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Zeke Bonura
Henry John Bonura
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 20, 1908 in New Orleans, LA
High School: St. Aloysius (New Orleans, LA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1934
Final Game: September 26, 1940
Died: March 9, 1987 in New Orleans, LA
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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 95 190 18 1 1 *3
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 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 3
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

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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
1934 CHW AL 25 1B 127 1321 1239 77 5 94 .996 10.36 .991 7.87
1935 CHW AL 26 1B 138 1513 1421 83 9 102 .994 10.90 .992 7.25 MVP-15
1936 CHW AL 27 1B 146 1614 1500 107 7 150 .996 11.01 .991 6.85 MVP-19
1937 CHW AL 28 1B 115 1190 1114 63 13 123 .989 10.23 .991 8.69
1938 WSH AL 29 1B 129 1311 1209 93 9 132 .993 10.09 .990 7.75
1939 NYG NL 30 1B 122 1306 1205 90 11 110 .992 10.61 .989 8.20
1940 TOT MLB 31 1B 123 1220 1120 82 18 104 .985 9.77 .989 9.77
1940 WSH AL 31 1B 79 768 712 42 14 70 .982 9.54 .989 9.60
1940 CHC NL 31 1B 44 452 408 40 4 34 .991 10.18 .990 10.08
7 Seasons 1B 900 9475 8808 595 72 815 .992 10.45 .991 8.00
7 Seasons TOT 900 9475 8808 595 72 815 .992 10.45 .983 8.00

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 (893rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1937 AL--.345--4th
1939 NL--.321--7th
Career--.307--135th

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL--.426--7th
1937 AL--.412--7th
1939 NL--.388--9th
Career--.380--171st

Slugging % s c a p y
1934 AL--.545--7th
1937 AL--.573--5th
Career--.487--143rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1934 AL--.925--10th
1937 AL--.984--6th
1939 NL--.865--8th
Career--.867--117th

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--9th

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--9th

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--.740--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--19.900--105th

AB per HR s c a p y
1934 AL--18.889--6th
1935 AL--26.190--8th
1937 AL--23.526--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 31 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (461), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (384), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 29, 1930: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Les Barnhart and Ed Montague to Indianapolis (American Association) for Oral Hildebrand.

August 16, 1933: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Dallas (Texas).

March 18, 1938: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Joe Kuhel.

December 11, 1938: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Giants for Tom Baker, Jim Carlin and $20,000.

April 26, 1940: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the New York Giants for $20,000.

July 22, 1940: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Washington Senators for $10,000.

February 15, 1941: Purchased by Minneapolis (American Association) from the Chicago Cubs.

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