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Ron Northey
Ronald James Northey

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 14, 1942
Final Game September 28, 1957
Born April 26, 1920 in Mahanoy City, PA
Died April 16, 1971 in Pittsburgh, PA
Father of Scott Northey

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 22 PHI NL 127  402   31  101  13  2   5   31   2     28  33  .251  .300  .331   89  133   3           0   5
 1943 23 PHI NL 147  586   72  163  31  5  16   68   2     51  52  .278  .339  .430  125  252   4           3   6 MVP-29
 1944 24 PHI NL 152  570   72  164  35  9  22  104   1     67  51  .288  .367  .496  144  283   4           4   7 MVP-18
 1946 26 PHI NL 128  438   55  109  24  6  16   62   1     39  59  .249  .313  .441  115  193   1           2   6
 1947 27 TOT NL 123  358   59  103  22  3  15   66   1     54  32  .288  .384  .492  128  176   0           2   7
         PHI NL  13   47    7   12   3  0   0    3   1      6   3  .255  .340  .319   79   15   0           0   0
         STL NL 110  311   52   91  19  3  15   63   0     48  29  .293  .391  .518  135  161   0           2   7
 1948 28 STL NL  96  246   40   79  10  1  13   64   0     38  25  .321  .420  .528  149  130   0           4   8
 1949 29 STL NL  90  265   28   69  18  2   7   50   0     31  15  .260  .338  .423   99  112   1           0   9
 1950 30 TOT NL  80  191   22   52  14  0   9   29   0     25  15  .272  .356  .487  120   93   1           0   5
         CIN NL  27   77   11   20   5  0   5    9   0     15   6  .260  .380  .519  134   40   0           0   2
         CHC NL  53  114   11   32   9  0   4   20   0     10   9  .281  .339  .465  110   53   1           0   3
 1952 32 CHC NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1955 35 CHW AL  14   14    1    5   2  0   1    4   0  0   3   3  .357  .471  .714  212   10   0   0   0   0   1
 1956 36 CHW AL  53   48    4   17   2  0   3   23   0  0   8   1  .354  .417  .583  160   28   0   4   2   0   2
 1957 37 TOT     73   53    1   12   1  0   1   12   0  0  17  11  .226  .408  .302   97   16   0   1   2   0   1
         CHW AL  40   27    0    5   1  0   0    7   0  0  11   5  .185  .410  .222   78    6   0   1   1   0   1
         PHI NL  33   26    1    7   0  0   1    5   0  0   6   6  .269  .406  .385  118   10   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1084 3172  385  874 172 28 108  513   7  0 361 297  .276  .352  .450  123 1426  14   5   4  15  57
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        474   58  131  26  4  16   77   1  0  54  44  .276  .352  .450  123  213   2   1   1   2   9
 Career High    152  586   72  164  35  9  22  104   2  0  67  59  .321  .420  .528  149  283   4   4   2   4   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 22 PHI NL  433  309   40   3.5    83| .251  .250| .300  .321| .331  .348| .631  .669|  89  .460  -6.7  -0.7     
 1943 23 PHI NL  644  433   85   5.3    86| .278  .260| .339  .328| .430  .353| .769  .681| 125  .631  17.4   1.8     
 1944 24 PHI NL  645  417  103   6.6    92| .288  .264| .367  .331| .496  .371| .863  .702| 144  .698  33.1   3.4     
 1946 26 PHI NL  480  336   60   4.8    90| .249  .259| .313  .334| .441  .362| .754  .696| 115  .576   6.3   0.7     
 1947 27 TOT NL  414  262   67   6.8   108| .288  .277| .384  .353| .492  .411| .876  .765| 128  .668  15.5   1.5     
         PHI NL   53   35    5   3.8   102| .255  .269| .340  .344| .319  .399| .659  .743|  79  .409  -1.1  -0.1     
         STL NL  361  227   62   7.2   109| .293  .279| .391  .355| .518  .413| .909  .768| 135  .694  16.6   1.6     
 1948 28 STL NL  288  175   54   8.2   107| .321  .276| .420  .351| .528  .408| .948  .760| 149  .753  18.4   1.8     
 1949 29 STL NL  297  206   38   4.9   108| .260  .276| .338  .351| .423  .413| .761  .764|  99  .535  -0.6  -0.1     
 1950 30 TOT NL  217  145   33   6.1   107| .272  .269| .356  .346| .487  .417| .843  .763| 120  .613   5.8   0.6     
         CIN NL   92   59   15   6.8   108| .260  .270| .380  .346| .519  .418| .899  .764| 134  .660   4.2   0.4     
         CHC NL  125   86   18   5.6   107| .281  .268| .339  .345| .465  .416| .804  .761| 110  .576   1.6   0.2     
 1952 32 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .263| .000  .336| .000  .391| .000  .727|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 35 CHW AL   17   10    4  10.7   105| .357  .270| .471  .350| .714  .402|1.185  .752| 212  .825   2.4   0.2   0%
 1956 36 CHW AL   60   37   12   8.7   108| .354  .270| .417  .352| .583  .412|1.000  .764| 160  .747   5.0   0.5   0%
 1957 37 TOT      71   43    9   5.7   100| .226  .265| .408  .333| .302  .404| .710  .737|  97  .604   1.2   0.1   0%
         CHW AL   39   24    4   4.5   100| .185  .264| .410  .337| .222  .399| .632  .735|  78  .511   0.2   0.0   0%
         PHI NL   32   19    5   7.2   100| .269  .265| .406  .328| .385  .410| .791  .738| 118  .688   1.0   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3567 2374  505   5.7    95| .276  .265| .352  .337| .450  .379| .802  .715| 123  .632  97.5   9.8     

