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Lou Boudreau
Louis Boudreau

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut September 9, 1938
Final Game August 24, 1952
Born July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL
Died August 10, 2001 in Frankfort, IL

Father-In-Law of Denny McLain

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1970.

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 20 CLE AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   37    0   0           0    
 1939 21 CLE AL  53  225   42   58  15  4   0   19   2  1  28  24  .258  .340  .360   81   81   3           0   5
 1940 22 CLE AL 155  627   97  185  46 10   9  101   6  3  73  39  .295  .370  .443  113  278   4           2  23 MVP-5,AS
 1941 23 CLE AL 148  579   95  149  45  8  10   56   9  4  85  57  .257  .355  .415  107  240  14           3  11 MVP-17,AS
 1942 24 CLE AL 147  506   57  143  18 10   2   58   7 16  75  39  .283  .379  .370  117  187  19           4  12 MVP-10,AS
 1943 25 CLE AL 152  539   69  154  32  7   3   67   4  7  90  31  .286  .388  .388  133  209  20           0  12 MVP-10,AS
 1944 26 CLE AL 150  584   91  191  45  5   3   67  11  3  73  39  .327  .406  .437  145  255  19           5  10 MVP-6,AS
 1945 27 CLE AL  97  345   50  106  24  1   3   48   0  4  35  20  .307  .374  .409  131  141  20           2   9 MVP-8,AS
 1946 28 CLE AL 140  515   51  151  30  6   6   62   6  7  40  14  .293  .345  .410  116  211  15           1  11 MVP-10
 1947 29 CLE AL 150  538   79  165  45  3   4   67   1  0  67  10  .307  .388  .424  128  228  14           4   9 MVP-3,AS
 1948 30 CLE AL 152  560  116  199  34  6  18  106   3  2  98   9  .355  .453  .534  164  299  16           2  15 MVP-1,AS
 1949 31 CLE AL 134  475   53  135  20  3   4   60   0  1  70  10  .284  .381  .364   99  173  12           4  19 MVP-14
 1950 32 CLE AL  81  260   23   70  13  2   1   29   1  2  31   5  .269  .349  .346   81   90   3           1   9
 1951 33 BOS AL  82  273   37   73  18  1   5   47   1  0  30  12  .267  .353  .396   95  108   4           6  10
 1952 34 BOS AL   4    2    1    0   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1646 6029  861 1779 385 66  68  789  51 50 796 309  .295  .380  .415  120 2500 164   0   0  34 155
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        593   85  175  38  6   7   78   5  5  78  30  .295  .380  .415  120  246  16   0   0   3  15
 Career High    155  627  116  199  46 10  18  106  11 16  98  57  .355  .453  .534  164  299  20   0   0   6  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 20 CLE AL    2    1    0   0.0   117| .000  .288| .500  .366| .000  .429| .500  .795|  37  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 1939 21 CLE AL  256  176   28   4.2   111| .258  .283| .340  .357| .360  .418| .700  .775|  81  .417  -5.7  -0.5  66%
 1940 22 CLE AL  706  472  102   5.7   108| .295  .276| .370  .348| .443  .418| .813  .766| 113  .566  13.5   1.3  66%
 1941 23 CLE AL  681  459   85   5.0   102| .257  .269| .355  .345| .415  .397| .770  .742| 107  .521   8.7   0.8  69%
 1942 24 CLE AL  604  410   66   4.3    89| .283  .258| .379  .332| .370  .362| .749  .693| 117  .522  14.1   1.5  30%
 1943 25 CLE AL  649  424   80   5.2    82| .286  .249| .388  .322| .388  .344| .776  .666| 133  .636  27.0   2.9  36%
 1944 26 CLE AL  681  425  104   6.6    88| .327  .263| .406  .329| .437  .360| .843  .689| 145  .712  38.2   4.0  78%
 1945 27 CLE AL  402  272   51   5.0    85| .307  .257| .374  .328| .409  .349| .783  .678| 131  .618  14.7   1.6   0%
 1946 28 CLE AL  571  397   71   4.8    91| .293  .257| .345  .330| .410  .369| .755  .699| 116  .563  10.3   1.1  46%
 1947 29 CLE AL  623  396   88   5.9    94| .307  .259| .388  .338| .424  .372| .812  .711| 128  .656  23.8   2.4 100%
 1948 30 CLE AL  676  394  135   9.1   104| .355  .270| .453  .355| .534  .391| .987  .746| 164  .777  55.8   5.4  60%
 1949 31 CLE AL  561  372   65   4.6   105| .284  .268| .381  .360| .364  .390| .745  .750|  99  .507   1.9   0.2   0%
 1950 32 CLE AL  295  204   31   4.0   111| .269  .275| .349  .361| .346  .412| .695  .773|  81  .406  -6.8  -0.6  33%
 1951 33 BOS AL  313  214   37   4.6   109| .267  .278| .353  .361| .396  .407| .749  .768|  95  .514  -1.6  -0.2 100%
 1952 34 BOS AL    3    3    0   0.0   103| .000  .269| .000  .350| .000  .393| .000  .744|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     7023 4619  943   5.5    97| .295  .265| .380  .342| .415  .381| .795  .723| 120  .599 193.4  19.8  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1938 20 CLE AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.10                             
 1939 21 CLE AL  SS   53    103  184   14   31  .953  .950  5.42  4.68                             
 1940 22 CLE AL  SS  155    277  454   24  116  .968  .949  4.72  4.53                              AS
 1941 23 CLE AL  SS  147    296  444   26   97  .966  .948  5.03  4.59                              AS
 1942 24 CLE AL  SS  146    281  426   26  107  .965  .949  4.84  4.78                              AS
 1943 25 CLE AL  SS  152    328  488   25  122  .970  .953  5.37  4.93                              AS
                  C    1      3    1    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  4.60               0              AS
 1944 26 CLE AL  SS  149    339  516   19  134  .978  .947  5.74  5.05                              AS
                  C    1      1    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  4.40               0              AS
 1945 27 CLE AL  SS   97    217  289    9   73  .983  .951  5.22  4.94                              AS
 1946 28 CLE AL  SS  139    315  405   22   94  .970  .954  5.18  4.65                             
 1947 29 CLE AL  SS  148    305  475   14  120  .982  .964  5.27  4.93                              AS
 1948 30 CLE AL  SS  151    297  483   20  119  .975  .964  5.17  4.85                              AS
                  C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.10               0              AS
 1949 31 CLE AL  SS   88    176  272    8   78  .982  .963  5.09  4.79                             
                 3B   38     34   76    4   13  .965  .960  2.89  2.95                             
                 1B    6     41    3    0    3 1.000  .989  7.33  9.15                             
                 2B    1      2    2    0    1 1.000  .976  4.00  5.10                             
 1950 32 CLE AL  SS   61    118  170    4   44  .986  .961  4.72  4.74                             
                 1B    8     34    5    0    2 1.000  .990  4.88  8.51                             
                 3B    2      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  3.05                             
                 2B    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  5.40                             
 1951 33 BOS AL  SS   52     80  153   12   45  .951  .961  4.48  4.72                             
                 3B   15     10   27    2    5  .949  .951  2.47  2.87                             
                 1B    2      4    1    1    1  .833  .980  2.50  8.50                             
 1952 34 BOS AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00                             
                 SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.30                             

