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Lou Boudreau
Louis Boudreau

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Illinois

MLB Debut September 9, 1938
Final Game August 24, 1952
Born July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL
Died August 10, 2001 (age 84)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 21 BOA AL  109   86    8   17   6   0   0    4   0   0   13   16  .198  .310  .267  .577    71    23   0   0   0   1   4  
 1940 22 BOA AL  154  612   92  187  48   9  12  103   9   2   60   47  .306  .368  .472  .840   104   289   2   5   1   3  21  MVP-10
 1941 23 BOA AL  152  564   75  147  41   9  10   80   0   0   86   49  .261  .361  .418  .779   100   236   4   3   1   4  18  
 1942 24 BOA AL  146  445   60  120  22   6   1   45   3   1   67   40  .270  .364  .353  .716   101   157   8   4   5   1   8  
 1943 25 BOA AL  151  589   89  175  40   4   0   47   6   1   96   37  .297  .399  .379  .778   107   223   7   4   6   7   9  MVP-7
 1944 26 BOA AL  150  638  108  220  54   7   0   54  13   4   76   51  .345  .413  .451  .864   121   288   5   6   9   2  13  MVP-4
 1945 27 BOA AL  118  332   37  106  22   1   2   39   0   0   26   25  .319  .370  .410  .780   111   136   2   2   9   2   9  
 1946 28 BOA AL  119  236   44   64   9   1   5   23   0   1   24   13  .271  .337  .381  .719   100    90   5   1   0   0   1  
 1947 29 BOA AL  149  593  107  195  57   3  11   80   0   0   69   29  .329  .397  .491  .888   117   291  15   7   0   3  14  MVP-4
 1948 30 BOA AL  154  620  138  226  38   9  24  117   0   0   91   22  .365  .442  .571 1.013   139   354   3  10   1   3  20  MVP-2
 1949 31 BOA AL  136  537   96  160  23   8   5   52   0   0   55   33  .298  .368  .399  .766    99   214  11   1   2   5  13  
 1950 32 BOA AL   89  289   24   62  12   2   2   30   0   0   26    5  .215  .277  .291  .567    76    84   2   3   2   0  10  
 1951 33 CHA AL   61  159   11   39   4   0   1   17   3   0   15    7  .245  .309  .289  .598    85    46   1   1   3   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1688 5700  889 1718 376  59  73  691  34   9  704  374  .301  .378  .426  .805        2431  65  47  39  31 141
 Per 600 PA           522   81  157  34   5   7   63   3   1   65   34                                 223   6   4   4   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA     1627 5541  878 1679 372  59  72  674  31   9  689  367  .303  .380  .430  .811        2385  64  46  36  31 140
   With CHA       61  159   11   39   4   0   1   17   3   0   15    7  .245  .309  .289  .598          46   1   1   3   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1646 6029  861 1779 385  66  68  789  51  50  796  309  .295  .380  .415  .795        2500 164          34 155
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1939 21 BOA AL  25    7   2.7  49  10   0  .204   5   23   17  .739    0    0  .000  SS   1e41     -122   
 1940 22 BOA AL  19  104   6.2   0   0   0  .000  19  186  160  .860    0    0  .000  SS   1e23       26   
 1941 23 BOA AL  21   87   5.3   0   0   0  .000  21  162  137  .846    0    0  .000  SS   1e28        9   
 1942 24 BOA AL  19   61   4.8  20  10   0  .500  15  140  121  .864    0    0  .000  SS   1e27      -33   
 1943 25 BOA AL  16   97   6.1   0   0   0  .000  22  180  154  .856    0    0  .000  SS   1e25        2   
 1944 26 BOA AL  20  123   7.5   0   0   0  .000  12  175  153  .874    0    0  .000  SS   1e19       21   
 1945 27 BOA AL  37   49   5.5  41  12   0  .293  17   89   70  .787    0    0  .000  SS   1e41       -3   
 1946 28 BOA AL  62   32   4.8  36   9   0  .250   7   59   49  .831    0    0  .000  SS   1e24      -37   
