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Chet Laabs

Chester Peter Laabs

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 30, 1912 in Milwaukee, WI(All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1937 (Age 25)   vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Browns/Tigers/Athletics 1937-1947

Final Game: June 3, 1947 (Age 35)   vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: January 26, 1983 in Warren, MI
Buried: St. Clement Cemetery, Center Line, MI
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Chet Laabs: 117 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 1 go ahead, 115 lacking some details

3 Tms
SLB	101
DET	15
PHA	1

vs RHP	85
vs LHP	32

Home	71
Away	46

Leverage

8 Opps
PHA	28
BOS	23
NYY	19
WSH	18
CHW	12
CLE	8
DET	8
SLB	1

82 Pitchers
Mickey Haefner	4
Dizzy Trout	3
Mickey Harris	3
Dick Fowler	3
Johnny Humphries	3
Marius Russo	3
Jack Knott	3
Herman Besse	3
Joe Dobson	3
Lum Harris	2
Ray Scarborough	2
Al Milnar	2
Thornton Lee	2
Al Benton	2
Lou Knerr	2
Bump Hadley	2
Mel Queen	2
Eddie Lopat	2
Tex Hughson	2
Buck Ross	2

9 Parks
STL07	63
PHI11	15
BOS07	12
DET04	12
CHI10	9
NYC16	3
CLE07	1
CLE06	1
WAS09	1

Where Hit
Unk	117
General field locations when available.

1 Inside the Park

Game Totals
1·HR gms	101
2·HR gms	8
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
Unk	32
3rd	22
7th	18
6th	17
4th	14
5th	13
2nd	1

