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Lonny
Frey		  
Nickname: Junior
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 23, 1910 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1936    1942   
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
1933 22 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1934 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1935 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1936 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1937 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1938 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1939 28 NYA AL $ 2,485,714   6 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
1940 29 NYA AL $ 2,485,714   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
1941 30 DET AL $ 2,310,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
1942 31 DET AL $ 2,310,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
1943 32 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 6 7 8 8
1944 33 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 8 8
1945 34 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 7 6 7 8 8
1946 35 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1947 36 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,485,714   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
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
1933 22 AAA   129 533 95 148 29 7 8 53 15 11 78 33 .278 .370 .403 .773 80.4  
1934 23 AAA   91 364 62 109 18 3 6 49 14 4 76 29 .299 .420 .415 .835 68.3  
1935 24 NYA AL 48 143 27 39 6 3 1 19 2 0 18 10 .273 .352 .378 .729 20.5 3.3
    AAA   105 376 77 117 12 4 3 34 15 7 73 38 .311 .423 .388 .811 66.5  
1936 25 NYA AL 146 478 50 121 29 4 2 71 6 3 54 41 .253 .326 .343 .669 56.4 7.3
1937 26 NYA AL 126 403 60 118 16 2 3 59 9 2 42 33 .293 .360 .365 .725 50.1 8.1
1938 27 NYA AL 149 502 59 149 32 6 7 79 5 3 60 48 .297 .370 .426 .796 75.4 14.0
1939 28 NYA AL 95 207 30 56 11 1 1 27 1 1 26 22 .271 .350 .348 .698 25.8 4.3
1940 29 NYA AL 112 315 44 88 15 3 4 40 6 5 27 33 .279 .336 .384 .720 37.9 6.1
1941 30 NYA AL 46 150 19 41 15 1 2 20 1 2 18 7 .273 .349 .427 .776 20.9 3.2
  DET AL 91 292 40 78 17 3 3 44 3 4 48 21 .267 .368 .377 .745 40.6 5.7
  TOT   137 442 59 119 32 4 5 64 4 6 66 28 .269 .362 .394 .756 61.5 9.0
1942 31 DET AL 138 490 66 142 23 6 6 55 4 6 58 52 .290 .363 .398 .761 67.7 9.0
1943 32 MIN AL 108 104 17 24 6 0 0 16 1 0 18 13 .231 .344 .288 .633 11.3 1.0
1944 33 MIN AL 39 66 11 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 11 6 .227 .338 .258 .595 6.7 0.6
    AAA   72 206 32 57 11 0 2 24 8 7 42 14 .277 .399 .359 .758 32.0  
1945 34 MIN AL 67 49 10 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 9 6 .184 .317 .224 .541 3.8 0.0
1946 35 MIN AL 69 65 4 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 5 .200 .257 .246 .503 3.1 0.0
1947 36 AAA   104 209 42 55 12 1 5 28 10 4 45 24 .263 .394 .402 .796 36.4  
12 Years Sim 1234 3264 437 893 177 29 29 440 39 26 394 297 .274 .350 .372 .723 420.2 62.5
5 Years AAA 501 1688 308 486 82 15 24 188 62 33 314 138 .288 .400 .397 .797 283.7  
162 Game Average 428 57 117 23 3 3 57 5 3 51 38 .274 .350 .372 .723 55.2  
Career Highs 149 502 66 149 32 6 7 79 9 6 66 52 .297 .370 .426 .796 75.4  
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   2743 370 771 144 24 27 387 34 22 341 247 .281 .359 .381 .740 381.2
vs LH   521 67 122 33 5 2 53 5 4 53 50 .234 .304 .328 .632 52.2
Home 612 1571 204 429 82 16 15 220 23 11 185 153 .273 .348 .374 .722 209.2
Away 622 1693 233 464 95 13 14 220 16 15 209 144 .274 .353 .370 .723 224.2
RISP   914 0 277 47 11 14 388 0 0 122 85 .303 .379 .425 .804 148.3
Pinch Hitting   209 26 49 13 0 0 28 1 0 32 19 .234 .339 .297 .635 23.1
Close/Late   419 67 119 18 6 4 58 0 0 51 40 .284 .360 .384 .744 59.0
Mar/Apr 219 607 75 162 27 2 6 76 11 7 76 64 .267 .347 .348 .695 76.5
May 194 510 64 143 29 5 3 67 6 4 68 40 .280 .361 .375 .735 71.1
June 181 493 69 137 33 1 5 74 4 2 51 43 .278 .345 .379 .724 64.2
July 179 507 51 133 23 6 2 73 7 8 54 43 .262 .333 .343 .676 57.8
August 231 566 82 158 32 9 6 68 5 3 60 52 .279 .348 .399 .747 77.7
Sep/Oct 230 581 96 160 33 6 7 82 6 2 85 55 .275 .367 .389 .756 86.0
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
