Red Kress

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 2, 1905 in Columbia, CA us

Died: November 29, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 24, 1927 (Age 22-265d, 6,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1946 (Age 41-196d)
vs. PIT 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralph Kress

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

5087

1454

.286

691

RBI

799

OBP

.347

SLG

.420

OPS

.767

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 89 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 23 go ahead

4 Tms
SLB	54
CHW	19
WSH	14
DET	2

Platoon
vs RHP	65
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Away	56
Home	33

Outs
0	31
1	30
2	28

8 Opps
DET	23
PHA	21
NYY	14
CHW	9
BOS	8
CLE	8
SLB	5
WSH	1

57 Pitchers
Earl Whitehill	4
Rube Walberg	4
George Earnshaw	3
Roy Mahaffey	3
Vic Sorrell	3
Clint Brown	3
Jake Wade	3
Whit Wyatt	3
Ted Lyons	2
Firpo Marberry	2
Lefty Grove	2
George Pipgras	2
Bill Dietrich	2
Bill Shores	2
Monte Pearson	2
Red Ruffing	2
Wes Ferrell	2
Elon Hogsett	2
Vic Frazier	2
Johnny Allen	2
Horace Lisenbee	2
Hank Johnson	2
Grant Bowler	1
Tommy Thomas	1
Buck Marrow	1
Curt Fullerton	1
Lil Stoner	1
Willis Hudlin	1
Waite Hoyt	1
Ed Durham	1
Milt Gaston	1
Joe Sullivan	1
Bob Kline	1
George Caster	1
Dutch Henry	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Ed Wells	1
George Uhle	1
Herb Pennock	1
Luke Hamlin	1
Hal McKain	1
George Blaeholder	1
Ivy Andrews	1
George Smith	1
Pete Appleton	1
Al Veach	1
Lee Rogers	1
Nels Potter	1
Bump Hadley	1
Oral Hildebrand	1
Monty Stratton	1
Gordon Rhodes	1
Danny MacFayden	1
Charlie Barnabe	1
Carl Fischer	1
Lefty Gomez	1
Tommy Bridges	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	26
Tiger Stad (DET)	19
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	15
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	13
Yankee Stad (NYC)	8
GriffithStad (WAS)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	76
9	4
78	3
8	2
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	81
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	50
1--	23
-2-	7
12-	3
--3	3
123	2
-23	1

136 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	50
1 on	33
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	39

Inning
1	4
2	9
3	6
4	18
5	5
6	16
7	11
8	14
9	6

1-3	19
4-6	39
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	4
+2	10
+1	11
Tied	19
-1	10
-2	8
-3	6
-4..	16

