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Joe Cronin

Joseph Edward Cronin

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 12, 1906 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1925. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1926 (Age 19)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Pirates 1926-1945

Final Game: April 19, 1945 (Age 38)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1956 (152/193 ballots).
   View Joe Cronin Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: September 7, 1984 in Barnstable, MA
Buried: St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, MA
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #50. Yogi Berra… #51. Joe DiMaggio… #52. Ed Delahanty… #53. JOE CRONIN… #54. Ernie Banks… #55. Goose Goslin… #56. Reggie Jackson… 

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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
1926 19 PIT NL 38 92 83 9 22 2 2 0 11 0 6 15 .265 .315 .337 .652 73 28 0 3 4/6
1927 20 PIT NL 12 24 22 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 .227 .292 .273 .564 47 6 0 0 /463
1928 21 WSH AL 63 259 227 23 55 10 4 0 25 4 0 22 27 .242 .309 .322 .631 67 73 0 10 6
1929 22 WSH AL 145 601 494 72 139 29 8 8 61 5 9 85 37 .281 .388 .421 .809 107 208 1 21 *6/4
1930 23 WSH AL 154 686 587 127 203 41 9 13 126 17 10 72 36 .346 .422 .513 .934 135 301 5 22 *6
1931 24 WSH AL 156 700 611 103 187 44 13 12 126 10 9 81 52 .306 .391 .480 .870 127 293 4 4 *6 MVP-7
1932 25 WSH AL 143 629 557 95 177 43 18 6 116 7 5 66 45 .318 .393 .492 .885 130 274 3 3 *6 MVP-6
1933 26 WSH AL 152 697 602 89 186 45 11 5 118 5 4 87 49 .309 .398 .445 .843 125 268 2 5 *6 AS,MVP-2
1934 27 WSH AL 127 568 504 68 143 30 9 7 101 8 0 53 28 .284 .353 .421 .774 102 212 1 9 *6 AS
1935 28 BOS AL 144 630 556 70 164 37 14 9 95 3 3 63 40 .295 .370 .460 .830 108 256 3 8 *6/3 AS
1936 29 BOS AL 81 334 295 36 83 22 4 2 43 1 3 32 21 .281 .354 .403 .757 82 119 1 6 65
1937 30 BOS AL 148 671 570 102 175 40 4 18 110 5 3 84 73 .307 .402 .486 .887 118 277 6 11 *6 AS,MVP-7
1938 31 BOS AL 143 637 530 98 172 51 5 17 94 7 5 91 60 .325 .428 .536 .964 135 284 5 11 *6 AS,MVP-7
1939 32 BOS AL 143 627 520 97 160 33 3 19 107 6 6 87 48 .308 .407 .492 .899 125 256 18 0 20 *6 AS,MVP-16
1940 33 BOS AL 149 645 548 104 156 35 6 24 111 7 5 83 65 .285 .380 .502 .882 123 275 6 1 13 *6/5
1941 34 BOS AL 143 615 518 98 161 38 8 16 95 1 4 82 55 .311 .406 .508 .914 138 263 20 1 14 *65/7O AS,MVP-11
1942 35 BOS AL 45 95 79 7 24 3 0 4 24 0 1 15 21 .304 .415 .494 .909 151 39 3 0 1 5/36
1943 36 BOS AL 59 88 77 8 24 4 0 5 29 0 0 11 4 .312 .398 .558 .956 176 43 3 0 0 5 MVP-27
1944 37 BOS AL 76 231 191 24 46 7 0 5 28 1 4 34 19 .241 .358 .356 .714 105 68 7 1 5 3
1945 38 BOS AL 3 11 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .375 .545 .375 .920 167 3 0 0 0 /5
20 Yrs 2124 8840 7579 1233 2285 515 118 170 1424 87 71 1059 700 .301 .390 .468 .857 119 3546 57 34 166
162 Game Avg. 162 674 578 94 174 39 9 13 109 7 81 53 .301 .390 .468 .857 119 270 3 13
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
