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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	54	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	DET	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 20	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
10	10	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	3	15	0
11	11	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
12	12	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
13	13	Apr 27	CHW		DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
14	14	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
15	15	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	2	1	11	2
16	16	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	18	May 4	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
19	19	May 7 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
20	20	May 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
21	21	May 8	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
22	22	May 10	CHW		NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	2
23	23	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	15	1	0	16	1
24	24	May 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
25	25	May 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
26	26	May 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
27	27	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
28	28	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
29	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	7	1	1	9	1
30	30	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
31	31	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
32	36 (4)	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	42 (5)	Jun 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	43	Jun 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
37	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
38	47	Jun 8	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	11.0	12	1	0	13	2
39	48	Jun 9	CHW		DET	W,10-9	CG	62	14.0	19	0	1	20	0
40	49	Jun 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
41	50	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
42	51	Jun 11 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
43	52	Jun 12	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
44	53	Jun 13	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	15	2	0	17	0
45	54	Jun 14	CHW		SLB	L,1-14	CG	49	9.0	12	0	2	14	0
46	55	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
47	56	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
48	57	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
49	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
50	59	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,8-15	CG	52	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
51	60	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
52	61	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	L,4-11	CG	56	9.0	12	2	1	15	0
53	62	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	78 (15)	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	1
55	79	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-1	GF	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
56	80	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
57	81	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
58	82	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	13	0	1	14	3
59	83	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
60	84	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
61	85	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
62	86	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
63	87	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
64	88	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
65	89	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
66	90	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	91	Jul 23 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
68	92	Jul 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
69	93	Jul 26	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	102 (8)	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	103	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
72	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
73	105	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
74	106	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
75	107	Aug 12	CHW		DET	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
76	108	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	71	17.0	9	3	0	12	1
77	109	Aug 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
78	110	Aug 16	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
79	111	Aug 17	CHW		WSH	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
80	112	Aug 18	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	113	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	53	12.0	19	0	1	20	1
82	114	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-14	CG	51	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
83	116 (1)	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	T,3-3	CG	67	18.0	24	3	0	27	3
84	117	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
85	118	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
86	119	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
87	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
88	121	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
89	122	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	123	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
91	124	Aug 26	CHW		PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
92	125	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
93	126	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
94	127	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	L,5-9	CG	50	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
95	128	Aug 29	CHW		PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
96	129	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	130	Sep 2	CHW		CLE	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
98	131	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
99	132	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	12	1	2	15	0
100	133	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
101	134	Sep 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
102	135	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
103	136	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
104	137	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	14	3	0	17	1
105	138	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
106	139	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	3
107	140	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
108	141	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	12	0	1	13	1
109	142	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
110	143	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
111	144	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	12	0	0	12	3
112	145	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
114	147	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	14	0	0	14	1
115	148	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
116	149	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
117	150	Sep 30	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
118	151	Oct 1	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
							119gm		983.0	1185	60	29	1274	83