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Joe Medwick   |   Major Leaguer   1932-1948

Full Name:  Joseph Michael Medwick
Born:  November 24,1911  in  Carteret, New Jersey
Death:  March 21,1975
Height:  5-10  Weight:  187  Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right
High School:  Carteret (Carteret,NJ)
College:  

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Transactions:   [Jun 12,1940] - Traded by Cardinals with Curt Davis to Dodgers for Bert Haas, Sam Nahem, Carl Doyle, Ernie Koy and Cash.  [Jul 6,1943] - Purchased by Giants from Dodgers.  [Jun 16,1945] - Traded by Giants with Ewald Pyle to Braves for Clyde Kluttz.  [Feb 8,1946] - Released by Braves.  [Apr 5,1946] - Released by Browns.  [Jul 2,1946] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers.  [Oct 9,1946] - Released by Dodgers.  [Dec 11,1946] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.  [Apr 29,1947] - Released by Yankees.  [May 26,1947] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals.  [Oct 14,1947] - Released by Cardinals.  [Sep 30,1948] - Released by Cardinals.  

 Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.Level PosLnGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1932St. LouisNL20StlMLB of 2610613371212123 2101 0   .349*.365.538*903--
1933St. LouisNL21StlMLB of 14859592182401018985 26562 3 15 .306*.340.497*837--
1934St. LouisNL22StlMLB of 1496201101984018181063 21831 4 15 .319*.346.529*875--
1935St. LouisNL23StlMLB of 1546341322244613231264 30594 2 15 .353*.386.576*962--
1936St. LouisNL24StlMLB of 1556361152236413181383 34334 3 14 .351*.387.577*964--
1937St. LouisNL25StlMLB of 1566331112375610311544 41502 1 11 .374*.415.641*1056--
1938St. LouisNL26StlMLB of 146590100190478211220 42412 0 21 .322*.371.536*907--
1939St. LouisNL27StlMLB of 15060698201488141176 45442 14 15 .332*.382.507*889--
1940St. LouisNL28StlMLB of 3715821481203200 680 0 8 .304*.334.437*771--
 BrooklynNL28BrkMLB of 10642362127181214662 26283 0 11 .300*.345.499*844--
1941BrooklynNL29BrkMLB of 133538100171331018882 38351 2 20 .318*.367.517*884--
1942BrooklynNL30BrkMLB of 142553691663744962 32250 2 15 .300*.343.403*746--
1943BrooklynNL31BrkMLB of 4817313471000251 1081 0 4 .272*.317.329*646--
 NY GiantsNL31NygMLB of 7832441912035450 9140 3 13 .281*.306.407*713--
1944NY GiantsNL32NygMLB of 128490641652437852 38241 6 12 .337*.388.441*829--
1945BostonNL33BbrMLB of 6621817621300263 12121 0 6 .284*.327.344*671--
 NY GiantsNL33NygMLB of 26921428403112 220 3 3 .304*.324.446*770--
1946BrooklynNL34BrkMLB of 4177724402180 651 1 1 .312*.365.442*807--
1947St. LouisNL35StlMLB of 7515019461204280 16120 0 3 .307*.377.467*844--
1948St. LouisNL36StlMLB of 20190400020 120 0 1 .211*.256.211*467--
 
Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)19847635119824715401132051383424375512644 .324.505-----


 Playoffs Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.SeriesGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1934St. LouisNL22StlWs7294110115001700000 .379.400.552952--
1941BrooklynNL29BrkWs517141000001200000 .235.278.294572--
 
Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)12465151115002900000 .326.354.457811--

 Fielding Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrgLevelPosGGSInnPOAETCDPPBSBCSFPCTRF
1932St. LouisNL20StlMLBOF266322671---.970--
 
1933St. LouisNL21StlMLBOF1473181773422---.980--
 
1934St. LouisNL22StlMLBOF14932210143461---.960--
 
1935St. LouisNL23StlMLBOF1543528133730---.965--
 
1936St. LouisNL24StlMLBOF1553671663894---.985--
 
1937St. LouisNL25StlMLBOF156329943421---.988--
 
1938St. LouisNL26StlMLBOF1443301293516---.974--
 
1939St. LouisNL27StlMLBOF1493131083311---.976--
 
1940BrooklynNL28BrkMLBOF103240752520---.980--
1940St. LouisNL28StlMLBOF378111830---.988--
 
1941BrooklynNL29BrkMLBOF1312701152862---.983--
 
1942BrooklynNL30BrkMLBOF140287532951---.990--
 
1943BrooklynNL31BrkMLBOF426522690---.971--
1943NY GiantsNL31NygMLB1B32610271---1.000--
1943NY GiantsNL31NygMLBOF741571021692---.988--
 
1944NY GiantsNL32NygMLBOF122290823002---.993--
 
1945BostonNL33BbrMLB1B15124301276---1.000--
1945BostonNL33BbrMLBOF387870852---1.000--
1945NY GiantsNL33NygMLBOF234611480---.979--
 
1946BrooklynNL34BrkMLB1B1802102---.800--
1946BrooklynNL34BrkMLBOF183000300---1.000--
 
1947St. LouisNL35StlMLBOF435630592---1.000--
 
1948St. LouisNL36StlMLBOF100000--------
 


 Awards
[1933] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #18)  [1934] - Played in MLB All-Star Game  [1935] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #5)  [1936] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #4)  [1937] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, National League Most Valuable Player  [1938] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #11), Played in MLB All-Star Game  [1939] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #7)  [1940] - Played in MLB All-Star Game  [1941] - Played in MLB All-Star Game  [1942] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17)  [1944] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #20), Played in MLB All-Star Game  [1948] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.83%)  [1956] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (31 votes - 16.06%)  [1958] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (50 votes - 18.8%)  [1960] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (38 votes - 14.13%)  [1962] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (34 votes - 21.25%)  [1964] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (130 votes - 57.78%)  [1966] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (187 votes - 61.92%)  [1967] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (248 votes - 81.05%)  [1968] - Elected to Hall of Fame (240 votes - 84.81%)
 Trivia and Player Notes
Member of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1934.

Notes: Played in 10 All-Star games during his career (1934-1942, 1944)
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