Red Kress

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 2, 1905 in Columbia, CA us

Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 24, 1927 (Age 22-265d, 6,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1946 (Age 41-196d)
vs. PIT 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralph Kress

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

5087

1454

.286

691

RBI

799

OBP

.347

SLG

.420

OPS

.767

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-17 / in Starts: 17-10
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	84 (43-27-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (37-23-12)

Most Driven In
R York	4
H Greenberg	2
B Sullivan	1
P Higgins	1
P Fox	1
C Gehringer	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B McCosky	3
P Fox	2
T Bridges	1
Self	1
B Tebbetts	1
B Sullivan	1
S Rowe	1
B Newsom	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1358	9 (8)	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	7	4.33	0.437	14.37	0.87%	0.96	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1359	22 (12)	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	1360	39 (16)	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	2.02	0.068	6.54	0.13%	0.40	PH
4	1361	41 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	9	.15	0.010	.53	0.02%	0.23	PH
5	1362	53 (11)	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	9	1.58	-0.070	6.75	-0.18%	-0.62	PH
6	1363	63 (9)	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	8						3B
7	1364	64	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG(7)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	7						3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	1365	65	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.500	.917	7	.82	0.007	3.86	0.02%	-0.41	3B
9	1366	66	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.438	.471	.688	1.158	7	1.57	0.192	7.70	0.57%	1.51	3B
10	1367	67	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,7-12	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.450	.476	.650	1.126	7	.92	-0.085	4.89	-0.27%	-0.48	3B
11	1368	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.440	.583	1.023	6	.55	-0.043	4.24	-0.20%	-0.39	3B
12	1369	69	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	6	2.84	-0.153	22.81	-0.74%	-1.67	3B
13	1370	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.371	.455	.826	7	1.16	-0.062	5.74	-0.18%	-2.09	3B
14	1371	71	Jul 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.417	.759	7	.79	-0.013	4.06	-0.04%	-0.26	3B
15	1372	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733	7	.63	-0.051	3.24	-0.16%	-1.12	3B
16	1373	73	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.304	.364	.668	7						3B
17	1374	74	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.348	.639	7	1.18	-0.061	5.78	-0.18%	-0.54	3B
18	1375	75	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.245	.288	.327	.615	7	.82	0.048	4.16	0.15%	0.64	3B
19	1376	76	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.226	.268	.302	.570	7	.67	-0.095	3.59	-0.31%	-1.57	3B
20	1377	77	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.259	.291	.550	8	1.60	-0.063	8.21	-0.19%	-0.59	3B
21	1378	80 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.207	.258	.276	.534	8	.99	0.057	7.24	0.25%	0.87	3B
22	1379	81	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.273	.279	.551	7	.58	0.007	3.98	0.03%	0.00	3B SS
23	1380	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG(11)	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.278	.262	.539	7	1.88	-0.001	13.52	-0.01%	-0.41	SS
24	1381	83	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.276	.261	.537	7	.52	0.057	3.82	0.25%	0.10	SS
25	1382	84	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.288	.315	.603	8	1.05	0.106	7.19	0.43%	0.50	SS
26	1383	85	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.277	.303	.580	8	1.13	-0.095	7.68	-0.39%	-1.04	SS
27	1384	86	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.299	.316	.615	8	1.13	0.107	7.56	0.43%	1.16	SS
28	1385	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.225	.295	.313	.608	9	2.77	-0.124	16.27	-0.44%	-1.02	PH
29	1386	89 (1)	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.229	.297	.313	.610	7	.64	-0.026	3.72	-0.09%	-0.46	SS
30	1387	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.298	.314	.612	7	.50	-0.019	2.86	-0.06%	-0.41	SS
31	1388	91	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,15-2	GS-9	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.303	.322	.625	8	.67	-0.002	3.94	-0.01%	1.75	SS
32	1389	92	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.301	.312	.613	7	1.20	-0.091	7.06	-0.32%	-0.94	SS
33	1390	93	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.227	.299	.309	.608	8						SS
34	1391	94	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.300	.310	.610	7						SS
							17-17		111	100	13	23	3	1	1	11	10	0	12	0	1		2	7	0	0	.230	.300	.310	.610		1.16	0.042	6.95	-0.61%	-5.92

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