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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	4
2	14	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
3	15	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	3
4	16	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
5	17	May 11	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
6	18	May 12	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
7	19	May 13	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
8	20	May 14 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
9	22 (1)	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-7	GS	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
10	31 (8)	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
11	32	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
12	33	May 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
13	34	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
14	35	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
15	36	May 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
16	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	0		7	0	0	7	1
17	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	39	May 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	42 (2)	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
20	43	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
21	44	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
22	45	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
23	46	Jun 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
24	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
25	48	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
26	49	Jun 13	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
27	50	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
28	51	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
29	52	Jun 15	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
30	53	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
31	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
33	57 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
34	58	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
35	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
36	60	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	14	0	0	14	0
37	61	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	9	0	1	10	1
38	62	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
39	63	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
40	65 (1)	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
41	66	Jun 29	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	67	Jun 30	BOS		CHW	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	68	Jul 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
44	69	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	70	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	7	2	0	9	0
46	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GS	0		10	0	1	11	0
47	79 (7)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
48	93 (13)	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	11	3	0	14	0
49	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
							49gm		428.0	428	27	9	464	39