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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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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

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
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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
1937 DET AL 25 OF 62 139 133 2 4 0 .971 2.18 .969 2.28 22-40-0
1938 DET AL 26 OF 53 136 128 4 4 1 .971 2.49 .972 2.28 22-32-0
1939 TOT AL 27 OF 84 227 212 8 7 0 .969 2.62 .969 2.35 8-70-6
1939 DET AL 27 OF 5 15 13 1 1 0 .933 2.80 .973 2.36 5-0-0
1939 SLB AL 27 OF 79 212 199 7 6 0 .972 2.61 .969 2.35 3-70-6
1940 SLB AL 28 OF 63 131 124 3 4 1 .969 2.02 .970 2.32 25-29-10
1941 SLB AL 29 OF 100 227 217 6 4 2 .982 2.23 .973 2.33 21-15-64
1942 SLB AL 30 OF 139 298 276 13 9 3 .970 2.08 .976 2.31 36-25-80 MVP-19
1943 SLB AL 31 OF 150 371 346 16 9 4 .976 2.41 .977 2.39 125-24-6 AS,MVP-23
1944 SLB AL 32 OF 55 111 108 3 0 2 1.000 2.02 .973 2.35 38-0-18
1945 SLB AL 33 OF 35 70 68 1 1 0 .986 1.97 .977 2.27 34-2-2
1946 SLB AL 34 OF 72 158 151 5 2 2 .987 2.17 .977 2.24 6-0-66
1947 PHA AL 35 OF 7 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 .978 2.34 6-0-1
11 Seasons OF 820 1886 1780 62 44 15 .977 2.25 .974 2.32 343-237-253
11 Seasons TOT 820 1886 1780 62 44 15 .977 2.25 .950 2.32 343-237-253

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 (1085th)

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--21.800--10th
1942 AL--19.259--2nd
1943 AL--34.118--7th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 31 (749), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1453), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1338), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Rip Repulski (944)
  8. George Altman (941)
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  10. Eric Byrnes (940)
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  7. George Altman (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Wally Westlake (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Wally Westlake (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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

April 9, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the St. Louis Browns.

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