Red Kress

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 2, 1905 in Columbia, CA us

Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 24, 1927 (Age 22-265d, 6,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1946 (Age 41-196d)
vs. PIT 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralph Kress

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

5087

1454

.286

691

RBI

799

OBP

.347

SLG

.420

OPS

.767

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 11)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
2	2	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	58	13.0	5	9	0	14	4
5	5	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
7	7	Apr 25	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 26	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
9	9	Apr 27	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
11	11	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	4
12	12	Apr 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
15	15	May 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
16	16	May 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,10-12	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	17	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	2	6	2	10	2
18	18	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
19	19	May 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
20	20	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
21	21	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
23	23	May 13	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	24	May 15	SLB	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	5.0	2	3	0	5	1
25	25	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	26	May 20	SLB		BOS	L,2-16	CG	55	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
27	27	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
28	28	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	47	10.0	2	2	1	5	2
29	29	May 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
30	30	May 25	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
31	31	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
36	36	Jun 2	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
37	37	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
38	38	Jun 6	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
40	40	Jun 8	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
41	41	Jun 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
42	42	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
43	43	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	2	5	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
45	45	Jun 12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	22	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
47	47	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 16	SLB		BOS	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
49	49	Jun 18	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
51	51	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	T,7-7	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
52	52	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	54	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 23	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
56	56	Jun 25	SLB		WSH	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
58	58	Jun 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
59	59	Jun 27	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 28	SLB		CHW	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
61	61	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 2	SLB		DET	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
64	64	Jul 3 (1)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
65	65	Jul 3 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
68	68	Jul 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	48	9.1	1	2	0	3	1
69	69	Jul 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	9.1	0	1	1	2	0
70	70	Jul 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	37	8.1	7	4	1	12	2
71	71	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
73	73	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15	CG	49	9.1	1	1	0	2	1
74	74	Jul 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	75	Jul 15	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
76	76	Jul 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
78	78	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
79	79	Jul 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	80	Jul 24 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
81	81	Jul 24 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-11	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
82	82	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
84	84	Jul 27	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
85	85	Jul 28	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
86	86	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	CG	52	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 31 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
88	88	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,10-2	CG	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	89	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
90	90	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
91	91	Aug 4	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	92	Aug 5	SLB		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	93	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	94	Aug 7 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
95	95	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	96	Aug 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
97	97	Aug 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
98	98	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
99	99	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	100	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
101	101	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
103	103	Aug 14 (2)	SLB		DET	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
104	104	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
105	105	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
106	106	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 19 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
108	108	Aug 19 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
109	109	Aug 20	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
110	110	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	111	Aug 23	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	52	11.0	2	7	0	9	1
112	112	Aug 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
113	113	Aug 25 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	48	13.0	4	5	0	9	1
114	114	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	115	Aug 26 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
116	116	Aug 26 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
117	117	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
119	119	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	120	Aug 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
121	121	Aug 30	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
122	122	Aug 31	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
124	124	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
125	125	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
126	126	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,1-1	CG	28	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
127	127	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
128	128	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	129	Sep 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	130	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
131	131	Sep 11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
132	132	Sep 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
133	133	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
134	134	Sep 15	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	135	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	4
136	136	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-11	CG	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	137	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	138	Sep 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
139	139	Sep 19	SLB		NYY	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
140	140	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	0	8	1	9	1
141	141	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	142	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
143	143	Sep 24 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
144	144	Sep 24 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	145	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	146	Sep 25 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
147	147	Sep 27 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
148	148	Sep 27 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	0	7.0	1	3	1	5	1
149	150 (1)	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	152 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	T,3-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
							150gm		1292.0	321	388	26	735	100