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Joe Cronin
Joseph Edward Cronin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut April 29, 1926
Final Game April 19, 1945
Born October 12, 1906 in San Francisco, CA
Died September 7, 1984 (age 77)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 26 BRN NL  154  599   92  190  49  10   7   96   6   3   68   44  .317  .383  .467  .851   122   280   1   9   7   2  22  MVP-2
 1934 27 BRN NL  127  478   58  113  23   7   6   56   6   1   60   27  .236  .316  .351  .668    92   168   3   9   4   0  13  
 1935 28 BOA AL  135  553   96  172  36  14  12  103   0   0   51   41  .311  .369  .492  .861   106   272   0   3   4   2  22  MVP-9
 1936 29 BOA AL   97  156   19   38   9   5   1   18   0   0   16   15  .244  .316  .385  .701    83    60   1   3   3   2   6  
 1937 30 BOA AL  153  586  101  174  30   5  16   76   2   1   91   97  .297  .392  .447  .839   102   262   0   5   6   4  14  
 1938 31 BOA AL  151  568  108  173  49   2  14   92   0   0   95   58  .305  .409  .472  .881   111   268   6   4   0   8  29  MVP-10
 1939 32 BOA AL  152  558  125  187  43   5  23  129   2   0   93   62  .335  .429  .554  .983   121   309   0   6   0   3  19  MVP-6
 1940 33 BOA AL  154  599  109  180  30   4  30  148   0   3   81   90  .301  .379  .514  .893   111   308   1  11   0   1  22  MVP-8
 1941 34 BOA AL  136  509   92  161  39   5  12  115   1   0   74   60  .316  .398  .483  .882   113   246   0   7   1   0  27  
 1942 35 BOA AL   42   66   13   26   4   0   5   21   0   0   12   19  .394  .494  .682 1.175   165    45   0   0   1   1   0  
 1943 36 BOA AL   65   74   14   19   3   0   4   15   0   0   15    4  .257  .380  .459  .840   116    34   0   2   2   1   3  
 1944 37 BOA AL   78  171   24   45   8   0   6   28   0   0   20   21  .263  .335  .415  .750   105    71   0   3   0   0   2  
 1945 38 CHA AL   11    9    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .556  .667  .556 1.222   185     5   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1455 4926  853 1483 323  57 136  899  17   8  679  540  .301  .384  .473  .857        2328  12  62  28  24 179
 Per 600 PA           518   90  156  34   6  14   95   2   1   71   57                                 245   1   7   3   3  19
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA     1163 3840  701 1175 251  40 123  745   5   4  548  467  .306  .392  .488  .880        1875   8  44  17  22 144
   With BRN      281 1077  150  303  72  17  13  152  12   4  128   71  .281  .353  .416  .769         448   4  18  11   2  35
   With CHA       11    9    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .556  .667  .556 1.222           5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1933 26 BRN NL  21  105   6.4   0   0   0  .000  30  198  150  .758    0    0  .000  SS   2e34        8   
 1934 27 BRN NL   9   55   3.8   4   3   0  .750  28  161  119  .739    0    0  .000  SS   2e44     -106   
 1935 28 BOA AL  16   95   6.3   2   1   0  .500  31  168  113  .673    0    0  .000  SS   2e40       31   
 1936 29 BOA AL  18   18   3.9  62  14   1  .226   7   21   11  .524    0    0  .000  SS   2e57      -56   
 1937 30 BOA AL  21  106   6.7   0   0   0  .000  29  190  138  .726    0    0  .000  SS   2e31      -48   
 1938 31 BOA AL  14  108   6.8   3   1   0  .333  38  197  143  .726    0    0  .000  SS   2e38      -83   
 1939 32 BOA AL  21  135   9.2   0   0   0  .000  20  150  112  .747    0    0  .000  SS   2e34       83   
 1940 33 BOA AL  20  114   6.8   0   0   0  .000  25   67   36  .537    0    0  .000  3B   4e32       11   
 1941 34 BOA AL  22   94   6.7   3   0   0  .000  20   54   26  .481    0    0  .000  3B   4e24      -32   
 1942 35 BOA AL  23   23  16.0  18  10   2  .556   4    8    1  .125    0    0  .000  3B   4e65      267   
 1943 36 BOA AL  21   13   6.1  42  12   2  .286   2    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  3B   4e25     -116   
 1944 37 BOA AL  58   25   5.2  35   9   0  .257   6   16    6  .375    0    0  .000  1B   3e28       36   
 1945 38 CHA AL  67    3  26.0   7   4   0  .571   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             302   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          901   6.6 176  54   5  .307 240 1237  857  .693    0    0  .000                 -11   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 42.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 57.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1933 26 BRN NL  SS   154   307   488   30   95   .964   154  1380.2   5.18
 1934 27 BRN NL  SS   126   294   478   28  103   .965   123  1104.0   6.29
 1935 28 BOA AL  SS     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1936 29 BOA AL  SS    26    38    58    5   13   .950    20   181.1   4.76
                 3B    10     4    17    2    1   .913     4    40.0   4.72
 1937 30 BOA AL  SS     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938 31 BOA AL  SS   148   244   522   38  119   .953   148  1301.1   5.30
 1939 32 BOA AL  SS   152   234   475   20   98   .973   152  1260.1   5.06
                 2B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1940 33 BOA AL  3B   154   152   322   25   40   .950   154  1358.1   3.14
 1941 34 BOA AL  3B   128   117   239   20   10   .947   124  1130.0   2.84
                 SS     4     4    12    0    1  1.000     3    25.0   5.76
                 LF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     3    11.0   0.82
 1942 35 BOA AL  3B    15    14    20    4    4   .895    11    98.1   3.11
                 1B     3     7     1    0    0  1.000     0     8.2   8.31
                 SS     2     2     2    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   9.00
 1943 36 BOA AL  3B    16    13    22    2    1   .946     7    78.2   4.00
                 C      1     2     1    0    0  1.000     1     5.0   5.40
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1944 37 BOA AL  1B    43   337    19    6   39   .983    35   328.0   9.77
                 C      1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   2.25
 1945 38 CHA AL  3B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     1     3.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   613  1123  2035  121  429   .963   600  5257.2   5.41
                 3B   325   300   620   53   56   .946   301  2708.1   3.06
                 1B    46   344    20    6   39   .984    35   336.2   9.73
                 C      2     4     1    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   3.46
                 LF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     3    11.0   0.82
                 2B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

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  22  2  9  2  0  1   2  2  1  .409  .480  .636  0
 1941 WS    BOA BRN   W    6  24  5  7  2  0  1   1  5  1  .292  .414  .500  0
 1942 WS    BOA BRN   W    3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1933  BRN   84-70   Robert Rescigno
 1934  BRN   63-91   Robert Rescigno
 1935  BOA   70-84   Steve Bivens
 1936  BOA   64-90   Steve Bivens
 1937  BOA   62-92   Steve Bivens
 1938  BOA   67-87   Steve Bivens
 1939  BOA   75-79   Steve Bivens
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 1945  CHA   73-81   Robert Rescigno

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