Lou Boudreau

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL us

Died: August 10, 2001 in Olympia Fields, IL

Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, IL

High School: Thornton Township HS (Harvey, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: September 9, 1938 (Age 21-054d, 8,518th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 1952 (Age 35-038d)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970. (Voted by BBWAA on 232/300 ballots)
View Lou Boudreau's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Louis Boudreau

Nicknames: Old Shufflefoot, Handsome Lou or The Good Kid

Pronunciation: \BOO-dro\

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Relatives: Father-In-Law of Denny McLain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.2

6029

1779

.295

861

RBI

789

OBP

.380

SLG

.415

OPS

.795

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
15	15	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-6	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	18	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	19	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	3	1	2	6	1
20	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	23	5.1	2	1	0	3	0
23	23	May 10 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
24	24	May 10 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	5	1	8	1
25	25	May 11	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	27	May 16 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
28	28	May 16 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	29	May 17 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
30	30	May 17 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
31	31	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
32	33 (1)	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
33	34	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	36	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
36	37	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
37	38	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
38	39	May 27	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	40	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
40	41	May 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
41	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
42	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	44	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	29	6.1	2	0	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
45	47	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
46	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
48	50	Jun 7 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
49	51	Jun 7 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
50	52	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	51	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
51	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
52	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	1	3	1	5	0
53	55	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	56	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
55	57	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
57	59	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	60	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	61	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	63	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	64	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	65	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
64	66	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
65	67	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
66	68	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
67	69	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
68	70	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
69	71	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
70	72	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	3
71	73	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
72	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
74	76	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
75	77	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
76	78	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,10-3	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	79	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	80	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
79	81	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
80	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
81	83	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
82	84	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
83	85	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	44	10.0	2	3	1	6	1
84	86	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
85	87	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	4	7	0	11	3
86	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
88	90	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS	26	5.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	91	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	92	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	93	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	94	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	95	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
94	96	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	1	7	2
95	97	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	53	12.0	4	3	0	7	1
96	98	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	L,6-10	GF	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	99	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
98	100	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
99	101	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	102	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
101	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	104	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
103	105	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	106	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
105	107	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
106	108	Aug 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
107	109	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
108	110	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	3	5	0	8	0
109	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
110	112	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		DET	T,0-0	CG	46	14.0	3	10	0	13	2
111	113	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
112	114	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
113	116 (1)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
114	117	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	0	6	0	6	1
115	118	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
116	119	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
117	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
118	121	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	122	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
120	123	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	124	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	1
122	125	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.1	3	5	1	9	2
123	127 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	7	0	7	2
124	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
125	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
126	130	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
127	131	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
128	132	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
130	134	Sep 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	135	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
132	136	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	137	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
134	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
135	139	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	3	6	0	9	0
136	140	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
137	141	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	142	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	51	13.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	149 (6)	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
140	150	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	151	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	12	2.0	1	2	0	3	1
142	152	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
143	153	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
144	154	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
145	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
146	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
							146gm		1272.0	281	426	26	733	107