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Gil
Greatrex		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 16, 1903 in Gilmore, LA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1929    1933   
All-Star Selections 1933    1938    1941   
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
1925 21 SLN NL 109 330 39 92 9 9 2 45 12 8 40 19 .279 .358 .379 .737 42.6 7.3
    AAA   15 61 11 18 3 1 0 11 1 2 6 3 .295 .358 .377 .735 7.7  
1926 22 SLN NL 145 564 70 164 32 4 2 74 13 6 50 30 .291 .352 .372 .725 71.1 11.2
1927 23 CIN NL 146 578 119 180 39 7 10 81 15 4 56 23 .311 .381 .455 .836 94.0 16.2
1928 24 CIN NL 149 608 125 199 24 7 10 95 18 9 61 16 .327 .389 .439 .828 98.0 17.6
1929 25 CIN NL 145 591 130 200 27 7 17 121 16 9 71 14 .338 .411 .494 .905 115.1 20.5
1930 26 CIN NL 147 591 146 212 29 13 19 105 11 4 77 15 .359 .431 .548 .979 125.7 20.4
1931 27 CIN NL 124 486 95 152 25 3 9 88 6 3 54 17 .313 .386 .432 .818 78.2 15.3
1932 28 CIN NL 147 580 136 174 24 9 15 96 7 7 86 15 .300 .400 .450 .850 99.6 18.5
1933 29 CIN NL 146 577 106 178 29 9 5 98 3 0 69 14 .308 .388 .416 .804 89.2 19.4
1934 30 CIN NL 93 353 52 103 13 1 2 46 2 0 54 19 .292 .392 .351 .743 53.9 8.2
  NYA AL 22 85 6 22 0 0 1 12 0 0 7 6 .259 .326 .294 .620 8.5 0.6
  TOT   115 438 58 125 13 1 3 58 2 0 61 25 .285 .380 .340 .720 62.5 8.8
1935 31 CIN NL 149 551 87 159 36 5 4 101 2 1 66 22 .289 .375 .394 .768 82.8 14.2
1936 32 NY1 NL 145 508 98 151 21 5 12 98 7 1 72 24 .297 .398 .429 .827 92.9 17.3
1937 33 CIN NL 88 344 59 107 15 1 12 46 4 1 52 18 .311 .409 .465 .874 65.3 12.9
  NY1 NL 54 201 29 74 10 0 4 40 3 0 22 13 .368 .439 .478 .916 38.9 8.3
  TOT   142 545 88 181 25 1 16 86 7 1 74 31 .332 .420 .470 .889 104.2 21.3
1938 34 CIN NL 146 531 94 175 27 1 9 103 1 0 73 20 .330 .419 .435 .854 96.4 21.2
1939 35 CIN NL 149 542 89 149 27 1 8 99 0 1 89 22 .275 .378 .373 .751 78.2 12.9
1940 36 CIN NL 147 501 58 142 31 5 10 83 0 3 49 23 .283 .353 .425 .779 68.4 11.5
1941 37 CIN NL 139 479 52 130 12 5 10 77 0 1 37 27 .271 .332 .380 .712 60.8 11.0
17 Years Sim 2390 9000 1590 2763 430 92 161 1508 120 58 1085 357 .307 .387 .429 .816 1459.8 264.7
1 Years AAA 15 61 11 18 3 1 0 11 1 2 6 3 .295 .362 .377 .739 7.7  
162 Game Average 610 107 187 29 6 10 102 8 3 73 24 .307 .387 .429 .816 99.0  
Career Highs 149 608 146 212 39 13 19 121 18 9 89 31 .359 .431 .548 .979 125.7  
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   6300 1077 1902 293 66 109 1021 86 40 728 253 .302 .379 .421 .800 981.6
vs LH   2700 513 861 137 26 52 487 34 18 357 104 .319 .406 .447 .853 468.8
Home 1173 4323 763 1380 206 49 66 729 58 31 530 172 .319 .398 .435 .834 722.0
Away 1217 4677 827 1383 224 43 95 779 62 27 555 185 .296 .377 .423 .800 728.3
RISP   2539 0 807 132 27 49 1246 0 0 395 92 .318 .406 .449 .855 461.2
Pinch Hitting   115 19 24 4 1 2 19 1 0 12 8 .209 .282 .313 .595 10.8
Close/Late   821 112 264 44 12 12 137 0 0 126 30 .322 .417 .448 .865 148.8
Mar/Apr 249 952 165 306 53 13 17 165 8 10 110 46 .321 .398 .458 .856 161.3
May 452 1708 311 523 91 10 33 285 15 10 200 60 .306 .385 .429 .814 271.7
June 437 1582 274 468 69 15 30 253 22 13 204 55 .296 .383 .415 .799 247.7
July 449 1738 294 524 89 18 26 270 24 6 204 64 .301 .377 .418 .795 271.0
