Ernie Lombardi

Ernesto Natali Lombardi (Schnozz and Bocci)

Hall of Famer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 6, 1908 in Oakland, CA
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1931
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants/Braves/Robins 1931-1947
Final Game: September 17, 1947
Died: September 26, 1977 in Santa Cruz, CA
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1986.
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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
1931 23 BRO NL 73 196 182 20 54 7 1 4 23 1 12 12 .297 .340 .412 .752 102 75 0 2 2
1932 24 CIN NL 118 458 413 43 125 22 9 11 68 0 41 19 .303 .371 .479 .851 130 198 4 0 *2
1933 25 CIN NL 107 373 350 30 99 21 1 4 47 2 16 17 .283 .322 .383 .704 102 134 26 4 3 2
1934 26 CIN NL 132 436 417 42 127 19 4 9 62 0 16 22 .305 .335 .434 .769 106 181 24 3 0 *2
1935 27 CIN NL 120 351 332 36 114 23 3 12 64 0 16 6 .343 .379 .539 .918 147 179 11 3 0 2 MVP-13
1936 28 CIN NL 121 413 387 42 129 23 2 12 68 1 19 16 .333 .375 .496 .871 139 192 15 7 0 *2 AS,MVP-20
1937 29 CIN NL 120 384 368 41 123 22 1 9 59 1 14 17 .334 .362 .473 .835 130 174 12 2 0 2 AS
1938 30 CIN NL 129 529 489 60 167 30 1 19 95 0 40 14 .342 .391 .524 .915 153 256 30 0 0 *2 AS,MVP-1
1939 31 CIN NL 130 494 450 43 129 26 2 20 85 0 35 19 .287 .342 .487 .829 120 219 24 3 6 *2 AS
1940 32 CIN NL 109 414 376 50 120 22 0 14 74 0 31 14 .319 .382 .489 .871 138 184 18 7 0 2 AS,MVP-9
1941 33 CIN NL 117 434 398 33 105 12 1 10 60 1 36 14 .264 .325 .374 .699 96 149 19 0 0 *2
1942 34 BSN NL 105 347 309 32 102 14 0 11 46 1 37 12 .330 .403 .482 .886 161 149 17 1 0 2 AS,MVP-13
1943 35 NYG NL 104 315 295 19 90 7 0 10 51 1 16 11 .305 .347 .431 .778 123 127 18 3 1 2 AS
1944 36 NYG NL 117 408 373 37 95 13 0 10 58 0 33 25 .255 .317 .370 .687 93 138 23 1 1 2
1945 37 NYG NL 115 417 368 46 113 7 1 19 70 0 43 11 .307 .387 .486 .873 141 179 12 5 1 2
1946 38 NYG NL 88 262 238 19 69 4 1 12 39 0 18 24 .290 .347 .466 .814 129 111 8 3 3 2
1947 39 NYG NL 48 118 110 8 31 5 0 4 21 0 7 9 .282 .325 .436 .761 100 48 4 0 1 2
17 Seasons 1853 6349 5855 601 1792 277 27 190 990 8 430 262 .306 .358 .460 .818 125 2693 261 46 18
162 Game Avg. 162 555 512 53 157 24 2 17 87 1 38 23 .306 .358 .460 .818 125 235 4 2
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
CIN (10 yrs) 1203 4286 3980 420 1238 220 24 120 682 5 264 158 .311 .359 .469 .828 126 1866 179 33 9
NYG (5 yrs) 472 1520 1384 129 398 36 2 55 239 1 117 80 .288 .348 .436 .784 119 603 65 12 7
BSN (1 yr) 105 347 309 32 102 14 0 11 46 1 37 12 .330 .403 .482 .886 161 149 17 1 0
BRO (1 yr) 73 196 182 20 54 7 1 4 23 1 12 12 .297 .340 .412 .752 102 75 0 2

