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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

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 (114th)

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--135th

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 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 98 (133), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 100 (148), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 35 (198), 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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