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Pee Wee Reese

Full name Harold Henry Reese
Born July 23, 1918, Ekron, Kentucky
Died August 14, 1999, Louisville, Kentucky
Buried at Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, Kentucky (Section 11- Lot 1182)
First Game: April 23, 1940; Final Game: September 26, 1958
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 160
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1984
Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1953)
Ejections as player: 1950 (2), 1951 (1), 1952 (1), 1953 (1), 1954 (1), 1957 (1). Total: 7
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                           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
1940 BRO N    Daily Splits   84   312   58   85   8   4   5   28   45   2   42   1   3       0   9   1   15   8  .272  .366  .372  -0.2 1940 BRO N
1941 BRO N    Daily Splits  152   595   76  136  23   5   2   46   68   1   56   3   8       0  15   6   10   6  .229  .311  .294  -0.4 1941 BRO N
1942 BRO N    Daily Splits  151   564   87  144  24   5   3   53   82   1   55   0   9       0  16   8   15  10  .255  .350  .332   3.2 1942 BRO N
1946 BRO N    Daily Splits  152   542   79  154  16  10   5   60   87  14   71   1  14       0   8  10   10  12  .284  .384  .378   2.3 1946 BRO N
1947 BRO N    Daily Splits  142   476   81  135  24   4  12   73  104  29   67   2   8       0   5   7    7   7  .284  .414  .426   2.8 1947 BRO N
1948 BRO N    Daily Splits  151   566   96  155  31   4   9   75   79   5   63   0   9       0  14  16   25   3  .274  .363  .390   2.0 1948 BRO N
1949 BRO N    Daily Splits  155   617  132  172  27   3  16   73  116   4   59   4   6       0  15   5   26   4  .279  .396  .410   2.7 1949 BRO N
1950 BRO N    Daily Splits  141   531   97  138  21   5  11   52   91   8   62   1  10       0  15   7   17   4  .260  .369  .380   1.4 1950 BRO N
1951 BRO N    Daily Splits  154   616   94  176  20   8  10   84   81   0   57   2  12       0  17  19   20  14  .286  .371  .393   0.8 1951 BRO N
1952 BRO N    Daily Splits  149   559   94  152  18   8   6   58   86   0   59   0  15       0  13  16   30   5  .272  .369  .365   0.7 1952 BRO N
1953 BRO N    Daily Splits  140   524  108  142  25   7  13   61   82   1   61   4  15       0  11  15   22   6  .271  .374  .420   2.3 1953 BRO N
1954 BRO N    Daily Splits  141   554   98  171  35   8  10   69   90   1   62   3   8   6   0   8  20    8   5  .309  .404  .455   3.1 1954 BRO N
1955 BRO N    Daily Splits  145   553   99  156  29   4  10   61   78   1   60   3  13   5   0   7  22    8   7  .282  .371  .403   0.9 1955 BRO N
1956 BRO N    Daily Splits  147   572   85  147  19   2   9   46   56   1   69   1  15   4   0  18  14   13   4  .257  .322  .344  -0.4 1956 BRO N
1957 BRO N    Daily Splits  103   330   33   74   3   1   1   29   39   1   32   1   6   2   0   7   7    5   2  .224  .306  .248  -0.7 1957 BRO N
1958 LA  N    Daily Splits   59   147   21   33   7   2   4   17   26   0   15   0   6   2   0   6   3    1   2  .224  .337  .381  -0.7 1958 LA  N
Total    (16 Years) Splits 2166  8058 1338 2170 330  80 126  885 1210  69  890  26 157  19   0 184 176  232  99  .269  .366  .377  19.8 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
1941 BRO N    Daily Splits    5    20    1    4   0   0   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1941 BRO N
1947 BRO N    Daily Splits    7    23    5    7   1   0   0    4    6   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    3   2  .304  .448  .348 1947 BRO N
1949 BRO N    Daily Splits    5    19    2    6   1   0   1    2    1   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   1    1   0  .316  .381  .526 1949 BRO N
1952 BRO N    Daily Splits    7    29    4   10   0   0   1    4    2   0    2   0   1   0   0   1   0    1   1  .345  .387  .448 1952 BRO N
1953 BRO N    Daily Splits    6    24    0    5   0   1   0    0    4   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .208  .321  .292 1953 BRO N
1955 BRO N    Daily Splits    7    27    5    8   1   0   0    2    3   0    5   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .296  .367  .333 1955 BRO N
1956 BRO N    Daily Splits    7    27    3    6   0   1   0    2    2   0    6   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .276  .296 1956 BRO N
Total    ( 7 Years) Splits   44   169   20   46   3   2   2   16   18   0   17   1   3   0   0   1   2    5   3  .272  .346  .349 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
             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
1942 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1942 NL   
1947 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000 1947 NL   
1948 NL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1948 NL   
1949 NL       Daily Splits    1     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .167  .000 1949 NL   
1950 NL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1950 NL   
1951 NL       Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1951 NL   
1952 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1952 NL   
