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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 28)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
7	7	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
8	8	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
10	10	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
13	13	May 2	BOS		PHA	W,13-1	GS	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	4	0	5	2
15	15	May 4	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
16	16	May 5	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	19 (2)	May 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	20	May 9	BOS		CLE	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
19	21	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
20	22	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
21	23	May 14	BOS		WSH	W,10-9	CG	49	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	24	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	25	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	26	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-2	GS	25	6.1	1	2	0	3	0
25	27	May 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
26	28	May 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
27	29	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
28	30	May 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	31	May 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
30	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
31	33	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	34	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	GS	25	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	36 (1)	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37	Jun 1	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
35	38	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
36	39	Jun 4	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	40	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
38	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
39	42	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	43	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	4
41	44	Jun 9	BOS		CLE	W,8-0	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
42	45	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-15	CG	49	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
43	48 (2)	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
44	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
45	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
46	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
47	52	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	0	2	1	3	2
48	53	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	54	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	55	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
51	56	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	57	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
53	58	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
54	59	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
55	60	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
56	61	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
57	62	Jun 30	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	63	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	64	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	65	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	66	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	67	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
63	68	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
64	69	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	70	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
66	71	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
67	72	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
68	73	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
69	74	Jul 15	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	1	7	0	8	2
70	75	Jul 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
71	76	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	78 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
73	79	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
74	80	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
75	81	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	7	0	12	2
76	82	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	49	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	83	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
78	84	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	1	3	0	4	2
79	85	Jul 31 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	2	1	1	4	0
80	86	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	0	6.1	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	87	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
82	88	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	89	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
84	90	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	3	1	2	6	0
85	91	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	W,14-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
86	92	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
87	93	Aug 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
88	94	Aug 10	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	95	Aug 11	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	96	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-13	GS	35	6.0	2	1	1	4	1
91	97	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
92	98	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
93	99	Aug 16	BOS		PHA	L,11-14	GS	0		2	4	1	7	1
94	100	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
95	101	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
96	102	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	103	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
98	104	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
99	105	Aug 21 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
100	106	Aug 21 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
101	107	Aug 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	108	Aug 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,14-12	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
103	109	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
104	110	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	111	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
106	112	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
107	113	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	2	6	0	8	3
108	114	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
109	115	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	116	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	4	9	1	14	3
111	117	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,1-15	GS	37	6.0	2	5	1	8	1
112	118	Aug 30	BOS		SLB	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
113	119	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	120	Sep 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
115	121	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	122	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
117	123	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
118	124	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
119	125	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	126	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	127	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
122	128	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,11-4	CG	26	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
123	129	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
124	130	Sep 9	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	131	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
126	132	Sep 11	BOS		PHA	W,12-7	GS	0		2	3	1	6	0
127	133	Sep 13	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	134	Sep 14	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	135	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
130	136	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	137	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
132	138	Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
133	139	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
134	140	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
135	141	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
136	142	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	143	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	5	4	2	11	3
138	144	Sep 25 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	T,2-2	CG	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
139	145	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
140	146	Sep 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
141	147	Sep 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
142	148	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
							142gm		1219.0	304	449	36	789	110