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
1931 23 BRO NL 196 130 26 5.3 102 .301 .297 .284 .340 .343 .412 .401 .752 .743 102 .566 0.2 0.0 .688 .187 .115 1.6
1932 24 CIN NL 458 288 72 6.8 101 .298 .303 .280 .371 .333 .479 .406 .851 .739 130 .659 17.5 1.7 .844 .276 .177 .0
1933 25 CIN NL 373 280 42 4.0 90 .289 .283 .272 .322 .324 .383 .372 .704 .696 102 .494 1.0 0.1 .563 .151 .100 2.7
1934 26 CIN NL 436 314 60 5.1 103 .306 .305 .285 .335 .340 .434 .405 .769 .744 106 .532 2.3 0.2 .637 .168 .129 .0
1935 27 CIN NL 351 229 67 7.8 101 .325 .343 .282 .379 .337 .539 .402 .918 .738 147 .719 21.0 2.0 .865 .244 .196 .0
1936 28 CIN NL 413 273 70 6.9 98 .326 .333 .278 .375 .337 .496 .390 .871 .726 139 .669 20.4 2.0 .802 .214 .163 1.8
1937 29 CIN NL 384 257 62 6.4 97 .333 .334 .274 .362 .335 .473 .388 .835 .723 130 .657 14.3 1.4 .743 .179 .139 1.8
1938 30 CIN NL 529 352 100 7.6 96 .325 .342 .271 .391 .334 .524 .386 .915 .720 153 .732 34.6 3.4 .841 .264 .182 .0
1939 31 CIN NL 494 351 74 5.6 104 .265 .287 .282 .342 .347 .487 .402 .829 .750 120 .594 10.8 1.1 .745 .278 .200 .0
1940 32 CIN NL 414 274 68 6.7 99 .305 .319 .273 .382 .338 .489 .393 .871 .730 138 .686 19.8 2.0 .810 .253 .170 .0
1941 33 CIN NL 434 312 48 4.1 95 .254 .264 .267 .325 .338 .374 .376 .699 .714 96 .497 -3.2 -0.3 .596 .204 .111 1.8
1942 34 BSN NL 347 224 60 7.2 85 .318 .330 .254 .403 .325 .482 .352 .886 .678 161 .763 24.2 2.6 .839 .275 .152 1.8
1943 35 NYG NL 315 224 43 5.2 90 .292 .305 .266 .347 .335 .431 .361 .778 .696 123 .622 7.2 0.8 .659 .183 .125 1.8
1944 36 NYG NL 408 302 44 3.9 94 .251 .255 .268 .317 .335 .370 .376 .687 .712 93 .467 -4.1 -0.4 .571 .204 .115 .0
1945 37 NYG NL 417 268 68 6.8 97 .278 .307 .274 .387 .344 .486 .379 .873 .723 141 .700 19.9 2.0 .850 .296 .179 .0
1946 38 NYG NL 262 180 38 5.6 93 .282 .290 .264 .347 .339 .466 .369 .814 .708 129 .649 7.5 0.8 .746 .252 .176 .0
1947 39 NYG NL 118 84 16 5.0 107 .278 .282 .275 .325 .351 .436 .408 .761 .759 100 .540 -0.5 -0.1 .663 .218 .155 .0
17 Seasons 6349 4342 958 5.9 97 .297 .306 .274 .358 .337 .460 .386 .818 .723 125 .634 192.8 19.3 .735 .229 .154 15.4
162 Game Avg. 555 380 84 5.9 97 .297 .306 .274 .358 .337 .460 .386 .818 .723 125 .634 17 2 .735 .229 .154 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (10 yrs) 4286 2930 663 6.1 98 .302 .311 .276 .359 .336 .469 .392 .828 .729 126 .634 138.5 13.6 .742 .225 .158 9.6
NYG (5 yrs) 1520 1058 209 5.3 95 .275 .288 .269 .348 .339 .436 .375 .784 .714 119 .607 29.9 3.1 .697 .233 .148 2.0
BSN (1 yr) 347 224 60 7.2 85 .318 .330 .254 .403 .325 .482 .352 .886 .678 161 .763 24.2 2.6 .839 .275 .152 1.8
BRO (1 yr) 196 130 26 5.3 102 .301 .297 .284 .340 .343 .412 .401 .752 .743 102 .566 0.2 0.0 .688 .187 .115 1.6

