Earl Webb
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Earl Webb (William Earl Webb) was born on September 17, 1897 in White County, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on August 13, 1925 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1927, his rookie year, he hit .301 with 14 home runs and 52 RBI. Webb played for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Earl Webb's best season was 1931, when he hit for a .333 average and knocked in 103 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .250
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| 102
| 332
| 58
| 100
| 14
| 52
| .301
| .391
| .506
| 18
| 4
| 48
| 31
| 1
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| CHI
| N
| 62
| 140
| 22
| 35
| 3
| 23
| .250
| .318
| .407
| 7
| 3
| 14
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| BOS
| A
| 127
| 449
| 61
| 145
| 16
| 66
| .323
| .385
| .523
| 30
| 6
| 44
| 56
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| 151
| 589
| 96
| 196
| 14
| 103
| .333
| .404
| .528
| 67
| 3
| 70
| 51
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| DET
| A
| 88
| 338
| 49
| 97
| 3
| 51
| .287
| .361
| .417
| 19
| 8
| 39
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| 52
| 192
| 23
| 54
| 5
| 27
| .281
| .364
| .417
| 9
| 1
| 25
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| 140
| 530
| 72
| 151
| 8
| 78
| .285
| .362
| .417
| 28
| 9
| 64
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .273
| .429
| .273
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| 58
| 107
| 16
| 31
| 1
| 8
| .290
| .382
| .364
| 5
| 0
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| TOT
| A
| 64
| 118
| 17
| 34
| 1
| 11
| .288
| .387
| .356
| 5
| 0
| 19
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 168
| 475
| 80
| 135
| 17
| 75
| .284
| .369
| .474
| 25
| 7
| 63
| 49
| 1
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 482
| 1686
| 246
| 526
| 39
| 258
| .312
| .384
| .480
| 130
| 18
| 197
| 153
| 1
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 650
| 2161
| 326
| 661
| 56
| 333
| .306
| .381
| .478
| 155
| 25
| 260
| 202
| 2
| 37
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
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| 1927
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 171
| 14
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1928
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1930
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 8
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 270
| 21
| 16
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1932
| DET
| A
| OF
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 163
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 7
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 237
| 15
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1933
| DET
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 108
| 3
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 4
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 537
| 0
| 0
| 964
| 64
| 45
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Toledo (American Association) to New York Giants in exchange for Hack Wilson and a player to be named later (August 8, 1925); Toledo (American Association) received Pip Koehler (February 15, 1926).
- Traded by New York Giants to Louisville (American Association) (December 12, 1925) completing trade in which Louisville (American Association) traded Ty Tyson to New York Giants in exchange for a player to be named later (September 3, 1925).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 7, 1929).
- Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Cincinnati Reds (April 4, 1930).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bill Barrett (April 26, 1930).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dale Alexander and Roy Johnson (June 12, 1932).
- Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Detroit Tigers (May 9, 1933).
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