Pee Wee Reese

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: July 23, 1918 in Ekron, KY us

Died: August 14, 1999 in Louisville, KY

Buried: Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, KY

High School: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY)

Debut: April 23, 1940 (Age 21-275d, 8,877th in major league history)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1958 (Age 40-065d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Pee Wee Reese's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Harold Henry Reese

Nicknames: The Little Colonel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.4

8058

2170

126

.269

1338

RBI

885

232

OBP

.366

SLG

.377

OPS

.743

OPS+

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

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
2	4	Apr 24	BRO		BSN	W,8-6	GS	33	7.0	2	3	1	6	1
3	5	Apr 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	6	Apr 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
5	7	Apr 27	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
6	8	Apr 28	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	9	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10	May 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	11	May 5	BRO	@	STL	W,9-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	13 (1)	May 7	BRO	@	STL	L,2-18	GF	29	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	14	May 9	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	15	May 10	BRO		NYG	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	16	May 11	BRO		PHI	L,4-5	GS	15	3.0	0	2	1	3	0
14	20 (3)	May 15	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	21	May 17	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	22	May 18	BRO		STL	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	23	May 19	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	24	May 20	BRO		CHC	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	25	May 21	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
20	26	May 22	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
21	27	May 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
22	28	May 27	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	29	May 28	BRO		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	2	8	1
24	30	May 30 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	31	May 30 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,5-12	CG	58	12.0	5	5	0	10	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	32	Jun 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	42	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
27	51 (18)	Jun 21	BRO		PIT	W,10-8	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	52	Jun 22	BRO		PIT	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	53	Jun 23 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,5-8	GS	34	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	54	Jun 23 (2)	BRO		PIT	T,4-4	CG	51	13.0	4	4	0	8	1
31	55	Jun 25	BRO		CHC	L,3-8	CG	56	13.0	5	3	0	8	1
32	56	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	57	Jun 28	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	8.0	4	1	2	7	0
34	58	Jun 29	BRO		BSN	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	59	Jun 30 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	61 (1)	Jul 1	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
37	62	Jul 2	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
38	63	Jul 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	64	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
40	65	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
41	66	Jul 5	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	84	20.0	5	6	0	11	3
42	67	Jul 6	BRO	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	68	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
44	69	Jul 7 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	2	1	11	2
45	70	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
46	72 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	73	Jul 14 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	74	Jul 14 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
49	75	Jul 15 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	3
50	76	Jul 15 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
51	77	Jul 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
52	78	Jul 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	79	Jul 18	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
54	80	Jul 19	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	81	Jul 20	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	82	Jul 21 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
57	83	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
58	84	Jul 23 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	2	3	2	7	0
59	85	Jul 23 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
60	86	Jul 24	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	87	Jul 26	BRO		STL	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	2	7	0	9	0
62	88	Jul 27 (1)	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
63	89	Jul 27 (2)	BRO		STL	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
64	90	Jul 28 (1)	BRO		STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
65	91	Jul 28 (2)	BRO		STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
66	92	Jul 29	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
67	93	Jul 30	BRO		PIT	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	94	Aug 1 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
69	95	Aug 1 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
70	96	Aug 2	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
71	97	Aug 3	BRO		CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	98	Aug 4 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
73	99	Aug 4 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
74	100	Aug 5	BRO		NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
75	101	Aug 7	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
76	102	Aug 8	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	54	12.0	5	8	0	13	1
77	103	Aug 9	BRO	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	104	Aug 10	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	105	Aug 11 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
80	106	Aug 11 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
81	107	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	108	Aug 14 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	109	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	3	3	1	7	1
							83gm		723.0	190	238	18	446	41