Outs
Unk	116
1	1

DefPos
RF	42
LF	42
CF	29
PH	4

Bases
Unk	117

216 RBI
0 on	50
1 on	40
2 on	22
3 on	5
Any on	67

Inning
1	20
2	8
3	8
4	14
5	17
6	12
7	15
8	9
9	10
Extra	4

1-3	36
4-6	43
7-end	38

RelScore
Tied	1
-1	1
Unk	115

Tied	1
Behind	1
Unk	115
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

· WE and WPA Explanation

1937 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1937-06-19	DET	@	PHA	Lynn Nelson		t 5			3	7	7
2	2	2	1	1937-06-20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	George Caster		t 5			1	7	7
3	3	3	1	1937-07-10 (1)	DET		CLE	Joe Heving		b 7			1	7	7
4	4	4	1	1937-07-10 (2)	DET		CLE	Denny Galehouse		b 9			2		PH
5	5	5	1	1937-07-22	DET		BOS	Ted Olson		b 8			2	7	8
6	6	6	1	1937-07-29	DET	@	NYY	Monte Pearson		t 2			2	7	8
7	7	7	1	1937-08-01 (1)	DET	@	BOS	Jack Wilson		t 5			1	7	8
8	8	8	1	1937-08-29	DET		NYY	Red Ruffing		b 4			1	6	8
1938 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1938-04-19	DET	@	CHW	John Whitehead		t 9			1		PH
10	10	2	1	1938-04-25	DET	@	SLB	Jack Knott		t 4			4	6	9
11	11	3	1	1938-05-18	DET		WSH	Wes Ferrell		b 7			1	6	8
12	12	4	1	1938-06-08	DET	@	PHA	Bud Thomas		t 8			1	7	7
13	13	5	1	1938-06-17 (1)	DET		WSH	Pete Appleton		b 9			4	7	7
14	14	6	1	1938-06-17 (2)	DET		WSH	Dutch Leonard		b 2			2	7	7
15	15	7	1	1938-06-23	DET		BOS	Johnny Marcum		b 7			2	7	8
1939 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1939-07-08 (2)	SLB		CLE	Floyd Stromme		b 3			2	6	8
17	17	2	1	1939-07-16 (2)	SLB		PHA	Cotton Pippen		b 9			2	2	8
18	18	3	1	1939-07-28	SLB	@	BOS	Elden Auker		t 1			4	6	8
19	19	4	1	1939-08-12	SLB	@	DET	Fred Hutchinson		t 3			3	6	9
20	20	5	2	1939-08-12	SLB	@	DET	Al Benton		t 9			1	6	9
21	21	6	1	1939-08-13	SLB	@	DET	Tommy Bridges		t 8			3	6	9
22	22	7	1	1939-08-16 (2)	SLB		CLE	Al Milnar		b 4			1	6	8
23	23	8	1	1939-08-26	SLB		NYY	Bump Hadley		b 2			1	4	8
24	24	9	1	1939-09-07 (2)	SLB		CHW	Thornton Lee		b 4			2	4	8
25	25	10	1	1939-09-23 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Eddie Smith		t 1			2	4	8
1940 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1940-05-10	SLB	@	CLE	Al Milnar		t 5			2		7
27	27	2	1	1940-05-19	SLB		PHA	Buck Ross		b 5			2		8
28	28	3	1	1940-05-20	SLB		PHA	Chubby Dean		b 8			1		8
29	29	4	1	1940-06-02 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	Marius Russo		t 6			2		8
30	30	5	1	1940-06-06	SLB	@	BOS	Lefty Grove		t 7			1		8
31	31	6	1	1940-06-15	SLB		NYY	Johnny Murphy		b 8			2		PH
32	32	7	1	1940-06-23 (2)	SLB		WSH	Ken Chase		b 1			1		8
33	33	8	1	1940-07-27	SLB		BOS	Fritz Ostermueller		b 4			1		8
34	34	9	1	1940-08-23	SLB	@	PHA	Porter Vaughan		t 1			2		9
35	35	10	1	1940-09-16	SLB		NYY	Bump Hadley		b 3			1		8
1941 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1941-04-29	SLB		NYY	Lefty Gomez		b 8			1		9
37	37	2	1	1941-05-17	SLB	@	WSH	Bill Zuber		t 4			2		9			IPHR
38	38	3	1	1941-06-08 (2)	SLB		NYY	Marius Russo		b 3			1		8
39	39	4	1	1941-06-21	SLB	@	BOS	Jack Wilson		t 5			1		9
40	40	5	1	1941-06-22 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	Charlie Wagner		t 5			3		9
41	41	6	1	1941-06-22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Bill Fleming		t 8			3		9
42	42	7	1	1941-07-12	SLB		NYY	Tiny Bonham		b 7			3		PH
43	43	8	1	1941-07-16	SLB		PHA	Chubby Dean		b 2			1		9
44	44	9	2	1941-07-16	SLB		PHA	Bill Beckmann		b 4			3		9
45	45	10	1	1941-08-21 (1)	SLB		PHA	Jack Knott		b 1			1		7
46	46	11	1	1941-08-24	SLB		WSH	Steve Sundra		b 6			1		7
47	47	12	1	1941-08-25 (1)	SLB		WSH	Red Anderson		b 1			1		7
48	48	13	1	1941-08-30	SLB		CHW	Johnny Humphries		b 2			1		7
49	49	14	1	1941-09-16	SLB	@	PHA	Herman Besse		t 1			3		9
50	50	15	2	1941-09-16	SLB	@	PHA	Dick Fowler		t 12			1		9
1942 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1942-04-15	SLB	@	CHW	Johnny Humphries		t 5			1	5	8
52	52	2	1	1942-04-19 (1)	SLB		DET	Al Benton		b 4			2	5	8
53	53	3	1	1942-05-02	SLB	@	BOS	Bill Butland		t 3			4	6	9
54	54	4	1	1942-05-14	SLB		BOS	Mike Ryba		b 6			1	6	8
55	55	5	1	1942-05-17 (1)	SLB		NYY	Red Ruffing		b 1			3	6	9
56	56	6	1	1942-05-31 (1)	SLB		CLE	Jim Bagby		b 6			1	5	9
57	57	7	1	1942-06-07 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Phil Marchildon		t 1			2	5	9
58	58	8	1	1942-06-20	SLB		PHA	Roger Wolff		b 8			1	7	8
59	59	9	1	1942-06-26	SLB		WSH	Ray Scarborough		b 5			3	4	8
