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Red
Kress		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 2, 1907 in Usa, CA, COLUMBIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1934    1935    1938   
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 MON NL $ 1,278,571   46 46 48 31 31 31 76 72 73 41 38 39 89 87 88
1931 24 MON NL $ 1,892,857   5 5 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1932 25 CLE AL $ 1,892,857   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1933 26 CLE AL $ 4,750,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1934 27 CLE AL $ 4,750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1935 28 CLE AL $ 4,750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1936 29 CLE AL $ 4,750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1937 30 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 9 9
1938 31 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 9 9
1939 32 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1940 33 OAK AL $ 1,000,001   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1941 34 OAK AL $ 1,000,001   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1943 36 SDP NL $ 600,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,750,000   46 46 48 31 31 31 76 72 73 41 38 39 89 87 88
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 MON NL 145 513 57 137 26 9 11 70 5 5 43 25 .267 .323 .417 .740 63.5 10.8
1931 24 MON NL 148 504 59 135 24 1 8 77 0 0 41 15 .268 .322 .367 .689 53.4 6.1
1932 25 MON NL 28 83 15 26 6 3 2 15 0 0 6 8 .313 .356 .530 .886 13.8 2.8
  CLE AL 108 367 44 94 16 5 7 49 0 0 27 18 .256 .303 .384 .688 41.9 3.8
  TOT   136 450 59 120 22 8 9 64 0 0 33 26 .267 .313 .411 .724 55.7 6.5
1933 26 CLE AL 144 503 65 144 33 5 2 58 1 0 34 34 .286 .331 .384 .715 56.5 7.4
1934 27 CLE AL 146 544 62 140 33 4 9 59 0 0 39 32 .257 .307 .382 .689 58.6 5.1
1935 28 CLE AL 150 499 58 136 23 6 14 76 0 0 36 24 .273 .320 .427 .747 64.0 8.6
1936 29 CLE AL 157 514 60 143 36 3 5 58 0 0 42 35 .278 .331 .389 .720 59.1 6.2
1937 30 CLE AL 136 432 38 104 17 2 9 53 0 0 28 20 .241 .287 .352 .639 40.6 3.3
1938 31 CLE AL 151 488 43 101 31 5 5 42 1 0 34 31 .207 .256 .322 .578 33.2 0.0
1939 32 CLE AL 146 461 40 108 17 4 4 39 0 0 31 37 .234 .280 .315 .594 38.6 0.9
1940 33 OAK AL 45 72 4 18 3 1 1 6 0 0 2 3 .250 .270 .361 .631 6.6 0.7
1941 34 OAK AL 42 58 5 9 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 7 .155 .197 .241 .438 1.1 0.0
1942 35 NYG NL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
    AAA   99 343 42 96 28 2 5 61 1 2 18 29 .280 .316 .417 .733 41.9  
1943 36 SDP NL 73 206 19 49 12 2 0 22 1 0 20 32 .238 .304 .316 .619 19.3 1.5
14 Years Sim 1622 5245 569 1345 280 51 77 626 8 5 386 321 .256 .306 .373 .679 550.5 57.5
1 Years AAA 99 343 42 96 28 2 5 61 1 2 18 29 .280 .314 .417 .731 41.9  
162 Game Average 523 56 134 27 5 7 62 0 0 38 32 .256 .306 .373 .679 55.0  
Career Highs 157 544 65 144 36 9 14 77 5 5 43 37 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 64.0  
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   3509 362 858 184 36 56 425 4 2 230 226 .245 .290 .365 .655 365.3
vs LH   1736 207 487 96 15 21 201 4 3 156 95 .281 .338 .389 .728 225.4
Home 821 2601 288 661 140 33 39 324 6 3 193 170 .254 .303 .378 .682 295.3
Away 801 2644 281 684 140 18 38 302 2 2 193 151 .259 .309 .368 .677 295.4
RISP   1334 0 323 69 17 21 505 0 0 102 73 .242 .289 .367 .656 143.2
Pinch Hitting   89 8 23 4 2 0 7 0 0 4 7 .258 .290 .348 .639 8.5
Close/Late   475 45 118 23 2 7 53 0 0 30 27 .248 .293 .349 .642 47.6
Mar/Apr 251 795 90 224 49 8 11 107 0 1 64 52 .282 .334 .405 .739 104.1
May 278 908 100 228 47 8 13 105 3 1 61 47 .251 .296 .363 .659 96.6
June 276 880 88 204 40 4 16 102 1 1 60 48 .232 .280 .341 .621 83.4
July 280 920 94 225 51 11 9 103 0 0 68 69 .245 .295 .353 .648 94.5
