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Joe Cronin

Joe Cronin

1926–1945 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 180 lb · b. 1906 San Francisco, CA

Career 2,124 G · 2,285 H · 170 HR · 1,424 RBI · .301 AVG

Seasons leading his league

17

6 best in baseball 11 league only

62 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1932 Best season

Spanning 1929–1939, peaking at 5 titles in 1932.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

Team records #3 Twins 1930 R #5 Twins 1930 RBI #6 Twins career OPS #8 Twins career AVG

Led in Shortstop Double Plays for 3 straight seasons (1930–1932) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

205th League titles 17
388th Best in baseball 6
220th Top-5 finishes 62

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

20th Shortstop Putouts 3,696
23rd Shortstop Double Plays 1,165
29th Shortstop Assists 5,814
30th Shortstop Range Factor 5.16
54th Doubles 515
71st Runs Batted In 1,424
102nd Triples 118
105th Walks 1,059
115th On-Base Percentage .390
117th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .951
161st On-Base Plus Slug. .857
162nd Hits 2,285
170th Runs 1,233
170th Total Bases 3,546
195th Batting Average .301
306th Slugging Percentage .468

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Range Factor	3	1st	—	1934 5.76 1930 AL 5.49 1939 AL 5.23 1929 #2 1931 #2 1932 #2 1933 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	3	1st	3 yrs (1930–1932)	1932 95 1930 AL 95 1931 AL 94 1929 #2 1933 #3 1935 #3 1938 #3 1939 #2 1940 #2
Shortstop Putouts	3	1st	3 yrs (1930–1932)	1931 323 1930 AL 336 1932 AL 306 1929 #3 1938 #3 1939 #2
Shortstop Assists	3	1st	2 yrs (1929–1930)	1929 AL 459 1930 AL 509 1932 AL 448 1931 #2 1933 #2 1934 #3 1938 #3 1939 #3 1940 #2
Doubles	2	1st	—	1933 45 1938 51 1932 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	2	1st	2 yrs (1932–1933)	1933 .960 1932 AL .959 1930 #2 1931 #2 1939 #2 1941 #3
Triples	1	1st	—	1932 AL 18
Stolen Bases	—	#3	—	1930 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1939	1	SS RF 5.23
1938	1	2B 51
1934	1	SS RF 5.76
1933	2	SS FPCT .960 2B 45
1932	5	SS A 448 SS PO 306 SS DP 95 SS FPCT .959 3B 18
1931	2	SS PO 323 SS DP 94
1930	4	SS A 509 SS PO 336 SS DP 95 SS RF 5.49
1929	1	SS A 459

Batting

led the league 20 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1926	PIT	NL	38	83	9	22	2	2	0	11	6	15	0	.265	.315	.337	.652
1927	PIT	NL	12	22	2	5	1	0	0	3	2	3	0	.227	.292	.273	.564
1928	WS1	AL	63	227	23	55	10	4	0	25	22	27	4	.242	.309	.322	.631
1929	WS1	AL	145	494	72	139	29	8	8	61	85	37	5	.281	.388	.421	.809
1930	WS1	AL	154	587	127	203	41	9	13	126	72	36	17	.346	.422	.513	.934
1931	WS1	AL	156	611	103	187	44	13	12	126	81	52	10	.306	.391	.480	.870
1932	WS1	AL	143	557	95	177	43	18	6	116	66	45	7	.318	.393	.492	.885
1933	WS1	AL	152	602	89	186	45	11	5	118	87	49	5	.309	.398	.445	.843
1934	WS1	AL	127	504	68	143	30	9	7	101	53	28	8	.284	.353	.421	.774
1935	BOS	AL	144	556	70	164	37	14	9	95	63	40	3	.295	.370	.460	.830
1936	BOS	AL	81	295	36	83	22	4	2	43	32	21	1	.281	.354	.403	.757
1937	BOS	AL	148	570	102	175	40	4	18	110	84	73	5	.307	.402	.486	.887
1938	BOS	AL	143	530	98	172	51	5	17	94	91	60	7	.325	.428	.536	.964
1939	BOS	AL	143	520	97	160	33	3	19	107	87	48	6	.308	.407	.492	.899
1940	BOS	AL	149	548	104	156	35	6	24	111	83	65	7	.285	.380	.502	.882
1941	BOS	AL	143	518	98	161	38	8	16	95	82	55	1	.311	.406	.508	.914
1942	BOS	AL	45	79	7	24	3	0	4	24	15	21	0	.304	.415	.494	.909
1943	BOS	AL	59	77	8	24	4	0	5	29	11	4	0	.312	.398	.558	.956
1944	BOS	AL	76	191	24	46	7	0	5	28	34	19	1	.241	.358	.356	.714
1945	BOS	AL	3	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	.375	.545	.375	.920
Career	—	—	2,124	7,579	1,233	2,285	515	118	170	1,424	1,059	700	87	.301	.390	.468	.857

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1926	PIT	NL	2B	27	—	—	54	74	3	18	131	.977	4.74
			SS	7	—	—	1	8	0	1	9	1.000	1.29
1927	PIT	NL	2B	7	—	—	3	2	0	0	5	1.000	0.71
			SS	4	—	—	2	7	4	0	13	.692	2.25
			1B	1	—	—	7	1	0	0	8	1.000	8.00
1928	WS1	AL	SS	63	—	—	133	190	16	42	339	.953	5.13
1929	WS1	AL	SS	143	—	—	285	459	62	92	806	.923	5.20
			2B	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1930	WS1	AL	SS	154	—	—	336	509	35	95	880	.960	5.49
1931	WS1	AL	SS	155	—	—	323	488	43	94	854	.950	5.23
1932	WS1	AL	SS	141	—	—	306	448	32	95	786	.959	5.35
1933	WS1	AL	SS	152	—	—	297	528	34	95	859	.960	5.43
1934	WS1	AL	SS	127	—	—	246	486	38	86	770	.951	5.76
1935	BOS	AL	SS	139	—	—	264	431	37	86	732	.949	5.00
			1B	2	—	—	13	4	0	3	17	1.000	8.50
1936	BOS	AL	SS	60	—	—	115	191	23	34	329	.930	5.10
			3B	21	—	—	18	38	3	3	59	.949	2.67
1937	BOS	AL	SS	148	—	—	300	414	31	89	745	.958	4.82
1938	BOS	AL	SS	142	—	—	304	449	36	110	789	.954	5.30
1939	BOS	AL	SS	142	—	—	306	437	32	93	775	.959	5.23
1940	BOS	AL	SS	146	—	—	252	443	38	89	733	.948	4.76
			3B	2	—	—	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
1941	BOS	AL	SS	119	—	—	225	324	24	64	573	.958	4.61
			3B	22	—	—	22	38	3	3	63	.952	2.73
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1942	BOS	AL	3B	11	—	—	9	23	5	4	37	.865	2.91
			1B	5	—	—	37	3	1	3	41	.976	8.00
			SS	1	—	—	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1943	BOS	AL	3B	10	—	—	12	18	1	1	31	.968	3.00
1944	BOS	AL	1B	49	—	—	428	27	9	39	464	.981	9.29
1945	BOS	AL	3B	3	—	—	2	8	0	2	10	1.000	3.33
Career	—	—	SS	1,843	—	—	3,696	5,814	485	1,165	9,995	.951	5.16
	—	—	3B	69	—	—	64	127	12	13	203	.941	2.77
	—	—	1B	57	—	—	485	35	10	45	530	.981	9.12
	—	—	2B	35	—	—	58	76	3	18	137	.978	3.83
	—	—	OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00