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Red
Kress		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: January 2, 1907 in Columbia, CA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1927 20 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 4 5 7 6 6
1928 21 BRO NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6
1929 22 BRO NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 5 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1927 20 BRO NL 132 462 69 159 21 6 10 77 1 0 30 29 .344 .380 .481 .861 79.8 17.0
    AAA   17 66 11 24 1 1 5 14 0 0 7 4 .364 .425 .636 1.061 15.8  
1928 21 BRO NL 125 388 45 100 18 1 6 53 1 0 38 29 .258 .321 .356 .677 44.3 6.3
1929 22 BRO NL 103 217 22 47 3 3 1 30 1 1 21 13 .217 .283 .272 .555 19.0 0.4
3 Years Sim 360 1067 136 306 42 10 17 160 3 1 89 71 .287 .338 .393 .731 143.1 23.7
1 Years AAA 17 66 11 24 1 1 5 14 0 0 7 4 .364 .421 .636 1.057 15.8  
162 Game Average 480 61 137 18 4 7 72 1 0 40 31 .287 .338 .393 .731 64.4  
Career Highs 132 462 69 159 21 6 10 77 1 1 38 29 .344 .380 .481 .861 79.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   797 102 235 34 7 11 117 1 0 54 54 .295 .335 .396 .731 103.7
vs LH   270 34 71 8 3 6 43 2 1 35 17 .263 .348 .381 .730 37.4
Home 185 540 69 154 22 4 7 74 1 1 48 36 .285 .342 .380 .721 69.7
Away 175 527 67 152 20 6 10 86 2 0 41 35 .288 .335 .406 .741 71.3
RISP   295 0 88 11 3 5 137 0 0 27 23 .298 .341 .407 .748 42.0
Pinch Hitting   19 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .263 .263 .316 .579 1.4
Close/Late   100 11 28 5 0 2 16 0 0 13 7 .280 .364 .390 .754 14.5
Mar/Apr 29 78 11 25 3 0 3 14 0 0 11 4 .321 .404 .474 .879 14.6
May 75 223 28 52 6 2 4 28 1 0 19 17 .233 .294 .332 .626 22.4
June 65 187 27 56 10 1 3 35 0 0 16 9 .299 .350 .412 .761 26.4
July 57 170 25 50 7 1 2 28 1 0 17 15 .294 .352 .382 .735 23.4
August 67 194 15 57 8 4 1 21 1 1 13 11 .294 .333 .392 .725 24.5
Sep/Oct 67 215 30 66 8 2 4 34 0 0 13 15 .307 .343 .419 .762 29.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1927 20 BRO NL LF 93 92 813.7 200 7 13 2 .941 2.29   2.9
    2B 20 18 158.0 36 81 3 8 .975 6.66   0.7
    1B 6 6 48.7 68 2 0 1 1.000 12.95   0.1
    SS 6 0 13.7 0 7 0 2 1.000 4.61   0.1
    3B 1 0 8.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1928 21 BRO NL SS 74 73 603.0 122 262 14 43 .965 5.73   5.5
    LF 19 18 155.3 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.5
    1B 19 17 149.0 191 18 3 12 .986 12.62   0.6
    2B 8 2 28.0 7 16 0 3 1.000 7.39   0.2
    3B 3 3 26.3 3 8 1 1 .917 3.76   0.1
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1929 22 BRO NL SS 37 17 176.0 36 83 7 9 .944 6.09   0.5
    2B 24 12 124.0 25 67 2 11 .979 6.68   0.3
    1B 23 11 112.0 142 14 1 16 .994 12.54   0.4
    3B 18 10 93.0 5 19 5 2 .828 2.32   0.1
    RF 2 2 16.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56   0.0
    CF 2 2 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  LF 114 111 977.0 233 8 13 2 .949 2.22   3.3
  SS 117 90 792.7 158 352 21 54 .960 5.79   6.1
  2B 52 32 310.0 68 164 5 22 .979 6.74   1.2
  1B 48 34 309.7 401 34 4 29 .991 12.64   1.0
  3B 22 13 127.3 8 28 7 3 .837 2.54   0.2
  RF 7 3 30.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  CF 3 3 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   363 286 2570.6 879 586 50 110 .967 5.13   12.0
Career Highs   129 116 1046.0 360 305 18 59 .974 6.55    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1927 20 BRO NL 6 23 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .435 .458 .435 .893
1928 21 BRO NL 5 15 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .133 .176 .200 .376
Career Post-Season Batting 11 38 2 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 .316 .341 .342 .684
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1927-1-.344
 On-Base Pct
1927-9-.380
 Slugging Pct
1927-5-.481
 OPS
1927-4-.861
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dick Bartell (969)
  2. Chick Galloway (950)
  3. Zeb Terry (944)
  4. Milt Stock (944)
  5. Mark Koenig (942)
  6. Glenn Wright (940)
  7. Jimmy Mathison (939)
  8. Billy Rogell (937)
  9. Johnny Hodapp (935)
  10. Billy Zitzmann (934)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 69th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1920
Injured on 5/23/1922 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Injured on 4/18/1925 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4 weeks
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1927
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/1/1927, off John Donaldson (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/28/1927, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/1927, hitting .579 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
 
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