Joe Medwick

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ us

Died: March 21, 1975 in St. Petersburg, FL

Buried: St. Lucas Cemetery, Sunset Hills, MO

High School: Carteret HS (Carteret, NJ)

Debut: September 2, 1932 (Age 20-283d, 7,518th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1948 (Age 36-244d)
vs. BSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968. (Voted by BBWAA on 240/283 ballots)
View Joe Medwick's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Joseph Michael Medwick

Nicknames: Ducky or Muscles

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

7635

2471

205

.324

1198

RBI

1383

OBP

.362

SLG

.505

OPS

.867

OPS+

134

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	BRO		NYG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 25	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	May 1 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	May 2 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	May 3	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	May 4	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	24 (11)	May 17	BRO		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	25	May 18	BRO		STL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	26	May 19	BRO		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	30 (3)	May 23 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	31	May 26	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-17	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	32	May 27	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	33	May 28	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	34	May 29	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	35	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	36	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	37	May 31 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	38	May 31 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	39	Jun 1	BRO	@	STL	L,9-11	CG	56	11.1	2	1	1	4	0
26	40	Jun 2	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	41	Jun 3	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	42	Jun 4	BRO	@	CHC	W,18-5	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	43	Jun 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	52 (8)	Jun 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
31	55 (2)	Jun 18	BRO		PHI	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	57 (1)	Jun 20	BRO		NYG	W,8-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	58	Jun 21	BRO		NYG	W,7-1	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	62 (3)	Jun 24	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	64 (1)	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	66 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	67	Jun 30 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	69 (1)	Jul 1	BRO		CIN	L,9-10	GF	17	4.0	2	0	1	3	0
39	72 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		STL	L,0-2	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	73	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	78 (4)	Jul 9	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	GF	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	79	Jul 10	BRO		PIT	W,23-6	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Giants
43	79	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
44	80	Jul 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	81	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	82	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-14	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	86	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
51	87	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	88	Jul 25 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
53	89	Jul 25 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
56	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	93	Jul 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	94	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	95	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	96	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	6	0	0	6	0
61	97	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	98	Aug 6	NYG		PHI	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
63	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	102	Aug 11	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	103	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
68	104	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	105	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		STL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
71	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	108	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	109	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	110	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	111	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	112	Aug 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	113	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	114	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	116	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	117	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	118	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	119	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	120	Aug 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	124 (1)	Sep 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
88	125	Sep 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	126	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	68	16.2	3	0	0	3	0
90	127	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	128	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	129	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	130	Sep 8	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	131	Sep 10	NYG		BSN	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	132	Sep 11	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	60	13.0	1	1	0	2	1
96	133	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	134	Sep 12 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	135	Sep 14	NYG	@	PHI	T,4-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	136	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	137	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	138	Sep 17	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	139	Sep 18	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	140	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	141	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	142	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	143	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	144	Sep 23	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
108	145	Sep 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	146	Sep 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	147	Sep 26 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	148	Sep 26 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	149	Sep 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	58	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	150	Sep 28 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	151	Sep 28 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	152	Sep 29	NYG	@	CHC	T,3-3	GS	0		14	0	0	14	0
116	153	Sep 30	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
117	154	Oct 1	NYG	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
118	155	Oct 2	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	156	Oct 3	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							120gm		20.0	197	11	7	215	3