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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

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

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1938 CLE AL 20 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10
1939 CLE AL 21 SS 53 301 103 184 14 31 .953 5.42 .950 4.68
1940 CLE AL 22 SS 155 755 277 454 24 116 .968 4.72 .948 4.53 AS,MVP-5
1941 CLE AL 23 SS 147 766 296 444 26 97 .966 5.03 .947 4.59 AS,MVP-17
1942 CLE AL 24 SS 146 733 281 426 26 107 .965 4.84 .948 4.78 AS,MVP-10
1943 CLE AL 25 SS 152 841 328 488 25 122 .970 5.37 .952 4.93 AS,MVP-10
1943 CLE AL 25 C 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 4.60 0 AS,MVP-10
1944 CLE AL 26 SS 149 874 339 516 19 134 .978 5.74 .945 5.05 AS,MVP-6
1944 CLE AL 26 C 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 4.40 0 AS,MVP-6
1945 CLE AL 27 SS 97 515 217 289 9 73 .983 5.22 .949 4.94 MVP-8
1946 CLE AL 28 SS 139 742 315 405 22 94 .970 5.18 .953 4.65 MVP-10
1947 CLE AL 29 SS 148 794 305 475 14 120 .982 5.27 .963 4.93 AS,MVP-3
1948 CLE AL 30 SS 151 800 297 483 20 119 .975 5.17 .964 4.85 AS,MVP-1
1948 CLE AL 30 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0 AS,MVP-1
1949 CLE AL 31 SS 88 456 176 272 8 78 .982 5.09 .962 4.79 MVP-14
1949 CLE AL 31 3B 38 114 34 76 4 13 .965 2.89 .960 2.95 MVP-14
1949 CLE AL 31 1B 6 44 41 3 0 3 1.000 7.33 .989 9.15 MVP-14
1949 CLE AL 31 2B 1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 .975 5.10 MVP-14
1950 CLE AL 32 SS 61 292 118 170 4 44 .986 4.72 .960 4.74
1950 CLE AL 32 1B 8 39 34 5 0 2 1.000 4.88 .990 8.51
1950 CLE AL 32 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 5.40
1950 CLE AL 32 3B 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.05
1951 BOS AL 33 SS 52 245 80 153 12 45 .951 4.48 .961 4.72
1951 BOS AL 33 3B 15 39 10 27 2 5 .949 2.47 .951 2.87
1951 BOS AL 33 1B 2 6 4 1 1 1 .833 2.50 .983 8.50
1952 BOS AL 34 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1952 BOS AL 34 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 4.30
14 Seasons SS 1539 8115 3132 4760 223 1180 .973 5.13 .953 4.79
5 Seasons 3B 57 157 47 104 6 18 .962 2.65 .957 2.94
3 Seasons 1B 16 89 79 9 1 6 .989 5.50 .989 8.75
2 Seasons 2B 3 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 1.67 .980 5.30
3 Seasons C 3 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .983 4.37 0
15 Seasons TOT 1618 8372 3265 4877 230 1205 .973 5.03 .926 4.76 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA (24.1%)
1960 BBWAA (13.0%)
1962 BBWAA ( 7.5%)
1964 BBWAA (33.8%)
1964 Run Off (21.4%)
1966 BBWAA (38.1%)
1967 BBWAA (49.0%)
1967 Run Off (22.2%)
1968 BBWAA (51.6%)
1969 BBWAA (64.1%)
1970 BBWAA (77.3%)
Selected to HOF in 1970 by BBWAA

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  36.8 (1st)
1947 AL  53.8 (1st)
1948 AL  62.2 (1st)
1949 AL  47.5 (2nd)
Career  19.5 (111th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 AL  31.1 (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 - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 82 (284), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 89 (181), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (229), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Travis Jackson (881) *
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  5. Mark Grudzielanek (862)
  6. Tony Cuccinello (860)
  7. Dick Groat (857)
  8. Alvin Dark (854)
  9. Del Pratt (853)
  10. Phil Rizzuto (846) *
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  3. Jimmy Rollins (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Harvey Kuenn (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Fernandez (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Fernandez (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Fernandez (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Cronin (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Bartell (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Fernandez (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Fernandez (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Fernandez (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 21, 1950: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

November 27, 1950: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 31, 1951: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1952 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 15, 1952: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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