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Pee Wee Reese

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 |
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| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1984 |
| Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1953) |
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| Ejections as player: 1950 (2), 1951 (1), 1952 (1), 1953 (1), 1954 (1), 1957 (1). Total: 7 |
| 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
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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