Chuck Kress

Charles Steven Kress

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1947
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Reds/Tigers/Dodgers 1947-1954

Final Game: July 8, 1954
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1940	18	CIN-min	D	106	403	403		109	16	7	2						.270	.270	.360	.630		145						LEN · TARH
1941	19	CIN-min	D,B	132	507	507		159	34	18	4						.314	.314	.475	.789		241						CDL,ASH,CLM · GAFL,MTNS,SALL
1942	20	CIN-min	B	115	458	458		122	23	11	1						.266	.266	.371	.638		170						CLM · SALL
1946	24	CIN-min	AAA	145	608	536	100	140	23	6	10	80	11	6	64	76	.261	.340	.382	.722		205	11	0	8			SYR · IL
1947	25	STL-min	AAA	130	532	466	79	131	24	4	7	42	22		56	58	.281	.358	.395	.753		184		0	10			ROC · IL
1947	25	CIN	NL	11	34	27	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		6	4	.148	.303	.148	.451	23	4	0	0	1		/3

1948	26	CIN-min	AA	154	590	590		184	41	12	13						.312	.312	.488	.800		288						TUL · TL
1949	27	TOT	MLB	124	441	382	48	104	20	6	1	47	6	7	42	49	.272	.344	.364	.708	91	139	8	0	18		*3
1949	27	CIN	NL	27	32	29	3	6	3	0	0	3	0		3	5	.207	.281	.310	.592	58	9	1	0	1		3
1949	27	CHW	AL	97	409	353	45	98	17	6	1	44	6	7	39	44	.278	.349	.368	.718	93	130	7	0	17		3
1950	28	STL-min	AA	137	501	501		149	32	8	12						.297	.297	.465	.762		233						HSN · TL
1950	28	CHW	AL	3	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1		/3

1951	29	STL-min	AAA	134	518	451	78	118	26	5	21	83	11		63	59	.262	.356	.481	.837		217	2	3	1			ROC,CLB · IL,AA
1952	30	STL-min	AAA	148	608	497	84	139	23	5	24	91	7		109	54	.280	.410	.491	.901		244	8	1	1			CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1953	31	STL-min	AAA	147	620	520	111	165	26	10	25	121	9		95	55	.317	.423	.550	.973		286		0	5			ROC · IL
1954	32	TTO	AAA	53	185	146	25	37	8	0	7	23	1		36	21	.253	.401	.452	.853		66		0	3	0		TTO · IL
1954	32	TOT	MLB	37	50	49	5	8	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	4	.163	.180	.204	.384	4	10	0	0	0	0	/39
1954	32	DET	AL	24	38	37	4	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	4	.189	.211	.243	.454	25	9	0	0	0	0	/39
1954	32	BRO	NL	13	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-57	1	0	0	0	0	/3
1955	33	DET-min	AAA	140	552	448	73	116	22	3	16	76	9		95	64	.259	.384	.429	.813		192		1	0	8		BFL · IL
1956	34	DET-min	AAA	117	428	356	45	93	16	1	7	52	7		61	51	.261	.364	.371	.735		132	4	0	5	6		CHL · AA
1957	35	DET-min	D	65	171	171		55	16	1	7						.322	.322	.550	.871		94						ERI · NYPL
1958	36	DET-min	B	21	27	27		5	0	1	0						.185	.185	.259	.444		7						DHM · CARL
1959	37	PHI-min	B	1	1	1		0									.000	.000										DMO · IIIL
4 Yrs				175	534	466	57	116	20	7	1	52	6	8	49	59	.249	.320	.328	.649	75	153	9	0	20	0
162 Game Avg.				162	494	431	53	107	19	6	1	48	6		45	55	.249	.320	.328	.649	75	142	8	0	19

CIN (2 yrs)				38	66	56	7	10	3	0	0	3	0		9	9	.179	.292	.232	.524	41	13	1	0	2
CHW (2 yrs)				100	418	361	45	98	17	6	1	44	6	7	39	46	.271	.343	.360	.703	89	130	8	0	18
BRO (1 yr)				13	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-57	1	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				24	38	37	4	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	4	.189	.211	.243	.454	25	9	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				124	456	398	49	105	17	7	1	47	6	8	40	50	.264	.331	.349	.680	83	139	8	0	18	0
NL (3 yrs)				51	78	68	8	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	9	9	.162	.260	.206	.466	25	14	1	0	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	25	CIN	NL	11	34	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/3

1949	27	CIN	NL	27	32	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	3
1949	27	CHW	AL	97	409	-4	-2	1	5	-4	-4	-0.4	10	6	0.6	.495	.497	0.1	0.1	1	$	3
1950	28	CHW	AL	3	9	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.406	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/3

