Lou Boudreau
Louis Boudreau
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL
High School: Thornton (Harvey, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1938
Final Game: August 24, 1952
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1970 (232/300 ballots).
Died: August 10, 2001 in Frankfort, IL
Relatives: Father-In-Law of Denny McLain
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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
1938 20 CLE AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0 /5
1939 21 CLE AL 53 256 225 42 58 15 4 0 19 2 1 28 24 .258 .340 .360 .700 81 81 5 0 3 6
1940 22 CLE AL 155 706 627 97 185 46 10 9 101 6 3 73 39 .295 .370 .443 .814 113 278 23 2 4 *6 AS,MVP-5
1941 23 CLE AL 148 681 579 95 149 45 8 10 56 9 4 85 57 .257 .355 .415 .770 107 240 11 3 14 *6 AS,MVP-17
1942 24 CLE AL 147 604 506 57 143 18 10 2 58 7 16 75 39 .283 .379 .370 .749 117 187 12 4 19 *6 AS,MVP-10
1943 25 CLE AL 152 649 539 69 154 32 7 3 67 4 7 90 31 .286 .388 .388 .776 133 209 12 0 20 *6/2 AS,MVP-10
1944 26 CLE AL 150 681 584 91 191 45 5 3 67 11 3 73 39 .327 .406 .437 .843 145 255 10 5 19 *6/2 AS,MVP-6
1945 27 CLE AL 97 402 345 50 106 24 1 3 48 0 4 35 20 .307 .374 .409 .783 131 141 9 2 20 6 MVP-8
1946 28 CLE AL 140 571 515 51 151 30 6 6 62 6 7 40 14 .293 .345 .410 .755 116 211 11 1 15 *6 MVP-10
1947 29 CLE AL 150 623 538 79 165 45 3 4 67 1 0 67 10 .307 .388 .424 .811 128 228 9 4 14 *6 AS,MVP-3
1948 30 CLE AL 152 676 560 116 199 34 6 18 106 3 2 98 9 .355 .453 .534 .987 164 299 15 2 16 *6/2 AS,MVP-1
1949 31 CLE AL 134 561 475 53 135 20 3 4 60 0 1 70 10 .284 .381 .364 .745 99 173 19 4 12 65/34 MVP-14
1950 32 CLE AL 81 295 260 23 70 13 2 1 29 1 2 31 5 .269 .349 .346 .695 81 90 9 1 3 6/345
1951 33 BOS AL 82 313 273 37 73 18 1 5 47 1 0 30 12 .267 .353 .396 .748 95 108 10 6 4 65/3
1952 34 BOS AL 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /56
15 Seasons 1646 7023 6029 861 1779 385 66 68 789 51 50 796 309 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 2500 155 34 164
162 Game Avg. 162 691 593 85 175 38 6 7 78 5 5 78 30 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 246 3 16
CLE (13 yrs) 1560 6707 5754 823 1706 367 65 63 740 50 50 766 297 .296 .382 .416 .798 121 2392 145 28 159
BOS (2 yrs) 86 316 275 38 73 18 1 5 49 1 0 30 12 .265 .350 .393 .743 94 108 10 6 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1938 20 CLE AL 2 1 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .288 .500 .366 .000 .429 .500 .795 37 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
1939 21 CLE AL 256 176 28 4.2 111 .289 .258 .283 .340 .357 .360 .418 .700 .775 81 .417 -5.7 -0.5 .636 .231 .102 .0
1940 22 CLE AL 706 472 102 5.7 108 .304 .295 .276 .370 .348 .443 .418 .814 .766 113 .566 13.5 1.3 .761 .270 .148 7.2
1941 23 CLE AL 681 459 85 5.0 102 .271 .257 .269 .355 .345 .415 .397 .770 .742 107 .521 8.7 0.8 .748 .313 .157 9.5
1942 24 CLE AL 604 410 66 4.3 89 .303 .283 .258 .379 .332 .370 .362 .749 .693 117 .522 14.1 1.5 .657 .217 .087 3.1
1943 25 CLE AL 649 424 80 5.2 82 .299 .286 .249 .388 .322 .388 .344 .776 .666 133 .636 27.0 2.9 .733 .263 .102 3.4
1944 26 CLE AL 681 425 104 6.6 88 .347 .327 .263 .406 .329 .437 .360 .843 .689 145 .712 38.2 4.0 .840 .248 .110 4.7
1945 27 CLE AL 402 272 51 5.0 85 .320 .307 .257 .374 .328 .409 .349 .783 .678 131 .618 14.7 1.6 .690 .191 .101 .0
1946 28 CLE AL 571 397 71 4.8 91 .293 .293 .257 .345 .330 .410 .369 .755 .699 116 .563 10.3 1.1 .657 .192 .117 6.0
1947 29 CLE AL 623 396 88 5.9 94 .307 .307 .259 .388 .338 .424 .372 .811 .711 128 .656 23.8 2.4 .785 .243 .117 1.6
1948 30 CLE AL 676 394 135 9.1 104 .340 .355 .270 .453 .355 .534 .391 .987 .746 164 .777 55.8 5.4 1.058 .355 .179 5.1
1949 31 CLE AL 561 372 65 4.6 105 .284 .284 .268 .381 .360 .364 .390 .745 .750 99 .507 1.9 0.2 .683 .225 .080 .0
1950 32 CLE AL 295 204 31 4.0 111 .272 .269 .275 .349 .361 .346 .412 .695 .773 81 .406 -6.8 -0.6 .602 .192 .077 1.0
1951 33 BOS AL 313 214 37 4.6 109 .266 .267 .278 .353 .361 .396 .407 .748 .768 95 .514 -1.6 -0.2 .690 .242 .128 1.7
1952 34 BOS AL 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .269 .000 .350 .000 .393 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Seasons 7023 4619 943 5.5 97 .303 .295 .265 .380 .342 .415 .381 .795 .723 120 .599 193.4 19.8 .748 .252 .120 58.3
162 Game Avg. 691 455 93 5.5 97 .303 .295 .265 .380 .342 .415 .381 .795 .723 120 .599 19 2 .748 .252 .120 6
CLE (13 yrs) 6707 4402 906 5.5 97 .305 .296 .264 .382 .341 .416 .380 .798 .721 121 .603 195.5 20.1 .751 .252 .119 55.8
BOS (2 yrs) 316 217 37 4.6 109 .264 .265 .278 .350 .361 .393 .407 .743 .768 94 .508 -2.2 -0.3 .684 .240 .127 1.7

