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Mike Kreevich
Michael Andreas Kreevich

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 168 lb.

Debut September 7, 1931
Final Game September 23, 1945
Born June 10, 1908 in Mount Olive, IL
Died April 25, 1994 in Pana, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 23 CHC NL   5   12    0    2   0  0   0    0   1      0   6  .167  .167  .167  -11    2   0           0    
 1935 27 CHW AL   6   23    3   10   2  0   0    2   1  1   1   0  .435  .458  .522  151   12   0           0    
 1936 28 CHW AL 137  550   99  169  32 11   5   69  10  5  61  46  .307  .378  .433   97  238  15           2    
 1937 29 CHW AL 144  583   94  176  29 16  12   73  10  1  43  45  .302  .350  .468  104  273  16           0     MVP-10
 1938 30 CHW AL 129  489   73  145  26 12   6   73  13  5  55  23  .297  .371  .436  100  213   4           3     AS
 1939 31 CHW AL 145  541   85  175  30  8   5   77  23 10  59  40  .323  .390  .436  108  236  22           0  14 MVP-10
 1940 32 CHW AL 144  582   86  154  27 10   8   55  15  7  34  49  .265  .305  .387   77  225  21           0  18
 1941 33 CHW AL 121  436   44  101  16  8   0   37  17  5  35  26  .232  .289  .305   58  133  13           0  10
 1942 34 PHA AL 116  444   57  113  19  1   1   30   7  9  47  31  .255  .326  .309   80  137   3           0   8
 1943 35 SLB AL  60  161   24   41   6  0   0   10   4  1  26  13  .255  .358  .292   89   47   6           0   2
 1944 36 SLB AL 105  402   55  121  15  6   5   44   3  3  27  24  .301  .348  .405  110  163  10           2  12 MVP-26
 1945 37 TOT AL 129  453   56  114  19  3   3   44  11  6  58  36  .252  .337  .327   92  148   9           0  10
         SLB AL  84  295   34   70  11  1   2   21   4  1  37  27  .237  .322  .302   78   89   7           0   7
         WSH AL  45  158   22   44   8  2   1   23   7  5  21   9  .278  .363  .373  121   59   2           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1241 4676  676 1321 221 75  45  514 115 53 446 339  .283  .346  .391   93 1827 119   0   0   7  74
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610   88  172  29 10   6   67  15  7  58  44  .283  .346  .391   93  238  16   0   0   1  10
 Career High    145  583   99  176  32 16  12   77  23 10  61  49  .323  .390  .468  110  273  22   0   0   3  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 23 CHC NL   12   10    0   0.0   105| .167  .288| .167  .347| .167  .406| .334  .753| -11  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
 1935 27 CHW AL   24   14    5   9.6   113| .435  .290| .458  .363| .522  .419| .980  .782| 151  .764   1.8   0.2  50%
 1936 28 CHW AL  628  401   90   6.0   125| .307  .304| .378  .380| .433  .446| .811  .826|  97  .533  -3.5  -0.3  66%
 1937 29 CHW AL  642  424   97   6.0   117| .302  .290| .350  .365| .468  .432| .818  .797| 104  .564   0.5   0.0  90%
 1938 30 CHW AL  551  353   79   5.9   120| .297  .293| .371  .372| .436  .436| .807  .808| 100  .550  -0.9  -0.1  72%
 1939 31 CHW AL  622  412   93   6.0   116| .323  .290| .390  .366| .436  .429| .826  .795| 108  .576   7.6   0.7  69%
 1940 32 CHW AL  637  474   69   3.9   112| .265  .280| .305  .354| .387  .425| .692  .779|  77  .387 -22.2  -2.1  68%
 1941 33 CHW AL  484  363   40   3.0   106| .232  .274| .289  .351| .305  .404| .594  .755|  58  .297 -27.8  -2.7  77%
 1942 34 PHA AL  494  351   43   3.3    94| .255  .264| .326  .339| .309  .370| .635  .709|  80  .399 -11.1  -1.2  43%
 1943 35 SLB AL  193  129   17   3.6    89| .255  .258| .358  .333| .292  .356| .650  .689|  89  .475  -0.8  -0.1  80%
 1944 36 SLB AL  441  306   56   5.0    96| .301  .275| .348  .343| .405  .375| .753  .718| 110  .592   3.8   0.4  50%
 1945 37 TOT AL  520  364   50   3.7    89| .252  .262| .337  .334| .327  .356| .664  .690|  92  .478  -2.9  -0.4  64%
