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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 20	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
3	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
7	7	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11 (1)	May 4	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
11	12	May 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
12	13	May 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	1	6	1	8	0
13	14	May 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-7	GS	36	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
14	17 (2)	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
15	18	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	19	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	20	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
18	21	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	22	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
20	23	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
21	24	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
22	25	May 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	26	May 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	33	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
24	27	May 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	28	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
26	29	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	30	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
28	31	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
29	32	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	34 (1)	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	37 (2)	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
32	38	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
33	39	Jun 4	CLE		PHA	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	40	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	42 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	43	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,13-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
37	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	45	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
39	46	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	L,7-12	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	47	Jun 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	48	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	49	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS	26	6.0	7	2	0	9	0
43	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	1
44	51	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	26	6.0	6	1	0	7	1
45	52	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	GS	32	7.0	11	0	0	11	1
46	53	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	54	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
48	55	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	56	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
50	64 (7)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GF	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	65	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	0	5	1	6	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	66	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	67	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	68	Jul 3 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	69	Jul 3 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
56	70	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	71	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
58	72	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
59	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	74	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
62	76	Jul 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	77	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
64	78	Jul 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
65	79	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	80	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
67	81	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	82	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	83	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	84	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	85	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
72	86	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	0	6	0	6	1
73	87	Jul 23	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	88	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	89	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	90	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	91	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
78	92	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
79	93	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
80	94	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS	38	7.2	1	1	0	2	0
81	95	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	96	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	97	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
84	98	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	48	12.0	2	4	0	6	2
85	99	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
86	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
87	101	Aug 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
88	102	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	4	1	10	2
89	103	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
90	104	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
91	105	Aug 10	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
92	106	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	56	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
93	107	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
94	108	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
95	109	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
96	110	Aug 15	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
97	111	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
98	112	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
99	113	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	114	Aug 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-4	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	115	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
102	116	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
103	117	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
104	118	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
105	119	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	120	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
107	121	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
108	122	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
109	123	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	1	5	0	6	1
110	124	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
111	125	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	5	4	0	9	3
112	126	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	57	14.0	2	5	1	8	3
113	127	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	128	Sep 1	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
115	133 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-10	GS	29	6.0	3	3	0	6	1
116	134	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
117	138 (3)	Sep 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
118	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
119	140	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	3
120	141	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	8	1	9	1
121	142	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
122	143	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
123	144	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
124	145	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
125	146	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,0-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	147	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
127	148	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
128	149	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
129	152 (2)	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
131	154	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
							133gm		1124.2	253	353	12	618	95