Mark Koenig
[edit] Biography
Mark Koenig (Mark Anthony Koenig) was born on July 19, 1904 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1925 for the New York Yankees. In 1926, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 5 home runs and 62 RBI. Koenig played for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Mark Koenig's best season was 1926, when he knocked in 62 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 28
| 110
| 14
| 23
| 0
| 4
| .209
| .243
| .282
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| NY
| A
| 147
| 617
| 93
| 167
| 5
| 62
| .271
| .319
| .363
| 26
| 8
| 43
| 37
| 1
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| NY
| A
| 123
| 526
| 99
| 150
| 3
| 62
| .285
| .320
| .382
| 20
| 11
| 25
| 21
| 2
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| NY
| A
| 132
| 533
| 89
| 170
| 4
| 63
| .319
| .360
| .415
| 19
| 10
| 32
| 19
| 2
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| 116
| 373
| 44
| 109
| 3
| 41
| .292
| .335
| .416
| 27
| 5
| 23
| 17
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| NY
| A
| 21
| 74
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 9
| .230
| .296
| .297
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| 76
| 267
| 37
| 64
| 1
| 16
| .240
| .295
| .300
| 9
| 2
| 20
| 15
| 1
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| 97
| 341
| 46
| 81
| 1
| 25
| .238
| .295
| .299
| 14
| 2
| 26
| 20
| 2
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| DET
| A
| 106
| 364
| 33
| 92
| 1
| 39
| .253
| .282
| .349
| 24
| 4
| 14
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 102
| 15
| 36
| 3
| 11
| .353
| .377
| .510
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| 80
| 218
| 32
| 62
| 3
| 25
| .284
| .330
| .390
| 12
| 1
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 7
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 151
| 633
| 60
| 172
| 1
| 67
| .272
| .289
| .336
| 26
| 6
| 15
| 24
| 0
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 17
|
| 1935
| NY
| N
| 107
| 396
| 40
| 112
| 3
| 37
| .283
| .306
| .336
| 12
| 0
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 12
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| 42
| 58
| 7
| 16
| 1
| 7
| .276
| .373
| .397
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 413
| 1407
| 154
| 398
| 11
| 147
| .283
| .310
| .360
| 59
| 8
| 54
| 60
| 2
| 31
| 10
| 0
| 36
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 749
| 2864
| 418
| 792
| 17
| 296
| .277
| .319
| .370
| 136
| 41
| 168
| 130
| 9
| 68
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1162
| 4271
| 572
| 1190
| 28
| 443
| .279
| .316
| .367
| 195
| 49
| 222
| 190
| 11
| 99
| 31
| 0
| 36
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1925
| NY
| A
| SS
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 81
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1926
| NY
| A
| SS
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 281
| 422
| 52
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1927
| NY
| A
| SS
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 262
| 423
| 47
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1928
| NY
| A
| SS
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 260
| 328
| 49
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| SS
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 160
| 26
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 61
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1930
| NY
| A
| SS
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 59
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| SS
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 181
| 25
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| SS
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 240
| 35
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1931
| DET
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 132
| 146
| 13
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1931
| DET
| A
| SS
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 90
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 106
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 58
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 74
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 137
| 189
| 28
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 85
| 6
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 130
| 14
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 123
| 206
| 11
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1935
| NY
| N
| SS
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 69
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1935
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 19
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| SS
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 27
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 355
| 450
| 32
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 158
| 0
| 0
| 129
| 287
| 34
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .924
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 747
| 0
| 0
| 1457
| 2193
| 286
| 416
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1930
| DET
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.00
| 6
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1931
| DET
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.43
| 3
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8.44
| 9
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 18
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St Paul (American Association) to New York Yankees in exchange for Oscar Roettger, cash and 2 players to be named later (May, 1925); St Paul (American Association) received Fred Hofmann (May 15, 1925) and Ernie Johnson (October 28, 1925).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Waite Hoyt to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ownie Carroll, Yats Wuestling and Harry Rice (May 30, 1930).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Mission (PCL) (April 25, 1932).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Ted Kleinhans, Harvey Hendrick and $65000 to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Chuck Klein (November 21, 1933).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Otto Bluege and Irv Jeffries (December 20, 1933).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Allyn Stout to New York Giants in exchange for Billy Myers and cash (December 14, 1934).
- Released by New York Giants (December 5, 1936).
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