Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > L Listing > Ernie Lombardi Statistics and History

 

Photo of Ernie Lombardi


Ernie Lombardi

Ernesto Natali Lombardi (Schnozz or Bocci)

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.
   View Ernie Lombardi Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

    About biographical information


View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error


Fan EloRater

Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #263. Dixie Walker… #264. Adrian Beltre… #265. Shawn Green… #266. ERNIE LOMBARDI… #267. Red Schoendienst… #268. Al Rosen… #269. Bid McPhee… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 .752 101 75 0 2 2
1932 24 CIN NL 118 458 413 43 125 22 9 11 68 0 41 19 .303 .371 .479 .851 131 198 4 0 *2
1933 25 CIN NL 107 373 350 30 99 21 1 4 47 2 16 17 .283 .322 .383 .704 103 134 26 4 3 2
1934 26 CIN NL 132 436 417 42 127 19 4 9 62 0 16 22 .305 .335 .434 .769 108 181 24 3 0 *2
1935 27 CIN NL 120 351 332 36 114 23 3 12 64 0 16 6 .343 .379 .539 .918 148 179 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 .871 140 192 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 .915 152 256 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 .829 119 219 24 3 6 *2 AS
1940 32 CIN NL 109 414 376 50 120 22 0 14 74 0 31 14 .319 .382 .489 .871 137 184 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 .886 162 149 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 .778 124 127 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 94 138 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 .814 130 111 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 .818 126 2693 261 46 18
162 Game Avg. 162 555 512 53 157 24 2 17 87 1 38 23 .306 .358 .460 .818 126 235 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 .886 162 149 17 1 0
BRO (1 yr) 73 196 182 20 54 7 1 4 23 1 12 12 .297 .340 .412 .752 101 75 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 23 BRO NL 196 1 -1 0 0 0 2 6 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 2
1932 24 CIN NL 458 12 -3 0 0 -4 4 14 23 2.3 27 2.8 -0.5 $ *2
1933 25 CIN NL 373 1 -2 0 0 -2 3 11 11 1.1 13 1.4 -0.3 $ 2
1934 26 CIN NL 436 1 -2 0 0 1 4 13 17 1.7 16 1.6 0.1 $ *2
1935 27 CIN NL 351 19 -3 0 0 -1 3 11 29 2.9 30 3.0 -0.1 $ 2 MVP-13
1936 28 CIN NL 413 22 -3 0 0 -1 3 13 34 3.4 35 3.5 -0.1 $ *2 AS,MVP-20
1937 29 CIN NL 384 14 -2 0 0 -4 3 12 23 2.3 27 2.7 -0.4 $ 2 AS
1938 30 CIN NL 529 35 -3 0 0 0 4 16 52 5.3 52 5.4 -0.1 $16,000 *2 AS,MVP-1
1939 31 CIN NL 494 13 -3 0 0 -2 4 15 27 2.7 29 3.0 -0.3 $17,000 *2 AS
1940 32 CIN NL 414 22 -2 0 0 0 3 15 38 3.9 38 3.9 0.0 $ 2 AS,MVP-9
1941 33 CIN NL 434 1 -3 0 0 -3 4 16 15 1.5 18 1.8 -0.3 $18,000 *2
1942 34 BSN NL 347 21 -3 0 0 -2 3 11 30 3.3 32 3.4 -0.1 $ 2 AS,MVP-13
1943 35 NYG NL 315 7 -3 0 0 -1 2 10 15 1.6 16 1.8 -0.2 $15,000 2 AS
1944 36 NYG NL 408 -3 -2 0 0 -1 3 13 10 1.0 11 1.2 -0.2 $ 2
1945 37 NYG NL 417 18 -3 0 0 -1 3 13 30 3.1 31 3.2 -0.1 $ 2
1946 38 NYG NL 262 7 -2 0 0 0 2 10 17 1.7 17 1.8 -0.1 $ 2
1947 39 NYG NL 118 0 -1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 2
17 Seasons 6349 191 -41 0 0 -21 51 203 383 39.0 404 41.7 -2.7 $66,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CIN (10 yrs) 4286 140 -26 0 0 -16 35 136 269 27.1 285 29.1 -2.0 $51,000
NYG (5 yrs) 1520 29 -11 0 0 -3 11 50 76 7.8 79 8.4 -0.6 $15,000
BSN (1 yr) 347 21 -3 0 0 -2 3 11 30 3.3 32 3.4 -0.1 $
BRO (1 yr) 196 1 -1 0 0 0 2 6 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1931 BRO NL 23 C 50 245 218 23 4 5 .984 4.82 .980 4.64 3 19 12 39%
1932 CIN NL 24 C 110 378 288 76 14 6 .963 3.31 .979 4.66 17 37 36 49%
1933 CIN NL 25 C 95 283 223 52 8 3 .972 2.89 .982 4.35 9 29 24 45%
1934 CIN NL 26 C 111 449 383 61 5 8 .989 4.00 .985 4.85 8 34 24 41%
1935 CIN NL 27 C 82 353 298 49 6 4 .983 4.23 .976 4.78 10 18 22 55% MVP-13
1936 CIN NL 28 C 105 399 330 54 15 10 .962 3.66 .979 4.96 7 26 22 46% AS,MVP-20
1937 CIN NL 29 C 90 402 333 58 11 3 .973 4.34 .980 5.25 13 31 28 47% AS
1938 CIN NL 30 C 123 594 512 73 9 8 .985 4.76 .979 4.85 9 22 31 58% AS,MVP-1
1939 CIN NL 31 C 120 609 536 63 10 7 .984 4.99 .982 4.81 15 30 32 52% AS
1940 CIN NL 32 C 101 448 397 46 5 5 .989 4.39 .978 5.00 7 18 17 49% AS,MVP-9
1941 CIN NL 33 C 116 576 496 70 10 9 .983 4.88 .983 5.04 16 41 34 45%
1942 BSN NL 34 C 85 298 251 41 6 3 .980 3.44 .979 4.95 9 34 20 37% AS,MVP-13
1943 NYG NL 35 C 73 342 296 36 10 8 .971 4.55 .981 4.70 6 22 15 41% AS
1944 NYG NL 36 C 100 410 350 47 13 11 .968 3.97 .979 4.56 9 20 19 49%
1945 NYG NL 37 C 96 482 425 49 8 8 .983 4.94 .978 4.57 9 23 25 52%
1946 NYG NL 38 C 63 315 272 36 7 7 .978 4.89 .980 5.01 4 23 19 45%
1947 NYG NL 39 C 24 99 86 11 2 2 .980 4.04 .981 4.96 1 5 5 50%
17 Seasons C 1544 6682 5694 845 143 107 .979 4.24 .980 4.82 152 432 385 47%
17 Seasons TOT 1544 6682 5694 845 143 107 .979 4.24 .980 4.82 152 432 385 47%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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--not played

