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Red Kress
Ralph Kress

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 24, 1927
Final Game July 17, 1946
Born January 2, 1907 in Columbia, CA
Died November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 20 SLB AL   7   23    3    7   2  1   1    3   0  0   3   3  .304  .385  .609  151   14   1           0    
 1928 21 SLB AL 150  560   78  153  26 10   3   81   5  4  48  70  .273  .332  .371   82  208  26           1    
 1929 22 SLB AL 147  557   82  170  38  4   9  107   5  8  52  54  .305  .366  .436  102  243  17           1    
 1930 23 SLB AL 154  614   94  192  43  8  16  112   3 12  50  56  .313  .366  .487  112  299  13           2    
 1931 24 SLB AL 150  605   87  188  46  8  16  114   3 16  46  48  .311  .360  .493  120  298   3           1     MVP-19
 1932 25 TOT AL 149  567   85  156  42  5  11   66   7  4  51  42  .275  .336  .425  100  241   7           1    
         SLB AL  14   52    2    9   0  1   2    9   1  1   4   6  .173  .232  .327   40   17   1           0    
         CHW AL 135  515   83  147  42  4   9   57   6  3  47  36  .285  .346  .435  106  224   6           1    
 1933 26 CHW AL 129  467   47  116  20  5  10   78   4  4  37  40  .248  .304  .377   82  176   7           0    
 1934 27 TOT AL  64  185   21   43   4  3   4   25   3  0  20  22  .232  .307  .351   72   65   2           0    
         CHW AL   8   14    3    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   3  .286  .412  .286   80    4   0           0    
         WSH AL  56  171   18   39   4  3   4   24   3  0  17  19  .228  .298  .357   71   61   2           0    
 1935 28 WSH AL  84  252   32   75  13  4   2   42   3  3  25  16  .298  .361  .405  100  102   2           0    
 1936 29 WSH AL 109  391   51  111  20  6   8   51   6  0  39  25  .284  .349  .427   95  167   4           0    
 1938 31 SLB AL 150  566   74  171  33  3   7   79   5  4  69  47  .302  .378  .408   97  231   9           0    
 1939 32 TOT AL  64  200   24   50   8  0   1   30   3  1  23  18  .250  .327  .305   59   61   5           0  11
         SLB AL  13   43    5   12   1  0   0    8   1  0   6   2  .279  .367  .302   72   13   1           0   4
         DET AL  51  157   19   38   7  0   1   22   2  1  17  16  .242  .316  .306   55   48   4           0   7
 1940 33 DET AL  33   99   13   22   3  1   1   11   0  0  10  12  .222  .294  .303   50   30   1           0   7
 1946 39 NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .500  .000   47    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1391 5087  691 1454 298 58  89  799  47 56 474 453  .286  .347  .420   96 2135  97   0   0   6  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   80  169  35  7  10   93   5  7  55  53  .286  .347  .420   96  249  11   0   0   1   2
 Career High    154  614   94  192  46 10  16  114   7 16  69  70  .313  .378  .493  120  299  26   0   0   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 20 SLB AL   27   17    5   7.8   113| .304  .297| .385  .365| .609  .417| .994  .782| 151  .707   1.6   0.2   0%
 1928 21 SLB AL  635  437   68   4.2   111| .273  .292| .332  .358| .371  .415| .703  .773|  82  .439 -15.8  -1.5  55%
 1929 22 SLB AL  627  412   86   5.6   116| .305  .297| .366  .364| .436  .429| .802  .793| 102  .553   2.0   0.2  38%
 1930 23 SLB AL  679  447  104   6.2   118| .313  .299| .366  .363| .487  .439| .853  .803| 112  .574  10.0   0.9  20%
 1931 24 SLB AL  655  436  100   6.1   110| .311  .290| .360  .358| .493  .415| .853  .772| 120  .600  15.5   1.5  15%
 1932 25 TOT AL  626  422   81   5.2   107| .275  .279| .336  .349| .425  .410| .761  .759| 100  .512   0.3   0.0  63%
         SLB AL   57   45    4   2.4   116| .173  .293| .232  .364| .327  .430| .559  .794|  40  .205  -5.4  -0.5  50%
         CHW AL  569  377   77   5.5   106| .285  .278| .346  .347| .435  .408| .781  .755| 106  .540   5.6   0.5  66%
 1933 26 CHW AL  511  362   53   3.9   103| .248  .276| .304  .346| .377  .398| .681  .744|  82  .413 -13.2  -1.3  50%
 1934 27 TOT AL  207  144   21   3.9   109| .232  .284| .307  .357| .351  .409| .658  .766|  72  .385  -8.4  -0.8 100%
         CHW AL   17   10    2   5.3   114| .286  .292| .412  .366| .286  .420| .698  .787|  80  .527  -0.2   0.0   0%
         WSH AL  190  134   19   3.8   108| .228  .283| .298  .356| .357  .408| .655  .764|  71  .373  -8.2  -0.8 100%
 1935 28 WSH AL  279  182   36   5.3   109| .298  .284| .361  .356| .405  .410| .766  .766| 100  .524   0.2   0.0  50%
 1936 29 WSH AL  434  284   59   5.5   117| .284  .292| .349  .367| .427  .429| .776  .796|  95  .498  -4.0  -0.4 100%
 1938 31 SLB AL  644  408   87   5.6   118| .302  .290| .378  .369| .408  .432| .786  .801|  97  .529  -1.1  -0.1  55%
 1939 32 TOT AL  228  167   20   3.2   119| .250  .294| .327  .370| .305  .434| .632  .804|  59  .299 -12.6  -1.2  75%
         SLB AL   50   36    5   3.7   116| .279  .289| .367  .364| .302  .427| .669  .791|  72  .357  -1.6  -0.2 100%
         DET AL  178  131   15   3.0   120| .242  .295| .316  .371| .306  .436| .622  .807|  55  .282 -10.9  -1.0  66%
 1940 33 DET AL  110   85    9   2.8   119| .222  .290| .294  .364| .303  .439| .597  .804|  50  .261  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1946 39 NYG NL    2    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .264| .500  .339| .000  .369| .500  .708|  47  .000   0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5664 3804  729   5.1   113| .286  .289| .347  .360| .420  .421| .767  .781|  96  .506 -33.3  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 28 WSH AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    5.7    8    9    8   0    5    5   0   0    31       0 12.71  4.32   34 2.294
 1946 39 NYG NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    3.7    5    5    5   1    1    1   1   0    17       0 12.27  3.45   28 1.636
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    9.3   13   14   13   1    6    6   1   0    48       0 12.54  3.98   32 2.036
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  51  0  158.0  221  238  221  17  102  102  17   0   816   0   0 12.54  3.98   32 2.036

