Rip Radcliff

Raymond Allen Radcliff

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 19, 1906 in Kiowa, OK
High School: Kiowa HS (Kiowa, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1934
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/Browns 1934-1943

Final Game: September 29, 1943
Died: May 23, 1962 in Enid, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1934	CHW	AL	28	OF	14	14	14		37	35	0	2	0	.946		2.50	.968		2.29
1934	CHW	AL	28	RF	14	14	14		37	35	0	2	0	.946		2.50	.964		2.07
1935	CHW	AL	29	LF	142	142	141		247	231	8	8	1	.968		1.68	.968		2.24
1935	CHW	AL	29	OF	142	142	141		247	231	8	8	1	.968		1.68	.970		2.39
1936	CHW	AL	30	LF	132	131	129		234	213	6	15	2	.936		1.66	.963		2.12	AS,MVP-16
1936	CHW	AL	30	OF	132	131	129		234	213	6	15	2	.936		1.66	.968		2.38	AS,MVP-16
1937	CHW	AL	31	LF	139	139	103		292	273	9	10	5	.966		2.03	.966		2.16	MVP-15
1937	CHW	AL	31	OF	139	139	103		292	273	9	10	5	.966		2.03	.969		2.35	MVP-15
1938	CHW	AL	32	LF	99	99	99		240	230	5	5	0	.979		2.37	.972		2.17
1938	CHW	AL	32	OF	99	99	99		240	230	5	5	0	.979		2.37	.972		2.35
1938	CHW	AL	32	1B	23	23	23		251	236	10	5	25	.980		10.70	.990		9.77
1939	CHW	AL	33	OF	78	76	68		135	130	1	4	0	.970		1.68	.969		2.44
1939	CHW	AL	33	RF	69	68	60		119	114	1	4	0	.966		1.67	.962		2.08
1939	CHW	AL	33	1B	20	19	19		183	170	11	2	11	.989		9.05	.990		9.64
1939	CHW	AL	33	LF	10	8	8		16	16	0	0	0	1.000		1.60	.966		2.38
1940	SLB	AL	34	OF	139	137	116		298	282	8	8	2	.973		2.09	.970		2.40	MVP-9
1940	SLB	AL	34	LF	116	114	95		254	242	6	6	2	.976		2.14	.963		2.33	MVP-9
1940	SLB	AL	34	RF	23	23	21		44	40	2	2	0	.955		1.83	.970		2.09	MVP-9
1940	SLB	AL	34	1B	4	3	3		28	25	2	1	2	.964		6.75	.989		9.80	MVP-9
1941	TOT	AL	35	OF	101	100	77		192	181	6	5	1	.974		1.85	.973		2.41
1941	TOT	AL	35	LF	99	98	75		191	181	5	5	1	.974		1.88	.975		2.31
1941	SLB	AL	35	LF	14	14	14		26	26	0	0	0	1.000		1.86	.975		2.31
1941	SLB	AL	35	OF	14	14	14		26	26	0	0	0	1.000		1.86	.973		2.41
1941	SLB	AL	35	1B	3	3	3		25	24	1	0	2	1.000		8.33	.990		9.93
1941	DET	AL	35	OF	87	86	63		166	155	6	5	1	.970		1.85	.973		2.41
1941	DET	AL	35	LF	85	84	61		165	155	5	5	1	.970		1.88	.975		2.31
1941	DET	AL	35	RF	2	2	2		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.50	.970		2.15
1942	DET	AL	36	OF	24	24	24		45	43	1	1	1	.978		1.83	.976		2.38
1942	DET	AL	36	RF	18	18	18		30	29	0	1	0	.967		1.61	.969		2.07
1942	DET	AL	36	LF	6	6	6		15	14	1	0	1	1.000		2.50	.974		2.27
1942	DET	AL	36	1B	4	4	4		45	40	5	0	0	1.000		11.25	.989		10.07
1943	DET	AL	37	OF	19	18	18		38	37	1	0	1	1.000		2.00	.977		2.47
1943	DET	AL	37	RF	17	16	16		34	33	1	0	1	1.000		2.00	.973		2.21
1943	DET	AL	37	LF	2	2	2		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.980		2.40
1943	DET	AL	37	1B	1	0	0		4	2	2	0	0	1.000		4.00	.990		10.00
	10 Seasons			OF	887	880	789		1758	1655	45	58	13	.967		1.92	.970		2.39
	9 Seasons			LF	745	739	658		1493	1404	40	49	12	.967		1.94	.968		2.22
	6 Seasons			RF	143	141	131		265	251	5	9	1	.966		1.79	.966		2.10
	6 Seasons			1B	55	52	52		536	497	31	8	40	.985		9.60	.990		9.76
	10 Seasons			TOT	942	932	841		2294	2152	76	66	53	.971		2.37	.975		2.82
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1934	CHW	AL	28	14	14	14	14	0	0	14	14	0	0
1935	CHW	AL	29	146	142	146	142	0	142	0	142	3	1
1936	CHW	AL	30	138	131	138	132	0	132	0	132	6	0
1937	CHW	AL	31	144	139	144	139	0	139	0	139	5	0
1938	CHW	AL	32	129	122	129	122	23	99	0	99	7	0
1939	CHW	AL	33	113	95	113	98	20	10	69	78	15	0
1940	SLB	AL	34	150	140	150	143	4	116	23	139	7	0
1941	DET	AL	35	96	86	96	87	0	85	2	87	9	0
1941	SLB	AL	35	19	17	19	17	3	14	0	14	2	0
1942	DET	AL	36	62	28	62	28	4	6	18	24	34	0
1943	DET	AL	37	70	18	70	20	1	2	17	19	51	0
	10 Seasons			1081	932	1081	942	55	745	143	887	139	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1936 (LF)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1936 AL (16, 4%) 1937 AL (15, 12%) 1940 AL (9, 16%) 0.32 Career Shares (587th)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1935 AL 142 (3rd) 1936 AL 132 (4th) 1937 AL 139 (3rd) 1940 AL 116 (5th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1937 AL 273 (4th) 1938 AL 230 (3rd)
Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1935 AL 8 (5th) 1937 AL 9 (4th) 1940 AL 6 (5th)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1935 AL 8 (4th) 1936 AL 15 (2nd) 1937 AL 10 (2nd) 1938 AL 5 (5th) 1941 AL 5 (5th) Career 49 (55th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1936 AL 15 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1937 AL 2.03 (5th) 1938 AL 2.37 (1st) Career 1.94 (90th)
Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1935 AL .968 (5th) 1937 AL .966 (5th) 1938 AL .979 (2nd) 1940 AL .976 (1st) 1941 AL .974 (5th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1938 AL .979 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1943 AL born 1906-01-19 (10th)

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