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1942 22 PHI NL  OF  109    206   12   11    2  .952  .981  2.00  2.15                            0    0  109
 1943 23 PHI NL  OF  145    292   19    7    6  .978  .977  2.14  2.27                            0    0  145
 1944 24 PHI NL  OF  151    286   24    6    7  .981  .980  2.05  2.31                            0    0  151
 1946 26 PHI NL  OF  111    194    7    6    3  .971  .977  1.81  2.16                            0    0  111
 1947 27 TOT NL  OF  107    141    9    7    2  .955  .977  1.40  2.19                           15    0   92
         PHI NL  OF   13     19    1    0    1 1.000  .976  1.54  2.19                            0    0   13
         STL NL  OF   94    122    8    7    1  .949  .977  1.38  2.19                           15    0   79
                 3B    2      2    7    1    0  .900  .947  4.50  2.80                        
 1948 28 STL NL  OF   67     85    2    1    0  .989  .978  1.30  2.20                            0    0   67
 1949 29 STL NL  OF   73     93    4    2    2  .980  .977  1.33  2.25                            0    0   73
 1950 30 TOT NL  OF   51     59    3    2    2  .969  .978  1.22  2.14                            0    0   51
         CIN NL  OF   24     21    0    1    0  .955  .977  0.88  2.14                            0    0   24
         CHC NL  OF   27     38    3    1    2  .976  .979  1.52  2.14                            0    0   27
 1955 35 CHW AL  OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  2.10                            0    0    2
 1956 36 CHW AL  OF    4      4    1    0    0 1.000  .980  1.25  2.05  2.28  2.33    2   19.7
                 RF    3      3    1    0    0 1.000  .976  1.33  1.80  2.16  2.10    2   16.7
                 LF    3      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.10    0    3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1947 27 STL NL  3B    2      2    7    1    0  .900  .947  4.50  2.80                        

 1956 36 CHW AL  LF    3      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.10    0    3.0

 1942 22 PHI NL  OF  109    206   12   11    2  .952  .981  2.00  2.15                            0    0  109
 1943 23 PHI NL  OF  145    292   19    7    6  .978  .977  2.14  2.27                            0    0  145
 1944 24 PHI NL  OF  151    286   24    6    7  .981  .980  2.05  2.31                            0    0  151
 1946 26 PHI NL  OF  111    194    7    6    3  .971  .977  1.81  2.16                            0    0  111
 1947 27 TOT NL  OF  107    141    9    7    2  .955  .977  1.40  2.19                           15    0   92
         PHI NL  OF   13     19    1    0    1 1.000  .976  1.54  2.19                            0    0   13
         STL NL  OF   94    122    8    7    1  .949  .977  1.38  2.19                           15    0   79
 1948 28 STL NL  OF   67     85    2    1    0  .989  .978  1.30  2.20                            0    0   67
 1949 29 STL NL  OF   73     93    4    2    2  .980  .977  1.33  2.25                            0    0   73
 1950 30 TOT NL  OF   51     59    3    2    2  .969  .978  1.22  2.14                            0    0   51
         CIN NL  OF   24     21    0    1    0  .955  .977  0.88  2.14                            0    0   24
         CHC NL  OF   27     38    3    1    2  .976  .979  1.52  2.14                            0    0   27
 1955 35 CHW AL  OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  2.10                            0    0    2
 1956 36 CHW AL  OF    4      4    1    0    0 1.000  .980  1.25  2.05  2.28  2.33    2   19.7

