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Lou Stringer

Louis Bernard Stringer

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: May 13, 1917 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Washington HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/RedSox 1941-1950

Final Game: September 23, 1950
Died: October 19, 2008 in Lake Forest, CA
Buried: Ascension Cemetery, Lake Forest, CA
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1937	20	CHC-min	C	138	524	524		138	28	5	5						.263	.263	.365	.628		191						PCY · WA
1938	21	CHC-min	C	138	566	566		162	36	13	7						.286	.286	.433	.719		245						PCY · WA
1939	22	CHC-min	AA	155	548	548		149	27	7	16						.272	.272	.434	.706		238						LOS · PCL
1940	23	CHC-min	AA	172	638	638		168	28	10	14						.263	.263	.404	.668		258						LOS · PCL
1941	24	CHC	NL	145	581	512	59	126	31	4	5	53	3		59	86	.246	.324	.352	.676	94	180	5	0	10		*4/6
1942	25	CHC	NL	121	448	406	45	96	10	5	9	41	3		31	55	.236	.292	.352	.644	91	143	8	1	10		*4/5

1946	29	CHC	NL	80	243	209	26	51	3	1	3	19	0		26	34	.244	.328	.311	.639	83	65	5	0	8		4/56

1947	30	CHC-min	AAA	161	630	547	69	160	27	4	13	72	4		71	98	.293	.381	.428	.809		234		7	5			LOS · PCL
1948	31	CHW-min	AAA	175	740	651	116	217	50	4	7	99	10		81	91	.333	.410	.455	.864		296		3	5			HOL · PCL
1948	31	BOS	AL	4	11	11	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.364	.455	15	4	1	0	0		/4
1949	32	BOS	AL	35	47	41	10	11	4	0	1	6	0	0	5	10	.268	.348	.439	.787	101	18	1	0	0		/4
1950	33	BOS	AL	24	17	17	7	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	.294	.294	.353	.647	59	6	1	0	0		/546
1951	34	HOL	AAA	143	594	525	77	149	29	3	11	64	5		56	70	.284	.354	.413	.767		217		1	12			HOL · PCL
1952	35	PIT-min	Opn	163	643	538	78	148	24	6	17	85	3		93	91	.275	.387	.437	.824		235		5	7			SDG,HOL · PCL
1953	36	SFR,SDG	Opn	127	441	396	57	102	24	4	2	30	3		41	53	.258	.330	.354	.684		140	8	2	2			SFR,SDG · PCL
1954	37	YAK	A	129	401	401		116	29	9	8						.289	.289	.466	.756		187						YAK · WINT
1955	38	ATL-min	C	106	328	328		112	26	2	12						.341	.341	.543	.884		178						BOI · PION
1956	39	OAK-min	C	120	395	395		121	17	3	20						.306	.306	.516	.823		204						PCT · PION
1957	40	CHC-BOS-PIT-min	A,Opn	59	170	168	1	48	8	0	4	1	0		2	8	.286	.294	.405	.699		68	0	0	0	0		DMO,SFR,HOL · WL,PCL
6 Yrs				409	1347	1196	148	290	49	10	19	122	7	0	121	192	.242	.313	.348	.660	90	416	21	1	28
162 Game Avg.				162	534	474	59	115	19	4	8	48	3		48	76	.242	.313	.348	.660	90	165	8	0	11

BOS (3 yrs)				63	75	69	18	17	5	0	2	9	1	0	5	17	.246	.297	.406	.703	78	28	3	0	0
CHC (3 yrs)				346	1272	1127	130	273	44	10	17	113	6		116	175	.242	.314	.344	.658	91	388	18	1	28

AL (3 yrs)				63	75	69	18	17	5	0	2	9	1	0	5	17	.246	.297	.406	.703	78	28	3	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				346	1272	1127	130	273	44	10	17	113	6		116	175	.242	.314	.344	.658	91	388	18	1	28

