Red Kress
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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