BOS (11 yrs) 1134 4584 3892 645 1168 270 44 119 737 31 34 585 408 .300 .394 .484 .878 122 1883 57 18 89
WSH (7 yrs) 940 4140 3582 577 1090 242 72 51 673 56 37 466 274 .304 .387 .455 .842 118 1629 16 74
PIT (2 yrs) 50 116 105 11 27 3 2 0 14 0 8 18 .257 .310 .324 .634 67 34 0 3
AL (18 yrs) 2074 8724 7474 1222 2258 512 116 170 1410 87 71 1051 682 .302 .391 .470 .860 120 3512 57 34 163
NL (2 yrs) 50 116 105 11 27 3 2 0 14 0 8 18 .257 .310 .324 .634 67 34 0 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1926 19 PIT NL 38 92 -4 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 3 3 0.3 .502 .500 0.0 0.4 0 4/6
1927 20 PIT NL 12 24 -2 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -0 /463
1928 21 WSH AL 63 259 -11 1 0 2 4 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .494 .498 0.4 0.6 4 $3,828 6
1929 22 WSH AL 145 601 9 -2 0 -1 10 15 1.4 23 38 3.7 .510 .509 3.8 0.8 39 $4,000 *6/4
1930 23 WSH AL 154 686 36 -0 0 20 10 66 5.9 25 92 8.4 .539 .537 6.6 2.7 72 $6,000 *6
1931 24 WSH AL 156 700 25 -1 0 11 10 45 4.3 26 71 6.8 .527 .526 5.7 2.1 60 $10,000 *6 MVP-7
1932 25 WSH AL 143 629 24 0 0 7 9 41 3.8 24 65 6.1 .526 .523 5.4 1.5 58 $12,000 *6 MVP-6
1933 26 WSH AL 152 697 24 0 0 16 10 50 4.9 25 75 7.2 .532 .530 5.7 2.5 59 $18,000 *6 AS,MVP-2
1934 27 WSH AL 127 568 2 2 0 8 8 21 1.9 21 42 4.0 .516 .512 3.3 1.5 34 $22,000 *6 AS
1935 28 BOS AL 144 630 6 -0 0 -4 9 11 0.9 24 35 3.2 .507 .506 3.7 0.4 39 $27,000 *6/3 AS
1936 29 BOS AL 81 334 -9 -1 0 0 4 -6 -0.5 12 6 0.6 .494 .497 0.7 0.4 6 $27,000 65
1937 30 BOS AL 148 671 19 0 0 -12 10 17 1.5 24 40 3.7 .510 .509 4.8 -0.2 52 $27,000 *6 AS,MVP-7
1938 31 BOS AL 143 637 32 -0 0 5 9 46 4.2 23 69 6.3 .529 .525 5.8 1.4 64 $27,000 *6 AS,MVP-7
1939 32 BOS AL 143 627 23 -1 0 -10 9 22 2.0 22 44 4.1 .514 .512 5.0 0.0 54 $27,000 *6 AS,MVP-16
1940 33 BOS AL 149 645 19 -0 0 -9 10 20 1.9 22 42 4.0 .512 .511 4.8 0.1 51 $27,000 *6/5
1941 34 BOS AL 143 615 30 -1 0 -6 8 31 3.0 21 52 5.0 .521 .518 5.6 0.2 58 $27,000 *65/7O AS,MVP-11
1942 35 BOS AL 45 95 5 -0 0 0 -0 5 0.5 3 8 0.8 .511 .503 0.8 0.0 8 $27,000 5/36
1943 36 BOS AL 59 88 7 0 0 0 0 7 0.8 3 10 1.1 .514 .505 1.1 0.0 10 $27,000 5 MVP-27
1944 37 BOS AL 76 231 3 -1 0 -2 -2 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.3 .496 .498 0.6 -0.5 6 $27,000 3
1945 38 BOS AL 3 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.3 .573 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $25,000 /5
20 Seasons 2124 8840 239 -4 0 28 122 385 35.9 316 701 66.4 .517 .511 63.7 14.2 674 $370,828
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BOS (11 yrs) 1134 4584 136 -5 0 -37 58 152 14.2 160 311 29.4 .513 .508 32.9 2.0 348 $295,000
WSH (7 yrs) 940 4140 109 1 0 63 63 236 21.8 153 388 36.8 .523 .519 30.8 11.8 326 $75,828
PIT (2 yrs) 50 116 -5 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .497 .499 -0.0 0.4 -0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1933 26 WSH AL WS NYG L 5 22 22 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .318 .636 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 22 22 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .318 .636 7 1 0 0 0 0

