Red Kress
Red Kress
Full name: Ralph Kress
Born: January 2, 1905, Columbia, California
Died November 29, 1962, Los Angeles, California
Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
First Game: September 24, 1927; Final Game: July 17, 1946
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 165
Red Kress
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
1927 STL A 7 23 3 7 2 1 1 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 .304 .385 .609 0.3 1927 STL A
1928 STL A 150 560 78 153 26 10 3 81 48 70 1 26 5 4 .273 .332 .371 -1.6 1928 STL A
1929 STL A 147 557 82 170 38 4 9 107 52 54 1 17 5 8 .305 .366 .436 1.7 1929 STL A
1930 STL A 154 614 94 192 43 8 16 112 50 56 2 13 3 12 .313 .366 .487 1.0 1930 STL A
1931 STL A 150 605 87 188 46 8 16 114 46 48 1 3 3 16 .311 .360 .493 0.4 1931 STL A
1932 STL A 14 52 2 9 0 1 2 9 4 6 0 1 1 1 .173 .232 .327 -0.4 1932 STL A
1932 CHI A 135 515 83 147 42 4 9 57 47 36 1 6 6 3 .285 .346 .435 1.6 1932 CHI A
1932 TOT A 149 567 85 156 42 5 11 66 51 42 1 7 7 4 .275 .336 .425 1.2 1932 TOT A
1933 CHI A 129 467 47 116 20 5 10 78 37 40 0 7 4 4 .248 .304 .377 -2.9 1933 CHI A
1934 CHI A 8 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 .286 .412 .286 -0.2 1934 CHI A
1934 WAS A 56 171 18 39 4 3 4 24 17 19 0 2 3 0 .228 .298 .357 -1.0 1934 WAS A
1934 TOT A 64 185 21 43 4 3 4 25 20 22 0 2 3 0 .232 .307 .351 -1.2 1934 TOT A
1935 WAS A 84 252 32 75 13 4 2 42 25 16 0 2 3 3 .298 .361 .405 1.3 1935 WAS A
1936 WAS A 109 391 51 111 20 6 8 51 39 25 0 4 6 0 .284 .349 .427 0.6 1936 WAS A
1938 STL A 150 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 69 47 0 9 5 4 .302 .378 .408 -0.2 1938 STL A
1939 STL A 13 43 5 12 1 0 0 8 6 2 0 1 4 1 0 .279 .367 .302 -0.2 1939 STL A
1939 DET A 51 157 19 38 7 0 1 22 17 16 0 4 7 2 1 .242 .316 .306 -0.6 1939 DET A
1939 TOT A 64 200 24 50 8 0 1 30 23 18 0 5 11 3 1 .250 .327 .305 -0.8 1939 TOT A
1940 DET A 33 99 13 22 3 1 1 11 10 12 0 1 7 0 0 .222 .294 .303 -0.1 1940 DET A
1946 NY N 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0.0 1946 NY N
Total NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 1390 5086 691 1454 298 58 89 799 473 453 6 97 18i 47 56 .286 .347 .420 -0.3 Total AL
Total 1391 5087 691 1454 298 58 89 799 474 453 6 97 18i 47 56i .286 .347 .420 -0.3 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
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1935 WAS A 3 0 0 0 3 0 5.2 8 31 0 9 8 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.71 -0.2 1935 WAS A
1946 NY N 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 17 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.27 -0.1 1946 NY N
Total NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 17 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.27 -0.1 Total NL
Total AL 3 0 0 0 3 0 5.2 8 31 0 9 8 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.71 -0.2 Total AL
Total 4 0 0 0 3 0 9.1 13 48 1 14 13 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.54 -0.3 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1927 STL A SS 7 12 25 1 4 .974
1928 STL A SS 150 318 400 55 99 .929
1929 STL A SS 146 312 441 43 94 .946
1930 STL A SS 123 271 349 41 83 .938
1930 STL A 3B 31 35 57 10 4 .902
1931 STL A 3B 84 92 141 16 12 .936
1931 STL A OF 40 82 8 5 1 .947 0 0 40
1931 STL A SS 38 37 47 6 7 .933
1931 STL A 1B 10 94 10 4 8 .963
1932 STL A 3B 14 23 27 5 5 .909
1932 CHI A OF 64 139 12 7 2 .956 16 0 49
1932 CHI A SS 53 125 155 19 35 .936
1932 CHI A 3B 19 17 34 6 4 .895
1932 CHI A 1B 1 10 2 0 4 1.000
1932 TOT A 3B 33 40 61 11 9 .902
1933 CHI A 1B 111 1169 60 28 83 .978
1933 CHI A OF 8 16 0 1 0 .941 0 0 8
1934 CHI A 2B 3 5 2 0 0 1.000
1934 WAS A 1B 30 291 11 2 16 .993
1934 WAS A OF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 6 0 4
1934 WAS A 2B 6 18 15 0 4 1.000
1934 WAS A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1934 WAS A SS 1 4 5 0 1 1.000
1934 TOT A 2B 9 23 17 0 4 1.000
1935 WAS A SS 53 118 204 12 53 .964
1935 WAS A 1B 5 35 2 1 8 .974
1935 WAS A P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000
1935 WAS A OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 0 0 2
1935 WAS A 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000
1936 WAS A SS 64 143 212 28 52 .927
1936 WAS A 2B 33 86 100 1 21 .995
1936 WAS A 1B 5 37 3 1 2 .976
1938 STL A SS 150 321 388 26 100 .965
1939 STL A SS 13 27 29 4 10 .933
1939 DET A SS 25 48 69 5 15 .959
1939 DET A 2B 16 29 47 6 13 .927
1939 DET A 3B 4 7 7 1 1 .933
1939 TOT A SS 38 75 98 9 25 .951
1940 DET A 3B 17 20 41 5 1 .924
1940 DET A SS 12 25 33 3 5 .951
1946 NY N P 1 2 3 0 1 1.000
Total SS 835 1761 2357 243 558 .944
Total 3B 170 194 307 43 27 .921
Total 1B 162 1636 88 36 121 .980
Total OF 124 256 21 14 3 .952 22 0 103
Total 2B 59 138 166 7 38 .977
Total P 4 2 6 0 1 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Traded by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bruce Campbell and
Bump Hadley (April 27, 1932 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Bob Boken (May 9,
1934 ).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bobo Newsom and Buster Mills to St. Louis Browns in
exchange for Joe Vosmik (October 2, 1937 ).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell , Bobo Newsom and Jim Walkup to Detroit
Tigers in exchange for Vern Kennedy , Bob Harris , George Gill , Roxie Lawson , Chet
Laabs and Mark Christman (May 13, 1939 ).
Released by Detroit Tigers (August 1, 1940 ).
Released by New York Giants (September 16, 1946 ).
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