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Zeke Bonura

Henry John Bonura

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 20, 1908 in New Orleans, LA
High School: St. Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1934
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Giants/Cubs 1934-1940

Final Game: September 26, 1940
Died: March 9, 1987 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #731. Terry Kennedy… #732. Bobby Lowe… #733. Carl Reynolds… #734. ZEKE BONURA… #735. Bill Mueller… #736. Glenn Davis… #737. Jim Gentile… 

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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
1934 25 CHW AL 127 575 510 86 154 35 4 27 110 0 2 64 31 .302 .380 .545 .925 133 278 0 1 *3
1935 26 CHW AL 138 611 550 107 162 34 4 21 92 4 0 57 28 .295 .364 .485 .849 116 267 3 1 *3 MVP-15
1936 27 CHW AL 148 687 587 120 194 39 7 12 138 4 2 94 29 .330 .426 .482 .908 120 283 4 2 *3 MVP-19
1937 28 CHW AL 116 502 447 79 154 41 2 19 100 5 1 49 24 .345 .412 .573 .984 145 256 2 4 *3
1938 29 WSH AL 137 589 540 72 156 27 3 22 114 2 2 44 29 .289 .346 .472 .818 109 255 3 2 *3
1939 30 NYG NL 123 517 455 75 146 26 6 11 85 1 46 22 .321 .388 .477 .865 130 217 22 4 12 *3
1940 31 TOT MLB 128 545 493 61 133 30 3 7 65 3 0 50 17 .270 .338 .385 .724 96 190 18 1 1 *3
1940 31 CHC NL 49 193 182 20 48 14 0 4 20 1 10 4 .264 .302 .407 .709 95 74 12 0 1 33
1940 31 WSH AL 79 352 311 41 85 16 3 3 45 2 0 40 13 .273 .358 .373 .731 95 116 6 1 0 33
7 Seasons 917 4026 3582 600 1099 232 29 119 704 19 7 404 180 .307 .380 .487 .867 121 1746 40 17 23
162 Game Avg. 162 711 633 106 194 41 5 21 124 3 71 32 .307 .380 .487 .867 121 308 3 4
CHW (4 yrs) 529 2375 2094 392 664 149 17 79 440 13 5 264 112 .317 .396 .518 .914 128 1084 9 8
WSH (2 yrs) 216 941 851 113 241 43 6 25 159 4 2 84 42 .283 .350 .436 .786 104 371 6 4 2
NYG (1 yr) 123 517 455 75 146 26 6 11 85 1 46 22 .321 .388 .477 .865 130 217 22 4 12
CHC (1 yr) 49 193 182 20 48 14 0 4 20 1 10 4 .264 .302 .407 .709 95 74 12 0 1
AL (6 yrs) 745 3316 2945 505 905 192 23 104 599 17 7 348 154 .307 .383 .494 .877 121 1455 6 13 10
NL (2 yrs) 172 710 637 95 194 40 6 15 105 2 56 26 .305 .364 .457 .821 121 291 34 4 13

