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Bowler
Channing		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 2, 1903 in Athens, GA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1925   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1925   
All-Star Selections 1934    1936    1937   
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 19 AA   130 485 84 133 28 9 12 69 23 15 61 73 .274 .355 .443 .799 75.1  
1924 20 AA   130 483 70 140 22 13 13 67 21 16 59 55 .290 .367 .470 .837 79.9  
1925 21 CLE AL 132 538 118 193 22 15 8 79 19 14 47 35 .359 .426 .500 .926 104.6 19.3
    AA   17 61 12 23 4 0 2 7 3 4 8 3 .377 .449 .541 .990 12.6  
1926 22 CLE AL 145 553 97 167 29 8 6 68 14 15 67 43 .302 .382 .416 .798 83.1 12.5
1927 23 CLE AL 146 550 96 160 26 12 10 81 13 21 71 58 .291 .382 .436 .818 87.0 15.5
1928 24 CLE AL 148 572 93 164 46 13 16 82 13 20 58 43 .287 .357 .497 .854 92.3 14.0
1929 25 CLE AL 149 550 107 190 30 14 17 92 16 16 88 62 .345 .438 .544 .982 117.8 20.9
1930 26 CLE AL 141 532 99 193 33 13 12 93 12 17 57 37 .363 .429 .541 .970 105.7 16.8
1931 27 CLE AL 146 539 91 162 31 20 11 83 21 27 58 64 .301 .370 .494 .864 89.6 18.0
1932 28 CLE AL 147 539 99 160 34 8 17 88 30 26 60 50 .297 .388 .484 .872 91.9 18.0
1933 29 CLE AL 75 262 44 84 5 11 5 45 16 13 36 18 .321 .416 .481 .897 48.1 9.1
1934 30 CLE AL 147 528 99 174 17 12 24 97 25 28 61 73 .330 .409 .544 .953 104.6 18.3
1935 31 PHI NL 146 554 84 156 36 4 16 82 5 11 59 57 .282 .367 .448 .815 86.1 13.0
1936 32 NY1 NL 145 546 114 155 17 12 24 115 1 4 74 60 .284 .391 .491 .882 102.3 19.1
1937 33 NY1 NL 150 576 111 175 34 12 24 108 0 5 57 62 .304 .378 .530 .908 107.7 20.2
1938 34 NY1 NL 25 88 26 32 6 1 5 16 0 1 16 6 .364 .472 .625 1.097 23.1 5.5
  DET AL 100 342 64 95 14 2 11 56 2 6 44 42 .278 .371 .427 .798 54.6 8.2
  TOT   125 430 90 127 20 3 16 72 2 7 60 48 .295 .392 .467 .860 77.6 13.7
    AAA   15 61 11 17 5 0 2 15 0 2 9 6 .279 .371 .459 .830 9.7  
1939 35 DET AL 93 302 40 73 8 4 5 32 2 2 28 44 .242 .318 .344 .662 33.2 3.3
15 Years Sim 2035 7571 1382 2333 388 161 211 1217 189 226 881 754 .308 .391 .486 .876 1331.6 231.6
1 Years AAA 15 61 11 17 5 0 2 15 0 2 9 6 .279 .384 .459 .843 9.7  
3 Years AA 277 1029 166 296 54 22 27 143 47 35 128 131 .288 .374 .462 .835 167.6  
4 Years Minors 292 1090 177 313 59 22 29 158 47 37 137 137 .287 .374 .461 .836 177.2  
162 Game Average 602 110 185 30 12 16 96 15 17 70 60 .308 .391 .486 .876 106.0  
Career Highs 150 576 118 193 46 20 24 115 30 28 88 73 .363 .438 .544 .982 117.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5195 945 1580 276 108 137 818 128 141 603 542 .304 .387 .478 .865 873.7
vs LH   2376 437 753 112 53 74 399 61 85 278 212 .317 .398 .502 .900 421.8
Home 1006 3683 691 1168 195 79 112 629 96 119 426 359 .317 .399 .504 .903 657.4
Away 1029 3888 691 1165 193 82 99 588 93 107 455 395 .300 .383 .468 .851 638.1
RISP   2016 0 657 106 55 61 949 0 0 347 210 .326 .428 .524 .952 426.4
Pinch Hitting   93 17 30 2 4 1 10 0 2 9 10 .323 .381 .462 .843 14.9
Close/Late   782 155 254 45 16 22 112 0 0 130 82 .325 .430 .508 .938 159.7
Mar/Apr 219 827 168 273 52 17 32 145 18 26 88 71 .330 .408 .550 .958 158.9
May 403 1463 281 470 85 33 41 259 30 50 166 152 .321 .401 .509 .909 260.6
June 357 1336 231 401 62 27 37 212 28 34 157 136 .300 .384 .470 .854 221.3
July 371 1352 232 409 71 28 45 208 34 35 155 144 .303 .380 .496 .876 234.6
