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Joe Medwick
Joseph Michael Medwick (Ducky or Muscles)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 187 lb.

Debut September 2, 1932
Final Game July 25, 1948
Born November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ
Died March 21, 1975 in St.Petersburg, FL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1968.

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 20 STL NL  26  106   13   37  12  1   2   12   3      2  10  .349  .367  .538  137   57   0           1    
 1933 21 STL NL 148  595   92  182  40 10  18   98   5     26  56  .306  .337  .497  131  296   3           2  15 MVP-18
 1934 22 STL NL 149  620  110  198  40 18  18  106   3     21  83  .319  .343  .529  124  328   4           1  15 AS
 1935 23 STL NL 154  634  132  224  46 13  23  126   4     30  59  .353  .386  .576  151  365   2           4  15 MVP-5,AS
 1936 24 STL NL 155  636  115  223  64 13  18  138   3     34  33  .351  .387  .577  156  367   3           4  14 MVP-4,AS
 1937 25 STL NL 156  633  111  237  56 10  31  154   4     41  50  .374  .414  .641  180  406   1           2  11 MVP-1,AS
 1938 26 STL NL 146  590  100  190  47  8  21  122   0     42  41  .322  .369  .536  140  316   0           2  21 MVP-11,AS
 1939 27 STL NL 150  606   98  201  48  8  14  117   6     45  44  .332  .380  .507  131  307  14           2  15 MVP-7,AS
 1940 28 TOT NL 143  581   83  175  30 12  17   86   2     32  36  .301  .341  .482  119  280   0           3  19 AS
         STL NL  37  158   21   48  12  0   3   20   0      6   8  .304  .329  .437  105   69   0           0   8
         BRO NL 106  423   62  127  18 12  14   66   2     26  28  .300  .345  .499  125  211   0           3  11
 1941 29 BRO NL 133  538  100  171  33 10  18   88   2     38  35  .318  .364  .517  142  278   2           1  20 AS
 1942 30 BRO NL 142  553   69  166  37  4   4   96   2     32  25  .300  .338  .403  115  223   2           0  15 MVP-17,AS
 1943 31 TOT NL 126  497   54  138  30  3   5   70   1     19  22  .278  .306  .380   97  189   3           1  17
         BRO NL  48  173   13   47  10  0   0   25   1     10   8  .272  .315  .329   86   57   0           1   4
         NYG NL  78  324   41   91  20  3   5   45   0      9  14  .281  .300  .407  103  132   3           0  13
 1944 32 NYG NL 128  490   64  165  24  3   7   85   2     38  24  .337  .386  .441  132  216   6           1  12 MVP-20,AS
 1945 33 TOT NL  92  310   31   90  17  0   3   37   5     14  14  .290  .323  .374   93  116   3           1   9
         NYG NL  26   92   14   28   4  0   3   11   2      2   2  .304  .319  .446  110   41   3           0   3
         BSN NL  66  218   17   62  13  0   0   26   3     12  12  .284  .325  .344   86   75   0           1   6
 1946 34 BRO NL  41   77    7   24   4  0   2   18   0      6   5  .312  .369  .442  128   34   1           1   1
 1947 35 STL NL  75  150   19   46  12  0   4   28   0     16  12  .307  .373  .467  118   70   0           0   3
 1948 36 STL NL  20   19    0    4   0  0   0    2   0      1   2  .211  .250  .211   23    4   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7635      2471    113     1383      0     551  .324  .362  .505  134       44   0   0  26 203
