Joe Medwick stats
Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1948
Bio
- Debut
- 1932
- NL MVP
- 1937
Bio
- Debut
- 1932
- NL MVP
- 1937
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,984
- AB
- 7,635
- R
- 1,198
- H
- 2,471
- HR
- 205
- RBI
- 1,383
- SB
- 42
- AVG
- .324
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | STL | 26 | 106 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 3 | .349 |
| 1933 | STL | 148 | 595 | 92 | 182 | 18 | 98 | 5 | .306 |
| 1934 | STL | 149 | 620 | 110 | 198 | 18 | 106 | 3 | .319 |
| 1935 | STL | 154 | 634 | 132 | 224 | 23 | 126 | 4 | .353 |
| 1936 | STL | 155 | 636 | 115 | 223 | 18 | 138 | 3 | .351 |
| 1937 | STL | 156 | 633 | 111 | 237 | 31 | 154 | 4 | .374 |
| 1938 | STL | 146 | 590 | 100 | 190 | 21 | 122 | 0 | .322 |
| 1939 | STL | 150 | 606 | 98 | 201 | 14 | 117 | 6 | .332 |
| 1940 |  STL/LAD | 143 | 581 | 83 | 175 | 17 | 86 | 2 | .301 |
| 1941 | LAD | 133 | 538 | 100 | 171 | 18 | 88 | 2 | .318 |
| 1942 | LAD | 142 | 553 | 69 | 166 | 4 | 96 | 2 | .300 |
| 1943 |  LAD/SF | 126 | 497 | 54 | 138 | 5 | 70 | 1 | .278 |
| 1944 | SF | 128 | 490 | 64 | 165 | 7 | 85 | 2 | .337 |
| 1945 |  SF/ATL | 92 | 310 | 31 | 90 | 3 | 37 | 5 | .290 |
| 1946 | LAD | 41 | 77 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .312 |
| 1947 | STL | 75 | 150 | 19 | 46 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .307 |
| 1948 | STL | 20 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .211 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- AB
- 46
- R
- 5
- H
- 15
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 5
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .326
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,142
- TB
- 3,852
- XBH
- 858
- HBP
- 26
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | STL | 109 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | STL | 626 | 296 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | STL | 646 | 328 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | STL | 670 | 365 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | STL | 677 | 367 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | STL | 677 | 406 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | STL | 634 | 316 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | STL | 667 | 307 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL/LAD | 616 | 280 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | LAD | 579 | 278 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | LAD | 587 | 223 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | LAD/SF | 520 | 189 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | SF | 535 | 216 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | SF/ATL | 328 | 116 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | LAD | 85 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 166 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 52.4
- RC
- 1392.5
- RC/27
- 7.20
- ISOP
- .181
- SECA
- .244
- BB/K
- 0.79
- AB/HR
- 37.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | STL | 0.6 | 20.7 | 8.1 | .189 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 53 | 0 |
| 1933 | STL | 3.4 | 100.5 | 6.5 | .192 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 33.1 | 0 |
| 1934 | STL | 3.0 | 110.8 | 7 | .210 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 34.4 | 0 |
| 1935 | STL | 5.9 | 135.3 | 8.9 | .222 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 27.6 | 0 |
| 1936 | STL | 6.7 | 136.7 | 8.9 | .226 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 35.3 | 0 |
| 1937 | STL | 8.1 | 156.5 | 10.6 | .267 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 20.4 | 0 |
| 1938 | STL | 4.5 | 115 | 7.8 | .214 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 28.1 | 0 |
| 1939 | STL | 4.2 | 117.3 | 7.6 | .175 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 43.3 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL/LAD | 3.6 | 96.5 | 6.4 | .181 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 34.2 | 0 |
| 1941 | LAD | 4.5 | 100.9 | 7.4 | .199 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 29.9 | 0 |
| 1942 | LAD | 2.4 | 78.1 | 5.4 | .103 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 138.3 | 0 |
| 1943 | LAD/SF | 0.4 | 59.5 | 4.4 | .103 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 99.4 | 0 |
| 1944 | SF | 3.9 | 85.5 | 7 | .104 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 70 | 0 |
| 1945 | SF/ATL | 0.3 | 39.8 | 4.8 | .084 | 0.1 | 1 | 103.3 | 0 |
| 1946 | LAD | 0.4 | 13 | 6.5 | .130 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 38.5 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 0.7 | 26.8 | 7 | .160 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 37.5 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | -0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Joe Medwick's career stats?
Joe Medwick played 17 seasons for the Cardinals, the Dodgers and the Giants. He was a career .324 hitter with 2,471 hits, 205 home runs and 1,383 RBI. His best season was 1937: a .374 batting average, 31 home runs and 154 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1932 to 1948
Championships
- 1934 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
All-time career rank
- 106th in hits (2,471)
- 72nd in rbi (1,383)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.