August 288 924 100 249 54 11 12 115 4 1 75 54 .269 .323 .391 .714 114.7
Sep/Oct 249 818 97 215 39 9 16 94 0 1 58 51 .263 .310 .391 .702 97.5
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 MON NL SS 138 136 1162.7 220 518 33 105 .957 5.71   4.4
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 3 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1931 24 MON NL SS 147 143 1230.3 212 546 39 105 .951 5.54   7.6
1932 25 MON NL SS 28 26 197.8 30 87 6 16 .951 5.32   1.1
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CLE AL SS 106 102 885.8 137 387 26 69 .953 5.32   5.0
    3B 1 0 2.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  TOT   SS 134 128 1083.6 167 474 32 85 .952 5.32   6.1
      3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1933 26 CLE AL SS 143 139 1164.0 199 543 34 114 .956 5.74   5.7
1934 27 CLE AL SS 142 141 1212.0 252 552 40 128 .953 5.97   5.6
    3B 2 2 17.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.18   0.1
1935 28 CLE AL SS 149 143 1222.0 240 583 42 125 .951 6.06   6.9
1936 29 CLE AL SS 152 142 1207.0 226 570 42 131 .950 5.94   6.7
    RF 4 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1937 30 CLE AL SS 127 120 999.7 187 488 26 107 .963 6.08   6.7
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 31 CLE AL SS 151 147 1192.3 228 563 39 111 .953 5.97   5.3
1939 32 CLE AL SS 144 142 1162.7 173 574 29 100 .963 5.78   4.9
    1B 1 0 8.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 14.63   0.0
1940 33 OAK AL SS 15 7 68.0 11 27 2 5 .950 5.03   0.3
    2B 2 2 18.0 3 11 1 0 .933 7.00   0.1
    3B 4 2 17.3 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.67   0.2
    1B 3 2 17.0 22 1 0 4 1.000 12.18   0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1941 34 OAK AL 2B 5 5 39.0 11 20 0 5 1.000 7.15   0.2
    SS 6 3 29.7 7 10 0 2 1.000 5.16   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 21.62   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1942 35 NYG NL SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1943 36 SDP NL SS 35 31 254.7 40 126 9 26 .949 5.87   1.3
    3B 34 26 234.7 21 81 4 12 .962 3.91   1.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1485 1422 11991.6 2163 5575 367 1144 .955 5.81   61.6
  3B 46 30 282.7 26 98 4 13 .969 3.95   1.4
  2B 8 7 60.0 15 33 1 5 .980 7.20   0.3
  1B 12 2 33.3 47 3 0 4 1.000 13.50   0.1
  RF 9 0 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.1
  CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1561 1461 12390.5 2258 5709 372 1166 .955 5.79   63.4
Career Highs   157 147 1230.3 254 583 42 131 1.000 6.96    
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
1940 33 OAK AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Games
1936-5-157
 Triples
1930-4-9
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Dave Rosello (926)
  7. Jack Lohrke (926)
  8. Jose Cardenal (925)
  9. Bob Kennedy (924)
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History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1930, off Bill Walker (CIN)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (B) on 9/13/1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 5/16/1932 (Going to CLE: SS Red Kress, P Milt Shoffner. Going to MON: P Harry Hulihan)
10/9/1932: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1934
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1935
10/2/1936: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1938
Injured on 9/1/1939 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/5/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,001 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1942 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/25/1943 to a 2-year deal worth $600,000 per year
 
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