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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 18)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	May 6	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	24	May 7	WSH		CHW	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
3	25	May 8	WSH		BOS	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	26	May 9	WSH		BOS	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
5	27	May 10	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
6	29 (1)	May 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	30	May 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
8	31	May 17	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
9	32	May 18	WSH	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
10	34 (1)	May 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
11	35	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	4	7	1	12	3
12	36	May 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	1	7	0	8	2
13	37	May 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
14	38	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	39	May 26	WSH		PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
16	40	May 28 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	5	0	6	1
17	41	May 28 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
18	42	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	43	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
20	44	May 31	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	45	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,15-11	CG	48	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
22	46	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	47	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	48	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
25	49	Jun 6	WSH		DET	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
26	50	Jun 7	WSH		DET	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
27	51	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	52	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
29	53	Jun 11	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
30	54	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	7	0	12	4
31	55	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	L,2-15	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	56	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
33	57	Jun 16	WSH	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	58	Jun 17	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	59	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
36	60	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
37	61	Jun 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	62	Jun 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
39	63	Jun 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
40	64	Jun 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
41	65	Jun 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	66	Jun 27 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	67	Jun 27 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
44	68	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-9	CG	53	10.0	1	6	0	7	1
45	69	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	70	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
47	71	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
48	72	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
49	73	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	74	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	3
51	75	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
52	76	Jul 9	WSH		DET	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
53	77	Jul 10	WSH		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	78	Jul 11	WSH		DET	W,10-7	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
55	79	Jul 12	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	80	Jul 13	WSH		SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
57	81	Jul 14	WSH		SLB	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
58	82	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	83	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
60	84	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	L,5-16	CG	55	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
61	85	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
62	86	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	87	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	6	6	0	12	2
64	88	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
65	89	Jul 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	48	11.1	0	0	0	0	0
66	90	Jul 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	3	7	0	10	2
67	91	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	92	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	93	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
70	94	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
71	95	Jul 28	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
72	96	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-11	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	99 (2)	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	100	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
75	101	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	104 (2)	Aug 7	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	105	Aug 8	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	106	Aug 9	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	107	Aug 10	WSH	@	NYY	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
80	108	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
81	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	110	Aug 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
83	111	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
84	112	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	113	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
86	114	Aug 17	WSH		NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
87	115	Aug 18	WSH		NYY	W,9-2	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
88	116	Aug 19	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	117	Aug 21	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	118	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
91	121 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
92	128 (6)	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	135 (6)	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	137 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
95	138	Sep 9	WSH	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
96	141 (2)	Sep 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	4	8	1	13	2
97	144 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
98	148 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
99	149	Sep 22	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
100	150	Sep 23	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	2	5	1
101	152 (1)	Sep 26	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	GS	21	5.0	3	3	0	6	2
							102gm		879.0	266	315	30	611	75