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Chuck Kress

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Full Name: Charles Steven Kress Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: April 16, 1947
Birthdate: December 9, 1921 Final Game: July 8, 1954
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Chuck Kress (Charles Steven Kress) was born on December 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1947 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 1 home run and 47 RBI. Kress played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 4 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1947 CIN N 11 27 4 4 0 0 .148 .303 .148 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 0
1949 CIN N 27 29 3 6 0 3 .207 .281 .310 3 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 1
1949 CHI A 97 353 45 98 1 44 .278 .349 .368 17 6 39 44 0 17 6 0 7
1949 Total 124 382 48 104 1 47 .272 .344 .364 20 6 42 49 0 18 6 0 8
1950 CHI A 3 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
1954 DET A 24 37 4 7 0 3 .189 .211 .243 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO N 13 12 1 1 0 2 .083 .083 .083 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 Total 37 49 5 8 0 5 .163 .180 .204 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 51 68 8 11 0 5 .162 .260 .206 3 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 1
Total AL 124 398 49 105 1 47 .264 .331 .349 17 7 40 50 0 18 6 0 8
Total 175 466 57 116 1 52 .249 .320 .328 20 7 49 59 0 20 6 0 9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1947 CIN N 1B 8 0 0 52 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1949 CIN N 1B 16 0 0 72 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1949 CHI A 1B 95 0 0 907 66 6 103 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1949 Total 1B 111 0 0 979 70 8 109 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1950 CHI A 1B 2 0 0 19 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 DET A 1B 7 0 0 63 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1954 DET A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1954 BRO N 1B 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1954 Total 1B 8 0 2 64 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .958
Total 1B 129 0 2 1114 83 12 121 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1940).
  • Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox for $40000 (June 8, 1949).
  • Sold by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals (April 25, 1950).
  • Selected by Detroit Tigers from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1953).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Ernie Nevel, Johnny Bucha and cash to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Wayne Belardi (June 9, 1954).

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