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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
5	6 (1)	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
6	7	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	8	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
8	9	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
9	10	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	11	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
11	16 (4)	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
12	17	May 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
13	18	May 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
14	19	May 13	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
15	20	May 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
16	29 (8)	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
17	30	May 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
18	31	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
19	32	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
20	33	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
21	34	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
22	35	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
23	36	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
24	37	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
26	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
27	41 (1)	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	42	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
29	43	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
30	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
32	46	Jun 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
33	47	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	45	10.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
34	48	Jun 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-9	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	49	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	SS
36	50	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
37	51	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
38	52	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	70 (17)	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
40	83 (12)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
41	84	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
42	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
43	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
44	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
45	88	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
46	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	42	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
47	90	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
48	91	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	92	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
50	93	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
51	94	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
52	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
53	96	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
55	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
56	100	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
57	101	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	SS
58	102	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	GS	21	4.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
59	103	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
60	104	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
61	111 (6)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
62	126 (14)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
63	127	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	SS 1B
64	128	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	130 (1)	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-1	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
66	133 (2)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
67	134	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	136 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
69	137	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B 3B
70	138	Sep 9	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
71	145 (6)	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	L,9-10	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							73gm		569.0	156	176	4	336	46