Cecil Travis

Cecil Howell Travis

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1913 in Riverdale, GA
High School: Riverdale HS (Riverdale, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1933
Team: Senators 1933-1947

Final Game: September 23, 1947
Died: December 16, 2006 in Riverdale, GA
Buried: Crest Lawn Memorial Park, Atlanta, GA
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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	Awards
1933	WSH	AL	19	3B	15	10	8		39	8	30	1	1	.974		2.53	.954		2.92
1934	WSH	AL	20	3B	99	96	88		318	88	210	20	23	.937		3.01	.943		3.09
1935	WSH	AL	21	3B	114	112	107		405	136	254	15	29	.963		3.42	.947		3.05
1935	WSH	AL	21	LF	16	16	15		33	28	4	1	1	.970		2.00	.968		2.24
1935	WSH	AL	21	OF	16	16	15		33	28	4	1	1	.970		2.00	.970		2.39
1936	WSH	AL	22	SS	71	68	67		371	135	213	23	53	.938		4.90	.950		5.35
1936	WSH	AL	22	OF	53	50	46		103	91	6	6	1	.942		1.83	.968		2.38
1936	WSH	AL	22	RF	52	49	46		99	89	5	5	1	.949		1.81	.967		2.18
1936	WSH	AL	22	2B	4	4	3		27	16	10	1	4	.963		6.50	.972		5.78
1936	WSH	AL	22	3B	2	0	0		5	2	2	1	0	.800		2.00	.946		3.15
1936	WSH	AL	22	LF	1	1	0		4	2	1	1	0	.750		3.00	.962		2.10
1937	WSH	AL	23	SS	129	129	126		648	229	396	23	99	.965		4.84	.955		5.23	MVP-11
1938	WSH	AL	24	SS	143	143	142		801	304	457	40	113	.950		5.32	.953		5.17	AS,MVP-9
1939	WSH	AL	25	SS	118	115	113		577	194	359	24	74	.958		4.69	.950		5.16
1940	WSH	AL	26	3B	113	112	112		408	116	265	27	30	.934		3.37	.937		3.21	AS,MVP-23
1940	WSH	AL	26	SS	23	23	22		134	48	75	11	20	.918		5.35	.949		4.85	AS,MVP-23
1941	WSH	AL	27	SS	136	136	135		692	279	388	25	99	.964		4.90	.948		4.96	AS,MVP-6
1941	WSH	AL	27	3B	16	16	16		55	14	39	2	4	.964		3.31	.947		3.28	AS,MVP-6
1945	WSH	AL	31	3B	14	14	13		50	18	28	4	4	.920		3.29	.948		3.16
1946	WSH	AL	32	SS	75	72	68		343	133	196	14	45	.959		4.39	.954		4.97
1946	WSH	AL	32	3B	56	49	46		165	54	94	17	15	.897		2.64	.948		3.06
1947	WSH	AL	33	3B	39	33	33		103	28	68	7	6	.932		2.46	.959		3.01
1947	WSH	AL	33	SS	15	13	12		71	25	44	2	9	.972		4.60	.964		5.13
	8 Seasons			SS	710	699	685		3637	1347	2128	162	512	.955		4.89	.952		5.12
	9 Seasons			3B	468	442	423		1548	464	990	94	112	.939		3.11	.945		3.10
	2 Seasons			OF	69	66	61		136	119	10	7	2	.949		1.87	.968		2.38
	1 Season			RF	52	49	46		99	89	5	5	1	.949		1.81	.967		2.18
	2 Seasons			LF	17	17	15		37	30	5	2	1	.946		2.06	.967		2.23
	1 Season			2B	4	4	3		27	16	10	1	4	.963		6.50	.972		5.78
	12 Seasons			TOT	1251	1211	1172		5348	1946	3138	264	630	.951		4.06	.950		4.22
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	RF	OF	PH
1933	WSH	AL	19	18	10	18	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	3
1934	WSH	AL	20	109	96	109	99	0	99	0	0	0	0	12
1935	WSH	AL	21	138	128	138	130	0	114	0	16	0	16	9
1936	WSH	AL	22	138	122	138	128	4	2	71	1	52	53	10
1937	WSH	AL	23	135	129	135	129	0	0	129	0	0	0	6
1938	WSH	AL	24	146	143	146	143	0	0	143	0	0	0	3
1939	WSH	AL	25	130	115	130	118	0	0	118	0	0	0	12
1940	WSH	AL	26	136	135	136	136	0	113	23	0	0	0	0
1941	WSH	AL	27	152	152	152	152	0	16	136	0	0	0	0
1945	WSH	AL	31	15	14	15	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	1
1946	WSH	AL	32	137	121	137	131	0	56	75	0	0	0	9
1947	WSH	AL	33	74	46	74	54	0	39	15	0	0	0	26
	12 Seasons			1328	1211	1328	1249	4	468	710	17	52	69	91

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1938 1940 (3B) 1941 (3B)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1937 AL (11, 15%) 1938 AL (9, 10%) 1940 AL (23, 1%) 1941 AL (6, 30%) 0.56 Career Shares (409th)	Assists† s c a p y 1938 AL 457 (2nd) 1941 AL 427 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1938 AL 40 (3rd) 1940 AL 38 (2nd) 1946 AL 31 (4th)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1935 AL 254 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 20 (5th) 1940 AL 27 (4th) 1946 AL 17 (1st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1938 AL 143 (3rd) 1939 AL 118 (4th) 1941 AL 136 (4th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1938 AL 304 (3rd) 1939 AL 194 (4th) 1941 AL 279 (3rd)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1938 AL 457 (2nd) 1939 AL 359 (4th) 1941 AL 388 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1938 AL 40 (2nd)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1936 AL 5 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 3.01 (3rd) 1935 AL 3.42 (2nd) 1940 AL 3.37 (2nd)
Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL .937 (5th) 1935 AL .963 (2nd) 1940 AL .934 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1938 AL 5.32 (3rd) 1939 AL 4.69 (4th) 1941 AL 4.90 (4th) Career 4.89 (85th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1937 AL .965 (2nd) 1939 AL .958 (3rd) 1941 AL .964 (2nd)	Youngest s c a p y 1933 AL born 1913-08-08 (2nd) 1934 AL born 1913-08-08 (6th)

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