Joe Medwick
Joe Medwick
Full name: Joseph Michael Medwick
Born: November 24, 1911, Carteret, New Jersey
Died March 21, 1975, St. Petersburg, Florida
Buried at St. Lucas Cemetery, Sunset Hills, Missouri
First Game: September 2, 1932; Final Game: July 25, 1948
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 187
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1968
NL MVP (1937)
TSN NL MVP (1937)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1935 to 1939)
Joe Medwick
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
1932 STL N 26 106 13 37 12 1 2 12 2 10 1 0 3 .349 .367 .538 0.4 1932 STL N
1933 STL N 148 595 92 182 40 10 18 98 26 56 2 3 15 5 .306 .337 .497 2.0 1933 STL N
1934 STL N 149 620 110 198 40 18 18 106 21 83 1 4 15 3 .319 .343 .529 1.0 1934 STL N
1935 STL N 154 634 132 224 46 13 23 126 30 59 4 2 15 4 .353 .386 .576 3.4 1935 STL N
1936 STL N 155 636 115 223 64 13 18 138 34 33 4 3 14 3 .351 .387 .577 5.2 1936 STL N
1937 STL N 156 633 111 237 56 10 31 154 41 50 2 1 11 4 .374 .414 .641 6.0 1937 STL N
1938 STL N 146 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 42 41 2 0 21 0 .322 .369 .536 3.0 1938 STL N
1939 STL N 150 606 98 201 48 8 14 117 45 44 2 14 15 6 .332 .380 .507 2.1 1939 STL N
1940 STL N 37 158 21 48 12 0 3 20 6 8 0 0 8 0 .304 .329 .437 -0.2 1940 STL N
1940 BRO N 106 423 62 127 18 12 14 66 26 28 3 0 11 2 .300 .345 .499 0.9 1940 BRO N
1940 TOT N 143 581 83 175 30 12 17 86 32 36 3 0 19 2 .301 .341 .482 0.7 1940 TOT N
1941 BRO N 133 538 100 171 33 10 18 88 38 35 1 2 20 2 .318 .364 .517 1.6 1941 BRO N
1942 BRO N 142 553 69 166 37 4 4 96 32 25 0 2 15 2 .300 .338 .403 -0.1 1942 BRO N
1943 BRO N 48 173 13 47 10 0 0 25 10 8 1 0 4 1 .272 .315 .329 -0.9 1943 BRO N
1943 NY N 78 324 41 91 20 3 5 45 9 14 0 3 13 0 .281 .300 .407 -0.3 1943 NY N
1943 TOT N 126 497 54 138 30 3 5 70 19 22 1 3 17 1 .278 .306 .380 -1.2 1943 TOT N
1944 NY N 128 490 64 165 24 3 7 85 38 24 1 6 12 2 2 .337 .386 .441 2.1 1944 NY N
1945 NY N 26 92 14 28 4 0 3 11 2 2 0 3 3 2 .304 .319 .446 -0.2 1945 NY N
1945 BOS N 66 218 17 62 13 0 0 26 12 12 1 0 6 3 .284 .325 .344 -0.6 1945 BOS N
1945 TOT N 92 310 31 90 17 0 3 37 14 14 1 3 9 5 .290 .323 .374 -0.8 1945 TOT N
1946 BRO N 41 77 7 24 4 0 2 18 6 5 1 1 1 0 .312 .369 .442 0.1 1946 BRO N
1947 STL N 75 150 19 46 12 0 4 28 16 12 0 0 3 0 .307 .373 .467 0.3 1947 STL N
1948 STL N 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 .211 .250 .211 -0.2 1948 STL N
Total 1984 7635 1198 2471 540 113 205 1383 437 551 26 44 203i 42 2i .324 .362 .505 25.6 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
1934 STL N Daily Splits 7 29 4 11 0 1 1 5 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .379 .400 .552 1934 STL N
1941 BRO N Daily Splits 5 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .278 .294 1941 BRO N
Total Splits 12 46 5 15 1 1 1 5 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326 .354 .457 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
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
1934 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 1934 NL
1935 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1935 NL
1936 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1936 NL
1937 NL Daily Splits 1 5 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.200 1937 NL
1938 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1938 NL
1939 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1939 NL
1940 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1940 NL
1941 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1941 NL
1942 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1942 NL
1944 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1944 NL
Total Splits 10 27 2 7 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .259 .286 .444 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
1932 STL N OF 26 63 2 2 1 .970 7 19 0
1933 STL N OF 147 318 17 7 2 .980 147 0 0
1934 STL N OF 149 322 10 14 1 .960 144 0 5
1935 STL N OF 154 352 8 13 0 .965 154 0 0
1936 STL N OF 155 367 16 6 4 .985 155 0 0
1937 STL N OF 156 329 9 4 1 .988 156 0 0
1938 STL N OF 144 330 12 9 6 .974 144 0 0
1939 STL N OF 149 313 10 8 1 .976 149 0 0
1940 STL N OF 37 81 1 1 0 .988 37 0 0
1940 BRO N OF 103 240 7 5 0 .980 103 0 0
1940 TOT N LF -
1940 TOT N OF 140 321 8 6 0 .982 140 0 0
1941 BRO N OF 131 270 11 5 2 .983 130 0 1
1942 BRO N OF 140 287 5 3 1 .990 140 0 0
1943 BRO N OF 42 65 2 2 0 .971 42 0 0
1943 NY N OF 74 157 10 2 2 .988 74 0 0
1943 NY N 1B 3 26 1 0 1 1.000
1943 TOT N LF -
1943 TOT N OF 116 222 12 4 2 .983 116 0 0
1944 NY N OF 122 290 8 2 2 .993 122 0 0
1945 NY N OF 23 46 1 1 0 .979 23 0 0
1945 BOS N OF 38 78 7 0 2 1.000 38 0 0
1945 BOS N 1B 15 124 3 0 6 1.000
1945 TOT N LF -
1945 TOT N OF 61 124 8 1 2 .992 61 0 0
1946 BRO N OF 18 30 0 0 0 1.000 18 0 0
1946 BRO N 1B 1 8 0 2 2 .800
1947 STL N OF 43 56 3 0 2 1.000 7 0 36
1948 STL N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
Total OF 1852 3994 139 84 27 .980 1790 19 43
Total 1B 19 158 4 2 9 .988
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 LF-G CF-G RF-G
1934 STL N Daily OF 7 7 6 61.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 0 0
1934 STL N LF 7 7 6 61.1 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 BRO N Daily OF 5 5 4 39 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 0
1941 BRO N LF 5 5 4 39 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 12 12 10 100.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 12 0 0
Total LF 12 12 10 100.1 17 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1934 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1934 NL LF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
1935 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1935 NL LF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
1936 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1936 NL LF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
1937 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1937 NL LF 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1938 NL LF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1939 NL LF 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1940 NL LF 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1942 NL LF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 8 8 5 58 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 0 0
Total LF 8 8 5 58 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Curt Davis to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for
Ernie Koy , Carl Doyle , Sam Nahem , Bert Haas and $125000 (June 12, 1940 ).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Giants (July 6, 1943 ).
Traded by New York Giants with Ewald Pyle to Boston Braves in exchange for Clyde
Kluttz (June 16, 1945 ).
Released by Boston Braves (February 8, 1946 ).
Released by St. Louis Browns (April 5, 1946 ).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (July 2, 1946 ).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (October 9, 1946 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 11, 1946 ).
Released by New York Yankees (April 29, 1947 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (May 26, 1947 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 14, 1947 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (September 30, 1948 ).
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