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 20 SLB AL SS 7 12 25 1 4 .974 .944 5.29 4.86 1928 21 SLB AL SS 150 318 400 55 99 .929 .938 4.79 4.74 1929 22 SLB AL SS 146 312 441 43 94 .946 .937 5.16 4.67 1930 23 SLB AL SS 123 271 349 41 83 .938 .940 5.04 4.56 3B 31 35 57 10 4 .902 .945 2.97 2.84 1931 24 SLB AL 3B 84 92 141 16 12 .936 .944 2.77 2.89 OF 40 82 8 5 1 .947 .969 2.25 2.25 0 0 40 SS 38 37 47 6 7 .933 .936 2.21 4.77 1B 10 94 10 4 8 .963 .991 10.40 9.70 1932 25 TOT AL 3B 33 40 61 11 9 .902 .950 3.06 2.77 SLB AL 3B 14 23 27 5 5 .909 .951 3.57 2.77 CHW AL OF 64 139 12 7 2 .956 .967 2.36 2.28 16 0 49 SS 53 125 155 19 35 .936 .941 5.28 4.87 3B 19 17 34 6 4 .895 .950 2.68 2.77 1B 1 10 2 0 4 1.000 .992 12.00 9.80 1933 26 CHW AL 1B 111 1169 60 28 83 .978 .989 11.07 9.01 OF 8 16 0 1 0 .941 .970 2.00 2.21 0 0 8 1934 27 TOT AL 2B 9 23 17 0 4 1.000 .969 4.44 5.67 CHW AL 2B 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 5.67 WSH AL 1B 30 291 11 2 16 .993 .991 10.07 9.91 OF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 .970 1.60 2.16 6 0 4 2B 6 18 15 0 4 1.000 .968 5.50 5.67 SS 1 4 5 0 1 1.000 .947 9.00 5.10 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1935 28 WSH AL SS 53 118 204 12 53 .964 .957 6.08 5.18 1B 5 35 2 1 8 .974 .992 7.40 9.92 P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 1.13 4.74 2.21 0 5.7 OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 2.30 0 0 2 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 1936 29 WSH AL SS 64 143 212 28 52 .927 .950 5.55 5.22 2B 33 86 100 1 21 .995 .972 5.64 5.58 1B 5 37 3 1 2 .976 .990 8.00 9.74 1938 31 SLB AL SS 150 321 388 26 100 .965 .953 4.73 4.99 1939 32 TOT AL SS 38 75 98 9 25 .951 .950 4.55 4.68 SLB AL SS 13 27 29 4 10 .933 .951 4.31 4.68 DET AL SS 25 48 69 5 15 .959 .950 4.68 4.68 2B 16 29 47 6 13 .927 .964 4.75 5.14 3B 4 7 7 1 1 .933 .946 3.50 3.02 1940 33 DET AL 3B 17 20 41 5 1 .924 .937 3.59 3.12 SS 12 25 33 3 5 .951 .949 4.83 4.53 1946 39 NYG NL P 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 1.00 12.16 2.19 0 3.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 24 SLB AL 1B 10 94 10 4 8 .963 .991 10.40 9.70 1932 25 CHW AL 1B 1 10 2 0 4 1.000 .992 12.00 9.80 1933 26 CHW AL 1B 111 1169 60 28 83 .978 .989 11.07 9.01 1934 27 WSH AL 1B 30 291 11 2 16 .993 .991 10.07 9.91 1935 28 WSH AL 1B 5 35 2 1 8 .974 .992 7.40 9.92 1936 29 WSH AL 1B 5 37 3 1 2 .976 .990 8.00 9.74 1934 27 TOT AL 2B 9 23 17 0 4 1.000 .969 4.44 5.67 CHW AL 2B 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 5.67 WSH AL 2B 6 18 15 0 4 1.000 .968 5.50 5.67 1935 28 WSH AL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 1936 29 WSH AL 2B 33 86 100 1 21 .995 .972 5.64 5.58 1939 32 DET AL 2B 16 29 47 6 13 .927 .964 4.75 5.14 1930 23 SLB AL 3B 31 35 57 10 4 .902 .945 2.97 2.84 1931 24 SLB AL 3B 84 92 141 16 12 .936 .944 2.77 2.89 1932 25 TOT AL 3B 33 40 61 11 9 .902 .950 3.06 2.77 SLB AL 3B 14 23 27 5 5 .909 .951 3.57 2.77 CHW AL 3B 19 17 34 6 4 .895 .950 2.68 2.77 1934 27 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1939 32 DET AL 3B 4 7 7 1 1 .933 .946 3.50 3.02 1940 33 DET AL 3B 17 20 41 5 1 .924 .937 3.59 3.12 1931 24 SLB AL OF 40 82 8 5 1 .947 .969 2.25 2.25 0 0 40 1932 25 CHW AL OF 64 139 12 7 2 .956 .967 2.36 2.28 16 0 49 1933 26 CHW AL OF 8 16 0 1 0 .941 .970 2.00 2.21 0 0 8 1934 27 WSH AL OF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 .970 1.60 2.16 6 0 4 1935 28 WSH AL OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 2.30 0 0 2 1935 28 WSH AL P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 1.13 4.74 2.21 0 5.7 1946 39 NYG NL P 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 1.00 12.16 2.19 0 3.7 1927 20 SLB AL SS 7 12 25 1 4 .974 .944 5.29 4.86 1928 21 SLB AL SS 150 318 400 55 99 .929 .938 4.79 4.74 1929 22 SLB AL SS 146 312 441 43 94 .946 .937 5.16 4.67 1930 23 SLB AL SS 123 271 349 41 83 .938 .940 5.04 4.56 1931 24 SLB AL SS 38 37 47 6 7 .933 .936 2.21 4.77 1932 25 CHW AL SS 53 125 155 19 35 .936 .941 5.28 4.87 1934 27 WSH AL SS 1 4 5 0 1 1.000 .947 9.00 5.10 1935 28 WSH AL SS 53 118 204 12 53 .964 .957 6.08 5.18 1936 29 WSH AL SS 64 143 212 28 52 .927 .950 5.55 5.22 1938 31 SLB AL SS 150 321 388 26 100 .965 .953 4.73 4.99 1939 32 TOT AL SS 38 75 98 9 25 .951 .950 4.55 4.68 SLB AL SS 13 27 29 4 10 .933 .951 4.31 4.68 DET AL SS 25 48 69 5 15 .959 .950 4.68 4.68 1940 33 DET AL SS 12 25 33 3 5 .951 .949 4.83 4.53
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 835 1761 2357 243 558 .944 .944 4.93 4.82 3B 170 194 307 43 27 .921 .945 2.95 2.88 1B 162 1636 88 36 121 .980 .990 10.64 9.27 OF 124 256 21 14 3 .952 .968 2.23 2.26 22 0 103 2B 59 138 166 7 38 .977 .969 5.15 5.47 P* 4 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 1.10 0 9.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1354 3987 2945 343 748 .953 .957 5.12 4.89
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-AL-19-0.04
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Slugging %
1931 AL-.493-10

Games
1930 AL-154-1
1938 AL-150-9

At Bats
1928 AL-560-8
1930 AL-614-4
1931 AL-605-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1930 AL-679-6

Total Bases
1931 AL-298-7

Doubles
1930 AL-43-5
1931 AL-46-3
1932 AL-42-4

Home Runs
1930 AL-16-10
1931 AL-16-9

RBI
1929 AL-107-7
1931 AL-114-9

Strikeouts
1928 AL-70-2
1929 AL-54-7

Singles
1930 AL-125-9

Extra-Base Hits
1930 AL-67-10
1931 AL-70-8

Sac. Hits
1928 AL-26-5

Caught Stealing
1930 AL-12-4
1931 AL-16-3

At Bats per Home Run
1931 AL-37.8-9

Outs
1928 AL-437-4
1930 AL-447-3
1931 AL-436-9

Oldest Player
1946 NL-39-7

Youngest Player
1927 AL-20-7

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 30 (771) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.0 (680) (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 

April 27, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley.

May 9, 1934: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.

January 29, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators with Carl Reynolds and cash to the Minneapolis (American Association) for Jimmy Wasdell.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik.

May 13, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, and Jim Walkup to the Detroit Tigers for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman.

August 1, 1940: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

September 16, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.


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