               1984      1198      540    205       42    437                            3852
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        623   98  202  44  9  17  113   3  0  36  45  .324  .362  .505  134  315   4   0   0   2  17
 Career High    156  636  132  237  64 18  31  154   6  0  45  83  .374  .414  .641  180  406  14   0   0   4  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 20 STL NL  109   69   21   8.2   106| .349  .288| .367  .341| .538  .417| .905  .758| 137  .734   5.5   0.5     
 1933 21 STL NL  626  431   99   6.1    95| .306  .280| .337  .333| .497  .383| .834  .717| 131  .680  21.6   2.2     
 1934 22 STL NL  646  441  112   6.8   109| .319  .294| .343  .350| .529  .418| .872  .769| 124  .658  17.4   1.7     
 1935 23 STL NL  670  427  140   8.7   107| .353  .290| .386  .346| .576  .414| .962  .760| 151  .759  43.3   4.2     
 1936 24 STL NL  677  430  141   8.8   103| .351  .286| .387  .345| .577  .400| .964  .745| 156  .760  48.6   4.7     
 1937 25 STL NL  677  408  167  10.9   103| .374  .282| .414  .344| .641  .400|1.055  .745| 180  .835  68.9   6.7     
 1938 26 STL NL  634  421  116   7.4   104| .322  .282| .369  .347| .536  .401| .905  .748| 140  .721  31.4   3.1     
 1939 27 STL NL  667  434  116   7.1   108| .332  .287| .380  .354| .507  .411| .887  .765| 131  .693  25.8   2.5     
 1940 28 TOT NL  616  425   95   6.0   103| .301  .279| .341  .344| .482  .401| .823  .745| 119  .643  12.4   1.3     
         STL NL  164  118   23   5.3   103| .304  .279| .329  .344| .437  .401| .766  .745| 105  .584   0.7   0.1     
         BRO NL  452  307   72   6.3   103| .300  .279| .345  .344| .499  .401| .844  .745| 125  .663  11.7   1.2     
 1941 29 BRO NL  579  389  101   7.0    97| .318  .270| .364  .342| .517  .381| .881  .723| 142  .720  27.5   2.8     
 1942 30 BRO NL  587  404   75   5.0    88| .300  .258| .338  .330| .403  .359| .741  .689| 115  .622   9.2   1.0     
 1943 31 TOT NL  520  379   58   4.1    90| .278  .266| .306  .334| .380  .360| .686  .694|  97  .520  -4.0  -0.4     
         BRO NL  184  130   18   3.7    89| .272  .265| .315  .333| .329  .359| .644  .693|  86  .475  -3.0  -0.3     
         NYG NL  336  249   40   4.3    90| .281  .266| .300  .335| .407  .361| .707  .695| 103  .543  -0.9  -0.1     
 1944 32 NYG NL  535  343   83   6.5    94| .337  .268| .386  .335| .441  .376| .827  .712| 132  .690  21.0   2.1     
 1945 33 TOT NL  328  232   37   4.3    97| .290  .274| .323  .343| .374  .378| .697  .721|  93  .499  -3.6  -0.3     
         NYG NL   97   70   13   5.0    97| .304  .274| .319  .344| .446  .379| .765  .723| 110  .568   0.6   0.1     
         BSN NL  231  162   24   4.0    97| .284  .273| .325  .343| .344  .377| .669  .720|  86  .466  -4.2  -0.4     
 1946 34 BRO NL   85   55   12   5.8    93| .312  .264| .369  .339| .442  .369| .811  .708| 128  .662   2.8   0.3     
 1947 35 STL NL  166  107   26   6.4   109| .307  .279| .373  .355| .467  .413| .840  .768| 118  .647   4.3   0.4     
 1948 36 STL NL   20   16    1   1.7   107| .211  .276| .250  .351| .211  .408| .461  .760|  23  .141  -2.2  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8142 5411 1400   6.9   101| .324  .279| .362  .343| .505  .393| .867  .736| 134  .700 329.9  32.6     

