Joe Medwick

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ us

Died: March 21, 1975 in St. Petersburg, FL

Buried: St. Lucas Cemetery, Sunset Hills, MO

High School: Carteret HS (Carteret, NJ)

Debut: September 2, 1932 (Age 20-283d, 7,518th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1948 (Age 36-244d)
vs. BSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968. (Voted by BBWAA on 240/283 ballots)
View Joe Medwick's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Joseph Michael Medwick

Nicknames: Ducky or Muscles

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

7635

2471

205

.324

1198

RBI

1383

OBP

.362

SLG

.505

OPS

.867

OPS+

134

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

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	19 (18)	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	22 (2)	May 13 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	23	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	24	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	25	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	26	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
7	27	May 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	28	May 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	29	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	30	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	31	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	32	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	33	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	34	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-16	CG	51	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	35	May 27 susp	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	43 (7)	Jun 5	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	59	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	44	Jun 7	NYG		BRO	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	46	Jun 10 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	47	Jun 10 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	48	Jun 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	49	Jun 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	50	Jun 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from New York Giants to Boston Braves
24	50	Jun 16	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	55	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	51	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	52	Jun 17 susp	BSN		BRO	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	53	Jun 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	54	Jun 20	BSN	@	NYG	W,15-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	55	Jun 22	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
30	56	Jun 23	BSN	@	BRO	L,12-14	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	57	Jun 24 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	58	Jun 24 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	59	Jun 27 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	60	Jun 27 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	61	Jun 28	BSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	62	Jun 29	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	63	Jun 30	BSN		STL	W,8-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	64	Jul 1 (1)	BSN		STL	W,6-3	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	65	Jul 1 (2)	BSN		STL	W,8-7	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	66	Jul 3	BSN		CHC	L,2-24	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
41	76 (9)	Jul 12 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
42	77	Jul 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	78	Jul 14	BSN	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	79	Jul 15 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	80	Jul 15 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	81	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	83 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	85 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	88 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	89	Jul 23	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	90	Jul 24	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	11	0	0	11	0
52	92 (1)	Jul 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	93	Jul 29 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	94	Jul 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-15	GS	43	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	95	Jul 31 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
56	96	Jul 31 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-4	GS	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	97	Aug 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
58	98	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
59	99	Aug 3 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	100	Aug 4	BSN		BRO	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
61	101	Aug 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	102	Aug 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,10-1	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	103	Aug 8 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
64	104	Aug 8 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
65	108 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,7-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
66	109	Aug 12 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	111 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	128 (16)	Sep 2 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	129	Sep 3 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	131 (1)	Sep 5	BSN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
71	134 (2)	Sep 7	BSN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	135	Sep 9 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	137 (1)	Sep 10	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS	26	6.0	7	1	0	8	1
74	139 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
75	140	Sep 13 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
							76gm		109.0	246	10	1	257	8