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1941	24	CHC	NL	145	581	-5	-0	0	2	6	4	0.3	20	24	2.3	.503	.502	2.1	0.9	22	$	*4/6
1942	25	CHC	NL	121	448	-5	-0	0	-2	5	-2	-0.3	14	12	1.1	.498	.499	1.3	0.3	14	$	*4/5

1946	29	CHC	NL	80	243	-4	0	0	-6	3	-7	-0.8	8	1	0.0	.490	.495	0.7	-0.3	7	$	4/56

1948	31	BOS	AL	4	11	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/4
1949	32	BOS	AL	35	47	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.1	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$	/4
1950	33	BOS	AL	24	17	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/546
6 Seasons				409	1347	-17	0	-0	-7	15	-9	-1.2	44	35	3.3	.498	.499	4.1	0.8	42	$

BOS (3 yrs)				63	75	-3	0	-0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
CHC (3 yrs)				346	1272	-14	0	0	-6	14	-6	-0.8	42	37	3.4	.498	.499	4.1	0.8	43	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1941	24	CHC	NL	581	401	58	3.9	91	.287	.246	.261	.324	.331	.352	.368	.676	.699	94	.469	-3.2	-0.3	.619	.227	.105	3.8
1942	25	CHC	NL	448	328	42	3.4	84	.254	.236	.251	.292	.323	.352	.349	.644	.672	91	.455	-6.2	-0.7	.560	.200	.116	4.5

1946	29	CHC	NL	243	171	21	3.3	91	.279	.244	.260	.328	.335	.311	.364	.639	.700	83	.407	-4.4	-0.5	.558	.191	.067	.0

1948	31	BOS	AL	11	11	0	0.0	110	.000	.091	.279	.091	.365	.364	.403	.455	.768	15	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.364	.273	.273	.0
1949	32	BOS	AL	47	31	6	5.1	113	.333	.268	.280	.348	.374	.439	.407	.787	.781	101	.554	0.0	0.0	.742	.293	.171	.0
1950	33	BOS	AL	17	13	2	4.1	122	.385	.294	.290	.294	.379	.353	.435	.647	.814	59	.412	-1.2	-0.1	.538	.118	.059	.0
6 Yrs				1347	955	129	3.6	90	.275	.242	.259	.313	.331	.348	.364	.660	.695	90	.449	-16.6	-1.7	.588	.212	.105	10.2
162 Game Avg.				534	378	51	3.6	90	.275	.242	.259	.313	.331	.348	.364	.660	.695	90	.449	-16.6	-1.7	.588	.212	.105	4

BOS (3 yrs)				75	55	8	3.9	115	.300	.246	.282	.297	.374	.406	.413	.703	.787	78	.415	-2.7	-0.3	.618	.246	.159	1.3
CHC (3 yrs)				1272	900	121	3.6	88	.274	.242	.257	.314	.329	.344	.361	.658	.689	91	.452	-13.8	-1.5	.586	.210	.102	8.9

AL (3 yrs)				75	55	8	3.9	115	.300	.246	.282	.297	.374	.406	.413	.703	.787	78	.415	-2.7	-0.3	.618	.246	.159	1.3
NL (3 yrs)				1272	900	121	3.6	88	.274	.242	.257	.314	.329	.344	.361	.658	.689	91	.452	-13.8	-1.5	.586	.210	.102	8.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	24	CHC	NL	581	0.9%	14.8%	10.2%	6.9%	32%	1.46	6.0	102.4	9.7		72%
1942	25	CHC	NL	448	2.0%	12.3%	6.9%	5.4%	25%	1.77	7.4	45.1	9.9		76%

