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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
6	9 (3)	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
7	10	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
8	11	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-8	CG	63	13.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
10	13	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
11	14	May 3	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	15	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	16	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	48	10.1	0	4	2	6	0	SS
14	17	May 6 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	6	5	0	11	1	SS
15	18	May 6 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
16	19	May 7	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
17	20	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	4	1	6	2	SS
18	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
19	22	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS	50	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
20	23	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GS	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
21	24	May 16	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	25	May 18	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
23	26	May 19	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
24	27	May 20	BOS		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
25	28	May 21	BOS		DET	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
26	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	30	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,12-0	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	31	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	SS
29	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
30	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	34	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
32	35	May 28	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
33	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,11-10	CG	63	15.0	4	6	1	11	2	SS
34	37	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	9	0	12	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
36	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	40	Jun 3 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
38	41	Jun 3 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
39	42	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
40	45 (2)	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
41	46	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
42	47	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
43	48	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	71 (22)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	73 (1)	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	74	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
47	75	Jul 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
48	76	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	77	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	78	Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	71	17.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	79	Jul 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	77	18.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	82 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
53	84 (1)	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
54	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	86	Jul 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	48	10.2	3	5	0	8	2	3B SS
56	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
57	88	Jul 21	BOS	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
58	89	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	97 (7)	Aug 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
60	102 (4)	Aug 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	0	3	1	4	2	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	130 (27)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	131	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-11	GS	25	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	132	Sep 8	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
64	133	Sep 9 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-10	GS	23	5.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
65	148 (14)	Sep 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
66	149	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
67	150	Sep 28 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	151	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
							69gm		595.0	94	181	15	290	51