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Rip Radcliff
Raymond Allen Radcliff

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 17, 1934
Final Game September 29, 1943
Born January 19, 1906 in Kiowa, OK
Died May 23, 1962 in Enid, OK

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 28 CHW AL  14   56    7   15   2  1   0    5   1  0   0   2  .268  .268  .339   54   19   1           0    
 1935 29 CHW AL 146  623   95  178  28  8  10   68   4  4  53  21  .286  .346  .404   92  252   2           4    
 1936 30 CHW AL 138  618  120  207  31  7   8   82   6  3  44  12  .335  .381  .447  100  276   1           2     MVP-16,AS
 1937 31 CHW AL 144  584  105  190  38 10   4   79   6  1  53  25  .325  .383  .445  108  260   4           2     MVP-15
 1938 32 CHW AL 129  503   64  166  23  6   5   81   5  7  36  17  .330  .376  .429  100  216   5           1    
 1939 33 CHW AL 113  397   49  105  25  2   2   53   6  4  26  21  .264  .313  .353   68  140  10           2   5
 1940 34 SLB AL 150  584   83  200  33  9   7   81   6  4  47  20  .342  .392  .466  120  272   4           1  11 MVP-9
 1941 35 TOT AL 115  450   59  140  16  7   5   54   5  5  29  14  .311  .354  .411   95  185   5           1   8
         SLB AL  19   71   12   20   2  2   2   14   1  1  10   1  .282  .370  .451  114   32   0           0   1
         DET AL  96  379   47  120  14  5   3   40   4  4  19  13  .317  .351  .404   91  153   5           1   7
 1942 36 DET AL  62  144   13   36   5  0   1   20   0  1   9   6  .250  .294  .306   63   44   2           0   3
 1943 37 DET AL  70  115    3   30   4  0   0   10   1  1  13   3  .261  .341  .296   81   34   4           1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1081 4074  598 1267 205 50  42  533  40 30 310 141  .311  .362  .417   97 1698  38   0   0  14  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        611   90  190  31  7   6   80   6  4  46  21  .311  .362  .417   97  254   6   0   0   2   4
 Career High    150  623  120  207  38 10  10   82   6  7  53  25  .342  .392  .466  120  276  10   0   0   4  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 28 CHW AL   57   42    5   3.2   114| .268  .292| .268  .366| .339  .420| .607  .787|  54  .302  -4.3  -0.4 100%
 1935 29 CHW AL  682  451   85   5.0   113| .286  .290| .346  .363| .404  .419| .750  .782|  92  .502  -9.2  -0.9  50%
 1936 30 CHW AL  665  415  105   6.7   125| .335  .304| .381  .380| .447  .446| .828  .826| 100  .588  -1.0  -0.1  66%
 1937 31 CHW AL  643  399  100   6.6   117| .325  .290| .383  .365| .445  .432| .828  .797| 108  .605   7.8   0.7  85%
 1938 32 CHW AL  545  349   79   6.0   120| .330  .293| .376  .372| .429  .436| .805  .808| 100  .555  -1.1  -0.1  41%
 1939 33 CHW AL  435  311   43   3.7   116| .264  .290| .313  .366| .353  .429| .666  .795|  68  .356 -20.1  -1.9  60%
 1940 34 SLB AL  636  403  106   7.0   113| .342  .282| .392  .355| .466  .427| .858  .782| 120  .651  17.2   1.6  60%
 1941 35 TOT AL  485  328   65   5.3   114| .311  .286| .354  .364| .411  .421| .765  .785|  95  .552  -5.1  -0.5  50%
         SLB AL   81   53   12   6.0   109| .282  .279| .370  .356| .451  .411| .821  .768| 114  .611   1.2   0.1  50%
         DET AL  404  275   53   5.2   115| .317  .287| .351  .365| .404  .423| .755  .789|  91  .539  -6.3  -0.6  50%
 1942 36 DET AL  155  114   13   3.1   101| .250  .275| .294  .350| .306  .385| .600  .735|  63  .367  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1943 37 DET AL  133   93   11   3.2    93| .261  .265| .341  .341| .296  .366| .637  .706|  81  .426  -2.4  -0.3  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4436 2905  612   5.6   116| .311  .290| .362  .365| .417  .427| .779  .792|  97  .546 -25.8  -2.7  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 28 CHW AL OF 14 35 0 2 0 .946 .967 2.50 2.16 0 0 14 1935 29 CHW AL OF 142 231 8 8 1 .968 .970 1.68 2.30 142 0 0 1936 30 CHW AL OF 132 213 6 15 2 .936 .968 1.66 2.29 132 0 0 AS 1937 31 