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Red Kress
Ralph Kress
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 2, 1907 in Columbia, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1927
Final Game: July 17, 1946
Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, 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
1927 20 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 21 SLB AL 150 635 560 78 153 26 10 3 81 5 4 48 70 .273 .332 .371 .703 82 208 1 26 *6
1929 22 SLB AL 147 627 557 82 170 38 4 9 107 5 8 52 54 .305 .366 .436 .802 102 243 1 17 *6
1930 23 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 24 SLB AL 150 655 605 87 188 46 8 16 114 3 16 46 48 .311 .360 .493 .853 120 298 1 3 5O63 MVP-19
1932 25 TOT AL 149 626 567 85 156 42 5 11 66 7 4 51 42 .275 .336 .425 .761 100 241 1 7 O65/3
1932 25 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 25 CHW AL 135 569 515 83 147 42 4 9 57 6 3 47 36 .285 .346 .435 .781 106 224 1 6 O65/3
1933 26 CHW AL 129 511 467 47 116 20 5 10 78 4 4 37 40 .248 .304 .377 .680 82 176 0 7 *3/O
1934 27 TOT AL 64 207 185 21 43 4 3 4 25 3 0 20 22 .232 .307 .351 .659 72 65 0 2 3O/456
1934 27 CHW AL 8 17 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .286 .412 .286 .697 80 4 0 0 /4
1934 27 WSH AL 56 190 171 18 39 4 3 4 24 3 0 17 19 .228 .298 .357 .655 71 61 0 2 3O/456
1935 28 WSH AL 84 279 252 32 75 13 4 2 42 3 3 25 16 .298 .361 .405 .766 100 102 0 2 6/31O4
1936 29 WSH AL 109 434 391 51 111 20 6 8 51 6 0 39 25 .284 .349 .427 .776 95 167 0 4 64/3
1938 31 SLB AL 150 644 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 5 4 69 47 .302 .378 .408 .786 97 231 0 9 *6
1939 32 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 32 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 32 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 33 DET AL 33 110 99 13 22 3 1 1 11 0 0 10 12 .222 .294 .303 .597 50 30 7 0 1 56
1946 39 NYG NL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 1391 5664 5087 691 1454 298 58 89 799 47 56 474 453 .286 .347 .420 .767 96 2135 18 6 97
162 Game Avg. 162 660 592 80 169 35 7 10 93 5 55 53 .286 .347 .420 .767 96 249 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 3374 3020 425 902 189 35 54 513 23 45 278 286 .299 .359 .438 .797 102 1323 4 5 71
WSH (3 yrs) 249 903 814 101 225 37 13 14 117 12 3 81 60 .276 .342 .405 .747 91 330 0 8
CHW (3 yrs) 272 1097 996 133 267 62 9 19 136 10 7 87 79 .268 .327 .406 .733 95 404 1 13
DET (2 yrs) 84 288 256 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 47 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 1390 5662 5086 691 1454 298 58 89 799 47 56 473 453 .286 .347 .420 .767 96 2135 18 6 97
NL (1 yr) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 0 0 0
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1935 28 WSH AL 0 0 12.71 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 8 9 8 0 5 5 0 0 0 31 34 2.294 12.7 0.0 7.9 7.9 1.00
1946 39 NYG NL 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 17 28 1.636 12.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
2 Seasons 0 0 12.54 4 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 13 14 13 1 6 6 1 0 0 48 32 2.036 12.5 1.0 5.8 5.8 1.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 12.54 68 0 51 0 0 0 158 221 238 221 17 102 102 17 0 0 816 32 2.036 12.5 1.0 5.8 5.8 1.00
WSH (1 yr) 0 0 12.71 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 8 9 8 0 5 5 0 0 0 31 34 2.294 12.7 0.0 7.9 7.9 1.00
NYG (1 yr) 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 17 28 1.636 12.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1927 SLB AL 20 SS 7 38 12 25 1 4 .974 5.29 .942 4.86
1928 SLB AL 21 SS 150 773 318 400 55 99 .929 4.79 .939 4.74
1929 SLB AL 22 SS 146 796 312 441 43 94 .946 5.16 .936 4.67
1930 SLB AL 23 SS 123 661 271 349 41 83 .938 5.04 .940 4.56
1930 SLB AL 23 3B 31 102 35 57 10 4 .902 2.97 .947 2.84
1931 SLB AL 24 3B 84 249 92 141 16 12 .936 2.77 .945 2.89 MVP-19
1931 SLB AL 24 OF 40 95 82 8 5 1 .947 2.25 .969 2.25 0-0-40 MVP-19
1931 SLB AL 24 SS 38 90 37 47 6 7 .933 2.21 .937 4.77 MVP-19
1931 SLB AL 24 1B 10 108 94 10 4 8 .963 10.40 .992 9.70 MVP-19
1932 TOT AL 25 3B 33 112 40 61 11 9 .902 3.06 .953 2.77
1932 SLB AL 25 3B 14 55 23 27 5 5 .909 3.57 .953 2.77
1932 CHW AL 25 OF 64 158 139 12 7 2 .956 2.36 .967 2.28 16-0-49