60	60	10	1	1942-06-28 (2)	SLB		WSH	Walt Masterson		b 7			1	4	8
61	61	11	1	1942-07-11	SLB	@	NYY	Tiny Bonham		t 9			2	7	7
62	62	12	1	1942-07-12 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Mace Brown		t 9			3	7	9
63	63	13	1	1942-07-15	SLB	@	PHA	Dick Fowler		t 2			4	7	7
64	64	14	1	1942-07-16	SLB	@	PHA	Lum Harris		t 5			2	7	7
65	65	15	2	1942-07-16	SLB	@	PHA	Bob Harris		t 9			2	7	7
66	66	16	1	1942-07-17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Herman Besse		t 6			2	7	7
67	67	17	1	1942-07-17 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Jack Knott		t 1			2	7	7
68	68	18	1	1942-07-22	SLB		PHA	Herman Besse		b 4			1	6	7
69	69	19	1	1942-07-24 (2)	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson		b 11			2	6	9
70	70	20	1	1942-08-07	SLB		DET	Dizzy Trout		b 2			1	6	7
71	71	21	1	1942-08-08	SLB		DET	Hal White		b 1			2	6	7
72	72	22	1	1942-08-20	SLB	@	CHW	Johnny Humphries		t 7			1	3	7
73	73	23	1	1942-08-31	SLB	@	BOS	Tex Hughson		t 9			3	3	7
74	74	24	1	1942-09-11	SLB		WSH	Sid Hudson		b 5			2	3	9
75	75	25	1	1942-09-13 (1)	SLB		PHA	Phil Marchildon		b 6			3	3	9
76	76	26	1	1942-09-14	SLB		PHA	Lum Harris		b 1			1	3	9
77	77	27	1	1942-09-16	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson		b 5			1	3	9
1943 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1943-05-02 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Gordon Maltzberger		t 11			1	3	7
79	79	2	1	1943-05-12	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson		b 6			3	4	7
80	80	3	1	1943-05-29	SLB	@	PHA	Sam Lowry		t 5			2	3	8
81	81	4	1	1943-06-02 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Yank Terry		t 1			2	3	8
82	82	5	1	1943-06-20 (1)	SLB	@	DET	Dizzy Trout		t 7			3	3	9
83	83	6	1	1943-07-03	SLB		WSH	Ray Scarborough		b 1			3	3	7
84	84	7	1	1943-07-04 (1)	SLB		WSH	Jim Mertz		b 5			1	3	7
85	85	8	1	1943-07-04 (2)	SLB		WSH	Alex Carrasquel		b 1			2	3	7
86	86	9	1	1943-07-05 (1)	SLB		NYY	Butch Wensloff		b 7			1	3	7
87	87	10	1	1943-07-06	SLB		NYY	Marius Russo		b 1			2	3	7
88	88	11	1	1943-07-11 (1)	SLB		BOS	Tex Hughson	tied 7-7	b 12			1	4	7			Walk-Off
89	89	12	1	1943-07-28	SLB	@	PHA	Orie Arntzen		t 6			1	3	7
90	90	13	1	1943-08-10	SLB		NYY	Hank Borowy		b 4			2	4	7
91	91	14	1	1943-08-22 (1)	SLB		WSH	Early Wynn		b 6			1	4	7
92	92	15	1	1943-08-24	SLB		WSH	Mickey Haefner		b 1			2	4	7
93	93	16	1	1943-09-10	SLB		CHW	Buck Ross		b 1			2	4	7
94	94	17	1	1943-09-19 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Thornton Lee		t 3			3	4	7
1944 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
95	95	1	1	1944-05-30 (1)	SLB		WSH	Mickey Haefner		b 7			1	5	9
96	96	2	1	1944-07-18	SLB		NYY	Steve Roser		b 7			2	4	7
97	97	3	1	1944-09-25	SLB		BOS	Clem Dreisewerd		b 1			1	3	9
98	98	4	1	1944-10-01	SLB		NYY	Mel Queen		b 4			2	3	7
99	99	5	2	1944-10-01	SLB		NYY	Mel Queen		b 5			2	3	7
1945 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
100	100	1	1	1945-09-13	SLB	@	BOS	Vic Johnson		t 5			1	5	7
1946 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
101	101	1	1	1946-05-18	SLB		BOS	Mickey Harris		b 3			2	3	9
102	102	2	2	1946-05-18	SLB		BOS	Mickey Harris		b 9			1	3	9
103	103	3	1	1946-06-16 (1)	SLB		NYY	Bill Bevens		b 7			2		7
104	104	4	1	1946-06-16 (2)	SLB		NYY	Joe Page		b 4			3		9
105	105	5	1	1946-06-25	SLB		PHA	Lou Knerr		b 2			1	5	9
106	106	6	2	1946-06-25	SLB		PHA	Lou Knerr		b 7			1	5	9
107	107	7	1	1946-06-26	SLB		PHA	Dick Fowler		b 1			3	5	9
108	108	8	1	1946-06-28	SLB		DET	Dizzy Trout		b 8			2		9
109	109	9	1	1946-07-01	SLB	@	CLE	Mel Harder		t 4			2		9
110	110	10	1	1946-07-04 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Frank Papish		t 6			1		9
111	111	11	1	1946-07-30	SLB		WSH	Mickey Haefner	behind 1-2	b 6	1		1	5	9
112	112	12	1	1946-08-04 (2)	SLB		PHA	Jesse Flores		b 7			3	6	9
113	113	13	1	1946-08-09	SLB		CLE	Charlie Gassaway		b 7			2	5	9
114	114	14	1	1946-08-20 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Mickey Harris		t 5			1	4	9
115	115	15	1	1946-09-04	SLB	@	CHW	Eddie Lopat		t 3			3	5	9
116	116	16	2	1946-09-04	SLB	@	CHW	Eddie Lopat		t 6			1	5	9
1947 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
117	117	1	1	1947-05-23	PHA		WSH	Mickey Haefner		b 4			3	3	7

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