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, 5,800th in MLB 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

15.8

AB

5087

H

1454

HR

BA

.286

R

691

RBI

799

SB

OBP

.347

SLG

.420

OPS

.767

OPS+

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Games by Position

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1927	22	SLB	AL	7	27	23	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.304	.385	.609	.993	151	14		0	1			/6
1928	23	SLB	AL	150	637	560	78	153	26	10	3	81	4	4	48	70	.273	.332	.371	.703	82	208		1	26			*6
1929	24	SLB	AL	147	628	557	82	170	38	4	9	107	5	8	52	54	.305	.366	.436	.802	103	243		1	17			*6
1930	25	SLB	AL	154	679	614	94	192	43	8	16	112	3	12	50	56	.313	.366	.487	.853	112	299		2	13			*65
1931	26	SLB	AL	150	656	605	87	188	46	8	16	114	3	16	46	48	.311	.360	.493	.853	119	298		1	3			5963	MVP-19
1932	27	TOT	AL	149	626	567	85	156	42	5	11	66	7	4	51	42	.275	.336	.425	.761	101	241		1	7			6957/3
1932	27	SLB	AL	14	57	52	2	9	0	1	2	9	1	1	4	6	.173	.232	.327	.559	40	17		0	1			5
1932	27	CHW	AL	135	569	515	83	147	42	4	9	57	6	3	47	36	.285	.346	.435	.781	107	224		1	6			6957/3
1933	28	CHW	AL	129	511	467	47	116	20	5	10	78	4	4	37	40	.248	.304	.377	.680	84	176		0	7			*3/9
1934	29	TOT	AL	64	206	185	21	43	4	3	4	25	3	0	20	22	.232	.307	.351	.659	72	65		0	2			3/47956
1934	29	CHW	AL	8	17	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.286	.412	.286	.697	81	4		0	0			/4
1934	29	WSH	AL	56	189	171	18	39	4	3	4	24	3	0	17	19	.228	.298	.357	.655	71	61		0	2			3/47956
1935	30	WSH	AL	84	279	252	32	75	13	4	2	42	3	3	25	16	.298	.361	.405	.766	100	102		0	2			6/3194
1936	31	WSH	AL	109	434	391	51	111	20	6	8	51	6	0	39	25	.284	.349	.427	.776	95	167		0	4			64/3

1937	32	BOS-min	AA	158	649	649		217	43	9	27						.334	.334	.553	.888		359							MNE · AA
1938	33	SLB	AL	150	645	566	74	171	33	3	7	79	5	4	69	47	.302	.378	.408	.786	98	231		0	9			*6
1939	34	TOT	AL	64	228	200	24	50	8	0	1	30	3	1	23	18	.250	.327	.305	.632	59	61	11	0	5			64/5
1939	34	SLB	AL	13	50	43	5	12	1	0	0	8	1	0	6	2	.279	.367	.302	.670	72	13	4	0	1			6
1939	34	DET	AL	51	178	157	19	38	7	0	1	22	2	1	17	16	.242	.316	.306	.622	55	48	7	0	4			64/5
1940	35	DET	AL	33	111	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	.222	.294	.303	.597	49	30	7	0	1			56

1942	37	BOS-min	AA	119	406	373	40	93	20	5	1	46	1		28	25	.249	.302	.338	.640		126	6	0	5				LOU · AA
1943	38	PIT-min	AA	67	192	169	14	45	7	1	2	10	1	1	18	15	.266	.337	.355	.692		60		0	5				TTO · IL
1944	39	PIT-min	AA	70	210	185	14	48	5	3	2	27	2	0	25	12	.259	.348	.351	.699		65	5	0	0				TTO · IL
1945	40	CLE-min	AA	85	240	217	34	58	7	1	8	29	1	1	17	25	.267	.323	.419	.743		91	8	1	5				BLT · IL
1946	41	NYG	NL	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0		0	/1
1950	45	CHW-min	C	4				1	1	0	0											2							SUP · NORL
14 Yrs				1391	5669	5087	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	474	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135	18	6	97		0
162 Game Avg.				162	660	592	80	169	35	7	10	93	5	7	55	53	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	249		1	11
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
SLB (8 yrs)				785	3379	3020	425	902	189	35	54	513	22	45	278	286	.299	.359	.438	.797	102	1323		5	71
WSH (3 yrs)				249	902	814	101	225	37	13	14	117	12	3	81	60	.276	.342	.405	.747	92	330		0	8
CHW (3 yrs)				272	1097	996	133	267	62	9	19	136	10	7	87	79	.268	.327	.406	.733	96	404		1	13
DET (2 yrs)				84	289	256	32	60	10	1	2	33	2	1	27	28	.234	.307	.305	.612	53	78	14	0	5
NYG (1 yr)				1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0		0

AL (13 yrs)				1390	5667	5086	691	1454	298	58	89	799	46	56	473	453	.286	.347	.420	.767	97	2135		6	97
NL (1 yr)				1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0		0

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

AB

H

HR

BA

R

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

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Player Value--Batting

Player News

This Week in Sports Reference

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