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Joe Medwick
Joseph Michael Medwick (Ducky and Muscles)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1932
Final Game: July 25, 1948
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1968 (240/283 ballots).
Died: March 21, 1975 in St.Petersburg, FL
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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
1932 20 STL NL 26 109 106 13 37 12 1 2 12 3 2 10 .349 .367 .538 .905 137 57 1 0 O
1933 21 STL NL 148 626 595 92 182 40 10 18 98 5 26 56 .306 .337 .497 .835 131 296 15 2 3 *O MVP-18
1934 22 STL NL 149 646 620 110 198 40 18 18 106 3 21 83 .319 .343 .529 .872 124 328 15 1 4 *O AS
1935 23 STL NL 154 670 634 132 224 46 13 23 126 4 30 59 .353 .386 .576 .962 151 365 15 4 2 *O AS,MVP-5
1936 24 STL NL 155 677 636 115 223 64 13 18 138 3 34 33 .351 .387 .577 .964 156 367 14 4 3 *O AS,MVP-4
1937 25 STL NL 156 677 633 111 237 56 10 31 154 4 41 50 .374 .414 .641 1.056 180 406 11 2 1 *O AS,MVP-1
1938 26 STL NL 146 634 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 0 42 41 .322 .369 .536 .905 140 316 21 2 0 *O AS,MVP-11
1939 27 STL NL 150 667 606 98 201 48 8 14 117 6 45 44 .332 .380 .507 .886 131 307 15 2 14 *O AS,MVP-7
1940 28 TOT NL 143 616 581 83 175 30 12 17 86 2 32 36 .301 .341 .482 .823 119 280 19 3 0 *O AS
1940 28 STL NL 37 164 158 21 48 12 0 3 20 0 6 8 .304 .329 .437 .766 105 69 8 0 0 O
1940 28 BRO NL 106 452 423 62 127 18 12 14 66 2 26 28 .300 .345 .499 .844 125 211 11 3 0 *O
1941 29 BRO NL 133 579 538 100 171 33 10 18 88 2 38 35 .318 .364 .517 .881 142 278 20 1 2 *O AS
1942 30 BRO NL 142 587 553 69 166 37 4 4 96 2 32 25 .300 .338 .403 .742 115 223 15 0 2 *O AS,MVP-17
1943 31 TOT NL 126 520 497 54 138 30 3 5 70 1 19 22 .278 .306 .380 .686 97 189 17 1 3 *O/3
1943 31 BRO NL 48 184 173 13 47 10 0 0 25 1 10 8 .272 .315 .329 .645 86 57 4 1 0 O
1943 31 NYG NL 78 336 324 41 91 20 3 5 45 0 9 14 .281 .300 .407 .708 103 132 13 0 3 O/3
1944 32 NYG NL 128 535 490 64 165 24 3 7 85 2 38 24 .337 .386 .441 .826 132 216 12 1 6 *O AS,MVP-20
1945 33 TOT NL 92 328 310 31 90 17 0 3 37 5 14 14 .290 .323 .374 .697 93 116 9 1 3 O3
1945 33 NYG NL 26 97 92 14 28 4 0 3 11 2 2 2 .304 .319 .446 .765 110 41 3 0 3 O
1945 33 BSN NL 66 231 218 17 62 13 0 0 26 3 12 12 .284 .325 .344 .669 86 75 6 1 0 O3
1946 34 BRO NL 41 85 77 7 24 4 0 2 18 0 6 5 .312 .369 .442 .811 128 34 1 1 1 O/3
1947 35 STL NL 75 166 150 19 46 12 0 4 28 0 16 12 .307 .373 .467 .840 118 70 3 0 0 O
1948 36 STL NL 20 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 23 4 1 0 0 /O
17 Seasons 1984 8142 7635 1198 2471 540 113 205 1383 42 437 551 .324 .362 .505 .867 134 3852 203 26 44
162 Game Avg. 162 665 623 98 202 44 9 17 113 3 36 45 .324 .362 .505 .867 134 315 2 4
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
STL (11 yrs) 1216 5056 4747 811 1590 377 81 152 923 28 264 398 .335 .372 .545 .917 142 2585 118 18 27
BRO (5 yrs) 470 1887 1764 251 535 102 26 38 293 7 112 101 .303 .347 .455 .802 124 803 51 6 5