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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
1926 PIT NL 19 2B 27 22 19 131 54 74 3 18 .977 4.74 .965 5.78
1926 PIT NL 19 SS 7 0 0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.29 .948 5.84
1927 PIT NL 20 2B 7 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.71 .966 5.93
1927 PIT NL 20 SS 4 3 1 13 2 7 4 0 .692 2.25 .944 5.50
1927 PIT NL 20 1B 1 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.00 .989 10.50
1928 WSH AL 21 SS 63 62 62 339 133 190 16 42 .953 5.13 .938 5.11
1929 WSH AL 22 SS 143 143 140 806 285 459 62 92 .923 5.20 .937 5.21
1929 WSH AL 22 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.90
1930 WSH AL 23 SS 154 154 147 880 336 509 35 95 .960 5.49 .940 5.12
1931 WSH AL 24 SS 155 155 152 854 323 488 43 94 .950 5.23 .936 5.18 MVP-7
1932 WSH AL 25 SS 141 141 135 786 306 448 32 95 .959 5.35 .941 5.15 MVP-6
1933 WSH AL 26 SS 152 152 143 859 297 528 34 95 .960 5.43 .942 5.34 AS,MVP-2
1934 WSH AL 27 SS 127 127 124 770 246 486 38 86 .951 5.76 .951 5.24 AS
1935 BOS AL 28 SS 139 139 137 732 264 431 37 86 .949 5.00 .957 5.35 AS
1935 BOS AL 28 1B 2 2 2 17 13 4 0 3 1.000 8.50 .992 10.15 AS
1936 BOS AL 29 SS 60 58 56 329 115 191 23 34 .930 5.10 .950 5.35
1936 BOS AL 29 3B 21 21 18 59 18 38 3 3 .949 2.67 .946 3.13
1937 BOS AL 30 SS 148 148 142 745 300 414 31 89 .958 4.82 .955 5.23 AS,MVP-7
1938 BOS AL 31 SS 142 142 133 789 304 449 36 110 .954 5.30 .953 5.17 AS,MVP-7
1939 BOS AL 32 SS 142 142 134 775 306 437 32 93 .959 5.23 .950 5.16 AS,MVP-16
1940 BOS AL 33 SS 146 146 134 733 252 443 38 89 .948 4.76 .949 4.85
1940 BOS AL 33 3B 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .937 3.20
1941 BOS AL 34 SS 119 118 84 573 225 324 24 64 .958 4.61 .948 4.96 AS,MVP-11
1941 BOS AL 34 3B 22 22 20 63 22 38 3 3 .952 2.73 .947 3.28 AS,MVP-11
1941 BOS AL 34 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 AS,MVP-11
1941 BOS AL 34 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 AS,MVP-11
1942 BOS AL 35 3B 11 11 3 37 9 23 5 4 .865 2.91 .939 3.16
1942 BOS AL 35 1B 5 4 3 41 37 3 1 3 .976 8.00 .989 10.08
1942 BOS AL 35 SS 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .950 5.00
1943 BOS AL 36 3B 10 9 8 31 12 18 1 1 .968 3.00 .951 3.17 MVP-27
1944 BOS AL 37 1B 49 49 45 464 428 27 9 39 .981 9.29 .990 10.07
1945 BOS AL 38 3B 3 3 2 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.33 .948 3.17
17 Seasons SS 1843 1831 1725 9995 3696 5814 485 1165 .951 5.16 .946 5.17
6 Seasons 3B 69 68 52 203 64 127 12 13 .941 2.77 .946 3.19
4 Seasons 1B 57 56 51 530 485 35 10 45 .981 9.12 .990 10.08
3 Seasons 2B 35 22 19 137 58 76 3 18 .978 3.83 .965 5.81
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1 Season LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
20 Seasons TOT 2005 1977 1847 10865 4303 6052 510 1241 .953 5.16 .948 5.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1947 BBWAA ( 3.7%)
1948 BBWAA (20.7%)
1949 BBWAA (21.6%)
1949 Run Off ( 8.6%)
1950 BBWAA (19.6%)
1951 BBWAA (19.5%)
1952 BBWAA (20.5%)
1953 BBWAA (26.1%)
1954 BBWAA (33.7%)
1955 BBWAA (53.8%)
1956 BBWAA (78.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1956 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1933 (SS)
1934 (SS)
1935 (SS)
1937 (SS)
1938 (SS)
1939 (SS)
1941 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (7, 23%)
1932 AL (6, 33%)
1933 AL (2, 78%)
1937 AL (7, 24%)
1938 AL (7, 27%)
1939 AL (16, 4%)
1941 AL (11, 8%)
1943 AL (27, 1%)
1.98 Career Shares (91st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1930 AL  8.5 (5th)
1931 AL  6.8 (6th)
1932 AL  6.1 (8th)
1933 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1938 AL  6.3 (3rd)
Career  66.4 (126th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1930 AL  8.5 (3rd)
1931 AL  6.8 (4th)
1932 AL  6.1 (4th)
1933 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1938 AL  6.3 (3rd)
1941 AL  5.0 (8th)
Career  66.4 (85th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1930 AL  6.6 (4th)
1931 AL  5.7 (7th)
1932 AL  5.4 (5th)
1933 AL  5.7 (5th)
1937 AL  4.8 (7th)
1938 AL  5.8 (4th)
1939 AL  5.0 (7th)
1940 AL  4.8 (8th)
1941 AL  5.6 (6th)
Career  63.7 (76th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1928 AL  0.6 (9th)
1929 AL  0.8 (9th)
1930 AL  2.7 (1st)
1931 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1932 AL  1.5 (1st)
1933 AL  2.6 (1st)
1934 AL  1.5 (2nd)
1938 AL  1.4 (2nd)
Career  14.3 (109th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1932 AL  .318 (10th)
1938 AL  .325 (10th)
Career  .301 (192nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1930 AL  .422 (8th)
1933 AL  .398 (7th)
1938 AL  .428 (5th)
1939 AL  .407 (10th)
1941 AL  .406 (8th)
Career  .390 (105th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1938 AL  .536 (10th)
1941 AL  .508 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1932 AL  .885 (10th)
1938 AL  .964 (9th)
1941 AL  .914 (9th)
Career  .857 (144th)