August 347 1344 255 423 66 26 36 214 39 39 162 143 .315 .400 .483 .883 235.1
Sep/Oct 336 1249 215 357 52 30 20 179 40 42 153 108 .286 .377 .424 .801 185.1
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 21 CLE AL LF 126 120 1067.7 270 6 4 3 .986 2.33   3.1
1926 22 CLE AL CF 140 137 1212.0 379 6 19 4 .953 2.86   3.1
    LF 6 0 9.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.66    
1927 23 CLE AL CF 144 142 1257.3 329 3 14 2 .960 2.38   3.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1928 24 CLE AL CF 144 141 1250.7 350 3 23 1 .939 2.54   4.7
    LF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1929 25 CLE AL CF 141 139 1230.0 332 3 27 1 .925 2.45   2.5
    LF 7 1 19.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.42    
1930 26 CLE AL CF 120 119 1052.0 317 2 22 2 .935 2.73   2.4
    RF 16 9 100.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.34    
    LF 2 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1931 27 CLE AL CF 137 135 1176.7 277 6 18 3 .940 2.16   1.9
    RF 4 4 35.0 10 0 3 0 .769 2.57    
    LF 2 0 6.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.27    
1932 28 CLE AL CF 91 87 788.0 208 3 16 1 .930 2.41   2.8
    RF 51 49 437.7 95 3 3 2 .970 2.02    
    LF 2 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1933 29 CLE AL CF 61 60 531.0 150 4 13 1 .922 2.61   1.4
    RF 12 9 83.3 13 0 2 0 .867 1.40    
1934 30 CLE AL CF 112 112 987.3 258 6 9 3 .967 2.41   3.8
    RF 30 25 222.0 54 1 1 0 .982 2.23    
    LF 3 0 9.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1935 31 PHI NL CF 125 123 1096.7 313 9 22 5 .936 2.64   2.8
    RF 9 8 75.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.52    
    1B 6 6 52.0 76 3 0 5 1.000 13.67   0.1
    LF 5 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1936 32 NY1 NL CF 141 139 1220.0 375 3 25 2 .938 2.79   2.5
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1937 33 NY1 NL CF 144 141 1256.0 412 9 25 2 .944 3.02   1.2
    LF 4 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25    
1938 34 NY1 NL LF 19 19 172.0 40 1 2 0 .953 2.15   0.4
    CF 5 5 45.5 13 0 1 0 .929 2.57   0.0
  DET AL LF 74 74 640.1 149 2 6 1 .962 2.12   1.7
    CF 22 19 169.4 47 1 2 1 .960 2.55   0.0
  TOT   LF 93 93 812.1 189 3 8 1 .960 2.13   2.1
      CF 27 24 214.9 60 1 3 1 .953 2.55   0.0
1939 35 DET AL LF 89 89 732.0 161 2 7 1 .959 2.00   0.9
    CF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    RF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
  CF 1532 1499 13280.5 3761 58 236 28 .942 2.59   32.3
  LF 344 304 2692.7 644 12 20 6 .970 2.19   6.1
  RF 123 104 954.3 220 4 11 2 .953 2.11    
  1B 6 6 52.0 76 3 0 5 1.000 13.67   0.1
Career Totals   2005 1913 16979.6 4701 77 267 41 .947 2.53   38.5
Career Highs   148 142 1260.3 413 12 27 10 .986 3.09    
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
1925 21 CLE AL 4 18 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 .389 .421 .500 .921
Career Post-Season Batting 4 18 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 .389 .421 .500 .921
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
1925-2-.359
1929-3-.345
1930-4-.363
1934-10-.330
 On-Base Pct
1925-7-.426
1929-3-.438
1930-2-.429
1932-6-.388
1934-4-.409
 Slugging Pct
1928-7-.497
1929-5-.544
1930-5-.541
1931-4-.494
1932-7-.484
1934-2-.544
1936-9-.491
1937-2-.530
 OPS
1925-5-.926
1928-9-.854
1929-2-.982
1930-3-.970
