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Red Kress

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 2, 1905 in Columbia, CA us

Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 24, 1927 (Age 22-265d, 6,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1946 (Age 41-196d)
vs. PIT 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralph Kress

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

5087

1454

.286

691

RBI

799

OBP

.347

SLG

.420

OPS

.767

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-33 / in Starts: 27-27
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 14 bases loaded PA and 12 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 228 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	163 (78-55-30) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 228 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	153 (78-48-25)

Most Driven In
R York	4
M Almada	3
C Gehringer	3
B McCosky	2
H Greenberg	2
J Grace	2
P Higgins	2
B Bell	1

Most Driven In By
B Tebbetts	3
B McCosky	3
M Hoag	2
P Fox	2
F Croucher	1
C Gehringer	1
A Benton	1
J Berardino	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	1294	2 (1)	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-17	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.48	SS
2	1295	4 (1)	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	.88	0.106	2.10	0.15%	1.07	SS
3	1296	5	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	4	1.55	0.104	4.06	0.16%	1.27	SS
4	1297	6	Apr 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	4	1.00	0.076	2.43	0.11%	1.07	SS
5	1298	7	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.333	.263	.596	4	.96	-0.129	2.46	-0.20%	-2.48	SS
6	1299	8	Apr 29	SLB		CHW	L,8-9	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.227	.547	4	.72	-0.015	2.06	-0.03%	-0.51	SS
7	1300	9	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.259	.333	.259	.593	4						SS
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
8	1301	10	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.226	.314	.226	.540	4	2.36	-0.340	5.62	-0.49%	-3.14	SS
9	1302	12 (1)	May 4	SLB		PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.265	.359	.265	.624	6	.66	0.071	1.16	0.08%	0.96	SS
10	1303	13	May 5	SLB		PHA	L,5-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.349	.243	.592	6	.79	-0.064	1.47	-0.07%	-1.06	SS
11	1304	14	May 6	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.263	.627	6	.73	0.027	1.24	0.03%	0.29	SS
12	1305	15	May 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.310	.685	6	.87	-0.073	1.75	-0.09%	-0.63	SS
13	1306	18 (2)	May 11	SLB		NYY	L,8-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.367	.302	.670	8	1.22	-0.033	2.11	-0.03%	-0.28	PH SS
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers
14	1307	23	May 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.352	.313	.664	8	.87	0.106	.64	0.05%	-0.37	SS
15	1308	24	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.362	.314	.676	7	1.60	0.109	1.43	0.06%	0.26	SS
16	1309	25	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.291	.381	.327	.708	8						SS
17	1310	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.388	.328	.716	7	.71	0.016	.73	0.01%	0.01	SS
18	1311	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.371	.311	.683	8	.74	-0.059	.68	-0.03%	-0.68	SS
19	1312	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.378	.313	.691	8	1.14	0.023	.91	0.01%	0.23	SS
20	1313	29	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.359	.294	.653	7	1.34	-0.142	.89	-0.06%	-1.19	SS
21	1314	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.366	.306	.671	7	.60	-0.008	.37	0.00%	0.31	SS
22	1315	31	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.273	.356	.299	.655	6	.59	0.015	.30	0.00%	-0.48	SS
23	1316	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.363	.309	.671	6	.68	0.002	.45	0.00%	-0.21	SS
24	1317	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.368	.310	.678	6	.92	0.007	.71	0.00%	0.15	SS
25	1318	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.357	.299	.656	6	.56	-0.073	.25	-0.02%	-1.55	SS
26	1319	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	GS-0	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.382	.322	.705	7						SS
27	1320	36	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.383	.326	.709	7	1.53	0.077	.69	0.02%	0.36	SS
28	1321	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.369	.313	.683	8	1.06	-0.087	.58	-0.03%	-1.12	SS
29	1322	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.371	.327	.698	7	.53	0.071	.23	0.02%	0.61	SS
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
30	1323	39	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.367	.318	.684	8	1.01	-0.046	.52	-0.01%	-0.73	SS
31	1324	40	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	GS-0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.294	.374	.321	.695	8						SS
32	1325	41	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.362	.310	.672	7	.53	-0.064	.29	-0.02%	-0.92	SS
33	1326	44 (2)	Jun 7	DET		PHA	L,4-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.281	.359	.307	.666	9						PH
34	1327	48 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.364	.313	.677	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	2B
35	1328	50 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.369	.319	.688	9	3.06	0.093	1.21	0.02%	0.67	PH
36	1329	56 (5)	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.374	.350	.724	9	.38	0.034	.47	0.03%	1.72	PH
37	1330	60 (3)	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.370	.342	.712	6	.55	-0.038	.23	-0.01%	-0.56	3B
38	1331	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.379	.347	.725	5	1.41	0.182	.47	0.04%	1.31	3B
39	1332	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.376	.344	.720	3	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PR 2B
40	1333	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.372	.336	.708	5	.75	-0.037	.43	-0.01%	-0.56	2B
41	1334	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.372	.336	.707	6	1.24	0.048	.45	0.01%	0.43	2B
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
42	1335	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.375	.336	.711	7	1.24	-0.063	.33	-0.01%	0.05	2B
43	1336	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.378	.343	.721	6	2.43	0.082	.73	0.02%	-0.20	2B
44	1337	67	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.375	.348	.723	7	1.14	0.005	.39	0.00%	0.69	2B
45	1338	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.285	.372	.340	.712	6	1.76	-0.197	.64	-0.04%	-2.08	2B
46	1339	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.284	.369	.345	.714	6	1.07	-0.068	.31	-0.01%	-1.46	2B
47	1340	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.281	.364	.340	.704	7						2B
48	1341	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.356	.331	.687	7	1.32	-0.159	.47	-0.03%	-1.59	2B
49	1342	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.354	.329	.683	7	.77	-0.068	.30	-0.02%	-1.00	2B
50	1343	75 (2)	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.353	.329	.683	6	.86	-0.043	.45	-0.01%	-0.35	2B
51	1344	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.351	.323	.674	7	.96	-0.083	.53	-0.03%	-1.15	2B
52	1345	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.344	.316	.660	6	.77	-0.101	.28	-0.02%	-2.10	2B
53	1346	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.338	.310	.649	7	.95	-0.073	.11	-0.01%	-0.96	2B
Sep/Oct		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
54	1347	126 (47)	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.257	.337	.309	.645	9	.32	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.88	PH
55	1348	134 (7)	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.340	.313	.653	9	1.32	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.41	PH
56	1349	136 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.335	.307	.642	7	1.13	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.67	SS
57	1350	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.268	.343	.328	.671	7	.59	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.31	SS
58	1351	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.262	.337	.321	.657	7	.74	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-2.27	SS
59	1352	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.330	.314	.644	6	1.36	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.95	SS
60	1353	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.329	.313	.642	6						SS
61	1354	144 (3)	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	5-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.332	.316	.648	9	.72	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
62	1355	148 (3)	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.332	.316	.648	5						SS
63	1356	154 (5)	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.335	.317	.651	8	1.33	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.09	3B
64	1357	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.260	.336	.315	.651	7	.90	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.11	3B
							31-33		228	200	24	52	8	0	1	30	23	2	18	0	1		0	11	3	1	.260	.336	.315	.651		1.02	-0.882	.87	-0.48%	-18.94

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