1946	29	CHC	NL	243	1.2%	14.0%	10.7%	2.9%	14%	1.31	6.1	69.7	11.0		71%

1948	31	BOS	AL	11	9.1%	27.3%	0.0%	9.1%	100%		3.7	11.0	11.0	3.00	64%
1949	32	BOS	AL	47	2.1%	21.3%	10.6%	10.6%	46%	2.00	4.1	41.0	6.8	0.90	64%
1950	33	BOS	AL	17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	5.9%	20%		4.3		8.5	1.50	76%
6 Yrs				1347	1.4%	14.3%	9.0%	5.8%	27%	1.59	6.2	62.9	9.8	1.31	73%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.3%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.6	62.9	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	24	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	25	CHC	NL	-6.2	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	29	CHC	NL	-4.4	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	31	BOS	AL	-1.6	-0.2	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.68	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.15	-2.7	0.73	2
1949	32	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	46	0.3	0.9	-0.6	.91	0.1	0.2	1.5	0.1	1.09	1.6	1.22	8
1950	33	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	18	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.33	-0.1	-0.2	-1.5	-0.1	0.94	-1.6	1.13	9
6 Yrs				-16.6	-1.7	75	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	.98	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.06	-2.7	1.13	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	BOS	AL	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	32	BOS	AL	1	60%	22	0		0	1	63%	5	1	3	0	0	3	1	2
1950	33	BOS	AL	0	140%	21	1	100%	1	0	29%	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1
6 Yrs				1	33%	43	7	700%	1	1	47%	8	3	4	1	1	6	3	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	31	BOS	AL	11	55%	1			2	0	0	0	0.73	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	0	0%	11	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1949	32	BOS	AL	47	28%	11			8	1	0	1	1.22	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	16	1	6%	7	2	29%	44	5	11%	3	1	33%	4	3	75%	0
1950	33	BOS	AL	17	53%	5			9	2	0	1	1.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		12	2	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				75	38%	290			19	3	0	2	1.13	19	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	28	2800%	22	21	95%	10	2	20%	67	7	10%	7	2	29%	4	3	75%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			419%			44%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1941	24	145	581	512	59	126	31	4	5	53	3		59	86	.246	.324	.352	.676	94	180	5	0	10
1942	25	266	1029	918	104	222	41	9	14	94	6		90	141	.242	.310	.352	.662	93	323	13	1	20
1943	26	266	1029	918	104	222	41	9	14	94	6		90	141	.242	.310	.352	.662	93	323	13	1	20
1944	27	266	1029	918	104	222	41	9	14	94	6		90	141	.242	.310	.352	.662	93	323	13	1	20
1945	28	266	1029	918	104	222	41	9	14	94	6		90	141	.242	.310	.352	.662	93	323	13	1	20
1946	29	346	1272	1127	130	273	44	10	17	113	6		116	175	.242	.314	.344	.658	91	388	18	1	28
1947	30	346	1272	1127	130	273	44	10	17	113	6		116	175	.242	.314	.344	.658	91	388	18	1	28
1948	31	350	1283	1138	131	274	44	10	18	114	6	0	116	178	.241	.312	.344	.656	90	392	19	1	28
1949	32	385	1330	1179	141	285	48	10	19	120	6	0	121	188	.242	.313	.348	.661	91	410	20	1	28
1950	33	409	1347	1196	148	290	49	10	19	122	7	0	121	192	.242	.313	.348	.660	90	416	21	1	28

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	24	151	612	538	66	137	34	4	5	59	3	64	89	.255	.334	.361	.694	65	145
1942	25	128	488	440	56	112	12	6	10	51	4	36	58	.255	.312	.377	.690	52	121

1946	29	84	259	222	31	57	3	1	3	22	0	29	36	.257	.343	.320	.662	25	80

1948	31	4	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1949	32	37	46	41	8	10	4	0	1	5	0	5	10	.244	.326	.415	.741	5	35
1950	33	25	17	17	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	.235	.235	.294	.529	1	24
6 Yrs		429	1433	1269	165	320	54	11	19	138	8	134	200	.252	.324	.357	.681	148	409
162 Game Avg.		162	541	479	62	121	20	4	7	52	3	51	76	.252	.324	.357	.681	56	409

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1941 NL 0.9 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1941 NL 31 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1941 NL 86 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 NL 0.9 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1941 NL 31 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 NL 86 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Craig Grebeck (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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