1935 24 NYA AL 2B 41 40 335.7 90 166 4 37 .985 6.86   1.5
    SS 7 5 46.0 10 22 1 4 .970 6.26   0.2
1936 25 NYA AL 2B 136 136 1177.7 329 548 13 134 .985 6.70   5.0
    SS 7 4 41.7 6 21 3 5 .900 5.83   0.2
1937 26 NYA AL 2B 121 111 980.3 233 429 14 93 .979 6.08   3.2
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1938 27 NYA AL 2B 146 139 1216.7 280 508 26 109 .968 5.83   2.9
    SS 2 2 16.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
1939 28 NYA AL 2B 49 37 342.0 86 133 7 32 .969 5.76   1.1
    SS 22 14 149.7 18 66 3 11 .966 5.05   0.5
1940 29 NYA AL 2B 52 44 394.0 93 171 7 38 .974 6.03   1.7
    SS 41 24 236.0 34 94 13 18 .908 4.88   0.7
    3B 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 30 NYA AL 2B 44 40 357.7 89 183 5 37 .982 6.84   1.6
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  DET AL 2B 86 79 721.7 179 369 11 75 .980 6.83   3.6
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  TOT   2B 130 119 1079.4 268 552 16 112 .981 6.84   5.2
      SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1942 31 DET AL 2B 132 123 1134.3 256 552 17 124 .979 6.41   7.8
1943 32 MIN AL 2B 44 3 109.7 37 54 3 15 .968 7.47   0.4
    SS 23 2 62.0 12 25 3 4 .925 5.37   0.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1944 33 MIN AL 2B 19 14 130.0 42 66 0 14 1.000 7.48   0.5
    SS 5 1 20.0 4 9 1 1 .929 5.85   0.1
1945 34 MIN AL SS 7 2 27.0 7 12 1 5 .950 6.33   0.2
    2B 3 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1946 35 MIN AL SS 14 4 52.0 9 23 3 3 .914 5.54   0.2
    2B 6 2 22.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 6.14   0.1
  2B 879 768 6923.7 1719 3190 107 709 .979 6.38   29.3
  SS 131 58 655.3 103 284 28 53 .933 5.31   2.4
  3B 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
Career Totals   1014 826 7584.7 1826 3474 135 762 .975 6.29   31.7
Career Highs   148 141 1232.7 335 569 26 139 .992 7.26    
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
1937 26 NYA AL 6 18 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .167 .286 .167 .452
1939 28 NYA AL 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000
1941 30 DET AL 10 29 4 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 1 .241 .343 .310 .653
Career Post-Season Batting 20 51 8 13 2 1 0 7 1 0 8 3 .255 .350 .333 .683
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.
Stolen Bases
1936-6-6
1937-6-9
 Caught Stealing
1936-10-3
1940-7-5
1941-10-6
1942-10-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Fresco Thompson (955)
  5. Stu Martin (952)
  6. Bernie Allen (951)
  7. Damaso Garcia (949)
  8. Red Schoendienst (942)
  9. Charlie Gehringer (941)
  10. Ron Theobald (937)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1933
Injured on 5/12/1933 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/15/1933 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/17/1934 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Traded from New York (G) to New York (A) on 6/16/1935 (Going to NYG: P Danny Macfayden, P Bud Tinning. Going to NYA: P Thornton Lee, 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Kent Greenfield, RF Beauty Mcgowan)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1935, off Tex Carleton (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/23/1935, off Rip Sewell (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1936
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 5/25/1937
Injured on 4/20/1938 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,485,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,485,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,310,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 6/1/1941 (Going to DET: 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey. Going to NYA: RF Beau Bell, 3B Warren Huston)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1942, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 7 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1942
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/3/1943 (Going to MIN: LF Don Padgett, LF Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Dutch Leonard. Going to DET: 1B George Mcquinn, P Cy Blanton)
 
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