NYG (3 yrs) 232 968 906 119 284 48 6 15 141 4 49 40 .313 .349 .429 .779 120 389 28 1 12
BSN (1 yr) 66 231 218 17 62 13 0 0 26 3 12 12 .284 .325 .344 .669 86 75 6 1 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
1934 22 STL NL WS DET W 7 30 29 4 11 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 7 .379 .400 .552 .952 16 1 0 0 0 0
1941 29 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 18 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .235 .278 .294 .572 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 48 46 5 15 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 9 .326 .354 .457 .811 21 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 12 48 46 5 15 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 9 .326 .354 .457 .811 21 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
1932 STL NL 20 OF 26 67 63 2 2 1 .970 2.50 .976 2.41 7-19-0
1933 STL NL 21 OF 147 342 318 17 7 2 .980 2.28 .977 2.35 147-0-0 MVP-18
1934 STL NL 22 OF 149 346 322 10 14 1 .960 2.23 .973 2.26 144-0-5 AS
1935 STL NL 23 OF 154 373 352 8 13 0 .965 2.34 .971 2.31 154-0-0 AS,MVP-5
1936 STL NL 24 OF 155 389 367 16 6 4 .985 2.47 .973 2.25 155-0-0 AS,MVP-4
1937 STL NL 25 OF 156 342 329 9 4 1 .988 2.17 .974 2.13 156-0-0 AS,MVP-1
1938 STL NL 26 OF 144 351 330 12 9 6 .974 2.38 .976 2.22 144-0-0 AS,MVP-11
1939 STL NL 27 OF 149 331 313 10 8 1 .976 2.17 .975 2.17 149-0-0 AS,MVP-7
1940 TOT NL 28 OF 140 335 321 8 6 0 .982 2.35 .977 2.17 140-0-0 AS
1940 STL NL 28 OF 37 83 81 1 1 0 .988 2.22 .977 2.17 37-0-0
1940 BRO NL 28 OF 103 252 240 7 5 0 .980 2.40 .977 2.17 103-0-0
1941 BRO NL 29 OF 131 286 270 11 5 2 .983 2.15 .975 2.15 130-0-1 AS
1942 BRO NL 30 OF 140 295 287 5 3 1 .990 2.09 .981 2.15 140-0-0 AS,MVP-17
1943 TOT NL 31 OF 116 238 222 12 4 2 .983 2.02 .977 2.27 116-0-0
1943 BRO NL 31 OF 42 69 65 2 2 0 .971 1.60 .977 2.27 42-0-0
1943 NYG NL 31 OF 74 169 157 10 2 2 .988 2.26 .977 2.27 74-0-0
1943 NYG NL 31 1B 3 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 .993 10.00
1944 NYG NL 32 OF 122 300 290 8 2 2 .993 2.44 .980 2.31 122-0-0 AS,MVP-20
1945 TOT NL 33 OF 61 133 124 8 1 2 .992 2.16 .977 2.33 61-0-0
1945 NYG NL 33 OF 23 48 46 1 1 0 .979 2.04 .977 2.33 23-0-0
1945 BSN NL 33 OF 38 85 78 7 0 2 1.000 2.24 .978 2.33 38-0-0
1945 BSN NL 33 1B 15 127 124 3 0 6 1.000 8.47 .990 9.74
1946 BRO NL 34 OF 18 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .977 2.16 18-0-0
1946 BRO NL 34 1B 1 10 8 0 2 2 .800 8.00 .990 9.30
1947 STL NL 35 OF 43 59 56 3 0 2 1.000 1.37 .976 2.19 7-0-36
1948 STL NL 36 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
17 Seasons OF 1852 4217 3994 139 84 27 .980 2.23 .976 2.23 1790-19-43
3 Seasons 1B 19 164 158 4 2 9 .988 8.53 .990 9.76
17 Seasons TOT 1871 4381 4152 143 86 36 .980 2.30 .956 2.31 1790-19-43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1934 (LF)
1935 (LF)
1936 (LF)
1937 (LF)
1938 (LF)
1939 (LF)
1940 (LF)
1941 *
1942 (LF)
1944 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1937-NL-MVP
1937-NL-Triple Crown

