Joe Cronin

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: October 12, 1906 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: September 7, 1984 in Barnstable, MA

Buried: St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, MA

High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1926 (Age 19-199d, 6,397th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 19, 1945 (Age 38-189d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1956. (Voted by BBWAA on 152/193 ballots)
View Joe Cronin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: Joseph Edward Cronin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

64.7

7579

2285

170

.302

1233

RBI

1424

OBP

.390

SLG

.468

OPS

.857

OPS+

119

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

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
7	7	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
9	9	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	3	7	1
10	10	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
11	11	Apr 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
12	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	48	11.0	0	7	0	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
14	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	15	May 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	16	May 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
17	17	May 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
18	18	May 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
19	19	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	21	May 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	22	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	23	May 18	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
24	24	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
26	26	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 22	BOS		CLE	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 23	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	29	May 24	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
30	30	May 25	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	31	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
32	32	May 27	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 28	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
34	34	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
36	36	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,8-13	CG	54	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
41	41	Jun 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
44	44	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,6-12	GS	36	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	57 (12)	Jun 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
46	58	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
47	59	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	60	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
49	61	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	2	5	1
50	62	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-14	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	63	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
52	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	2	5	1
53	65	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	66	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W,8-3	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
55	67	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
56	68	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
57	69	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
58	70	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
59	71	Jul 6	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	72	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	52	13.0	2	5	0	7	1
61	73	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
62	74	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
63	75	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	77 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
65	78	Jul 13	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	79	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
67	80	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		CLE	T,2-2	CG	45	10.0	2	5	0	7	2
68	81	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
69	82	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	83	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
71	84	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	85	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	86	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
74	87	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
75	88	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
76	89	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
77	90	Jul 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	69	14.2	3	5	0	8	1
78	91	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
79	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
80	93	Jul 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	94	Jul 31	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	95	Aug 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	3	6	1	10	0
83	96	Aug 3	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	97	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	2	7	1	10	0
85	98	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	99	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	CG	33	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	100	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
88	101	Aug 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
89	102	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
90	103	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
91	104	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	105	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
93	106	Aug 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
94	107	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
95	108	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	56	13.1	2	2	0	4	1
96	109	Aug 17 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	110	Aug 17 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	4
98	111	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	112	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	6	5	0	11	2
101	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
102	115	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
103	116	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	117	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
105	118	Aug 23	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
106	119	Aug 24	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	120	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
108	121	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
109	122	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
110	123	Aug 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
111	124	Aug 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
112	125	Aug 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
113	126	Aug 31	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	127	Sep 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	54	13.1	4	1	0	5	1
115	128	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	129	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	54	13.0	1	0	0	1	1
117	130	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
118	131	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
119	132	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
120	133	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
121	134	Sep 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
122	135	Sep 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
123	136	Sep 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	137	Sep 11	BOS		CHW	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
125	138	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
126	139	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
127	140	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	141	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
129	142	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	143	Sep 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
131	144	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
132	145	Sep 18	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	146	Sep 19	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
134	147	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
135	148	Sep 22 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
136	149	Sep 22 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
137	150	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
138	151	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
139	152	Sep 25	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
140	153	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
141	154	Sep 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
							141gm		1260.0	277	435	37	749	89