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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1941	CHC	NL	24	2B	137	135	129		845	356	455	34	84	.960		5.92	.962		5.60
1941	CHC	NL	24	SS	7	3	3		14	3	7	4	1	.714		1.43	.951		5.17
1942	CHC	NL	25	2B	113	103	99		640	268	343	29	59	.955		5.41	.968		5.61
1942	CHC	NL	25	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.20
1946	CHC	NL	29	2B	62	53	47		298	135	150	13	17	.956		4.60	.970		5.55
1946	CHC	NL	29	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.10
1946	CHC	NL	29	SS	1	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.955		5.20
1948	BOS	AL	31	2B	2	2	2		19	5	13	1	5	.947		9.00	.976		5.60
1949	BOS	AL	32	2B	9	8	8		46	25	20	1	12	.978		5.00	.974		5.49
1950	BOS	AL	33	3B	3	1	1	18.0	9	3	4	2	1	.778	3.50	2.33	.960	3.25	3.20
1950	BOS	AL	33	2B	1	0	0	1.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	20.25	3.00	.977	5.40	5.80
1950	BOS	AL	33	SS	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	3.00	1.00	.960	5.10	5.00
	6 Seasons			2B	324	301	285	1.1	1851	790	983	78	177	.958	20.25	5.47	.966	5.40	5.59
	3 Seasons			SS	9	3	3	3.0	17	3	10	4	2	.765	3.00	1.44	.952	5.10	5.16
	3 Seasons			3B	5	1	1	18.0	9	3	4	2	1	.778	3.50	1.40	.960	3.25	3.18
	6 Seasons			TOT	338	305	289	22.1	1877	796	997	84	180	.955	4.43	5.30	.966	3.63	5.54

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1941	CHC	NL	24	2B
1941	CHC	NL	24	SS
1942	CHC	NL	25	2B
1942	CHC	NL	25	3B
1946	CHC	NL	29	2B
1946	CHC	NL	29	3B
1946	CHC	NL	29	SS
1948	BOS	AL	31	2B
1949	BOS	AL	32	2B
1950	BOS	AL	33	3B
1950	BOS	AL	33	2B
1950	BOS	AL	33	SS
	6 Seasons			2B
	3 Seasons			SS
	3 Seasons			3B
	6 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1941	CHC	NL	24	145	138	145	143	137	0	6	0	2
1942	CHC	NL	25	121	103	121	114	113	1	0	7	0
1946	CHC	NL	29	80	53	80	65	63	1	1	5	10
1948	BOS	AL	31	4	2	4	2	2	0	0	2	0
1949	BOS	AL	32	35	8	35	9	9	0	0	12	14
1950	BOS	AL	33	24	1	24	5	1	3	1	9	11
	6 Seasons			409	305	409	338	325	5	8	35	37

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.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	BOS	AL	31	77	48%	77%	34%	12	75%	0	5	0	5	0	13	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	1	3	1	0	5	1	4	0	0	0
1949	BOS	AL	32	327	60%	81%	25%	29	83%	0	25	10	12	3	21	13	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	12	1	2	5	0	9	5	4	2	1	1
1950	BOS	AL	33	10	60%	60%	40%	2	100%	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			414	58%	80%	27%	43	81%	0	31	10	17	4	36	26	8	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	17	2	5	6	0	14	6	8	2	1	1
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1950	BOS	AL	33	93	77%	81%	22%	8	75%	1	3	1	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			93	77%	81%	22%	8	75%	1	3	1	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								72%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1950	BOS	AL	33	10	60%	60%	30%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			10	60%	60%	30%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1941 NL 462 (4th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 137 (4th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 356 (2nd)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 455 (1st)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 34 (2nd) 1942 NL 29 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1941 NL 5.92 (1st) 1942 NL 5.41 (4th)

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