Zeke Bonura
[edit] Biography
Zeke Bonura (Henry John Bonura) was born on September 20, 1908 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1934 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 27 home runs and 110 RBI. Bonura played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Zeke Bonura's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .330 average and knocked in 138 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| 127
| 510
| 86
| 154
| 27
| 110
| .302
| .380
| .545
| 35
| 4
| 64
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| 138
| 550
| 107
| 162
| 21
| 92
| .295
| .364
| .485
| 34
| 4
| 57
| 28
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 148
| 587
| 120
| 194
| 12
| 138
| .330
| .426
| .482
| 39
| 7
| 94
| 29
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 116
| 447
| 79
| 154
| 19
| 100
| .345
| .412
| .573
| 41
| 2
| 49
| 24
| 2
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 137
| 540
| 72
| 156
| 22
| 114
| .289
| .346
| .472
| 27
| 3
| 44
| 29
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 123
| 455
| 75
| 146
| 11
| 85
| .321
| .388
| .477
| 26
| 6
| 46
| 22
| 4
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 22
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 79
| 311
| 41
| 85
| 3
| 45
| .273
| .358
| .373
| 16
| 3
| 40
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 6
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 49
| 182
| 20
| 48
| 4
| 20
| .264
| .302
| .407
| 14
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 12
|
| 1940
| Total
|
| 128
| 493
| 61
| 133
| 7
| 65
| .270
| .338
| .385
| 30
| 3
| 50
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 18
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 172
| 637
| 95
| 194
| 15
| 105
| .305
| .364
| .457
| 40
| 6
| 56
| 26
| 4
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 34
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 745
| 2945
| 505
| 905
| 104
| 599
| .307
| .383
| .494
| 192
| 23
| 348
| 154
| 13
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 917
| 3582
| 600
| 1099
| 119
| 704
| .307
| .380
| .487
| 232
| 29
| 404
| 180
| 17
| 23
| 19
| 0
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 1239
| 77
| 5
| 94
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1935
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 1421
| 83
| 9
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 1500
| 107
| 7
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 1114
| 63
| 13
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 1209
| 93
| 9
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 1205
| 90
| 11
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 712
| 42
| 14
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 408
| 40
| 4
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1940
| Total
|
| 1B
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 1120
| 82
| 18
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 900
| 0
| 0
| 8808
| 595
| 72
| 815
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Les Barnhart and Ed Montague to Indianapolis (American Association) in exchange for Oral Hildebrand (November 29, 1930).
- Sold by Dallas (Texas) to Chicago White Sox (August 16, 1933).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Joe Kuhel (March 18, 1938).
- Traded by Washington Senators to New York Giants in exchange for Jim Carlin, Tom Baker and $20000 (December 11, 1938).
- Sold by New York Giants to Washington Senators for $20000 (April 26, 1940).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Chicago Cubs for $10000 (July 22, 1940).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Minneapolis (American Association) (February 15, 1941).
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