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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
2	12 (2)	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (1)	May 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
4	22 (7)	May 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	2
5	23	May 16	WSH		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	37 (13)	Jun 1 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
7	53 (15)	Jun 16 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-10	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
8	62 (8)	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-15	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	65 (2)	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	67 (1)	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-14	GF	0	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
11	74 (6)	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-7	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
12	83 (8)	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
13	88 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
14	89	Jul 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
15	90	Jul 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
16	91	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	92	Jul 28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
18	93	Jul 30	WSH		BOS	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	94	Jul 31	WSH		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	95	Aug 1	WSH		BOS	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	96	Aug 2	WSH		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
22	97	Aug 3	WSH		NYY	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
23	98	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	99	Aug 5	WSH		PHA	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	3
25	100	Aug 6	WSH		PHA	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
26	101	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
27	102	Aug 11 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
28	103	Aug 11 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	104	Aug 13	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	105	Aug 14	WSH	@	DET	L,2-18	CG	49	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	106	Aug 15	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	107	Aug 16	WSH	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
33	108	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	38	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	113 (4)	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
35	114	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,15-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	3
36	119 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	5	5	0	10	2
37	120	Aug 27 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	5	5	0	10	2
38	121	Aug 27 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	3
39	122	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
40	123	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
41	124	Aug 31	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	125	Sep 1	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	57	14.0	3	3	1	7	2
43	126	Sep 2 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	2
44	127	Sep 2 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	0	1	0	1	1
45	128	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
46	129	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
47	130	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
48	131	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		SLB	T,4-4	CG	48	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	132	Sep 8	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
50	133	Sep 9	WSH		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
51	134	Sep 10	WSH		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
52	135	Sep 11	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	55	12.0	2	6	0	8	1
53	136	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
54	137	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
55	138	Sep 14	WSH		CLE	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
56	139	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-16	CG	51	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
57	140	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	141	Sep 16	WSH		CHW	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
59	142	Sep 17	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	58	14.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	146 (3)	Sep 21 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
61	148 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
62	152 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	1	4	0	5	0
63	153	Sep 28 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	21	6.0	5	4	0	9	1
64	154	Sep 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
							64gm		522.0	157	211	14	382	61