Games Played s c a p y
1930 AL  154 (1st)
1931 AL  156 (1st)
1933 AL  152 (5th)
Career  2,124 (168th)

At Bats s c a p y
1930 AL  587 (8th)
1931 AL  611 (6th)
1933 AL  602 (6th)
Career  7,579 (190th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1930 AL  686 (4th)
1931 AL  700 (5th)
1933 AL  697 (4th)
Career  8,840 (159th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1930 AL  127 (6th)
1940 AL  104 (10th)
Career  1,233 (154th)

Hits s c a p y
1930 AL  203 (6th)
1933 AL  186 (9th)
Career  2,285 (148th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  293 (8th)
Career  3,546 (152nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1930 AL  41 (9th)
1931 AL  44 (4th)
1932 AL  43 (3rd)
1933 AL  45 (1st)
1935 AL  37 (6th)
1938 AL  51 (1st)
1939 AL  33 (6th)
1941 AL  38 (6th)
Career  515 (46th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL  13 (6th)
1932 AL  18 (1st)
1934 AL  9 (8th)
1935 AL  14 (4th)
Career  118 (100th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1940 AL  24 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1930 AL  126 (8th)
1931 AL  126 (5th)
1932 AL  116 (6th)
1933 AL  118 (4th)
1934 AL  101 (10th)
1937 AL  110 (10th)
1939 AL  107 (7th)
1940 AL  111 (6th)
Career  1,424 (66th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1929 AL  85 (5th)
1930 AL  72 (8th)
1931 AL  81 (7th)
1933 AL  87 (7th)
1939 AL  87 (8th)
1940 AL  83 (10th)
Career  1,059 (92nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1931 AL  52 (10th)
1937 AL  73 (7th)
1940 AL  65 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1930 AL  17 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1930 AL  140 (4th)
1933 AL  125 (10th)
Career  1,482 (209th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1930 AL  135 (9th)
1932 AL  130 (10th)
1941 AL  138 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1930 AL  125 (9th)
1931 AL  112 (8th)
1932 AL  106 (9th)
1933 AL  106 (8th)
1938 AL  120 (8th)
1939 AL  103 (10th)
1941 AL  105 (7th)
Career  1,370 (123rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1930 AL  34 (9th)
1933 AL  25 (8th)
1938 AL  33 (6th)
1941 AL  31 (8th)
Career  241 (199th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1930 AL  3.1 (9th)
1933 AL  2.4 (8th)
1938 AL  3.0 (6th)
1941 AL  3.0 (8th)
Career  22.7 (219th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  69 (9th)
1932 AL  67 (8th)
1933 AL  61 (6th)
1938 AL  73 (4th)
1940 AL  65 (9th)
1941 AL  62 (10th)
Career  803 (110th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1930 AL  280 (4th)
1931 AL  272 (6th)
1933 AL  275 (3rd)
1938 AL  268 (8th)
1939 AL  247 (10th)
Career  3,378 (123rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1932 AL  .667 (9th)
1938 AL  .703 (10th)
1941 AL  .678 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 AL  5 (7th)
1937 AL  6 (3rd)
1938 AL  5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  21 (9th)
1930 AL  22 (4th)
1937 AL  11 (7th)
1938 AL  11 (7th)
1939 AL  20 (2nd)
1940 AL  13 (3rd)
1941 AL  14 (1st)
Career  166 (132nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  18 (3rd)
1941 AL  20 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1930 AL  10 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1930 AL  14.7 (6th)
1931 AL  10.9 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1934 AL  18.0 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1931 AL  437 (8th)
1933 AL  425 (9th)
Career  5,588 (209th)

