Joe Cronin
Joseph Edward Cronin
Born: October 12, 1906
San Francisco, CA USA
Deceased: 1984
Barnstable, MA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180
Career: 1926-1945
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956.
Minor League Statistics
Joe Cronin compiled a career batting average of .301 with 170 home runs and 1424 RBI in his 2124-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. He began playing during the 1926 season and last took the field during the 1945 campaign. Cronin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1926 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 92 | 83 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .265 | .315 | .337 | .652 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .227 | .292 | .273 | .564 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | 63 | 259 | 227 | 23 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .242 | .309 | .322 | .631 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | 145 | 601 | 494 | 72 | 139 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 37 | .281 | .388 | .421 | .809 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | 154 | 686 | 587 | 127 | 203 | 41 | 9 | 13 | 126 | 17 | 10 | 72 | 36 | .346 | .422 | .513 | .934 | 301 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | Washington Senators | 156 | 700 | 611 | 103 | 187 | 44 | 13 | 12 | 126 | 10 | 9 | 81 | 52 | .306 | .391 | .480 | .870 | 293 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | Washington Senators | 143 | 629 | 557 | 95 | 177 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 116 | 7 | 5 | 66 | 45 | .318 | .393 | .492 | .885 | 274 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | Washington Senators | 152 | 696 | 602 | 89 | 186 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 118 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 49 | .309 | .398 | .445 | .843 | 268 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | Washington Senators | 127 | 567 | 504 | 68 | 143 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 53 | 28 | .284 | .353 | .421 | .774 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 144 | 630 | 556 | 70 | 164 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 95 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 40 | .295 | .370 | .460 | .830 | 256 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 334 | 295 | 36 | 83 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 21 | .281 | .354 | .403 | .757 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 148 | 671 | 570 | 102 | 175 | 40 | 4 | 18 | 110 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 73 | .307 | .402 | .486 | .887 | 277 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 637 | 530 | 98 | 172 | 51 | 5 | 17 | 94 | 7 | 5 | 91 | 60 | .325 | .428 | .536 | .964 | 284 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 627 | 520 | 97 | 160 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 107 | 6 | 6 | 87 | 48 | .308 | .407 | .492 | .899 | 256 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 149 | 645 | 548 | 104 | 156 | 35 | 6 | 24 | 111 | 7 | 5 | 83 | 65 | .285 | .380 | .502 | .882 | 275 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 615 | 518 | 98 | 161 | 38 | 8 | 16 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 55 | .311 | .406 | .508 | .914 | 263 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 95 | 79 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21 | .304 | .415 | .494 | .909 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 59 | 88 | 77 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | .312 | .398 | .558 | .956 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 76 | 231 | 191 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 19 | .241 | .358 | .356 | .714 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .375 | .545 | .375 | .920 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2124 | 8838 | 7579 | 1233 | 2285 | 515 | 118 | 170 | 1424 | 87 | 71 | 1059 | 700 | .301 | .390 | .468 | .857 | 3546 | 57 | 34 | 166 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1926 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 74 | 3 | 18 | .977 | 4.741 | |
1926 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | |
1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | |
1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | |
1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 2.250 | |
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 190 | 16 | 42 | .953 | 5.127 | |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 285 | 459 | 62 | 92 | .923 | 5.203 | |
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 336 | 509 | 35 | 95 | .960 | 5.487 | |
1931 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 488 | 43 | 94 | .950 | 5.232 | |
1932 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 448 | 32 | 95 | .959 | 5.348 | |
1933 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 528 | 34 | 95 | .960 | 5.428 | |
1934 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 246 | 486 | 38 | 86 | .951 | 5.764 | |
1935 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.500 | |
1935 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 264 | 431 | 37 | 86 | .949 | 5.000 | |
1936 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .949 | 2.667 | |
1936 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 115 | 191 | 23 | 34 | .930 | 5.100 | |
1937 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 414 | 31 | 89 | .958 | 4.824 | |
1938 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 449 | 36 | 110 | .954 | 5.303 | |
1939 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 437 | 32 | 93 | .959 | 5.232 | |
1940 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
1940 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 | 443 | 38 | 89 | .948 | 4.760 | |
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 2.727 | |
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 225 | 324 | 24 | 64 | .958 | 4.613 | |
1942 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 8.000 | |
1942 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 4 | .865 | 2.909 | |
1942 | AL | Boston Red Sox | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | |
1943 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 3.000 | |
1944 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 428 | 27 | 9 | 39 | .981 | 9.286 | |
1945 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.333 | |
Totals | 2005 | 0 | 0.0 | 4303 | 6052 | 510 | 1241 | .953 | 5.165 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1933 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | 5 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .318 | .318 | .636 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .318 | .318 | .636 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1933 | AL | Washington Senators | WS | SS | 5 | 5 | 46.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 4.304 | 4.400 |
Totals | 5 | 5 | 46.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 4.304 | 4.400 |
Awards
1930 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1930 - AL TSN Guide MVP
1931 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1932 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1933 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1935 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1938 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1939 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
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