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Lou
Boudreau		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 17, 1917 in Usa, IL, HARVEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1940    1941    1946    1952   
All-Star Selections 1942    1943    1944    1945    1947    1948    1951   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 20 SDP NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1939 21 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1940 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1941 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1942 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10
1943 25 SDP NL $ 4,028,571   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10
1944 26 SDP NL $ 4,028,571   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10
1945 27 SDP NL $ 4,478,571   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6 9 9 9
1946 28 BRK NL $ 11,000,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10
1947 29 BRK NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1948 30 BRK NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1949 31 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1950 32 SDP NL $ 10,100,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1951 33 SDP NL $ 10,100,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1952 34 SDP NL $ 10,100,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1953 35 SDP NL $ 10,100,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1954 36 OAK AL $ 705,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 20 AAA   137 519 77 135 32 5 12 57 6 0 78 25 .260 .357 .410 .767 79.3  
1939 21 SDP NL 125 449 50 129 25 5 4 71 3 0 36 16 .287 .335 .392 .727 52.2 7.7
    AAA   2 8 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .375 .444 .875 1.319 2.3  
1940 22 SDP NL 142 567 80 162 31 5 4 58 2 0 40 20 .286 .331 .379 .710 66.7 10.5
1941 23 SDP NL 146 534 88 171 37 8 4 89 5 3 57 13 .320 .386 .442 .828 82.9 17.6
1942 24 SDP NL 141 564 100 182 38 4 13 87 1 0 61 30 .323 .389 .473 .862 92.0 16.9
1943 25 SDP NL 143 487 67 147 34 4 12 94 0 1 56 20 .302 .369 .462 .831 79.2 14.1
1944 26 SDP NL 155 567 91 193 41 3 10 90 6 4 54 22 .340 .397 .476 .873 92.9 23.1
1945 27 SDP NL 150 567 94 165 37 9 12 98 2 2 68 23 .291 .363 .451 .815 85.8 14.9
1946 28 SDP NL 44 135 20 41 10 1 1 15 1 1 12 9 .304 .356 .415 .771 18.1 2.7
  BRK NL 102 388 67 115 25 3 6 58 1 1 40 22 .296 .359 .423 .781 54.5 9.5
  TOT   146 523 87 156 35 4 7 73 2 2 52 31 .298 .358 .421 .779 72.6 12.3
1947 29 BRK NL 149 570 77 184 35 9 7 60 1 0 62 21 .323 .385 .453 .838 91.7 17.9
1948 30 BRK NL 157 606 82 171 38 6 0 71 9 0 68 35 .282 .351 .365 .716 78.1 11.8
1949 31 SDP NL 145 541 66 142 50 5 2 54 2 0 51 34 .262 .326 .384 .710 62.7 8.8
1950 32 SDP NL 147 524 71 147 35 1 4 61 2 2 52 28 .281 .345 .374 .719 61.9 7.8
1951 33 SDP NL 150 545 89 169 36 7 6 105 3 1 52 27 .310 .369 .435 .804 79.5 13.8
1952 34 SDP NL 136 483 60 139 23 5 1 58 0 1 33 48 .288 .333 .362 .696 50.5 5.7
1953 35 SDP NL 27 70 6 17 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 13 .243 .260 .300 .560 5.9 0.3
1954 36 OAK AL 46 74 7 12 2 0 0 4 2 0 6 17 .162 .222 .189 .411 2.9 0.0
16 Years Sim 2105 7671 1115 2286 499 76 86 1075 41 16 750 398 .298 .358 .417 .775 1057.7 183.1
2 Years AAA 139 527 78 138 34 6 12 58 6 0 79 27 .262 .359 .417 .776 81.6  
162 Game Average 590 85 175 38 5 6 82 3 1 57 30 .298 .358 .417 .775 81.4  
Career Highs 157 606 100 193 50 9 13 105 9 4 68 48 .340 .397 .476 .873 92.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4947 738 1484 314 50 63 717 28 7 443 240 .300 .355 .422 .777 718.3
vs LH   2724 377 802 185 26 23 358 13 9 307 158 .294 .365 .407 .772 396.7
Home 1027 3674 542 1116 237 34 38 515 19 8 365 186 .304 .365 .418 .782 543.6
Away 1078 3997 573 1170 262 42 48 560 22 8 385 212 .293 .353 .415 .768 571.3
