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Skeeter Webb
James Laverne Webb

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 150 lb.
School University of Mississippi

Debut July 20, 1932
Final Game August 31, 1948
Born November 4, 1909 in Meridian, MS
Died July 8, 1986 in Meridian, MS

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 22 STL NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
 1938 28 CLE AL  20   58   11   16   2  0   0    2   1  0   8   7  .276  .364  .310   72   18   0           0    
 1939 29 CLE AL  81  269   28   71  14  1   2   26   1  1  15  24  .264  .305  .346   68   93   7           1   4
 1940 30 CHW AL  84  334   33   79  11  2   1   29   3  6  30  33  .237  .299  .290   53   97   5           0   4
 1941 31 CHW AL  29   84    7   16   2  0   0    6   1  0   3   9  .190  .227  .214   18   18   0           1   1
 1942 32 CHW AL  32   94    5   16   2  1   0    4   1  2   4  13  .170  .204  .213   18   20   3           0   1
 1943 33 CHW AL  58  213   15   50   5  2   0   22   5  4   6  19  .235  .256  .277   56   59   4           0   4
 1944 34 CHW AL 139  513   44  108  19  6   0   30   7  3  20  39  .211  .242  .271   47  139   6           1  10
 1945 35 DET AL 118  407   43   81  12  2   0   21   8  7  30  35  .199  .254  .238   40   97  12           0   9
 1946 36 DET AL  64  169   12   37   1  1   0   17   3  3   9  18  .219  .258  .237   36   40   3           0   5
 1947 37 DET AL  50   79   13   16   3  0   0    6   3  0   7   9  .203  .267  .241   40   19   3           0   0
 1948 38 PHA AL  23   54    5    8   2  0   0    3   0  0   0   9  .148  .148  .185  -12   10   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     699 2274  216  498  73 15   3  166  33 26 132 215  .219  .263  .268   46  610  44   0   0   3  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        527   50  115  17  3   1   38   8  6  31  50  .219  .263  .268   46  141  10   0   0   1   9
 Career High    139  513   44  108  19  6   2   30   8  7  30  39  .264  .305  .346   68  139  12   0   0   1  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 22 STL NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1938 28 CLE AL   66   42    7   4.4   116| .276  .288| .364  .366| .310  .429| .674  .795|  72  .416  -2.2  -0.2 100%
 1939 29 CLE AL  292  210   28   3.5   111| .264  .283| .305  .357| .346  .418| .651  .775|  68  .341 -13.1  -1.2  50%
 1940 30 CHW AL  369  270   28   2.8   112| .237  .280| .299  .354| .290  .425| .589  .779|  53  .254 -23.6  -2.3  33%
 1941 31 CHW AL   88   69    4   1.6   106| .190  .274| .227  .351| .214  .404| .441  .755|  18  .115 -10.2  -1.0 100%
 1942 32 CHW AL  101   84    4   1.3    93| .170  .263| .204  .337| .213  .369| .417  .706|  18  .105 -10.6  -1.1  33%
 1943 33 CHW AL  223  175   15   2.3    87| .235  .256| .256  .330| .277  .353| .533  .684|  56  .292 -13.0  -1.4  55%
 1944 34 CHW AL  540  424   34   2.2    91| .211  .267| .242  .334| .271  .364| .513  .698|  47  .243 -37.3  -4.0  70%
 1945 35 DET AL  449  354   24   1.8    93| .199  .268| .254  .342| .238  .365| .492  .706|  40  .201 -32.9  -3.6  53%
 1946 36 DET AL  181  143   10   1.9   101| .219  .270| .258  .346| .237  .389| .495  .735|  36  .188 -15.6  -1.6  50%
 1947 37 DET AL   89   66    6   2.4    99| .203  .266| .267  .346| .241  .382| .508  .729|  40  .270  -6.5  -0.7 100%