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 (252nd)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1938 NL  5.3 (9th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1938 NL  5.3 (6th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1938 NL  5.4 (5th)
Career  41.7 (240th)

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  148 (5th)
1936 NL  140 (9th)
1937 NL  130 (10th)
1938 NL  152 (3rd)
1940 NL  137 (9th)
1942 NL  162 (2nd)
Career  126 (222nd)

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

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  34 (5th)
1942 NL  25 (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 (22nd)

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 (82nd)

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)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1934 NL  111 (4th)
1936 NL  105 (4th)
1937 NL  90 (5th)
1938 NL  123 (2nd)
1939 NL  120 (4th)
1940 NL  101 (5th)
1941 NL  116 (4th)
1944 NL  100 (4th)
1945 NL  96 (1st)
Career  1,544 (27th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1934 NL  383 (5th)
1938 NL  512 (2nd)
1939 NL  536 (2nd)
1940 NL  397 (4th)
1941 NL  496 (3rd)
1944 NL  350 (5th)
1945 NL  425 (1st)
Career  5,694 (75th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1932 NL  76 (2nd)
1934 NL  61 (4th)
1935 NL  49 (5th)
1938 NL  73 (2nd)
1939 NL  63 (3rd)
1941 NL  70 (3rd)
1944 NL  47 (5th)
1945 NL  49 (3rd)
Career  845 (70th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1932 NL  14 (1st)
1933 NL  8 (3rd)
1936 NL  15 (1st)
1937 NL  11 (3rd)
1938 NL  9 (5th)
1939 NL  10 (1st)
1941 NL  10 (2nd)
1943 NL  10 (2nd)
1944 NL  13 (1st)
1945 NL  8 (5th)
Career  143 (86th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1932 NL  17 (1st)
1933 NL  9 (3rd)
1934 NL  8 (4th)
1935 NL  10 (1st)
1936 NL  7 (1st)
1937 NL  13 (1st)
1938 NL  9 (1st)
1939 NL  15 (1st)
1940 NL  7 (1st)
1941 NL  16 (1st)
1942 NL  9 (2nd)
1943 NL  6 (4th)
1944 NL  9 (3rd)
1945 NL  9 (1st)
Career  152 (66th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1932 NL  43 (3rd)
1934 NL  32 (4th)
1937 NL  40 (3rd)
1938 NL  29 (4th)
1939 NL  30 (4th)
1941 NL  44 (1st)
1942 NL  34 (4th)
1944 NL  27 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1932 NL  36 (2nd)
1934 NL  24 (4th)
1935 NL  22 (5th)
1938 NL  31 (2nd)
1939 NL  32 (2nd)
1941 NL  34 (2nd)
1944 NL  19 (5th)
1945 NL  25 (3rd)

Caught Stealing %s c a p y
1935 NL  45.8 (4th)
1938 NL  51.7 (1st)
1939 NL  51.6 (3rd)
1945 NL  48.1 (3rd)
1946 NL  42.2 (5th)
Career  47.1 (51st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1938 NL  4.76 (3rd)
1939 NL  4.99 (1st)
1940 NL  4.39 (4th)
1941 NL  4.88 (3rd)
1944 NL  3.97 (4th)
1945 NL  4.94 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1934 NL  .989 (2nd)
1935 NL  .983 (3rd)
1938 NL  .985 (3rd)
1940 NL  .989 (2nd)
1941 NL  .983 (5th)
1942 NL  .980 (5th)
1945 NL  .983 (4th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (283), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 83 (285), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 133 (102), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (137), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
193830Cincinnati Reds$16,000BJHA (2d ed.) at 383Includes $3,000 bonus
193931Cincinnati Reds$17,000Bill James Historical Abstract
194133Cincinnati Reds$18,000Bill James Historical Abstract
194234Cincinnati Reds$10,000BJHA (2d ed.) at 386
194335New York Giants$15,000William B. Mead, Even the Browns 16BJHA: $10,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$76,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     DeadBallEra Obituary     Hall of Fame     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Ernie Lombardi    

Viewed 33,713 times through February 9, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Ernesto Bocci earnie Ernie Natali Schnozz Schnozz,Bocci Lombardi lombardo

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.