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Willie Kamm
William Edward Kamm
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 2, 1900 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Final Game: May 21, 1935
Died: December 21, 1988 in Belmont, CA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 23 CHW AL 149 626 544 57 159 39 9 6 87 18 13 62 82 .292 .366 .430 .796 110 234 1 19 *5
1924 24 CHW AL 147 626 528 58 134 28 6 6 93 10 9 64 59 .254 .337 .364 .700 83 192 2 32 *5
1925 25 CHW AL 152 640 509 82 142 32 4 6 83 11 13 90 36 .279 .391 .393 .784 104 200 4 37 *5 MVP-12
1926 26 CHW AL 143 578 480 63 141 24 10 0 62 12 4 77 24 .294 .396 .385 .781 107 185 4 17 *5
1927 27 CHW AL 148 635 540 85 146 32 13 0 59 8 9 70 18 .270 .354 .378 .732 91 204 0 25 *5
1928 28 CHW AL 155 655 552 70 170 30 12 1 84 17 9 73 22 .308 .391 .411 .802 112 227 2 28 *5 MVP-5
1929 29 CHW AL 147 619 523 72 140 33 6 3 63 12 5 75 23 .268 .363 .371 .734 90 194 3 18 *5
1930 30 CHW AL 112 396 331 49 89 21 6 3 47 5 4 51 20 .269 .368 .396 .764 96 131 1 13 *5
1931 31 TOT AL 132 553 469 77 136 35 5 0 75 14 10 71 19 .290 .384 .386 .770 99 181 1 12 *5
1931 31 CHW AL 18 67 59 9 15 4 1 0 9 1 1 7 6 .254 .333 .356 .689 86 21 0 1 5
1931 31 CLE AL 114 486 410 68 121 31 4 0 66 13 9 64 13 .295 .392 .390 .782 101 160 1 11 *5
1932 32 CLE AL 148 615 524 76 150 34 9 3 83 6 3 75 36 .286 .379 .403 .781 96 211 3 13 *5
1933 33 CLE AL 133 517 447 59 126 17 2 1 47 6 3 54 27 .282 .359 .336 .695 81 150 0 16 *5 MVP-21
1934 34 CLE AL 121 457 386 52 104 23 3 0 42 7 1 62 38 .269 .372 .345 .716 86 133 1 8 *5
1935 35 CLE AL 6 18 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 71 6 0 0 /5
13 Seasons 1693 6935 5851 802 1643 348 85 29 826 126 84 824 405 .281 .372 .384 .756 97 2248 22 238
162 Game Avg. 162 664 560 77 157 33 8 3 79 12 8 79 39 .281 .372 .384 .756 97 215 2 23
CHW (9 yrs) 1171 4842 4066 545 1136 243 67 25 587 94 67 569 290 .279 .370 .391 .761 99 1588 17 190
CLE (5 yrs) 522 2093 1785 257 507 105 18 4 239 32 17 255 115 .284 .375 .370 .745 91 660 5 48

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1923 CHW AL 23 3B 149 547 173 352 22 29 .960 3.52 .944 3.27
1924 CHW AL 24 3B 146 517 190 312 15 31 .971 3.44 .950 3.01
1925 CHW AL 25 3B 152 514 182 310 22 32 .957 3.24 .946 3.02 MVP-12
1926 CHW AL 26 3B 142 511 177 323 11 16 .978 3.52 .950 3.14
1927 CHW AL 27 3B 146 530 236 279 15 21 .972 3.53 .951 3.07
1928 CHW AL 28 3B 155 533 243 278 12 33 .977 3.36 .950 3.05 MVP-5
1929 CHW AL 29 3B 145 502 221 270 11 27 .978 3.39 .951 2.90
1930 CHW AL 30 3B 106 374 142 209 23 17 .939 3.31 .945 2.84
1931 TOT AL 31 3B 132 421 158 240 23 33 .945 3.02 .944 2.89
1931 CHW AL 31 3B 18 65 29 32 4 4 .938 3.39 .945 2.89
1931 CLE AL 31 3B 114 356 129 208 19 29 .947 2.96 .944 2.89
1932 CLE AL 32 3B 148 479 164 299 16 20 .967 3.13 .949 2.77
1933 CLE AL 33 3B 131 380 153 221 6 16 .984 2.85 .953 2.73 MVP-21
1934 CLE AL 34 3B 118 365 109 248 8 24 .978 3.03 .941 2.95
1935 CLE AL 35 3B 4 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.75 .950 2.95
13 Seasons 3B 1674 5681 2151 3345 185 299 .967 3.28 .948 2.98
13 Seasons TOT 1674 5681 2151 3345 185 299 .967 3.28 .915 2.98

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (12, 11%)
1928 AL (5, 23%)
1933 AL (21, 1%)
0.35 Career Shares (542nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
Career  .372 (239th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL  152 (9th)
1927 AL  148 (8th)
1928 AL  155 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1928 AL  655 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1923 AL  39 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1927 AL  13 (6th)
1928 AL  12 (10th)
Career  85 (241st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 AL  90 (1st)
1926 AL  77 (8th)
1927 AL  70 (6th)
1928 AL  73 (9th)
1929 AL  75 (7th)
Career  824 (218th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  82 (2nd)
1924 AL  59 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1923 AL  18 (5th)
1928 AL  17 (6th)
1931 AL  14 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1928 AL  127 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1924 AL  32 (3rd)
1925 AL  37 (3rd)
1927 AL  25 (5th)
1928 AL  28 (3rd)
1931 AL  12 (3rd)
1932 AL  13 (7th)
1933 AL  16 (4th)
Career  238 (47th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1925 AL  13 (8th)
1928 AL  9 (8th)
1931 AL  10 (10th)
Career  84 (177th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1931 AL  24.7 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1927 AL  428 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (913), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (732), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Red Smith (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Smith (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ossie Bluege (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ossie Bluege (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ossie Bluege (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ossie Bluege (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 29, 1922: Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later, Doug McWeeny and $100,000. The Chicago White Sox sent Shovel Hodge (September 7, 1922) and Eddie Mulligan (October 24, 1922) to San Francisco (PCL) to complete the trade.

May 17, 1931: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Lew Fonseca.

June 1, 1935: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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