1954	32	DET	AL	24	38	-4	-0	0	1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	/39
1954	32	BRO	NL	13	12	-3	0	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/3
4 Seasons				175	534	-18	-2	2	4	-6	-20	-2.1	14	-6	-0.7	.488	.498	-1.1	-0.1	-10	$

CIN (2 yrs)				38	66	-5	0	0	-1	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.483	.498	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$
CHW (2 yrs)				100	418	-6	-2	1	5	-5	-7	-0.7	11	3	0.3	.493	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
BRO (1 yr)				13	12	-3	0	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$
DET (1 yr)				24	38	-4	-0	0	1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	25	CIN	NL	34	24	1	1.1	106	.174	.148	.274	.303	.349	.148	.406	.451	.756	23	.068	-2.8	-0.3	.435	.222	.000

1949	27	TOT	MLB	441	311	47	4.0	103	.310	.272	.266	.344	.356	.364	.388	.708	.744	91	.442	-5.3	-0.5	.614	.199	.092	1.7
1949	27	CIN	NL	32	25	3	3.2	105	.250	.207	.272	.281	.345	.310	.406	.592	.752	58	.343	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.207	.103
1949	27	CHW	AL	409	286	44	4.1	103	.315	.278	.266	.349	.357	.368	.386	.718	.743	93	.449	-3.6	-0.4	.625	.198	.091	1.7
1950	28	CHW	AL	9	10	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.275	.000	.361	.000	.412	.000	.773	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1954	32	TOT	MLB	50	42	2	1.3	102	.178	.163	.268	.180	.342	.204	.397	.384	.740	4	.095	-7.0	-0.7	.238	.041	.041
1954	32	DET	AL	38	31	2	1.7	98	.212	.189	.264	.211	.340	.243	.386	.454	.726	25	.161	-4.1	-0.4	.290	.054	.054
1954	32	BRO	NL	12	11	0	0.0	113	.083	.083	.279	.083	.351	.083	.431	.167	.782	-57	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.091	.000	.000
4 Yrs				534	387	50	3.4	103	.283	.249	.267	.320	.354	.328	.390	.649	.745	75	.374	-17.5	-1.8	.545	.180	.079	1.7
162 Game Avg.				494	358	46	3.4	103	.283	.249	.267	.320	.354	.328	.390	.649	.745	75	.374	-17.5	-1.8	.545	.180	.079	2

CIN (2 yrs)				66	49	4	2.2	105	.213	.179	.273	.292	.347	.232	.406	.524	.754	41	.202	-4.5	-0.4	.468	.214	.054
CHW (2 yrs)				418	296	44	3.9	103	.309	.271	.266	.343	.357	.360	.387	.703	.744	89	.433	-6.0	-0.6	.604	.194	.089	1.7
BRO (1 yr)				12	11	0	0.0	113	.083	.083	.279	.083	.351	.083	.431	.167	.782	-57	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.091	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				38	31	2	1.7	98	.212	.189	.264	.211	.340	.243	.386	.454	.726	25	.161	-4.1	-0.4	.290	.054	.054

AL (3 yrs)				456	327	46	3.7	103	.300	.264	.266	.331	.356	.349	.387	.680	.742	83	.411	-10.1	-1.0	.573	.181	.085	1.7
NL (3 yrs)				78	60	4	1.8	107	.186	.162	.274	.260	.348	.206	.411	.466	.759	25	.148	-7.3	-0.7	.397	.176	.044

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	25	CIN	NL	34	0.0%	11.8%	17.7%	0.0%	0%	0.67	6.8				68%

1949	27	TOT	MLB	441	0.2%	11.1%	9.5%	6.1%	26%	1.17	7.8	382.0	8.1	1.44	75%
1949	27	CIN	NL	32	0.0%	15.6%	9.4%	9.4%	50%	1.67	5.8		9.7	1.75	75%
1949	27	CHW	AL	409	0.2%	10.8%	9.5%	5.9%	25%	1.13	8.0	353.0	8.0	1.42	75%
1950	28	CHW	AL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			0.75	67%

