Red Kress

Ralph Kress

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 2, 1905 in Columbia, CA
High School: Frankford HS (Philadelphia, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1927
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Senators/Tigers/Giants 1927-1946

Final Game: July 17, 1946
Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1927	22	TUL	A	155	616	616		203	35	4	16						.330	.330	.477	.807		294							TUL · WL
1927	22	SLB	AL	7	27	23	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.304	.385	.609	.993	151	14		0	1			/6
1928	23	SLB	AL	150	637	560	78	153	26	10	3	81	4	4	48	70	.273	.332	.371	.703	82	208		1	26			*6
1929	24	SLB	AL	147	627	557	82	170	38	4	9	107	5	8	52	54	.305	.366	.436	.802	103	243		1	17			*6
1930	25	SLB	AL	154	679	614	94	192	43	8	16	112	3	12	50	56	.313	.366	.487	.853	112	299		2	13			*65
1931	26	SLB	AL	150	656	605	87	188	46	8	16	114	3	16	46	48	.311	.360	.493	.853	119	298		1	3			5O963	MVP-19
1932	27	TOT	AL	149	626	567	85	156	42	5	11	66	7	4	51	42	.275	.336	.425	.761	101	241		1	7			O6957/3
1932	27	SLB	AL	14	57	52	2	9	0	1	2	9	1	1	4	6	.173	.232	.327	.559	40	17		0	1			5
1932	27	CHW	AL	135	569	515	83	147	42	4	9	57	6	3	47	36	.285	.346	.435	.781	107	224		1	6			O6957/3
1933	28	CHW	AL	129	511	467	47	116	20	5	10	78	4	4	37	40	.248	.304	.377	.680	84	176		0	7			*3/O9
1934	29	TOT	AL	64	206	185	21	43	4	3	4	25	3	0	20	22	.232	.307	.351	.659	72	65		0	2			3O/47956
1934	29	CHW	AL	8	17	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.286	.412	.286	.697	81	4		0	0			/4
1934	29	WSH	AL	56	189	171	18	39	4	3	4	24	3	0	17	19	.228	.298	.357	.655	71	61		0	2			3O/47956
1935	30	WSH	AL	84	279	252	32	75	13	4	2	42	3	3	25	16	.298	.361	.405	.766	100	102		0	2			6/31O94
1936	31	WSH	AL	109	433	391	51	111	20	6	8	51	6	0	39	25	.284	.349	.427	.776	95	167		0	4			64/3

1937	32	BOS-min	AA	158	649	649		217	43	9	27						.334	.334	.553	.888		359							MNE · AA
1938	33	SLB	AL	150	644	566	74	171	33	3	7	79	5	4	69	47	.302	.378	.408	.786	98	231		0	9			*6
1939	34	TOT	AL	64	228	200	24	50	8	0	1	30	3	1	23	18	.250	.327	.305	.632	59	61	11	0	5			64/5
1939	34	SLB	AL	13	50	43	5	12	1	0	0	8	1	0	6	2	.279	.367	.302	.670	72	13	4	0	1			6
1939	34	DET	AL	51	178	157	19	38	7	0	1	22	2	1	17	16	.242	.316	.306	.622	55	48	7	0	4			64/5
1940	35	DET	AL	33	111	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	.222	.294	.303	.597	49	30	7	0	1			56

1941	36	STP	AA	118	420	382	36	112	11	2	10	57	6		34	36	.293	.351	.411	.762		157		0	4				STP · AA
1942	37	BOS-min	AA	119	406	373	40	93	20	5	1	46	1		28	25	.249	.302	.338	.640		126	6	0	5				LOU · AA
1943	38	PIT-min	AA	67	192	169	14	45	7	1	2	10	1	1	18	15	.266	.337	.355	.692		60		0	5				TTO · IL
1944	39	PIT-min	AA	70	210	185	14	48	5	3	2	27	2	0	25	12	.259	.348	.351	.699		65	5	0	0				TTO · IL
1945	40	CLE-min	AA	85	240	217	34	58	7	1	8	29	1	1	17	25	.267	.323	.419	.743		91	8	1	5				BLT · IL
1946	41	NYG	NL	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0			/1
1950	45	CHW-min	C	4				1	1	0	0											2							SUP · NORL
1951	46	JRZ,ELC	C	35	51	51		19	5	0	2						.373	.373	.588	.961		30							JRZ,ELC · SWIL
14 Yrs				1391	5666	5087	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	474	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
162 Game Avg.				162	660	592	80	169	35	7	10	93	5		55	53	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	249		1	11
				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
SLB (8 yrs)				785	3377	3020	425	902	189	35	54	513	22	45	278	286	.299	.359	.438	.797	102	1323	4	5	71
WSH (3 yrs)				249	901	814	101	225	37	13	14	117	12	3	81	60	.276	.342	.405	.747	92	330		0	8
CHW (3 yrs)				272	1097	996	133	267	62	9	19	136	10	7	87	79	.268	.327	.406	.733	96	404		1	13
DET (2 yrs)				84	289	256	32	60	10	1	2	33	2	1	27	28	.234	.307	.305	.612	53	78	14	0	5
NYG (1 yr)				1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0

