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Michael
Bones		  
Nickname: Crawdad
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 19, 1907 in Apalachicola, FL
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1929    1933   
Rooney Award 1941   
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1928    1941   
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1926   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1936    1938   
All-Star Selections 1933    1935    1938    1940    1941    1943   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1924 17 A   131 492 93 133 40 3 5 53 9 8 111 26 .270 .405 .394 .799 84.0  
1925 18 CIN NL 15 49 4 17 5 1 0 11 0 0 4 3 .347 .396 .490 .886 7.5 1.4
    AA   131 499 80 164 42 1 3 58 16 11 90 11 .329 .431 .435 .866 92.4  
1926 19 CIN NL 141 562 108 200 37 8 6 96 3 0 45 17 .356 .400 .482 .882 99.8 20.9
1927 20 CIN NL 146 559 104 203 36 5 5 113 0 0 75 21 .363 .429 .472 .901 107.3 20.6
1928 21 CIN NL 147 597 97 208 41 6 7 109 0 0 58 19 .348 .404 .472 .876 102.4 20.9
1929 22 CIN NL 149 596 112 218 33 13 9 116 0 0 59 29 .366 .420 .510 .930 113.8 22.1
1930 23 CIN NL 120 493 104 191 16 6 2 74 0 0 48 23 .387 .441 .456 .897 88.7 14.0
1931 24 CIN NL 149 593 114 191 31 1 5 111 0 0 57 29 .322 .381 .403 .784 85.6 16.1
1932 25 CIN NL 148 590 114 223 32 8 4 117 0 0 57 30 .378 .431 .480 .911 107.9 23.6
1933 26 CIN NL 148 598 100 202 30 7 4 103 0 0 54 20 .338 .391 .431 .822 90.1 20.3
1934 27 CIN NL 148 607 95 195 27 3 2 102 0 0 73 34 .321 .392 .386 .778 89.6 14.9
1935 28 CIN NL 149 602 99 202 30 6 2 111 0 0 57 28 .336 .393 .415 .809 88.9 16.5
1936 29 CIN NL 147 584 87 200 34 8 4 88 0 0 53 34 .342 .396 .449 .844 92.9 14.6
1937 30 CIN NL 138 549 85 204 26 4 3 87 0 0 48 32 .372 .422 .450 .872 92.5 19.5
1938 31 CIN NL 146 629 116 192 33 10 1 72 0 4 46 33 .305 .351 .394 .745 80.4 14.4
1939 32 CIN NL 149 639 114 186 19 11 6 83 1 2 54 42 .291 .347 .383 .730 83.0 13.1
1940 33 CIN NL 143 590 76 163 24 4 2 63 0 1 41 51 .276 .324 .341 .665 60.1 7.7
1941 34 CIN NL 147 593 92 219 37 6 0 80 1 0 34 40 .369 .403 .452 .854 93.6 24.9
1942 35 CIN NL 147 566 68 151 20 3 0 56 0 0 36 38 .267 .308 .313 .620 50.7 6.1
1943 36 CIN NL 152 609 81 161 12 4 1 32 0 0 30 72 .264 .297 .302 .599 49.2 4.4
1944 37 CIN NL 6 13 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .231 .286 .231 .516 0.9 0.0
20 Years Sim 2635 10618 1773 3529 523 114 63 1625 5 7 930 598 .332 .384 .421 .805 1584.8 296.2
1 Years AA 131 499 80 164 42 1 3 58 16 11 90 11 .329 .430 .435 .865 92.4  
1 Years A 131 492 93 133 40 3 5 53 9 8 111 26 .270 .403 .394 .797 84.0  
2 Years Minors 262 991 173 297 82 4 8 111 25 19 201 37 .300 .416 .415 .831 176.4  
162 Game Average 652 109 216 32 7 3 99 0 0 57 36 .332 .384 .421 .805 97.4  
Career Highs 152 639 116 223 41 13 9 117 3 4 75 72 .387 .441 .510 .930 113.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7450 1263 2534 378 77 39 1110 3 5 678 369 .340 .394 .427 .821 1185.9
vs LH   3168 510 995 145 37 24 515 2 2 252 229 .314 .362 .406 .768 448.7
Home 1325 5219 863 1724 275 65 28 825 3 5 463 306 .330 .383 .424 .807 804.8
Away 1310 5399 910 1805 248 49 35 800 2 2 467 292 .334 .386 .418 .804 829.9
RISP   2990 0 1041 168 39 22 1462 0 0 339 186 .348 .405 .453 .858 527.4
Pinch Hitting   74 9 17 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 5 .230 .260 .297 .557 5.4
Close/Late   1012 139 320 32 13 7 140 0 0 111 57 .316 .384 .394 .778 151.9
Mar/Apr 275 1102 167 356 58 15 5 174 0 1 102 66 .323 .380 .417 .797 166.3
May 511 2038 350 671 97 16 12 331 0 1 175 110 .329 .380 .410 .790 304.7
June 470 1921 333 642 112 16 9 298 0 1 176 115 .334 .391 .423 .814 299.5
July 466 1912 317 633 83 23 17 289 1 1 153 97 .331 .378 .425 .804 292.3