 1948 38 PHA AL   55   49    1   0.5   105| .148  .273| .148  .358| .185  .394| .333  .752| -12  .019  -8.9  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2453 1886  161   2.3    99| .219  .271| .263  .344| .268  .385| .531  .729|  46  .237 -173.9 -18.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1932 22 STL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1938 28 CLE AL SS 13 25 28 2 7 .964 .953 4.08 4.99 3B 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 3.07 2B 2 2 1 2 0 .600 .968 1.50 5.30 1939 29 CLE AL SS 81 165 203 27 40 .932 .950 4.54 4.68 1940 30 CHW AL 2B 74 143 229 12 44 .969 .969 5.03 5.22 SS 7 9 18 1 2 .964 .947 3.86 4.53 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1941 31 CHW AL 2B 18 45 49 6 12 .940 .967 5.22 5.18 SS 5 5 11 3 1 .842 .947 3.20 4.60 3B 3 5 4 1 0 .900 .947 3.00 3.20 1942 32 CHW AL 2B 29 62 87 6 14 .961 .969 5.14 5.39 1943 33 CHW AL 2B 54 118 169 14 35 .953 .969 5.31 5.44 1944 34 CHW AL SS 135 202 461 39 81 .944 .947 4.91 5.05 2B 5 19 19 0 7 1.000 .967 7.60 5.36 1945 35 DET AL SS 104 215 343 25 71 .957 .951 5.37 4.94 2B 11 30 25 0 8 1.000 .970 5.00 5.35 1946 36 DET AL 2B 50 97 143 7 28 .972 .970 4.80 5.23 SS 8 8 12 0 2 1.000 .952 2.50 4.65 1947 37 DET AL 2B 30 52 74 1 9 .992 .978 4.20 5.19 SS 6 0 4 1 1 .800 .976 0.67 4.93 1948 38 PHA AL 2B 9 12 14 0 7 1.000 .977 2.89 5.39 SS 8 12 28 2 5 .952 .964 5.00 4.85
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 28 CLE AL 2B 2 2 1 2 0 .600 .968 1.50 5.30 1940 30 CHW AL 2B 74 143 229 12 44 .969 .969 5.03 5.22 1941 31 CHW AL 2B 18 45 49 6 12 .940 .967 5.22 5.18 1942 32 CHW AL 2B 29 62 87 6 14 .961 .969 5.14 5.39 1943 33 CHW AL 2B 54 118 169 14 35 .953 .969 5.31 5.44 1944 34 CHW AL 2B 5 19 19 0 7 1.000 .967 7.60 5.36 1945 35 DET AL 2B 11 30 25 0 8 1.000 .970 5.00 5.35 1946 36 DET AL 2B 50 97 143 7 28 .972 .970 4.80 5.23 1947 37 DET AL 2B 30 52 74 1 9 .992 .978 4.20 5.19 1948 38 PHA AL 2B 9 12 14 0 7 1.000 .977 2.89 5.39 1938 28 CLE AL 3B 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 3.07 1940 30 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1941 31 CHW AL 3B 3 5 4 1 0 .900 .947 3.00 3.20 1932 22 STL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1938 28 CLE AL SS 13 25 28 2 7 .964 .953 4.08 4.99 1939 29 CLE AL SS 81 165 203 27 40 .932 .950 4.54 4.68 1940 30 CHW AL SS 7 9 18 1 2 .964 .947 3.86 4.53 1941 31 CHW AL SS 5 5 11 3 1 .842 .947 3.20 4.60 1944 34 CHW AL SS 135 202 461 39 81 .944 .947 4.91 5.05 1945 35 DET AL SS 104 215 343 25 71 .957 .951 5.37 4.94 1946 36 DET AL SS 8 8 12 0 2 1.000 .952 2.50 4.65 1947 37 DET AL SS 6 0 4 1 1 .800 .976 0.67 4.93 1948 38 PHA AL SS 8 12 28 2 5 .952 .964 5.00 4.85
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 368 641 1108 100 210 .946 .950 4.75 4.90 2B 282 580 810 48 164 .967 .970 4.93 5.29 3B 7 7 7 1 0 .933 .946 2.00 3.13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 657 1228 1925 149 374 .955 .958 4.80 5.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   7  27   4   5  0  0  0   1   2   1  .185  .241  .185   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Caught Stealing
1945 AL-7-9

Oldest Player
1948 AL-38-5

HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 1, 1938: Granted Free Agency.

April 6, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

January 10, 1940: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Ollie Bejma and Johnny Gerlach.

December 12, 1944: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Joe Orengo.

October 18, 1947: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

November, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 4, 1948: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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