AL (13 yrs)				1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
NL (1 yr)				1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	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	Awards
1927	22	SLB	AL	7	27	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.541	.502	0.3	0.1	3	$	/6
1928	23	SLB	AL	150	637	-16	-0	0	-14	10	-20	-2.0	20	-0	0.0	.486	.487	1.3	-0.4	14	$	*6
1929	24	SLB	AL	147	627	2	-1	0	2	10	13	1.2	20	32	3.1	.508	.507	2.9	1.1	30	$	*6
1930	25	SLB	AL	154	679	10	-4	0	-12	9	3	0.2	21	24	2.4	.502	.502	3.4	-0.3	36	$	*65
1931	26	SLB	AL	150	656	15	-6	0	-5	2	7	0.7	20	27	2.7	.504	.504	3.1	-0.2	32	$	5O963	MVP-19
1932	27	SLB	AL	14	57	-5	-0	0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.459	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	5
1932	27	CHW	AL	135	569	6	1	0	0	1	8	0.7	18	25	2.4	.505	.504	2.5	0.1	25	$	O6957/3
1933	28	CHW	AL	129	511	-11	-0	0	-5	-6	-22	-2.1	16	-6	-0.5	.484	.487	0.0	-1.0	-1	$	*3/O9
1934	29	CHW	AL	8	17	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/4
1934	29	WSH	AL	56	189	-8	1	0	-2	-2	-11	-1.0	6	-5	-0.4	.482	.494	-0.2	-0.3	-3	$	3O/47956
1935	30	WSH	AL	84	279	1	-0	0	4	4	9	0.8	9	17	1.6	.510	.505	1.3	0.6	13	$	6/31O94
1936	31	WSH	AL	109	433	-3	2	0	1	5	5	0.4	13	18	1.8	.504	.503	1.7	0.5	17	$	64/3

1938	33	SLB	AL	150	644	1	-0	0	-14	10	-4	-0.3	20	16	1.7	.498	.498	3.0	-0.3	31	$	*6
1939	34	SLB	AL	13	50	-1	0	0	-3	1	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.1	.477	.498	0.1	-0.2	1	$	6
1939	34	DET	AL	51	178	-11	0	0	-1	2	-10	-0.9	6	-4	-0.3	.483	.495	-0.2	0.1	-3	$	64/5
1940	35	DET	AL	33	111	-8	0	0	0	1	-7	-0.6	3	-4	-0.4	.480	.496	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	56

