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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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
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
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 46 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 58 6 1 0 0 /546
6 Seasons 409 1346 1196 148 290 49 10 19 122 7 0 121 192 .242 .313 .348 .660 90 416 21 1 28
162 Game Avg. 162 533 474 59 115 19 4 8 48 3 48 76 .242 .313 .348 .660 90 165 8 0 11
BOS (3 yrs) 63 74 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 74 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 24 CHC NL 581 -3 -1 0 0 2 7 21 26 2.6 24 2.5 0.1 $ *4/6
1942 25 CHC NL 448 -8 0 0 0 -2 5 14 9 0.8 11 1.2 -0.4 $ *4/5
1946 29 CHC NL 243 -4 0 0 0 -6 3 9 2 0.1 8 0.8 -0.7 $ 4/56
1948 31 BOS AL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /4
1949 32 BOS AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /4
1950 33 BOS AL 17 -1 1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /546
6 Seasons 1346 -18 0 0 0 -7 15 45 35 3.3 42 4.4 -1.1 $
BOS (3 yrs) 74 -3 1 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
CHC (3 yrs) 1272 -15 -1 0 0 -6 15 44 37 3.5 43 4.5 -1.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1941 NL  31 (8th)

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

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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