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 25 CHW AL 575 25 -2 0 0 3 -6 17 37 3.6 34 3.3 0.3 $ *3
1935 26 CHW AL 611 13 3 0 0 9 -6 19 38 3.7 29 2.9 0.8 $ *3 MVP-15
1936 27 CHW AL 687 31 1 0 0 7 -7 20 52 4.8 45 4.3 0.5 $ *3 MVP-19
1937 28 CHW AL 502 33 -1 0 0 -1 -5 16 42 4.0 43 4.2 -0.2 $11,000 *3
1938 29 WSH AL 589 4 -2 0 0 0 -6 18 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ *3
1939 30 NYG NL 517 23 0 0 0 6 -6 15 38 3.9 32 3.3 0.6 $ *3
1940 31 WSH AL 352 -2 0 0 0 -6 -4 9 -3 -0.3 3 0.3 -0.6 $ 33
1940 31 CHC NL 193 -2 0 0 0 3 -2 7 6 0.6 3 0.3 0.3 $ 33
7 Seasons 4026 125 -1 0 0 21 -42 121 224 21.7 203 20.0 1.7 $11,000
CHW (4 yrs) 2375 102 1 0 0 18 -24 72 169 16.1 151 14.7 1.4 $11,000
WSH (2 yrs) 941 2 -2 0 0 -6 -10 27 11 1.1 17 1.7 -0.6 $
NYG (1 yr) 517 23 0 0 0 6 -6 15 38 3.9 32 3.3 0.6 $
CHC (1 yr) 193 -2 0 0 0 3 -2 7 6 0.6 3 0.3 0.3 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 CHW AL 25 1B 127 1321 1239 77 5 94 .996 10.36 .991 10.00
1935 CHW AL 26 1B 138 1513 1421 83 9 102 .994 10.90 .992 10.16 MVP-15
1936 CHW AL 27 1B 146 1614 1500 107 7 150 .996 11.01 .991 9.93 MVP-19
1937 CHW AL 28 1B 115 1190 1114 63 13 123 .989 10.23 .991 9.84
1938 WSH AL 29 1B 129 1311 1209 93 9 132 .993 10.09 .990 9.77
1939 NYG NL 30 1B 122 1306 1205 90 11 110 .992 10.61 .989 10.24
1940 TOT MLB 31 1B 123 1220 1120 82 18 104 .985 9.77 .989 10.04
1940 WSH AL 31 1B 79 768 712 42 14 70 .982 9.54 .989 9.80
1940 CHC NL 31 1B 44 452 408 40 4 34 .991 10.18 .990 10.47
7 Seasons 1B 900 9475 8808 595 72 815 .992 10.45 .991 10.00
7 Seasons TOT 900 9475 8808 595 72 815 .992 10.45 .991 10.00
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 AL (15, 9%)
1936 AL (19, 1%)
0.10 Career Shares (916th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1936 AL  4.8 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 AL  4.3 (9th)
1937 AL  4.2 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1935 AL  0.8 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1937 AL  .345 (4th)
1939 NL  .321 (7th)
Career  .307 (137th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL  .426 (7th)
1937 AL  .412 (7th)
1939 NL  .388 (9th)
Career  .380 (173rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1934 AL  .545 (7th)
1937 AL  .573 (5th)
Career  .487 (148th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1934 AL  .925 (10th)
1937 AL  .984 (6th)
1939 NL  .865 (8th)
Career  .867 (120th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1935 AL  107 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1937 AL  41 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1934 AL  27 (6th)
1935 AL  21 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1934 AL  110 (8th)
1936 AL  138 (4th)
1938 AL  114 (7th)
1939 NL  85 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  94 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1937 AL  145 (6th)
1939 NL  130 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  32 (8th)
1939 NL  20 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  2.9 (8th)
1939 NL  2.0 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  66 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1936 AL  292 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1934 AL  .691 (10th)
1937 AL  .741 (5th)
1939 NL  .654 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 AL  4 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 NL  22 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  19.9 (118th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1934 AL  18.9 (6th)
1935 AL  26.2 (8th)
1937 AL  23.5 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1935 AL  1,421 (5th)
1936 AL  1,500 (1st)
1938 AL  1,209 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1936 AL  146 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1935 AL  1,421 (5th)
1936 AL  1,500 (1st)
1938 AL  1,209 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1935 AL  83 (4th)
1936 AL  107 (1st)
1938 AL  93 (5th)
1939 NL  90 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1937 AL  13 (2nd)
1940 AL  14 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1934 AL  10.36 (2nd)
1935 AL  10.90 (1st)
1936 AL  11.01 (1st)
1937 AL  10.23 (2nd)
1938 AL  10.09 (3rd)
1939 NL  10.61 (2nd)
Career  10.45 (41st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1934 AL  .996 (1st)
1935 AL  .994 (2nd)
1936 AL  .996 (1st)
1938 AL  .993 (1st)
1939 NL  .992 (3rd)
Career  .992 (95th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 45 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (489), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Bill Skowron (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Skowron (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cecil Cooper (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cecil Cooper (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
193728Chicago White Sox$11,000New Orleans Times-Picayune, 1937
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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