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Rudy York
Preston Rudolph York

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 209 lb.

Debut August 22, 1934
Final Game September 20, 1948
Born August 17, 1913 in Ragland, AL
Died February 5, 1970 in Rome, GA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 20 DET AL   3    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .167  .286  .167   19    1   0           0    
 1937 23 DET AL 104  375   72  115  18  3  35  103   3  2  41  52  .307  .375  .651  151  244   1           0     MVP-23
 1938 24 DET AL 135  463   85  138  27  2  33  127   1  2  92  74  .298  .417  .579  140  268   0           2     AS
 1939 25 DET AL 102  329   66  101  16  1  20   68   5  0  41  50  .307  .387  .544  129  179   4           2   8 MVP-33
 1940 26 DET AL 155  588  105  186  46  6  33  134   3  2  89  88  .316  .410  .583  145  343   4           4  12 MVP-8
 1941 27 DET AL 155  590   91  153  29  3  27  111   3  1  92  88  .259  .360  .456  106  269   4           1  16 MVP-23,AS
 1942 28 DET AL 153  577   81  150  26  4  21   90   3  3  73  71  .260  .343  .428  109  247   3           0  16 MVP-27,AS
 1943 29 DET AL 155  571   90  155  22 11  34  118   5  5  84  88  .271  .366  .527  152  301   5           1  22 MVP-3,AS
 1944 30 DET AL 151  583   77  161  27  7  18   98   5  3  68  73  .276  .353  .439  120  256   0           1  18 MVP-23,AS
 1945 31 DET AL 155  595   71  157  25  5  18   87   6  6  60  85  .264  .331  .413  110  246   0           0  23 MVP-32
 1946 32 BOS AL 154  579   78  160  30  6  17  119   3  2  86  93  .276  .371  .437  120  253   3           1  16 MVP-11,AS
 1947 33 TOT AL 150  584   56  136  25  4  21   91   1  0  58  87  .233  .302  .397   94  232   1           0  22 AS
         BOS AL  48  184   16   39   7  0   6   27   0  0  22  32  .212  .296  .348   74   64   0           0  10
         CHW AL 102  400   40   97  18  4  15   64   1  0  36  55  .243  .305  .420  104  168   1           0  12
 1948 34 PHA AL  31   51    4    8   0  0   0    6   0  0   7  15  .157  .259  .157   12    8   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1603 5891  876 1621 291 52 277 1152  38 26 792 867  .275  .362  .483  123 2847  25   0   0  12 155
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   89  164  29  5  28  116   4  3  80  88  .275  .362  .483  123  288   3   0   0   1  16
 Career High    155  595  105  186  46 11  35  134   6  6  92  93  .316  .417  .651  152  343   5   0   0   4  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 20 DET AL    7    5    0   0.0   112| .167  .288| .286  .362| .167  .415| .453  .777|  19  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1937 23 DET AL  417  263   91   9.1   119| .307  .292| .375  .368| .651  .435|1.026  .803| 151  .734  26.1   2.4  60%
 1938 24 DET AL  557  327  110   8.8   124| .298  .299| .417  .379| .579  .445| .996  .824| 140  .720  30.2   2.7  33%
 1939 25 DET AL  376  240   70   7.7   120| .307  .295| .387  .371| .544  .436| .931  .807| 129  .684  13.8   1.3 100%
 1940 26 DET AL  685  420  139   8.8   119| .316  .290| .410  .364| .583  .439| .993  .804| 145  .740  41.9   3.9  60%
 1941 27 DET AL  687  458   97   5.7   115| .259  .287| .360  .365| .456  .423| .816  .789| 106  .581   5.0   0.5  75%
 1942 28 DET AL  653  449   84   5.0   101| .260  .275| .343  .350| .428  .385| .771  .735| 109  .589   6.2   0.6  50%
 1943 29 DET AL  661  448  109   6.6    93| .271  .265| .366  .341| .527  .366| .893  .706| 152  .735  36.0   3.9  50%
 1944 30 DET AL  652  443   90   5.5    96| .276  .275| .353  .343| .439  .375| .792  .718| 120  .638  14.8   1.6  62%
 1945 31 DET AL  655  467   80   4.6    93| .264  .268| .331  .341| .413  .365| .744  .706| 110  .578   6.0   0.6  50%
 1946 32 BOS AL  669  440   93   5.6   101| .276  .271| .371  .346| .437  .389| .808  .735| 120  .637  16.8   1.7  60%
 1947 33 TOT AL  643  471   70   4.0    96| .233  .262| .302  .342| .397  .376| .699  .718|  94  .476  -7.5  -0.8 100%
         BOS AL  206  155   19   3.3   102| .212  .270| .296  .352| .348  .389| .644  .741|  74  .391  -7.3  -0.8   0%
