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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-8	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 21	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-12	GS	39	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	46	10.1	2	4	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
10	12 (2)	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	13	Apr 30	BOS	@	DET	L,8-12	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	BOS	@	DET	W,15-9	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	15	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
14	16	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	17	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
16	18	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	2
17	19	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	20	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	21	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	22	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	3	4	1	8	3
21	23	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
22	24	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	GS	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	25	May 17	BOS		CLE	L,9-12	CG	42	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
24	26	May 18	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	3	4	1	8	1
25	27	May 19	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
26	28	May 20	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	29	May 21	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
28	30	May 22	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
29	31	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	T,9-9	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	32	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	33	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
32	34	May 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
33	35	May 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-11	GS	0		3	3	0	6	0
34	36	May 28	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	16.0	4	6	0	10	1
35	37	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	38	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	39	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,13-0	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
39	41	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
40	42	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	43	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
42	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	46	Jun 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	47	Jun 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
46	48	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	49	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
48	50	Jun 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	51	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	52	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	GS	0		1	5	0	6	0
51	53	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,14-6	GS	36	7.0	4	3	0	7	2
52	54	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-8	GS	19	4.2	1	2	0	3	0
53	55	Jun 18	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
54	56	Jun 19	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
55	57	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
56	58	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,9-13	GS	35	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
57	59	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GS	38	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
58	61 (1)	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
59	62	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
60	63	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	64	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
62	65	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
63	66	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-1	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	67	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	68	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	69	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	28	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
67	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	33	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
68	71	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
69	72	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	GS	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
70	75 (2)	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	76	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
72	77	Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
74	79	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
75	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
76	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
78	83	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
79	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
80	85	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
81	86	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	87	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	88	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-10	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	89	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	90	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	91	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	93	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
89	94	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
90	95	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	99 (3)	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
92	100	Aug 4	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
93	101	Aug 5	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
94	102	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
95	103	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
96	104	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	105	Aug 8	BOS		WSH	W,15-8	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	1
98	106	Aug 9	BOS		WSH	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
99	107	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS	0		4	2	0	6	1
100	108	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
101	109	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
102	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	111	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	112	Aug 14 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-8	GS	51	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	113	Aug 14 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,8-10	CG	43	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
106	114	Aug 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-6	CG	33	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
107	115	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
108	116	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
109	117	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	2	7	0	9	2
110	118	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
111	119	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
112	120	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
113	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
114	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	123	Aug 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	124	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
117	125	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	126	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
120	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	129	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	130	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,12-3	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
123	131	Aug 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
124	132	Aug 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	133	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
126	134	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	135	Sep 3	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
128	136	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GS	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
129	139 (2)	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,6-0	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,11-2	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
131	141	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	142	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	143	Sep 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	GS	33	7.2	3	7	1	11	2
134	144	Sep 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	GS	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
135	145	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	146	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
137	147	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	148	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-8	GS	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
139	149	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
140	151 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS	27	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
141	152	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							142gm		1163.0	247	362	27	636	67