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Brian
Boru		  
Nickname: Irish
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 23, 1901 in Worcester, MA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rooney Award 1932   
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1924   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1924    1927   
All-Star Selections 1933    1934    1935    1937    1940   
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
1923 21 AAA   131 516 106 173 41 7 14 86 21 13 69 65 .335 .414 .523 .937 102.6  
1924 22 CIN NL 143 527 98 163 23 9 10 94 18 7 45 30 .309 .369 .444 .813 78.4 14.8
1925 23 CIN NL 145 536 88 137 37 5 7 87 21 11 53 31 .256 .329 .382 .711 68.4 8.9
1926 24 CIN NL 143 511 84 141 38 6 6 86 13 6 37 13 .276 .335 .409 .744 66.0 9.8
1927 25 CIN NL 146 568 83 155 41 16 2 96 12 9 42 27 .273 .328 .412 .740 69.5 9.1
1928 26 CIN NL 149 534 100 157 33 22 6 99 11 9 58 17 .294 .367 .472 .839 90.8 16.0
1929 27 CIN NL 42 157 35 48 11 6 6 38 6 1 18 3 .306 .383 .567 .950 32.1 5.8
  BOS AL 104 395 79 112 42 13 8 74 16 4 24 8 .284 .333 .516 .849 64.5 10.9
  TOT   146 552 114 160 53 19 14 112 22 5 42 11 .290 .347 .531 .878 96.6 16.6
1930 28 BOS AL 140 529 78 138 46 12 6 64 31 14 44 16 .261 .322 .427 .750 70.3 7.3
1931 29 BOS AL 58 173 24 34 10 5 3 25 6 6 18 3 .197 .283 .364 .647 17.4 0.7
  WSH AL 75 134 20 34 7 2 1 18 5 5 15 5 .254 .335 .358 .694 15.9 1.6
  TOT   133 307 44 68 17 7 4 43 11 11 33 8 .221 .306 .362 .668 33.4 2.4
1932 30 WSH AL 142 484 75 135 48 20 6 68 10 9 40 10 .279 .336 .498 .834 70.5 12.6
1933 31 SLA AL 149 568 86 164 50 13 13 88 9 17 48 4 .289 .347 .491 .838 85.4 18.2
1934 32 SLA AL 145 565 98 188 41 21 20 113 6 4 46 13 .333 .392 .586 .978 112.9 29.5
1935 33 SLA AL 144 583 97 146 38 18 22 94 5 6 55 9 .250 .328 .491 .818 88.8 18.7
1936 34 SLA AL 146 571 91 143 40 11 15 96 4 2 51 12 .250 .334 .438 .772 85.2 11.5
1937 35 SLA AL 147 611 106 179 62 15 15 87 8 5 46 20 .293 .344 .517 .861 102.6 18.5
1938 36 SLA AL 147 584 117 168 54 13 15 104 10 12 70 13 .288 .378 .502 .880 98.0 17.4
1939 37 SLA AL 146 587 104 164 57 8 12 93 17 11 56 12 .279 .346 .465 .811 85.6 13.2
1940 38 SLA AL 143 583 107 164 43 6 22 111 15 9 44 15 .281 .336 .489 .825 89.8 14.8
1941 39 SLA AL 149 527 74 131 37 11 10 68 10 5 47 23 .249 .313 .417 .730 64.5 8.8
1942 40 SLA AL 138 466 60 109 25 8 5 65 15 4 34 26 .234 .290 .354 .644 49.7 9.5
1943 41 SLA AL 153 572 62 147 29 9 1 62 14 10 30 50 .257 .307 .344 .652 56.9 8.0
1944 42 SLA AL 78 138 13 14 4 1 0 11 3 2 9 16 .101 .172 .145 .317 0.0 0.0
21 Years Sim 2972 10903 1779 2971 816 250 211 1741 265 168 930 376 .272 .337 .451 .788 1563.3 265.7
1 Years AAA 131 516 106 173 41 7 14 86 21 13 69 65 .335 .414 .523 .938 102.6  
162 Game Average 594 96 161 44 13 11 94 14 9 50 20 .272 .337 .451 .788 85.2  
Career Highs 153 611 117 188 62 22 22 113 31 17 70 50 .333 .392 .586 .978 112.9  
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   7486 1205 2083 570 189 105 1154 187 122 588 290 .278 .338 .447 .785 1043.5
vs LH   3417 574 888 246 61 106 587 78 46 342 86 .260 .335 .461 .796 503.5
Home 1460 5302 860 1459 398 118 115 861 134 72 413 179 .275 .334 .460 .794 761.5
Away 1512 5601 919 1512 418 132 96 880 131 96 517 197 .270 .340 .443 .783 785.6
RISP   3063 0 887 235 73 65 1370 0 0 392 116 .290 .369 .478 .847 520.1
Pinch Hitting   180 23 42 11 3 3 35 2 2 18 7 .233 .311 .378 .688 20.5
Close/Late   1189 195 336 91 30 25 188 0 1 146 40 .283 .370 .473 .843 195.2
Mar/Apr 319 1177 176 310 82 25 27 176 36 19 91 36 .263 .323 .444 .767 160.0
May 584 2185 348 583 163 49 47 358 50 35 186 73 .267 .331 .451 .782 305.2
June 525 1989 324 540 163 47 39 312 45 29 136 65 .271 .325 .460 .784 273.9
July 551 1979 355 565 170 41 40 342 51 29 175 76 .285 .350 .473 .823 303.3
August 513 1829 290 476 129 35 32 267 43 26 175 74 .260 .334 .422 .756 244.4
