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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	SLB		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	SLB		DET	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
6	6	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
9	9	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	52	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	13	2	1	16	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	12	1	2	15	0
13	13	May 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	12	1	0	13	1
14	14	May 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 4	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	16	May 5	SLB		CLE	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	17	May 7	SLB		CLE	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
18	18	May 9	SLB		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
19	19	May 13	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
20	20	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,2-14	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	3
21	21	May 15	SLB		WSH	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 16	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	0	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	23	May 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	24	May 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	25	May 20	SLB		BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
27	27	May 23 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 23 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
29	29	May 24 (1)	SLB		DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 24 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
31	31	May 26 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	32	May 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	7	1	9	0
33	33	May 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 31	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
37	37	Jun 3	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 4	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
41	41	Jun 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 8	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 13 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-14	CG	48	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
47	47	Jun 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,10-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	50	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	GS	42	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 19	SLB		NYY	L,5-16	CG	53	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	52	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 21 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 21 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 22	SLB		NYY	W,14-10	GS	50	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	56	Jun 23 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
57	57	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	GS	54	12.0	3	4	2	9	1
58	58	Jun 24	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	62 (2)	Jun 27	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	GF	24	7.0	0	1	2	3	0
61	66 (3)	Jun 30	SLB		WSH	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	67	Jul 1	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	68	Jul 2	SLB		WSH	L,5-13	GS	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	71	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	72	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
68	73	Jul 6	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	GS	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
69	74	Jul 7	SLB		CHW	L,8-10	GS	49	12.0	3	5	0	8	1
70	75	Jul 8	SLB	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	76	Jul 9	SLB	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	77	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	78	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	79	Jul 12	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	80	Jul 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	81	Jul 15 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	3	0	0	3	0
77	82	Jul 15 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
78	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	84	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	85	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	86	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	87	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	36	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
83	88	Jul 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
84	89	Jul 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	90	Jul 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	91	Jul 26	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	92	Jul 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	34	9.1	2	1	1	4	0
88	93	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
89	94	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
90	95	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	96	Aug 1	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
92	97	Aug 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	98	Aug 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	99	Aug 3	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	100	Aug 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	101	Aug 7	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	102	Aug 8 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
98	103	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	104	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	105	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	106	Aug 11	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	107	Aug 12	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	108	Aug 13	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
104	109	Aug 14	SLB		BOS	W,12-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	110	Aug 15	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	111	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
107	112	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
108	113	Aug 18	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	114	Aug 19	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	115	Aug 20	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	116	Aug 21	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	117	Aug 22	SLB		NYY	L,6-8	GS	53	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
113	118	Aug 23 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	119	Aug 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	120	Aug 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	121	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
117	122	Aug 26	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	123	Aug 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
119	124	Aug 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
120	125	Aug 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
121	126	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	127	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
123	128	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	129	Sep 2 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
125	130	Sep 2 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	131	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
127	132	Sep 5	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	GS	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
128	133	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	GS	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	134	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	135	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	136	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
132	137	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
133	138	Sep 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	139	Sep 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
135	140	Sep 12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
136	141	Sep 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
137	142	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	143	Sep 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
139	144	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-17	CG	50	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	145	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	146	Sep 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-14	GS	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	147	Sep 19	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	148	Sep 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
144	149	Sep 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
145	150	Sep 22	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
146	151	Sep 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
147	152	Sep 26 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,13-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	153	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
149	154	Sep 27 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							172gm		980.0	296	206	31	533	28