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Chet Laabs
Chester Peter Laabs

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 5, 1937
Final Game June 3, 1947
Born April 30, 1912 in Milwaukee, WI
Died January 26, 1983 in Warren, MI

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 25 DET AL  72  242   31   58  13  5   8   37   6  2  24  66  .240  .308  .434   83  105   1           0    
 1938 26 DET AL  64  211   26   50   7  3   7   37   3  2  15  52  .237  .288  .398   65   84   3           0    
 1939 27 TOT AL 100  333   53  100  21  6  10   64   4  1  35  62  .300  .369  .489  116  163   5           1   8
         DET AL   5   16    1    5   1  1   0    2   0  0   2   0  .313  .389  .500  119    8   0           0   1
         SLB AL  95  317   52   95  20  5  10   62   4  1  33  62  .300  .368  .489  115  155   5           1   7
 1940 28 SLB AL 105  218   32   59  11  5  10   40   3  3  34  59  .271  .372  .505  123  110   0           1   2
 1941 29 SLB AL 118  392   64  109  23  6  15   59   5  2  51  59  .278  .361  .482  119  189   6           0   9
 1942 30 SLB AL 144  520   90  143  21  7  27   99   0  3  88  88  .275  .380  .498  145  259   6           0  12 MVP-19
 1943 31 SLB AL 151  580   83  145  27  7  17   85   5  7  73 105  .250  .338  .409  116  237   8           4  13 MVP-23,AS
 1944 32 SLB AL  66  201   28   47  10  2   5   23   3  1  29  33  .234  .330  .378   97   76   5           0   3
 1945 33 SLB AL  35  109   15   26   4  3   1    8   0  0  16  17  .239  .352  .358  102   39   3           3   2
 1946 34 SLB AL  80  264   40   69  13  0  16   52   3  1  20  50  .261  .316  .492  119  130   0           1  11
 1947 35 PHA AL  15   32    5    7   1  0   1    5   0  0   4   4  .219  .306  .344   79   11   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     950 3102  467  813 151 44 117  509  32 22 389 595  .262  .346  .452  113 1403  37   0   0  10  60
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        529   80  139  26  8  20   87   5  4  66 101  .262  .346  .452  113  239   6   0   0   2  10
 Career High    151  580   90  145  27  7  27   99   6  7  88 105  .300  .380  .505  145  259   8   0   0   4  13

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 25 DET AL  267  187   33   4.7   119| .240  .292| .308  .368| .434  .436| .742  .804|  83  .446  -8.0  -0.7  75%
 1938 26 DET AL  229  166   24   3.8   124| .237  .299| .288  .379| .398  .445| .686  .824|  65  .355 -13.7  -1.3  60%
 1939 27 TOT AL  374  247   60   6.4   116| .300  .289| .369  .365| .489  .428| .858  .792| 116  .608   7.0   0.6  80%
         DET AL   18   12    3   6.6   120| .313  .295| .389  .371| .500  .436| .889  .807| 119  .620   0.4   0.0   0%
         SLB AL  356  235   57   6.4   116| .300  .289| .368  .364| .489  .427| .857  .791| 115  .607   6.6   0.6  80%
 1940 28 SLB AL  253  164   40   6.5   113| .271  .282| .372  .355| .505  .427| .877  .782| 123  .620   7.2   0.7  50%
 1941 29 SLB AL  449  300   68   6.1   109| .278  .279| .361  .356| .482  .411| .843  .768| 119  .611   9.8   0.9  71%
 1942 30 SLB AL  614  398   97   6.5    95| .275  .267| .380  .341| .498  .373| .878  .715| 145  .700  31.2   3.2   0%
 1943 31 SLB AL  665  463   77   4.5    89| .250  .258| .338  .333| .409  .357| .747  .690| 116  .581  11.3   1.2  41%
 1944 32 SLB AL  235  163   25   4.2    96| .234  .275| .330  .343| .378  .375| .708  .718|  97  .512  -0.6  -0.1  75%
 1945 33 SLB AL  131   88   13   4.0    92| .239  .267| .352  .340| .358  .363| .710  .704| 102  .511   0.6   0.1   0%
 1946 34 SLB AL  285  207   41   5.3   100| .261  .269| .316  .345| .492  .387| .808  .732| 119  .608   4.9   0.5  75%
 1947 35 PHA AL   36   25    3   3.2    98| .219  .265| .306  .345| .344  .381| .650  .726|  79  .381  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3538 2408  481   5.4   103| .262  .275| .346  .350| .452  .395| .798  .745| 113  .583  48.8   5.0  59%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1937 25 DET AL  OF   62    133    2    4    0  .971  .969  2.18  2.28               22   40    0
 1938 26 DET AL  OF   53    128    4    4    1  .971  .972  2.49  2.28               22   32    0
 1939 27 TOT AL  OF   84    212    8    7    0  .969  .969  2.62  2.35                8   70    6
         DET AL  OF    5     13    1    1    0  .933  .972  2.80  2.36                5    0    0
         SLB AL  OF   79    199    7    6    0  .972  .969  2.61  2.35                3   70    6
 1940 28 SLB AL  OF   63    124    3    4    1  .969  .970  2.02  2.32               25   29   10
 1941 29 SLB AL  OF  100    217    6    4    2  .982  .973  2.23  2.33               21   15   64
 1942 30 SLB AL  OF  139    276   13    9    3  .970  .976  2.08  2.31               36   25   80
 1943 31 SLB AL  OF  150    346   16    9    4  .976  .977  2.41  2.39              125   24    6 AS
 1944 32 SLB AL  OF   55    108    3    0    2 1.000  .974  2.02  2.35               38    0   18
 1945 33 SLB AL  OF   35     68    1    1    0  .986  .977  1.97  2.27               34    2    2
 1946 34 SLB AL  OF   72    151    5    2    2  .987  .977  2.17  2.24                6    0   66
 1947 35 PHA AL  OF    7     17    1    0    0 1.000  .978  2.57  2.34                6    0    1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1937 25 DET AL  OF   62    133    2    4    0  .971  .969  2.18  2.28               22   40    0
 1938 26 DET AL  OF   53    128    4    4    1  .971  .972  2.49  2.28               22   32    0
 1939 27 TOT AL  OF   84    212    8    7    0  .969  .969  2.62  2.35                8   70    6
         DET AL  OF    5     13    1    1    0  .933  .972  2.80  2.36                5    0    0
         SLB AL  OF   79    199    7    6    0  .972  .969  2.61  2.35                3   70    6
 1940 28 SLB AL  OF   63    124    3    4    1  .969  .970  2.02  2.32               25   29   10
 1941 29 SLB AL  OF  100    217    6    4    2  .982  .973  2.23  2.33               21   15   64
 1942 30 SLB AL  OF  139    276   13    9    3  .970  .976  2.08  2.31               36   25   80
 1943 31 SLB AL  OF  150    346   16    9    4  .976  .977  2.41  2.39              125   24    6
 1944 32 SLB AL  OF   55    108    3    0    2 1.000  .974  2.02  2.35               38    0   18
 1945 33 SLB AL  OF   35     68    1    1    0  .986  .977  1.97  2.27               34    2    2
 1946 34 SLB AL  OF   72    151    5    2    2  .987  .977  2.17  2.24                6    0   66
 1947 35 PHA AL  OF    7     17    1    0    0 1.000  .978  2.57  2.34                6    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  820   1780   62   44   15  .977  .974  2.25  2.32              343  237  253
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       820   1780   62   44   15  .977  .974  2.25  2.32

