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	31-44 / in Starts: 26-22
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 231 PAs	29
Actual Runners on Base	118 (63-39-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 231 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	151 (77-49-24)

Most Driven In
B Johnson	6
L Culberson	3
Self	3
B Doerr	2
E O'Neill	1
G Metkovich	1
E Lake	1
S Newsome	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Tabor	2
P Fox	2
H Wagner	2
J Bucher	2
B Johnson	1
P Woods	1
S Newsome	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 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	2046	5 (4)	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
2	2047	7 (1)	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.32	-0.076	7.30	-0.10%	-0.27	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
3	2048	13 (5)	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,11-10	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.857	1.286	3	2.08	0.418	3.97	0.48%	2.89	1B
4	2049	14	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.273	.273	.545	.818	3	.80	-0.070	1.74	-0.09%	-0.38	1B
5	2050	15	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.467	.733	3	.91	0.005	1.72	0.01%	-0.13	1B
6	2051	16	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.421	.684	3	.94	0.003	1.33	0.00%	0.68	1B
7	2052	17	May 11	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.318	.348	.545	.893	3						1B
8	2053	18	May 12	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.320	.370	.520	.890	3						1B
9	2054	19	May 13	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.387	.517	.904	3	.62	-0.042	.83	-0.03%	-0.47	1B
10	2055	20	May 14 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.371	.485	.856	3	1.16	-0.096	1.76	-0.09%	-0.63	1B
11	2056	22 (1)	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-7	GS-9	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.400	.526	.926	3	1.33	0.215	1.60	0.16%	1.67	1B
12	2057	24 (1)	May 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,8-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.359	.390	.513	.903	9						PH
13	2058	26 (1)	May 19	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.359	.405	.513	.918	9						PH
14	2059	30 (3)	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.350	.395	.500	.895	9						PH
15	2060	31	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.455	.830	3	1.74	-0.111	3.08	-0.12%	-0.83	1B
16	2061	32	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.306	.358	.429	.787	3						1B
17	2062	33	May 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.396	.730	4	1.23	-0.121	2.18	-0.13%	-0.85	1B
18	2063	34	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.268	.328	.375	.703	4	1.12	-0.054	1.82	-0.05%	-0.78	1B
19	2064	35	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.323	.367	.690	4	1.14	-0.028	1.88	-0.03%	-0.16	1B
20	2065	36	May 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.286	.348	.381	.729	4	.64	-0.002	1.19	0.00%	0.06	1B
21	2066	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.329	.358	.687	4						1B
22	2067	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.261	.338	.348	.685	4						1B
23	2068	39	May 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.243	.317	.324	.641	4	1.38	-0.275	2.24	-0.27%	-3.10	1B
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
24	2069	41 (1)	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.313	.320	.633	9						PH
25	2070	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.330	.329	.659	6	.62	0.073	1.03	0.07%	1.06	1B
26	2071	43	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.326	.317	.643	6	1.31	-0.110	2.89	-0.15%	-0.48	1B
27	2072	44	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.235	.316	.306	.622	6						1B
28	2073	45	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.323	.360	.683	6	.47	0.036	.98	0.05%	1.54	1B
29	2074	46	Jun 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.370	.716	6	1.29	0.074	3.00	0.10%	1.82	1B
30	2075	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0			0	0	1	.258	.361	.366	.727	6						1B
31	2076	48	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.250	.357	.354	.711	6						1B
32	2077	49	Jun 13	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	1			0	0	0	.250	.374	.354	.728	6						1B
33	2078	50	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.263	.387	.364	.750	6	1.04	0.033	3.54	0.07%	0.74	1B
34	2079	51	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.272	.390	.369	.759	6	.27	0.029	.93	0.06%	0.50	1B
35	2080	52	Jun 15	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.362	.751	6	1.01	-0.040	3.65	-0.09%	-0.41	1B
36	2081	53	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.259	.380	.352	.732	6						1B
37	2082	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.381	.357	.738	6	.60	0.006	2.24	0.01%	0.91	1B
