Rip Radcliff
[edit] Biography
Rip Radcliff (Raymond Allen Radcliff) was born on January 19, 1906 in Kiowa, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1934 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .286 with 10 home runs and 68 RBI. Radcliff played for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Rip Radcliff's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .335 average and knocked in 82 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| 14
| 56
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 5
| .268
| .268
| .339
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| 146
| 623
| 95
| 178
| 10
| 68
| .286
| .346
| .404
| 28
| 8
| 53
| 21
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 138
| 618
| 120
| 207
| 8
| 82
| .335
| .381
| .447
| 31
| 7
| 44
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 144
| 584
| 105
| 190
| 4
| 79
| .325
| .383
| .445
| 38
| 10
| 53
| 25
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 129
| 503
| 64
| 166
| 5
| 81
| .330
| .376
| .429
| 23
| 6
| 36
| 17
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 113
| 397
| 49
| 105
| 2
| 53
| .264
| .313
| .353
| 25
| 2
| 26
| 21
| 2
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 5
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 150
| 584
| 83
| 200
| 7
| 81
| .342
| .392
| .466
| 33
| 9
| 47
| 20
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 11
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 19
| 71
| 12
| 20
| 2
| 14
| .282
| .370
| .451
| 2
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 96
| 379
| 47
| 120
| 3
| 40
| .317
| .351
| .404
| 14
| 5
| 19
| 13
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 7
|
| 1941
| TOT
| A
| 115
| 450
| 59
| 140
| 5
| 54
| .311
| .354
| .411
| 16
| 7
| 29
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 8
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| 62
| 144
| 13
| 36
| 1
| 20
| .250
| .294
| .306
| 5
| 0
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 70
| 115
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 10
| .261
| .341
| .296
| 4
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 1081
| 4074
| 598
| 1267
| 42
| 533
| .311
| .362
| .417
| 205
| 50
| 310
| 141
| 14
| 38
| 40
| 0
| 30
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 231
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 213
| 6
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 273
| 9
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 230
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 236
| 10
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 170
| 11
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 282
| 8
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 155
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1941
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 101
| 0
| 0
| 181
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| OF
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1942
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| DET
| A
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 887
| 0
| 0
| 1655
| 45
| 58
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 497
| 31
| 8
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St Paul (American Association) to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset and cash (November 6, 1933).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with George Detore to Louisville (American Association) in exchange for Hank Erickson (March 27, 1934); Hank Erickson returned to Louisville (American Association) (@April, 1934).
- Sold by Louisville (American Association) to Chicago White Sox (August 11, 1934).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Moose Solters (December 8, 1939).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers for $25000 (May 5, 1941).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Don Heffner and Bob Swift (October 11, 1943).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (March 26, 1946).
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