Chuck Kress
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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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
| 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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