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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 10)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	62	14.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
8	8	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
9	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.2	0	2	0	2	1
10	10	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
11	11	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
12	12	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
13	13	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
14	14	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
15	15	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
16	16	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	17	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	18	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	2	6	0	8	3
19	19	May 16 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
20	20	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
22	22	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	GS	47	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	24	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
25	25	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
26	26	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
27	27	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 26	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
29	29	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
30	30	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
31	31	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
32	32	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	GS	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	33	May 31 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
34	34	May 31 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
36	36	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	58	15.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	37	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
38	38	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
39	39	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
41	41	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	GS	29	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
43	43	Jun 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
44	44	Jun 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
45	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
47	47	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
48	48	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
50	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
51	51	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
54	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
55	55	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	49	11.0	2	6	0	8	0
56	56	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
58	58	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
59	59	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
60	60	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
61	61	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
62	62	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
64	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
65	65	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 6	CLE		DET	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
69	69	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
70	70	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,14-1	GS	24	7.0	4	3	0	7	1
71	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
72	72	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
73	73	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
74	74	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
77	77	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	0
78	78	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
79	79	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	3	3	1	7	0
80	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	81	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
82	82	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
83	83	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
84	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
85	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	6	0	7	2
86	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
87	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
88	88	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
89	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
90	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
91	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	CG	55	11.0	4	3	0	7	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
94	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
95	95	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	5	3	0	8	3
96	101 (5)	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
98	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
99	104	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
100	105	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
101	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
102	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	108	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
104	109	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
105	110	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
106	111	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	112	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	113	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
109	114	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
110	115	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
111	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.1	0	3	1	4	0
112	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
114	119	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
115	120	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
116	121	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	4	3	0	7	1
117	122	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
118	123	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
119	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	GS	16	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
120	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
122	127	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	128	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
124	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	0	6	0	6	2
125	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
126	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
127	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	4	4	1	9	1
128	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
129	134	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,10-1	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
130	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
131	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	137	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
133	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	CG	51	12.0	1	5	1	7	0
134	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
135	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
136	141	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
137	142	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	143	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	GS	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
139	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
140	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
141	146	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	3
142	147	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
143	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
144	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
145	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	151	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
147	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
148	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
149	154	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
150	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
151	156	Oct 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
							152gm		1334.1	297	483	20	800	119