Jimmy Bloodworth
[edit] Biography
Jimmy Bloodworth (James Henry Bloodworth) was born on July 26, 1917 in Tallahassee, Florida. He made his Major League debut on September 14, 1937 for the Washington Senators. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .289 with 4 home runs and 40 RBI. Bloodworth played for the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Jimmy Bloodworth's best season was 1942, when he knocked in 57 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 15
| 50
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 8
| .220
| .291
| .300
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 83
| 318
| 34
| 92
| 4
| 40
| .289
| .313
| .409
| 24
| 1
| 10
| 26
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 13
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 119
| 469
| 47
| 115
| 11
| 70
| .245
| .272
| .386
| 17
| 8
| 16
| 71
| 1
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 15
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 142
| 506
| 59
| 124
| 7
| 66
| .245
| .303
| .346
| 24
| 3
| 41
| 58
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 11
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| 137
| 533
| 62
| 129
| 13
| 57
| .242
| .295
| .362
| 23
| 1
| 35
| 63
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 13
|
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 129
| 474
| 41
| 114
| 6
| 52
| .241
| .289
| .344
| 23
| 4
| 29
| 59
| 3
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 29
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 76
| 249
| 25
| 61
| 5
| 36
| .245
| .285
| .345
| 8
| 1
| 12
| 26
| 2
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 88
| 316
| 27
| 79
| 7
| 48
| .250
| .290
| .345
| 9
| 0
| 16
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 134
| 452
| 40
| 118
| 9
| 59
| .261
| .304
| .385
| 27
| 1
| 27
| 36
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 12
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 54
| 96
| 6
| 22
| 0
| 13
| .229
| .275
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .214
| .313
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| 58
| 110
| 7
| 25
| 0
| 14
| .227
| .280
| .255
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 42
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .200
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 301
| 920
| 76
| 228
| 16
| 122
| .248
| .292
| .345
| 39
| 1
| 54
| 96
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 25
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 701
| 2599
| 271
| 646
| 46
| 329
| .249
| .292
| .363
| 121
| 19
| 148
| 311
| 13
| 43
| 16
| 0
| 91
|
| Total
|
|
| 1002
| 3519
| 347
| 874
| 62
| 451
| .248
| .292
| .358
| 160
| 20
| 202
| 407
| 16
| 51
| 19
| 0
| 116
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 42
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 226
| 219
| 13
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 260
| 274
| 12
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 191
| 21
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 380
| 436
| 24
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 334
| 431
| 22
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 349
| 393
| 21
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 157
| 184
| 9
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 222
| 206
| 9
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 234
| 9
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 208
| 18
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 50
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 55
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 24
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 28
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 444
| 44
| 4
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 867
| 0
| 0
| 2257
| 2498
| 123
| 571
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1935).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Doc Cramer to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Frank Croucher and Bruce Campbell (December 12, 1941).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Pittsburgh Pirates (December 12, 1946).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Vic Barnhart to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Monty Basgall (December 3, 1947).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (September 29, 1948); Brooklyn Dodgers received Kermit Wahl (1949).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies (May 10, 1950).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (September 15, 1951).
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