Goose Goslin

Full Name: Leon Allen Goslin	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/185	First Game: September 16, 1921
Birthdate: October 16, 1900	Final Game: September 25, 1938
Birthplace: Salem, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: May 15, 1971
Deathplace: Bridgeton, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Goose Goslin (Leon Allen Goslin) was born on October 16, 1900 in Salem, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1921 for the Washington Senators. In 1922, his rookie year, he hit .324 with 3 home runs and 53 RBI. Goslin played for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Goose Goslin's best season was 1930, when he slugged 37 home runs, hit for a .308 average and knocked in 138 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1921	WAS	A	14	50	8	13	1	6	.260	.351	.380	1	1	6	5	1	1	0
1922	WAS	A	101	358	44	116	3	53	.324	.373	.441	19	7	25	26	3	8	4
1923	WAS	A	150	600	86	180	9	99	.300	.347	.453	29	18	40	53	3	13	7
1924	WAS	A	154	579	100	199	12	129	.344	.421	.516	30	17	68	29	9	17	16
1925	WAS	A	150	601	116	201	18	113	.334	.394	.547	34	20	53	50	6	10	26
1926	WAS	A	147	568	105	201	17	108	.354	.425	.542	26	15	63	38	7	18	8
1927	WAS	A	148	581	96	194	13	120	.334	.392	.516	37	15	50	28	5	23	21
1928	WAS	A	135	456	80	173	17	102	.379	.442	.614	36	10	48	19	3	20	16
1929	WAS	A	145	553	82	159	18	91	.288	.366	.461	28	7	66	33	2	18	10
1930	WAS	A	47	188	34	51	7	38	.271	.344	.495	11	5	19	19	2	5	3
1930	STL	A	101	396	81	129	30	100	.326	.400	.652	25	7	48	35	1	9	14
1930	TOT	A	148	584	115	180	37	138	.308	.382	.601	36	12	67	54	3	14	17
1931	STL	A	151	591	114	194	24	105	.328	.412	.555	42	10	80	41	4	0	9
1932	STL	A	150	572	88	171	17	104	.299	.398	.469	28	9	92	35	2	1	12
1933	WAS	A	132	549	97	163	10	64	.297	.348	.452	35	10	42	32	1	7	5
1934	DET	A	151	614	106	187	13	100	.305	.373	.453	38	7	65	38	2	5	5
1935	DET	A	147	590	88	172	9	109	.292	.355	.415	34	6	56	31	2	3	5
1936	DET	A	147	572	122	180	24	125	.315	.403	.526	33	8	85	50	0	3	14
1937	DET	A	79	181	30	43	4	35	.238	.367	.376	11	1	35	18	2	1	0
1938	WAS	A	38	57	6	9	2	8	.158	.262	.316	3	0	8	5	0	0	0
Total			2287	8656	1483	2735	248	1609	.316	.387	.500	500	173	949	585	55	162	175

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1921	WAS	A	OF	14	30	1	0	0	1.000
1922	WAS	A	OF	92	197	8	15	1	.932
1923	WAS	A	OF	149	310	26	15	5	.957
1924	WAS	A	OF	154	369	12	16	4	.960
1925	WAS	A	OF	150	385	24	12	1	.971
1926	WAS	A	OF	147	373	25	15	8	.964
1927	WAS	A	OF	148	356	8	17	3	.955
1928	WAS	A	OF	125	266	14	11	4	.962
1929	WAS	A	OF	142	299	7	10	1	.968
1930	WAS	A	OF	47	72	2	5	1	.937
1930	STL	A	OF	101	237	13	7	0	.973
1930	TOT	A	LF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1930	TOT	A	OF	148	309	15	12	1	.964
1931	STL	A	OF	151	319	14	14	1	.960
1932	STL	A	3B	1	1	3	0	0	1.000
1932	STL	A	OF	149	330	16	18	5	.951
1933	WAS	A	OF	128	261	17	10	7	.965
1934	DET	A	OF	149	290	15	15	2	.953
1935	DET	A	OF	144	326	6	12	2	.965
1936	DET	A	OF	144	266	11	13	1	.955
1937	DET	A	1B	1	12	1	1	0	.929
1937	DET	A	OF	40	81	2	4	1	.954
1938	WAS	A	OF	13	25	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1	1	3	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	2187	4792	221	209	47	.960
Total			1B	1	12	1	1	0	.929

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Columbia (South Atlantic) to Washington Senators for $7000 (September, 1921).
Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for General Crowder and Heinie Manush (June 13, 1930).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Fred Schulte and Lefty Stewart to Washington Senators in exchange for Sam West, Carl Reynolds, Lloyd Brown and $20000 (December 14, 1932).
Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for John Stone (December 20, 1933).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 3, 1937).
Signed by Washington Senators (April 3, 1938).