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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	7	1	10	3
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
7	7	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	3	4	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
13	13	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
14	14	May 4	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
15	15	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
16	16	May 6	BOS		CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	17	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 8	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
19	19	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
20	20	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	2
21	21	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	51	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	22	May 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	6	1	9	0
23	23	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	4	3	1	8	1
24	24	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
25	25	May 20	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
26	26	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
27	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
28	28	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
29	29	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
31	31	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	32	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	33	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
34	34	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	35	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
37	37	Jun 4	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
38	38	Jun 5	BOS		SLB	L,3-4	CG	64	14.0	2	3	2	7	0
39	39	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
40	40	Jun 7	BOS		DET	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
43	43	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
44	44	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
45	45	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-11	CG	51	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
50	50	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	2	4	0	6	1
51	51	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
53	53	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
54	54	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
56	56	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
57	57	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 26	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	4
61	61	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
62	62	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	BOS		PHA	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
64	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	65	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,15-9	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	2
66	66	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
69	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	70	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
71	71	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
72	72	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	76 (3)	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
74	77	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-3	CG	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
75	78	Jul 15	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
76	79	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
77	80	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	81	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,8-10	CG	60	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
79	82	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
80	83	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
81	84	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	85	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
83	86	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
84	87	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-12	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	88	Jul 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	89	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,14-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	90	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-13	GS	36	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	91	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
89	92	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	93	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
91	94	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	47	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	95	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
93	96	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
94	97	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	6	0	10	2
95	98	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	100	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
98	101	Aug 6	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
99	102	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
100	103	Aug 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
101	104	Aug 8	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	105	Aug 9	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
103	106	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
104	107	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
105	108	Aug 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	109	Aug 13 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-19	GS	33	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
107	110	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
108	111	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	1	7	3
109	112	Aug 16	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
110	113	Aug 17	BOS		WSH	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
111	114	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
112	115	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
113	116	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	117	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	118	Aug 22	BOS		DET	L,8-9	CG	0	10.0	0	4	1	5	0
116	119	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-12	GS	37	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
117	120	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
118	121	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
119	122	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,17-3	CG	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	123	Aug 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
121	124	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	125	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
123	126	Aug 30	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
124	127	Aug 31	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	128	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	51	12.1	4	3	1	8	0
126	129	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
128	131	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	132	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
131	134	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
132	135	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	59	13.0	0	2	2	4	0
133	136	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	1	3	2	6	1
134	137	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
135	138	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
136	139	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
137	140	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
138	141	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.1	2	3	1	6	1
139	142	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	143	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-11	GS	34	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
141	147 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,16-8	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
142	148	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	0		0	2	0	2	1
143	149	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
144	150	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,24-4	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	151	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,16-4	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
146	152	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	GS	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
147	153	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	GS	0		0	3	0	3	1
148	154	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
							148gm		1299.0	253	445	38	736	89