Assists† s c a p y
1929 AL  459 (5th)
1930 AL  509 (3rd)
1931 AL  488 (3rd)
1932 AL  448 (4th)
1933 AL  528 (3rd)
1934 AL  486 (5th)
1938 AL  449 (5th)
1939 AL  437 (4th)
1940 AL  445 (4th)
Career  6,052 (44th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1929 AL  62 (1st)
1930 AL  35 (4th)
1931 AL  43 (3rd)
1934 AL  38 (5th)
1935 AL  37 (2nd)
1937 AL  31 (5th)
1939 AL  32 (5th)
1940 AL  38 (2nd)
Career  510 (78th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1944 AL  9 (5th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  143 (3rd)
1930 AL  154 (1st)
1931 AL  155 (1st)
1932 AL  141 (2nd)
1933 AL  152 (2nd)
1934 AL  127 (5th)
1935 AL  139 (3rd)
1937 AL  148 (3rd)
1938 AL  142 (4th)
1939 AL  142 (3rd)
1940 AL  146 (3rd)
Career  1,843 (31st)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  285 (3rd)
1930 AL  336 (1st)
1931 AL  323 (1st)
1932 AL  306 (1st)
1933 AL  297 (4th)
1935 AL  264 (4th)
1937 AL  300 (4th)
1938 AL  304 (3rd)
1939 AL  306 (2nd)
1940 AL  252 (4th)
Career  3,696 (19th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  459 (1st)
1930 AL  509 (1st)
1931 AL  488 (2nd)
1932 AL  448 (1st)
1933 AL  528 (2nd)
1934 AL  486 (3rd)
1935 AL  431 (4th)
1937 AL  414 (5th)
1938 AL  449 (3rd)
1939 AL  437 (3rd)
1940 AL  443 (2nd)
Career  5,814 (28th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  62 (1st)
1930 AL  35 (2nd)
1931 AL  43 (3rd)
1932 AL  32 (5th)
1934 AL  38 (2nd)
1935 AL  37 (2nd)
1937 AL  31 (4th)
1938 AL  36 (3rd)
1939 AL  32 (2nd)
1940 AL  38 (1st)
Career  485 (25th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  92 (2nd)
1930 AL  95 (1st)
1931 AL  94 (1st)
1932 AL  95 (1st)
1933 AL  95 (3rd)
1934 AL  86 (4th)
1935 AL  86 (3rd)
1937 AL  89 (5th)
1938 AL  110 (3rd)
1939 AL  93 (2nd)
1940 AL  89 (2nd)
Career  1,165 (21st)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  5.20 (3rd)
1930 AL  5.49 (1st)
1931 AL  5.23 (2nd)
1932 AL  5.35 (3rd)
1933 AL  5.43 (3rd)
1934 AL  5.76 (1st)
1935 AL  5.00 (5th)
1938 AL  5.30 (4th)
1939 AL  5.23 (1st)
1940 AL  4.76 (4th)
Career  5.16 (48th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1929 AL  .923 (4th)
1930 AL  .960 (2nd)
1931 AL  .950 (2nd)
1932 AL  .959 (1st)
1933 AL  .960 (1st)
1937 AL  .958 (4th)
1938 AL  .954 (4th)
1939 AL  .959 (2nd)
1941 AL  .958 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1926 NL  born 1906-10-12 (8th)
1927 NL  born 1906-10-12 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (220), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 143 (94), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 55 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (16th), 66.4 career WAR/43.9 7yr-peak WAR/55.1 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Barry Larkin (846) *
  2. Alan Trammell (830)
  3. Miguel Tejada (822)
  4. Bobby Doerr (815) *
  5. Enos Slaughter (808) *
  6. Michael Young (806)
  7. Ted Simmons (806)
  8. Edgar Renteria (795)
  9. Tony Lazzeri (792) *
  10. Arky Vaughan (790) *
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  1. Germany Smith (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Derek Jeter (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Derek Jeter (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marty McManus (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Travis Jackson (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Travis Jackson (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Travis Jackson (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Travis Jackson (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lou Boudreau (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Travis Jackson (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Arky Vaughan (877) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bobby Doerr (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Charlie Gehringer (831) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Charlie Gehringer (844) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Alan Trammell (836)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Alan Trammell (838)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Barry Larkin (842) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
192821Washington Senators$3,828Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
192922Washington Senators$4,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193023Washington Senators$6,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193124Washington Senators$10,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193225Washington Senators$12,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193326Washington Senators$18,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193427Washington Senators$22,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193528Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193629Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193730Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193831Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193932Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194033Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194134Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194235Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194336Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194437Boston Red Sox$27,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194538Boston Red Sox$25,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$370,828
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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