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Joe Cronin

Retrosheet

Full name Joseph Edward Cronin
Born October 12, 1906, San Francisco, California
Died September 7, 1984, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Massachusetts (Section 6- Row D- Lot 6)
First Game: April 29, 1926; Final Game: April 19, 1945
Managed First Game: April 12, 1933; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1947
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1956
Named AL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1930)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1930 to 1934 and 1938 to 1939)
Ejections as player: 1938 (1)
Ejections as manager: 1934 (1), 1941 (2), 1943 (1), 1944 (1), 1945 (1), 1947 (2). Total: 8
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1926 PIT N Daily Splits 38 83 9 22 2 2 0 11 6 0 15 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 .265 .315 .337 0.0 1926 PIT N 1927 PIT N Daily Splits 12 22 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .292 .273 -0.5 1927 PIT N 1928 WAS A Daily Splits 63 227 23 55 10 4 0 25 22 0 27 0 10 0 8 11 4 0 .242 .309 .322 0.1 1928 WAS A 1929 WAS A Daily Splits 145 494 72 139 29 8 8 61 85 2 37 1 21 0 15 5 5 9 .281 .388 .421 2.8 1929 WAS A 1930 WAS A Daily Splits 154 587 127 203 41 9 13 126 72 1 36 5 22 0 12 8 17 10 .346 .422 .513 7.0 1930 WAS A 1931 WAS A Daily Splits 156 611 103 187 44 13 12 126 81 4 52 4 4 0 15 5 10 9 .306 .391 .480 4.5 1931 WAS A 1932 WAS A Daily Splits 143 557 95 177 43 18 6 116 66 1 45 3 3 0 13 7 7 5 .318 .393 .492 4.0 1932 WAS A 1933 WAS A Daily Splits 152 602 89 186 45 11 5 118 87 5 49 2 5 0 16 13 5 4 .309 .398 .445 3.9 1933 WAS A 1934 WAS A Daily Splits 127 504 68 143 30 9 7 101 53 3 28 1 9 0 9 8 8 0 .284 .353 .421 2.7 1934 WAS A 1935 BOS A Daily Splits 144 556 70 164 37 14 9 95 63 2 40 3 8 0 10 24 3 3 .295 .370 .460 -0.4 1935 BOS A 1936 BOS A Daily Splits 81 295 36 83 22 4 2 43 32 1 21 1 6 0 8 5 1 3 .281 .354 .403 -0.4 1936 BOS A 1937 BOS A Daily Splits 148 570 102 175 40 4 18 110 84 3 73 6 11 0 9 24 5 3 .307 .402 .486 1.0 1937 BOS A 1938 BOS A Daily Splits 143 530 98 172 51 5 17 94 91 3 60 5 11 0 9 18 7 5 .325 .428 .536 4.6 1938 BOS A 1939 BOS A Daily Splits 143 520 97 160 33 3 19 107 87 2 48 0 9 11 0 13 18 6 6 .308 .400 .492 3.3 1939 BOS A 1940 BOS A Daily Splits 149 548 104 156 35 6 24 111 83 4 65 1 13 0 13 6 7 5 .285 .380 .502 2.5 1940 BOS A 1941 BOS A Daily Splits 143 518 98 161 38 8 16 95 82 3 55 1 14 0 8 20 1 4 .311 .406 .508 3.6 1941 BOS A 1942 BOS A Daily Splits 45 79 7 24 3 0 4 24 15 2 21 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 .304 .415 .494 0.7 1942 BOS A 1943 BOS A Daily Splits 59 77 8 24 4 0 5 29 11 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .312 .398 .558 0.9 1943 BOS A 1944 BOS A Daily Splits 76 191 24 46 7 0 5 28 34 4 19 1 5 0 3 7 1 4 .241 .358 .356 -0.3 1944 BOS A 1945 BOS A Daily Splits 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .375 .545 .375 0.3 1945 BOS A Total NL ( 2 Years) 50 105 11 27 3 2 0 14 8 0 18 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 .257 .310 .324 -0.5 Total NL Total AL (18 Years) 2074 7474 1222 2258 512 116 170 1410 1051 43 682 34 152 11 0 167 185 87 71 .302 .390 .470 40.8 Total AL Total (20 Years) Splits 2124 7579 1233 2285 515 118 170 1424 1059 43 700 34 155 11 0 167 190 87 71 .301 .389 .468 40.3 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 WAS A Daily Splits 5 22 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 .318 .318 1933 WAS A

