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Joe
Cronin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 12, 1906 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1936   
All-Star Selections 1931    1935    1936    1938    1939    1941   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 CHA AL $ 5,128,571   63 63 68 50 47 48 89 80 83 59 50 53 89 86 87
1931 24 CHA AL $ 6,640,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1932 25 NYG NL $ 6,640,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1933 26 MIN AL $ 6,640,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1934 27 TAM AL $ 6,640,000   8 8 8 6 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1935 28 TAM AL $ 6,640,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 6 6 9 9 9
1936 29 TAM AL $ 6,640,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 10 9 9 6 5 5 9 9 9
1937 30 TAM AL $ 6,640,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1938 31 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 5 8 8 8
1939 32 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8
1940 33 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1941 34 MON NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 4 3 4 8 8 8
1942 35 MON NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 4 3 3 7 6 7 4 3 4 7 7 7
1943 36 MON NL $ 3,350,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1944 37 MON NL $ 3,350,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 3 4 7 6 6
1945 38 SDP NL $ 3,350,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 3 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,350,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,640,000   63 63 68 50 47 48 89 80 83 59 50 53 89 86 87
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
1930 23 CHA AL 154 604 106 190 41 9 13 89 0 0 54 23 .315 .370 .477 .847 90.9 15.1
1931 24 CHA AL 153 601 87 196 47 7 13 101 0 0 43 36 .326 .367 .493 .859 97.3 18.9
1932 25 NYG NL 147 568 81 162 30 4 9 79 3 2 62 29 .285 .355 .400 .755 75.3 11.5
1933 26 NYG NL 36 133 16 31 4 4 1 20 1 0 11 13 .233 .288 .346 .634 13.4 1.3
  MIN AL 113 387 59 128 31 4 7 78 2 1 37 28 .331 .387 .486 .873 66.8 12.7
  TOT   149 520 75 159 35 8 8 98 3 1 48 41 .306 .362 .450 .812 80.1 14.0
1934 27 MIN AL 75 283 49 86 16 3 5 40 0 0 35 14 .304 .381 .435 .816 45.3 8.8
  TAM AL 67 272 55 84 24 3 9 35 0 0 30 18 .309 .378 .518 .897 48.9 9.5
  TOT   142 555 104 170 40 6 14 75 0 0 65 32 .306 .380 .476 .855 94.3 18.3
1935 28 TAM AL 156 619 104 203 35 7 17 92 6 5 59 37 .328 .386 .489 .875 104.0 19.8
1936 29 TAM AL 154 617 92 213 58 9 14 100 0 0 62 27 .345 .403 .536 .939 115.1 25.0
1937 30 TAM AL 154 641 88 165 34 10 11 65 0 0 41 61 .257 .300 .393 .693 72.2 9.0
1938 31 TAM AL 153 642 107 179 34 9 14 78 0 0 44 67 .279 .327 .425 .752 80.6 12.7
1939 32 TAM AL 155 606 99 182 34 11 8 68 0 0 53 60 .300 .358 .432 .790 86.4 18.5
1940 33 TAM AL 146 624 106 191 32 10 17 91 1 0 43 57 .306 .352 .471 .823 94.5 18.7
1941 34 MON NL 152 609 97 194 34 6 12 87 0 0 35 62 .319 .358 .453 .811 88.6 17.5
1942 35 MON NL 145 543 78 156 36 6 6 66 0 0 44 70 .287 .341 .409 .750 71.2 12.8
1943 36 MON NL 150 535 70 145 19 4 7 51 0 1 26 75 .271 .303 .361 .664 55.1 7.0
1944 37 MON NL 130 421 64 115 15 10 8 56 0 0 27 71 .273 .315 .413 .728 52.6 8.0
1945 38 SDP NL 96 261 32 71 8 2 3 28 0 0 23 42 .272 .331 .352 .684 29.7 3.8
16 Years Sim 2336 8966 1390 2691 532 118 174 1224 13 9 729 790 .300 .352 .444 .796 1287.7 230.5
162 Game Average 621 96 186 36 8 12 84 0 0 50 54 .300 .352 .444 .796 89.3  
Career Highs 156 642 107 213 58 11 17 101 6 5 65 75 .345 .403 .536 .939 115.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6037 913 1751 354 86 101 785 6 7 443 545 .290 .338 .427 .766 832.8
vs LH   2903 476 935 176 32 73 436 7 2 284 245 .322 .381 .480 .861 500.4
Home 1165 4343 670 1291 249 48 81 601 6 4 357 369 .297 .350 .433 .782 630.5
Away 1164 4597 719 1395 281 70 93 620 7 5 370 421 .303 .355 .456 .811 702.6
RISP   2211 0 670 128 25 49 957 0 0 225 197 .303 .362 .450 .812 351.3
Pinch Hitting   98 12 23 4 2 0 14 0 0 14 10 .235 .325 .316 .641 11.0
Close/Late   964 180 307 56 14 19 126 0 0 115 72 .318 .390 .465 .855 167.3
Mar/Apr 373 1415 223 413 75 18 25 181 4 2 141 139 .292 .355 .423 .778 208.0
May 398 1552 271 474 87 23 34 209 0 1 122 114 .305 .357 .457 .814 238.2
June 368 1391 215 419 86 16 35 212 4 2 119 135 .301 .356 .462 .818 217.2
July 383 1491 228 464 102 19 38 232 1 2 119 128 .311 .362 .482 .843 241.8
August 419 1615 248 497 100 19 20 212 2 2 124 144 .308 .356 .430 .786 234.1
Sep/Oct 388 1476 204 419 80 23 22 175 2 0 102 130 .284 .329 .414 .743 193.8
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
1930 23 CHA AL SS 152 144 1306.7 214 605 34 122 .960 5.64   7.3
1931 24 CHA AL SS 151 149 1319.3 220 639 33 124 .963 5.86   6.5
1932 25 NYG NL SS 145 138 1240.0 205 591 44 120 .948 5.78   4.6
1933 26 NYG NL SS 35 32 301.5 52 133 10 24 .949 5.52   0.9
    RF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MIN AL SS 109 102 885.9 152 390 31 69 .946 5.51   4.2
    RF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 144 134 1187.4 204 523 41 93 .947 5.51   5.1
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1934 27 MIN AL SS 74 71 615.2 91 252 18 45 .950 5.02   2.5