Ahead	30
Tied	19
Behind	40

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	39
3B	18
1B	12
RF	12
2B	7
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	35
6th	18
7th	15
5th	13
8th	4
3rd	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1927-10-02	SLB	@	CHW	Charlie Barnabe	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	1--	2	6	6
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1928-05-11	SLB	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 3-8	t 4	1	---	1	5	6	0.041	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1928-06-15	SLB		NYY	Hank Johnson	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	1	5	6	0.097	30%		Home Run (CF-RF)
4	4	3	1	1928-09-17	SLB		NYY	Waite Hoyt	behind 0-12	b 9	1	1--	2	5	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Schulte Scores
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1929-04-30	SLB	@	DET	Lil Stoner	ahead 5-4	t 6	0	---	1	5	6	0.117	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	2	1	1929-05-30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	George Smith	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-	3	8	6	0.248	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. O'Rourke Scores/unER; O. Melillo Scores/unER; R. Kress Scores/unER
7	7	3	1	1929-06-05	SLB	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 1-5	t 7	2	---	1	7	6	0.036	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1929-08-05 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	tied 3-3	t 8	0	1--	2	5	6	0.280	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Schulte Scores
9	9	5	1	1929-08-06 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Bill Shores	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	6	0.148	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Schulte Scores
10	10	6	1	1929-08-09	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	2	4	6	0.146	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Manush Scores
11	11	7	2	1929-08-09	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 5-1	t 4	2	1--	2	4	6	0.082	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Manush Scores
12	12	8	1	1929-08-20	SLB		PHA	George Earnshaw	behind 0-1	b 6	1	1--	2	5	6	0.291	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Manush Scores
13	13	9	1	1929-09-18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Lefty Grove	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	1--	2	5	6	0.143	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. McGowan Scores
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1930-04-15	SLB	@	DET	George Uhle	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	1	4	6	0.053	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	1930-06-09	SLB		NYY	Red Ruffing	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	1	4	6	0.071	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	3	1	1930-06-30	SLB	@	WSH	Firpo Marberry	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	6	0.122	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	4	1	1930-07-07	SLB	@	CLE	Pete Appleton	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	6	0.091	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	5	1	1930-07-12	SLB		PHA	Bill Shores	behind 2-12	b 6	0	---	1	4	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	1930-07-26	SLB		BOS	Milt Gaston	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	1--	2	4	6	0.172	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Metzler Scores
20	20	7	1	1930-07-27 (1)	SLB		BOS	Ed Durham	tied 9-9	b 8	2	---	1	4	6	0.289	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	8	1	1930-08-01	SLB		CLE	Clint Brown	behind 0-3	b 4	0	1--	2	4	6	0.158	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
22	22	9	1	1930-08-02	SLB		CLE	Willis Hudlin	behind 0-7	b 4	2	1--	2	4	6	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
23	23	10	1	1930-08-06 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Dutch Henry	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	--3	2	4	6	0.081	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Metzler Scores
24	24	11	1	1930-08-18	SLB	@	PHA	George Earnshaw	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	6	0.137	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	12	1	1930-08-24	SLB	@	DET	Earl Whitehill	behind 4-5	t 8	1	---	1	4	5	0.226	45%		Home Run
26	26	13	1	1930-08-29	SLB		DET	Whit Wyatt	ahead 8-6	b 7	0	---	1	4	5	0.059	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	14	1	1930-09-04	SLB	@	DET	Vic Sorrell	behind 2-6	t 8	1	---	1	4	5	0.030	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	15	1	1930-09-06	SLB	@	DET	Whit Wyatt	behind 1-3	t 4	1	1--	2	4	5	0.176	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
29	29	16	1	1930-09-07	SLB	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	5
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1931-04-24	SLB	@	DET	Earl Whitehill	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	5	0.147	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)
31	31	2	1	1931-05-27	SLB	@	CLE	Wes Ferrell	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	5	0.099	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	1931-06-05	SLB	@	NYY	Herb Pennock	behind 1-6	t 7	1	1--	2	7	5	0.052	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Melillo Scores
33	33	4	1	1931-06-13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Lefty Grove	behind 2-10	t 9	0	---	1	4	5	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1931-06-24	SLB		PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 1-2	b 1	2	---	1	4	5	0.094	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	6	1	1931-06-25 (1)	SLB		PHA	George Earnshaw	behind 1-3	b 6	2	-23	3	4	5	0.387	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Melillo Scores; G. Goslin Scores
36	36	7	1	1931-07-05 (1)	SLB		CHW	Hal McKain	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	4	5	0.114	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	8	1	1931-07-09	SLB	@	DET	Earl Whitehill	behind 1-10	t 8	1	---	1	4	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	9	1	1931-07-17	SLB	@	BOS	Bob Kline	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	9	0.086	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	10	1	1931-07-20	SLB	@	NYY	Ed Wells	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	1	4	6	0.084	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	11	1	1931-08-02 (1)	SLB		CLE	Wes Ferrell	behind 0-2	b 4	0	1--	2	4	9	0.184	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
41	41	12	1	1931-08-12	SLB		BOS	Horace Lisenbee	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2	4	9	0.166	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
42	42	13	1	1931-08-19	SLB		NYY	George Pipgras	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.095	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	14	1	1931-08-21	SLB		NYY	Hank Johnson	behind 1-8	b 7	2	12-	3	4	9	0.039	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Melillo Scores; G. Goslin Scores
