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    Lou Boudreau

    Lou Boudreau

    Louis Boudreau


    Born:
    July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL

    Died:
    August 10, 2001 - 84 years old

    Bats:
    R
    Throws:
    R


    Ht:
    5'11"
    Wt:
    185

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    Compared to Top 50 Contemporary Shortstops

    bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
    Glossary

    Rk Players Pos Yrs Career HOF WAR Off Fld Pit Adj Peak JAWS Compare
    1 Luke Appling SS 20 1930-1950 ✔ 74.5 55.5 3.8 0.0 15.2 43.9 59.2
    2 Arky Vaughan SS 14 1932-1948 ✔ 72.9 60.9 1.9 0.0 10.1 50.6 61.8
    3 Joe Cronin SS 20 1926-1945 ✔ 66.4 52.2 2.6 0.0 11.7 43.9 55.2
    4 Pee Wee Reese SS 16 1940-1958 ✔ 66.3 40.7 10.6 0.0 15.0 40.9 53.6
    5 Lou Boudreau SS 15 1938-1952 ✔ 63.0 39.6 12.6 0.0 10.8 48.7 55.8
    6 Vern Stephens SS 15 1941-1955 45.5 36.4 -0.2 0.0 9.3 33.6 39.6
    7 Al Dark SS 14 1946-1960 43.1 31.0 1.5 -0.1 10.7 32.9 38.0
    8 Phil Rizzuto SS 13 1941-1956 ✔ 40.8 17.9 12.3 0.0 10.6 33.8 37.3
    9 Dick Bartell SS 18 1927-1946 40.2 24.6 3.8 0.0 11.8 29.7 35.0
    10 Johnny Pesky SS 10 1942-1954 31.9 25.3 1.9 0.0 4.7 31.1 31.5
    11 Marty Marion SS 13 1940-1953 31.6 6.6 13.9 0.0 11.1 26.2 28.9
    12 Billy Jurges SS 17 1931-1947 30.8 8.2 11.6 0.0 11.0 22.8 26.8
    13 Eddie Joost SS 17 1936-1955 30.7 20.5 0.6 0.0 9.6 27.2 29.0
    14 Cecil Travis SS 12 1933-1947 29.6 24.4 0.1 0.0 5.1 28.3 28.9
    15 Solly Hemus SS 11 1949-1959 25.5 20.0 1.3 0.0 4.2 25.4 25.4
    16 Frankie Crosetti SS 17 1932-1948 23.9 9.8 3.9 0.0 10.2 19.1 21.5
    17 Eddie Miller SS 14 1936-1950 23.7 4.8 8.5 0.0 10.5 20.1 21.9
    18 Chico Carrasquel SS 10 1950-1959 21.2 6.7 6.7 0.0 7.8 22.4 21.8
    19 Granny Hamner SS 17 1944-1962 18.7 9.9 -0.4 -0.3 9.5 19.9 19.3
    20 Billy Myers SS 7 1935-1941 13.6 6.2 2.7 0.0 4.7 13.6 13.6
    21 Buddy Kerr SS 9 1943-1951 11.6 2.9 1.5 0.0 7.3 12.0 11.8
    22 Eddie Lake SS 11 1939-1950 10.6 7.3 -1.4 -0.2 4.9 11.7 11.2
    23 Bobby Morgan SS 8 1950-1958 9.7 5.2 1.9 0.0 2.6 9.8 9.7
    24 George Strickland SS 10 1950-1960 6.6 -0.4 1.9 0.0 5.1 7.2 6.9
    25 Johnny Lipon SS 9 1942-1954 5.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 4.6 7.2 6.4
    26 Bill Knickerbocker SS 10 1933-1942 5.4 1.1 -0.9 0.0 5.2 7.2 6.3
    27 Stan Rojek SS 8 1942-1952 5.3 1.2 0.7 0.0 3.4 5.4 5.4
    28 Eric McNair SS 14 1929-1942 5.1 2.3 -3.1 0.0 5.8 9.2 7.2
    29 Rabbit Warstler SS 11 1930-1940 3.4 -6.3 3.5 0.0 6.2 5.5 4.5
    30 Roy Smalley SS 11 1948-1958 2.6 0.5 -3.2 0.0 5.3 3.6 3.1
    31 Dick Culler SS 8 1936-1949 2.4 -0.5 0.1 0.0 2.8 2.8 2.6
    32 Milt Bolling SS 7 1952-1958 2.2 -0.5 0.7 0.0 2.0 2.2 2.2
    33 Glenn Crawford SS 2 1945-1946 1.6 1.5 -0.1 0.0 0.2 1.6 1.6
    34 Ed Busch SS 3 1943-1945 1.6 0.3 -0.6 0.0 1.8 1.6 1.6
    35 Lennie Merullo SS 7 1941-1947 1.5 -1.2 -1.5 0.0 4.3 1.5 1.5
    36 Bobby Sturgeon SS 6 1940-1948 1.3 -0.8 -0.4 0.0 2.5 1.3 1.3
    37 Claude Corbitt SS 4 1945-1949 1.3 -0.2 0.4 0.0 1.2 1.3 1.3
    38 Mike Milosevich SS 2 1944-1945 1.0 -0.3 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.0 1.0
    39 Bobby Bragan SS 7 1940-1948 0.8 -0.7 -2.0 0.0 3.5 0.8 0.8
    40 Clem Koshorek SS 2 1952-1953 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.7
    41 Ralph LaPointe SS 2 1947-1948 0.6 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.8 0.6 0.6
    42 Skeeter Newsome SS 12 1935-1947 0.6 -5.9 -0.3 0.0 6.8 5.5 3.0
    43 Frankie Zak SS 3 1944-1946 0.5 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
    44 George Fallon SS 4 1937-1945 0.5 -0.9 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.5
    45 Whitey Wietelmann SS 9 1939-1947 0.3 -2.6 -0.1 -0.7 3.6 1.5 0.9
    46 Dick Kimble SS 1 1945 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3
    47 Bubba Floyd SS 1 1944 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
    48 Bill Schuster SS 5 1937-1945 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.3
    49 Bud Thomas SS 1 1951 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
    50 Joe Hoover SS 3 1943-1945 0.2 -1.3 -0.9 0.0 2.5 0.2 0.2
    bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com