Lou Boudreau

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL us

Died: August 10, 2001 in Olympia Fields, IL

Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, IL

High School: Thornton Township HS (Harvey, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: September 9, 1938 (Age 21-054d, 8,518th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 1952 (Age 35-038d)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970. (Voted by BBWAA on 232/300 ballots)
View Lou Boudreau's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Louis Boudreau

Nicknames: Old Shufflefoot, Handsome Lou or The Good Kid

Pronunciation: \BOO-dro\

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Relatives: Father-In-Law of Denny McLain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.2

6029

1779

.295

861

RBI

789

OBP

.380

SLG

.415

OPS

.795

OPS+

120

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

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
2	2	Apr 22	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 25 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
5	5	Apr 25 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
6	6	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
7	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	14.1	7	4	0	11	2
9	9	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
10	10	May 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	11	May 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
12	12	May 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	11.0	2	5	1	8	1
13	13	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	14	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
15	15	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS	0		0	1	1	2	0
16	16	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 12	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
18	18	May 13	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 14	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
20	20	May 15	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
21	21	May 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
22	22	May 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
23	23	May 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	24	May 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	26	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
27	27	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
28	28	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	30	May 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
31	31	May 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
35	35	May 31 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	53	13.0	2	6	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	4	4	1	9	1
37	37	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
38	38	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
39	39	Jun 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
40	40	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
41	41	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
42	42	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
43	43	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	GS	31	7.0	3	5	0	8	1
44	44	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	45	Jun 12	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	GS	58	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
49	49	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	54	14.0	10	1	0	11	2
51	51	Jun 19 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	6	5	0	11	3
52	52	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
53	53	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	0	11.0	1	8	0	9	4
57	57	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 25	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
61	61	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	62	Jun 30	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	3	4	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
64	64	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
65	65	Jul 3	CLE		BOS	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-7	GS	29	6.2	2	1	0	3	1
68	68	Jul 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
69	69	Jul 8	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
70	70	Jul 9	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	13.0	1	10	0	11	0
71	72 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
72	73	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	74	Jul 15	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
74	75	Jul 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
75	76	Jul 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
76	77	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
77	78	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
78	79	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
79	80	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
80	81	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
81	82	Jul 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
82	83	Jul 25 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
83	84	Jul 25 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
84	85	Jul 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	86	Jul 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
86	87	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
87	88	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	89	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
89	90	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	0	4	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	91	Aug 1 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
91	92	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	36	7.0	2	2	1	5	1
92	93	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
93	94	Aug 6	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	95	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
95	96	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	14.0	6	4	0	10	1
96	97	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
97	98	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
98	99	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	100	Aug 12	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
100	101	Aug 13	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
101	102	Aug 14	CLE		PHA	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
102	103	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	104	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
104	105	Aug 16	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	106	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
106	107	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	56	14.0	3	4	1	8	1
107	108	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	13.0	1	5	0	6	1
108	109	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	L,5-10	GS	33	6.0	1	4	0	5	1
109	110	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
110	111	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
111	112	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	50	13.0	4	3	1	8	1
112	113	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	GS	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	114	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
114	115	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	3	6	0
115	116	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	117	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
117	118	Aug 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	119	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
119	120	Aug 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
120	121	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
121	122	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	123	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	124	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	125	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	126	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	2
126	127	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	128	Sep 9 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
128	129	Sep 9 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
129	130	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
130	131	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
131	132	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
132	133	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
133	134	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	135	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
135	136	Sep 15	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
136	137	Sep 17	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	138	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	139	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	140	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	141	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
141	142	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
142	143	Sep 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
143	144	Sep 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	10.0	6	8	0	14	1
144	145	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	146	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	3	2	0	5	0
146	147	Sep 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
147	148	Sep 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
148	149	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
149	150	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
150	151	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
151	152	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
152	153	Oct 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	48	11.0	5	9	1	15	1
							153gm		1344.0	331	489	25	845	122