Red Kress

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 2, 1905 in Columbia, CA us

Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 24, 1927 (Age 22-265d, 6,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1946 (Age 41-196d)
vs. PIT 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralph Kress

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

5087

1454

.286

691

RBI

799

OBP

.347

SLG

.420

OPS

.767

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	6	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	7	Apr 18	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
4	8	Apr 19	SLB		DET	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
5	9	Apr 20	SLB		DET	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
6	10	Apr 21	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	11	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
8	12	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	13	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	14	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
11	15	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
12	16	Apr 27	SLB		CHW	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	3
13	17	Apr 28	SLB		CHW	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
14	18	Apr 29	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	3	9	1
15	19	Apr 30	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	20	May 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	3
17	21	May 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
18	22	May 4	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	23	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	3
20	24	May 6	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	25	May 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,15-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
22	26	May 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
23	27	May 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
24	28	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	29	May 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-15	CG	47	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
26	30	May 14	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
27	31	May 15	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
28	32	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	1	1	3	0
29	33	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
30	34	May 22	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
31	35	May 23	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
32	36	May 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,12-9	CG	48	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
33	37	May 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	38	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	39	May 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
36	40	May 28	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	41	May 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	42	May 30 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
39	43	May 31 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
40	44	May 31 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	46	Jun 5	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
43	47	Jun 6	SLB		PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
44	48	Jun 7	SLB		PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	49	Jun 8	SLB		PHA	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
46	50	Jun 9	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	51	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	6	3	0	9	0
48	52	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	53	Jun 12	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
50	54	Jun 13	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
51	55	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	56	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
53	57	Jun 16	SLB		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
54	58	Jun 17	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
55	59	Jun 21 (1)	SLB		DET	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	60	Jun 21 (2)	SLB		DET	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
57	61	Jun 22 (1)	SLB		DET	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	62	Jun 22 (2)	SLB		DET	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
59	63	Jun 23	SLB		CLE	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
60	64	Jun 24	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
61	65	Jun 25	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
62	66	Jun 26	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
63	67	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	68	Jun 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
65	69	Jun 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	70	Jul 1	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	71	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	72	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	73	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
70	74	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	3	7	1
71	75	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
72	76	Jul 7 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
73	77	Jul 7 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
74	78	Jul 8 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
75	79	Jul 8 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
76	80	Jul 9 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
77	81	Jul 9 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
78	82	Jul 10	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
79	83	Jul 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
80	84	Jul 12	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
81	85	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
82	86	Jul 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	50	12.0	0	0	1	1	0
83	87	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	88	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
85	89	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	90	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	10.1	3	2	0	5	0
87	91	Jul 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
88	92	Jul 21 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
89	93	Jul 21 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
90	94	Jul 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
91	95	Jul 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
92	96	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	97	Jul 25 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	98	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	99	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
96	100	Jul 27	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	101	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	6	5	0	11	5
98	102	Jul 29	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
99	103	Jul 30	SLB		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
100	104	Jul 31	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	105	Aug 1	SLB		NYY	L,1-12	CG	50	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
102	106	Aug 2	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	64	15.0	2	5	0	7	0
103	107	Aug 3	SLB		NYY	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
104	108	Aug 4	SLB		BOS	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	109	Aug 5	SLB		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
106	110	Aug 6	SLB		BOS	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
107	111	Aug 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
108	112	Aug 10	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
109	113	Aug 11	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
110	114	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	115	Aug 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
112	116	Aug 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
113	117	Aug 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	31	7.0	2	2	1	5	1
114	118	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	119	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	120	Aug 20	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
117	121	Aug 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	3	1	7	3
118	122	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
119	123	Aug 24 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
120	124	Aug 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	125	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
122	126	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
123	127	Aug 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	49	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
124	128	Aug 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
125	129	Aug 31	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	130	Sep 1	SLB		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	131	Sep 2	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	2	6	2
128	132	Sep 3 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
129	133	Sep 3 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,16-10	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
130	134	Sep 4	SLB		CLE	W,9-6	GS	23	5.0	1	2	1	4	1
131	135	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
132	136	Sep 9	SLB	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
133	137	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
134	138	Sep 11	SLB	@	CLE	W,16-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
135	139	Sep 13	SLB		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
136	140	Sep 14	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
137	141	Sep 15	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
138	142	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
139	143	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	CG	52	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
140	144	Sep 18	SLB		NYY	L,11-14	CG	49	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
141	145	Sep 20	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
142	146	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
143	147	Sep 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
144	148	Sep 23	SLB		PHA	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
145	149	Sep 24	SLB		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
146	150	Sep 25	SLB		PHA	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
147	151	Sep 27	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
148	152	Sep 28	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
149	153	Sep 29	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
150	154	Sep 30	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							150gm		1324.0	318	400	55	773	99