Rudy York

Positions: First Baseman and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 209lb (185cm, 94kg)

Born: August 17, 1913 in Ragland, AL us

Died: February 5, 1970 in Rome, GA

Buried: Sunset Memory Gardens, Cartersville, GA

Debut: August 22, 1934 (Age 21-005d, 7,760th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1948 (Age 35-034d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Preston Rudolph York

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.6

5891

1621

277

.275

876

RBI

1149

OBP

.362

SLG

.483

OPS

.846

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 18)

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	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
2	2	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
6	6	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
7	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
9	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 2	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-14	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
15	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
16	16	May 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
18	18	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	19	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	8	0	0	8	0
20	20	May 10	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
21	21	May 11	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
22	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
23	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
24	24	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
25	25	May 20	DET		BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
26	26	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
27	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
28	28	May 23	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	29	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
31	31	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	32	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
33	33	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	12	0	1	13	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,15-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
37	37	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	15	1	0	16	0
39	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
40	40	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
41	41	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
42	42	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
43	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
44	44	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	2	10	1
45	45	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
46	46	Jun 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	8	1	0	9	1
47	47	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
49	49	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
50	50	Jun 16	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
51	51	Jun 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	10	1	0	11	2
52	52	Jun 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	53	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
54	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
55	55	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	3
56	56	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
57	57	Jun 25 (1)	DET		BOS	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	18	0	0	18	1
58	58	Jun 25 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	59	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
60	60	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
62	62	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,9-9	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
63	63	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.1	10	1	0	11	0
64	64	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	7.0	7	1	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
66	66	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	67	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,7-12	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	15	0	0	15	1
70	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
71	71	Jul 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
72	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
73	73	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
75	75	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
76	76	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	8	2	1	11	0
77	77	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
78	78	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
79	79	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
81	81	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	51	11.0	15	1	0	16	1
83	83	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
84	84	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
85	85	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
86	86	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
87	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
88	88	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
89	89	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
90	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,15-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
92	92	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
93	93	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	CG	0	11.0	12	0	0	12	1
94	94	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
95	95	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
96	96	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
98	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	0
99	99	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
100	100	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	2
101	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
103	103	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	104	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
105	105	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
106	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
107	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
109	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
110	110	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
111	111	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	13	2	0	15	0
112	112	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	10	2	1	13	2
113	113	Aug 15	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
115	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
117	117	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
118	118	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
119	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
120	120	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
121	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
122	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	10	0	1	11	0
123	123	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	124	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	125	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	126	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
128	128	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
129	129	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
131	131	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
132	132	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
133	133	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	2
135	135	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
136	136	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	55	13.0	6	1	0	7	3
137	137	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
138	138	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
139	139	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
140	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
141	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
142	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	144	Sep 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,14-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	145	Sep 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	146	Sep 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
147	147	Sep 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
148	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
149	149	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
150	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
151	151	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	49	10.0	11	1	0	12	2
152	152	Sep 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
153	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
154	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
155	155	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	59	13.1	11	1	0	12	0
							155gm		1375.0	1390	107	15	1512	101