Red Kress
Ralph Kress
Born: January 2, 1905
Columbia, CA USA
Deceased: 1962
Los Angeles, CA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 165
Career: 1927-1946
Minor League Statistics
Red Kress compiled a career batting average of .286 with 89 home runs and 799 RBI in his 1392-game career with the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and New York Giants. He began playing during the 1927 season and last took the field during the 1946 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| 1946 | NL | New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12.54 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 7 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .304 | .385 | .609 | .993 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 635 | 560 | 78 | 153 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 81 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 70 | .273 | .332 | .371 | .703 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 147 | 627 | 557 | 82 | 170 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 107 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 54 | .305 | .366 | .436 | .802 | 243 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 679 | 614 | 94 | 192 | 43 | 8 | 16 | 112 | 3 | 12 | 50 | 56 | .313 | .366 | .487 | .853 | 299 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 655 | 605 | 87 | 188 | 46 | 8 | 16 | 114 | 3 | 16 | 46 | 48 | .311 | .360 | .493 | .853 | 298 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 14 | 57 | 52 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .173 | .232 | .327 | .559 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 135 | 569 | 515 | 83 | 147 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 36 | .285 | .346 | .435 | .781 | 224 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 511 | 467 | 47 | 116 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 78 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 40 | .248 | .304 | .377 | .680 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .412 | .286 | .697 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | AL | Washington Senators | 56 | 190 | 171 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .228 | .298 | .357 | .655 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | 84 | 279 | 252 | 32 | 75 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | .298 | .361 | .405 | .766 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | AL | Washington Senators | 109 | 434 | 391 | 51 | 111 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 25 | .284 | .349 | .427 | .776 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 644 | 566 | 74 | 171 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 79 | 5 | 4 | 69 | 47 | .302 | .378 | .408 | .786 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 13 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .279 | .367 | .302 | .670 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 51 | 178 | 157 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 16 | .242 | .316 | .306 | .622 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 110 | 99 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .222 | .294 | .303 | .597 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NL | New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1391 | 5664 | 5087 | 691 | 1454 | 298 | 58 | 89 | 799 | 47 | 56 | 474 | 453 | .286 | .347 | .420 | .767 | 2135 | 18 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 5.286 | |
| 1928 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 318 | 400 | 55 | 99 | .929 | 4.787 | |
| 1929 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 312 | 441 | 43 | 94 | .946 | 5.158 | |
| 1930 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 3B | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 57 | 10 | 4 | .902 | 2.968 | |
| 1930 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 271 | 349 | 41 | 83 | .938 | 5.041 | |
| 1931 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 1B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 8 | .963 | 1.400 | |
| 1931 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 3B | 84 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 141 | 16 | 12 | .936 | 2.774 | |
| 1931 | AL | St. Louis Browns | OF | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .947 | 2.250 | |
| 1931 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 47 | 6 | 7 | .933 | 2.211 | |
| 1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 12.000 | |
| 1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .895 | 2.684 | |
| 1932 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 5 | .909 | 3.571 | |
| 1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | 139 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .956 | 2.359 | |
| 1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 125 | 155 | 19 | 35 | .936 | 5.283 | |
| 1933 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 1169 | 60 | 28 | 83 | .978 | 11.072 | |
| 1933 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.000 | |
| 1934 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 291 | 11 | 2 | 16 | .993 | 1.067 | |
| 1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | |
| 1934 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.500 | |
| 1934 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1934 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | |
| 1934 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | |
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .974 | 7.400 | |
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | |
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1935 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 204 | 12 | 53 | .964 | 6.075 | |
| 1936 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 8.000 | |
| 1936 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 100 | 1 | 21 | .995 | 5.636 | |
| 1936 | AL | Washington Senators | SS | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 212 | 28 | 52 | .927 | 5.547 | |
| 1938 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 321 | 388 | 26 | 100 | .965 | 4.727 | |
| 1939 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 13 | .927 | 4.750 | |
| 1939 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 3.500 | |
| 1939 | AL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 10 | .933 | 4.308 | |
| 1939 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 69 | 5 | 15 | .959 | 4.680 | |
| 1940 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 41 | 5 | 1 | .924 | 3.588 | |
| 1940 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 5 | .951 | 4.833 | |
| 1946 | NL | New York Giants | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
| Totals | 1354 | 0 | 0.0 | 3987 | 2945 | 343 | 748 | .953 | 5.120 |
Awards
1929 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
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