         SLB AL  339  240   29   3.2    92| .237  .267| .322  .340| .302  .363| .624  .704|  78  .419  -7.9  -0.9  80%
         WSH AL  181  124   21   4.5    82| .278  .252| .363  .323| .373  .343| .736  .665| 121  .573   5.0   0.5  58%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5248 3601  639   4.7   109| .283  .282| .346  .356| .391  .409| .737  .766|  93  .495 -57.4  -5.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 23 CHC NL OF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.38 1 1 2 1935 27 CHW AL 3B 6 8 4 0 0 1.000 .945 2.00 2.93 1936 28 CHW AL OF 133 300 17 12 5 .964 .968 2.38 2.29 17 65 57 1937 29 CHW AL OF 138 401 13 5 4 .988 .969 3.00 2.28 6 138 1 1938 30 CHW AL OF 127 379 7 10 2 .975 .972 3.04 2.28 0 127 1 AS 1939 31 CHW AL OF 139 419 18 11 4 .975 .969 3.14 2.35 0 139 0 3B 4 6 8 1 0 .933 .946 3.50 3.02 1940 32 CHW AL OF 144 428 12 8 3 .982 .970 3.06 2.32 0 144 0 1941 33 CHW AL OF 113 302 7 2 2 .994 .973 2.73 2.33 0 113 0 1942 34 PHA AL OF 107 314 4 6 0 .981 .976 2.97 2.31 0 107 0 1943 35 SLB AL OF 51 146 5 1 1 .993 .977 2.96 2.39 3 47 1 1944 36 SLB AL OF 100 282 4 4 0 .986 .974 2.86 2.35 0 93 7 1945 37 TOT AL OF 121 328 5 5 0 .985 .978 2.75 2.27 0 121 0 SLB AL OF 81 230 3 2 0 .991 .978 2.88 2.27 0 81 0 WSH AL OF 40 98 2 3 0 .971 .978 2.50 2.27 0 40 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 27 CHW AL 3B 6 8 4 0 0 1.000 .945 2.00 2.93 1939 31 CHW AL 3B 4 6 8 1 0 .933 .946 3.50 3.02 1931 23 CHC NL OF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.38 1 1 2 1936 28 CHW AL OF 133 300 17 12 5 .964 .968 2.38 2.29 17 65 57 1937 29 CHW AL OF 138 401 13 5 4 .988 .969 3.00 2.28 6 138 1 1938 30 CHW AL OF 127 379 7 10 2 .975 .972 3.04 2.28 0 127 1 1939 31 CHW AL OF 139 419 18 11 4 .975 .969 3.14 2.35 0 139 0 1940 32 CHW AL OF 144 428 12 8 3 .982 .970 3.06 2.32 0 144 0 1941 33 CHW AL OF 113 302 7 2 2 .994 .973 2.73 2.33 0 113 0 1942 34 PHA AL OF 107 314 4 6 0 .981 .976 2.97 2.31 0 107 0 1943 35 SLB AL OF 51 146 5 1 1 .993 .977 2.96 2.39 3 47 1 1944 36 SLB AL OF 100 282 4 4 0 .986 .974 2.86 2.35 0 93 7 1945 37 TOT AL OF 121 328 5 5 0 .985 .978 2.75 2.27 0 121 0 SLB AL OF 81 230 3 2 0 .991 .978 2.88 2.27 0 81 0 WSH AL OF 40 98 2 3 0 .971 .978 2.50 2.27 0 40 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1177 3304 93 64 21 .982 .972 2.89 2.31 27 1095 69 3B 10 14 12 1 0 .963 .945 2.60 2.97 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1187 3318 105 65 21 .981 .972 2.88 2.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   6  26   0   6  3  0  0   0   0   5  .231  .231  .346   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   CHW AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1938 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-AL-10-0.16
1939-AL-10-0.11
1944-AL-26-0.01
Car-611-0.28 shares

Batting Average
1944 AL-.301-8

Hits
1939 AL-175-9

Triples
1936 AL-11-9
1937 AL-16-1
1938 AL-12-4
1940 AL-10-9

Stolen Bases
1938 AL-13-8
1939 AL-23-2
1940 AL-15-4
1941 AL-17-4
1945 AL-11-6

Singles
1939 AL-132-5

Sac. Hits
1936 AL-15-4
1937 AL-16-3
1939 AL-22-1
1940 AL-21-1
1941 AL-13-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1940 AL-18-5

Caught Stealing
1939 AL-10-3
1942 AL-9-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1938 AL-21.3-10

Outs
1940 AL-474-4

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (964) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.0 (928) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 9, 1941: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jack Hallett to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses.

December 5, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

Before 1943 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

August 8, 1945: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns.


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