Joe Medwick (Joseph Michael Medwick) was born on November 24, 1911 in Carteret, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1932 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1933, his rookie year, he hit .306 with 18 home runs and 98 RBI. Medwick played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Boston Braves over the course of his 17 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Medwick's best season was 1937, when he slugged 31 home runs, hit for a .374 average and knocked in 154 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1932
STL
N
26
106
13
37
2
12
.349
.367
.538
12
1
2
10
1
0
3
0
0
1933
STL
N
148
595
92
182
18
98
.306
.337
.497
40
10
26
56
2
3
5
0
15
1934
STL
N
149
620
110
198
18
106
.319
.343
.529
40
18
21
83
1
4
3
0
15
1935
STL
N
154
634
132
224
23
126
.353
.386
.576
46
13
30
59
4
2
4
0
15
1936
STL
N
155
636
115
223
18
138
.351
.387
.577
64
13
34
33
4
3
3
0
14
1937
STL
N
156
633
111
237
31
154
.374
.414
.641
56
10
41
50
2
1
4
0
11
1938
STL
N
146
590
100
190
21
122
.322
.369
.536
47
8
42
41
2
0
0
0
21
1939
STL
N
150
606
98
201
14
117
.332
.380
.507
48
8
45
44
2
14
6
0
15
1940
STL
N
37
158
21
48
3
20
.304
.329
.437
12
0
6
8
0
0
0
0
8
1940
BRO
N
106
423
62
127
14
66
.300
.345
.499
18
12
26
28
3
0
2
0
11
1940
TOT
N
143
581
83
175
17
86
.301
.341
.482
30
12
32
36
3
0
2
0
19
1941
BRO
N
133
538
100
171
18
88
.318
.364
.517
33
10
38
35
1
2
2
0
20
1942
BRO
N
142
553
69
166
4
96
.300
.338
.403
37
4
32
25
0
2
2
0
15
1943
NY
N
78
324
41
91
5
45
.281
.300
.407
20
3
9
14
0
3
0
0
13
1943
BRO
N
48
173
13
47
0
25
.272
.315
.329
10
0
10
8
1
0
1
0
4
1943
TOT
N
126
497
54
138
5
70
.278
.306
.380
30
3
19
22
1
3
1
0
17
1944
NY
N
128
490
64
165
7
85
.337
.386
.441
24
3
38
24
1
6
2
0
12
1945
NY
N
26
92
14
28
3
11
.304
.319
.446
4
0
2
2
0
3
2
0
3
1945
BOS
N
66
218
17
62
0
26
.284
.325
.344
13
0
12
12
1
0
3
0
6
1945
TOT
N
92
310
31
90
3
37
.290
.323
.374
17
0
14
14
1
3
5
0
9
1946
BRO
N
41
77
7
24
2
18
.312
.369
.442
4
0
6
5
1
1
0
0
1
1947
STL
N
75
150
19
46
4
28
.307
.373
.467
12
0
16
12
0
0
0
0
3
1948
STL
N
20
19
0
4
0
2
.211
.250
.211
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
Total
1984
7635
1198
2471
205
1383
.324
.362
.505
540
113
437
551
26
44
42
0
203
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1932
STL
N
OF
26
0
0
63
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1933
STL
N
OF
147
0
0
318
17
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1934
STL
N
OF
149
0
0
322
10
14
1
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1935
STL
N
OF
154
0
0
352
8
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
.965
1936
STL
N
OF
155
0
0
367
16
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1937
STL
N
OF
156
0
0
329
9
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1938
STL
N
OF
144
0
0
330
12
9
6
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1939
STL
N
OF
149
0
0
313
10
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1940
STL
N
OF
37
0
0
81
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1940
BRO
N
OF
103
0
0
240
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1940
TOT
N
LF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1940
TOT
N
OF
140
0
0
321
8
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1941
BRO
N
OF
131
0
0
270
11
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1942
BRO
N
OF
140
0
0
287
5
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1943
NY
N
OF
74
0
0
157
10
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1943
NY
N
1B
3
0
0
26
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1943
BRO
N
OF
42
0
0
65
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.971
1943
TOT
N
LF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1943
TOT
N
OF
116
0
0
222
12
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1944
NY
N
OF
122
0
0
290
8
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1945
NY
N
OF
23
0
0
46
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.979
1945
BOS
N
1B
15
0
0
124
3
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1945
BOS
N
OF
38
0
0
78
7
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1945
TOT
N
OF
61
0
0
124
8
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1945
TOT
N
LF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1946
BRO
N
OF
18
0
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1946
BRO
N
1B
1
0
0
8
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.800
1947
STL
N
OF
43
0
0
56
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1948
STL
N
OF
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
OF
1852
0
0
3994
139
84
27
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Total
1B
19
0
0
158
4
2
9
0
0
0
0
0
.988
Transactions[]
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Curt Davis to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Ernie Koy, Carl Doyle, Sam Nahem, Bert Haas and $125000 (June 12, 1940).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Giants (July 6, 1943).
Traded by New York Giants with Ewald Pyle to Boston Braves in exchange for Clyde Kluttz (June 16, 1945).
Released by Boston Braves (February 8, 1946).
Signed by St. Louis Browns (March 3, 1946).
Released by St. Louis Browns (April 5, 1946).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (July 2, 1946).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (October 9, 1946).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 11, 1946).
Released by New York Yankees (April 29, 1947).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (May 26, 1947).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 14, 1947).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (April 18, 1948).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (September 30, 1948).
