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Mike Kreevich

Michael Andreas Kreevich

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: June 10, 1908 in Mount Olive, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1931
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/Athletics/Senators/Cubs 1931-1945

Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: April 25, 1994 in Pana, IL
Buried: Union Miners Cemetery, Mount Olive, IL
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 CHC NL 23 OF 4 2 2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .973 2.48
1931 CHC NL 23 RF 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.35
1931 CHC NL 23 CF 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.90
1931 CHC NL 23 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.20
1935 CHW AL 27 3B 6 6 6 12 8 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 .947 3.05
1936 CHW AL 28 OF 133 130 121 329 300 17 12 5 .964 2.38 .968 2.38
1936 CHW AL 28 CF 65 62 56 161 146 10 5 1 .969 2.40 .974 2.82
1936 CHW AL 28 RF 57 52 50 127 116 7 4 4 .969 2.16 .967 2.18
1936 CHW AL 28 LF 18 16 15 41 38 0 3 0 .927 2.11 .963 2.12
1937 CHW AL 29 CF 138 137 129 419 401 13 5 4 .988 3.00 .974 2.84 MVP-10
1937 CHW AL 29 OF 138 137 129 419 401 13 5 4 .988 3.00 .969 2.35 MVP-10
1937 CHW AL 29 LF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.17 MVP-10
1937 CHW AL 29 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 MVP-10
1938 CHW AL 30 CF 127 123 120 396 379 7 10 2 .975 3.04 .972 2.82 AS
1938 CHW AL 30 OF 127 123 120 396 379 7 10 2 .975 3.04 .972 2.35 AS
1938 CHW AL 30 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 AS
1939 CHW AL 31 CF 139 138 135 448 419 18 11 4 .975 3.14 .977 2.87 MVP-10
1939 CHW AL 31 OF 139 138 135 448 419 18 11 4 .975 3.14 .969 2.44 MVP-10
1939 CHW AL 31 3B 4 3 3 15 6 8 1 0 .933 3.50 .943 3.15 MVP-10
1940 CHW AL 32 CF 144 140 140 448 428 12 8 3 .982 3.06 .976 2.78
1940 CHW AL 32 OF 144 140 140 448 428 12 8 3 .982 3.06 .970 2.40
1941 CHW AL 33 CF 113 109 106 312 303 7 2 2 .994 2.74 .976 2.79
1941 CHW AL 33 OF 113 109 106 311 302 7 2 2 .994 2.73 .973 2.41
1942 PHA AL 34 CF 107 106 104 324 314 4 6 0 .981 2.97 .981 2.80
1942 PHA AL 34 OF 107 106 104 324 314 4 6 0 .981 2.97 .976 2.38
1943 SLB AL 35 OF 51 46 39 152 146 5 1 1 .993 2.96 .977 2.47
1943 SLB AL 35 CF 47 45 38 148 142 5 1 1 .993 3.13 .978 2.79
1943 SLB AL 35 LF 3 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .980 2.40
1943 SLB AL 35 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1944 SLB AL 36 OF 100 98 91 290 282 4 4 0 .986 2.86 .974 2.47 MVP-26
1944 SLB AL 36 CF 94 92 85 278 270 4 4 0 .986 2.91 .979 3.01 MVP-26
1944 SLB AL 36 RF 6 6 6 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 .971 2.08 MVP-26
1945 TOT AL 37 CF 122 113 111 338 328 5 5 0 .985 2.73 .982 2.80
1945 TOT AL 37 OF 121 113 111 338 328 5 5 0 .985 2.75 .978 2.40
1945 SLB AL 37 CF 81 74 74 233 228 3 2 0 .991 2.85 .982 2.80
1945 SLB AL 37 OF 81 74 74 235 230 3 2 0 .991 2.88 .978 2.40
1945 WSH AL 37 CF 41 39 37 105 100 2 3 0 .971 2.49 .982 2.80
1945 WSH AL 37 OF 40 39 37 103 98 2 3 0 .971 2.50 .978 2.40
11 Seasons OF 1177 1142 1098 3461 3304 93 64 21 .982 2.89 .972 2.40
11 Seasons CF 1097 1065 1024 3275 3132 86 57 17 .983 2.93 .977 2.83
6 Seasons RF 68 60 58 143 132 7 4 4 .972 2.04 .967 2.17
4 Seasons LF 28 17 16 46 43 0 3 0 .935 1.54 .965 2.16
2 Seasons 3B 10 9 9 27 14 12 1 0 .963 2.60 .944 3.09
12 Seasons TOT 1187 1151 1107 3488 3318 105 65 21 .981 2.88 .972 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 CHC NL 23 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
1935 CHW AL 27 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 CHW AL 28 137 130 137 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 65 57 133 0 4 0
1937 CHW AL 29 144 137 144 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 138 1 138 0 5 2
1938 CHW AL 30 129 123 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 1 127 0 3 0
1939 CHW AL 31 145 141 145 142 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 139 0 139 0 3 0
1940 CHW AL 32 144 140 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 0 1
1941 CHW AL 33 121 109 121 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 113 0 7 1
1942 PHA AL 34 116 106 116 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 107 0 6 3
1943 SLB AL 35 60 46 60 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 47 1 51 0 7 5
1944 SLB AL 36 105 98 105 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 6 100 0 6 0
1945 SLB AL 37 84 74 84 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 81 0 3 0
1945 WSH AL 37 45 39 45 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 0 5 0
12 Seasons 1241 1151 1241 1187 0 0 0 0 10 0 28 1097 68 1178 0 50 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1938 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 AL (10, 16%)
1939 AL (10, 11%)
1944 AL (26, 1%)
0.28 Career Shares (631st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  138 (3rd)
1938 AL  127 (4th)
1939 AL  139 (2nd)
1940 AL  144 (1st)
1945 AL  122 (2nd)
Career  1,097 (69th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  401 (2nd)
1938 AL  379 (3rd)
1939 AL  419 (2nd)
1940 AL  428 (1st)
1945 AL  328 (1st)
Career  3,132 (50th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  10 (5th)
1937 AL  13 (4th)
1939 AL  18 (1st)
1940 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  86 (45th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  10 (4th)
1939 AL  11 (3rd)
1940 AL  8 (4th)
1942 AL  6 (5th)
1945 AL  5 (3rd)
Career  57 (44th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1940 AL  144 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1937 AL  401 (2nd)
1938 AL  379 (4th)
1939 AL  419 (2nd)
1940 AL  428 (1st)
1945 AL  328 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1936 AL  17 (3rd)
1939 AL  18 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  3.00 (2nd)
1938 AL  3.04 (1st)
1939 AL  3.14 (1st)
1940 AL  3.06 (1st)
1942 AL  2.97 (2nd)
1944 AL  2.91 (5th)
1945 AL  2.73 (1st)
Career  2.93 (8th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  .988 (1st)
1938 AL  .975 (3rd)
1939 AL  .975 (4th)
1940 AL  .982 (3rd)
1941 AL  .994 (1st)
1942 AL  .981 (4th)
1944 AL  .986 (4th)
1945 AL  .985 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1937 AL  3.00 (1st)
1938 AL  3.04 (1st)
1939 AL  3.14 (1st)
1940 AL  3.06 (1st)
1942 AL  2.97 (2nd)
1944 AL  2.86 (5th)
1945 AL  2.75 (2nd)
Career  2.89 (8th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1937 AL  .988 (1st)
1940 AL  .982 (3rd)
1941 AL  .994 (1st)
1944 AL  .986 (5th)

                                         

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