 1947 29 BOA AL  20  118   7.4   0   0   0  .000  10  171  157  .918    0    0  .000  SS   1e14       77   
 1948 30 BOA AL  26  158  10.0   0   0   0  .000  20  188  164  .872    0    0  .000  SS   1e21       26   
 1949 31 BOA AL  32   79   5.4   3   1   0  .333  29  127   95  .748    0    0  .000  SS   1e30       22   
 1950 32 BOA AL  42   22   2.5   4   1   0  .250   5   91   72  .791    0    0  .000  SS   3e12     -128   
 1951 33 CHA AL  73   15   3.4   3   0   0  .000   6   43   35  .814    0    0  .000  SS   1e35     -150   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          957   6.1 156  43   0  .276 188 1634 1384  .847    0    0  .000                   2   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 40.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 132.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1939 21 BOA AL  SS    51    21    53    5   13   .937     2   117.1   5.68
 1940 22 BOA AL  SS   154   288   535   19  111   .977   154  1384.0   5.35
 1941 23 BOA AL  SS   152   303   585   21  131   .977   151  1358.0   5.89  GG
 1942 24 BOA AL  SS   133   206   367   15   69   .974   101   966.1   5.34  GG
 1943 25 BOA AL  SS   151   306   464   22   95   .972   150  1361.0   5.09  GG
 1944 26 BOA AL  SS   149   311   460   12  108   .985   147  1339.0   5.18  GG
                 C      1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1945 27 BOA AL  SS    88   155   217   17   51   .956    69   665.0   5.03
 1946 28 BOA AL  SS    89    99   145    7   28   .972    41   466.2   4.71
 1947 29 BOA AL  SS   149   317   464   10  125   .987   143  1312.1   5.36  GG
 1948 30 BOA AL  SS   154   303   586   20  154   .978   153  1378.1   5.80
 1949 31 BOA AL  SS    98   165   283   23   60   .951    88   796.2   5.06
                 1B    43   338    38    6   35   .984    41   343.0   9.87
 1950 32 BOA AL  SS    84   147   288    5   64   .989    77   716.0   5.47
                 2B     3     2     2    0    1  1.000     0     4.2   7.71
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1951 33 CHA AL  SS    47    78   124    5   28   .976    40   369.2   4.92
                 3B    16     2     8    1    2   .909     0    28.0   3.21
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1499  2699  4571  181 1037   .976  1316 12230.1   5.35
                 1B    43   338    38    6   35   .984    41   343.0   9.87
                 3B    17     2     8    1    2   .909     0    30.0   3.00
                 2B     3     2     2    0    1  1.000     0     4.2   7.71
                 C      1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1940 WS    BOA BRN   W    6  24  4  9  1  1  0   4  0  0  .375  .360  .500  1
 1941 WS    BOA BRN   W    6  23  4  6  0  1  0   4  4  0  .261  .370  .348  0
 1942 WS    BOA BRN   W    7  28  5  6  0  1  0   0  4  3  .214  .312  .286  1
 1947 WS    BOA SLN   W    7  31  2 11  5  0  0   1  1  0  .355  .375  .516  0
 1948 WS    BOA SLN   W    5  20  1  2  1  0  0   0  2  2  .100  .182  .150  0
 1949 WS    BOA BRN   L    7  30  4  9  1  0  0   3  5  1  .300  .389  .333  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1939  BOA   75-79   Steve Bivens
 1940  BOA   95-59   Steve Bivens
 1941  BOA  101-53   Steve Bivens
 1942  BOA  102-52   Steve Bivens
 1943  BOA   59-95   Steve Bivens
 1944  BOA   84-70   Steve Bivens
 1945  BOA   58-96   Steve Bivens
 1946  BOA  103-52   Steve Bivens
 1947  BOA   96-58   Steve Bivens
 1948  BOA  112-42   Steve Bivens
 1949  BOA   88-66   Steve Bivens
 1950  BOA   82-72   Steve Bivens
 1951  CHA   86-68   Robert Rescigno

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