Chet Laabs
Chester Peter Laabs
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 30, 1912 in Milwaukee, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1937
Final Game: June 3, 1947
Died: January 26, 1983 in Warren, MI
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Standard Batting

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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
1937 25 DET AL 72 267 242 31 58 13 5 8 37 6 2 24 66 .240 .308 .434 .742 83 105 0 1 O
1938 26 DET AL 64 229 211 26 50 7 3 7 37 3 2 15 52 .237 .288 .398 .686 65 84 0 3 O
1939 27 TOT AL 100 374 333 53 100 21 6 10 64 4 1 35 62 .300 .369 .489 .858 116 163 8 1 5 O
1939 27 DET AL 5 18 16 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .313 .389 .500 .889 119 8 1 0 0 /O
1939 27 SLB AL 95 356 317 52 95 20 5 10 62 4 1 33 62 .300 .368 .489 .856 115 155 7 1 5 O
1940 28 SLB AL 105 253 218 32 59 11 5 10 40 3 3 34 59 .271 .372 .505 .876 123 110 2 1 0 O
1941 29 SLB AL 118 449 392 64 109 23 6 15 59 5 2 51 59 .278 .361 .482 .843 119 189 9 0 6 O
1942 30 SLB AL 144 614 520 90 143 21 7 27 99 0 3 88 88 .275 .380 .498 .878 145 259 12 0 6 *O MVP-19
1943 31 SLB AL 151 665 580 83 145 27 7 17 85 5 7 73 105 .250 .338 .409 .747 116 237 13 4 8 *O AS,MVP-23
1944 32 SLB AL 66 235 201 28 47 10 2 5 23 3 1 29 33 .234 .330 .378 .709 97 76 3 0 5 O
1945 33 SLB AL 35 131 109 15 26 4 3 1 8 0 0 16 17 .239 .352 .358 .709 102 39 2 3 3 O
1946 34 SLB AL 80 285 264 40 69 13 0 16 52 3 1 20 50 .261 .316 .492 .808 119 130 11 1 0 O
1947 35 PHA AL 15 36 32 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .219 .306 .344 .649 79 11 0 0 0 /O
11 Seasons 950 3538 3102 467 813 151 44 117 509 32 22 389 595 .262 .346 .452 .798 113 1403 60 10 37
162 Game Avg. 162 603 529 80 139 26 8 20 87 5 4 66 101 .262 .346 .452 .798 113 239 2 6
SLB (8 yrs) 794 2988 2601 404 693 129 35 101 428 23 18 344 473 .266 .354 .459 .814 121 1195 59 10 33
DET (3 yrs) 141 514 469 58 113 21 9 15 76 9 4 41 118 .241 .302 .420 .722 76 197 1 0 4
PHA (1 yr) 15 36 32 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .219 .306 .344 .649 79 11 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1937 25 DET AL 267 187 33 4.7 119 .298 .240 .292 .308 .368 .434 .436 .742 .804 83 .446 -8.0 -0.7 .715 .310 .194 6.9
1938 26 DET AL 229 166 24 3.8 124 .283 .237 .299 .288 .379 .398 .445 .686 .824 65 .355 -13.7 -1.3 .613 .237 .161 4.2
1939 27 TOT AL 374 247 60 6.4 116 .345 .300 .289 .369 .365 .489 .428 .858 .792 116 .608 7.0 0.6 .835 .303 .189 5.7
1939 27 DET AL 18 12 3 6.6 120 .313 .313 .295 .389 .371 .500 .436 .889 .807 119 .620 0.4 0.0 .833 .313 .188
1939 27 SLB AL 356 235 57 6.4 116 .347 .300 .289 .368 .364 .489 .427 .856 .791 115 .607 6.6 0.6 .835 .303 .189 5.7
1940 28 SLB AL 253 164 40 6.5 113 .329 .271 .282 .372 .355 .505 .427 .876 .782 123 .620 7.2 0.7 .884 .390 .234 4.6
1941 29 SLB AL 449 300 68 6.1 109 .296 .278 .279 .361 .356 .482 .411 .843 .768 119 .612 9.8 1.0 .827 .342 .204 7.5
1942 30 SLB AL 614 398 97 6.5 95 .286 .275 .267 .380 .341 .498 .373 .878 .715 145 .700 31.2 3.2 .878 .387 .223 .0
1943 31 SLB AL 665 463 77 4.5 89 .279 .250 .258 .338 .333 .409 .356 .747 .690 116 .581 11.3 1.2 .686 .281 .159 7.7
1944 32 SLB AL 235 163 25 4.2 96 .258 .234 .275 .330 .343 .378 .375 .709 .718 97 .512 -0.6 -0.1 .677 .299 .144 3.8
1945 33 SLB AL 131 88 13 4.0 92 .275 .239 .267 .352 .340 .358 .363 .709 .704 102 .510 0.6 0.1 .682 .266 .119 .0
1946 34 SLB AL 285 207 41 5.3 100 .268 .261 .269 .316 .345 .492 .387 .808 .732 119 .608 4.9 0.5 .739 .314 .231 5.1
1947 35 PHA AL 36 25 3 3.2 98 .222 .219 .265 .306 .345 .344 .381 .649 .726 79 .381 -1.0 -0.1 .600 .250 .125 .0
11 Seasons 3538 2408 481 5.4 103 .291 .262 .275 .346 .350 .452 .395 .798 .745 113 .584 48.8 5.1 .764 .319 .190 50.3
162 Game Avg. 603 411 82 5.4 103 .291 .262 .275 .346 .350 .452 .395 .798 .745 113 .584 8 1 .764 .319 .190 9
SLB (8 yrs) 2988 2018 418 5.6 100 .292 .266 .272 .354 .346 .459 .388 .814 .734 121 .615 71.1 7.2 .783 .327 .193 37.5
DET (3 yrs) 514 365 60 4.3 121 .292 .241 .295 .302 .373 .420 .440 .722 .813 76 .413 -21.3 -2.0 .673 .277 .179 11.3
PHA (1 yr) 36 25 3 3.2 98 .222 .219 .265 .306 .345 .344 .381 .649 .726 79 .381 -1.0 -0.1 .600 .250 .125 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 32 SLB AL WS STL L 5 17 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .200 .294 .400 .694 6 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 17 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .200 .294 .400 .694 6 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 SLB AL 31 as CF 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 25 72 267 242 31 58 13 5 8 37 6 2 24 66 .240 .308 .434 .742 83 105 0 1
1938 26 136 496 453 57 108 20 8 15 74 9 4 39 118 .238 .299 .417 .716 75 189 0 4
1939 27 236 870 786 110 208 41 14 25 138 13 5 74 180 .265 .329 .448 .777 92 352 8 1 9
1940 28 341 1123 1004 142 267 52 19 35 178 16 8 108 239 .266 .338 .460 .799 99 462 10 2 9
1941 29 459 1572 1396 206 376 75 25 50 237 21 10 159 298 .269 .345 .466 .811 104 651 19 2 15
1942 30 603 2186 1916 296 519 96 32 77 336 21 13 247 386 .271 .355 .475 .830 114 910 31 2 21
1943 31 754 2851 2496 379 664 123 39 94 421 26 20 320 491 .266 .351 .460 .810 115 1147 44 6 29
1944 32 820 3086 2697 407 711 133 41 99 444 29 21 349 524 .264 .349 .453 .803 114 1223 47 6 34
1945 33 855 3217 2806 422 737 137 44 100 452 29 21 365 541 .263 .349 .450 .799 113 1262 49 9 37
1946 34 935 3502 3070 462 806 150 44 116 504 32 22 385 591 .263 .347 .453 .800 114 1392 60 10 37
1947 35 950 3538 3102 467 813 151 44 117 509 32 22 389 595 .262 .346 .452 .798 113 1403 60 10 37