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   5  15   1   3  1  1  0   0   2   6  .200  .294  .400   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   SLB AL   *   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .250  .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 (CF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-AL-19-0.03
1943-AL-23-0.02
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Slugging %
1942 AL-.498-5

OPS
1942 AL-.878-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1943 AL-665-5

Runs
1942 AL-90-9
1943 AL-83-6

Total Bases
1942 AL-259-7
1943 AL-237-8

Home Runs
1942 AL-27-2
1943 AL-17-5
1946 AL-16-10

RBI
1942 AL-99-6
1943 AL-85-7

Bases on Balls
1942 AL-88-6

Strikeouts
1937 AL-66-8
1939 AL-62-7
1942 AL-88-2
1943 AL-105-1

Adjusted OPS+
1942 AL-145-6

Runs Created
1942 AL-97-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1942 AL-31-7

Batting Wins
1942 AL-3.2-7

Extra-Base Hits
1942 AL-55-6
1943 AL-51-6

Offensive Win%
1942 AL-.700-6

Hit By Pitch
1943 AL-4-9
1945 AL-3-10

Power/Speed Number
1943 AL-7.7-9

At Bats per Home Run
1940 AL-21.8-10
1942 AL-19.3-2
1943 AL-34.1-7

Outs
1943 AL-463-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 31 (747) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1329) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1408) (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.

Transactions
May 13, 1939: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Mark Christman, George Gill, Bob Harris, Vern Kennedy, and Roxie Lawson to the St. Louis Browns for Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, Red Kress, and Jim Walkup.
April 9, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from 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.

Uniforms
View Chet Laabs's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1943 (CF)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1942-AL-19-0.03 1943-AL-23-0.02 Car-1073-0.05 shares	Slugging % 1942 AL-.498-5	OPS 1942 AL-.878-5	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1943 AL-665-5	Runs 1942 AL-90-9 1943 AL-83-6
Total Bases 1942 AL-259-7 1943 AL-237-8	Home Runs 1942 AL-27-2 1943 AL-17-5 1946 AL-16-10	RBI 1942 AL-99-6 1943 AL-85-7	Bases on Balls 1942 AL-88-6	Strikeouts 1937 AL-66-8 1939 AL-62-7 1942 AL-88-2 1943 AL-105-1	Adjusted OPS+ 1942 AL-145-6
Runs Created 1942 AL-97-6	Adjusted Batting Runs 1942 AL-31-7	Batting Wins 1942 AL-3.2-7	Extra-Base Hits 1942 AL-55-6 1943 AL-51-6	Offensive Win% 1942 AL-.700-6	Hit By Pitch 1943 AL-4-9 1945 AL-3-10
Power/Speed Number 1943 AL-7.7-9	At Bats per Home Run 1940 AL-21.8-10 1942 AL-19.3-2 1943 AL-34.1-7	Outs 1943 AL-463-7