1932 CHW AL 25 SS 53 299 125 155 19 35 .936 5.28 .941 4.87
1932 CHW AL 25 3B 19 57 17 34 6 4 .895 2.68 .953 2.77
1932 CHW AL 25 1B 1 12 10 2 0 4 1.000 12.00 .992 9.80
1933 CHW AL 26 1B 111 1257 1169 60 28 83 .978 11.07 .989 9.01
1933 CHW AL 26 OF 8 17 16 0 1 0 .941 2.00 .971 2.21 0-0-8
1934 TOT AL 27 2B 9 40 23 17 0 4 1.000 4.44 .968 5.67
1934 CHW AL 27 2B 3 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 2.33 .971 5.67
1934 WSH AL 27 1B 30 304 291 11 2 16 .993 10.07 .991 9.91
1934 WSH AL 27 OF 10 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 .969 2.16 6-0-4
1934 WSH AL 27 2B 6 33 18 15 0 4 1.000 5.50 .967 5.67
1934 WSH AL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1934 WSH AL 27 SS 1 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 9.00 .944 5.10
1935 WSH AL 28 SS 53 334 118 204 12 53 .964 6.08 .957 5.18
1935 WSH AL 28 1B 5 38 35 2 1 8 .974 7.40 .992 9.92
1935 WSH AL 28 P 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .933 1.13
1935 WSH AL 28 OF 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 .980 2.30 0-0-2
1935 WSH AL 28 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.60
1936 WSH AL 29 SS 64 383 143 212 28 52 .927 5.55 .951 5.22
1936 WSH AL 29 2B 33 187 86 100 1 21 .995 5.64 .971 5.58
1936 WSH AL 29 1B 5 41 37 3 1 2 .976 8.00 .990 9.74
1938 SLB AL 31 SS 150 735 321 388 26 100 .965 4.73 .952 4.99
1939 TOT AL 32 SS 38 182 75 98 9 25 .951 4.55 .950 4.68
1939 SLB AL 32 SS 13 60 27 29 4 10 .933 4.31 .952 4.68
1939 DET AL 32 SS 25 122 48 69 5 15 .959 4.68 .949 4.68
1939 DET AL 32 2B 16 82 29 47 6 13 .927 4.75 .966 5.14
1939 DET AL 32 3B 4 15 7 7 1 1 .933 3.50 .947 3.02
1940 DET AL 33 3B 17 66 20 41 5 1 .924 3.59 .938 3.12
1940 DET AL 33 SS 12 61 25 33 3 5 .951 4.83 .949 4.53
1946 NYG NL 39 P 1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00 .960 1.00
12 Seasons SS 835 4361 1761 2357 243 558 .944 4.93 .944 4.82
6 Seasons 3B 170 544 194 307 43 27 .921 2.95 .946 2.88
6 Seasons 1B 162 1760 1636 88 36 121 .980 10.64 .990 9.27
5 Seasons OF 124 291 256 21 14 3 .952 2.23 .968 2.26 22-0-103
4 Seasons 2B 59 311 138 166 7 38 .977 5.15 .969 5.47
2 Seasons P 4 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 1.10
14 Seasons TOT 1354 7275 3987 2945 343 748 .953 5.12 .910 4.89 22-0-103
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-AL-19-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

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--37.813--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 1907-01-02--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1927 AL--born 1907-01-02--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 30 (771), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (686), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (588), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Marty McManus (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marty McManus (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Cronin (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Marty McManus (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Marty McManus (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Marty McManus (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Marty McManus (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Cuccinello (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Cuccinello (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Cuccinello (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Cuccinello (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Deacon McGuire (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 27, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley.

May 12, 1934: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Bob Boken.

January 29, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators with Carl Reynolds and cash to Minneapolis (American Association) for Jimmy Wasdell.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik.

May 13, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom and Jim Walkup to the Detroit Tigers for Mark Christman, George Gill, Bob Harris, Vern Kennedy, Chet Laabs and Roxie Lawson.

August 1, 1940: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

September 16, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.

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