Lou Boudreau Stats & Facts
Lou Boudreau Essentials Positions: Shortstop/Manager Bats: Right Throws: Right Height:...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Dec 29, 2018 | Biographies, Hall of Fame, Player | 0 |
Lou Boudreau Essentials Positions: Shortstop/Manager Bats: Right Throws: Right Height:...
Read MoreMajor League Baseball Season Recap 1948 World Series – Cleveland Indians AL over Boston Braves NL 4 games to 2 World Series MVP – Babe Ruth Award – Awards – </strong? Major League Cy Young Award Cy...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 27, 1970 | Hall Of Fame Inductions | 0 |
On July 27, 1970, Ford C. Frick, former sportswriter, league president, and co-founder of the Hall...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jan 20, 1970 | Hall of Fame | 0 |
1970 – Shortstop Lou Boudreau achieves election to the Hall of Fame, receiving 232 of a possible 300 votes from the BBWAA. Boudreau led the American League eight times in fielding percentage, won a batting title, and was named AL Most Valuable Player as player-manager of the 1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 8, 1963 | Death | 0 |
On January 8, 1963, funeral services for Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby are held in...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Nov 18, 1954 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
The Kansas City Athletics hire Lou Boudreau as manager, replacing Eddie Joost, who is given his unconditional release. During his three-year tenure in Kansas City, the future Hall of Famer will pilot the second-division club to a 151-260 record.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Nov 27, 1950 | Transactions | 0 |
1950 – The Boston Red Sox sign veteran shortstop Lou Boudreau to a two-year contract worth an estimated $150,000. Boudreau, a player-manager for the Cleveland Indians, had asked Cleveland to give him his unconditional release after 13 years with the club.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 10, 1950 | Manager | 0 |
On November 10, 1950 — Amidst much public protest, the Indians fire their popular...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 25, 1949 | Manager | 0 |
On January 25, 1949, Bill Veeck and the Cleveland Indians reward player-manager and American...
Read More“Sometimes the best trades are the ones you never make” – BILL VEECK, the Indian owner’s observation about a possible deal that wasn’t made. Lou Boudreau is selected as the American League Most Valuable Player, becoming the only manager to win a World Series and be named the circuit’s MVP in the same season. The popular Indian shortstop, who had almost been dealt to the Browns earlier in the year but for the protest of the Tribe fans, prompts owner Bill Veeck to rethink the transaction.
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Oct 28, 1948 | Special Days | 0
On Lou Boudreau Day, held in his honor by the citizens of his hometown, Harvey (IL), the Indians skipper tells an audience his Indians were lucky to win the recent World Series. The Cleveland player-manager cites his infielders driving in more than 400 runs and the lack of injuries to key players as reasons why his “third-place” club excelled this season.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 4, 1948 | Pennant Winners | 0 |
On October 4, 1948, the Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Red Sox in a one-game playoff to...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Aug 8, 1948 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1948 – In Cleveland‚ 73‚484 fans watch the Indians and Yankees square off for 2 games. Trailing in the opener‚ an ailing Lou Boudreau hits a bases-loaded pinch single in the 7th to tie the game‚ and Satchel Paige wins it in relief‚ 8 – 6. Steve Gromek goes 7 innings in the nitecap to give the Indians a 2 – 1 win over rookie Bob Porterfield‚ making his major league debut.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 12, 1947 | Lasts | 0 |
September 12, 1947 Babe Ruth Returns to Fenway for the Final Time. Managers and future Hall of...
Read MorePosted by Tom | Mar 26, 1947 | Spring training | 0 |
1947 – Cleveland Indians manager Lou Boudreau orders Jackie Price off the train at San Diego after Price lets loose two five-foot long snakes on the trip from Los Angeles. A coach full of women returning from the American Bowling Congress are extremely upset by the prank. After Indians owner Bill Veeck says “either the snakes go or Price goes,” the 35-year-old infielder’s days are numbered.
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Sep 13, 1946 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1946 – The Boston Red Sox clinch the American League pennant, edging the Cleveland Indians, 1 – 0, on Ted Williams’ inside-the-park home run, the only one of his career. Williams punches the ball over the shift when LF Fat Pat Seerey pulls in behind the SS position. The Boston margin at the season’s end will be 12 games.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 14, 1946 | 3 Home Run Games, 3 homerun game | 0 |
On July 14, 1946, Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians collects four doubles and a home run in...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Jul 6, 1942 | All Star Game, Classic Broadcast | 0 |
1942 – Powered by first-inning home runs by Indians shortstop Lou Boudreau and Tigers first baseman Rudy York, the American League All-Stars defeats the National League at the Polo Grounds, 3 – 1. Mickey Owen also homers for the third run. He will not hit a single home run during the regular schedule. The game features the first and only starting sibling battery in All-Star history as losing pitcher Mort Cooper throws to backstop Walker Cooper, his brother.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 26, 1942 | Batting Out of Turn | 0 |
4/26/1942 – In a game at Comiskey Park, the White Sox had some difficulties with their batting order. The unofficial batting order, given to the official scorer a few minutes before game time, had Bob Kennedy scheduled to bat sixth and Bud Sketchley to bat seventh. Then came the official batting order as submitted to the umpires and the Indians, showing Sketchley was supposed to bat ahead of Kennedy. The public address announcer, who had supplied the lineup to scorer, corrected his listing and announced the proper order. Kennedy, batting out of order, supplied the third out in the second inning. In the third inning, before Sketchley took his turn at bat, Manager Jimmy Dykes ran out to Umpire Steve Basil and told him that Sketchley was not the proper batter. Sketchley sat and Tom Turner batted since he was listed after Kennedy. The Indians thought (and the scoreboard showed) that Sketchley was called out for batting out of turn, which was not the case since the Pale Hose successfully changed to Turner before Sketchley completed his turn at the plate. Turner doubled to left center and eventually scored. When the second out was recorded in the inning and the Indians saw they needed one more, Cleveland Manager Lou Boudreau argued and then protested the game. The protest was dropped as the Tribe beat Chicago, 3-2.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 5, 1942 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1942- The major league season starts with three new managers: Lou Boudreau (Cleveland Indians), Mel Ott (New York Giants) and Hans Lobert (Philadelphia Phillies).
Read MorePosted by Tom | Nov 25, 1941 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1941 – With only three years of major league experience, shortstop Lou Boudreau is named as the Cleveland Indians’ manager. He takes over for Roger Peckinpaugh, who moves up to the front office as the Indians’ general manager. At the age of 24 years, four months, and eight days, Boudreau becomes the youngest skipper to pilot a team in the 20th century. Scotland-born Jim McCormick managed Cleveland in 1879 at age 23.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Dec 21, 1940 | Rookie Of The Year American League | 0 |
1940 – Chicago writers name Cleveland Indians shortstop Lou Boudreau as the outstanding rookie in the major leagues. Boudreau will be honored at the annual January banquet. The Rookie of the Year Award won’t be created until 1947, however.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 12, 1940 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
Cleveland and Detroit‚ deadlocked for 1st place (64-44)‚ square off. In the initial pitching duel between the two aces‚ Bob Feller tops Hal Newhouser‚ 8 – 5‚ to become the majors’ first 20-game winner.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 21, 1939 | Classic Broadcast | 0 |
Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 3 Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1939 (D) at...
Read MoreThe University of Illinois suspends Lou Boudreau for taking illegal payments from the Indians, but the 19 year-old hoopster will go on to have a 15-year Hall of Fame baseball career in the big leagues as a player-manager for Cleveland and the Red Sox. Also, as a broadcaster, he will be traded to the Cubs by radio station WGN to become the team’s skipper.
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