* 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 ------+

 1932 20 STL NL  OF   26     63    2    2    1  .970  .976  2.50  2.41                7   19    0
 1933 21 STL NL  OF  147    318   17    7    2  .980  .977  2.28  2.35              147    0    0
 1934 22 STL NL  OF  149    322   10   14    1  .960  .973  2.23  2.26              144    0    5 AS
 1935 23 STL NL  OF  154    352    8   13    0  .965  .971  2.34  2.31              154    0    0 AS
 1936 24 STL NL  OF  155    367   16    6    4  .985  .973  2.47  2.25              155    0    0 AS
 1937 25 STL NL  OF  156    329    9    4    1  .988  .974  2.17  2.13              156    0    0 AS
 1938 26 STL NL  OF  144    330   12    9    6  .974  .976  2.38  2.22              144    0    0 AS
 1939 27 STL NL  OF  149    313   10    8    1  .976  .975  2.17  2.17              149    0    0 AS
 1940 28 TOT NL  OF  140    321    8    6    0  .982  .977  2.35  2.17              140    0    0 AS
         STL NL  OF   37     81    1    1    0  .988  .977  2.22  2.17               37    0    0
         BRO NL  OF  103    240    7    5    0  .980  .977  2.40  2.17              103    0    0
 1941 29 BRO NL  OF  131    270   11    5    2  .983  .975  2.15  2.15              130    0    1 AS
 1942 30 BRO NL  OF  140    287    5    3    1  .990  .981  2.09  2.15              140    0    0 AS
 1943 31 TOT NL  OF  116    222   12    4    2  .983  .977  2.02  2.27              116    0    0
         BRO NL  OF   42     65    2    2    0  .971  .977  1.60  2.27               42    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   74    157   10    2    2  .988  .977  2.26  2.27               74    0    0
                 1B    3     26    1    0    1 1.000  .993  9.00 10.00            
 1944 32 NYG NL  OF  122    290    8    2    2  .993  .980  2.44  2.31              122    0    0 AS
 1945 33 TOT NL  OF   61    124    8    1    2  .992  .978  2.16  2.33               61    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   23     46    1    1    0  .979  .977  2.04  2.33               23    0    0
         BSN NL  OF   38     78    7    0    2 1.000  .978  2.24  2.33               38    0    0
                 1B   15    124    3    0    6 1.000  .990  8.47  9.74            
 1946 34 BRO NL  OF   18     30    0    0    0 1.000  .977  1.67  2.16               18    0    0
                 1B    1      8    0    2    2  .800  .988  8.00  9.30            
 1947 35 STL NL  OF   43     56    3    0    2 1.000  .977  1.37  2.19                7    0   36
 1948 36 STL NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    0    1

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

 1943 31 NYG NL  1B    3     26    1    0    1 1.000  .993  9.00 10.00            
 1945 33 BSN NL  1B   15    124    3    0    6 1.000  .990  8.47  9.74            
 1946 34 BRO NL  1B    1      8    0    2    2  .800  .988  8.00  9.30            

 1932 20 STL NL  OF   26     63    2    2    1  .970  .976  2.50  2.41                7   19    0
 1933 21 STL NL  OF  147    318   17    7    2  .980  .977  2.28  2.35              147    0    0
 1934 22 STL NL  OF  149    322   10   14    1  .960  .973  2.23  2.26              144    0    5
 1935 23 STL NL  OF  154    352    8   13    0  .965  .971  2.34  2.31              154    0    0
 1936 24 STL NL  OF  155    367   16    6    4  .985  .973  2.47  2.25              155    0    0
 1937 25 STL NL  OF  156    329    9    4    1  .988  .974  2.17  2.13              156    0    0
 1938 26 STL NL  OF  144    330   12    9    6  .974  .976  2.38  2.22              144    0    0
 1939 27 STL NL  OF  149    313   10    8    1  .976  .975  2.17  2.17              149    0    0
 1940 28 TOT NL  OF  140    321    8    6    0  .982  .977  2.35  2.17              140    0    0
         STL NL  OF   37     81    1    1    0  .988  .977  2.22  2.17               37    0    0
         BRO NL  OF  103    240    7    5    0  .980  .977  2.40  2.17              103    0    0
 1941 29 BRO NL  OF  131    270   11    5    2  .983  .975  2.15  2.15              130    0    1
 1942 30 BRO NL  OF  140    287    5    3    1  .990  .981  2.09  2.15              140    0    0
 1943 31 TOT NL  OF  116    222   12    4    2  .983  .977  2.02  2.27              116    0    0
         BRO NL  OF   42     65    2    2    0  .971  .977  1.60  2.27               42    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   74    157   10    2    2  .988  .977  2.26  2.27               74    0    0
 1944 32 NYG NL  OF  122    290    8    2    2  .993  .980  2.44  2.31              122    0    0
 1945 33 TOT NL  OF   61    124    8    1    2  .992  .978  2.16  2.33               61    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   23     46    1    1    0  .979  .977  2.04  2.33               23    0    0
         BSN NL  OF   38     78    7    0    2 1.000  .978  2.24  2.33               38    0    0
 1946 34 BRO NL  OF   18     30    0    0    0 1.000  .977  1.67  2.16               18    0    0
 1947 35 STL NL  OF   43     56    3    0    2 1.000  .977  1.37  2.19                7    0   36
 1948 36 STL NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    0    1

