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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	5	1	11	3
3	3	Apr 18	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
4	4	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 20	SLB		DET	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	SLB		DET	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
7	7	Apr 22	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
8	8	Apr 23	SLB		DET	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 25	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 26	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 27	SLB	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
12	12	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
13	13	Apr 29	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	5	1	10	1
14	14	Apr 30	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	16	May 5	SLB		PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
17	17	May 7	SLB		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
18	18	May 8	SLB		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
19	19	May 9	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
20	20	May 10	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
21	21	May 11	SLB		BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	22	May 12	SLB		BOS	W,15-3	CG	28	7.0	2	3	1	6	3
23	23	May 14	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	24	May 15	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	2	6	1
25	25	May 16	SLB		CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
26	26	May 17	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 19	SLB		CLE	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
28	28	May 20	SLB		CHW	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
29	29	May 21	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 22	SLB		CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	31	May 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	53	11.2	7	4	1	12	0
32	32	May 23 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
34	34	May 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	40 (5)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	41	Jun 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	42	Jun 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	1
38	43	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
39	44	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	1	7	0	8	0
40	45	Jun 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
41	46	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-15	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	47	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	48	Jun 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-17	CG	51	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
44	49	Jun 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
45	50	Jun 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	6	6	1	13	2
46	51	Jun 12	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	52	Jun 13	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
48	53	Jun 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
49	54	Jun 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	53	12.0	0	3	0	3	2
50	55	Jun 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	4
51	56	Jun 19	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	57	Jun 20	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	58	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
54	59	Jun 23	SLB		CHW	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
55	60	Jun 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	7	5	1	13	1
56	61	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	62	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	63	Jun 26	SLB		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	64	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
60	65	Jun 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
61	66	Jun 29 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
62	67	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	68	Jul 2	SLB		DET	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
64	69	Jul 3	SLB		DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
65	70	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
66	71	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
67	72	Jul 6	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	73	Jul 7	SLB		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
69	74	Jul 8	SLB		NYY	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	6	3	1	10	2
70	75	Jul 9	SLB		NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
71	76	Jul 10 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
72	77	Jul 10 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	78	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,0-10	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	4
74	79	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
75	80	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	81	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	82	Jul 14	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	83	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
79	87 (3)	Jul 19	SLB		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
80	88	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	51	12.0	5	4	0	9	0
81	89	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	90	Jul 21	SLB		WSH	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	91	Jul 23	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
84	92	Jul 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
85	93	Jul 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	94	Jul 27	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
87	95	Jul 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	96	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	L,9-11	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	97	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	98	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,9-13	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
91	99	Aug 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
92	100	Aug 3	SLB	@	PHA	T,8-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
93	101	Aug 5 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
94	102	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	55	11.2	3	3	0	6	0
95	103	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
96	104	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
97	105	Aug 8 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	0	2	0	2	0
98	106	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
99	107	Aug 9	SLB	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
100	108	Aug 10	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
101	109	Aug 11	SLB		WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
102	110	Aug 12	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
103	111	Aug 13	SLB		WSH	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	112	Aug 14	SLB		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
105	113	Aug 15	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
106	114	Aug 16	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
107	115	Aug 17	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
108	116	Aug 18	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
109	117	Aug 19	SLB		PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
110	118	Aug 20	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
111	119	Aug 21	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
112	120	Aug 22	SLB		NYY	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
113	121	Aug 23	SLB		NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
114	122	Aug 24	SLB		NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	123	Aug 25	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	124	Aug 29	SLB		DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
117	125	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,9-13	CG	50	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	126	Sep 1	SLB		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
119	127	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
120	128	Sep 2 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
121	129	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	6	2	11	0
122	130	Sep 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	3	1	1	5	0
123	131	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	132	Sep 8 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	T,0-0	CG	32	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
125	133	Sep 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
126	134	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
127	135	Sep 10 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
128	136	Sep 11	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	137	Sep 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
130	138	Sep 14 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	139	Sep 14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
132	140	Sep 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
133	141	Sep 18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
134	142	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	143	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
136	144	Sep 20	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
137	145	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	146	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	147	Sep 24	SLB	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
140	148	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
141	149	Sep 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
142	150	Sep 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
143	151	Oct 3	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
144	152	Oct 5	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
145	153	Oct 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	154	Oct 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
							146gm		1286.0	312	441	43	796	94