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Chuck Kress
Charles Steven Kress

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

Debut April 16, 1947
Final Game July 8, 1954
Born December 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 25 CIN NL  11   27    4    4   0  0   0    0   0      6   4  .148  .303  .148   24    4   1           0   0
 1949 27 TOT    124  382   48  104  20  6   1   47   6  7  42  49  .272  .344  .364   90  139  18           0   8
         CIN NL  27   29    3    6   3  0   0    3   0      3   5  .207  .281  .310   58    9   1           0   1
         CHW AL  97  353   45   98  17  6   1   44   6  7  39  44  .278  .349  .368   92  130  17           0   7
 1950 28 CHW AL   3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   1
 1954 32 TOT     37   49    5    8   0  1   0    5   0  1   1   4  .163  .180  .204    4   10   0   0       0   0
         DET AL  24   37    4    7   0  1   0    3   0  1   1   4  .189  .211  .243   26    9   0   0       0   0
         BRO NL  13   12    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .083  .083  .083  -57    1   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      175  466   57  116  20  7   1   52   6  8  49  59  .249  .320  .328   74  153  20   0   0   0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        431   53  107  19  6   1   48   6  7  45  55  .249  .320  .328   74  142  19   0   0   0   8
 Career High    124  382   48  104  20  6   1   47   6  7  42  49  .272  .344  .364   90  139  18   0   0   0   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 25 CIN NL   34   24    1   1.1   105| .148  .273| .303  .348| .148  .404| .451  .752|  24  .068  -2.8  -0.3     
 1949 27 TOT     442  311   47   4.0   104| .272  .267| .344  .357| .364  .389| .708  .747|  90  .440  -5.8  -0.6  46%
         CIN NL   33   25    3   3.2   105| .207  .272| .281  .345| .310  .406| .591  .752|  58  .343  -1.7  -0.2     
         CHW AL  409  286   44   4.1   104| .278  .267| .349  .358| .368  .388| .717  .746|  92  .448  -4.1  -0.4  46%
 1950 28 CHW AL    9   10    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .000  .361| .000  .412| .000  .773|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1954 32 TOT      50   42    2   1.3   101| .163  .267| .180  .341| .204  .396| .384  .737|   4  .095  -6.9  -0.7   0%
         DET AL   38   31    2   1.7    97| .189  .263| .211  .338| .243  .384| .454  .723|  26  .161  -4.1  -0.4   0%
         BRO NL   12   11    0   0.0   112| .083  .279| .083  .351| .083  .431| .166  .782| -57  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       535  387   50   3.4   104| .249  .268| .320  .355| .328  .391| .648  .747|  74  .374 -17.9  -1.8     

* 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 ------+
1947 25 CIN NL 1B 8 52 7 1 5 .983 .992 7.38 9.24 1949 27 TOT 1B 111 979 70 8 109 .992 .989 9.45 9.13 CIN NL 1B 16 72 4 2 6 .974 .991 4.75 8.98 CHW AL 1B 95 907 66 6 103 .994 .989 10.24 9.15 1950 28 CHW AL 1B 2 19 1 0 2 1.000 .990 10.00 8.50 1954 32 TOT 1B 8 64 5 3 5 .958 .990 8.62 8.16 DET AL 1B 7 63 5 2 4 .971 .990 9.71 8.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 BRO NL 1B 1 1 0 1 1 .500 1.000 1.00 9.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 25 CIN NL 1B 8 52 7 1 5 .983 .992 7.38 9.24 1949 27 TOT 1B 111 979 70 8 109 .992 .989 9.45 9.13 CIN NL 1B 16 72 4 2 6 .974 .991 4.75 8.98 CHW AL 1B 95 907 66 6 103 .994 .989 10.24 9.15 1950 28 CHW AL 1B 2 19 1 0 2 1.000 .990 10.00 8.50 1954 32 TOT 1B 8 64 5 3 5 .958 .990 8.62 8.16 DET AL 1B 7 63 5 2 4 .971 .990 9.71 8.00 BRO NL 1B 1 1 0 1 1 .500 1.000 1.00 9.30 1954 32 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 129 1114 83 12 121 .990 .989 9.28 9.06 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 130 1114 83 12 121 .990 .989 9.21 9.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Sac. Hits
1949 AL-17-2

Caught Stealing
1949 AL-7-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3080) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

June 8, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Reds for $40,000.

April 25, 1950: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox.

November 30, 1953: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1953 rule 5 draft.

June 9, 1954: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Johnny Bucha, Ernie Nevel, and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Wayne Belardi.


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