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Lou
Stringer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 188
 
Born: May 13, 1917 in Usa, MI, GRAND RAPIDS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1949   
All-Star Selections 1947    1950   
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
1941 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
1942 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
1943 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
1944 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1945 28 CIN NL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1946 29 CIN NL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1947 30 CIN NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1948 31 CIN NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1949 32 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1950 33 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1951 34 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1952 35 SDP NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1953 36 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
1954 37 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
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
1941 24 CIN NL 69 242 34 65 11 2 2 20 0 0 28 40 .269 .344 .355 .700 29.3 4.0
    AAA   81 310 55 95 25 3 7 46 5 3 49 47 .306 .401 .474 .875 57.2  
1942 25 CIN NL 125 393 56 111 16 6 4 50 0 0 45 65 .282 .355 .384 .739 51.3 8.7
1943 26 CIN NL 132 306 43 79 13 5 6 30 0 0 25 37 .258 .313 .392 .705 36.5 4.8
1944 27 CIN NL 139 423 77 129 30 4 9 51 1 0 58 68 .305 .388 .459 .847 71.2 15.4
1945 28 CIN NL 122 363 52 101 24 2 2 29 0 0 53 48 .278 .368 .372 .740 49.1 8.9
1946 29 CIN NL 119 314 47 96 12 2 5 37 0 0 42 44 .306 .387 .404 .791 44.7 6.5
1947 30 CIN NL 123 396 76 117 23 2 14 62 0 0 47 55 .295 .370 .470 .840 64.5 11.3
1948 31 CIN NL 90 231 42 65 10 4 5 27 0 0 41 32 .281 .388 .424 .813 39.3 7.2
1949 32 TAM AL 155 570 89 162 36 8 10 108 0 0 102 72 .284 .392 .428 .820 90.7 14.1
1950 33 TAM AL 154 578 81 174 37 4 9 102 0 0 79 68 .301 .383 .426 .809 88.3 14.7
1951 34 TAM AL 26 104 17 24 3 0 0 8 1 0 13 17 .231 .316 .260 .576 8.9 0.2
  NYG NL 130 460 91 119 26 2 15 60 5 0 72 68 .259 .359 .422 .781 70.9 9.2
  TOT   156 564 108 143 29 2 15 68 6 0 85 85 .254 .351 .392 .743 79.8 9.4
1952 35 SDP NL 155 569 92 184 43 5 14 83 0 0 76 81 .323 .403 .490 .894 104.0 19.8
1953 36 SDP NL 75 249 27 62 15 2 4 33 0 0 29 57 .249 .329 .373 .702 29.4 3.3
  CLE AL 54 182 19 35 4 0 1 6 0 0 18 42 .192 .264 .231 .494 10.4 0.0
  TOT   129 431 46 97 19 2 5 39 0 0 47 99 .225 .301 .313 .615 39.8 3.3
    AAA   23 76 6 16 5 0 0 3 2 1 3 13 .211 .241 .276 .517 4.4  
1954 37 CLE AL 59 60 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 14 .117 .206 .133 .339 1.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 1727 5440 847 1530 304 48 100 711 7 0 735 808 .281 .366 .410 .776 789.7 128.1
2 Years AAA 104 386 61 111 30 3 7 49 7 4 52 60 .288 .374 .435 .809 61.6  
162 Game Average 510 79 143 28 4 9 66 0 0 68 75 .281 .366 .410 .776 74.1  
Career Highs 156 578 108 184 43 8 15 108 6 0 102 99 .323 .403 .490 .894 104.0  
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   2988 448 857 183 31 47 432 5 0 389 421 .287 .368 .416 .784 458.3
vs LH   2452 399 673 121 17 53 279 2 0 346 387 .274 .364 .403 .766 369.3
Home 853 2599 415 712 142 19 52 317 6 0 351 418 .274 .359 .403 .763 385.6
Away 874 2841 432 818 162 29 48 394 1 0 384 390 .288 .372 .416 .788 442.0
RISP   1376 0 376 78 15 23 554 0 0 219 215 .273 .369 .402 .771 213.3
Pinch Hitting   223 32 63 6 5 2 29 0 0 38 32 .283 .384 .381 .765 35.0
Close/Late   646 94 190 36 9 14 84 0 0 76 95 .294 .367 .443 .810 103.0
Mar/Apr 281 926 145 268 50 10 17 134 0 0 136 150 .289 .378 .420 .798 149.5
May 301 925 146 259 50 6 19 126 1 0 131 137 .280 .369 .409 .778 142.4
June 294 909 131 249 46 9 14 117 0 0 116 135 .274 .355 .391 .746 128.7
July 266 851 139 250 50 5 19 116 3 0 114 108 .294 .378 .431 .810 138.2
August 302 968 151 271 62 12 18 127 2 0 126 142 .280 .362 .425 .787 148.8
Sep/Oct 283 861 135 233 46 6 13 91 1 0 112 136 .271 .353 .383 .737 120.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1941 24 CIN NL 1B 47 44 382.3 439 37 2 53 .996 11.20 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 19 15 137.0 27 62 3 11 .967 5.85 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1942 25 CIN NL 2B 86 81 718.3 175 289 13 68 .973 5.81 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    1B 24 22 192.0 217 17 1 20 .996 10.97 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1943 26 CIN NL 1B 48 47 400.0 473 37 3 50 .994 11.48 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 30 27 239.3 49 98 4 20 .974 5.53 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1944 27 CIN NL 1B 112 110 959.3 1193 78 7 108 .995 11.92 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 10 2 31.0 8 12 0 3 1.000 5.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 28 CIN NL 1B 91 87 749.3 903 61 4 94 .996 11.58 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 20 7 81.7 18 46 3 10 .955 7.05 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1946 29 CIN NL 1B 86 61 563.7 686 48 4 63 .995 11.72 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 11 8 74.3 15 26 0 6 1.000 4.96 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1947 30 CIN NL 2B 58 56 501.3 111 211 6 40 .982 5.78 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 55 44 396.7 496 36 3 47 .994 12.07 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1948 31 CIN NL 1B 75 64 579.0 674 53 10 69 .986 11.30 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 1 1 1 .667 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 32 TAM AL 2B 151 149 1340.3 340 579 25 112 .974 6.17 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    1B 1 0 6.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 33 TAM AL 2B 150 150 1334.0 333 569 20 151 .978 6.09 0 0 .000 0 9.3
