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Dick Bartell
Richard William Bartell (Rowdy Richard and Shortwave)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 22, 1907 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1927
Final Game: May 24, 1946
Died: August 4, 1995 in Alameda, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1927 19 PIT NL 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 40 0 0 0 /6
1928 20 PIT NL 72 271 233 27 71 8 4 1 36 4 21 18 .305 .377 .386 .763 97 90 6 11 46/5
1929 21 PIT NL 143 674 610 101 184 40 13 2 57 11 40 29 .302 .347 .420 .766 87 256 2 22 64
1930 22 PIT NL 129 541 475 69 152 32 13 4 75 8 39 34 .320 .378 .467 .845 103 222 5 22 *6
1931 23 PHI NL 135 614 554 88 160 43 7 0 34 6 27 38 .289 .325 .392 .717 86 217 3 30 *6/4 MVP-23
1932 24 PHI NL 154 719 614 118 189 48 7 1 53 8 64 47 .308 .379 .414 .792 104 254 6 35 *6
1933 25 PHI NL 152 685 587 78 159 25 5 1 37 6 56 46 .271 .340 .336 .675 84 197 8 5 37 *6 AS,MVP-21
1934 26 PHI NL 146 686 604 102 187 30 4 0 37 13 64 59 .310 .384 .373 .757 94 225 11 9 9 *6
1935 27 NYG NL 137 603 539 60 141 28 4 14 53 5 37 52 .262 .316 .406 .722 94 219 9 6 21 *6
1936 28 NYG NL 145 573 510 71 152 31 3 8 42 6 40 36 .298 .355 .418 .773 108 213 9 5 18 *6 MVP-19
1937 29 NYG NL 128 580 516 91 158 38 2 14 62 5 40 38 .306 .367 .469 .836 125 242 9 10 14 *6 AS,MVP-6
1938 30 NYG NL 127 553 481 67 126 26 1 9 49 4 55 60 .262 .347 .376 .724 98 181 10 8 9 *6
1939 31 CHC NL 105 395 336 37 80 24 2 3 34 6 42 25 .238 .335 .348 .683 82 117 10 7 10 6/5
1940 32 DET AL 139 620 528 76 123 24 3 7 53 12 2 76 53 .233 .335 .330 .665 67 174 11 5 11 *6 MVP-12
1941 33 TOT 109 454 385 44 115 21 0 5 36 6 1 54 31 .299 .392 .392 .784 119 151 11 5 10 56
1941 33 DET AL 5 16 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .167 .333 .250 .583 50 3 0 1 1 /6
1941 33 NYG NL 104 438 373 44 113 20 0 5 35 6 52 29 .303 .394 .397 .791 121 148 11 4 9 56
1942 34 NYG NL 90 373 316 53 77 10 3 5 24 4 44 34 .244 .351 .342 .692 102 108 6 8 5 56
1943 35 NYG NL 99 396 337 48 91 14 0 5 28 5 47 27 .270 .371 .356 .727 109 120 8 7 5 56 MVP-24
1946 38 NYG NL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /54
18 Seasons 2016 8743 7629 1130 2165 442 71 79 710 109 3 748 627 .284 .355 .391 .747 96 2986 102 97 269
162 Game Avg. 162 703 613 91 174 36 6 6 57 9 60 50 .284 .355 .391 .747 96 240 8 22
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYG (8 yrs) 835 3518 3074 434 858 167 13 60 293 35 315 276 .279 .355 .400 .756 108 1231 62 48 81
PIT (4 yrs) 345 1490 1320 197 407 80 30 7 168 23 102 81 .308 .364 .430 .794 95 568 13 55
PHI (4 yrs) 587 2704 2359 386 695 146 23 2 161 33 211 190 .295 .358 .379 .737 92 893 19 23 111
DET (2 yrs) 144 636 540 76 125 25 3 7 54 12 3 78 55 .231 .335 .328 .663 67 177 11 6 12
CHC (1 yr) 105 395 336 37 80 24 2 3 34 6 42 25 .238 .335 .348 .683 82 117 10 7 10
NL (17 yrs) 1872 8107 7089 1054 2040 417 68 72 656 97 670 572 .288 .357 .396 .753 99 2809 91 91 257
AL (2 yrs) 144 636 540 76 125 25 3 7 54 12 3 78 55 .231 .335 .328 .663 67 177 11 6 12