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1949 31 CLE AL  1B    6     41    3    0    3 1.000  .989  7.33  9.15                             
 1950 32 CLE AL  1B    8     34    5    0    2 1.000  .990  4.88  8.51                             
 1951 33 BOS AL  1B    2      4    1    1    1  .833  .980  2.50  8.50                             

 1949 31 CLE AL  2B    1      2    2    0    1 1.000  .976  4.00  5.10                             
 1950 32 CLE AL  2B    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  5.40                             

 1938 20 CLE AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.10                             
 1949 31 CLE AL  3B   38     34   76    4   13  .965  .960  2.89  2.95                             
 1950 32 CLE AL  3B    2      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  3.05                             
 1951 33 BOS AL  3B   15     10   27    2    5  .949  .951  2.47  2.87                             
 1952 34 BOS AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00                             

 1943 25 CLE AL   C    1      3    1    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  4.60               0             
 1944 26 CLE AL   C    1      1    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  4.40               0             
 1948 30 CLE AL   C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.10               0             

 1939 21 CLE AL  SS   53    103  184   14   31  .953  .950  5.42  4.68                             
 1940 22 CLE AL  SS  155    277  454   24  116  .968  .949  4.72  4.53                             
 1941 23 CLE AL  SS  147    296  444   26   97  .966  .948  5.03  4.59                             
 1942 24 CLE AL  SS  146    281  426   26  107  .965  .949  4.84  4.78                             
 1943 25 CLE AL  SS  152    328  488   25  122  .970  .953  5.37  4.93                             
 1944 26 CLE AL  SS  149    339  516   19  134  .978  .947  5.74  5.05                             
 1945 27 CLE AL  SS   97    217  289    9   73  .983  .951  5.22  4.94                             
 1946 28 CLE AL  SS  139    315  405   22   94  .970  .954  5.18  4.65                             
 1947 29 CLE AL  SS  148    305  475   14  120  .982  .964  5.27  4.93                             
 1948 30 CLE AL  SS  151    297  483   20  119  .975  .964  5.17  4.85                             
 1949 31 CLE AL  SS   88    176  272    8   78  .982  .963  5.09  4.79                             
 1950 32 CLE AL  SS   61    118  170    4   44  .986  .961  4.72  4.74                             
 1951 33 BOS AL  SS   52     80  153   12   45  .951  .961  4.48  4.72                             
 1952 34 BOS AL  SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.30                             

