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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
3	4	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.1	2	6	0	8	0
4	5	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	6	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
6	7	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
7	8	Apr 29 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
8	9	Apr 29 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	10	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	2	6	0	8	1
10	11	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
11	12	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
12	13	May 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
13	14	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
14	15	May 9	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
15	16	May 11	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	17	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
17	18	May 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	19	May 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	20	May 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
20	21	May 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	4
21	22	May 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	23	May 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	24	May 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	25	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	26	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	27	May 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
27	28	May 29	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	3	2	0	5	0
28	29	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
29	30	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	38 (7)	Jun 7	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
31	39	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
32	40	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
33	41	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	5	0	5	1
34	42	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
35	43	Jun 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	2	4	0	6	2
36	44	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	45	Jun 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	8	0	9	0
38	46	Jun 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	47	Jun 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	48	Jun 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
41	49	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
42	50	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	3
43	51	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
44	52	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
45	53	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
46	54	Jun 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	55	Jun 27	CLE		PHA	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
48	56	Jun 28	CLE		PHA	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	3	8	0	11	3
49	57	Jun 29	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	58	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	59	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	60	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
53	61	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
54	62	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
55	63	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	64	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	4
57	65	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
58	66	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	67	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	68	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	69	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	70	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	71	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	72	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
65	73	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
66	74	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	75	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
68	76	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
69	77	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	T,2-2	CG	46	12.0	5	5	0	10	2
70	78	Jul 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	79	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	80	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	81	Jul 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	45	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
74	82	Jul 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
75	83	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
76	84	Jul 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
77	85	Jul 27	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	86	Jul 28	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
79	87	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
80	88	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
81	89	Jul 31	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	90	Aug 1	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
83	91	Aug 2	CLE		CHW	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	92	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	93	Aug 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
86	94	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
87	95	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
88	96	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
89	97	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
90	98	Aug 8	CLE		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
91	99	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	100	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
93	101	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
94	102	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
95	103	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
96	104	Aug 13	CLE		BOS	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	105	Aug 14	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
							97gm		855.0	217	289	9	515	73