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1937 25 75 267 245 27 54 12 5 7 32 6 22 69 .220 .285 .396 .681 28 72
1938 26 68 229 215 21 45 6 3 6 30 3 14 55 .209 .258 .349 .606 19 64
1939 27 105 373 339 46 94 20 6 9 56 4 33 65 .277 .343 .451 .794 53 100
1940 28 110 255 222 29 56 10 5 9 37 3 32 62 .252 .349 .464 .813 37 105
1941 29 123 451 401 60 107 23 6 15 56 5 50 61 .267 .348 .466 .814 64 118
1942 30 152 646 552 98 153 22 7 29 108 0 94 93 .277 .382 .500 .882 106 144
1943 31 159 703 618 97 160 30 8 19 99 6 81 110 .259 .349 .426 .774 90 151
1944 32 69 242 211 30 50 11 2 5 25 3 31 34 .237 .335 .379 .714 27 66
1945 33 37 138 117 17 29 4 3 1 9 0 18 18 .248 .362 .359 .721 15 35
1946 34 84 299 277 43 73 14 0 17 56 3 21 52 .264 .318 .498 .816 44 80
1947 35 16 39 34 6 8 1 0 1 6 0 5 4 .235 .333 .353 .686 4 15
11 Seasons 998 3642 3231 474 829 153 45 118 514 33 401 623 .257 .340 .441 .782 487 950
162 Game Avg. 162 591 524 77 135 25 7 19 83 5 65 101 .257 .340 .441 .782 79 950

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1943 (CF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (19, 3%)
1943 AL (23, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1942 AL  .498 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 AL  .878 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1943 AL  665 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 AL  90 (9th)
1943 AL  83 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 AL  259 (7th)
1943 AL  237 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  27 (2nd)
1943 AL  17 (5th)
1946 AL  16 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 AL  99 (6th)
1943 AL  85 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  88 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 AL  66 (8th)
1939 AL  62 (7th)
1942 AL  88 (2nd)
1943 AL  105 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1942 AL  145 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 AL  97 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  31 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  3.2 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  55 (6th)
1943 AL  51 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1942 AL  .700 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 AL  4 (9th)
1945 AL  3 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1943 AL  7.7 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1940 AL  21.8 (10th)
1942 AL  19.3 (2nd)
1943 AL  34.1 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1943 AL  463 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 31 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1448), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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