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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-17	GF	19	3.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
3	5	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	43	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
4	6	Apr 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
5	7	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
6	8	Apr 29	SLB		CHW	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	9	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	2
9	12 (1)	May 4	SLB		PHA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	13	May 5	SLB		PHA	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
11	14	May 6	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	GS	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	15	May 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
13	18 (2)	May 11	SLB		NYY	L,8-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
14	23	May 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	24	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
16	25	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
18	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
20	29	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
21	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	31	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
23	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
24	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
25	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	GS	0		1	3	0	4	2
27	36	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
28	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	39	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
31	40	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	GS	0		2	3	1	6	0
32	41	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
33	48 (6)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
34	60 (11)	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	GF	15	3.0	0	2	1	3	1
37	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
38	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
40	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
41	67	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
43	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	5	7	0	12	4
45	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
46	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
47	75 (2)	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
49	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	1	2	3	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	136 (57)	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
53	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	49	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
54	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	0		1	5	0	6	2
56	154 (13)	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
57	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
							58gm		450.0	111	152	16	279	39