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 1933 AL 1934 AL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1934 AL 1935 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1935 AL 1937 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 1937 AL 1938 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.000 1938 AL 1939 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1939 AL 1941 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1941 AL Total ( 7 Years) Splits 7 25 3 7 3 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280 .333 .400 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1926 PIT N Daily Splits 2B 27 22 19 194 54 74 3 18 0 .977 1926 PIT N SS 7 0 0 14 1 8 0 1 0 1.000 1927 PIT N Daily Splits 2B 7 0 0 16.2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1927 PIT N SS 4 3 1 19 2 7 4 0 0 .692 1927 PIT N 1B 1 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1928 WAS A Daily Splits SS 63 62 62 546 133 190 16 42 0 .953 1929 WAS A Daily Splits SS 143 143 140 1255 285 459 62 92 0 .923 1929 WAS A 2B 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1930 WAS A Daily Splits SS 154 154 147 1345.2 336 509 35 95 1 .960 1931 WAS A Daily Splits SS 155 155 152 1368 323 488 43 94 0 .950 1932 WAS A Daily Splits SS 141 141 135 1249 306 448 32 95 0 .959 1933 WAS A Daily Splits SS 152 152 143 1357.1 297 528 34 95 0 .960 1934 WAS A Daily Splits SS 127 127 124 1127 246 486 38 86 0 .951 1935 BOS A Daily Splits SS 139 139 137 1248 264 431 37 86 0 .949 1935 BOS A 1B 2 2 2 13 13 4 0 3 0 1.000 1936 BOS A Daily Splits SS 60 58 56 505 115 191 23 34 1 .930 1936 BOS A 3B 21 21 18 179.2 18 38 3 3 1 .949 1937 BOS A Daily Splits SS 148 148 142 1300.1 300 414 31 89 0 .958 1938 BOS A Daily Splits SS 142 142 133 1215.2 304 449 36 110 1 .954 1939 BOS A Daily Splits SS 142 142 134 1235.2 306 437 32 93 0 .959 1940 BOS A Daily Splits SS 146 146 134 1282.2 252 443 38 89 0 .948 1940 BOS A 3B 2 2 1 16.1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1941 BOS A Daily Splits SS 119 118 84 980.2 225 324 24 64 0 .958 1941 BOS A 3B 22 22 20 185.2 22 38 3 3 0 .952 1941 BOS A OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1941 BOS A LF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1942 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 11 11 3 79 9 23 5 4 0 .865 1942 BOS A 1B 5 4 3 33 37 3 1 3 0 .976 1942 BOS A SS 1 1 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1943 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 10 9 8 74.2 12 18 1 1 0 .968 1944 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 49 49 45 426.2 428 27 9 39 0 .981 1945 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 3 3 2 22 2 8 0 2 0 1.000 Total (17 Years) Splits SS 1843 1831 1725 16057 3696 5814 485 1165 3 .951 Total ( 6 Years) 3B 69 68 52 557.1 64 127 12 13 1 .941 Total ( 4 Years) 1B 57 56 51 480.2 485 35 10 45 0 .981 Total ( 3 Years) 2B 35 22 19 213.2 58 76 3 18 0 .978 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1933 WAS A Daily Splits SS 5 5 5 46 7 15 1 3 0 .957

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1933 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1934 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 1935 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1937 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1938 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 8 0 2 1 0 0 .667 1939 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 2 3 1 1 0 .833 1941 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 7 Years) Splits SS 7 7 6 58 13 25 2 2 0 .950 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1933 WAS A 153 99 53 .651 850 665 1 1934 WAS A 155 66 86 .434 729 806 7 1935 BOS A 154 78 75 .510 718 732 4 1936 BOS A 155 74 80 .481 775 764 6 1937 BOS A 154 80 72 .526 821 775 5 1938 BOS A 150 88 61 .591 902 751 2 1939 BOS A 152 89 62 .589 890 795 2 1940 BOS A 154 82 72 .532 872 825 4 1941 BOS A 155 84 70 .545 865 750 2 1942 BOS A 152 93 59 .612 761 594 2 1943 BOS A 155 68 84 .447 563 607 7 1944 BOS A 156 77 77 .500 739 676 4 1945 BOS A 157 71 83 .461 599 674 7 1946 BOS A 156 104 50 .675 792 594 1 1947 BOS A 157 83 71 .539 720 669 3 Total (15 Years) 2315 1236 1055 .540 11596 10677 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

          World Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1933 WAS A 5 1 4 .200 11 16 1946 BOS A 7 3 4 .429 20 28 Total ( 2 Years) 12 4 8 .333 31 44 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

         All-Star Game Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1934 AL 1 1 0 1.000 9 7 1940 AL 1 0 1 .000 0 4 1947 AL 1 1 0 1.000 2 1 Total ( 3 Years) 3 2 1 .667 11 12 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 5-30-1938(1) BOX BOS A Bill McGowan Fighting

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 7-11-1934 BOX WAS A Bill McGowan Call at HP 6-17-1941(2) BOX BOS A Art Passarella Call at 1B 9- 7-1941 BOX BOS A Bill Grieve Lack of foul call on stolen base 6-24-1943 BOX BOS A George Pipgras Call at HP 7- 2-1944(2) BOX BOS A Hal Weafer Called third strike 8-19-1945(1) BOX BOS A Jim Boyer Call at 1B 8-11-1947 BOX BOS A Joe Rue Call at 3B 9- 5-1947 BOX BOS A Eddie Rommel Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1925).

Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Kansas City (American Association) (April 1, 1928).

Sold by Kansas City (American Association) to Washington Senators for $7500 (July, 1928).

Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Lyn Lary and $225000 (October 26, 1934).

Released by Boston Red Sox (June 6, 1946).

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