2.73            
 1935 24 BRO NL  SS  127    264  388   44   72  .937  .947  5.13  5.10            
                 2B    4     10   13    0    3 1.000  .962  5.75  5.38            
 1936 25 BRO NL  SS  117    238  331   51   52  .918  .945  4.86  5.10            
                 2B   30     64   74   11   12  .926  .963  4.60  5.30            
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.20                0    1    0
 1937 26 CHC NL  SS   30     53   67    8   11  .938  .951  4.00  4.85            
                 2B   13     24   32    1    5  .982  .959  4.31  5.33            
                 3B    9      6    2    1    2  .889  .952  0.89  2.72            
                 OF    5      7    0    0    0 1.000  .972  1.40  2.12                4    1    0
 1938 27 CIN NL  2B  121    278  390   25   80  .964  .969  5.52  5.40            
                 SS    3      3   11    2    1  .875  .946  4.67  4.90            
 1939 28 CIN NL  2B  124    324  412   18   83  .976  .968  5.94  5.42             AS
 1940 29 CIN NL  2B  150    366  512   21  111  .977  .964  5.85  5.14            
 1941 30 CIN NL  2B  145    340  432   24   93  .970  .962  5.32  5.25             AS
 1942 31 CIN NL  2B  140    340  424   18   95  .977  .968  5.46  5.19            
 1943 32 CIN NL  2B  144    399  461   13  112  .985  .969  5.97  5.40             AS
 1946 35 CIN NL  2B   65    169  172   13   33  .963  .970  5.25  5.09            
                 OF   28     41    4    2    0  .957  .976  1.61  2.16                3   13   12
 1947 36 TOT     2B   17     31   42    3   11  .961  .977  4.29  5.19            
         CHC NL  2B    9     17   20    0    4 1.000  .976  4.11  5.19            
         NYY AL  2B    8     14   22    3    7  .923  .978  4.50  5.19            
 1948 37 NYG NL  2B   13     24   22    4    4  .920  .970  3.54  4.83            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1935 24 BRO NL  2B    4     10   13    0    3 1.000  .962  5.75  5.38            
 1936 25 BRO NL  2B   30     64   74   11   12  .926  .963  4.60  5.30            
 1937 26 CHC NL  2B   13     24   32    1    5  .982  .959  4.31  5.33            
 1938 27 CIN NL  2B  121    278  390   25   80  .964  .969  5.52  5.40            
 1939 28 CIN NL  2B  124    324  412   18   83  .976  .968  5.94  5.42            
 1940 29 CIN NL  2B  150    366  512   21  111  .977  .964  5.85  5.14            
 1941 30 CIN NL  2B  145    340  432   24   93  .970  .962  5.32  5.25            
 1942 31 CIN NL  2B  140    340  424   18   95  .977  .968  5.46  5.19            
 1943 32 CIN NL  2B  144    399  461   13  112  .985  .969  5.97  5.40            
 1946 35 CIN NL  2B   65    169  172   13   33  .963  .970  5.25  5.09            
 1947 36 TOT     2B   17     31   42    3   11  .961  .977  4.29  5.19            
         CHC NL  2B    9     17   20    0    4 1.000  .976  4.11  5.19            
         NYY AL  2B    8     14   22    3    7  .923  .978  4.50  5.19            
 1948 37 NYG NL  2B   13     24   22    4    4  .920  .970  3.54  4.83            

 1934 23 BRO NL  3B   13     13   25    5    1  .884  .945  2.92  2.73            
 1937 26 CHC NL  3B    9      6    2    1    2  .889  .952  0.89  2.72            

 1936 25 BRO NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.20                0    1    0
 1937 26 CHC NL  OF    5      7    0    0    0 1.000  .972  1.40  2.12                4    1    0
 1946 35 CIN NL  OF   28     41    4    2    0  .957  .976  1.61  2.16                3   13   12

 1933 22 BRO NL  SS   34     66   89   18   11  .896  .949  4.56  4.94            
 1934 23 BRO NL  SS  109    232  375   35   81  .945  .951  5.57  5.14            
 1935 24 BRO NL  SS  127    264  388   44   72  .937  .947  5.13  5.10            
 1936 25 BRO NL  SS  117    238  331   51   52  .918  .945  4.86  5.10            
 1937 26 CHC NL  SS   30     53   67    8   11  .938  .951  4.00  4.85            
 1938 27 CIN NL  SS    3      3   11    2    1  .875  .946  4.67  4.90            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  2B  966   2369 2986  151  642  .973  .967  5.54  5.27            
                 SS  420    856 1261  158  228  .931  .948  5.04  5.08            
                 OF   34     49    4    2    0  .964  .976  1.56  2.16                7   15   12
                 3B   22     19   27    6    3  .885  .947  2.09  2.73            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1442   3293 4278  317  873  .960  .961  5.25  5.10
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    CIN NYY     L   4  17   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   4  .000  .056  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   8  20   0   0  0  0  0   1   1   4  .000  .048  .000   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1939   CIN NL   *   4   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1941   CIN NL   *   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  1   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1943   CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      2   6   0   2  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  1   0   0   0  .333  .333  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1939 (2B)
1941 (2B)
1943 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-NL-19-0.02
1942-NL-27-0.01
1943-NL-32-0.00
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Games
1940 NL-150-6

At Bats
1943 NL-586-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1940 NL-663-5
1943 NL-667-8

Runs
1939 NL-95-9
1940 NL-102-4

Doubles
1935 NL-35-9

Triples
1935 NL-11-8
1939 NL-9-7
1943 NL-8-10

Bases on Balls
1935 NL-66-5
1936 NL-71-7
1939 NL-72-7
1940 NL-80-6
1941 NL-72-8
1942 NL-87-6
1943 NL-76-9

Strikeouts
1935 NL-68-6
1936 NL-56-9
1943 NL-56-9

Stolen Bases
1934 NL-11-5
1940 NL-22-1
1941 NL-16-3

Singles
1940 NL-113-10
1943 NL-124-9

Extra-Base Hits
1935 NL-57-9

Times on Base
1940 NL-233-9
1942 NL-228-8

Hit By Pitch
1934 NL-5-7
1935 NL-5-7

Sac. Hits
1939 NL-25-1
1940 NL-17-3
1941 NL-11-8

Power/Speed Number
1934 NL-9.3-5
1935 NL-7.8-9
1939 NL-6.9-10
1940 NL-11.7-6
1941 NL-8.7-3

Outs
1940 NL-436-2
1943 NL-439-8

Oldest Player
1948 AL-37-9

          

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 33 (712) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 23.0 (704) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 5, 1936: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Roy Henshaw and Woody English.

February 4, 1938: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs.

April 16, 1947: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Cincinnati Reds.

June 25, 1947: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Chicago Cubs.

May 18, 1948: Released by the New York Yankees.

May 21, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

October 3, 1948: Released by the New York Giants.

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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