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Chuck Kress

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: December 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: March 4, 2014 in Colville, WA

Buried: Perham Cemetery, Perham, MN

High School: Frankford HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 16, 1947 (Age 25-128d, 10,295th in major league history)
vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1954 (Age 32-211d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Charles Steven Kress

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

466

116

.249

RBI

OBP

.320

SLG

.328

OPS

.649

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-26 / in Starts: 2-3
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 50 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	35 (16-11-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 50 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	32 (16-10-5)

Most Driven In
B Tuttle	1
R Bertoia	1
R Campanella	1
A Kaline	1
R Walker	1
F Bolling	0

Most Driven In By
B Tuttle	2
M Batts	1
D Lund	1
J Gilliam	0
H Kuenn	0

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	139	2 (1)	Apr 14	DET		BAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.71	-0.043	4.46	-0.07%	-0.10	PH
2	140	3	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.55	-0.038	3.94	-0.06%	-0.15	PH
3	141	6 (2)	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.05	-0.001	.16	0.00%	-0.10	PH
4	142	7	Apr 20	DET		CHW	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.71	-0.049	5.04	-0.09%	-0.43	PH
5	143	10 (2)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	6.28	-0.155	20.22	-0.30%	-0.74	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
6	144	13 (2)	May 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.62	0.099	9.06	0.21%	1.00	PH
7	145	15 (1)	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,12-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	1B
8	146	20 (4)	May 13	DET		NYY	L,3-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	1.10	0.058	4.48	0.14%	0.25	PH
9	147	21	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.62	-0.062	10.31	-0.15%	0.07	PH
10	148	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	4	1.48	-0.042	5.37	-0.09%	-0.22	PH
11	149	23	May 16 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	5	1.43	0.044	4.09	0.08%	0.18	1B
12	150	24	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	2	4.60	-0.024	13.74	-0.04%	-0.31	PH
13	151	25	May 17	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	5	1.22	-0.093	3.71	-0.17%	-0.86	1B
14	152	27 (1)	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	8						PR
15	153	28	May 21	DET		CHW	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	5	.58	-0.044	2.09	-0.10%	-0.66	1B
16	154	29	May 22	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	5	2.43	-0.180	8.45	-0.38%	-1.11	1B
17	155	31 (1)	May 25	DET		BAL	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	2	2.39	-0.066	5.18	-0.09%	-0.22	PH
18	156	34 (2)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.192	.415	9	.58	-0.017	2.07	-0.04%	-0.22	PH
19	157	35	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.214	.185	.399	9	.10	-0.003	.30	-0.01%	-1.24	PH
20	158	38 (2)	May 31 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.179	.385	9	3.80	-0.083	7.67	-0.10%	-0.44	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
21	159	40 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.276	.509	6	.04	0.004	.08	0.01%	0.67	PR RF
22	160	41	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.219	.242	.281	.524	7	1.35	-0.073	2.60	-0.09%	-0.47	1B
23	161	42	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.250	.466	4	.76	-0.074	1.30	-0.08%	-0.73	1B
24	162	45 (2)	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.211	.243	.454	9	3.27	-0.086	5.46	-0.09%	-0.79	PH
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Brooklyn Dodgers
25	163	53	Jun 12	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.205	.237	.442	9	1.58	-0.040	8.26	-0.13%	-0.17	PH
26	164	55 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,14-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.205	.237	.442	4						1B
27	165	56	Jun 15	BRO		MLN	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.200	.231	.431	9	3.54	-0.092	19.87	-0.31%	-0.25	PH
28	166	58 (1)	Jun 17	BRO		MLN	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.225	.420	9	1.10	-0.029	5.96	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
29	167	62 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	5-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.214	.244	.458	9	1.81	0.104	8.99	0.31%	0.76	PH
30	168	63	Jun 22	BRO		CIN	L,1-13	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.209	.238	.447	9	.07	-0.002	.36	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
31	169	65 (1)	Jun 24	BRO		CIN	W,9-6	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.205	.233	.437	9	1.35	-0.034	6.94	-0.11%	-0.33	PH
32	170	67 (1)	Jun 26	BRO		STL	W,7-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.200	.227	.427	9	1.04	-0.027	5.28	-0.08%	-0.25	PH
33	171	69 (1)	Jun 29	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.196	.222	.418	9	3.43	-0.082	30.21	-0.43%	-0.37	PH
34	172	70	Jun 30	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.191	.217	.409	8	1.04	-0.026	9.15	-0.14%	0.13	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
35	173	77 (6)	Jul 6	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.188	.213	.400	9	.64	-0.017	5.55	-0.09%	-0.11	PH
36	174	78	Jul 7	BRO		NYG	L,2-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.184	.208	.392	9	.15	-0.004	1.21	-0.02%	-0.25	PH
37	175	79	Jul 8	BRO		NYG	L,2-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.180	.204	.384	9	.09	-0.002	.65	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
							11-26		50	49	5	8	0	1	0	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.163	.180	.204	.384		1.52	-1.179	5.46	-2.58%	-8.05

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