Lou Boudreau

Lou Boudreau

1938–1952 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 185 lb · b. 1917 Harvey, IL

Career 1,646 G · 1,779 H · 68 HR · 789 RBI · .295 AVG

Seasons leading his league

25

11 best in baseball 14 league only

57 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1944 Best season

Spanning 1940–1948, peaking at 7 titles in 1944.

Team records #7 Guardians career H #10 Guardians career R

Led in Shortstop Fielding Percentage for 5 straight seasons (1940–1944) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

96th League titles 25
139th Best in baseball 11
292nd Top-5 finishes 57

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

Career leaderboards

21st Shortstop Double Plays 1,180
33rd Shortstop Range Factor 5.13
38th Shortstop Putouts 3,132
50th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .973
59th Shortstop Assists 4,760
174th On-Base Percentage .380
239th Doubles 385
277th Walks 796
293rd Batting Average .295
424th Hits 1,779
448th Triples 66

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	8	1st	5 yrs (1940–1944)	1941 .966 1944 .978 1947 .982 1948 .975 1940 AL .968 1942 AL .965 1943 AL .970 1946 AL .970
Shortstop Double Plays	5	1st	2 yrs (1943–1944)	1943 122 1944 134 1947 120 1948 119 1940 AL 116 1941 #3 1942 #2
Shortstop Putouts	4	1st	2 yrs (1943–1944)	1946 315 1941 AL 296 1943 AL 328 1944 AL 339 1940 #3 1947 #3 1948 #2
Doubles	3	1st	—	1941 45 1947 45 1944 AL 45 1940 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	2	1st	—	1944 AL 5.74 1946 AL 5.18 1941 #2 1943 #2 1947 #2 1948 #3
Shortstop Assists	2	1st	—	1940 AL 454 1944 AL 516 1941 #2 1942 #3 1943 #2 1946 #3 1947 #2 1948 #2
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1944 AL .327 1948 #2
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1944 #2 1948 #2
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#3	—	1948 #3
Hits	—	#2	—	1944 #2 1948 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1948	2	SS DP 119 SS FPCT .975
1947	3	SS DP 120 SS FPCT .982 2B 45
1946	3	SS PO 315 SS FPCT .970 SS RF 5.18
1944	7	SS A 516 AVG .327 SS PO 339 SS DP 134 SS FPCT .978 SS RF 5.74 2B 45
1943	3	SS PO 328 SS DP 122 SS FPCT .970
1942	1	SS FPCT .965
1941	3	SS PO 296 SS FPCT .966 2B 45
1940	3	SS A 454 SS DP 116 SS FPCT .968

Batting

led the league 15 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1938	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
1939	CLE	AL	53	225	42	58	15	4	0	19	28	24	2	.258	.340	.360	.700
1940	CLE	AL	155	627	97	185	46	10	9	101	73	39	6	.295	.370	.443	.814
1941	CLE	AL	148	579	95	149	45	8	10	56	85	57	9	.257	.355	.415	.770
1942	CLE	AL	147	506	57	143	18	10	2	58	75	39	7	.283	.380	.370	.749
1943	CLE	AL	152	539	69	154	32	7	3	67	90	31	4	.286	.388	.388	.776
1944	CLE	AL	150	584	91	191	45	5	3	67	73	39	11	.327	.406	.437	.843
1945	CLE	AL	97	345	50	106	24	1	3	48	35	20	0	.307	.374	.409	.783
1946	CLE	AL	140	515	51	151	30	6	6	62	40	14	6	.293	.345	.410	.755
1947	CLE	AL	150	538	79	165	45	3	4	67	67	10	1	.307	.388	.424	.811
1948	CLE	AL	152	560	116	199	34	6	18	106	98	9	3	.355	.453	.534	.987
1949	CLE	AL	134	475	53	135	20	3	4	60	70	10	0	.284	.381	.364	.745
1950	CLE	AL	81	260	23	70	13	2	1	29	31	5	1	.269	.349	.346	.696
1951	BOS	AL	82	273	37	73	18	1	5	47	30	12	1	.267	.353	.396	.748
1952	BOS	AL	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	—	1,646	6,029	861	1,779	385	66	68	789	796	309	51	.295	.380	.415	.795

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1938	CLE	AL	3B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1939	CLE	AL	SS	53	—	—	103	184	14	31	301	.954	5.42
1940	CLE	AL	SS	155	—	—	277	454	24	116	755	.968	4.72
1941	CLE	AL	SS	147	—	—	296	444	26	97	766	.966	5.03
1942	CLE	AL	SS	146	—	—	281	426	26	107	733	.965	4.84
1943	CLE	AL	SS	152	—	—	328	488	25	122	841	.970	5.37
			C	1	—	—	3	1	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1944	CLE	AL	SS	149	—	—	339	516	19	134	874	.978	5.74
			C	1	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1945	CLE	AL	SS	97	—	—	217	289	9	73	515	.983	5.22
1946	CLE	AL	SS	139	—	—	315	405	22	94	742	.970	5.18
1947	CLE	AL	SS	148	—	—	305	475	14	120	794	.982	5.27
1948	CLE	AL	SS	151	—	—	297	483	20	119	800	.975	5.17
			C	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1949	CLE	AL	SS	88	—	—	176	272	8	78	456	.983	5.09
			3B	38	—	—	34	76	4	13	114	.965	2.90
			1B	6	—	—	41	3	0	3	44	1.000	7.33
			2B	1	—	—	2	2	0	1	4	1.000	4.00
1950	CLE	AL	SS	61	—	—	118	170	4	44	292	.986	4.72
			1B	8	—	—	34	5	0	2	39	1.000	4.88
			2B	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
			3B	2	—	—	3	1	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1951	BOS	AL	SS	52	—	—	80	153	12	45	245	.951	4.48
			3B	15	—	—	10	27	2	5	39	.949	2.47
			1B	2	—	—	4	1	1	1	6	.833	2.50
1952	BOS	AL	3B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			SS	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	SS	1,539	—	—	3,132	4,760	223	1,180	8,115	.973	5.13
	—	—	3B	57	—	—	47	104	6	18	157	.962	2.65
	—	—	1B	16	—	—	79	9	1	6	89	.989	5.50
	—	—	2B	3	—	—	3	2	0	1	5	1.000	1.67
	—	—	C	3	—	—	4	2	0	0	6	1.000	2.00