    2B 1 1 4.8 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.0
  TAM AL SS 66 64 584.7 86 240 17 42 .950 5.02   3.4
    2B 0 0 4.6 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
  TOT   SS 140 135 1199.9 177 492 35 87 .950 5.02   5.9
      2B 1 1 9.4 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.83   0.0
1935 28 TAM AL SS 153 145 1301.3 226 572 30 121 .964 5.52   9.4
1936 29 TAM AL SS 152 148 1344.3 219 647 35 121 .961 5.80   11.5
1937 30 TAM AL SS 151 146 1304.7 188 559 35 93 .955 5.15   7.0
1938 31 TAM AL SS 151 149 1354.7 187 568 32 89 .959 5.02   6.8
1939 32 TAM AL SS 151 148 1309.7 185 530 35 88 .953 4.91   6.4
1940 33 TAM AL SS 144 143 1261.7 204 518 31 91 .959 5.15   5.4
1941 34 MON NL SS 151 140 1261.0 190 524 32 109 .957 5.10   6.1
1942 35 MON NL SS 144 134 1200.0 179 488 21 105 .969 5.00   5.3
1943 36 MON NL SS 149 142 1208.3 214 489 31 89 .958 5.24   4.1
1944 37 MON NL SS 122 115 986.7 158 437 28 73 .955 5.43   2.9
    CF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 38 SDP NL SS 87 64 608.0 96 246 19 48 .947 5.06   2.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2287 2174 19393.6 3066 8428 516 1573 .957 5.33   96.3
  2B 1 1 9.4 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.83   0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2291 2175 19410.0 3071 8430 516 1573 .957 5.33   96.3
Career Highs   153 149 1354.7 226 647 44 124 .969 5.86    
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
1930 23 CHA AL 10 41 3 13 5 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .317 .326 .488 .813
1934 27 TAM AL 7 26 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .192 .241 .269 .511
1938 31 TAM AL 5 20 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 .250 .348 .400 .748
1941 34 MON NL 5 22 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .227 .409
Career Post-Season Batting 27 109 8 27 9 2 0 8 0 0 6 9 .248 .282 .367 .649
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
1936-2-.345
1941-6-.319
 On-Base Pct
1936-3-.403
 Slugging Pct
1935-6-.489
1936-5-.536
 OPS
1935-6-.875
1936-3-.939
 XR
1934-10-94.3
1935-4-104.0
1936-3-115.1
1941-7-88.6
 Games
1935-7-156
CAR-42-2336
At-Bats
1935-4-619
1936-8-617
1937-1-641
1938-2-642
1939-4-606
1940-1-624
1941-1-609
CAR-25-8966
 Runs
1934-6-104
1938-7-107
1939-7-99
1940-5-106
1941-4-97
CAR-39-1390
 Hits
1931-8-196
1935-2-203
1936-1-213
1939-8-182
1940-3-191
1941-2-194
CAR-17-2691
 Total Bases
1935-3-303
1936-3-331
1940-7-294
1941-3-276
CAR-42-3981
 Singles
1935-6-144
1936-8-132
1939-6-129
1940-7-132
1941-4-142
CAR-14-1867
 Doubles
1931-5-47
1934-5-40
1936-2-58
1941-7-34
1942-3-36
CAR-19-532
Triples
1930-4-9
1936-6-9
1937-5-10
1938-7-9
1939-2-11
1940-3-10
1944-1-10
CAR-7-118
 Homeruns
1935-10-17
 RBIs
1936-8-100
1941-9-87
 Stolen Bases
1935-9-6
 Caught Stealing
1935-4-5
 Walks
1932-5-62
Strikeouts
1942-9-70
1943-7-75
1944-10-71
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1930, off Bobo Newsom (ATL)
4/16/1930: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $6,640,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1930, off Les Howe (SEP)
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
4/6/1933: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $6,640,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (G) to Minnesota on 5/16/1933 (Going to MIN: SS Joe Cronin, P Hal Wiltse, P Bill Snyder. Going to NYG: P Jim Mooney, P Charlie Devens, 2B Carl Lind, P Jess Doyle, LF Heinie Mueller)
Injured on 6/3/1934 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 7/16/1934 (Going to MIN: P Cy Blanton, CF Sammy Byrd, SS Charlie Hollocher, P Walter Beall, P Hugh Canavan. Going to TAM: SS Joe Cronin, P Dave Keefe)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1934, hitting .333 with 7 HR, 16 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1935, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1935, hitting .377 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 6/12/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1936, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1936, hitting .429 with 6 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/29/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1936, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1936
6/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 8/18/1939
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1939, hitting .519 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 9/25/1940, off Vern Kennedy (BOS)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Montreal on 3/3/1941 (Going to MON: SS Joe Cronin. Going to TAM: SS Joe Gantenbein)
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1942, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/29/1942 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
10/13/1942: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,350,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Montreal to San Diego on 2/3/1945 (Going to MON: CF Ernie Sulik. Going to SDP: P Vito Tamulis, P Marius Russo, CF Milt Byrnes, SS Joe Cronin)
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,000,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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