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1933-NL-18-6%
1935-NL-5-46%
1936-NL-4-38%
1937-NL-1-88%
1938-NL-11-16%
1939-NL-7-24%
1942-NL-17-6%
1944-NL-20-3%
1 MVP
2.27 Career Shares (70th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1935 NL--.353--2nd
1936 NL--.351--3rd
1937 NL--.374--1st
1938 NL--.322--4th
1939 NL--.332--3rd
1941 NL--.318--3rd
1942 NL--.300--7th
1944 NL--.337--3rd
Career--.324--46th

On-Base% s c a p y
1935 NL--.386--8th
1937 NL--.414--4th
1938 NL--.369--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 NL--.497--4th
1934 NL--.529--5th
1935 NL--.576--2nd
1936 NL--.577--4th
1937 NL--.641--1st
1938 NL--.536--3rd
1939 NL--.507--6th
1940 NL--.482--10th
1941 NL--.517--4th
Career--.505--88th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 NL--.835--8th
1934 NL--.872--10th
1935 NL--.962--2nd
1936 NL--.964--5th
1937 NL--1.056--1st
1938 NL--.905--4th
1939 NL--.886--6th
1941 NL--.881--6th
Career--.867--115th

Games Played s c a p y
1934 NL--149--8th
1935 NL--154--4th
1936 NL--155--4th
1937 NL--156--1st
1939 NL--150--9th
Career--1984--234th

At Bats s c a p y
1933 NL--595--7th
1934 NL--620--3rd
1935 NL--634--5th
1936 NL--636--4th
1937 NL--633--1st
1938 NL--590--7th
1939 NL--606--5th
1940 NL--581--5th
Career--7635--168th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1935 NL--670--8th
1936 NL--677--9th
1937 NL--677--5th
1938 NL--634--10th
1939 NL--667--10th
Career--8142--227th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1933 NL--92--5th
1934 NL--110--5th
1935 NL--132--2nd
1936 NL--115--4th
1937 NL--111--1st
1938 NL--100--5th
1939 NL--98--8th
1941 NL--100--3rd
Career--1198--162nd

Hits s c a p y
1933 NL--182--6th
1934 NL--198--4th
1935 NL--224--2nd
1936 NL--223--1st
1937 NL--237--1st
1938 NL--190--4th
1939 NL--201--2nd
1940 NL--175--5th
1941 NL--171--5th
1942 NL--166--3rd
Career--2471--92nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 NL--296--3rd
1934 NL--328--4th
1935 NL--365--1st
1936 NL--367--1st
1937 NL--406--1st
1938 NL--316--2nd
1939 NL--307--3rd
1940 NL--280--3rd
1941 NL--278--3rd
1942 NL--223--10th
Career--3852--93rd

Doubles s c a p y
1933 NL--40--2nd
1934 NL--40--4th
1935 NL--46--2nd
1936 NL--64--1st
1937 NL--56--1st
1938 NL--47--1st
1939 NL--48--2nd
1941 NL--33--5th
1942 NL--37--2nd
1943 NL--30--8th
Career--540--26th

Triples s c a p y
1933 NL--10--7th
1934 NL--18--1st
1935 NL--13--3rd
1936 NL--13--2nd
1937 NL--10--6th
1939 NL--8--9th
1940 NL--12--6th
1941 NL--10--4th
Career--113--115th

