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Joe Medwick

Joe Medwick

1932–1948  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 187 lb  ·  b. 1911 Carteret, NJ

Career 1,984 G · 2,471 H · 205 HR · 1,383 RBI · .324 AVG

Seasons leading his league
17
4 best in baseball 13 league only
71 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
10 Categories led
1937 Best season

Spanning 1934–1938, peaking at 9 titles in 1937.

1937 Batting Triple Crown
Led the NL in .374 AVG, 31 HR, 154 RBI
Led in Total Bases for 3 straight seasons (1935–1937) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 80th League titles 17
  • 215th Best in baseball 4
  • 43rd Top-5 finishes 71

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Total Bases 3 1st 3 yrs (1935–1937) 1935 NL 365 1936 NL 367 1937 NL 406 1933 #3 1938 #2 1939 #3 1940 #3 1941 #3
Doubles 3 1st 3 yrs (1936–1938) 1936 64 1937 56 1938 NL 47 1933 #2 1935 #2 1939 #2 1942 #2
Runs Batted In 3 1st 3 yrs (1936–1938) 1936 NL 138 1937 NL 154 1938 NL 122 1935 #2 1939 #2
Hits 2 1st 2 yrs (1936–1937) 1937 237 1936 NL 223 1935 #2 1939 #2 1942 #3
Triples 1 1st — 1934 18 1935 #3 1936 #2
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1937 NL .641 1935 #2 1936 #3 1938 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. 1 1st — 1937 NL 1.056 1935 #2
Runs 1 1st — 1937 NL 111 1935 #2 1941 #3
Home Runs 1 1st — 1937 NL 31
Batting Average 1 1st — 1937 NL .374 1935 #2 1936 #2 1939 #2 1941 #2 1944 #3
On-Base Percentage — #3 — 1937 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1938 2 RBI 122 2B 47
1937 9 AVG .374 HR 31 RBI 154 H 237 R 111 OPS 1.056 SLG .641 2B 56 TB 406
1936 4 RBI 138 H 223 2B 64 TB 367
1935 1 TB 365
1934 1 3B 18

Batting

17 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 SLN NL 26 106 13 37 12 1 2 12 2 10 3 .349 .367 .538 .905
1933 SLN NL 148 595 92 182 40 10 18 98 26 56 5 .306 .337 .498 .835
1934 SLN NL 149 620 110 198 40 18 18 106 21 83 3 .319 .343 .529 .872
1935 SLN NL 154 634 132 224 46 13 23 126 30 59 4 .353 .386 .576 .962
1936 SLN NL 155 636 115 223 64 13 18 138 34 33 3 .351 .387 .577 .964
1937 SLN NL 156 633 111 237 56 10 31 154 41 50 4 .374 .414 .641 1.056
1938 SLN NL 146 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 42 41 0 .322 .369 .536 .905
1939 SLN NL 150 606 98 201 48 8 14 117 45 44 6 .332 .380 .507 .886
1940 BRO +1 NL 143 581 83 175 30 12 17 86 32 36 2 .301 .341 .482 .823
1941 BRO NL 133 538 100 171 33 10 18 88 38 35 2 .318 .364 .517 .881
1942 BRO NL 142 553 69 166 37 4 4 96 32 25 2 .300 .339 .403 .742
1943 NY1 +1 NL 126 497 54 138 30 3 5 70 19 22 1 .278 .306 .380 .686
1944 NY1 NL 128 490 64 165 24 3 7 85 38 24 2 .337 .386 .441 .826
1945 BSN +1 NL 92 310 31 90 17 0 3 37 14 14 5 .290 .323 .374 .697
1946 BRO NL 41 77 7 24 4 0 2 18 6 5 0 .312 .369 .442 .811
1947 SLN NL 75 150 19 46 12 0 4 28 16 12 0 .307 .374 .467 .840
1948 SLN NL 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 .211 .250 .211 .461
Career — — 1,984 7,635 1,198 2,471 540 113 205 1,383 437 551 42 .324 .362 .505 .867

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 1,852 3,994 139 84 27 .980
1B 19 158 4 2 9 .988