1946	41	NYG	NL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.522	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
14 Seasons				1391	5666	-27	-9	0	-49	49	-35	-3.6	177	141	14.0	.497	.499	18.5	0.0	190	$
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
SLB (8 yrs)				785	3377	7	-11	0	-46	42	-8	-0.8	106	98	9.8	.499	.499	13.8	-0.1	144	$
WSH (3 yrs)				249	901	-10	2	0	3	8	3	0.2	28	31	3.0	.501	.501	2.8	0.8	28	$
CHW (3 yrs)				272	1097	-5	1	0	-5	-5	-14	-1.4	34	20	1.9	.495	.497	2.5	-0.9	25	$
DET (2 yrs)				84	289	-19	0	0	-1	3	-16	-1.5	8	-8	-0.7	.482	.495	-0.6	0.2	-7	$
NYG (1 yr)				1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.522	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1927	22	SLB	AL	27	17	5	7.8	113	.316	.304	.297	.385	.365	.609	.417	.993	.782	151	.707	1.6	0.2	1.063	.435	.304	.0
1928	23	SLB	AL	637	437	68	4.2	111	.308	.273	.292	.332	.358	.371	.415	.703	.773	82	.440	-15.8	-1.5	.625	.184	.098	3.4
1929	24	SLB	AL	627	412	86	5.6	115	.326	.305	.296	.366	.363	.436	.427	.802	.790	103	.555	2.8	0.3	.742	.219	.131	6.4
1930	25	SLB	AL	679	447	104	6.2	118	.325	.313	.299	.366	.364	.487	.439	.853	.803	112	.574	10.0	0.9	.788	.241	.174	5.1
1931	26	SLB	AL	656	436	100	6.1	111	.318	.311	.290	.360	.358	.493	.415	.853	.773	119	.600	15.5	1.5	.767	.236	.182	5.1
1932	27	TOT	AL	626	422	81	5.2	106	.282	.275	.278	.336	.347	.425	.408	.761	.756	101	.512	1.1	0.1	.713	.245	.150	8.6
1932	27	SLB	AL	57	45	4	2.4	115	.159	.173	.291	.232	.363	.327	.428	.559	.791	40	.204	-5.3	-0.5	.477	.231	.154	1.3
1932	27	CHW	AL	569	377	77	5.5	105	.294	.285	.276	.346	.346	.435	.406	.781	.752	107	.540	6.4	0.6	.741	.247	.150	7.2
1933	28	CHW	AL	511	362	53	3.9	101	.254	.248	.273	.304	.344	.377	.394	.680	.737	84	.414	-11.8	-1.2	.600	.208	.128	5.7
1934	29	TOT	AL	206	144	21	3.9	109	.245	.232	.283	.307	.357	.351	.409	.659	.766	72	.385	-8.4	-0.8	.620	.243	.119	3.4
1934	29	CHW	AL	17	10	2	5.3	114	.364	.286	.290	.412	.365	.286	.419	.697	.784	81	.527	-0.2	-0.0	.700	.214	.000
1934	29	WSH	AL	189	134	19	3.8	108	.236	.228	.283	.298	.356	.357	.408	.655	.764	71	.373	-8.2	-0.8	.614	.246	.129	3.4
1935	30	WSH	AL	279	182	36	5.3	109	.312	.298	.284	.361	.356	.405	.410	.766	.766	100	.524	0.2	0.0	.706	.206	.107	2.4
1936	31	WSH	AL	433	284	59	5.5	116	.288	.284	.291	.349	.365	.427	.427	.776	.792	95	.498	-3.3	-0.3	.757	.258	.143	6.9

1938	33	SLB	AL	644	408	87	5.6	117	.320	.302	.289	.378	.368	.408	.430	.786	.798	98	.529	-0.2	-0.0	.754	.230	.106	5.8
1939	34	TOT	AL	228	167	20	3.2	119	.271	.250	.294	.327	.370	.305	.434	.632	.804	59	.299	-12.6	-1.2	.531	.180	.055	1.5
1939	34	SLB	AL	50	36	5	3.7	116	.293	.279	.289	.367	.364	.302	.427	.670	.791	72	.358	-1.6	-0.2	.571	.186	.023	.0
1939	34	DET	AL	178	131	15	3.0	120	.264	.242	.295	.316	.371	.306	.436	.622	.807	55	.282	-10.9	-1.0	.520	.178	.064	1.3
1940	35	DET	AL	111	85	9	2.8	119	.244	.222	.290	.294	.364	.303	.440	.597	.804	49	.261	-8.0	-0.8	.476	.182	.081	.0

1946	41	NYG	NL	2	1	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.262	.500	.338	.000	.368	.500	.706	48	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
14 Yrs				5666	3804	729	5.1	112	.300	.286	.289	.347	.359	.420	.420	.767	.779	97	.506	-28.9	-2.8	.703	.225	.134	60.7
162 Game Avg.				660	443	85	5.1	112	.300	.286	.289	.347	.359	.420	.420	.767	.779	97	.506	-28.9	-2.8	.703	.225	.134	7
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
SLB (8 yrs)				3377	2238	459	5.5	114	.316	.299	.293	.359	.362	.438	.426	.797	.788	102	.537	6.8	0.6	.731	.224	.139	31.3
WSH (3 yrs)				901	600	114	5.1	112	.285	.276	.287	.342	.360	.405	.418	.747	.778	92	.482	-11.3	-1.0	.709	.240	.129	12.9
CHW (3 yrs)				1097	749	132	4.7	103	.276	.268	.275	.327	.345	.406	.401	.733	.746	96	.484	-5.6	-0.6	.673	.228	.138	13.1
DET (2 yrs)				289	216	24	2.9	119	.257	.234	.293	.307	.368	.305	.438	.612	.806	53	.274	-18.9	-1.8	.502	.180	.070	2.0
NYG (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.262	.500	.338	.000	.368	.500	.706	48	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

