Ernie Lombardi (Ernesto Natali Lombardi) was born on April 6, 1908 in Oakland, California. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1931 for the Brooklyn Robins. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .297 with 4 home runs and 23 RBI. Lombardi played for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves and New York Giants over the course of his 17 year career.
Most people believe that Ernie Lombardi's best season was 1938, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .342 average and knocked in 95 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1931
BRO
N
73
182
20
54
4
23
.297
.340
.412
7
1
12
12
0
2
1
0
0
1932
CIN
N
118
413
43
125
11
68
.303
.371
.479
22
9
41
19
4
0
0
0
0
1933
CIN
N
107
350
30
99
4
47
.283
.322
.383
21
1
16
17
4
3
2
0
26
1934
CIN
N
132
417
42
127
9
62
.305
.335
.434
19
4
16
22
3
0
0
0
24
1935
CIN
N
120
332
36
114
12
64
.343
.379
.539
23
3
16
6
3
0
0
0
11
1936
CIN
N
121
387
42
129
12
68
.333
.375
.496
23
2
19
16
7
0
1
0
15
1937
CIN
N
120
368
41
123
9
59
.334
.362
.473
22
1
14
17
2
0
1
0
12
1938
CIN
N
129
489
60
167
19
95
.342
.391
.524
30
1
40
14
0
0
0
0
30
1939
CIN
N
130
450
43
129
20
85
.287
.342
.487
26
2
35
19
3
6
0
0
24
1940
CIN
N
109
376
50
120
14
74
.319
.382
.489
22
0
31
14
7
0
0
0
18
1941
CIN
N
117
398
33
105
10
60
.264
.325
.374
12
1
36
14
0
0
1
0
19
1942
BOS
N
105
309
32
102
11
46
.330
.403
.482
14
0
37
12
1
0
1
0
17
1943
NY
N
104
295
19
90
10
51
.305
.347
.431
7
0
16
11
3
1
1
0
18
1944
NY
N
117
373
37
95
10
58
.255
.317
.370
13
0
33
25
1
1
0
0
23
1945
NY
N
115
368
46
113
19
70
.307
.387
.486
7
1
43
11
5
1
0
0
12
1946
NY
N
88
238
19
69
12
39
.290
.347
.466
4
1
18
24
3
3
0
0
8
1947
NY
N
48
110
8
31
4
21
.282
.325
.436
5
0
7
9
0
1
0
0
4
Total
1853
5855
601
1792
190
990
.306
.358
.460
277
27
430
262
46
18
8
0
261
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1931
BRO
N
C
50
0
0
218
23
4
5
0
3
0
0
0
.984
1932
CIN
N
C
110
0
0
288
76
14
6
0
17
0
0
0
.963
1933
CIN
N
C
95
0
0
223
52
8
3
0
9
0
0
0
.972
1934
CIN
N
C
111
0
0
383
61
5
8
0
8
0
0
0
.989
1935
CIN
N
C
82
0
0
298
49
6
4
0
10
0
0
0
.983
1936
CIN
N
C
105
0
0
330
54
15
10
0
7
0
0
0
.962
1937
CIN
N
C
90
0
0
333
58
11
3
0
13
0
0
0
.973
1938
CIN
N
C
123
0
0
512
73
9
8
0
9
0
0
0
.985
1939
CIN
N
C
120
0
0
536
63
10
7
0
15
0
0
0
.984
1940
CIN
N
C
101
0
0
397
46
5
5
0
7
0
0
0
.989
1941
CIN
N
C
116
0
0
496
70
10
9
0
16
0
0
0
.983
1942
BOS
N
C
85
0
0
251
41
6
3
0
9
0
0
0
.980
1943
NY
N
C
73
0
0
296
36
10
8
0
6
0
0
0
.971
1944
NY
N
C
100
0
0
350
47
13
11
0
9
0
0
0
.968
1945
NY
N
C
96
0
0
425
49
8
8
0
9
0
0
0
.983
1946
NY
N
C
63
0
0
272
36
7
7
0
4
0
0
0
.978
1947
NY
N
C
24
0
0
86
11
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
.980
Total
C
1544
0
0
5694
845
143
107
0
152
0
0
0
.979
Transactions[]
Traded by Oakland (PCL) to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Hank DeBerry and Eddie Moore (January 19, 1931).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Babe Herman and Wally Gilbert to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth (March 14, 1932).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Braves (February 7, 1942).
Traded by Boston Braves to New York Giants in exchange for Hugh Poland and Connie Ryan (April 27, 1943).
