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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	CG	43	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH		PHA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 16	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
5	5	Apr 19	WSH		BOS	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,3-13	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 21	WSH		BOS	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
8	8	Apr 22	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	3	4	1	8	1
11	11	Apr 26	WSH		NYY	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	CG	57	12.0	0	2	1	3	0
13	13	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	T,7-7	CG	61	14.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	16	May 2 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
17	17	May 2 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	3	3	0	6	0
18	18	May 3	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
19	19	May 4	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	6	1	11	2
20	20	May 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,8-18	CG	49	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
21	21	May 6	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
22	22	May 8	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	9.1	1	4	0	5	1
23	23	May 10	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	44	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
26	26	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
27	27	May 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
28	28	May 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	11.0	2	7	1	10	1
29	29	May 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	30	May 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	31	May 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	32	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
33	33	May 23	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	34	May 24	WSH		BOS	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
35	35	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
37	37	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
38	38	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
39	39	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	May 31	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 2	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 4	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	45	Jun 5	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	40	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
48	48	Jun 8	WSH		CHW	W,18-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
49	49	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
51	51	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,12-5	GS	15	3.0	3	0	1	4	0
52	52	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	53	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
54	54	Jun 14	WSH		SLB	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
55	55	Jun 15	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
56	56	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
57	57	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	7	1	9	3
58	58	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	59	Jun 20 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,14-4	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
61	61	Jun 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
62	62	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	4
63	63	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
64	64	Jun 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
66	66	Jun 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	67	Jun 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	68	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	69	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	70	Jun 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
71	71	Jun 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	31	6.2	3	0	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 5	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 6	WSH		PHA	T,0-0	CG	30	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
78	78	Jul 7	WSH		PHA	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
79	79	Jul 8	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
80	80	Jul 9	WSH		BOS	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	3
81	81	Jul 11 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
82	82	Jul 11 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	83	Jul 12	WSH		NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
84	84	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
85	85	Jul 13 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
86	86	Jul 14	WSH		CHW	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
87	87	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
88	88	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
89	89	Jul 18	WSH		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
90	90	Jul 19	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
91	91	Jul 20	WSH		DET	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
92	92	Jul 21	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	93	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
94	95 (1)	Jul 25	WSH		SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
95	96	Jul 26	WSH		SLB	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
96	97	Jul 27	WSH		CLE	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
97	98	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	5	5	1	11	1
98	99	Jul 29	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
99	100	Jul 30	WSH		CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	101	Aug 1	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
101	102	Aug 2	WSH		PHA	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	103	Aug 3 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
103	104	Aug 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
104	105	Aug 6	WSH		BOS	W,15-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
105	106	Aug 8	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	107	Aug 9	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
107	108	Aug 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
108	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
109	110	Aug 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
110	111	Aug 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
111	112	Aug 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	3	3	0	6	1
112	113	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
113	114	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
114	115	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
115	116	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
116	117	Aug 19 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
117	118	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
118	119	Aug 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
119	120	Aug 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	121	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
121	122	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	2	0	4	2
122	123	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	125	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
125	126	Aug 29 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
126	127	Aug 30	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
127	128	Aug 31	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	129	Sep 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
129	130	Sep 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
130	131	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	6	3	0	9	3
131	132	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	133	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
133	134	Sep 6	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	135	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	8	2	12	2
135	136	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	3	7	1	11	1
136	137	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
137	138	Sep 9	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
138	139	Sep 10	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	3
139	140	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
140	141	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
141	142	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
142	143	Sep 15	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
143	144	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
144	145	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
145	146	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	5	6	1	12	1
146	147	Sep 19	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	52	13.0	0	1	0	1	0
147	148	Sep 20 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	149	Sep 20 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	150	Sep 21	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
150	151	Sep 22	WSH		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
151	152	Sep 23	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
152	153	Sep 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
153	154	Sep 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
154	155	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
155	156	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							155gm		1371.0	323	488	43	854	94