Alex Kampouris
[edit] Biography
Alex Kampouris (Alexis William Kampouris) was born on November 13, 1912 in Sacramento, California. He made his Major League debut on July 31, 1934 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .246 with 7 home runs and 62 RBI. Kampouris played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Senators over the course of his 9 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Alex Kampouris's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1937, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 71 runs. However, others believe that it was 1935, when he knocked in 62 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 19
| 66
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .197
| .254
| .212
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 148
| 499
| 46
| 123
| 7
| 62
| .246
| .295
| .361
| 26
| 5
| 32
| 84
| 2
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 8
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| 122
| 355
| 43
| 85
| 5
| 46
| .239
| .289
| .332
| 10
| 4
| 24
| 46
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 7
|
| 1937
| CIN
| N
| 146
| 458
| 62
| 114
| 17
| 71
| .249
| .342
| .424
| 21
| 4
| 60
| 65
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 17
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 82
| 268
| 35
| 66
| 5
| 37
| .246
| .318
| .343
| 9
| 1
| 27
| 50
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1938
| CIN
| N
| 21
| 74
| 13
| 19
| 2
| 7
| .257
| .353
| .351
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1938
| TOT
| N
| 103
| 342
| 48
| 85
| 7
| 44
| .249
| .325
| .345
| 10
| 1
| 37
| 63
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 11
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 74
| 201
| 23
| 50
| 5
| 29
| .249
| .349
| .403
| 12
| 2
| 30
| 41
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 16
| 51
| 8
| 16
| 2
| 9
| .314
| .444
| .588
| 4
| 2
| 11
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 10
| 21
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .238
| .238
| .429
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| 51
| 145
| 24
| 30
| 2
| 13
| .207
| .361
| .276
| 4
| 0
| 30
| 25
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 19
| 44
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .227
| .452
| .364
| 4
| 1
| 17
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| Total
|
| 70
| 189
| 33
| 40
| 2
| 17
| .212
| .384
| .296
| 8
| 1
| 47
| 31
| 6
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 657
| 2037
| 248
| 501
| 43
| 271
| .246
| .322
| .373
| 90
| 20
| 214
| 335
| 15
| 37
| 15
| 0
| 53
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 51
| 145
| 24
| 30
| 2
| 13
| .207
| .361
| .276
| 4
| 0
| 30
| 25
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 708
| 2182
| 272
| 531
| 45
| 284
| .243
| .325
| .367
| 94
| 20
| 244
| 360
| 20
| 37
| 22
| 0
| 55
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 53
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 367
| 411
| 35
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .829
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 270
| 376
| 21
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 367
| 439
| 33
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 198
| 255
| 13
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1938
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 66
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1938
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 241
| 321
| 16
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 146
| 179
| 9
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 45
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 16
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 58
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 44
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1943
| Total
|
| 2B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 69
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 72
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 636
| 0
| 0
| 1535
| 1909
| 128
| 371
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .829
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Sacramento (PCL) to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash plus two players to be named (July 25, 1934).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants in exchange for Wally Berger (June 6, 1938).
- Sold by New York Giants to New York Yankees with Tom Padden (December 27, 1939).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Brooklyn Dodgers (September 10, 1940).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Washington Senators (May 20, 1943).
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