Babe Dahlgren
[edit] Biography
Babe Dahlgren (Ellsworth Tenney Dahlgren) was born on June 15, 1912 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1935 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .263 with 9 home runs and 63 RBI. Dahlgren played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 11 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Babe Dahlgren's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1941, when he slugged 23 home runs and knocked in 89 runs. However, others believe that it was 1944, when he hit for a .289 average and knocked in 101 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 149
| 525
| 77
| 138
| 9
| 63
| .263
| .337
| .392
| 27
| 7
| 56
| 67
| 3
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| BOS
| A
| 16
| 57
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 7
| .281
| .359
| .421
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NY
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| 27
| 43
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .186
| .205
| .209
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| 144
| 531
| 71
| 125
| 15
| 89
| .235
| .312
| .377
| 18
| 6
| 57
| 54
| 2
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 15
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| 155
| 568
| 51
| 150
| 12
| 73
| .264
| .325
| .384
| 24
| 4
| 46
| 54
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 20
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 99
| 359
| 50
| 101
| 16
| 59
| .281
| .360
| .476
| 20
| 1
| 43
| 39
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 8
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 44
| 166
| 20
| 39
| 7
| 30
| .235
| .306
| .422
| 8
| 1
| 16
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 143
| 525
| 70
| 140
| 23
| 89
| .267
| .343
| .459
| 28
| 2
| 59
| 52
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 15
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 56
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 6
| .214
| .267
| .232
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 17
| 19
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .217
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| Total
|
| 36
| 77
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .169
| .247
| .182
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1942
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 75
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .173
| .253
| .187
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 136
| 508
| 55
| 146
| 5
| 56
| .287
| .354
| .362
| 19
| 2
| 50
| 39
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 22
|
| 1944
| PIT
| N
| 158
| 599
| 67
| 173
| 12
| 101
| .289
| .347
| .419
| 28
| 7
| 47
| 56
| 6
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 20
|
| 1945
| PIT
| N
| 144
| 531
| 57
| 133
| 5
| 75
| .250
| .318
| .354
| 24
| 8
| 51
| 51
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 23
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 28
| 80
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 9
| .175
| .250
| .188
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 615
| 2238
| 255
| 605
| 45
| 327
| .270
| .338
| .392
| 100
| 19
| 215
| 205
| 12
| 19
| 7
| 0
| 84
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 522
| 1807
| 215
| 451
| 37
| 242
| .250
| .319
| .372
| 74
| 18
| 175
| 196
| 10
| 30
| 11
| 0
| 37
|
| Total
|
|
| 1137
| 4045
| 470
| 1056
| 82
| 569
| .261
| .329
| .383
| 174
| 37
| 390
| 401
| 22
| 49
| 18
| 0
| 121
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 1433
| 69
| 18
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1936
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 8
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| 1938
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 1303
| 68
| 13
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1940
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 155
| 0
| 0
| 1488
| 75
| 15
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 957
| 38
| 9
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 379
| 28
| 3
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 137
| 0
| 0
| 1336
| 66
| 12
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1942
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 10
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 183
| 14
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 52
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 53
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 714
| 46
| 9
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1944
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 158
| 0
| 0
| 1440
| 128
| 20
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1945
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 1373
| 93
| 6
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 187
| 18
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1030
| 0
| 0
| 9619
| 587
| 102
| 848
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 53
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 72
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees (February 17, 1937).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Boston Braves (February 25, 1941).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Chicago Cubs (June 15, 1941).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Browns (May 13, 1942).
- Returned to Chicago Cubs (May 19, 1942).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers (May 19, 1942).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Lloyd Waner and Al Glossop (March 9, 1943).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Babe Phelps and cash (December 30, 1943).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Browns (April 23, 1946).
- Released by St. Louis Browns (September 28, 1946).
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