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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
6	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
10	10	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
12	12	May 3	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
13	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
14	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	4	0	5	2
15	15	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
16	16	May 11	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-1	GS	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
17	17	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
18	18	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	20	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	6	5	0	11	4
21	21	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	23	May 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
24	24	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	50	12.0	6	5	0	11	2
25	25	May 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
26	26	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
28	28	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
29	29	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
30	30	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	31	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
32	32	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	33	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	34	Jun 5	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS	17	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	35	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	36	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
37	37	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
38	38	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
39	39	Jun 10	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
41	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	47 (2)	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
46	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	49	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	50	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	8	0	9	0
49	51	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	56 (4)	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	57	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
52	58	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
53	59	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
54	60	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
55	61	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
56	62	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
57	63	Jul 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
58	64	Jul 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
59	65	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
60	66	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	67	Jul 11	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	68	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
63	69	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
64	70	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
65	71	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
66	72	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
67	73	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GS	35	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
68	74	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
69	75	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	76	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
71	77	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	GS	21	4.0	1	4	0	5	0
72	78	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
73	79	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	80	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
75	81	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	82	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	2
77	83	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
78	84	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	85	Jul 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
80	86	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
81	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
82	88	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-7	GS	19	5.0	1	6	0	7	1
83	89	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	90	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
85	91	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	54	13.2	2	4	1	7	1
86	92	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
87	93	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
88	94	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
89	95	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
90	96	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	97	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
92	98	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
93	99	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
94	100	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	4	4	0	8	1
95	101	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	102	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
97	106 (3)	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	3
98	107	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
99	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	1	3	0	4	1
100	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
101	110	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
102	111	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	112	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	1	3	0	4	1
104	113	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	4	8	0	12	1
105	114	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
106	115	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	9	0	10	2
107	116	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
108	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS	35	5.0	4	1	1	6	1
109	118	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
110	119	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	120	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
112	121	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	GS	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
113	122	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
114	123	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	49	12.0	4	10	0	14	2
115	124	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
116	125	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	126	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
118	127	Sep 1 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
119	128	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	129	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
121	130	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
122	131	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	6	5	1	12	2
123	132	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
124	133	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	134	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
126	135	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
127	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	137	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	7	5	0	12	2
129	138	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	31	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	31	7.0	2	4	0	6	2
131	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	3
132	141	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
133	142	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	T,4-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	143	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	11	0	12	2
135	144	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
136	145	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	7	0	8	4
137	146	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
138	147	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
139	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	1	3	0	4	2
140	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
141	150	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
142	151	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
143	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
144	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS	23	6.0	1	5	0	6	0
145	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
146	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
147	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
148	157	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							148gm		1287.0	305	475	14	794	120