         CHW AL  437  316   51   4.3    93| .243  .258| .305  .337| .420  .371| .725  .708| 104  .514  -0.2   0.0 100%
 1948 34 PHA AL   58   45    2   1.2   105| .157  .273| .259  .358| .157  .394| .416  .752|  12  .076  -6.5  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6720 4476 1035   6.2   106| .275  .278| .362  .354| .483  .400| .845  .754| 123  .647 182.1  17.7  59%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 20 DET AL C 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.35 2 1937 23 DET AL C 54 190 27 9 6 .960 .980 4.02 4.62 12 3B 41 45 66 9 5 .925 .946 2.71 3.07 1B 2 11 2 0 0 1.000 .992 6.50 9.60 1938 24 DET AL C 116 406 70 5 10 .990 .983 4.10 4.37 10 AS OF 14 21 1 5 0 .815 .973 1.57 2.28 14 0 0 AS 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.60 AS 1939 25 DET AL C 67 283 38 5 5 .985 .981 4.79 4.44 6 1B 19 151 1 0 17 1.000 .990 8.00 9.43 1940 26 DET AL 1B 155 1390 107 15 101 .990 .989 9.66 6.45 1941 27 DET AL 1B 155 1393 110 21 111 .986 .990 9.70 6.45 AS 1942 28 DET AL 1B 152 1413 146 19 117 .988 .989 10.26 6.58 AS 1943 29 DET AL 1B 155 1349 149 15 105 .990 .991 9.66 6.45 AS 1944 30 DET AL 1B 151 1453 107 17 163 .989 .990 10.33 6.62 AS 1945 31 DET AL 1B 155 1464 113 19 142 .988 .989 10.17 6.45 1946 32 BOS AL 1B 154 1327 116 8 154 .994 .989 9.37 6.49 AS 1947 33 TOT AL 1B 150 1327 107 7 151 .995 .990 9.56 9.34 AS BOS AL 1B 48 395 36 2 45 .995 .990 8.98 9.34 CHW AL 1B 102 932 71 5 106 .995 .990 9.83 9.34 1948 34 PHA AL 1B 14 77 5 1 10 .988 .992 5.86 9.17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 23 DET AL 1B 2 11 2 0 0 1.000 .992 6.50 9.60 1938 24 DET AL 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.60 1939 25 DET AL 1B 19 151 1 0 17 1.000 .990 8.00 9.43 1940 26 DET AL 1B 155 1390 107 15 101 .990 .989 9.66 6.45 1941 27 DET AL 1B 155 1393 110 21 111 .986 .990 9.70 6.45 1942 28 DET AL 1B 152 1413 146 19 117 .988 .989 10.26 6.58 1943 29 DET AL 1B 155 1349 149 15 105 .990 .991 9.66 6.45 1944 30 DET AL 1B 151 1453 107 17 163 .989 .990 10.33 6.62 1945 31 DET AL 1B 155 1464 113 19 142 .988 .989 10.17 6.45 1946 32 BOS AL 1B 154 1327 116 8 154 .994 .989 9.37 6.49 1947 33 TOT AL 1B 150 1327 107 7 151 .995 .990 9.56 9.34 BOS AL 1B 48 395 36 2 45 .995 .990 8.98 9.34 CHW AL 1B 102 932 71 5 106 .995 .990 9.83 9.34 1948 34 PHA AL 1B 14 77 5 1 10 .988 .992 5.86 9.17 1937 23 DET AL 3B 41 45 66 9 5 .925 .946 2.71 3.07 1934 20 DET AL C 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.35 2 1937 23 DET AL C 54 190 27 9 6 .960 .980 4.02 4.62 12 1938 24 DET AL C 116 406 70 5 10 .990 .983 4.10 4.37 10 1939 25 DET AL C 67 283 38 5 5 .985 .981 4.79 4.44 6 1938 24 DET AL OF 14 21 1 5 0 .815 .973 1.57 2.28 14 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1263 11359 963 122 1072 .990 .990 9.76 6.92 C 239 883 137 19 21 .982 .982 4.27 4.45 30 3B 41 45 66 9 5 .925 .946 2.71 3.07 OF 14 21 1 5 0 .815 .973 1.57 2.28 14 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1557 12308 1167 155 1098 .989 .989 8.65 6.40
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   7  26   3   6  0  1  1   2   4   7  .231  .333  .423   0  0   0   0   0 
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   7  28   1   5  1  0  0   3   3   4  .179  .258  .214   0  0   0   0   0 
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   7  23   6   6  1  1  2   5   6   4  .261  .433  .652   0  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  21  77  10  17  2  2  3  10  13  15  .221  .341  .416   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1941   DET AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1942   DET AL   *   4   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1943   DET AL       3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0           
 1944   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   BOS AL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1947   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/7      2  13   1   4  0  0  1   2   0   4   0  0   0   0   0  .308  .308  .538 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1938 *
1941 (1B)
1942 (1B)
1943 *
1944
1946 *
1947

