Red Kress

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Full Name: Ralph Kress	Primary Position: SS,3B,1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/165	First Game: September 24, 1927
Birthdate: January 2, 1905	Final Game: July 17, 1946
Birthplace: Columbia, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: November 29, 1962
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Red Kress (Ralph Kress) was born on January 2, 1905 in Columbia, California. He made his Major League debut on September 24, 1927 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1928, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 3 home runs and 81 RBI. Kress played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and New York Giants over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Red Kress's best season was 1930, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .313 average and knocked in 112 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
1927	STL	A	7	23	3	7	1	3	.304	.385	.609	2	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
1928	STL	A	150	560	78	153	3	81	.273	.332	.371	26	10	48	70	1	26	5	0	0
1929	STL	A	147	557	82	170	9	107	.305	.366	.436	38	4	52	54	1	17	5	0	0
1930	STL	A	154	614	94	192	16	112	.313	.366	.487	43	8	50	56	2	13	3	0	0
1931	STL	A	150	605	87	188	16	114	.311	.360	.493	46	8	46	48	1	3	3	0	0
1932	STL	A	14	52	2	9	2	9	.173	.232	.327	0	1	4	6	0	1	1	0	0
1932	CHI	A	135	515	83	147	9	57	.285	.346	.435	42	4	47	36	1	6	6	0	0
1932	TOT	A	149	567	85	156	11	66	.275	.336	.425	42	5	51	42	1	7	7	0	0
1933	CHI	A	129	467	47	116	10	78	.248	.304	.377	20	5	37	40	0	7	4	0	0
1934	WAS	A	56	171	18	39	4	24	.228	.298	.357	4	3	17	19	0	2	3	0	0
1934	CHI	A	8	14	3	4	0	1	.286	.412	.286	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1934	TOT	A	64	185	21	43	4	25	.232	.307	.351	4	3	20	22	0	2	3	0	0
1935	WAS	A	84	252	32	75	2	42	.298	.361	.405	13	4	25	16	0	2	3	0	0
1936	WAS	A	109	391	51	111	8	51	.284	.349	.427	20	6	39	25	0	4	6	0	0
1938	STL	A	150	566	74	171	7	79	.302	.378	.408	33	3	69	47	0	9	5	0	0
1939	STL	A	13	43	5	12	0	8	.279	.367	.302	1	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	4
1939	DET	A	51	157	19	38	1	22	.242	.316	.306	7	0	17	16	0	4	2	0	7
1939	TOT	A	64	200	24	50	1	30	.250	.327	.305	8	0	23	18	0	5	3	0	11
1940	DET	A	33	99	13	22	1	11	.222	.294	.303	3	1	10	12	0	1	0	0	7
1946	NY	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		1390	5086	691	1454	89	799	.286	.347	.420	298	58	473	453	6	97	47	0	18
Total			1391	5087	691	1454	89	799	.286	.347	.420	298	58	474	453	6	97	47	0	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1927	STL	A	SS	7	0	0	12	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1928	STL	A	SS	150	0	0	318	400	55	99	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1929	STL	A	SS	146	0	0	312	441	43	94	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1930	STL	A	3B	31	0	0	35	57	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.902
1930	STL	A	SS	123	0	0	271	349	41	83	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1931	STL	A	SS	38	0	0	37	47	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1931	STL	A	3B	84	0	0	92	141	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1931	STL	A	1B	10	0	0	94	10	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1931	STL	A	OF	40	0	0	82	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1932	STL	A	3B	14	0	0	23	27	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1932	CHI	A	OF	64	0	0	139	12	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1932	CHI	A	1B	1	0	0	10	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	CHI	A	SS	53	0	0	125	155	19	35	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1932	CHI	A	3B	19	0	0	17	34	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1932	TOT	A	3B	33	0	0	40	61	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	.902
1933	CHI	A	1B	111	0	0	1169	60	28	83	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1933	CHI	A	OF	8	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1934	WAS	A	OF	10	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	WAS	A	SS	1	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	WAS	A	2B	6	0	0	18	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	WAS	A	1B	30	0	0	291	11	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1934	WAS	A	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1934	CHI	A	2B	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	TOT	A	2B	9	0	0	23	17	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	WAS	A	P	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	WAS	A	SS	53	0	0	118	204	12	53	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1935	WAS	A	OF	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1935	WAS	A	1B	5	0	0	35	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1935	WAS	A	2B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	WAS	A	SS	64	0	0	143	212	28	52	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1936	WAS	A	2B	33	0	0	86	100	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1936	WAS	A	1B	5	0	0	37	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1938	STL	A	SS	150	0	0	321	388	26	100	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1939	STL	A	SS	13	0	0	27	29	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1939	DET	A	2B	16	0	0	29	47	6	13	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1939	DET	A	3B	4	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1939	DET	A	SS	25	0	0	48	69	5	15	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1939	TOT	A	SS	38	0	0	75	98	9	25	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1940	DET	A	SS	12	0	0	25	33	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1940	DET	A	3B	17	0	0	20	41	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1946	NY	N	P	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	59	0	0	138	166	7	38	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			P	4	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	170	0	0	194	307	43	27	0	0	0	0	0	.921
Total			SS	835	0	0	1761	2357	243	558	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			1B	162	0	0	1636	88	36	121	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			OF	124	0	0	256	21	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.952

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1935	WAS	A	3	0	0	0	12.71	5	9	8	0	0	0	5.2	8	0	5	0	0	0
1946	NY	N	1	0	0	0	12.27	1	5	5	0	0	0	3.2	5	1	1	0	0	1
Total	NL		1	0	0	0	12.27	1	5	5	0	0	0	3.2	5	1	1	0	0	1
Total	AL		3	0	0	0	12.71	5	9	8	0	0	0	5.2	8	0	5	0	0	0
Total			4	0	0	0	12.54	6	14	13	0	0	0	9.1	13	1	6	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bruce Campbell and Bump Hadley (April 27, 1932).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Bob Boken (May 9, 1934).
Traded by Washington Senators with Carl Reynolds and cash to Minneapolis (American Association) in exchange for Jimmy Wasdell (January 29, 1937).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bobo Newsom and Buster Mills to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Joe Vosmik (December 2, 1937).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom and Jim Walkup to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs and Mark Christman (May 13, 1939).
Released by Detroit Tigers (August 1, 1940).
Released by New York Giants (September 16, 1946).

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