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Ron Northey
Ronald James Northey
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 26, 1920 in Mahanoy City, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Final Game: September 28, 1957
Died: April 16, 1971 in Pittsburgh, PA
Relatives: Father of Scott Northey
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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
1942 22 PHI NL 127 433 402 31 101 13 2 5 31 2 28 33 .251 .300 .331 .631 89 133 5 0 3 *O
1943 23 PHI NL 147 644 586 72 163 31 5 16 68 2 51 52 .278 .339 .430 .769 125 252 6 3 4 *O MVP-29
1944 24 PHI NL 152 645 570 72 164 35 9 22 104 1 67 51 .288 .367 .496 .863 144 283 7 4 4 *O MVP-18
1946 26 PHI NL 128 480 438 55 109 24 6 16 62 1 39 59 .249 .313 .441 .754 115 193 6 2 1 *O
1947 27 TOT NL 123 414 358 59 103 22 3 15 66 1 54 32 .288 .384 .492 .876 128 176 7 2 0 *O/5
1947 27 PHI NL 13 53 47 7 12 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 .255 .340 .319 .659 79 15 0 0 0 O
1947 27 STL NL 110 361 311 52 91 19 3 15 63 0 48 29 .293 .391 .518 .908 135 161 7 2 0 O/5
1948 28 STL NL 96 288 246 40 79 10 1 13 64 0 38 25 .321 .420 .528 .949 149 130 8 4 0 O
1949 29 STL NL 90 297 265 28 69 18 2 7 50 0 31 15 .260 .338 .423 .760 99 112 9 0 1 O
1950 30 TOT NL 80 217 191 22 52 14 0 9 29 0 25 15 .272 .356 .487 .843 120 93 5 0 1 O
1950 30 CIN NL 27 92 77 11 20 5 0 5 9 0 15 6 .260 .380 .519 .900 134 40 2 0 0 O
1950 30 CHC NL 53 125 114 11 32 9 0 4 20 0 10 9 .281 .339 .465 .804 110 53 3 0 1 O
1952 32 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1955 35 CHW AL 14 17 14 1 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 .357 .471 .714 1.185 212 10 1 0 0 0 0 /9
1956 36 CHW AL 53 60 48 4 17 2 0 3 23 0 0 8 1 .354 .417 .583 1.000 160 28 2 0 0 4 2 /79
1957 37 TOT 73 71 53 1 12 1 0 1 12 0 0 17 11 .226 .408 .302 .710 97 16 1 0 0 1 2
1957 37 CHW AL 40 39 27 0 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 11 5 .185 .410 .222 .632 78 6 1 0 0 1 1
1957 37 PHI NL 33 32 26 1 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 6 .269 .406 .385 .791 118 10 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 1084 3567 3172 385 874 172 28 108 513 7 0 361 297 .276 .352 .450 .801 123 1426 57 15 14 5 4
162 Game Avg. 162 533 474 58 131 26 4 16 77 1 54 44 .276 .352 .450 .801 123 213 9 2 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
PHI (6 yrs) 600 2287 2069 238 556 106 22 60 273 7 0 197 204 .269 .335 .428 .763 120 886 24 9 12 0 1
STL (3 yrs) 296 946 822 120 239 47 6 35 177 0 117 69 .291 .383 .490 .873 128 403 24 6 1
CHW (3 yrs) 107 116 89 5 27 5 0 4 34 0 0 22 9 .303 .422 .494 .917 144 44 4 0 0 5 3
CHC (2 yrs) 54 126 115 11 32 9 0 4 20 0 0 10 9 .278 .336 .461 .797 108 53 3 0 1
CIN (1 yr) 27 92 77 11 20 5 0 5 9 0 15 6 .260 .380 .519 .900 134 40 2 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 977 3451 3083 380 847 167 28 104 479 7 0 339 288 .275 .349 .448 .798 122 1382 53 15 14 0 1
AL (3 yrs) 107 116 89 5 27 5 0 4 34 0 0 22 9 .303 .422 .494 .917 144 44 4 0 0 5 3
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1942 PHI NL 22 OF 109 229 206 12 11 2 .952 2.00 .982 2.15 0-0-109
1943 PHI NL 23 OF 145 318 292 19 7 6 .978 2.14 .977 2.27 0-0-145 MVP-29
1944 PHI NL 24 OF 151 316 286 24 6 7 .981 2.05 .980 2.31 0-0-151 MVP-18
1946 PHI NL 26 OF 111 207 194 7 6 3 .971 1.81 .977 2.16 0-0-111
1947 TOT NL 27 OF 107 157 141 9 7 2 .955 1.40 .977 2.19 15-0-92
1947 PHI NL 27 OF 13 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 1.54 .975 2.19 0-0-13
1947 STL NL 27 OF 94 137 122 8 7 1 .949 1.38 .977 2.19 15-0-79
1947 STL NL 27 3B 2 10 2 7 1 0 .900 4.50 .950 2.80
1948 STL NL 28 OF 67 88 85 2 1 0 .989 1.30 .977 2.20 0-0-67
1949 STL NL 29 OF 73 99 93 4 2 2 .980 1.33 .977 2.25 0-0-73
1950 TOT NL 30 OF 51 64 59 3 2 2 .969 1.22 .978 2.14 0-0-51
1950 CIN NL 30 OF 24 22 21 0 1 0 .955 0.88 .977 2.14 0-0-24
1950 CHC NL 30 OF 27 42 38 3 1 2 .976 1.52 .979 2.14 0-0-27
1955 CHW AL 35 OF 2 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 2.40 2.10
1955 CHW AL 35 RF 2 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75
1956 CHW AL 36 OF 4 2 19.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.29 1.25 .980 2.33 2.05
1956 CHW AL 36 LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1956 CHW AL 36 RF 3 2 16.2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 14.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.16 1.33 .975 2.11 1.80
10 Seasons OF 820 3 25.2 1484 1361 81 42 24 .972 -0.1 -4.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 505.64 1.76 .979 2.35 2.22 18-0-804
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 5 3 22.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.99 1.00 .980 2.10 1.78
1 Season (incomplete) LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1 Season 3B 2 10 2 7 1 0 .900 4.50 .950 2.80
12 Seasons TOT 822 3 25.2 1494 1363 88 43 24 .971 -0.1 -4.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 508.79 1.77 .950 2.35 2.22 18-0-804
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1943-NL-29-1%
1944-NL-18-3%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 NL--.430--8th
1944 NL--.496--8th
1946 NL--.441--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1944 NL--.863--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1943 NL--586--8th

