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Lou Boudreau

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Lou Boudreau

Full name Louis Boudreau
Born July 17, 1917, Harvey, Illinois
Died August 10, 2001, Olympia Fields, Illinois
Buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, Illinois
First Game: September 9, 1938; Final Game: August 24, 1952
Managed First Game: April 14, 1942; Managed Final Game: October 2, 1960
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 185
Father-in-law of Denny McLain
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1970
Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1948)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1948)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1948)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1947 to 1948)
Ejections as manager: 1942 (3), 1943 (1), 1946 (1), 1949 (1), 1952 (3), 1953 (1), 1954 (1), 1955 (2), 1956 (1), 1957 (2), 1960 (1). Total: 17
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1938 CLE A    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000   0.0 1938 CLE A
1939 CLE A    Daily Splits   53   225   42   58  15   4   0   19   28   0   24   0   3   0   3   5    2   1  .258  .340  .360   0.6 1939 CLE A
1940 CLE A    Daily Splits  155   627   97  185  46  10   9  101   73   0   39   2   4   0  11  23    6   3  .295  .370  .443   3.5 1940 CLE A
1941 CLE A    Daily Splits  148   579   95  149  45   8  10   56   85   2   57   3  14   0  16  11    9   4  .257  .355  .415   3.3 1941 CLE A
1942 CLE A    Daily Splits  147   506   57  143  18  10   2   58   75   3   39   4  19   0  16  12    7  16  .283  .379  .370   2.2 1942 CLE A
1943 CLE A    Daily Splits  152   539   69  154  32   7   3   67   90   5   31   0  20   1   6  12    4   7  .286  .388  .388   6.8 1943 CLE A
1944 CLE A    Daily Splits  150   584   91  191  45   5   3   67   73   1   39   5  19   0  10  10   11   3  .327  .406  .437   7.8 1944 CLE A
1945 CLE A    Daily Splits   97   345   50  106  24   1   3   48   35   8   20   2  20   0  15   9    0   4  .307  .374  .409   2.7 1945 CLE A
1946 CLE A    Daily Splits  140   515   51  151  30   6   6   62   40   2   14   1  15   0  10  11    6   7  .293  .345  .410   4.0 1946 CLE A
1947 CLE A    Daily Splits  150   538   79  165  45   3   4   67   67   8   10   4  14   0  11   9    1   0  .307  .388  .424   5.4 1947 CLE A
1948 CLE A    Daily Splits  152   560  116  199  34   6  18  106   98   7    9   2  16   0  10  15    3   2  .355  .453  .534   7.1 1948 CLE A
1949 CLE A    Daily Splits  134   475   53  135  20   3   4   60   70   3   10   4  12   0  13  19    0   1  .284  .381  .364   1.6 1949 CLE A
1950 CLE A    Daily Splits   81   260   23   70  13   2   1   29   31   0    5   1   3   0   4   9    1   2  .269  .349  .346   0.1 1950 CLE A
1951 BOS A    Daily Splits   82   273   37   73  18   1   5   47   30   1   12   6   4   0   8  10    1   0  .267  .353  .396  -0.6 1951 BOS A
1952 BOS A    Daily Splits    4     2    1    0   0   0   0    2    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1952 BOS A
Total    (15 Years) Splits 1646  6029  861 1779 385  66  68  789  796  40  309  34 164   1 133 155   51  50  .295  .380  .415  44.5 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  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
1948 CLE A    Daily Splits    6    22    1    6   4   0   0    3    1   0    1   1   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .273  .333  .455 1948 CLE 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
1940 AL       Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1940 AL   
1941 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    2   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1941 AL   
1942 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    1    1   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250 1.000 1942 AL   
1947 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 1947 AL   
1948 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1948 AL   
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits    5    12    1    4   0   0   1    3    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .583 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   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1938 CLE A Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1939 CLE A Daily Splits  SS   53   53   53   464.1   103  184   14   31   1                      .953
1940 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  155  155  149  1360     277  454   24  116   0                      .968
1941 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  147  147  141  1290.2   296  444   26   97   0                      .966
1942 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  146  144  132  1271     281  426   26  107   0                      .965
1943 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  152  150  137  1350     328  488   25  122   0                      .970
1943 CLE A                C    1    0    0     2       3    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1944 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  149  148  142  1345.2   339  516   19  134   0                      .978
1944 CLE A                C    1    0    0     3       1    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1945 CLE A Daily Splits  SS   97   96   95   852     217  289    9   73   0                      .983
1946 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  139  138  133  1223.2   315  405   22   94   1                      .970
1947 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  148  147  132  1274.1   305  475   14  120   0                      .982
1948 CLE A Daily Splits  SS  151  150  138  1332.1   297  483   20  119   1                      .975
1948 CLE A                C    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1949 CLE A Daily Splits  SS   88   86   77   753.2   176  272    8   78   0                      .982
1949 CLE A               3B   38   37   37   335      34   76    4   13   0                      .965
1949 CLE A               1B    6    6    1    34      41    3    0    3   0                     1.000
1949 CLE A               2B    1    0    0     2       2    2    0    1   0                     1.000
1950 CLE A Daily Splits  SS   61   61   50   509     118  170    4   44   0                      .986
1950 CLE A               1B    8    4    3    44      34    5    0    2   0                     1.000
1950 CLE A               2B    2    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1950 CLE A               3B    2    1    1    13       3    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1951 BOS A Daily Splits  SS   52   51   46   454      80  153   12   45   0                      .951
1951 BOS A               3B   15   15   11   132      10   27    2    5   0                      .949
1951 BOS A               1B    2    1    1     9       4    1    1    1   0                      .833
1952 BOS A Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1952 BOS A               SS    1    0    0     1       0    1    0    0   0                     1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits  SS 1539 1526 1425 13481.2  3132 4760  223 1180   3                      .973
Total ( 5 Years)         3B   57   53   49   484      47  104    6   18   0                      .962
Total ( 3 Years)         1B   16   11    5    87      79    9    1    6   0                      .989
Total ( 2 Years)         2B    3    0    0     5       3    2    0    1   0                     1.000
Total ( 3 Years)          C    3    0    0     7       4    2    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1948 CLE A Daily Splits  SS    6    6    6    53      11   14    0    5   0 1.000
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1940 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1941 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     4       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1942 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    1    1     9       4    5    0    2   0 1.000
1947 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    1    1     9       4    4    0    0   0 1.000
1948 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    1    0     4       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits  SS    5    3    2    27      10   10    0    2   0 1.000
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
1942 CLE A        156   75   79  .487   590   659                  4
1943 CLE A        153   82   71  .536   600   577                  3
1944 CLE A        155   72   82  .468   643   677                  5
1945 CLE A        147   73   72  .503   557   548                  5
1946 CLE A        156   68   86  .442   537   638                  6
1947 CLE A        157   80   74  .519   687   588                  4
1948 CLE A        156   97   58  .626   840   568                  1
1949 CLE A        154   89   65  .578   675   574                  3
1950 CLE A        155   92   62  .597   806   654                  4
1952 BOS A        154   76   78  .494   668   658                  6
1953 BOS A        153   84   69  .549   656   632                  4
1954 BOS A        156   69   85  .448   700   728                  4
1955 KC  A        155   63   91  .409   638   911                  6
1956 KC  A        154   52  102  .338   619   831                  8
1957 KC  A        104   36   67  .350   386   477          8- 4    8  7
1960 CHI N        139   54   83  .394   555   661   5- 5           7  7
Total (16 Years) 2404 1162 1224  .487 10157 10381
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
1948 CLE A          6    4    2  .667    17    17
             All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1949 AL             1    1    0 1.000    11     7

