Given Name: Louis
Born: 7/17/1917 in Harvey, IL USA
Died: 8/10/2001 in Olympia Fields, IL USA
Attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1937-1937
First Game: Friday September 9, 1938
Last Game: Sunday August 24, 1952
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970
Received 232.0 of 300 votes (225 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1946 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (SS)
1946 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (SS)
1947 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (SS)
1947 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (SS)
1947 - TSN All-Star - ML (SS)
1948 - TSN Major League Player of the Year - ML
1948 - TSN All-Star - ML (SS)
1948 - Most Valuable Player - AL
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (SS)
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (SS)
1948 - TSN Player of the Year - AL
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1938 | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
1939 | CLE | 53 | 225 | 42 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 24 | .258 | .340 | .360 | .700 |
1940 | CLE | 155 | 627 | 97 | 185 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 278 | 101 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 39 | .295 | .370 | .443 | .814 |
1941 | CLE | 148 | 579 | 95 | 149 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 240 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 57 | .257 | .355 | .415 | .770 |
1942 | CLE | 147 | 506 | 57 | 143 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 187 | 58 | 7 | 16 | 75 | 39 | .283 | .379 | .370 | .749 |
1943 | CLE | 152 | 539 | 69 | 154 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 209 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 90 | 31 | .286 | .388 | .388 | .776 |
1944 | CLE | 150 | 584 | 91 | 191 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 255 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 73 | 39 | .327 | .406 | .437 | .843 |
1945 | CLE | 97 | 345 | 50 | 106 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 20 | .307 | .374 | .409 | .783 |
1946 | CLE | 140 | 515 | 51 | 151 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 211 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 14 | .293 | .345 | .410 | .755 |
1947 | CLE | 150 | 538 | 79 | 165 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 228 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 10 | .307 | .388 | .424 | .811 |
1948 | CLE | 152 | 560 | 116 | 199 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 299 | 106 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 9 | .355 | .453 | .534 | .987 |
1949 | CLE | 134 | 475 | 53 | 135 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 173 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 10 | .284 | .381 | .364 | .745 |
1950 | CLE | 81 | 260 | 23 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 5 | .269 | .349 | .346 | .695 |
1951 | BOS | 82 | 273 | 37 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 108 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 12 | .267 | .353 | .396 | .748 |
1952 | BOS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | 1646 | 6029 | 861 | 1779 | 385 | 66 | 68 | 2500 | 789 | 51 | 50 | 796 | 309 | .295 | .380 | .415 | .795 | |
Max | 155 | 627 | 116 | 199 | 46 | 10 | 18 | 299 | 106 | 11 | 16 | 98 | 57 | .355 | .500 | .534 | .987 |
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
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1948 | WS | CLE | 6 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .455 | .788 |
6 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .455 | .788 |
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1938 | CLE | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | CLE | SS | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 31 | 0 |
1940 | CLE | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 | 454 | 24 | 116 | 0 |
1941 | CLE | SS | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 296 | 444 | 26 | 97 | 0 |
1942 | CLE | SS | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 426 | 26 | 107 | 0 |
1943 | CLE | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | CLE | SS | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 488 | 25 | 122 | 0 |
1944 | CLE | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | CLE | SS | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 339 | 516 | 19 | 134 | 0 |
1945 | CLE | SS | 97 | 0 | 0.0 | 217 | 289 | 9 | 73 | 0 |
1946 | CLE | SS | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 | 405 | 22 | 94 | 0 |
1947 | CLE | SS | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 305 | 475 | 14 | 120 | 0 |
1948 | CLE | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | CLE | SS | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 483 | 20 | 119 | 0 |
1949 | CLE | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1949 | CLE | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1949 | CLE | 3B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 76 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
1949 | CLE | SS | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 176 | 272 | 8 | 78 | 0 |
1950 | CLE | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | CLE | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | CLE | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1950 | CLE | SS | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 170 | 4 | 44 | 0 |
1951 | BOS | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1951 | BOS | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
1951 | BOS | SS | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 153 | 12 | 45 | 0 |
1952 | BOS | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | BOS | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 1B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
Career | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career | 3B | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 104 | 6 | 18 | 0 | |
Career | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career | SS | 1539 | 0 | 0.0 | 3132 | 4760 | 223 | 1180 | 0 |