Frenchy Bordagaray
[edit] Biography
Frenchy Bordagaray (Stanley George Bordagaray) was born on January 3, 1910 in Coalinga, California. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1934 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 1 home run and 39 RBI. Bordagaray played for the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees over the course of his 11 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Frenchy Bordagaray's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1944, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 51 runs. However, others believe that it was 1935, when he hit for a .282 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 87
| 12
| 28
| 0
| 2
| .322
| .344
| .379
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| BRO
| N
| 120
| 422
| 69
| 119
| 1
| 39
| .282
| .319
| .363
| 19
| 6
| 17
| 29
| 6
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 4
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| 125
| 372
| 63
| 117
| 4
| 31
| .315
| .346
| .419
| 21
| 3
| 17
| 42
| 1
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 8
|
| 1937
| STL
| N
| 96
| 300
| 43
| 88
| 1
| 37
| .293
| .331
| .367
| 11
| 4
| 15
| 25
| 2
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 5
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 81
| 156
| 19
| 44
| 0
| 21
| .282
| .325
| .327
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 9
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1939
| CIN
| N
| 63
| 122
| 19
| 24
| 0
| 12
| .197
| .252
| .254
| 5
| 1
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| NY
| A
| 36
| 73
| 10
| 19
| 0
| 4
| .260
| .325
| .274
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 48
| 58
| 11
| 14
| 0
| 5
| .241
| .279
| .276
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 89
| 268
| 47
| 81
| 0
| 19
| .302
| .379
| .384
| 18
| 2
| 30
| 15
| 3
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 130
| 501
| 85
| 141
| 6
| 51
| .281
| .331
| .385
| 26
| 4
| 36
| 22
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 113
| 273
| 32
| 70
| 2
| 49
| .256
| .328
| .355
| 9
| 6
| 29
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 865
| 2472
| 388
| 698
| 14
| 264
| .282
| .331
| .368
| 116
| 27
| 164
| 170
| 15
| 46
| 64
| 0
| 37
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 65
| 160
| 22
| 47
| 0
| 6
| .294
| .335
| .331
| 4
| 1
| 9
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 930
| 2632
| 410
| 745
| 14
| 270
| .283
| .331
| .366
| 120
| 28
| 173
| 186
| 16
| 48
| 66
| 0
| 37
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1935
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 227
| 14
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 207
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 28
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1936
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1937
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 71
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1937
| STL
| N
| OF
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .786
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| OF
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1939
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1941
| NY
| A
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 26
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 150
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 73
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 93
| 19
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 240
| 0
| 0
| 256
| 349
| 54
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 450
| 0
| 0
| 877
| 37
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 34
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .924
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Sacramento (PCL) to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Art Herring, Johnny Frederick and cash (December 26, 1934).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Dutch Leonard and Jimmy Jordan to St. Louis Cardinals (December 3, 1936) completing trade in which St. Louis Cardinals traded Tom Winsett to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August 1, 1936).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dusty Cooke (December 8, 1938).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Nino Bongiovanni to New York Yankees (January 27, 1940) completing trade in which Cincinnati Reds traded $40000 and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Vince DiMaggio (August 5, 1939).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Brooklyn Dodgers (March 23, 1942).
- Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (March 18, 1946).
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