Joe Medwick

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ us

Died: March 21, 1975 in St. Petersburg, FL

Buried: St. Lucas Cemetery, Sunset Hills, MO

High School: Carteret HS (Carteret, NJ)

Debut: September 2, 1932 (Age 20-283d, 7,518th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1948 (Age 36-244d)
vs. BSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968. (Voted by BBWAA on 240/283 ballots)
View Joe Medwick's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Joseph Michael Medwick

Nicknames: Ducky or Muscles

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

7635

2471

205

.324

1198

RBI

1383

OBP

.362

SLG

.505

OPS

.867

OPS+

134

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	5-7 / in Starts: 5-7
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1934	WS g1	Oct 3	STL	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.800	.800	1.400	2.200	4	.52	0.174	27.16	5.90%	2.18	LF
2	1934	WS g2	Oct 4	STL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.800	1.300	4	1.14	-0.025	58.47	-0.28%	0.10	LF
3	1934	WS g3	Oct 5	STL		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.429	.429	.643	1.071	4	.44	-0.039	27.86	-1.33%	-1.29	LF
4	1934	WS g4	Oct 6	STL		DET	L,4-10	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.471	.500	.647	1.147	4	1.11	0.067	72.29	2.23%	0.83	LF
5	1934	WS g5	Oct 7	STL		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.409	.524	.933	4	1.68	-0.168	138.06	-8.85%	-1.18	LF
6	1934	WS g6	Oct 8	STL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.423	.520	.943	4	.92	0.094	68.46	4.46%	0.95	LF
7	1934	WS g7	Oct 9	STL	@	DET	W,11-0	GS-6	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.400	.552	.952	4	.51	-0.045	85.00	-4.32%	0.16	LF
1941 Postseason			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	1941	WS g1	Oct 1	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	1.91	-0.009	100.11	-0.24%	-0.56	LF
9	1941	WS g2	Oct 2	BRO	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	5	1.28	0.065	68.27	1.34%	0.44	LF
10	1941	WS g3	Oct 4	BRO		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	4	1.45	-0.145	91.14	-5.41%	-0.70	LF
11	1941	WS g4	Oct 5	BRO		NYY	L,4-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	6	1.02	-0.055	61.63	-2.19%	-0.52	LF
12	1941	WS g5	Oct 6	BRO		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	5	.98	-0.034	33.70	-0.76%	-0.11	LF
									48	46	5	15	1	1	1	5	2	0	9	0	0			1	0	0	.326	.354	.457	.811

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