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+

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

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
3	3	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	51	12.1	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
7	7	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,7-14	GS	36	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
8	8	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
9	9	Apr 20	SLB		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
12	12	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,3-14	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
14	14	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox
15	15	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
16	16	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
18	18	May 2	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 4	CHW		DET	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	20	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
21	21	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
22	22	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	62	13.2	3	4	0	7	2
23	23	May 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-9	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
24	24	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	25	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
26	26	May 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
27	27	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
28	28	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	48	8.0	2	2	1	5	2
29	29	May 20	CHW		DET	L,5-8	CG	51	11.0	0	5	0	5	1
30	30	May 21	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
31	31	May 22 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 22 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	33	May 23	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
34	34	May 24	CHW		CLE	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
35	35	May 26	CHW	@	DET	L,2-11	GS	35	6.0	2	3	1	6	0
36	36	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
37	37	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	38	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
39	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
40	40	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
41	41	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	51	8.2	4	3	0	7	0
42	42	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
44	44	Jun 3	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 4	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	4	6	0	10	0
46	46	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	L,5-8	CG	53	11.0	5	2	0	7	2
47	47	Jun 8	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
48	48	Jun 9	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
49	49	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
50	50	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
52	52	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
53	53	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
55	55	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
56	56	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
57	57	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	L,11-18	GS	36	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	62 (3)	Jun 25	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	63	Jun 26	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	64	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	65	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
63	66	Jun 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	67	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	68	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	69	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	71	Jul 7 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,13-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	72	Jul 7 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	73	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
71	74	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	75	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	76	Jul 9 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	77	Jul 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	78	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	79	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,12-13	CG	54	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
77	80	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-15	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	81	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	82	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	42	11.0	0	2	1	3	2
80	83	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
82	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	86	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
84	87	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	88	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
86	89	Jul 23	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	90	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	91	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	92	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	93	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	94	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	95	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	96	Jul 30	CHW		WSH	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	97	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	98	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	99	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	100	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	101	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	102	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	103	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	104	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	105	Aug 10	CHW		PHA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	106	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	107	Aug 13	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
105	108	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	109	Aug 14 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	110	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	111	Aug 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	112	Aug 19 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	113	Aug 19 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
111	114	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
112	115	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,8-14	CG	49	8.0	2	7	2	11	1
113	116	Aug 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	117	Aug 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	49	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
115	118	Aug 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	119	Aug 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
117	120	Aug 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
118	121	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	44	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
119	122	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	123	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	124	Aug 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	125	Aug 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	127	Sep 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	128	Sep 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	129	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	130	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
128	131	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
129	132	Sep 5 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	133	Sep 8	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	134	Sep 9	CHW		BOS	L,6-9	GS	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
132	135	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	136	Sep 11 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	137	Sep 11 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	138	Sep 12	CHW		WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	139	Sep 13	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	140	Sep 14	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
138	141	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
139	142	Sep 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
140	143	Sep 17	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
141	144	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
142	145	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
143	146	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
144	147	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
145	148	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
146	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-13	GS	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	4
148	151	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
149	152	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	T,5-5	CG	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
							152gm		752.0	286	229	37	552	50