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 NL--18--4th
1934 NL--18--6th
1935 NL--23--4th
1936 NL--18--6th
1937 NL--31--1st
1938 NL--21--6th
1939 NL--14--10th
1940 NL--17--8th
1941 NL--18--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1933 NL--98--4th
1934 NL--106--4th
1935 NL--126--2nd
1936 NL--138--1st
1937 NL--154--1st
1938 NL--122--1st
1939 NL--117--2nd
1941 NL--88--9th
1942 NL--96--4th
Career--1383--71st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1933 NL--56--6th
1934 NL--83--2nd
1935 NL--59--10th

Singles s c a p y
1935 NL--142--6th
1937 NL--140--3rd
1938 NL--114--9th
1939 NL--131--8th
1940 NL--116--8th
1942 NL--121--5th
1944 NL--131--5th
Career--1613--136th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 NL--131--10th
1935 NL--151--4th
1936 NL--156--5th
1937 NL--180--1st
1938 NL--140--6th
1939 NL--131--8th
1941 NL--142--7th
Career--134--116th

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 NL--99--6th
1934 NL--112--7th
1935 NL--140--2nd
1936 NL--141--1st
1937 NL--167--1st
1938 NL--116--3rd
1939 NL--116--3rd
1940 NL--95--8th
1941 NL--101--6th
Career--1400--99th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1933 NL--22--9th
1935 NL--43--3rd
1936 NL--49--4th
1937 NL--69--1st
1938 NL--31--6th
1939 NL--26--7th
1941 NL--27--8th
Career--330--105th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1933 NL--2.2--9th
1935 NL--4.2--3rd
1936 NL--4.7--4th
1937 NL--6.7--1st
1938 NL--3.1--6th
1939 NL--2.5--6th
1941 NL--2.8--8th
Career--32.6--104th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 NL--68--3rd
1934 NL--76--3rd
1935 NL--82--1st
1936 NL--95--1st
1937 NL--97--1st
1938 NL--76--2nd
1939 NL--70--2nd
1940 NL--59--5th
1941 NL--61--4th
1942 NL--45--9th
Career--858--68th

Times On Base s c a p y
1935 NL--258--7th
1936 NL--261--8th
1937 NL--280--2nd
1938 NL--234--7th
1939 NL--248--9th
Career--2934--204th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1935 NL--.759--2nd
1936 NL--.760--5th
1937 NL--.835--1st
1938 NL--.721--4th
1939 NL--.693--6th
1941 NL--.720--7th
Career--.700--71st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1934 NL--15--8th
1935 NL--15--7th
1938 NL--21--5th
1939 NL--15--9th
1940 NL--19--2nd
1941 NL--20--2nd
1942 NL--15--9th
1943 NL--17--7th
Career--203--80th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1933 NL--7.8--9th
1939 NL--8.4--5th

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 NL--22.120--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1933 NL--33.056--8th
1935 NL--27.565--7th
1937 NL--20.419--3rd
1938 NL--28.095--8th
1941 NL--29.889--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1934 NL--441--7th
1939 NL--434--9th
1940 NL--425--8th
Career--5411--238th

Youngest s c a p y
1932 NL--born 1911-11-24--4th
1933 NL--born 1911-11-24--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 41 (35), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 226 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 201 (40), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 47 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 12, 1940: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Curt Davis to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Carl Doyle, Bert Haas, Ernie Koy, Sam Nahem and $125,000.

July 6, 1943: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 16, 1945: Traded by the New York Giants with Ewald Pyle to the Boston Braves for Clyde Kluttz.

February 8, 1946: Released by the Boston Braves.

March 3, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

April 5, 1946: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

June 25, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

October 9, 1946: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

December 11, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

April 29, 1947: Released by the New York Yankees.

May 26, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 14, 1947: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 18, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

September 30, 1948: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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