Joe Medwick

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ us

Died: March 21, 1975 in St. Petersburg, FL

Buried: St. Lucas Cemetery, Sunset Hills, MO

High School: Carteret HS (Carteret, NJ)

Debut: September 2, 1932 (Age 20-283d, 7,518th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1948 (Age 36-244d)
vs. BSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968. (Voted by BBWAA on 240/283 ballots)
View Joe Medwick's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Joseph Michael Medwick

Nicknames: Ducky or Muscles

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

7635

2471

205

.324

1198

RBI

1383

OBP

.362

SLG

.505

OPS

.867

OPS+

134

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

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 27	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	May 4	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	May 5	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 8	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
16	16	May 9	STL	@	BRO	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 12	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 13	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 14	STL	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 16	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
22	22	May 17	STL		NYG	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 18	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 20	STL		BRO	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	25	May 21	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 22	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 23	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 24	STL		BSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 25	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 26	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	31	May 27	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 28 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 29	STL		PIT	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	STL	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	Jun 3	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 9	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 10 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 14	STL		BRO	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,3-8	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	50	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
51	51	Jun 17	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 18	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 21	STL		PHI	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 22	STL		PHI	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 25 (2)	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
58	58	Jun 27	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 1	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jul 2 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	63	Jul 2 (2)	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	65	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	1	0	1	2	0
67	67	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	68	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	69	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 14	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	80 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	81	Jul 22	STL	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	82	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-0	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	83	Jul 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	84	Jul 25	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	85	Jul 26	STL		NYG	W,10-0	GS	26	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	86	Jul 27	STL		NYG	W,9-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	87	Jul 28	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	88	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	89	Jul 30 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	90	Jul 30 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	91	Aug 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GS	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
89	92	Aug 3 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	93	Aug 3 (2)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	94	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	95	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	96	Aug 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-0	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	97	Aug 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	98	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,5-3	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	99	Aug 12	STL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	100	Aug 13 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	101	Aug 13 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	102	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
100	103	Aug 15	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	107 (3)	Aug 18	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	108	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	109	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	110	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	111	Aug 21	STL	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	112	Aug 22	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	113	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	114	Aug 24	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	115	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	116	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	117	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	118	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
113	119	Aug 28	STL	@	BSN	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	120	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	121	Sep 2	STL		PIT	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
116	122	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	W,14-6	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	123	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	124	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	125	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CIN	T,6-6	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	126	Sep 5	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	127	Sep 6	STL	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	128	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	129	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	130	Sep 9	STL	@	PIT	W,12-2	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	131	Sep 10 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	132	Sep 10 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	133	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	134	Sep 12	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	135	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,10-9	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	136	Sep 14	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	137	Sep 15	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	138	Sep 16	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	139	Sep 17 (1)	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	140	Sep 17 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	141	Sep 18 (1)	STL		NYG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	142	Sep 18 (2)	STL		NYG	W,15-5	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	143	Sep 19	STL		BRO	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	144	Sep 20	STL		BRO	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	145	Sep 21	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	146	Sep 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
141	147	Sep 23	STL		CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	148	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	149	Sep 26 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
144	150	Sep 26 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	151	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
146	152	Sep 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
147	153	Sep 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	154	Sep 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	155	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
							149gm			260	8	8	276	1