August 409 1544 267 484 69 16 33 282 25 9 189 69 .313 .394 .443 .837 261.0
Sep/Oct 394 1476 279 458 59 20 22 253 26 10 178 63 .310 .392 .422 .814 237.7
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 SLN NL 3B 96 81 741.3 51 214 3 20 .989 3.22   4.5
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1926 22 SLN NL 3B 143 140 1236.7 89 287 18 24 .954 2.74   3.7
1927 23 CIN NL 3B 144 135 1180.3 89 272 12 17 .968 2.75   3.2
1928 24 CIN NL 3B 147 139 1243.7 90 305 24 20 .943 2.86   4.5
1929 25 CIN NL 3B 145 141 1244.7 100 293 17 22 .959 2.84   6.4
1930 26 CIN NL 3B 142 136 1197.3 94 250 14 20 .961 2.59   4.4
1931 27 CIN NL 3B 117 113 990.0 58 250 12 21 .963 2.80   4.2
1932 28 CIN NL 3B 143 139 1236.0 98 262 22 21 .942 2.62   3.1
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 3 1 1 .750 3.00   0.0
1933 29 CIN NL 3B 145 140 1244.0 68 352 18 24 .959 3.04   5.4
1934 30 CIN NL 3B 93 91 785.2 44 212 13 21 .952 2.93   1.6
  NYA AL 3B 22 21 177.2 10 48 3 5 .951 2.95   0.6
  TOT   3B 115 112 962.4 54 260 16 26 .952 2.94   2.2
1935 31 CIN NL 3B 146 142 1205.7 94 291 13 31 .967 2.87   6.0
1936 32 NY1 NL 3B 143 139 1209.7 74 331 18 23 .957 3.01   4.2
1937 33 CIN NL 3B 87 84 774.0 61 154 7 15 .968 2.50   3.6
  NY1 NL 3B 53 52 434.7 34 86 4 8 .968 2.48   1.2
  TOT   3B 140 136 1208.7 95 240 11 23 .968 2.49   4.8
1938 34 CIN NL 3B 142 138 1212.3 97 284 17 23 .957 2.83   4.6
1939 35 CIN NL 3B 147 142 1242.7 119 278 21 32 .950 2.88   4.8
1940 36 CIN NL 1B 136 132 1162.0 1386 89 2 143 .999 11.42   2.8
    3B 6 0 10.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1941 37 CIN NL LF 112 112 928.7 143 5 13 0 .919 1.43   0.3
    1B 28 25 224.7 272 10 1 25 .996 11.30   0.5
  3B 2061 1973 17365.4 1270 4173 236 347 .958 2.82   66.0
  1B 164 157 1386.7 1658 99 3 168 .998 11.40   3.2
  LF 112 112 928.7 143 5 13 0 .919 1.43   0.3
  SS 3 1 11.0 0 3 1 1 .750 2.45   0.0
Career Totals   2340 2243 19691.7 3071 4280 253 516 .967 3.36   69.5
Career Highs   147 142 1245.0 1386 352 24 143 .999 11.36    
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 25 CIN NL 6 21 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 .286 .375 .476 .851
1933 29 CIN NL 7 27 3 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 .370 .400 .444 .844
1934 30 CIN NL 5 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .071 .222 .143 .365
1939 35 CIN NL 6 22 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 .227 .370 .227 .598
Career Post-Season Batting 24 84 10 22 4 0 1 16 1 0 12 6 .262 .354 .345 .699
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
1928-6-.327
1929-6-.338
1930-7-.359
1937-6-.332
1938-6-.330
 On-Base Pct
1928-10-.389
1929-8-.411
1930-8-.431
1932-8-.400
1937-4-.420
1938-2-.419
 Slugging Pct
1929-8-.494
1930-5-.548
1937-8-.470
 OPS
1928-10-.828
1929-6-.905
1930-5-.979
1937-3-.889
1938-6-.854
 OPS+
1929-8-134
1930-5-145
1933-10-128
1938-6-136
 Secondary Average
1930-10-0.332
XR
1928-5-98.0
1929-4-115.1
1930-2-125.7
1932-10-99.6
1933-9-89.2
1937-3-104.2
1938-5-96.4
 Games
1928-4-149
1930-9-147
1932-8-147
1935-5-149
1939-6-149
 At-Bats
1926-8-564
1927-7-578
1928-1-608
1929-6-591
1930-2-591
1932-4-580
1933-6-577
 Runs
1927-2-119
1928-2-125
1929-3-130
1930-2-146