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 28 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 27 21 5 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 4 4 .381 .480 .667 1.147 14 0 0 2 0 0
1937 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 5 21 21 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .238 .238 .286 .524 6 0 0 0 0 0
1940 32 DET AL WS CIN L 7 29 26 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 3 .269 .345 .346 .691 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 18 77 68 10 20 6 0 1 7 0 1 7 10 .294 .360 .426 .786 29 0 0 2 0 0
3 WS 18 77 68 10 20 6 0 1 7 0 1 7 10 .294 .360 .426 .786 29 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1927 PIT NL 19 SS 1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 .940 5.20
1928 PIT NL 20 2B 39 230 106 118 6 26 .974 5.74 .970 5.71
1928 PIT NL 20 SS 27 143 52 81 10 14 .930 4.93 .951 5.22
1928 PIT NL 20 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1929 PIT NL 21 SS 74 446 179 246 21 42 .953 5.74 .950 5.37
1929 PIT NL 21 2B 70 437 213 212 12 45 .973 6.07 .968 5.46
1930 PIT NL 22 SS 126 810 304 458 48 111 .941 6.05 .953 5.36
1931 PHI NL 23 SS 133 788 315 432 41 96 .948 5.62 .954 5.06 MVP-23
1931 PHI NL 23 2B 3 15 4 10 1 2 .933 4.67 .967 5.23 MVP-23
1932 PHI NL 24 SS 154 922 359 529 34 83 .963 5.77 .945 5.07
1933 PHI NL 25 SS 152 919 381 493 45 100 .951 5.75 .949 4.94 AS,MVP-21
1934 PHI NL 26 SS 146 873 350 483 40 93 .954 5.71 .951 5.14
1935 NYG NL 27 SS 137 800 339 424 37 71 .954 5.57 .947 5.10
1936 NYG NL 28 SS 144 916 317 559 40 106 .956 6.08 .944 5.10 MVP-19
1937 NYG NL 29 SS 128 790 281 476 33 96 .958 5.91 .951 4.85 AS,MVP-6
1938 NYG NL 30 SS 127 772 288 447 37 85 .952 5.79 .942 4.91
1939 CHC NL 31 SS 101 581 241 307 33 62 .943 5.43 .954 5.09
1939 CHC NL 31 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1940 DET AL 32 SS 139 723 295 394 34 74 .953 4.96 .949 4.53 MVP-12
1941 TOT 33 SS 26 103 43 56 4 7 .961 3.81 .950 4.78
1941 DET AL 33 SS 5 25 12 11 2 2 .920 4.60 .948 4.60
1941 NYG NL 33 3B 84 271 91 169 11 16 .959 3.10 .948 3.16
1941 NYG NL 33 SS 21 78 31 45 2 5 .974 3.62 .950 4.82
1942 NYG NL 34 3B 52 198 76 115 7 13 .965 3.67 .938 3.03
1942 NYG NL 34 SS 31 142 59 76 7 14 .951 4.35 .955 4.87
1943 NYG NL 35 3B 54 197 62 131 4 9 .980 3.57 .946 2.97 MVP-24
1943 NYG NL 35 SS 33 200 66 127 7 17 .965 5.85 .953 4.97 MVP-24
1946 NYG NL 38 3B 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 .933 2.85
1946 NYG NL 38 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 5.10
17 Seasons SS 1679 9933 3872 5590 471 1072 .953 5.64 .949 5.02
6 Seasons 3B 196 669 229 418 22 38 .967 3.30 .945 3.06
4 Seasons 2B 114 683 324 340 19 73 .972 5.82 .969 5.53
18 Seasons TOT 1989 11285 4425 6348 512 1183 .955 5.42 .905 4.86
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 (SS)
1937 (SS)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-NL-23-2%
1933-NL-21-4%
1936-NL-19-2%
1937-NL-6-32%
1940-AL-12-8%
1943-NL-24-1%
0.49 Career Shares (437th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1934 NL--.384--10th
1941 NL--.394--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1932 NL--154--1st
1933 NL--152--5th
1934 NL--146--10th
Career--2016--207th

At Bats s c a p y
1929 NL--610--9th
1932 NL--614--7th
1933 NL--587--9th
1934 NL--604--7th
Career--7629--170th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1932 NL--719--2nd
1933 NL--685--3rd
1934 NL--686--2nd
Career--8743--160th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1932 NL--118--5th
1934 NL--102--10th
Career--1130--209th

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL--189--7th
1934 NL--187--9th
Career--2165--177th

Doubles s c a p y
1931 NL--43--3rd
1932 NL--48--4th
1937 NL--38--3rd
Career--442--94th

Triples s c a p y
1929 NL--13--5th
1930 NL--13--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 NL--64--3rd
1933 NL--56--6th
1934 NL--64--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1934 NL--59--10th
1938 NL--60--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1934 NL--13--3rd
1940 AL--12--10th

Singles s c a p y
1932 NL--133--7th
1934 NL--153--3rd
Career--1573--155th

Runs Created s c a p y
1937 NL--86--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1937 NL--54--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1932 NL--259--6th
1934 NL--260--5th
Career--3010--180th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1928 NL--6--5th
1930 NL--5--7th
1932 NL--6--5th
1933 NL--5--6th
1934 NL--9--1st
1935 NL--6--5th
1936 NL--5--10th
1937 NL--10--1st
1938 NL--8--2nd
1939 NL--7--1st
1940 AL--5--2nd
1941 NL--4--5th
1942 NL--8--1st
1943 NL--7--1st
Career--97--71st

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 NL--22--5th
1930 NL--22--6th
1931 NL--30--2nd
1932 NL--35--1st
1933 NL--37--1st
1935 NL--21--2nd
1936 NL--18--2nd
1937 NL--14--3rd
1940 AL--11--5th
Career--269--25th

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 NL--448--2nd
1931 NL--424--8th
1932 NL--460--3rd
1933 NL--473--2nd
1934 NL--437--8th
Career--5838--157th

Youngest s c a p y
1927 NL--born 1907-11-22--2nd
1928 NL--born 1907-11-22--3rd
1929 NL--born 1907-11-22--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 37 (661), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 66 (277), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (302), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

November 6, 1930: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tommy Thevenow and Claude Willoughby.

November 1, 1934: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants for Pretzel Pezzullo, Blondy Ryan, Johnny Vergez, George Watkins and cash.

December 6, 1938: Traded by the New York Giants with Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso to the Chicago Cubs for Frank Demaree, Billy Jurges and Ken O'Dea.

December 6, 1939: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Rogell.

May 15, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

December 2, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.

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