1931-6-.864
1932-5-.872
1934-2-.953
1936-10-.882
1937-2-.908
 OPS+
1925-6-137
1928-9-128
1929-2-154
1930-3-149
1931-6-137
1932-3-139
1934-2-159
1936-9-131
1937-2-145
 Secondary Average
1928-8-0.299
1929-6-0.358
1931-7-0.289
1932-3-0.306
1934-6-0.324
1936-8-0.337
XR
1925-8-104.6
1929-2-117.8
1930-6-105.7
1931-8-89.6
1932-9-91.9
1934-4-104.6
1936-5-102.3
1937-1-107.7
 Games
1928-4-148
1929-2-149
1932-10-147
1934-8-147
1937-2-150
 At-Bats
1928-9-572
1937-4-576
 Runs
1925-3-118
1926-5-97
1927-5-96
1929-7-107
1931-8-91
1932-6-99
1934-9-99
1936-4-114
1937-4-111
 Hits
1925-8-193
1929-4-190
1930-6-193
1937-9-175
 Walks
1927-9-71
1929-4-88
1932-6-60
1936-9-74
Hit By Pitch
1925-2-18
1926-8-7
1927-1-14
1928-5-8
1929-9-6
1930-7-7
1932-1-22
1934-5-13
1935-2-18
1936-3-25
1937-2-18
1938-9-10
 Times on Base
1925-8-258
1926-9-241
1927-8-245
1929-2-284
1930-6-257
1932-5-242
1934-9-248
1936-7-254
1937-8-250
 Total Bases
1928-4-284
1929-5-299
1930-7-288
1931-9-266
1932-9-261
1934-4-287
1935-10-248
1936-6-268
1937-2-305
 Singles
1925-9-148
1929-7-129
1930-8-135
 Doubles
1928-3-46
1935-8-36
1937-9-34
 Triples
1925-4-15
1927-8-12
1928-4-13
1929-10-14
1931-1-20
1933-9-11
1934-5-12
1936-8-12
1937-6-12
Homeruns
1928-7-16
1929-6-17
1931-4-11
1932-3-17
1934-1-24
1935-7-16
1936-3-24
1937-5-24
 Extra Base Hits
1928-3-75
1931-6-62
1934-6-53
1935-7-56
1937-2-70
 RBIs
1932-8-88
1934-5-97
1936-1-115
1937-4-108
 Caught Stealing
1927-7-21
1928-5-20
1929-6-16
1930-5-17
1931-2-27
1932-3-26
1934-4-28
 Strikeouts
1927-10-58
1929-7-62
1931-5-64
1934-1-73
1936-6-60
1937-9-62
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1933-10-2
At Bats per Home Run
1932-4-31.7
1934-7-22
1936-7-22.8
1937-3-24
1938-9-17.6
 Home Run Value
1932-8-0.9
1934-4-1.3
1935-4-1.2
1936-5-1.3
1937-7-1.2
 Power Speed Number
1934-2-24.5
 Offensive Win Shares
1929-3-20.9
1931-9-17.7
1932-9-18.5
1934-8-18.5
1936-3-18.7
1937-2-20.5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 169    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1923
Injured on 5/3/1923 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/27/1923 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 5/1/1925, off Charles Loberger (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1925, off Gregory Leleux (CHA)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/28/1925
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 7/12/1925
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1925, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 9/22/1925
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1925, hitting .359 with 8 HR, 79 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Leftfield in 1925
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/4/1927
Injured on 10/1/1927 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/16/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1928, hitting .452 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/24/1930 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1931, hitting .611 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1932, hitting .397 with 4 HR, 20 RBI
Injured on 5/20/1933 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/31/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1934, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1934, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
 
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