Hits s c a p y
1943 NL--163--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1943 NL--252--5th
1944 NL--283--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1943 NL--31--7th
1944 NL--35--7th

Triples s c a p y
1944 NL--9--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 NL--16--3rd
1944 NL--22--3rd
1946 NL--16--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1944 NL--104--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL--59--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 NL--144--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 NL--85--7th
1944 NL--103--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 NL--33--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 NL--3.4--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 NL--52--4th
1944 NL--66--3rd
1946 NL--46--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1944 NL--.698--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL--3--7th
1944 NL--4--10th
1948 NL--4--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1943 NL--36.625--6th
1944 NL--25.909--3rd
1946 NL--27.375--2nd

Oldest s c a p y
1957 NL--born 1920-04-26--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 34 (704), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1630), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1941: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Philadelphia Athletics.

May 3, 1947: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Freddy Schmidt and Harry Walker.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Lou Klein to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.

June 7, 1950: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Scheffing.

Before 1954 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the Detroit Tigers in an unknown transaction.

January 13, 1955: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to Charleston (American Association) for Bill Killinger (minors) and cash.

July 16, 1955: Traded by Charleston (American Association) with Floyd Melliere (minors) to the New York Giants for Guilford Dickens (minors).

August 26, 1955: Traded by the New York Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Gil Coan.

July 29, 1957: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

July 30, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 15, 1957: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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