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 34 TAM AL 2B 25 25 224.6 53 98 4 24 .974 6.05 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 2 0 4.8 7 1 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL 2B 124 123 1031.7 243 452 21 109 .971 6.06 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 10 0 22.2 32 2 0 5 1.000 13.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 149 148 1256.3 296 550 25 133 .971 6.06   4.5
      1B 12 0 27.0 39 3 0 6 1.000 14.00   0.1
      CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 35 SDP NL 2B 114 112 989.7 246 434 21 84 .970 6.18 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 35 34 310.7 415 24 5 37 .989 12.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1953 36 SDP NL 2B 51 47 400.9 91 174 9 41 .967 5.95 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 22 22 182.4 221 17 2 19 .992 11.74 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  CLE AL 2B 37 34 287.8 66 125 7 29 .965 5.97 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 15 15 130.9 158 13 1 14 .994 11.76 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  TOT   2B 88 81 688.7 157 299 16 70 .966 5.96   3.1
      1B 37 37 313.3 379 30 3 33 .993 11.75   0.7
1954 37 CLE AL 2B 51 13 179.0 44 77 3 18 .976 6.08 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 5 1 13.0 13 2 0 1 1.000 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 940 849 7578.0 1820 3253 140 727 .973 6.02 0 0 .000 0 32.7
  1B 631 551 4897.3 5943 427 42 583 .993 11.71 0 0 .000 0 10.7
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1574 1400 12481.2 7763 3680 182 1310 .984 8.25 0 0 .000 0 43.5
Career Highs   163 150 1346.3 1201 580 26 151 .995 11.73 0 0 .000 0  
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
1942 25 CIN NL 10 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .042 .000 .042
1943 26 CIN NL 11 23 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .174 .296 .217 .514
1944 27 CIN NL 11 39 9 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 6 9 .256 .356 .359 .715
1945 28 CIN NL 5 19 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .053 .136 .105 .242
1946 29 CIN NL 11 45 7 16 5 2 1 12 0 0 1 5 .356 .370 .622 .992
1947 30 CIN NL 10 40 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 .150 .209 .225 .434
1948 31 CIN NL 7 27 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .185 .267 .222 .489
1949 32 TAM AL 11 35 6 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 11 6 .314 .468 .371 .840
Career Post-Season Batting 76 251 34 53 14 2 2 27 0 0 31 53 .211 .296 .307 .603
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
1952-2-.323
 On-Base Pct
1952-9-.403
 OPS
1952-9-.894
 XR
1952-10-104.0
 Games
1949-10-155
1952-8-155
 At-Bats
1952-8-569
Hits
1952-2-184
 Total Bases
1952-7-279
 Singles
1950-6-124
1952-9-122
 Doubles
1952-2-43
 Triples
1949-8-8
1952-9-5
 Walks
1949-5-102
Strikeouts
1949-10-72
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Lefebvre (930)
  2. Paul Schaal (928)
  3. Johnny Lucadello (922)
  4. Bobby Grich (920)
  5. Marty Martinez (918)
  6. Bump Wills (911)
  7. Johnny Hodapp (911)
  8. Pinky Higgins (911)
  9. Jim Bucher (911)
  10. Tommy Glaviano (901)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 50th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1941
Had first career hit on 7/5/1941, off Dutch Leonard (DET)
Injured on 7/11/1941 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1941, off Johnny Vander meer (BSN)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1949 (Going to TAM: P Harry Brecheen, P Max Lanier, 1B Lou Stringer. Going to CIN: 2B Babe Barna, P Howie Krist)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/13/1949
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1949
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
9/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Joe Demaestri, CF Johnny Hopp, 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer. Going to TAM: 3B Sid Gordon, LF Hank Edwards, CF Willard Marshall, C Andy Seminick)
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 3/3/1952 (Going to SDP: 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer, C Del Wilber. Going to NYG: P Julio Gonzalez)
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland on 7/1/1953 (Going to SDP: CF Luis Marquez. Going to CLE: 2B Lou Stringer)
 
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