38	2083	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.265	.381	.359	.740	6						1B
39	2084	56	Jun 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.379	.356	.735	1						PH
40	2085	57	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.379	.377	.756	6						1B
41	2086	58	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.378	.371	.749	6	.74	-0.002	2.84	-0.01%	0.04	1B
42	2087	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.388	.378	.766	6	.84	0.140	3.04	0.30%	1.15	1B
43	2088	60	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG(12)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.258	.376	.364	.739	6	2.04	-0.139	7.70	-0.31%	-1.04	1B
44	2089	61	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.373	.356	.728	6	1.82	-0.120	6.91	-0.27%	-0.51	1B
45	2090	62	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.248	.372	.350	.722	6	.46	-0.020	1.56	-0.04%	-0.38	1B
46	2091	63	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.375	.350	.725	6	.87	-0.088	2.76	-0.17%	-0.20	1B
47	2092	65 (1)	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.372	.354	.726	5						1B
48	2093	66	Jun 29	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.369	.372	.741	5	1.01	0.038	3.28	0.07%	-0.15	1B
49	2094	67	Jun 30	BOS		CHW	W,11-0	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.378	.397	.775	5						1B
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
50	2095	68	Jul 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.377	.392	.769	6	.42	0.017	2.07	0.05%	-0.09	1B
51	2096	69	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.371	.385	.756	6	.76	-0.056	3.31	-0.15%	-0.52	1B
52	2097	70	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.365	.377	.742	6	1.14	-0.087	5.46	-0.25%	-0.69	1B
53	2098	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.363	.370	.733	6						1B
54	2099	75 (3)	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.366	.374	.740	9	2.60	0.076	9.65	0.17%	0.38	PH
55	2100	79 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.369	.383	.752	6	.82	-0.001	3.65	0.00%	-0.06	1B
56	2101	81 (1)	Jul 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.367	.381	.748	8	2.04	-0.050	8.81	-0.13%	-0.15	PH
57	2102	82	Jul 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.370	.385	.755	9	1.18	0.042	4.93	0.11%	0.38	PH
58	2103	85 (2)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.373	.385	.758	9						PH
59	2104	87 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.371	.382	.754	9	3.82	-0.152	11.14	-0.27%	-0.85	PH
60	2105	91 (3)	Jul 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.369	.380	.750	9	2.04	-0.057	10.15	-0.17%	-0.22	PH
61	2106	93 (1)	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	T,1-1	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.246	.362	.371	.734	2						1B
62	2107	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.368	.371	.739	2	.51	0.058	1.71	0.12%	0.51	1B
63	2108	96 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.371	.374	.745	9	3.78	0.404	17.04	1.09%	1.16	PH
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
64	2109	99 (2)	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.369	.372	.741	9	.37	-0.010	1.58	-0.02%	-0.46	PH
65	2110	100	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.367	.370	.738	8	3.14	-0.078	10.41	-0.16%	-0.41	PH
66	2111	104 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.370	.374	.744	1	3.02	0.107	9.00	0.19%	0.72	PH
67	2112	107 (2)	Aug 11	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.369	.372	.740	9	4.72	-0.115	13.08	-0.19%	-0.73	PH
68	2113	109 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.367	.370	.737	9	2.46	-0.059	10.22	-0.15%	-0.14	PH
69	2114	110	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	5-GF(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.365	.368	.733	9	1.32	-0.037	7.16	-0.12%	-0.57	PH
70	2115	112 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.364	.366	.729	9	1.67	-0.042	8.67	-0.13%	-0.09	PH
71	2116	120 (7)	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.367	.366	.732	9	3.18	0.009	11.78	0.02%	0.22	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
72	2117	135 (14)	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.365	.364	.729	9	.40	-0.009	1.72	-0.02%	-0.44	PH
73	2118	139 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.363	.362	.725	8	2.01	-0.047	7.52	-0.11%	-0.27	PH
74	2119	140	Sep 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.243	.362	.360	.721	9						PH
75	2120	149 (8)	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.360	.358	.718	9	.89	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
76	2121	150	Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.358	.356	.714	9	1.20	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
							31-44		231	191	24	46	7	0	5	29	34	3	22	1	5		2	7	1	4	.241	.358	.356	.714		1.18	-0.467	3.29	-0.67%	-0.46

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