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1852   3994  139   84   27  .980  .976  2.23  2.23             1790   19   43
                 1B   19    158    4    2    9  .988  .990  8.53  9.76            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1871   4152  143   86   36  .980  .976  2.30  2.31
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    STL DET     W   7  29   4  11  0  1  1   5   1   7  .379  .400  .552   0  0   0   0   0 
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   5  17   1   4  1  0  0   0   1   2  .235  .278  .294   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  12  46   5  15  1  1  1   5   2   9  .326  .354  .457   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1934   STL NL   *   2   1   1  0  0  1   3   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1935   STL NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1936   STL NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1937   STL NL   *   5   1   4  2  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1938   STL NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1939   STL NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1940   BRO NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1941   BRO NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1942   BRO NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1944   NYG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 10/10    8  27   2   7  2  0  1   6   1   3   0  0   1   0   0  .259  .286  .444 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1934 (LF)
1935 (LF)
1936 (LF)
1937 (LF)
1938 (LF)
1939 (LF)
1940 (LF)
1941 *
1942 (LF)
1944 *

Awards
1937-NL-MVP
1937-NL-Triple Crown

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1933-NL-18-0.06
1935-NL-5-0.46
1936-NL-4-0.38
1937-NL-1-0.88
1938-NL-11-0.16
1939-NL-7-0.24
1942-NL-17-0.06
1944-NL-20-0.03
Car-70-2.27 shares

Batting Average
1935 NL-.353-2
1936 NL-.351-3
1937 NL-.374-1
1938 NL-.322-4
1939 NL-.332-3
1941 NL-.318-3
1942 NL-.300-7
1944 NL-.337-3
Car-.324-46

On-base %
1935 NL-.386-8
1937 NL-.414-4
1938 NL-.369-10

Slugging %
1933 NL-.497-4
1934 NL-.529-5
1935 NL-.576-2
1936 NL-.577-4
1937 NL-.641-1
1938 NL-.536-3
1939 NL-.507-6
1940 NL-.482-10
1941 NL-.517-4
Car-.505-84

OPS
1933 NL-.835-8
1934 NL-.872-10
1935 NL-.962-2
1936 NL-.964-5
1937 NL-1.056-1
1938 NL-.905-4
1939 NL-.886-6
1941 NL-.881-6

Games
1934 NL-149-8
1935 NL-154-4
1936 NL-155-4
1937 NL-156-1
1939 NL-150-9

At Bats
1933 NL-595-7
1934 NL-620-3
1935 NL-634-5
1936 NL-636-4
1937 NL-633-1
1938 NL-590-7
1939 NL-606-5
1940 NL-581-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 NL-670-8
1936 NL-677-9
1937 NL-677-5
1938 NL-634-10
1939 NL-667-10

Runs
1933 NL-92-5
1934 NL-110-5
1935 NL-132-2
1936 NL-115-4
1937 NL-111-1
1938 NL-100-5
1939 NL-98-8
1941 NL-100-3

Hits
1933 NL-182-6
1934 NL-198-4
1935 NL-224-2
1936 NL-223-1
1937 NL-237-1
1938 NL-190-4
1939 NL-201-2
1940 NL-175-5
1941 NL-171-5
1942 NL-166-3
Car-2471-91

Total Bases
1933 NL-296-3
1934 NL-328-4
1935 NL-365-1
1936 NL-367-1
1937 NL-406-1
1938 NL-316-2
1939 NL-307-3
1940 NL-280-3
1941 NL-278-3
1942 NL-223-10
Car-3852-92

