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Max Bishop

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Full Name: Max Frederick Bishop Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 8.5"/165 First Game: April 15, 1924
Birthdate: September 5, 1899 Final Game: September 21, 1935
Birthplace: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: February 24, 1962
Deathplace: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Max Bishop (Max Frederick Bishop) was born on September 5, 1899 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1924 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1924, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 2 home runs and 21 RBI. Bishop played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Max Bishop's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .316 average and knocked in 50 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1924 PHI A 91 294 52 75 2 21 .255 .380 .333 13 2 54 30 5 5 4 0 0
1925 PHI A 105 368 66 103 4 27 .280 .420 .383 18 4 87 37 2 9 5 0 0
1926 PHI A 122 400 77 106 0 33 .265 .431 .325 20 2 116 41 1 12 4 0 0
1927 PHI A 117 372 80 103 0 22 .277 .442 .323 15 1 105 28 5 7 8 0 0
1928 PHI A 126 472 104 149 6 50 .316 .435 .432 27 5 97 36 3 14 9 0 0
1929 PHI A 129 475 102 110 3 36 .232 .398 .316 19 6 128 44 3 10 1 0 0
1930 PHI A 130 441 117 111 10 38 .252 .426 .408 27 6 128 60 6 13 3 0 0
1931 PHI A 130 497 115 146 5 37 .294 .426 .400 30 4 112 51 2 3 3 0 0
1932 PHI A 114 409 89 104 5 37 .254 .412 .359 24 2 110 43 0 3 2 0 0
1933 PHI A 117 391 80 115 4 42 .294 .446 .399 27 1 106 46 1 7 1 0 0
1934 BOS A 97 253 65 66 1 22 .261 .445 .332 13 1 82 22 2 4 3 0 0
1935 BOS A 60 122 19 28 1 14 .230 .377 .295 3 1 28 14 1 11 0 0 0
Total 1338 4494 966 1216 41 379 .271 .423 .366 236 35 1153 452 31 98 43 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1924 PHI A 2B 80 0 0 189 273 15 50 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1925 PHI A 2B 104 0 0 229 352 26 53 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1926 PHI A 2B 119 0 0 235 365 8 55 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1927 PHI A 2B 106 0 0 211 342 19 48 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1928 PHI A 2B 125 0 0 284 371 15 62 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1929 PHI A 2B 129 0 0 301 371 21 58 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1930 PHI A 2B 127 0 0 267 418 17 61 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1931 PHI A 2B 130 0 0 314 414 12 84 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1932 PHI A 2B 106 0 0 232 340 7 68 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1933 PHI A 2B 113 0 0 254 359 16 52 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1934 BOS A 2B 57 0 0 147 155 3 37 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1934 BOS A 1B 15 0 0 146 9 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1935 BOS A 2B 34 0 0 89 90 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1935 BOS A 1B 11 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1935 BOS A SS 2 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 26 0 0 165 10 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .994
Total 2B 1230 0 0 2752 3850 163 639 0 0 0 0 0 .976
Total SS 2 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Baltimore (International) to Philadelphia Athletics for $20,000 (December 10, 1923).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000 (December 12, 1933).

[edit] Trivia

  • Won the World Series with the Philadelphia A's in 1929 and 1930. Made it to the World Series in 1931, but lost
  • Was in the top ten in OBP 8 times. His .423 career mark is 18th best all-time
  • Has 1153 walks in his career, good enough for 56th all-time
  • Had an OBP of at least .398 for 10 straight seasons, every year of his career but the first and the last

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