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Pee Wee Reese

Harold Henry Reese

Hall of Famer

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 23, 1918 in Ekron, KY
High School: Manual (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1940
Final Game: September 26, 1958
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1984.
Died: August 14, 1999 in Louisville, KY
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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
1940 21 BRO NL 84 361 312 58 85 8 4 5 28 15 45 42 .272 .366 .372 .738 99 116 1 1 3 6 MVP-26
1941 22 BRO NL 152 674 595 76 136 23 5 2 46 10 68 56 .229 .311 .294 .605 68 175 6 3 8 *6
1942 23 BRO NL 151 655 564 87 144 24 5 3 53 15 82 55 .255 .350 .332 .681 98 187 8 0 9 *6 AS,MVP-25
1946 27 BRO NL 152 644 542 79 154 16 10 5 60 10 87 71 .284 .384 .378 .762 116 205 10 1 14 *6 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 BRO NL 142 590 476 81 135 24 4 12 73 7 104 67 .284 .414 .426 .841 120 203 7 2 8 *6 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 BRO NL 151 654 566 96 155 31 4 9 75 25 79 63 .274 .363 .390 .753 101 221 16 0 9 *6 AS,MVP-6
1949 30 BRO NL 155 743 617 132 172 27 3 16 73 26 116 59 .279 .396 .410 .806 113 253 5 4 6 *6 AS,MVP-5
1950 31 BRO NL 141 633 531 97 138 21 5 11 52 17 91 62 .260 .369 .380 .750 96 202 7 1 10 *6/5 AS,MVP-24
1951 32 BRO NL 154 711 616 94 176 20 8 10 84 20 14 81 57 .286 .371 .393 .763 104 242 19 2 12 *6 AS,MVP-15
1952 33 BRO NL 149 660 559 94 152 18 8 6 58 30 5 86 59 .272 .369 .365 .734 103 204 16 0 15 *6 AS,MVP-8
1953 34 BRO NL 140 625 524 108 142 25 7 13 61 22 6 82 61 .271 .374 .420 .794 104 220 15 4 15 *6 AS,MVP-11
1954 35 BRO NL 141 661 554 98 171 35 8 10 69 8 5 90 62 .309 .404 .455 .859 121 252 20 3 8 6 *6 AS,MVP-9
1955 36 BRO NL 145 652 553 99 156 29 4 10 61 8 7 78 60 .282 .371 .403 .774 103 223 22 3 13 5 1 *6 MVP-9
1956 37 BRO NL 147 648 572 85 147 19 2 9 46 13 4 56 69 .257 .322 .344 .667 74 197 14 1 15 4 1 *65 MVP-8
1957 38 BRO NL 103 378 330 33 74 3 1 1 29 5 2 39 32 .224 .306 .248 .555 47 82 7 1 6 2 1 56
1958 39 LAD NL 59 181 147 21 33 7 2 4 17 1 2 26 15 .224 .337 .381 .718 87 56 3 0 6 2 0 65
16 Seasons 2166 9470 8058 1338 2170 330 80 126 885 232 45 1210 890 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 3038 176 26 157 19 3
162 Game Avg. 162 708 603 100 162 25 6 9 66 17 90 67 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 227 13 2 12