August 465 1900 323 644 88 27 15 285 1 3 158 119 .339 .386 .437 .824 302.4
Sep/Oct 448 1745 283 583 85 17 5 248 3 0 166 91 .334 .390 .411 .800 269.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1925 18 CIN NL CF 15 15 124.0 42 0 3 0 .933 3.05   0.3
1926 19 CIN NL CF 137 127 1128.0 379 11 9 5 .977 3.11   5.3
    1B 3 0 4.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1927 20 CIN NL CF 141 140 1210.7 387 15 18 5 .957 2.99   2.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1928 21 CIN NL CF 145 144 1266.3 392 16 13 3 .969 2.90   4.9
1929 22 CIN NL CF 143 141 1220.7 360 18 15 3 .962 2.79   5.2
1930 23 CIN NL CF 118 117 1021.0 293 9 6 2 .981 2.66   5.4
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1931 24 CIN NL CF 145 140 1235.0 353 11 10 2 .973 2.65   2.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1932 25 CIN NL CF 143 141 1240.0 419 13 7 4 .984 3.14   5.4
1933 26 CIN NL CF 146 142 1267.3 347 7 10 1 .973 2.51   6.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1934 27 CIN NL CF 147 142 1272.0 301 13 9 4 .972 2.22   4.5
1935 28 CIN NL CF 147 141 1234.3 423 11 9 3 .980 3.16   5.9
    LF 1 0 8.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.20    
1936 29 CIN NL CF 123 118 1033.0 395 14 14 6 .967 3.56   3.7
    LF 23 23 187.7 52 2 2 0 .964 2.59    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 30 CIN NL LF 134 133 1151.7 306 6 5 1 .984 2.44   3.4
    CF 12 0 21.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
1938 31 CIN NL CF 141 139 1234.0 433 3 11 0 .975 3.18   5.1
    LF 4 4 36.7 5 2 0 2 1.000 1.72    
1939 32 CIN NL CF 148 148 1311.3 431 5 6 2 .986 2.99   4.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 33 CIN NL CF 142 142 1252.7 412 6 16 3 .963 3.00   1.9
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 34 CIN NL CF 145 145 1226.7 435 4 11 2 .976 3.22   1.5
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1942 35 CIN NL CF 145 144 1232.3 429 8 12 1 .973 3.19   3.1
    1B 3 0 5.3 3 1 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1943 36 CIN NL CF 136 136 1198.3 424 6 14 2 .968 3.23   2.9
    1B 16 16 131.7 140 16 0 9 1.000 10.66   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 37 CIN NL CF 3 1 18.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
  CF 2422 2363 20747.0 6669 170 193 48 .973 2.97   70.6
  LF 168 160 1394.6 368 12 7 3 .982 2.45   3.4
  1B 29 16 149.0 159 19 0 9 1.000 10.75   0.2
Career Totals   2619 2539 22290.6 7196 201 200 60 .974 2.99   74.1
Career Highs   154 152 1333.0 564 22 18 11 1.000 4.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1929 22 CIN NL 6 25 4 5 2 0 2 6 0 0 2 4 .200 .259 .520 .779
1933 26 CIN NL 7 26 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .192 .267 .231 .497
1934 27 CIN NL 5 20 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .286 .300 .586
1939 32 CIN NL 6 28 6 10 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 .357 .379 .500 .879
Career Post-Season Batting 24 99 16 25 6 1 2 14 0 0 7 9 .253 .299 .394 .693
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1926-5-.356
1927-3-.363
1928-3-.348
1929-3-.366
1930-3-.387
1932-1-.378
1933-4-.338
1935-6-.336
1936-9-.342
1937-1-.372
1941-1-.369
 On-Base Pct
1926-10-.400
1927-1-.429
1928-5-.404
1929-6-.420
1930-5-.441
1932-3-.431
1933-9-.391
1937-3-.422
1941-5-.403
 Slugging Pct
1926-4-.482
1927-10-.472
1928-3-.472
1929-6-.510
1932-10-.480
1941-4-.452
 OPS
1926-5-.882
1927-4-.901
1928-4-.876
1929-5-.930
1932-6-.911
1933-8-.822
1937-6-.872
1941-2-.854
 OPS+
1926-7-142
1927-3-143
1928-4-141
1929-6-139
1932-6-144
1933-8-133
1937-4-137
 XR
1926-5-99.8
1927-3-107.3
1928-4-102.4
1929-5-113.8
1932-7-107.9
1933-8-90.1
1934-9-89.6
