Lou Boudreau

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL us

Died: August 10, 2001 in Olympia Fields, IL

Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, IL

High School: Thornton Township HS (Harvey, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: September 9, 1938 (Age 21-054d, 8,518th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 1952 (Age 35-038d)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970. (Voted by BBWAA on 232/300 ballots)
View Lou Boudreau's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Louis Boudreau

Nicknames: Old Shufflefoot, Handsome Lou or The Good Kid

Pronunciation: \BOO-dro\

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Relatives: Father-In-Law of Denny McLain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.2

6029

1779

.295

861

RBI

789

OBP

.380

SLG

.415

OPS

.795

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
6	6	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,11-9	CG	49	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	5	1	10	1
13	13	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
15	15	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
16	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
20	20	May 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	21	May 12	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
22	22	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,18-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
24	24	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
25	25	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	26	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
27	27	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
28	28	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	29	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
31	31	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
33	33	May 28	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
34	34	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
35	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
36	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
38	38	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-12	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
43	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	2	1	3	1
46	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
48	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
50	50	Jun 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	5	5	0	10	2
51	51	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	53	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
54	54	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
55	55	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
61	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
62	62	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
63	63	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	64	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
65	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	66	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
67	67	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
70	70	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	4	8	0	12	2
73	73	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
74	74	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
75	75	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
76	76	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
78	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	1	4	0	5	0
79	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
80	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
81	81	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	50	12.1	3	3	0	6	1
82	82	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
83	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-15	GS	31	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
85	85	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
87	87	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
88	88	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
89	89	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
90	90	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	GS	28	7.0	2	5	0	7	1
91	91	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
92	92	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
93	93	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	GS	34	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	94	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
95	95	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	96	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
97	97	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
98	98	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
99	99	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
100	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
101	101	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
102	102	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
103	103	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
104	104	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
105	105	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
107	107	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
108	108	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	109	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
110	110	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
111	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
112	112	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
113	113	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	114	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
115	115	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	T,2-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
116	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	GS	29	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
119	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-15	GS	35	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
121	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
122	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
123	123	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
124	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
125	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
127	127	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
128	128	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
129	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
130	130	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
131	131	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
132	132	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
133	133	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
134	134	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
135	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
136	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
137	137	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
138	138	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	139	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
140	140	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
141	141	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
142	142	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	GS	22	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
143	143	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
144	144	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
145	145	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	146	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
147	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
148	148	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
149	149	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
150	150	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
151	151	Sep 24	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
152	152	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
153	153	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	3
154	154	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
155	155	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	1	5	0	6	0
							155gm		1362.0	277	454	24	755	116