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
1939 31 CIN NL WS NYY L 4 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .214 .267 .214 .481 3 1 1 0 0 0
1940 32 CIN NL WS DET W 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 19 17 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .235 .316 .294 .610 5 1 1 0 0 1
2 WS 6 19 17 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .235 .316 .294 .610 5 1 1 0 0 1

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
1936 CIN NL 28 DNP
1937 CIN NL 29 DNP
1938 CIN NL 30 as C 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1939 CIN NL 31 as C 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CIN NL 32 as C 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BSN NL 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 NYG NL 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 NYG NL 37 DNP
8 Seasons (5 Appearances) 14 13 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .385 .429 .385 .813 5 0 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
1931 23 73 196 182 20 54 7 1 4 23 1 12 12 .297 .340 .412 .752 102 75 0 2
1932 24 191 654 595 63 179 29 10 15 91 1 53 31 .301 .362 .459 .821 121 273 4 2
1933 25 298 1027 945 93 278 50 11 19 138 3 69 48 .294 .347 .431 .778 114 407 26 8 5
1934 26 430 1463 1362 135 405 69 15 28 200 3 85 70 .297 .344 .432 .775 112 588 50 11 5
1935 27 550 1814 1694 171 519 92 18 40 264 3 101 76 .306 .350 .453 .803 119 767 61 14 5
1936 28 671 2227 2081 213 648 115 20 52 332 4 120 92 .311 .355 .461 .816 122 959 76 21 5
1937 29 791 2611 2449 254 771 137 21 61 391 5 134 109 .315 .356 .463 .819 124 1133 88 23 5
1938 30 920 3140 2938 314 938 167 22 80 486 5 174 123 .319 .362 .473 .835 128 1389 118 23 5
1939 31 1050 3634 3388 357 1067 193 24 100 571 5 209 142 .315 .359 .475 .834 127 1608 142 26 11
1940 32 1159 4048 3764 407 1187 215 24 114 645 5 240 156 .315 .362 .476 .838 128 1792 160 33 11
1941 33 1276 4482 4162 440 1292 227 25 124 705 6 276 170 .310 .358 .466 .824 125 1941 179 33 11
1942 34 1381 4829 4471 472 1394 241 25 135 751 7 313 182 .312 .361 .467 .829 128 2090 196 34 11
1943 35 1485 5144 4766 491 1484 248 25 145 802 8 329 193 .311 .360 .465 .826 127 2217 214 37 12
1944 36 1602 5552 5139 528 1579 261 25 155 860 8 362 218 .307 .357 .458 .816 125 2355 237 38 13
1945 37 1717 5969 5507 574 1692 268 26 174 930 8 405 229 .307 .359 .460 .820 126 2534 249 43 14
1946 38 1805 6231 5745 593 1761 272 27 186 969 8 423 253 .307 .359 .460 .819 126 2645 257 46 17
1947 39 1853 6349 5855 601 1792 277 27 190 990 8 430 262 .306 .358 .460 .818 125 2693 261 46 18

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
1931 23 76 202 190 20 56 7 1 4 24 1 12 13 .295 .337 .405 .742 26 73
1932 24 123 478 431 45 130 23 9 11 71 0 43 20 .302 .370 .473 .844 75 118
1933 25 112 397 374 36 112 24 1 5 56 2 18 18 .299 .340 .409 .749 50 107
1934 26 141 462 442 43 133 20 4 9 64 0 17 23 .301 .331 .425 .757 62 132
1935 27 126 367 347 37 118 24 3 12 65 0 17 6 .340 .376 .530 .906 68 120
1936 28 126 432 405 44 135 24 2 13 71 1 20 17 .333 .375 .499 .874 73 121
1937 29 126 406 389 44 131 23 1 10 64 1 15 18 .337 .365 .478 .843 67 120
1938 30 137 564 521 65 180 32 1 20 103 0 43 15 .345 .395 .526 .921 109 129
1939 31 137 513 473 45 135 27 2 21 88 0 37 20 .285 .341 .484 .825 77 130
1940 32 115 435 395 52 126 23 0 15 78 0 33 15 .319 .382 .491 .873 72 109
1941 33 122 453 415 35 111 13 1 11 64 1 38 15 .267 .329 .383 .712 52 117
1942 34 111 381 337 39 118 16 0 13 56 1 43 13 .350 .425 .513 .939 73 105
1943 35 109 335 314 22 100 8 0 11 59 1 18 11 .318 .361 .449 .810 50 104
1944 36 122 426 390 40 101 14 0 11 62 0 35 26 .259 .322 .379 .701 47 117
1945 37 120 434 384 47 117 7 1 20 72 0 45 11 .305 .385 .484 .869 70 115
1946 38 92 277 254 22 77 4 1 13 45 0 20 25 .303 .361 .480 .841 44 88
1947 39 50 122 115 8 32 5 0 4 21 0 7 9 .278 .320 .426 .746 16 48
17 Seasons 1945 6684 6176 644 1912 294 27 203 1063 8 461 275 .310 .362 .465 .827 1031 1853
162 Game Avg. 162 557 514 54 159 24 2 17 89 1 38 23 .310 .362 .465 .827 86 1853
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1951 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1956 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1960 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1964 BBWAA (16.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.5%)
1966 BBWAA (11.3%)
1967 BBWAA (14.7%)
1967 Run Off ( 8.2%)
1986 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1986 by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1936
1937
1938 (C)
1939 (C)
1940 (C)
1942 *
1943 *
1945