AL (13 yrs)				5664	3803	729	5.1	112	.300	.286	.289	.347	.359	.420	.420	.767	.779	97	.506	-28.9	-2.8	.703	.225	.134	60.7
NL (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.262	.500	.338	.000	.368	.500	.706	48	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1927	22	SLB	AL	27	3.7%	11.1%	11.1%	14.8%	57%	1.00	7.7	23.0	7.7			70%
1928	23	SLB	AL	637	0.5%	11.0%	7.5%	6.1%	26%	1.46	8.0	186.7	6.9			76%
1929	24	SLB	AL	627	1.4%	8.6%	8.3%	8.1%	30%	1.04	10.3	61.9	5.2			79%
1930	25	SLB	AL	679	2.4%	8.3%	7.4%	9.9%	35%	1.12	11.0	38.4	5.5			80%
1931	26	SLB	AL	656	2.4%	7.3%	7.0%	10.7%	37%	1.04	12.6	37.8	5.3			82%
1932	27	TOT	AL	626	1.8%	6.7%	8.2%	9.3%	37%	0.82	13.5	51.5	8.6			82%
1932	27	SLB	AL	57	3.5%	10.5%	7.0%	5.3%	33%	1.50	8.7	26.0	5.8			77%
1932	27	CHW	AL	569	1.6%	6.3%	8.3%	9.7%	37%	0.77	14.3	57.2	9.0			83%
1933	28	CHW	AL	511	2.0%	7.8%	7.2%	6.9%	30%	1.08	11.7	46.7	6.0			82%
1934	29	TOT	AL	206	1.9%	10.7%	9.7%	5.3%	26%	1.10	8.4	46.3	7.4			77%
1934	29	CHW	AL	17	0.0%	17.7%	17.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.7		14.0			65%
1934	29	WSH	AL	189	2.1%	10.1%	9.0%	5.8%	28%	1.12	9.0	42.8	7.1			78%
1935	30	WSH	AL	279	0.7%	5.7%	9.0%	6.8%	25%	0.64	15.8	126.0	6.0			84%
1936	31	WSH	AL	433	1.9%	5.8%	9.0%	7.9%	31%	0.64	15.6	48.9	7.7			83%

1938	33	SLB	AL	644	1.1%	7.3%	10.7%	6.7%	25%	0.68	12.0	80.9	7.2			80%
1939	34	TOT	AL	228	0.4%	7.9%	10.1%	4.0%	18%	0.78	11.1	200.0	6.7			79%
1939	34	SLB	AL	50	0.0%	4.0%	12.0%	2.0%	8%	0.33	21.5		5.4			82%
1939	34	DET	AL	178	0.6%	9.0%	9.6%	4.5%	21%	0.94	9.8	157.0	7.1			79%
1940	35	DET	AL	111	0.9%	10.8%	9.0%	4.5%	23%	1.20	8.3	99.0	9.0			77%