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-31-1942(1)  BOX  CLE A  Harry Geisel        Call at 2B
 8-25-1942(2)  BOX  CLE A  Cal Hubbard         Interference non-call in game 1
 9-20-1942(2)  BOX  CLE A  Cal Hubbard         Call at 3B
 7- 5-1943(2)  BOX  CLE A  Joe Rue             Balls and strikes
 8- 8-1946(2)  BOX  CLE A  Bill McKinley       Fair/foul call
 7-30-1949     BOX  CLE A  Bill Summers        Automatic 3B for throwing glove
 4-21-1952     BOX  BOS A  Joe Paparella       Runner hit by batted ball
 5-11-1952     BOX  BOS A  Jim Honochick       Interference non-call
 6- 8-1952(1)  BOX  BOS A  Hank Soar           Call at HP
 8-19-1953     BOX  BOS A  Bill Grieve         Balls and strikes
 9-18-1954     BOX  BOS A  Eddie Hurley        Balls and strikes
 5-13-1955     BOX  KC  A  Charlie Berry       Condition of field
 6- 4-1955     BOX  KC  A  Red Flaherty        Balls and strikes
 6- 1-1956     BOX  KC  A  Charlie Berry       Call at 3B
 4-21-1957     BOX  KC  A  Charlie Berry       Balls and strikes
 7-26-1957     BOX  KC  A  Jim Honochick       Balls and strikes
 7-16-1960     BOX  CHI N  Augie Donatelli     Call at HP

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1938).

Released by Cleveland Indians (November 21, 1950).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (November 27, 1950).

Released by Boston Red Sox (October 31, 1951).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (1952).

Released by Boston Red Sox (October 15, 1952).
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