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total  SS 1539   3132 4760  223 1180  .973  .954  5.13  4.79                             
                 3B   57     47  104    6   18  .962  .958  2.65  2.94                             
                 1B   16     79    9    1    6  .989  .989  5.50  8.75                             
                  C    3      4    2    0    0 1.000  .984  2.00  4.37               0             
                 2B    3      3    2    0    1 1.000  .980  1.67  5.30                             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1618   3265 4877  230 1205  .973  .955  5.03  4.76
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   6  22   1   6  4  0  0   3   1   1  .273  .333  .455   0  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1940   CLE AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1941   CLE AL       2   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1942   CLE AL   *   4   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1943   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1944   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1947   CLE AL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1948   CLE AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/8      3  12   1   4  0  0  1   3   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .583 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (SS)
1943
1944
1945
1947 (SS)
1948 (SS)

Awards
1948-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1948-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-AL-5-0.35
1941-AL-17-0.03
1942-AL-10-0.10
1943-AL-10-0.12
1944-AL-6-0.25
1945-AL-8-0.21
1946-AL-10-0.11
1947-AL-3-0.50
1948-AL-1-0.96
1949-AL-14-0.03
Car-46-2.66 shares

Batting Average
1943 AL-.286-10
1944 AL-.327-1
1946 AL-.293-9
1947 AL-.307-8
1948 AL-.355-2

On-base %
1943 AL-.388-4
1944 AL-.406-2
1947 AL-.388-9
1948 AL-.453-2

Slugging %
1948 AL-.534-4

OPS
1943 AL-.776-9
1944 AL-.843-7
1947 AL-.811-10
1948 AL-.987-3

Games
1940 AL-155-1
1943 AL-152-10
1944 AL-150-9
1948 AL-152-7

At Bats
1940 AL-627-3
1944 AL-584-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1940 AL-706-3
1941 AL-681-6
1944 AL-681-4
1948 AL-676-6

Runs
1944 AL-91-6
1948 AL-116-5

Hits
1944 AL-191-2
1947 AL-165-7
1948 AL-199-3

Total Bases
1940 AL-278-10
1944 AL-255-10
1948 AL-299-4

Doubles
1940 AL-46-2
1941 AL-45-1
1943 AL-32-7
1944 AL-45-1
1946 AL-30-8
1947 AL-45-1
1948 AL-34-7

Triples
1940 AL-10-9
1942 AL-10-7

Home Runs
1948 AL-18-10

RBI
1940 AL-101-10
1948 AL-106-8

Bases on Balls
1942 AL-75-10
1943 AL-90-4
1944 AL-73-6
1948 AL-98-6

Stolen Bases
1944 AL-11-8

Singles
1944 AL-138-2
1946 AL-109-9
1947 AL-113-10
1948 AL-141-4

Adjusted OPS+
1943 AL-133-7
1944 AL-145-4
1947 AL-128-9
1948 AL-164-2

Runs Created
1943 AL-80-10
1944 AL-104-5
1947 AL-88-8
1948 AL-135-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1943 AL-27-6
1944 AL-38-4
1947 AL-24-6
1948 AL-56-2

Batting Wins
1943 AL-2.9-6
1944 AL-4.0-4
1947 AL-2.4-6
1948 AL-5.4-2

Extra-Base Hits
1940 AL-65-9
1941 AL-63-7
1944 AL-53-8
1947 AL-52-6
1948 AL-58-6

Times on Base
1940 AL-260-8
1943 AL-244-4
1944 AL-269-2
1947 AL-236-8
1948 AL-299-2

Offensive Win%
1943 AL-.636-10
1944 AL-.712-6
1947 AL-.656-7
1948 AL-.777-2

Hit By Pitch
1941 AL-3-10
1942 AL-4-7
1944 AL-5-7
1947 AL-4-5
1949 AL-4-7
1951 AL-6-6

Sac. Hits
1941 AL-14-1
1942 AL-19-2
1943 AL-20-3
1944 AL-19-5
1945 AL-20-2
1946 AL-15-1
1947 AL-14-2
1948 AL-16-5
1949 AL-12-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1940 AL-23-1
1949 AL-19-8

Caught Stealing
1942 AL-16-1
1946 AL-7-8

Power/Speed Number
1941 AL-9.5-8
1946 AL-6.0-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 AL-36.8-1
1947 AL-53.8-1
1948 AL-62.2-1
1949 AL-47.5-2

At Bats per Home Run
1948 AL-31.1-10

Outs
1940 AL-472-5
1941 AL-459-4

Youngest Player
1938 AL-20-5

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 82 (282) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 29.9 (274) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 89.0 (180) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 21, 1950: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

November 27, 1950: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 31, 1951: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1952 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 15, 1952: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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Uniforms 
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