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
1941 22 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 20 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 0 0 0 0 0
1947 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 29 23 5 7 1 0 0 4 3 2 6 3 .304 .448 .348 .796 8 0 0 0 0 0
1949 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 21 19 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .316 .381 .526 .907 10 1 1 0 0 0
1952 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 32 29 4 10 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 2 .345 .387 .448 .835 13 0 0 1 0 0
1953 34 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 28 24 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .208 .321 .292 .613 7 0 0 0 0 0
1955 36 BRO NL WS NYY W 7 31 27 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .296 .367 .333 .700 9 1 0 1 0 0
1956 37 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 30 27 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 .222 .276 .296 .572 8 0 0 1 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Series) 44 191 169 20 46 3 2 2 16 5 3 18 17 .272 .346 .349 .695 59 2 1 3 0 0
7 WS 44 191 169 20 46 3 2 2 16 5 3 18 17 .272 .346 .349 .695 59 2 1 3 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 BRO NL 21 SS 83 446 190 238 18 41 .960 5.16 .950 5.00 MVP-26
1941 BRO NL 22 SS 151 866 346 473 47 76 .946 5.42 .951 4.82
1942 BRO NL 23 SS 151 854 337 482 35 99 .959 5.42 .955 4.87 AS,MVP-25
1946 BRO NL 27 SS 152 774 285 463 26 104 .966 4.92 .957 4.67 AS,MVP-6
1947 BRO NL 28 SS 142 732 266 441 25 99 .966 4.98 .963 4.66 AS,MVP-8
1948 BRO NL 29 SS 149 819 335 453 31 93 .962 5.29 .959 4.59 AS,MVP-6
1949 BRO NL 30 SS 155 788 316 454 18 93 .977 4.97 .960 4.70 AS,MVP-5
1950 BRO NL 31 SS 134 706 282 398 26 94 .963 5.07 .961 4.74 AS,MVP-24
1950 BRO NL 31 3B 7 25 9 16 0 1 1.000 3.57 .944 3.01 AS,MVP-24
1951 BRO NL 32 SS 154 749 292 422 35 106 .953 4.64 .955 4.47 AS,MVP-15
1952 BRO NL 33 SS 145 679 282 376 21 89 .969 4.54 .960 4.70 AS,MVP-8
1953 BRO NL 34 SS 135 668 265 380 23 83 .966 4.78 .958 4.63 AS,MVP-11
1954 BRO NL 35 SS 140 140 1253.0 721 270 426 25 74 .965 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.5 -0.3 0 5.00 4.97 .959 5.15 4.63 AS,MVP-9
1955 BRO NL 36 SS 142 142 1248.2 666 239 404 23 86 .965 7.2 6.9 5.2 -4.0 9.2 2 4.63 4.53 .964 5.02 4.57 MVP-9
1956 BRO NL 37 SS 136 135 1157.0 653 263 367 23 79 .965 4.4 4.6 4.4 -2.1 6.5 0 4.90 4.63 .962 4.94 4.53 MVP-8
1956 BRO NL 37 3B 12 9 86.2 29 6 21 2 1 .931 0.2 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.80 2.25 .959 3.05 2.64 MVP-8
1957 BRO NL 38 3B 75 62 582.0 230 51 166 13 5 .943 9.7 20.0 10.7 9.8 0.9 -1 3.36 2.89 .953 2.96 2.71
1957 BRO NL 38 SS 23 20 188.0 114 46 62 6 16 .947 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.9 -1.4 0 5.17 4.70 .959 4.82 4.34
1958 LAD NL 39 SS 22 19 166.0 84 26 52 6 14 .929 -3.7 -26.7 -3.7 -1.3 -2.4 0 4.23 3.55 .965 5.11 4.57
1958 LAD NL 39 3B 21 19 166.0 59 18 37 4 2 .932 -1.2 -8.7 -1.2 1.9 -3.1 0 2.98 2.62 .953 3.18 2.86
16 Seasons SS 2014 456 4012.2 10319 4040 5891 388 1246 .962 15.6 4.7 13.6 2.0 11.6 2 22.27 4.93 .958 5.03 4.67
4 Seasons 3B 115 90 834.2 343 84 240 19 9 .945 8.7 12.5 9.7 11.9 -2.2 -1 3.49 2.82 .952 3.01 2.75
16 Seasons TOT 2129 546 4847.1 10662 4124 6131 407 1255 .962 24.3 6.0 23.3 13.9 9.4 1 19.04 4.82 .920 4.68 4.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA (36.3%)
1964 Run Off (23.4%)
1966 BBWAA (31.5%)
1967 BBWAA (30.5%)
1967 Run Off ( 5.2%)
1968 BBWAA (28.6%)
1969 BBWAA (26.2%)
1970 BBWAA (32.3%)
1971 BBWAA (35.3%)
1972 BBWAA (32.6%)
1973 BBWAA (33.2%)
1974 BBWAA (38.6%)
1975 BBWAA (42.5%)
1976 BBWAA (47.9%)
1977 BBWAA (42.6%)
1978 BBWAA (44.6%)
1984 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1984 by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1942 *
1946
1947 *
1948 (SS)
1949 (SS)
1950 *
1951 *
1952 *
1953 (SS)
1954

