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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	45 (44)	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	46	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	47	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,8-3	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	49	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	53 (3)	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,11-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	54	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	56 (1)	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,5-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
9	57	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,7-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	60 (2)	Jun 23	STL		BSN	W,6-2		17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	61	Jun 24	STL		BSN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	63 (1)	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
13	64	Jun 28	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	65	Jun 29 (1)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	69 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-0	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	71 (1)	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	72	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	73	Jul 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
19	75 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	77 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-0	GS	25	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-3	GS	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	79	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	80	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	82 (1)	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2		0		0	0	0	0	0
25	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	86 (1)	Jul 19	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	88 (1)	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,10-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	89	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	94 (4)	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	97 (2)	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	99 (1)	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	122 (22)	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	124 (1)	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	130 (5)	Sep 1 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5		0		2	0	0	2	0
36	140 (9)	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	142 (1)	Sep 15	STL		NYG	L,5-10	GS	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	145 (2)	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	146	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,5-0	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
41	149 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
42	156 (6)	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm			47	3	0	50	2