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
1948 30 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 24 22 1 6 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 10 2 1 0 0 0
1 WS 6 24 22 1 6 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 10 2 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CLE AL 23 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 24 as SS 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1943 CLE AL 25 DNP
1944 CLE AL 26 DNP
1945 CLE AL 27 DNP
1947 CLE AL 29 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CLE AL 30 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (5 Appearances) 12 12 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .583 .917 7 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0
1939 21 54 258 226 42 58 15 4 0 19 2 1 29 24 .257 .341 .358 .700 81 81 5 0 3
1940 22 209 964 853 139 243 61 14 9 120 8 4 102 63 .285 .363 .421 .783 104 359 28 2 7
1941 23 357 1645 1432 234 392 106 22 19 176 17 8 187 120 .274 .360 .418 .778 105 599 39 5 21
1942 24 504 2249 1938 291 535 124 32 21 234 24 24 262 159 .276 .365 .406 .770 108 786 51 9 40
1943 25 656 2898 2477 360 689 156 39 24 301 28 31 352 190 .278 .370 .402 .772 113 995 63 9 60
1944 26 806 3579 3061 451 880 201 44 27 368 39 34 425 229 .287 .377 .408 .785 119 1250 73 14 79
1945 27 903 3981 3406 501 986 225 45 30 416 39 38 460 249 .289 .377 .408 .785 120 1391 82 16 99
1946 28 1043 4552 3921 552 1137 255 51 36 478 45 45 500 263 .290 .373 .409 .781 120 1602 93 17 114
1947 29 1193 5175 4459 631 1302 300 54 40 545 46 45 567 273 .292 .374 .410 .785 121 1830 102 21 128
1948 30 1345 5851 5019 747 1501 334 60 58 651 49 47 665 282 .299 .384 .424 .808 126 2129 117 23 144
1949 31 1479 6412 5494 800 1636 354 63 62 711 49 48 735 292 .298 .383 .419 .802 123 2302 136 27 156
1950 32 1560 6707 5754 823 1706 367 65 63 740 50 50 766 297 .296 .382 .416 .798 121 2392 145 28 159
1951 33 1642 7020 6027 860 1779 385 66 68 787 51 50 796 309 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 2500 155 34 163
1952 34 1646 7023 6029 861 1779 385 66 68 789 51 50 796 309 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 2500 155 34 164