Awards (yr lg award)
1956 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (26, 2%)
1942 NL (25, 2%)
1946 NL (6, 24%)
1947 NL (8, 24%)
1948 NL (6, 18%)
1949 NL (5, 35%)
1950 NL (24, 2%)
1951 NL (15, 4%)
1952 NL (8, 9%)
1953 NL (11, 8%)
1954 NL (9, 16%)
1955 NL (9, 11%)
1956 NL (8, 21%)
1.76 Career Shares (115th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1954 NL  .309 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 NL  .384 (9th)
1947 NL  .414 (5th)
1949 NL  .396 (8th)
1954 NL  .404 (7th)
1955 NL  .371 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  152 (5th)
1942 NL  151 (6th)
1946 NL  152 (3rd)
1948 NL  151 (6th)
1949 NL  155 (5th)
1951 NL  154 (5th)
Career  2166 (137th)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 NL  595 (3rd)
1942 NL  564 (8th)
1946 NL  542 (7th)
1948 NL  566 (8th)
1949 NL  617 (5th)
1951 NL  616 (4th)
Career  8058 (127th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1941 NL  674 (2nd)
1942 NL  655 (6th)
1946 NL  644 (6th)
1948 NL  654 (7th)
1949 NL  743 (1st)
1951 NL  711 (3rd)
1952 NL  660 (9th)
Career  9470 (107th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 NL  87 (7th)
1946 NL  79 (8th)
1948 NL  96 (8th)
1949 NL  132 (1st)
1951 NL  94 (10th)
1952 NL  94 (5th)
1953 NL  108 (9th)
1955 NL  99 (9th)
Career  1338 (103rd)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  154 (8th)
1951 NL  176 (6th)
Career  2170 (176th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL  31 (6th)
1954 NL  35 (8th)
1955 NL  29 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1946 NL  10 (2nd)
1951 NL  8 (7th)
1952 NL  8 (7th)
1954 NL  8 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 NL  82 (7th)
1946 NL  87 (4th)
1947 NL  104 (1st)
1948 NL  79 (7th)
1949 NL  116 (2nd)
1950 NL  91 (5th)
1951 NL  81 (8th)
1952 NL  86 (6th)
1953 NL  82 (7th)
1954 NL  90 (4th)
1955 NL  78 (9th)
Career  1210 (53rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  71 (3rd)
1947 NL  67 (7th)
1948 NL  63 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1940 NL  15 (5th)
1941 NL  10 (8th)
1942 NL  15 (2nd)
1947 NL  7 (10th)
1948 NL  25 (2nd)
1949 NL  26 (2nd)
1950 NL  17 (2nd)
1951 NL  20 (4th)
1952 NL  30 (1st)
1953 NL  22 (2nd)
1954 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  13 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 NL  123 (6th)
1949 NL  126 (9th)
1951 NL  138 (3rd)
1952 NL  120 (8th)
Career  1634 (131st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1946 NL  79 (9th)
1949 NL  99 (8th)
1954 NL  102 (9th)
Career  1125 (238th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 NL  226 (9th)
1946 NL  242 (6th)
1948 NL  234 (9th)
1949 NL  292 (3rd)
1951 NL  259 (7th)
1952 NL  238 (7th)
1954 NL  264 (6th)
Career  3406 (107th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1954 NL  .635 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1948 NL  9 (8th)
1950 NL  10 (6th)
1951 NL  12 (7th)
1952 NL  15 (2nd)
1953 NL  15 (1st)
1955 NL  13 (4th)
1956 NL  15 (6th)
Career  157 (150th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 NL  16 (6th)
1951 NL  19 (6th)
1952 NL  16 (8th)
1954 NL  20 (2nd)
1955 NL  22 (1st)
Career  176 (146th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  14 (1st)
1953 NL  6 (6th)
1955 NL  7 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1946 NL  6.7 (10th)
1947 NL  8.8 (6th)
1948 NL  13.2 (3rd)
1949 NL  19.8 (2nd)
1950 NL  13.4 (4th)
1951 NL  13.3 (8th)
1952 NL  10.0 (8th)
1953 NL  16.3 (2nd)
1956 NL  10.6 (8th)
Career  163.3 (132nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1941 NL  473 (1st)
1942 NL  437 (8th)
1946 NL  412 (6th)
1948 NL  436 (4th)
1949 NL  456 (5th)
1951 NL  485 (2nd)
1952 NL  443 (10th)
1955 NL  444 (8th)
1956 NL  462 (4th)
Career  6285 (104th)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 NL  born 1918-07-23 (8th)
1958 NL  born 1918-07-23 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 100 (152), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (173), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

Before 1939 Season: Returned to Louisville (American Association) by the Pittsburgh Pirates after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1939 Season: Obtained by the Boston Red Sox from Louisville (American Association) as part of a minor league working agreement.

July 18, 1939: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a player to be named later and $35000 and 3 players. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Red Evans (September 1, 1939) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

December 30, 1958: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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