Awards (yr lg award)
1938 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 NL (13, 10%)
1936 NL (20, 1%)
1938 NL (1, 68%)
1940 NL (9, 11%)
1942 NL (13, 7%)
1 MVP
0.97 Career Shares (248th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1935 NL  .343 (4th)
1936 NL  .333 (7th)
1937 NL  .334 (8th)
1938 NL  .342 (1st)
1940 NL  .319 (2nd)
1942 NL  .330 (1st)
1943 NL  .305 (7th)
Career  .306 (143rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1938 NL  .391 (8th)
1940 NL  .382 (10th)
1942 NL  .403 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1935 NL  .539 (6th)
1936 NL  .496 (9th)
1937 NL  .473 (9th)
1938 NL  .524 (5th)
1939 NL  .487 (10th)
1940 NL  .489 (8th)
1942 NL  .482 (5th)
1943 NL  .431 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1935 NL  .918 (5th)
1938 NL  .915 (3rd)
1940 NL  .871 (7th)
1942 NL  .886 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  167 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1938 NL  256 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  19 (7th)
1939 NL  20 (5th)
1942 NL  11 (10th)
1943 NL  10 (10th)
1945 NL  19 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1938 NL  95 (7th)
1939 NL  85 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1938 NL  117 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1935 NL  147 (6th)
1936 NL  139 (9th)
1938 NL  153 (3rd)
1940 NL  138 (7th)
1942 NL  161 (3rd)
Career  125 (226th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1938 NL  100 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  35 (5th)
1942 NL  24 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1938 NL  3.4 (5th)
1942 NL  2.6 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  50 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1935 NL  .719 (5th)
1938 NL  .732 (3rd)
1940 NL  .686 (7th)
1942 NL  .763 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 NL  4 (9th)
1936 NL  7 (3rd)
1940 NL  7 (3rd)
1943 NL  3 (7th)
1945 NL  5 (6th)
1946 NL  3 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1933 NL  26 (1st)
1934 NL  24 (1st)
1938 NL  30 (1st)
1939 NL  24 (2nd)
1940 NL  18 (3rd)
1941 NL  19 (3rd)
1942 NL  17 (4th)
1943 NL  18 (5th)
1944 NL  23 (1st)
1945 NL  12 (10th)
Career  261 (20th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1935 NL  55.3 (1st)
1936 NL  24.2 (9th)
1937 NL  21.6 (8th)
1938 NL  34.9 (5th)
1939 NL  23.7 (10th)
1940 NL  26.9 (6th)
1941 NL  28.4 (7th)
1942 NL  25.8 (8th)
1943 NL  26.8 (6th)
Career  22.3 (77th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1935 NL  27.7 (8th)
1936 NL  32.3 (10th)
1938 NL  25.7 (6th)
1939 NL  22.5 (5th)
1940 NL  26.9 (8th)
1942 NL  28.1 (6th)
1943 NL  29.5 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1947 NL  born 1908-04-06 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 83 (283), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 133 (101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (133), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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