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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 16	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	0	9	0	9	1
7	7	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
15	15	Apr 30	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE		PHA	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
17	17	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
18	18	May 3	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
19	19	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
20	20	May 5	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	21	May 6	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
22	22	May 7	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
23	23	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
24	24	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
25	25	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
26	26	May 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	9.1	1	3	0	4	1
28	28	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	4	1	5	1
29	29	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	30	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
31	31	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
32	32	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-9	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
33	33	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	34	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
35	35	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	4	1	9	3
36	36	May 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	40	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	37	May 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	38	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
39	39	May 24	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
40	40	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
41	41	May 26	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	42	May 27	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
43	43	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
45	45	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	46	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
48	48	Jun 1 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-14	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
51	51	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 7	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
53	53	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
55	55	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
57	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
58	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
59	59	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
60	60	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
61	61	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-2	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
63	63	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
64	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	45	12.0	4	3	1	8	2
65	65	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
66	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
67	67	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
68	68	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	69	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
70	70	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	GS	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
72	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
77	77	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	79	Jul 12	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	80	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
81	81	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	2	7	0	9	3
82	82	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
84	84	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	85	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
86	86	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	87	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
89	89	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
90	90	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
93	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
94	94	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
95	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
96	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
97	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	5	5	1	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
99	99	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	100	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
101	101	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
102	102	Aug 6	CLE		DET	L,2-11	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 7	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	60	13.0	5	2	0	7	3
104	104	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
105	105	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
106	106	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	107	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
108	108	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	109	Aug 13	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
110	110	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
111	111	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
112	112	Aug 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
113	113	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	5	8	0	13	1
114	121 (7)	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
115	123 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
116	124	Aug 26	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
117	125	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,11-4	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	126	Aug 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	127	Aug 30	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
120	128	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	129	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	130	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
123	131	Sep 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	2	6	1	9	1
124	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
125	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	6	1	8	0
126	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
127	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
128	136	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-7	GS	26	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
129	137	Sep 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
130	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
131	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
132	140	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
133	141	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	2	2	1	5	0
134	142	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
135	143	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
136	144	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
137	145	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	3	1	5	1
138	146	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	147	Sep 20	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
140	148	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,14-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	149	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
142	150	Sep 22	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
143	151	Sep 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
145	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	154	Sep 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	3	7	2
147	155	Sep 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
							147gm		1291.0	296	444	26	766	97