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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-17	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	18 (3)	May 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	57	13.1	4	2	0	6	0
3	19	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Nationals
4	26	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-14	GF	22	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	30 (3)	May 21	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
6	36 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	44 (7)	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	48 (3)	Jun 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	48	11.2	2	2	0	4	2
9	49	Jun 9	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
10	60 (10)	Jun 20	WSH		DET	L,10-13	GF	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	63 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	64	Jun 23 (2)	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	65	Jun 24	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
14	66	Jun 25	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	67	Jun 26	WSH		SLB	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
16	68	Jun 28	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	69	Jul 1	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
18	70	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
19	71	Jul 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
20	72	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
21	73	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
22	74	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
23	75	Jul 6	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
24	76	Jul 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
25	77	Jul 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
26	78	Jul 11	WSH	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	79	Jul 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
28	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
29	81	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
30	82	Jul 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	3
31	83	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
32	84	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	85	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
34	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	87	Jul 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	88	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	4	4	0	8	1
37	89	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	90	Jul 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	91	Jul 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	92	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
41	93	Jul 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
42	94	Jul 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
43	95	Jul 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	96	Jul 30	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	97	Jul 31	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	98	Aug 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	100 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	101	Aug 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-7	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	103 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	109 (5)	Aug 14	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	112 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-4		20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							51gm		328.0	329	34	2	365	21