1932-2-136
1933-3-106
1938-10-94
 Hits
1928-3-199
1929-5-200
1930-2-212
1932-9-174
1933-6-178
1937-7-181
1938-7-175
 Walks
1932-6-86
1933-7-69
1935-10-66
1939-10-89
Hit By Pitch
1927-4-11
1929-5-9
1932-5-12
1933-8-10
1935-4-14
1937-8-11
1938-4-14
1940-5-9
1941-3-9
 Times on Base
1927-9-247
1928-4-264
1929-4-280
1930-1-293
1932-5-272
1933-6-257
1937-4-266
1938-5-262
 Total Bases
1927-10-263
1928-4-267
1929-5-292
1930-3-324
1932-10-261
1937-8-256
1938-9-231
 Singles
1928-2-158
1929-6-149
1930-8-151
1932-10-126
1933-9-135
1937-8-139
1938-9-138
 Doubles
1927-3-39
1933-10-29
1935-8-36
1940-10-31
 Triples
1925-6-9
1930-4-13
1932-10-9
1933-10-9
Homeruns
1927-10-10
1928-10-10
1929-10-17
1930-6-19
 Extra Base Hits
1927-8-56
1930-6-61
 RBIs
1929-4-121
1930-8-105
1933-4-98
1935-8-101
1936-10-98
1938-4-103
1939-5-99
 Stolen Base Percentage
1931-10-0
1938-10-0
1939-9-0
1940-8-0
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1927-5-2.4
1928-2-3.8
1929-2-5.1
1930-2-5.1
1931-3-3.2
1932-2-5.7
1933-2-4.9
1934-2-2.8
1935-3-3
1936-3-3
1937-6-2.4
1938-6-3.6
1939-5-4
1940-8-2.1
 At Bats per Strikeout
1927-7-25.1
1928-2-38
1929-2-42.2
1930-3-39.4
1931-4-28.6
1932-3-38.7
1933-1-41.2
1934-6-18.6
1935-2-25
1936-9-21.2
1937-7-17.6
1938-4-26.6
1939-7-24.6
1940-7-21.8
Home Run Value
1940-8-0.9
 Offensive Win Shares
1928-7-17.8
1929-6-20.5
1930-3-20.2
1933-8-19.7
1937-1-21.3
1938-4-21.5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 149    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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  1. Bronco Lebeouf (893)
  2. Ray McCrory (844)
  3. Eli Crutchfield (841)
  4. Buzz Fontana (810)
  5. Lyle Liverman (809)
  6. Merv Hollywood (809)
  7. Clark Manning (804)
  8. Richard Concannon (793)
  9. Eckard Burlingame (786)
  10. Frank Albanese (778)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1925
Had first career hit on 5/2/1925, off Arthur Covington (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1925, off Bub Copley (NY1)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1926, hitting .526 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1926, hitting .420 with 0 HR, 20 RBI
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Cincinnati on 3/2/1927 (Going to SLN: P Nathan Brazil, P Alvin Goldsmythe, 3B Bob Kellermann. Going to CIN: 3B Gil Greatrex)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1927, hitting .533 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (N) on 4/24/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1928, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/17/1928
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (N) on 10/5/1929
Won WORLD SERIES with Cincinnati in 1929
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1930, hitting .450 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/16/1930
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 6/4/1931
Injured on 8/26/1931 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won WORLD SERIES with Cincinnati in 1933
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 5/17/1934
Injured on 7/30/1934 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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