Joe Cronin
Joe Cronin
Full name: Joseph Edward Cronin
Born: October 12, 1906, San Francisco, California
Died September 7, 1984, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Massachusetts
First Game: April 29, 1926; Final Game: April 19, 1945
Managed First Game: April 12, 1933; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1947
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1956
TSN AL MVP (1930)
SS on TSN All-Star Team (1930 to 1934 and 1938 to 1939)
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Joe Cronin
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1926 PIT N 38 83 9 22 2 2 0 11 6 15 0 3 0 .265 .315 .337 0.2 1926 PIT N
1927 PIT N 12 22 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 .227 .292 .273 -0.4 1927 PIT N
1928 WAS A 63 227 23 55 10 4 0 25 22 27 0 10 4 0 .242 .309 .322 0.4 1928 WAS A
1929 WAS A 145 494 72 139 29 8 8 61 85 37 1 21 5 9 .281 .388 .421 2.6 1929 WAS A
1930 WAS A 154 587 127 203 41 9 13 126 72 36 5 22 17 10 .346 .422 .513 6.9 1930 WAS A
1931 WAS A 156 611 103 187 44 13 12 126 81 52 4 4 10 9 .306 .391 .480 4.5 1931 WAS A
1932 WAS A 143 557 95 177 43 18 6 116 66 45 3 3 7 5 .318 .393 .492 3.8 1932 WAS A
1933 WAS A 152 602 89 186 45 11 5 118 87 49 2 5 5 4 .309 .398 .445 3.9 1933 WAS A
1934 WAS A 127 504 68 143 30 9 7 101 53 28 1 9 8 0 .284 .353 .421 2.4 1934 WAS A
1935 BOS A 144 556 70 164 37 14 9 95 63 40 3 8 3 3 .295 .370 .460 -0.1 1935 BOS A
1936 BOS A 81 295 36 83 22 4 2 43 32 21 1 6 1 3 .281 .354 .403 -0.8 1936 BOS A
1937 BOS A 148 570 102 175 40 4 18 110 84 73 6 11 5 3 .307 .402 .486 1.2 1937 BOS A
1938 BOS A 143 530 98 172 51 5 17 94 91 60 5 11 7 5 .325 .428 .536 4.4 1938 BOS A
1939 BOS A 143 520 97 160 33 3 19 107 87 48 0 20 18 6 6 .308 .407 .492 3.2 1939 BOS A
1940 BOS A 149 548 104 156 35 6 24 111 83 65 1 13 6 7 5 .285 .380 .502 2.7 1940 BOS A
1941 BOS A 143 518 98 161 38 8 16 95 82 55 1 14 20 1 4 .311 .406 .508 3.5 1941 BOS A
1942 BOS A 45 79 7 24 3 0 4 24 15 21 0 1 3 0 1 .304 .415 .494 0.5 1942 BOS A
1943 BOS A 59 77 8 24 4 0 5 29 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 .312 .398 .558 0.8 1943 BOS A
1944 BOS A 76 191 24 46 7 0 5 28 34 19 1 5 7 1 4 .241 .358 .356 -0.3 1944 BOS A
1945 BOS A 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .545 .375 0.2 1945 BOS A
Total NL 50 105 11 27 3 2 0 14 8 18 0 3 0 .257 .310 .324 -0.2 Total NL
Total AL 2074 7474 1222 2258 512 116 170 1410 1051 682 34 163 57i 87 71 .302 .391 .470 39.8 Total AL
Total 2124 7579 1233 2285 515 118 170 1424 1059 700 34 166 57i 87 71i .301 .390 .468 39.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 WAS A Daily Splits 5 22 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 .318 .318 1933 WAS A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 1933 AL
1934 AL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1934 AL
1935 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1935 AL
1937 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 1937 AL
1938 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.000 1938 AL
1939 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1939 AL
1941 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1941 AL
Total Splits 7 25 3 7 3 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280 .333 .400 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1926 PIT N 2B 27 54 74 3 18 .977
1926 PIT N SS 7 1 8 0 1 1.000
1927 PIT N 2B 7 3 2 0 0 1.000
1927 PIT N SS 4 2 7 4 0 .692
1927 PIT N 1B 1 7 1 0 0 1.000
1928 WAS A SS 63 133 190 16 42 .953
1929 WAS A SS 143 285 459 62 92 .923
1929 WAS A 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1930 WAS A SS 154 336 509 35 95 .960
1931 WAS A SS 155 323 488 43 94 .950
1932 WAS A SS 141 306 448 32 95 .959
1933 WAS A SS 152 297 528 34 95 .960
1934 WAS A SS 127 246 486 38 86 .951
1935 BOS A SS 139 264 431 37 86 .949
1935 BOS A 1B 2 13 4 0 3 1.000
1936 BOS A SS 60 115 191 23 34 .930
1936 BOS A 3B 21 18 38 3 3 .949
1937 BOS A SS 148 300 414 31 89 .958
1938 BOS A SS 142 304 449 36 110 .954
1939 BOS A SS 142 306 437 32 93 .959
1940 BOS A SS 146 252 443 38 89 .948
1940 BOS A 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000
1941 BOS A SS 119 225 324 24 64 .958
1941 BOS A 3B 22 22 38 3 3 .952
1941 BOS A OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1942 BOS A 3B 11 9 23 5 4 .865
1942 BOS A 1B 5 37 3 1 3 .976
1942 BOS A SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000
1943 BOS A 3B 10 12 18 1 1 .968
1944 BOS A 1B 49 428 27 9 39 .981
1945 BOS A 3B 3 2 8 0 2 1.000
Total SS 1843 3696 5814 485 1165 .951
Total 3B 69 64 127 12 13 .941
Total 1B 57 485 35 10 45 .981
Total 2B 35 58 76 3 18 .978
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1933 WAS A Daily SS 5 5 5 46 7 15 1 3 0 .957
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1933 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 2 3 0 0 0 1.000
1934 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 2 8 0 0 0 1.000
1935 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 0 5 0 0 0 1.000
1937 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 3 4 0 0 0 1.000
1938 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 8 0 2 1 0 0 .667
1939 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 2 4 1 1 0 .857
1941 AL Daily SS 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total SS 7 7 6 58 12 26 2 2 0 .950
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1933 WAS A 153 99 53 .651 850 665 1
1934 WAS A 155 66 86 .434 729 806 7
1935 BOS A 154 78 75 .510 718 732 4
1936 BOS A 155 74 80 .481 775 764 6
1937 BOS A 154 80 72 .526 821 775 5
1938 BOS A 150 88 61 .591 902 751 2
1939 BOS A 152 89 62 .589 890 795 2
1940 BOS A 154 82 72 .532 872 825 4
1941 BOS A 155 84 70 .545 865 750 2
1942 BOS A 152 93 59 .612 761 594 2
1943 BOS A 155 68 84 .447 563 607 7
1944 BOS A 156 77 77 .500 739 676 4
1945 BOS A 157 71 83 .461 599 674 7
1946 BOS A 156 104 50 .675 792 594 1
1947 BOS A 157 83 71 .539 720 669 3
Total 2315 1236 1055 .540 11596 10677
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1933 WAS A 5 1 4 .200 11 16
1946 BOS A 7 3 4 .429 20 28
Total 12 4 8 .333 31 44
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-Star Game Managerial Record All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1934 AL 1 1 0 1.000 9 7
1940 AL 1 0 1 .000 0 4
1947 AL 1 1 0 1.000 2 1
Total 3 2 1 .667 11 12
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Lyn Lary and $225000
(October 26, 1934 ).
Released by Boston Red Sox (June 6, 1946 ).
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