Joe Cronin

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: October 12, 1906 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: September 7, 1984 in Barnstable, MA

Buried: St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, MA

High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1926 (Age 19-199d, 6,397th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 19, 1945 (Age 38-189d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1956. (Voted by BBWAA on 152/193 ballots)
View Joe Cronin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: Joseph Edward Cronin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

64.7

7579

2285

170

.302

1233

RBI

1424

OBP

.390

SLG

.468

OPS

.857

OPS+

119

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-25 / in Starts: 10-6
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	68 (39-16-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (31-19-9)

Most Driven In
J Pesky	3
T Williams	3
D DiMaggio	2
P Fox	2
J Tabor	2
Self	2
L Finney	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
T Lupien	1
B Doerr	1
J Tabor	1

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1942	14 (13)	Apr 29	BOS		DET	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1943	16 (1)	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.49	-0.042	4.32	-0.07%	-0.23	PH
3	1944	30 (13)	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.64	0.026	1.88	0.05%	0.39	PH
4	1945	33 (2)	May 24 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	3.46	-0.088	7.06	-0.11%	-0.23	PH
5	1946	34	May 24 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.375	.375	.875	1.250	3						SS
6	1947	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.778	1.111	2	2.82	-0.062	9.10	-0.12%	-0.35	PH
7	1948	37 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	.333	.429	.667	1.095	5	.45	0.050	.83	0.06%	1.05	3B
8	1949	38	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.313	.389	.563	.951	5	1.46	-0.094	3.16	-0.12%	-0.72	3B
9	1950	39	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.435	.550	.985	5	.38	0.044	.71	0.05%	1.94	1B
10	1951	40	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	5	1.84	0.156	3.37	0.17%	1.69	1B
11	1952	41	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.469	.556	1.024	5	1.24	0.106	2.75	0.14%	0.88	1B
12	1953	42	May 31 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	GS-0	3	2	1	2	0	0	1	4	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.414	.514	.690	1.204	5						1B
13	1954	43	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.414	.528	.690	1.217	9	1.39	0.049	2.60	0.06%	0.39	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	1955	44	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.400	.514	.667	1.180	9	1.88	-0.091	4.44	-0.13%	-0.78	PH
15	1956	47 (2)	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.387	.500	.645	1.145	9	1.98	-0.055	2.97	-0.05%	-0.36	PH
16	1957	49 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.406	.513	.656	1.169	9	1.81	0.064	2.62	0.06%	0.38	PH
17	1958	52 (2)	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,8-7	4-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.424	.525	.667	1.192	9	2.10	0.127	4.17	0.15%	1.06	PH
18	1959	53	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,6-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.412	.512	.647	1.159	9	2.92	-0.100	6.48	-0.13%	-0.69	PH
19	1960	57 (3)	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.629	1.129	9	.39	-0.010	.94	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
20	1961	59 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.512	.639	1.151	9	2.28	0.119	6.57	0.21%	1.00	PH
21	1962	67 (7)	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.405	.500	.622	1.122	9	1.33	-0.033	5.20	-0.08%	-0.09	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	1963	70 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.395	.489	.605	1.094	9	4.12	-0.103	15.50	-0.23%	-0.77	PH
23	1964	72 (1)	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.478	.590	1.068	9	1.18	-0.029	9.48	-0.14%	-0.16	PH
24	1965	73	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.468	.575	1.043	9	.90	-0.023	6.47	-0.10%	-0.23	PH
25	1966	77 (3)	Jul 9	BOS		DET	W,2-1	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.366	.458	.561	1.019	7						PH
26	1967	83 (5)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.381	.469	.571	1.041	6						1B
27	1968	84	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.372	.460	.558	1.018	9	1.45	-0.040	4.57	-0.08%	-0.36	PH
28	1969	86 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.364	.451	.545	.996	8	1.49	0.040	3.52	0.06%	0.21	PH
29	1970	89 (2)	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.442	.533	.976	9	1.18	-0.033	1.38	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
30	1971	90	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.429	.571	1.000	6	1.01	0.054	.90	0.03%	0.23	3B
31	1972	91	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.358	.433	.566	.999	6						3B
32	1973	92	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		2	0	1			0	0	0	.339	.422	.536	.958	6						3B
33	1974	93	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-8	GS-6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.426	.517	.944	6	1.01	0.012	.97	0.01%	-0.05	3B
34	1975	94	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.414	.500	.914	6	.28	-0.014	.26	-0.01%	-0.33	3B
35	1976	96 (1)	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS-9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.387	.462	.848	4	1.35	-0.119	.84	-0.05%	-1.04	3B
36	1977	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.290	.380	.449	.829	4	.61	-0.017	.46	-0.01%	-0.66	3B
37	1978	98	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-7	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.398	.514	.911	4	1.48	0.453	1.10	0.20%	2.62	3B
38	1979	99	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.402	.500	.902	4	.90	0.061	.80	0.03%	0.21	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	1980	102 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.398	.493	.891	9	.85	-0.021	.75	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
40	1981	120 (17)	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.404	.500	.904	8	2.19	0.168	.62	0.03%	0.84	PH
41	1982	126 (5)	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.411	.506	.918	6	1.60	0.089	1.69	0.06%	1.23	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	1983	133 (6)	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.418	.506	.924	9	5.25	0.010	3.54	0.00%	0.39	PH
43	1984	136 (2)	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.413	.500	.913	9	4.74	-0.122	4.88	-0.08%	-0.43	PH
44	1985	137	Sep 6	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.419	.500	.919	9	1.22	0.032	.69	0.01%	0.21	PH
45	1986	139 (1)	Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,11-15	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.415	.494	.909	9	1.78	-0.042	.35	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
							20-25		95	79	7	24	3	0	4	24	15	1	21	0	1		2	3	0	1	.304	.415	.494	.909		1.35	0.522	2.37	-0.19%	6.29

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