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 1
1939 21 56 259 232 38 56 14 4 0 17 2 27 25 .241 .320 .336 .657 25 53
1940 22 162 719 645 93 183 46 10 9 97 6 72 41 .284 .357 .428 .785 98 155
1941 23 154 690 600 97 153 46 8 10 57 9 87 59 .255 .352 .408 .761 86 148
1942 24 156 624 539 66 155 20 11 2 68 8 81 41 .288 .385 .377 .761 77 147
1943 25 160 690 585 88 180 37 8 4 85 5 105 33 .308 .413 .419 .832 101 152
1944 26 157 717 628 107 217 51 6 3 79 12 83 41 .346 .427 .460 .887 122 150
1945 27 103 417 375 62 122 28 1 3 60 0 40 21 .325 .393 .429 .823 64 97
1946 28 146 596 550 62 170 34 7 7 75 7 45 15 .309 .362 .435 .797 86 140
1947 29 156 647 569 90 182 50 3 4 76 1 74 10 .320 .402 .439 .841 100 150
1948 30 159 680 579 116 202 35 6 18 106 3 99 9 .349 .446 .523 .969 135 152
1949 31 140 567 492 53 137 20 3 4 60 0 71 10 .278 .374 .356 .730 65 134
1950 32 85 298 267 22 68 13 2 1 28 1 30 5 .255 .332 .330 .662 29 81
1951 33 86 316 281 34 71 18 1 5 43 1 29 13 .253 .335 .377 .713 34 82
1952 34 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
15 Seasons 1725 7224 6345 929 1896 412 70 70 853 55 844 323 .299 .384 .419 .803 1022 1646
162 Game Avg. 162 678 596 87 178 39 7 7 80 5 79 30 .299 .384 .419 .803 96 1646

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (SS)
1943
1944
1945
1947 (SS)
1948 (SS)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1948-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1948-AL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1940-AL-5-35%
1941-AL-17-3%
1942-AL-10-10%
1943-AL-10-12%
1944-AL-6-25%
1945-AL-8-21%
1946-AL-10-11%
1947-AL-3-50%
1948-AL-1-96%
1949-AL-14-3%
1 MVP
2.66 Career Shares (46th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1943 AL--.286--10th
1944 AL--.327--1st
1946 AL--.293--9th
1947 AL--.307--8th
1948 AL--.355--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1943 AL--.388--4th
1944 AL--.406--2nd
1947 AL--.388--9th
1948 AL--.453--2nd
Career--.380--163rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1948 AL--.534--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 AL--.776--9th
1944 AL--.843--7th
1947 AL--.811--10th
1948 AL--.987--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL--155--1st
1943 AL--152--10th
1944 AL--150--9th
1948 AL--152--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1940 AL--627--3rd
1944 AL--584--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1940 AL--706--3rd
1941 AL--681--6th
1944 AL--681--4th
1948 AL--676--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL--91--6th
1948 AL--116--5th

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL--191--2nd
1947 AL--165--7th
1948 AL--199--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 AL--278--10th
1944 AL--255--10th
1948 AL--299--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1940 AL--46--2nd
1941 AL--45--1st
1943 AL--32--7th
1944 AL--45--1st
1946 AL--30--8th
1947 AL--45--1st
1948 AL--34--7th
Career--385--190th

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL--10--9th
1942 AL--10--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 AL--18--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 AL--101--10th
1948 AL--106--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--75--10th
1943 AL--90--4th
1944 AL--73--6th
1948 AL--98--6th
Career--796--242nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1944 AL--11--8th

Singles s c a p y
1944 AL--138--2nd
1946 AL--109--9th
1947 AL--113--10th
1948 AL--141--4th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 AL--133--7th
1944 AL--145--4th
1947 AL--128--9th
1948 AL--164--2nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL--80--10th
1944 AL--104--5th
1947 AL--88--8th
1948 AL--135--3rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 AL--27--6th
1944 AL--38--4th
1947 AL--24--6th
1948 AL--56--2nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 AL--2.9--6th
1944 AL--4.0--4th
1947 AL--2.4--6th
1948 AL--5.4--2nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1940 AL--65--9th
1941 AL--63--7th
1944 AL--53--8th
1947 AL--52--6th
1948 AL--58--6th

Times On Base s c a p y
1940 AL--260--8th
1943 AL--244--4th
1944 AL--269--2nd
1947 AL--236--8th
1948 AL--299--2nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 AL--.636--10th
1944 AL--.712--6th
1947 AL--.656--7th
1948 AL--.777--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL--3--10th
1942 AL--4--7th
1944 AL--5--7th
1947 AL--4--5th
1949 AL--4--7th
1951 AL--6--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1941 AL--14--1st
1942 AL--19--2nd
1943 AL--20--3rd
1944 AL--19--5th
1945 AL--20--2nd
1946 AL--15--1st
1947 AL--14--2nd
1948 AL--16--5th
1949 AL--12--6th
Career--164--136th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 AL--23--1st
1949 AL--19--8th
Career--155--237th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1942 AL--16--1st
1946 AL--7--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 AL--9.5--8th
1946 AL--6.0--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 AL--36.786--1st
1947 AL--53.800--1st
1948 AL--62.222--1st
1949 AL--47.500--2nd
Career--19.510--111th

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 AL--31.111--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1940 AL--472--5th
1941 AL--459--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1938 AL--born 1917-07-17--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (321), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 83 (203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (281), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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