1954	32	TOT	MLB	50	0.0%	8.0%	2.0%	2.0%	13%	4.00	12.3		9.8	1.24	90%
1954	32	DET	AL	38	0.0%	10.5%	2.6%	2.6%	14%	4.00	9.3		12.3	1.25	87%
1954	32	BRO	NL	12	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				6.0	1.20	100%
4 Yrs				534	0.2%	11.1%	9.2%	5.2%	24%	1.20	7.9	466.0	9.0	1.37	76%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.03	8.8	46.7	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	25	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	27	TOT	MLB	-5.3	-0.5	257	-1.3	4.0	-5.4	1.19	-1.2	0.1	-14.6	-1.5	1.04	-14.9	0.19	4
1949	27	CIN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	20	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.36	0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.04	-0.3	0.20	3
1949	27	CHW	AL	-3.6	-0.4	237	-1.3	3.6	-5.0	1.17	-1.3	0.1	-14.0	-1.4	1.04	-14.6	0.14	1
1950	28	CHW	AL	-2.4	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.05	-0.2	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.95	-2.5	0.58	1

1954	32	TOT	MLB	-7.0	-0.7	51	-1.2	0.4	-1.6	1.52	-0.6	-0.1	-8.0	-0.8	1.04	-6.4	1.84	27
1954	32	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	39	-0.9	0.3	-1.3	1.59	-0.4	-0.2	-6.5	-0.7	1.07	-4.3	2.26	15
1954	32	BRO	NL	-2.8	-0.3	12	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.32	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.96	-2.1	1.32	12
4 Yrs				-17.5	-1.8	317	-2.7	4.5	-7.2	1.24	-2.1	-0.1	-25.0	-2.5	1.04	-23.9	1.59	32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	27	TOT	MLB	4	0	32%	79	6	7	46%	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	58%	15	8	7	6	1	5	10	4	6
1949	27	CIN	NL	0	0	33%	6	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1949	27	CHW	AL	4	0	32%	73	6	7	46%	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	59%	15	8	7	4	0	4	10	4	6
1950	28	CHW	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	32	TOT	MLB	0	0	56%	17	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	32	DET	AL	0	0	50%	16	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	32	BRO	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				4	0	34%	96	6	8	43%	2	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	60%	20	10	10	6	1	5	11	4	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	27	TOT	MLB	441	78%	104			4	3	0	0	0.19	1	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	9	18	200%	65	8	12%	35	11	31%	194	26	13%	21	6	29%	10	6	60%	0
1949	27	CIN	NL	32	65%	6			3	2	0	0	0.20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	3	1	33%	15	2	13%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1949	27	CHW	AL	409	79%	98			1	1	0	0	0.14	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	8	17	213%	59	7	12%	32	10	31%	179	24	13%	20	6	30%	9	5	56%	0
1950	28	CHW	AL	9	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1954	32	TOT	MLB	50	90%	8			27	3	0	5	1.84	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	6	3	50%	35	5	14%	4	4	100%	4	2	50%	0
1954	32	DET	AL	38	87%	7			15	2	0	3	2.26	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	4	2	50%	30	3	10%	3	3	100%	3	1	33%	0
1954	32	BRO	NL	12	100%	1			12	1	0	2	1.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				500	80%	116			32	6	0	5	1.59	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	11	20	182%	75	9	12%	42	15	36%	234	31	13%	25	10	40%	14	8	57%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			111%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1947	25	11	34	27	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		6	4	.148	.303	.148	.451	23	4	0	1
1948	26	11	34	27	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		6	4	.148	.303	.148	.451	23	4	0	1
1949	27	135	475	409	52	108	20	6	1	47	6	7	48	53	.264	.341	.350	.691	86	143	8	19
1950	28	138	484	417	52	108	20	6	1	47	6	7	48	55	.259	.335	.343	.678	82	143	9	20
1951	29	138	484	417	52	108	20	6	1	47	6	7	48	55	.259	.335	.343	.678	82	143	9	20
1952	30	138	484	417	52	108	20	6	1	47	6	7	48	55	.259	.335	.343	.678	82	143	9	20
1953	31	138	484	417	52	108	20	6	1	47	6	7	48	55	.259	.335	.343	.678	82	143	9	20
1954	32	175	534	466	57	116	20	7	1	52	6	8	49	59	.249	.320	.328	.649	75	153	9	20	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	25	11	35	28	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.143	.294	.143	.437	1	11

1949	27	130	459	397	49	107	21	6	1	48	6	43	51	.270	.341	.360	.701	49	124
1950	28	3	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1954	32	39	53	52	5	9	0	1	0	5	0	1	4	.173	.189	.212	.400	2	37
4 Yrs		183	556	485	57	120	21	7	1	53	6	50	61	.247	.318	.326	.644	52	175
162 Game Avg.		162	492	429	50	106	19	6	1	47	5	44	54	.247	.318	.326	.644	46	175

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1949 AL 17 (2nd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1949 AL 7 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL 17 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1949 AL 7 (6th)

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