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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 13)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 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	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
2	2	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,2-11	CG	50	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
7	7	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	2	1	1	4	1
9	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	45	12.0	4	3	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
12	12	May 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	37	7.0	3	5	0	8	3
13	13	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
14	16 (2)	May 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
15	17	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	2	2	0	4	2
16	18	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	20	May 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	21	May 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
20	22	May 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	23	May 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
22	24	May 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	25	May 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
24	26	May 17 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	27	May 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
26	28	May 19 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	29	May 19 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	30	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
29	31	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	32	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	54	12.0	5	2	1	8	1
31	33	May 23	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	7	2	0	9	1
32	34	May 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	35	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
34	36	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
35	37	May 28	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	38	May 29	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
37	39	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
38	40	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	41	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	42	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
41	43	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
42	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
43	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	2	5	0
44	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
45	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	48	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	49	Jun 9 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
48	50	Jun 9 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	4	3	0	7	0
49	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
50	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
51	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
52	54	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	57	13.0	2	5	0	7	0
53	55	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
54	56	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	11.0	4	3	0	7	2
55	57	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	58	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	59	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
58	60	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	61	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
60	62	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
61	63	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	64	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	65	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
64	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
65	67	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
66	68	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
67	69	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,5-5	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	70	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	71	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	72	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	73	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
72	74	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	75	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
74	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
75	77	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
76	78	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	79	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
78	80	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	3
79	81	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
80	82	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
81	83	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	84	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
83	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
84	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
85	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
86	90 (2)	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
87	91	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	92	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	3	9	0	12	0
89	93	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
90	94	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
91	95	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	96	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	97	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	6	4	1	11	2
94	98	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
95	99	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
96	100	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	101	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
98	102	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
99	103	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	104	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
101	105	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	3	3	0	6	2
102	106	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
103	107	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	0		1	4	0	5	1
104	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
105	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
106	110	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
107	111	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	32	7.0	1	2	1	4	0
108	112	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	2
109	113	Aug 13	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	114	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	4	3	1	8	0
111	115	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
112	116	Aug 17	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
113	117	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	118	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
115	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	3	2	9	1
116	120	Aug 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	6	0	10	1
117	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	2	7	0	9	1
119	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
120	124	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	2	3	0	5	1
121	125	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
122	126	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
123	127	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS	36	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
125	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
127	131	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
128	132	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,2-2	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	137 (4)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
130	138	Sep 7	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
131	139	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
132	140	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
133	141	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	142	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
135	143	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
137	145	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
138	146	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	151 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
							139gm		1223.0	315	405	22	742	94