Sep/Oct 480 1744 286 497 109 53 26 286 40 30 167 52 .285 .357 .453 .810 260.2
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
1924 22 CIN NL SS 138 133 1185.3 222 555 26 113 .968 5.90   5.8
1925 23 CIN NL SS 142 134 1198.0 221 562 28 116 .965 5.88   7.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1926 24 CIN NL SS 138 130 1145.0 207 474 22 86 .969 5.35   4.8
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1927 25 CIN NL SS 145 142 1238.0 235 561 33 106 .960 5.79   4.5
1928 26 CIN NL SS 145 140 1227.7 201 564 33 95 .959 5.61   6.8
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.1
1929 27 CIN NL SS 30 30 269.4 42 111 5 21 .968 5.11   1.3
    2B 10 9 77.4 17 32 1 7 .980 5.70   0.4
  BOS AL SS 75 74 648.0 102 267 12 50 .969 5.13   2.5
    2B 24 21 186.2 41 76 4 16 .967 5.66   0.3
  TOT   SS 105 104 917.4 144 378 17 71 .968 5.12   3.8
      2B 34 30 263.6 58 108 5 23 .971 5.67   0.7
1930 28 BOS AL 2B 86 86 756.7 187 321 12 66 .977 6.04   2.8
    SS 48 44 405.7 80 183 8 36 .970 5.83   2.3
    CF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1931 29 BOS AL 2B 35 23 292.0 68 117 6 21 .969 5.70   0.8
    SS 15 5 83.8 17 29 2 6 .958 4.94   0.4
  WSH AL 2B 46 30 228.6 53 91 4 16 .973 5.67   0.8
    SS 19 6 65.6 14 23 1 5 .974 5.08   0.4
  TOT   2B 81 53 520.6 121 208 10 37 .971 5.69   1.6
      SS 34 11 149.4 31 52 3 11 .965 5.00   0.8
1932 30 WSH AL SS 120 102 957.7 175 374 19 72 .967 5.16   6.0
    2B 14 6 71.0 26 21 0 4 1.000 5.96   0.1
    1B 1 0 8.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38   0.0
1933 31 SLA AL SS 145 141 1262.3 190 468 25 76 .963 4.69   6.4
    2B 3 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1934 32 SLA AL SS 139 138 1235.0 204 475 29 79 .959 4.95   7.7
    2B 4 0 8.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
1935 33 SLA AL SS 132 127 1150.7 188 464 22 86 .967 5.10   6.3
    3B 12 12 103.3 14 22 2 1 .947 3.14   0.5
1936 34 SLA AL SS 146 141 1280.3 208 502 29 74 .961 4.99   5.8
1937 35 SLA AL SS 146 143 1277.3 247 439 23 89 .968 4.83   4.6
1938 36 SLA AL SS 143 139 1244.7 196 455 28 85 .959 4.71   5.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1939 37 SLA AL SS 143 139 1247.0 213 470 18 83 .974 4.93   5.8
1940 38 SLA AL SS 143 141 1265.7 214 415 14 84 .978 4.47   6.2
1941 39 SLA AL SS 147 140 1248.3 190 521 30 97 .960 5.13   5.1
    3B 1 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
1942 40 SLA AL SS 131 116 1059.3 174 458 30 86 .955 5.37   4.2
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1943 41 SLA AL SS 152 152 1352.7 216 502 35 89 .954 4.78   4.2
1944 42 SLA AL SS 66 31 346.3 56 130 11 26 .944 4.83   0.8
    2B 4 3 23.0 4 10 1 1 .933 5.48   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2648 2488 22393.7 3812 9002 483 1660 .964 5.15   104.1
  2B 230 179 1662.5 405 681 28 134 .975 5.88   5.5
  3B 13 12 110.0 15 22 2 1 .949 3.03   0.6
  1B 2 1 17.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 10.59   0.0
  CF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
Career Totals   2895 2681 24193.2 4254 9706 513 1796 .965 5.19   110.2
Career Highs   152 152 1352.7 270 568 35 116 .978 5.95    
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
1935 33 SLA AL 7 29 6 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 1 .276 .371 .517 .889
Career Post-Season Batting 7 29 6 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 1 .276 .371 .517 .889
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
1934-8-.333
 Slugging Pct
1928-5-.472
1932-6-.498
1933-5-.491
1934-1-.586
1935-9-.491
1937-6-.517
1938-8-.502
 OPS
1928-8-.839
1932-10-.834
1933-8-.838
1934-1-.978
1938-9-.880
 OPS+
1928-9-130
1932-10-127
1933-8-136
1934-1-165
1938-9-132
 Secondary Average
1928-7-0.29
1932-5-0.304
1933-7-0.273
1934-4-0.338
1935-7-0.333
 XR
1928-8-90.8
1933-9-85.4
1934-1-112.9