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-AL-23-0.01
1939-AL-33-0.00
1940-AL-8-0.18
1941-AL-23-0.01
1942-AL-27-0.01
1943-AL-3-0.45
1944-AL-23-0.01
1945-AL-32-0.00
1946-AL-11-0.08
Car-305-0.75 shares

On-base %
1938 AL-.417-9
1940 AL-.410-9
1943 AL-.366-8
1946 AL-.371-10

Slugging %
1937 AL-.651-3
1938 AL-.579-5
1939 AL-.544-8
1940 AL-.583-4
1943 AL-.527-1
1945 AL-.413-9

OPS
1937 AL-1.026-4
1938 AL-.995-3
1939 AL-.931-10
1940 AL-.993-4
1943 AL-.893-2

Games
1940 AL-155-1
1941 AL-155-2
1942 AL-153-4
1943 AL-155-1
1944 AL-151-8
1945 AL-155-1
1946 AL-154-2

At Bats
1941 AL-590-6
1944 AL-583-9
1945 AL-595-3
1946 AL-579-8
1947 AL-584-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1940 AL-685-5
1941 AL-687-5
1943 AL-661-8
1944 AL-652-10
1945 AL-655-5
1946 AL-669-5
1947 AL-643-8

Runs
1940 AL-105-9
1943 AL-90-4

Hits
1940 AL-186-10
1943 AL-155-9
1945 AL-157-6
1946 AL-160-9

Total Bases
1940 AL-343-2
1941 AL-269-10
1943 AL-301-1
1944 AL-256-8
1945 AL-246-4
1946 AL-253-9
1947 AL-232-10

Doubles
1940 AL-46-2
1946 AL-30-8

Triples
1943 AL-11-3

Home Runs
1937 AL-35-5
1938 AL-33-4
1939 AL-20-10
1940 AL-33-3
1941 AL-27-5
1942 AL-21-4
1943 AL-34-1
1944 AL-18-3
1945 AL-18-2
1946 AL-17-9
1947 AL-21-5

RBI
1938 AL-127-4
1940 AL-134-2
1941 AL-111-5
1942 AL-90-8
1943 AL-118-1
1944 AL-98-5
1945 AL-87-4
1946 AL-119-3
1947 AL-91-9

Bases on Balls
1938 AL-92-9
1940 AL-89-7
1941 AL-92-9
1943 AL-84-6
1944 AL-68-9
1946 AL-86-6

Strikeouts
1938 AL-74-8
1940 AL-88-2
1941 AL-88-3
1942 AL-71-4
1943 AL-88-3
1944 AL-73-4
1945 AL-85-2
1946 AL-93-3
1947 AL-87-2

Singles
1946 AL-107-10

Adjusted OPS+
1937 AL-151-4
1938 AL-140-8
1940 AL-145-5
1943 AL-152-3

Runs Created
1940 AL-139-3
1943 AL-109-1
1945 AL-80-7
1946 AL-93-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1937 AL-26-10
1940 AL-42-4
1943 AL-36-3

Batting Wins
1937 AL-2.4-10
1940 AL-3.9-4
1943 AL-3.9-2

Extra-Base Hits
1940 AL-85-2
1942 AL-51-9
1943 AL-67-1
1944 AL-52-10
1945 AL-48-5
1946 AL-53-9
1947 AL-50-7

Times on Base
1940 AL-279-3
1943 AL-240-6
1944 AL-230-9
1945 AL-217-9
1946 AL-247-7

Offensive Win%
1937 AL-.734-7
1938 AL-.720-6
1940 AL-.740-4
1943 AL-.735-3

Hit By Pitch
1940 AL-4-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1941 AL-16-9
1942 AL-16-6
1943 AL-22-4
1944 AL-18-5
1945 AL-23-1
1946 AL-16-7
1947 AL-22-2

Power/Speed Number
1943 AL-8.7-6
1944 AL-7.8-3
1945 AL-9.0-3

At Bats per Home Run
1937 AL-10.7-1
1938 AL-14.0-3
1939 AL-16.5-4
1940 AL-17.8-5
1941 AL-21.9-5
1942 AL-27.5-5
1943 AL-16.8-2
1944 AL-32.4-6
1945 AL-33.1-5
1947 AL-27.8-6

Outs
1941 AL-458-5
1944 AL-443-7
1945 AL-467-3
1946 AL-440-6
1947 AL-471-2

Youngest Player
1934 AL-20-5

         

Black Ink: Batting - 14 (165) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 145 (99) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 28.1 (315) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 68.5 (266) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 3, 1946: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Eddie Lake.

June 14, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Jake Jones.

February 2, 1948: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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.
Uniforms 
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