Skeeter Webb
[edit] Biography
Skeeter Webb (James Laverne Webb) was born on November 4, 1909 in Meridian, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on July 20, 1932 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 2 home runs and 26 RBI. Webb played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 12 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1932
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 58
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 2
| .276
| .364
| .310
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 81
| 269
| 28
| 71
| 2
| 26
| .264
| .305
| .346
| 14
| 1
| 15
| 24
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 84
| 334
| 33
| 79
| 1
| 29
| .237
| .299
| .290
| 11
| 2
| 30
| 33
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 4
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 84
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 6
| .190
| .227
| .214
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 94
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 4
| .170
| .204
| .213
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 58
| 213
| 15
| 50
| 0
| 22
| .235
| .256
| .277
| 5
| 2
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 4
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 139
| 513
| 44
| 108
| 0
| 30
| .211
| .242
| .271
| 19
| 6
| 20
| 39
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 10
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| 118
| 407
| 43
| 81
| 0
| 21
| .199
| .254
| .238
| 12
| 2
| 30
| 35
| 0
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 9
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 64
| 169
| 12
| 37
| 0
| 17
| .219
| .258
| .237
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 5
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 50
| 79
| 13
| 16
| 0
| 6
| .203
| .267
| .241
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 23
| 54
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .148
| .148
| .185
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 698
| 2274
| 216
| 498
| 3
| 166
| .219
| .263
| .268
| 73
| 15
| 132
| 215
| 3
| 44
| 33
| 0
| 40
|
| Total
|
|
| 699
| 2274
| 216
| 498
| 3
| 166
| .219
| .263
| .268
| 73
| 15
| 132
| 215
| 3
| 44
| 33
| 0
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1932
| STL
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 28
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 203
| 27
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 143
| 229
| 12
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 49
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 87
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 118
| 169
| 14
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 202
| 461
| 39
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 19
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 25
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| SS
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 215
| 343
| 25
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| SS
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 143
| 7
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 74
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 14
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 368
| 0
| 0
| 641
| 1108
| 100
| 210
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 282
| 0
| 0
| 580
| 810
| 48
| 164
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
[edit] Transactions
- Granted free agency (April 1, 1938).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 6, 1938).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ollie Bejma and Johnny Gerlach (January 10, 1940).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Joe Orengo (December 12, 1944).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (October 18, 1947).
- Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (@November, 1947).
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (October 4, 1948).
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