Doubles
1933 NL-40-2
1934 NL-40-4
1935 NL-46-2
1936 NL-64-1
1937 NL-56-1
1938 NL-47-1
1939 NL-48-2
1941 NL-33-5
1942 NL-37-2
1943 NL-30-8
Car-540-26

Triples
1933 NL-10-7
1934 NL-18-1
1935 NL-13-3
1936 NL-13-2
1937 NL-10-6
1939 NL-8-9
1940 NL-12-6
1941 NL-10-4

Home Runs
1933 NL-18-4
1934 NL-18-6
1935 NL-23-4
1936 NL-18-6
1937 NL-31-1
1938 NL-21-6
1939 NL-14-10
1940 NL-17-8
1941 NL-18-7

RBI
1933 NL-98-4
1934 NL-106-4
1935 NL-126-2
1936 NL-138-1
1937 NL-154-1
1938 NL-122-1
1939 NL-117-2
1941 NL-88-9
1942 NL-96-4
Car-1383-71

Strikeouts
1933 NL-56-6
1934 NL-83-2
1935 NL-59-10

Singles
1935 NL-142-6
1937 NL-140-3
1938 NL-114-9
1939 NL-131-8
1940 NL-116-8
1942 NL-121-5
1944 NL-131-5

Adjusted OPS+
1933 NL-131-10
1935 NL-151-4
1936 NL-156-5
1937 NL-180-1
1938 NL-140-6
1939 NL-131-8
1941 NL-142-7

Runs Created
1933 NL-99-6
1934 NL-112-7
1935 NL-140-2
1936 NL-141-1
1937 NL-167-1
1938 NL-116-3
1939 NL-116-3
1940 NL-95-8
1941 NL-101-6
Car-1400-96

Adjusted Batting Runs
1933 NL-22-9
1935 NL-43-3
1936 NL-49-4
1937 NL-69-1
1938 NL-31-6
1939 NL-26-7
1941 NL-27-8

Batting Wins
1933 NL-2.2-9
1935 NL-4.2-3
1936 NL-4.7-4
1937 NL-6.7-1
1938 NL-3.1-6
1939 NL-2.5-6
1941 NL-2.8-8

Extra-Base Hits
1933 NL-68-3
1934 NL-76-3
1935 NL-82-1
1936 NL-95-1
1937 NL-97-1
1938 NL-76-2
1939 NL-70-2
1940 NL-59-5
1941 NL-61-4
1942 NL-45-9
Car-858-67

Times on Base
1935 NL-258-7
1936 NL-261-8
1937 NL-280-2
1938 NL-234-7
1939 NL-248-9

Offensive Win%
1935 NL-.759-2
1936 NL-.760-5
1937 NL-.835-1
1938 NL-.721-4
1939 NL-.693-6
1941 NL-.720-7
Car-.700-72

Grounded into Double Plays
1934 NL-15-8
1935 NL-15-7
1938 NL-21-5
1939 NL-15-9
1940 NL-19-2
1941 NL-20-2
1942 NL-15-9
1943 NL-17-7
Car-203-74

Power/Speed Number
1933 NL-7.8-9
1939 NL-8.4-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1942 NL-22.1-10

At Bats per Home Run
1933 NL-33.1-8
1935 NL-27.6-7
1937 NL-20.4-3
1938 NL-28.1-8
1941 NL-29.9-8

Outs
1934 NL-441-7
1939 NL-434-9
1940 NL-425-8

Youngest Player
1932 NL-20-4
1933 NL-21-5

        

Black Ink: Batting - 41 (35) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 226 (28) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 47.0 (89) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 201.0 (39) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 12, 1940: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Curt Davis to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ernie Koy, Carl Doyle, Sam Nahem, Bert Haas, and $125,000.

July 6, 1943: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 16, 1945: Traded by the New York Giants with Ewald Pyle to the Boston Braves for Clyde Kluttz.

February 8, 1946: Released by the Boston Braves.

March 3, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

April 5, 1946: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

July 2, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

October 9, 1946: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

December 11, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

April 29, 1947: Released by the New York Yankees.

May 26, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 14, 1947: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 18, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

September 30, 1948: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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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