Joe Cronin

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: October 12, 1906 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: September 7, 1984 in Barnstable, MA

Buried: St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, MA

High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1926 (Age 19-199d, 6,397th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 19, 1945 (Age 38-189d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1956. (Voted by BBWAA on 152/193 ballots)
View Joe Cronin's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: Joseph Edward Cronin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

64.7

7579

2285

170

.302

1233

RBI

1424

OBP

.390

SLG

.468

OPS

.857

OPS+

119

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	9	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	10	Apr 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	45	9.1	3	3	1	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11	May 4	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
5	12	May 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
6	13	May 6	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
7	14	May 7	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
8	15	May 8	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	16	May 9	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
10	17	May 10	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
11	18	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
12	19	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
13	20	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	2	10	0
14	21	May 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
15	22	May 17	WSH		PHA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
16	23	May 18 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	24	May 18 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
18	25	May 19	WSH		PHA	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	26	May 22 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
20	27	May 22 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
21	28	May 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	29	May 23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
23	30	May 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
24	31	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	32	May 26	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
26	33	May 28	WSH		NYY	L,7-12	CG	48	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
27	34	May 29	WSH		NYY	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
28	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	36	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	37	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
31	38	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
32	39	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
33	40	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
34	41	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
35	42	Jun 6	WSH		DET	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
36	43	Jun 7	WSH		DET	L,11-17	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	44	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	4
38	45	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
39	46	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
40	47	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
41	48	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	L,8-11	CG	48	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	49	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
43	50	Jun 15	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	51	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
45	52	Jun 18	WSH		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
46	53	Jun 20	WSH		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
47	54	Jun 21	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	55	Jun 22 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
49	56	Jun 22 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	57	Jun 23	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	58	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
52	59	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
53	60	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	61	Jun 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	62	Jun 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	63	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	64	Jul 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	2
58	65	Jul 2 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.1	0	4	0	4	0
59	66	Jul 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	67	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
61	68	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
62	69	Jul 7	WSH	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
63	70	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
64	71	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-16	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	72	Jul 9	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
66	73	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
67	74	Jul 11	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
68	75	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
69	76	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	77	Jul 14	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
71	78	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	79	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.1	0	2	0	2	1
73	80	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	81	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	82	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	2	7	1
76	83	Jul 20 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	3	3	0	6	1
77	84	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
78	85	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	2	4	1
79	86	Jul 23	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
80	87	Jul 24	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
81	88	Jul 25	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	2
82	89	Jul 26	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
83	90	Jul 27	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
84	91	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
85	92	Jul 30	WSH		SLB	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
86	93	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	94	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
88	95	Aug 2	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	96	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		DET	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
90	97	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		DET	L,11-13	CG	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
91	98	Aug 5	WSH		DET	W,21-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	99	Aug 6 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,13-9	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
93	100	Aug 6 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
94	101	Aug 7	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
95	102	Aug 8	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
96	103	Aug 10	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	104	Aug 11	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	105	Aug 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
99	106	Aug 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-14	CG	47	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
100	107	Aug 14	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
101	108	Aug 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	5	3	13	2
102	109	Aug 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
103	110	Aug 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
104	111	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	6	1	8	0
105	112	Aug 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
106	113	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	114	Aug 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	5	2	11	2
108	115	Aug 22	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	116	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
110	117	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
111	118	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	49	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
112	119	Aug 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	55	14.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	120	Aug 28	WSH		BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
114	121	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
115	122	Aug 29 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
116	123	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
117	124	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	125	Sep 1	WSH		PHA	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
119	126	Sep 2 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	127	Sep 2 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
121	128	Sep 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
122	129	Sep 4	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
123	130	Sep 7	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
124	131	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
125	132	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
126	133	Sep 11	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
127	134	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
128	135	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
129	136	Sep 14	WSH		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	2	9	2
130	137	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-16	GS	0	5.0	0	3	2	5	1
131	138	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		DET	T,3-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	139	Sep 16	WSH		DET	W,10-9	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	140	Sep 17	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	141	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
135	142	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
136	143	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
137	144	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
138	145	Sep 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
139	146	Sep 22	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
140	147	Sep 23	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	148	Sep 26	WSH		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	3	2	9	2
142	149	Sep 28 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	9	0	13	0
143	150	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
144	151	Sep 29	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
							144gm		1258.0	286	459	62	807	92