 1956 36 CHW AL  RF    3      3    1    0    0 1.000  .976  1.33  1.80  2.16  2.10    2   16.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF* 820   1361   81   42   24  .972  .978  1.76  2.22                2   19.7   18    0  804#
                 RF*   3      3    1    0    0 1.000  .976  1.33  1.80                2   16.7
                 LF*   3      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70                0    3.0
                 3B    2      2    7    1    0  .900  .947  4.50  2.80                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       822   1363   88   43   24  .971  .978  1.77  2.22

# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-NL-29-0.01
1944-NL-18-0.03
Car-1148-0.04 shares

Slugging %
1943 NL-.430-8
1944 NL-.496-8
1946 NL-.441-6

OPS
1944 NL-.863-8

At Bats
1943 NL-586-8

Hits
1943 NL-163-10

Total Bases
1943 NL-252-5
1944 NL-283-4

Doubles
1943 NL-31-7
1944 NL-35-7

Triples
1944 NL-9-6

Home Runs
1943 NL-16-3
1944 NL-22-3
1946 NL-16-5

RBI
1944 NL-104-3

Strikeouts
1946 NL-59-7

Adjusted OPS+
1944 NL-144-8

Runs Created
1943 NL-85-7
1944 NL-103-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1944 NL-33-7

Batting Wins
1944 NL-3.4-7

Extra-Base Hits
1943 NL-52-4
1944 NL-66-3
1946 NL-46-7

Offensive Win%
1944 NL-.698-9

Hit By Pitch
1943 NL-3-7
1944 NL-4-10
1948 NL-4-7

At Bats per Home Run
1943 NL-36.6-6
1944 NL-25.9-3
1946 NL-27.4-2

Oldest Player
1957 NL-37-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 34 (699) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.
December 4, 1941: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Philadelphia Athletics.
May 3, 1947: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt.
December 14, 1949: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Lou Klein to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.
June 7, 1950: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Scheffing.
Before 1954 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the Detroit Tigers in an unknown transaction.
January 13, 1955: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Charleston (American Association) for Bill Killinger (minors) and cash.
July 16, 1955: Traded by the Charleston (American Association) with Floyd Melliere (minors) to the New York Giants for Guilford Dickens (minors).
August 26, 1955: Traded by the New York Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Gil Coan.
July 29, 1957: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
July 30, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 15, 1957: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1943-NL-29-0.01 1944-NL-18-0.03 Car-1148-0.04 shares	Slugging % 1943 NL-.430-8 1944 NL-.496-8 1946 NL-.441-6	OPS 1944 NL-.863-8	At Bats 1943 NL-586-8	Hits 1943 NL-163-10	Total Bases 1943 NL-252-5 1944 NL-283-4
Doubles 1943 NL-31-7 1944 NL-35-7	Triples 1944 NL-9-6	Home Runs 1943 NL-16-3 1944 NL-22-3 1946 NL-16-5	RBI 1944 NL-104-3	Strikeouts 1946 NL-59-7	Adjusted OPS+ 1944 NL-144-8
Runs Created 1943 NL-85-7 1944 NL-103-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1944 NL-33-7	Batting Wins 1944 NL-3.4-7	Extra-Base Hits 1943 NL-52-4 1944 NL-66-3 1946 NL-46-7	Offensive Win% 1944 NL-.698-9	Hit By Pitch 1943 NL-3-7 1944 NL-4-10 1948 NL-4-7
At Bats per Home Run 1943 NL-36.6-6 1944 NL-25.9-3 1946 NL-27.4-2	Oldest Player 1957 NL-37-10