1953 NL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    2   1   0   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .750 1953 NL   
Total    ( 8 Years) Splits    8    17    0    2   1   0   0    2    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .118  .250  .176 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
1940 BRO N Daily Splits  SS   83   78   71   721     190  238   18   41   0  .960
1941 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  151  148  144  1336.1   346  473   47   76   0  .946
1942 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  151  151  150  1358.1   337  482   35   99   0  .959
1946 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  152  151  141  1337.2   285  463   26  104   0  .966
1947 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  142  142  136  1243     266  441   25   99   0  .966
1948 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  149  149  143  1330     335  453   31   93   0  .962
1949 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  155  155  152  1391     316  454   18   93   0  .977
1950 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  134  134  128  1178.1   282  398   26   94   0  .963
1950 BRO N               3B    7    7    6    60.1     9   16    0    1   0 1.000
1951 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  154  154  148  1364.2   292  422   35  106   0  .953
1952 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  145  144  131  1255.2   282  376   21   89   0  .969
1953 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  135  135  128  1171     265  380   23   83   0  .966
1954 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  140  140  133  1253     270  426   25   74   0  .965
1955 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  142  142  133  1248.2   239  404   23   86   0  .965
1956 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  136  135  121  1157     263  367   23   79   0  .965
1956 BRO N               3B   12    9    9    86.2     6   21    2    1   0  .931
1957 BRO N Daily Splits  3B   75   62   60   582      51  166   13    5   0  .943
1957 BRO N               SS   23   20   19   188      46   62    6   16   0  .947
1958 LA  N Daily Splits  SS   22   19   15   166      26   52    6   14   0  .929
1958 LA  N               3B   21   19   17   166      18   37    4    2   0  .932
Total (16 Years) Splits  SS 2014 1997 1893 17699.2  4040 5891  388 1246   0  .962
Total ( 4 Years)         3B  115   97   92   895      84  240   19    9   0  .945
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1941 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    5    5    5    44      13   14    3    4   0  .900
1947 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    7    7    7    60       8   15    1    5   0  .958
1949 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    5    5    5    44       5    9    1    0   0  .933
1952 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    7    7    7    64      15   18    2    3   0  .943
1953 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    6    6    6    51.1     7   14    0    0   0 1.000
1955 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    7    7    7    60      15   23    1    7   0  .974
1956 BRO N Daily Splits  SS    7    7    7    61      14   21    1    7   0  .972
Total ( 7 Years) Splits  SS   44   44   44   384.1    77  114    9   26   0  .955
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1942 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1947 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     4       0    2    0    1   0 1.000
1948 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    1    0     4       2    2    0    0   0 1.000
1949 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    1    1     9       3    3    1    1   0  .857
1950 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     9       2    4    0    0   0 1.000
1951 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1953 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    1    0     8       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 7 Years) Splits  SS    7    3    1    39       8   14    1    2   0  .957
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1959 LA  N   4-11  10- 8
Total ( 1 Year ) 

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5- 4-1950     BOX  BRO N  Babe Pinelli        Called third strike
 9- 7-1950     BOX  BRO N  Artie Gore          Called third strike
 6-24-1951(1)  BOX  BRO N  Lee Ballanfant      Called third strike
 6-11-1952     BOX  BRO N  Artie Gore          Catch/trap call
 6-19-1953(1)  BOX  BRO N  Augie Donatelli     Home run call
 8-31-1954     BOX  BRO N  Augie Donatelli     Call at 1B
 6-16-1957(1)  BOX  BRO N  Frank Secory        Called third strike

Transaction Information

Traded by Boston Red Sox to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for $35000 and 3 players
and 2 players to be named later (July 18, 1939); Boston Red Sox received Red Evans
(September 1, 1939) and Art Parks (February 24, 1940).

Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 30, 1958).
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