CHW AL OF 139 273 9 10 5 .966 .969 2.03 2.28 139 0 0 1938 32 CHW AL OF 99 230 5 5 0 .979 .972 2.37 2.28 99 0 0 1B 23 236 10 5 25 .980 .990 10.70 9.56 1939 33 CHW AL OF 78 130 1 4 0 .970 .969 1.68 2.35 10 0 69 1B 20 170 11 2 11 .989 .990 9.05 9.43 1940 34 SLB AL OF 139 282 8 8 2 .973 .970 2.09 2.32 116 0 23 1B 4 25 2 1 2 .964 .989 6.75 9.60 1941 35 TOT AL OF 101 181 6 5 1 .974 .973 1.85 2.33 99 0 2 SLB AL OF 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.86 2.33 14 0 0 1B 3 24 1 0 2 1.000 .988 8.33 9.63 DET AL OF 87 155 6 5 1 .970 .973 1.85 2.33 85 0 2 1942 36 DET AL OF 24 43 1 1 1 .978 .976 1.83 2.31 6 0 18 1B 4 40 5 0 0 1.000 .989 11.25 9.85 1943 37 DET AL OF 19 37 1 0 1 1.000 .977 2.00 2.39 2 0 17 1B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 32 CHW AL 1B 23 236 10 5 25 .980 .990 10.70 9.56 1939 33 CHW AL 1B 20 170 11 2 11 .989 .990 9.05 9.43 1940 34 SLB AL 1B 4 25 2 1 2 .964 .989 6.75 9.60 1941 35 SLB AL 1B 3 24 1 0 2 1.000 .988 8.33 9.63 1942 36 DET AL 1B 4 40 5 0 0 1.000 .989 11.25 9.85 1943 37 DET AL 1B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 9.80 1934 28 CHW AL OF 14 35 0 2 0 .946 .967 2.50 2.16 0 0 14 1935 29 CHW AL OF 142 231 8 8 1 .968 .970 1.68 2.30 142 0 0 1936 30 CHW AL OF 132 213 6 15 2 .936 .968 1.66 2.29 132 0 0 1937 31 CHW AL OF 139 273 9 10 5 .966 .969 2.03 2.28 139 0 0 1938 32 CHW AL OF 99 230 5 5 0 .979 .972 2.37 2.28 99 0 0 1939 33 CHW AL OF 78 130 1 4 0 .970 .969 1.68 2.35 10 0 69 1940 34 SLB AL OF 139 282 8 8 2 .973 .970 2.09 2.32 116 0 23 1941 35 TOT AL OF 101 181 6 5 1 .974 .973 1.85 2.33 99 0 2 SLB AL OF 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.86 2.33 14 0 0 DET AL OF 87 155 6 5 1 .970 .973 1.85 2.33 85 0 2 1942 36 DET AL OF 24 43 1 1 1 .978 .976 1.83 2.31 6 0 18 1943 37 DET AL OF 19 37 1 0 1 1.000 .977 2.00 2.39 2 0 17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 887 1655 45 58 13 .967 .970 1.92 2.30 745 0 143 1B 55 497 31 8 40 .985 .990 9.60 9.55 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 942 2152 76 66 53 .971 .975 2.37 2.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1936   CHW AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1936 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1936-AL-16-0.04
1937-AL-15-0.12
1940-AL-9-0.16
Car-566-0.32 shares

Batting Average
1938 AL-.330-8
1940 AL-.342-4
Car-.311-98

At Bats
1935 AL-623-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 AL-682-8

Hits
1935 AL-178-10
1936 AL-207-5
1940 AL-200-1

Singles
1935 AL-132-8
1936 AL-161-1
1937 AL-138-7
1938 AL-132-10
1940 AL-151-4

Runs Created
1940 AL-106-8

Hit By Pitch
1935 AL-4-7

Caught Stealing
1938 AL-7-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1935 AL-29.7-4
1936 AL-51.5-1
1937 AL-23.4-5
1938 AL-29.6-3
1939 AL-18.9-10
1940 AL-29.2-3
1941 AL-32.1-3
Car-28.9-28

Outs
1935 AL-451-6

Oldest Player
1943 AL-37-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1051) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.8 (555) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 42.5 (427) (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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Transactions 

November 6, 1933: Traded by the St Paul (American Association) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash.

March 27, 1934: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with George DeTore to the Louisville (American Association) for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson returned to original teams on April, 1934.

August 11, 1934: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Louisville (American Association).

December 8, 1939: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters.

May 5, 1941: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.

October 11, 1943: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics for Don Heffner and Bob Swift.

March 26, 1946: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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