RISP   1951 0 594 129 19 26 899 0 0 215 103 .304 .362 .430 .792 302.9
Pinch Hitting   99 14 28 5 0 1 19 0 0 13 4 .283 .360 .364 .723 13.6
Close/Late   824 88 246 56 4 5 107 0 0 93 47 .299 .366 .394 .761 118.3
Mar/Apr 365 1333 195 407 82 13 18 177 8 4 119 78 .305 .361 .427 .788 197.2
May 375 1342 218 420 93 12 12 165 5 3 147 75 .313 .379 .427 .806 209.6
June 360 1285 207 393 83 8 20 209 8 2 149 67 .306 .377 .430 .806 203.7
July 341 1285 181 391 86 16 4 158 8 2 109 65 .304 .357 .405 .762 178.9
August 368 1359 173 381 97 21 17 217 9 2 127 64 .280 .338 .420 .758 189.4
Sep/Oct 296 1067 141 294 58 6 15 149 3 3 99 49 .276 .336 .383 .719 136.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1939 21 SDP NL SS 124 119 1053.7 177 518 28 89 .961 5.94   5.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1940 22 SDP NL SS 140 139 1213.0 196 614 23 108 .972 6.01   8.6
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1941 23 SDP NL SS 145 138 1206.3 196 612 31 117 .963 6.03   8.3
1942 24 SDP NL SS 137 136 1199.7 185 558 24 101 .969 5.57   6.0
    2B 4 0 12.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
1943 25 SDP NL SS 122 114 1023.3 187 497 21 86 .970 6.02   5.9
    2B 17 4 60.0 15 25 2 3 .952 6.00   0.2
1944 26 SDP NL 2B 56 51 446.3 105 199 6 48 .981 6.13   1.5
    SS 51 46 424.7 62 188 12 29 .954 5.30   0.7
    1B 44 44 372.0 489 32 7 48 .987 12.60   0.8
1945 27 SDP NL 2B 144 141 1261.0 311 555 13 119 .985 6.18   6.3
    1B 5 0 11.0 15 2 1 0 .944 13.91   0.0
1946 28 SDP NL SS 39 37 273.8 43 133 6 25 .967 5.79   1.0
    2B 2 0 3.6 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.85   0.0
  BRK NL SS 91 85 797.6 124 387 17 72 .968 5.77   4.1
    2B 5 0 10.4 2 7 0 1 1.000 7.79   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.73   0.0
  TOT   SS 130 122 1071.4 167 520 23 97 .968 5.77   5.0
      2B 7 0 14.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 7.71   0.1
      1B 3 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
1947 29 BRK NL SS 145 140 1215.3 188 519 28 104 .962 5.24   5.6
    2B 2 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
1948 30 BRK NL SS 149 144 1298.7 219 590 30 112 .964 5.61   6.5
    2B 5 0 8.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1949 31 SDP NL SS 140 140 1173.3 206 492 23 85 .968 5.35   4.2
    2B 6 0 19.7 2 9 0 1 1.000 5.04   0.1
1950 32 SDP NL SS 142 142 1177.3 182 543 22 95 .971 5.54   6.3
    2B 4 1 14.0 5 4 0 1 1.000 5.79   0.1
    1B 1 1 7.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 19.29   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 33 SDP NL SS 146 144 1227.3 187 527 24 95 .967 5.24   5.6
    2B 4 0 10.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 3.60   0.0
1952 34 SDP NL SS 132 127 1091.0 166 495 21 77 .969 5.45   7.7
    2B 2 1 11.0 5 7 0 1 1.000 9.82   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1953 35 SDP NL SS 17 15 133.0 27 65 1 9 .989 6.23   1.2
    2B 5 4 33.7 7 11 1 0 .947 4.81   0.1
1954 36 OAK AL 2B 16 8 88.7 21 37 1 8 .983 5.89   0.4
    SS 22 5 82.7 11 38 1 8 .980 5.34   0.5
    1B 2 2 16.0 18 1 2 2 .905 10.69   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1742 1671 14590.7 2356 6776 312 1212 .967 5.63   76.9
  2B 275 210 1987.6 481 870 23 187 .983 6.12   9.0
  1B 57 47 414.0 542 37 10 50 .983 12.59   0.9
  3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2078 1928 16998.3 3379 7683 346 1449 .970 5.86   86.8
Career Highs   154 144 1306.7 656 616 31 125 .984 7.78    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 21 SDP NL 5 19 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .263 .333 .368 .702
1940 22 SDP NL 10 38 5 13 4 0 1 11 0 0 2 3 .342 .366 .526 .892
1941 23 SDP NL 10 39 5 8 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 2 .205 .256 .282 .538
1942 24 SDP NL 6 22 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 .318 .375 .364 .739
