Max Bishop

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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[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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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