44	44	15	1	1931-09-08	SLB	@	DET	Earl Whitehill	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--	2	4	6	0.471	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
45	45	16	1	1931-09-12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Roy Mahaffey	ahead 4-2	t 3	1	---	1	4	6	0.083	76%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1932-04-14	SLB	@	CHW	Vic Frazier	tied 0-0	t 5	1	-2-	2	6	5	0.202	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores
47	47	2	1	1932-04-23	SLB		CHW	Grant Bowler	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	12-	3	4	5	0.029	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burns Scores; G. Goslin Scores
48	48	3	1	1932-05-22 (1)	CHW		DET	Whit Wyatt	behind 0-2	b 6	1	1--	2	4	6	0.269	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Selph Scores
49	49	4	1	1932-07-08 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	Roy Mahaffey	behind 1-11	t 8	2	---	1	5	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1932-07-18	CHW	@	NYY	George Pipgras	behind 2-5	t 8	1	---	1	5	5	0.054	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	6	1	1932-07-29	CHW		BOS	Ivy Andrews	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	0.150	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	7	1	1932-08-29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	behind 1-4	t 8	1	--3	2	7	9	0.111	21%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Selph Scores
53	53	8	1	1932-08-30	CHW	@	NYY	Johnny Allen	behind 3-4	t 6	2	---	1	7	9	0.156	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	9	1	1932-09-03	CHW	@	SLB	Carl Fischer	ahead 11-8	t 9	0	---	1	7	9	0.023	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	10	1	1932-09-17	CHW		PHA	Roy Mahaffey	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1	7	5	0.144	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
56	56	11	1	1932-09-21 (1)	CHW	@	DET	Buck Marrow	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	5
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1933-04-18	CHW	@	DET	Elon Hogsett	ahead 10-0	t 7	0	---	1	6	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1933-04-30	CHW	@	CLE	Clint Brown	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	6	3	0.167	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
59	59	3	1	1933-06-04 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	Bump Hadley	ahead 4-0	t 3	1	1--	2	6	3	0.079	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Simmons Scores
60	60	4	1	1933-06-06	CHW	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	6	3	0.146	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1933-06-10	CHW		DET	Vic Sorrell	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	6	3	0.101	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	6	2	1933-06-10	CHW		DET	Vic Sorrell	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	6	3	0.130	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	7	1	1933-08-12	CHW		DET	Vic Frazier	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	1--	2	3	3	0.081	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Haas Scores
64	64	8	1	1933-08-23 (2)	CHW		BOS	Curt Fullerton	tied 0-0	b 4	1	123	4	6	3	0.231	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Haas Scores; J. Dykes Scores; L. Appling Scores
65	65	9	1	1933-09-02	CHW		CLE	Monte Pearson	behind 2-7	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	0.043	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	10	1	1933-09-20	CHW	@	NYY	Danny MacFayden	behind 2-5	t 9	1	---	1	6	3	0.023	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1934-05-21	WSH	@	DET	Firpo Marberry	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	7	4	0.118	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	2	1	1934-07-02	WSH	@	PHA	Bill Dietrich	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	-2-	2	7	3	0.141	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to 2B (Pop Fly to Short RF); F. Schulte Scores
69	69	3	2	1934-07-02	WSH	@	PHA	Bill Dietrich	ahead 5-2	t 9	0	---	1	7	3	0.021	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
70	70	4	1	1934-07-16	WSH	@	DET	Luke Hamlin	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	2	7	3	0.265	62%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Harris Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1935-07-28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	6	0.104	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
72	72	2	1	1935-09-28 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	Al Veach	ahead 5-0	t 5	2	---	1	7	6	0.032	95%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1936-05-07	WSH		CHW	Monty Stratton	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	8	4	0.163	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Bolton Scores/unER; R. Kress Scores/unER
74	74	2	1	1936-05-17	WSH	@	DET	Joe Sullivan	ahead 4-3	t 3	1	-2-	2	6	4
75	75	3	1	1936-07-26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Elon Hogsett	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	4
76	76	4	1	1936-08-22 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Gordon Rhodes	behind 2-5	t 4	0	---	1	8	4	0.082	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	5	1	1936-08-23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	Horace Lisenbee	ahead 4-2	t 6	2	-2-	2	8	4	0.144	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Travis Scores
78	78	6	1	1936-08-30 (2)	WSH		SLB	Tommy Thomas	ahead 6-4	b 8	0	---	1	7	4
79	79	7	1	1936-09-09	WSH	@	DET	Jake Wade	tied 2-2	t 6	0	-2-	2	5	6	0.167	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Sington Scores
80	80	8	2	1936-09-09	WSH	@	DET	Jake Wade	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	6	0.215	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1938-05-22	SLB		PHA	Nels Potter	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	6	6	0.276	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	2	1	1938-05-30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	Jake Wade	ahead 6-4	t 6	2	--3	2	3	6	0.141	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Clift Scores
83	83	3	1	1938-06-11	SLB	@	PHA	George Caster	behind 0-2	t 4	0	1--	2	3	6	0.170	50%		Home Run; H. Clift Scores
84	84	4	1	1938-07-26 (1)	SLB		NYY	Monte Pearson	behind 1-8	b 4	1	---	1	5	6	0.023	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
85	85	5	1	1938-07-31 (2)	SLB		BOS	Lee Rogers	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	123	4	6	6
86	86	6	1	1938-09-01	SLB	@	BOS	Fritz Ostermueller	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	6	0.093	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
87	87	7	1	1938-09-04 (1)	SLB		CLE	Johnny Allen	behind 2-4	b 4	2	---	1	6	6	0.108	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
88	88	1	1	1939-06-19	DET	@	NYY	Oral Hildebrand	behind 2-7	t 8	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.034	6%		Home Run; B. Tebbetts Scores
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
89	89	1	1	1940-07-02	DET		CHW	Clint Brown	ahead 9-8	b 8	0	---	1	7	5	0.076	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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