1941-2-93.6
Games
1929-2-149
1931-1-149
1932-5-148
1933-3-148
1934-6-148
1935-5-149
1936-7-147
1939-6-149
1941-9-147
1943-3-152
 At-Bats
1926-9-562
1928-2-597
1929-4-596
1931-1-593
1932-2-590
1933-1-598
1934-1-607
1935-1-602
1936-4-584
1938-1-629
1939-1-639
1940-1-590
1941-4-593
1942-9-566
1943-2-609
 Runs
1926-4-108
1927-6-104
1928-8-97
1929-7-112
1931-5-114
1932-8-114
1933-6-100
1934-7-95
1935-8-99
1938-4-116
1939-1-114
1941-8-92
1943-10-81
 Hits
1926-2-200
1927-5-203
1928-1-208
1929-3-218
1930-7-191
1931-4-191
1932-1-223
1933-3-202
1934-3-195
1935-2-202
1936-2-200
1937-2-204
1938-5-192
1939-6-186
1940-8-163
1941-1-219
1943-7-161
 Walks
1927-9-75
1934-7-73
 Times on Base
1926-9-246
1927-2-278
1928-3-266
1929-5-277
1931-8-249
1932-3-282
1933-5-258
1934-3-269
1935-6-262
1936-7-254
1937-6-254
1941-4-254
Total Bases
1926-4-271
1927-7-264
1928-1-282
1929-4-304
1931-10-239
1932-6-283
1933-7-258
1934-9-234
1935-8-250
1936-8-262
1937-9-247
1938-6-248
1939-8-245
1941-2-268
 Singles
1926-5-149
1927-5-157
1928-3-154
1929-3-163
1930-3-167
1931-2-154
1932-1-179
1933-2-161
1934-3-163
1935-1-164
1936-5-154
1937-1-171
1938-4-148
1939-6-150
1940-8-133
1941-2-176
1943-3-144
 Doubles
1926-4-37
1927-7-36
1928-2-41
1931-10-31
1933-8-30
1934-7-27
1936-6-34
1938-9-33
1941-4-37
 Triples
1929-2-13
1938-8-10
1939-10-11
 Extra Base Hits
1926-5-51
1928-6-54
 RBIs
1926-7-96
1927-6-113
1928-3-109
1929-7-116
1931-5-111
1932-5-117
1933-3-103
1934-4-102
1935-2-111
Stolen Base Percentage
1931-10-0
1938-10-0
1939-9-0
1940-8-0
 Strikeouts
1943-3-72
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1927-3-3.6
1928-5-3.1
1931-10-2
1933-4-2.7
1934-6-2.1
1935-6-2
 At Bats per Strikeout
1926-8-33.1
1927-6-26.6
1928-5-31.4
1929-9-20.6
1930-9-21.4
1931-8-20.4
1932-6-19.7
1933-3-29.9
1934-7-17.9
1935-6-21.5
1937-9-17.2
1938-9-19.1
 Offensive Win Shares
1926-7-20.2
1927-4-21
1928-2-21.1
1929-4-22.1
1931-10-16.4
1932-6-23.5
1933-7-20.6
1937-3-19.4
1941-1-25.2
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 238    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1924
Had first career hit (double) on 9/16/1925, off Lyle Wuehrle (NY1)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 10/2/1925
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1926, off Paul Drumheller (PIT)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1926, hitting .391 with 2 HR, 31 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/5/1926
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1926, hitting .356 with 6 HR, 96 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1927, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 29 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 6/15/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1928, hitting .469 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1928, hitting .481 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1928, hitting .348 with 7 HR, 109 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1929, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1929, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1929, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Cincinnati in 1929
Injured on 8/23/1930 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1932, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/3/1932
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (N) on 4/15/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/30/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1933, hitting .486 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with Cincinnati in 1933
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/12/1934
 
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