1946 28 BRK NL 5 21 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .217 .190 .408
1950 32 SDP NL 13 53 6 14 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 4 .264 .304 .396 .700
1951 33 SDP NL 6 22 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .227 .346 .227 .573
Career Post-Season Batting 55 214 22 55 12 3 1 29 0 1 18 15 .257 .312 .355 .667
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1941-5-.320
1942-6-.323
1944-1-.340
1947-2-.323
1951-9-.310
 On-Base Pct
1942-6-.389
1944-7-.397
 Slugging Pct
1942-8-.473
1943-9-.462
 OPS
1942-9-.862
1944-6-.873
 XR
1942-6-92.0
1944-8-92.9
 Games
1944-8-155
1948-3-157
At-Bats
1940-10-567
1947-9-570
1948-5-606
 Runs
1940-9-80
1942-4-100
1945-8-94
 Hits
1941-8-171
1942-7-182
1944-2-193
1947-4-184
 Total Bases
1942-5-267
1944-9-270
1945-10-256
1947-9-258
 Singles
1940-10-122
1941-8-122
1944-2-139
1947-4-133
1948-7-127
CAR-49-1625
 Doubles
1941-4-37
1942-2-38
1943-7-34
1944-3-41
1945-7-37
1946-5-35
1947-8-35
1948-5-38
1949-1-50
1950-4-35
1951-4-36
CAR-30-499
Triples
1941-4-8
1945-2-9
1947-1-9
1948-7-6
1949-9-5
1951-3-7
1952-9-5
CAR-49-76
 RBIs
1941-6-89
1943-10-94
1945-9-98
1951-9-105
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 97    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Lou Klein (884)
  4. Richie Hebner (877)
  5. Stan Hack (856)
  6. Ken Oberkfell (854)
  7. Billy Cox (850)
  8. Phil Rizzuto (846)
  9. Vern Stephens (845)
  10. Denny Walling (842)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by San Diego in 1938
Injured on 8/9/1938 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/2/1939, off Chubby Dean (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1939, off Jim Winford (CIN)
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1940
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/15/1941
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/16/1941
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1941, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1941
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/6/1942
Injured on 4/27/1942 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Injured on 7/17/1942 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1944, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 7/19/1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,478,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Injured on 7/6/1945 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
9/22/1945: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $11,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 6/1/1946 (Going to BRK: 2B Lou Boudreau. Going to SDP: SS Tommy Brown, LF Tommy Tatum, LF Charlie Gilbert)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1946
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1947, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/26/1947 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 6/22/1947
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 8/18/1947
Injured on 9/30/1947 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 6/16/1948
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1948, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: SS Lou Boudreau. Going to BRK: 2B Bobby Hofman, 2B Wayne Terwilliger, SS Tommy Brown)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/14/1950 to a 4-year deal worth $10,100,000 per year
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 4/8/1951
Had 2000th career hit on 5/30/1951, off Bill Wight (MON)
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Drove in 8 runs against St. Louis on 9/10/1951
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1952
Injured on 7/17/1953 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/8/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $705,000 per year
 
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