1937-5-102.6
1938-4-98.0
Games
1928-4-149
1933-4-149
1938-4-147
1941-7-149
1943-1-153
 At-Bats
1933-7-568
1935-3-583
1937-1-611
1938-5-584
1939-4-587
1940-2-583
1943-6-572
 Runs
1924-9-98
1928-6-100
1934-10-98
1935-7-97
1937-5-106
1938-4-117
1939-8-104
 Hits
1934-6-188
1937-7-179
 Hit By Pitch
1924-9-7
1925-10-9
1926-5-10
1928-3-10
1929-5-8
1930-10-6
1931-10-7
1934-5-13
1935-9-14
1936-1-25
1938-1-17
1943-10-12
 Times on Base
1934-10-247
1938-4-255
Total Bases
1928-10-252
1933-4-279
1934-1-331
1935-3-286
1937-3-316
1938-4-293
1939-8-273
1940-6-285
 Doubles
1925-3-37
1926-3-38
1927-2-41
1929-10-42
1930-5-46
1932-4-48
1933-2-50
1934-1-41
1935-5-38
1936-9-40
1937-2-62
1938-2-54
1939-1-57
1940-3-43
1941-3-37
 Triples
1924-10-9
1927-2-16
1928-1-22
1932-1-20
1933-4-13
1934-1-21
1935-1-18
1936-5-11
1937-2-15
1938-5-13
1941-3-11
1942-6-8
1943-7-9
 Homeruns
1924-6-10
1933-6-13
1934-6-20
1935-5-22
1936-9-15
1940-7-22
 Extra Base Hits
1925-7-49
1926-6-50
1927-4-59
1928-2-61
1932-4-74
1933-1-76
1934-1-82
1935-1-78
1936-5-66
1937-2-92
1938-2-82
1939-3-77
1940-6-71
1941-3-58
 RBIs
1924-4-94
1928-8-99
1933-9-88
1934-1-113
1935-7-94
1936-10-96
1938-5-104
1940-6-111
Stolen Bases
1930-7-31
 Caught Stealing
1930-9-14
1933-7-17
 Stolen Base Percentage
1930-7-69
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1926-8-2.8
1928-3-3.4
1929-2-3
1930-3-2.8
1931-2-4.1
1932-1-4
1933-1-12
1934-2-3.5
1935-1-6.1
1936-2-4.2
1937-1-2.3
1938-1-5.4
1939-1-4.7
1940-1-2.9
1941-3-2
 At Bats per Strikeout
1926-2-39.3
1928-5-31.4
1929-1-49.4
1930-1-33.1
1931-2-38.4
1932-2-48.4
1933-1-142
1934-2-43.5
1935-1-64.8
1936-2-47.6
1937-1-30.6
1938-1-44.9
1939-1-48.9
1940-1-38.9
1941-1-22.9
1942-4-17.9
 At Bats per Home Run
1933-1-43.7
Home Run Value
1933-8-0.7
1935-7-1.1
1936-2-1.3
1940-5-1.5
 Power Speed Number
1939-10-14.1
1940-9-17.8
 Offensive Win Shares
1933-10-18
1934-1-28.8
1935-7-19.3
1937-10-18.8
1938-7-16.9
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 175    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 67    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Detroit in 1923
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 3/2/1923 (Going to DET: 3B Charles Radke, P Udell Carey. Going to CIN: SS Brian Boru)
Had first career hit on 4/15/1924, off Fred Fulk (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1924, off Fred Fulk (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1924, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 8/5/1924
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1924, hitting .309 with 10 HR, 94 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1924
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 9/21/1926
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1927
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/1/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1928, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1928, hitting .443 with 2 HR, 28 RBI
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston (A) on 6/1/1929 (Going to CIN: LF Roy Harrison, 1B Pete Peters. Going to BOS: SS Brian Boru, P Revelation Brown, P Arthur Deck, C Wylie Goodhead)
Traded from Boston (A) to Washington on 6/16/1931 (Going to WSH: SS Brian Boru. Going to BOS: LF Norris Oxley, P Roland Broadrick, P Donovan Hodge)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1932, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Traded from Washington to St. Louis (A) on 3/1/1933 (Going to WSH: CF Ziggy Grimes. Going to SLA: SS Brian Boru)
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1934, hitting .361 with 6 HR, 27 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/1/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1934, hitting .444 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
 
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