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Ernie Lombardi
Ernesto Natali Lombardi (Schnozz and Bocci)
Hall of Famer
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
Final Game: September 17, 1947
Died: September 26, 1977 in Santa Cruz, CA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1986.
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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

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

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1931 BRO NL 23 C 50 245 218 23 4 5 .984 4.82 .980 4.03 3
1932 CIN NL 24 C 110 378 288 76 14 6 .963 3.31 .979 3.98 17
1933 CIN NL 25 C 95 283 223 52 8 3 .972 2.89 .982 3.75 9
1934 CIN NL 26 C 111 449 383 61 5 8 .989 4.00 .985 4.09 8
1935 CIN NL 27 C 82 353 298 49 6 4 .983 4.23 .976 4.17 10 MVP-13
1936 CIN NL 28 C 105 399 330 54 15 10 .962 3.66 .979 4.21 7 AS,MVP-20
1937 CIN NL 29 C 90 402 333 58 11 3 .973 4.34 .980 4.62 13 AS
1938 CIN NL 30 C 123 594 512 73 9 8 .985 4.76 .979 4.26 9 AS,MVP-1
1939 CIN NL 31 C 120 609 536 63 10 7 .984 4.99 .982 3.93 15 AS
1940 CIN NL 32 C 101 448 397 46 5 5 .989 4.39 .978 4.05 7 AS,MVP-9
1941 CIN NL 33 C 116 576 496 70 10 9 .983 4.88 .983 4.06 16
1942 BSN NL 34 C 85 298 251 41 6 3 .980 3.44 .979 4.28 9 AS,MVP-13
1943 NYG NL 35 C 73 342 296 36 10 8 .971 4.55 .981 4.13 6 AS
1944 NYG NL 36 C 100 410 350 47 13 11 .968 3.97 .979 3.95 9
1945 NYG NL 37 C 96 482 425 49 8 8 .983 4.94 .978 3.83 9
1946 NYG NL 38 C 63 315 272 36 7 7 .978 4.89 .980 4.24 4
1947 NYG NL 39 C 24 99 86 11 2 2 .980 4.04 .981 4.37 1
17 Seasons C 1544 6682 5694 845 143 107 .979 4.24 .980 4.10 152
17 Seasons TOT 1544 6682 5694 845 143 107 .979 4.24 .959 4.10 152
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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 (281), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 133 (101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Gabby Hartnett (834) *
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  7. Spud Davis (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Spud Davis (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Smoky Burgess (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

January 19, 1931: Traded by Oakland (PCL) to the Brooklyn Robins for Hank DeBerry and Eddie Moore.

March 14, 1932: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Wally Gilbert and Babe Herman to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth.

February 7, 1942: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Cincinnati Reds.

April 27, 1943: Traded by the Boston Braves to the New York Giants for Hugh Poland and Connie Ryan.

September 20, 1947: Released by the New York Giants.

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Name and misspellings: Ernesto earnie Ernie Natali Schnozz,Bocci Lombardi lombardo

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