1946	41	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00						50%
14 Yrs				5666	1.6%	8.0%	8.4%	7.9%	31%	0.96	11.2	57.2	6.4			80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.5%	8.5%	6.6%	27%	1.01	10.5	68.6	8.0			79%
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1927	22	7	27	23	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.304	.385	.609	.993	151	14		0	1
1928	23	157	664	583	81	160	28	11	4	84	4	4	51	73	.274	.334	.381	.715	85	222		1	27
1929	24	304	1291	1140	163	330	66	15	13	191	9	12	103	127	.289	.349	.408	.757	94	465		2	44
1930	25	458	1970	1754	257	522	109	23	29	303	12	24	153	183	.298	.355	.436	.791	100	764		4	57
1931	26	608	2626	2359	344	710	155	31	45	417	15	40	199	231	.301	.357	.450	.807	105	1062		5	60
1932	27	757	3252	2926	429	866	197	36	56	483	22	44	250	273	.296	.353	.445	.798	104	1303		6	67
1933	28	886	3763	3393	476	982	217	41	66	561	26	48	287	313	.289	.346	.436	.782	102	1479		6	74
1934	29	950	3969	3578	497	1025	221	44	70	586	29	48	307	335	.286	.344	.432	.775	100	1544		6	76
1935	30	1034	4248	3830	529	1100	234	48	72	628	32	51	332	351	.287	.345	.430	.775	100	1646		6	78
1936	31	1143	4681	4221	580	1211	254	54	80	679	38	51	371	376	.287	.345	.430	.775	100	1813		6	82
1937	32	1143	4681	4221	580	1211	254	54	80	679	38	51	371	376	.287	.345	.430	.775	100	1813		6	82
1938	33	1293	5325	4787	654	1382	287	57	87	758	43	55	440	423	.289	.349	.427	.776	99	2044		6	91
1939	34	1357	5553	4987	678	1432	295	57	88	788	46	56	463	441	.287	.348	.422	.771	98	2105	11	6	96
1940	35	1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
1941	36	1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
1942	37	1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
1943	38	1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
1944	39	1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
1945	40	1390	5664	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97
1946	41	1391	5666	5087	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	474	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1927	22	7	28	24	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	3	3	.292	.370	.583	.954	5	7
1928	23	158	654	579	74	151	26	10	3	77	4	47	74	.261	.317	.356	.673	65	150
1929	24	156	643	574	74	164	37	4	9	97	5	50	57	.286	.344	.411	.755	80	147
1930	25	162	681	619	78	175	39	7	15	93	3	46	59	.283	.334	.441	.775	90	154
1931	26	157	659	612	76	176	43	7	15	99	3	43	50	.288	.335	.454	.790	93	150
1932	27	157	646	587	80	155	42	5	11	62	7	51	44	.264	.324	.409	.733	77	149
1933	28	137	538	493	47	119	21	5	10	78	4	38	43	.241	.296	.365	.661	53	129
1934	29	67	214	192	20	43	4	3	4	24	3	20	23	.224	.297	.339	.636	19	64
1935	30	89	288	261	30	74	13	4	2	40	3	25	17	.284	.346	.387	.733	35	84
1936	31	114	436	396	44	103	19	6	7	44	6	36	26	.260	.322	.391	.713	50	109

1938	33	159	655	580	66	162	31	3	7	70	5	65	50	.279	.352	.379	.731	77	150
1939	34	67	230	204	20	46	7	0	1	25	3	21	19	.225	.298	.275	.572	17	64
1940	35	34	110	100	11	20	3	1	1	9	0	9	13	.200	.266	.280	.546	7	33

1946	41	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1
14 Yrs		1465	5784	5222	623	1395	287	56	86	721	46	455	478	.267	.327	.393	.720	668	1391
162 Game Avg.		162	640	577	69	154	32	6	10	80	5	50	53	.267	.327	.393	.720	74	1391

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1931 AL (19, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1929 AL 1.1 (5th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1931 AL .493 (10th)
Games Played s c a p y 1930 AL 154 (1st) 1938 AL 150 (9th)	At Bats s c a p y 1928 AL 560 (8th) 1930 AL 614 (4th) 1931 AL 605 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1930 AL 679 (6th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1931 AL 298 (7th)
Doubles s c a p y 1930 AL 43 (5th) 1931 AL 46 (3rd) 1932 AL 42 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 16 (10th) 1931 AL 16 (9th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1929 AL 107 (7th) 1931 AL 114 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1928 AL 70 (2nd) 1929 AL 54 (7th)
Singles s c a p y 1930 AL 125 (9th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1930 AL 67 (10th) 1931 AL 70 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1928 AL 26 (5th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1930 AL 12 (4th) 1931 AL 16 (3rd)
AB per HR s c a p y 1931 AL 37.8 (9th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1928 AL 437 (4th) 1930 AL 447 (3rd) 1931 AL 436 (9th)	Oldest s c a p y 1946 NL born 1905-01-02 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 30 (792), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 24 (711), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 21 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Herman Long (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Gelbert (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenn Wright (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dustin Pedroia (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cuccinello (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cuccinello (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Odell Hale (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Odell Hale (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Dykes (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Todd Walker (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cuccinello (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cuccinello (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hughie Jennings (834) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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