Lou Boudreau
Louis Boudreau
(Old Shufflefoot,Handsome Lou)
 
Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL
Died: August 10, 2001 - 84 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'11" Wt: 185
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1970
- Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an Amateur Free Agent in 1938
- High School: Thornton (Harvey, IL)
- College/Univ: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1937)
- Visit Boudreau's Managerial Page

Overall

Multi-Team Years
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr
Tm
Lg
CLE
AL
21.0
3B
2
-
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
CLE
AL
22.0
SS
256
-
 
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.0
0.3
6.5
3.4
3.0
0.0
0.9
-0.3
1.2
0.0
CLE
AL
23.0
SS
706
-
 
6.0
4.5
2.5
0.0
1.0
29.8
18.2
11.6
0.0
14.1
7.6
6.4
0.0
CLE
AL
24.0
SS
681
-
 
4.6
4.0
1.6
0.0
1.0
22.9
14.1
8.8
0.0
8.0
4.0
3.9
0.0
CLE
AL
25.0
SS
604
-
 
4.5
3.8
1.7
0.0
1.1
22.0
15.0
7.1
0.0
7.9
5.7
2.2
0.0
CLE
AL
26.0
SS
649
-
 
8.0
5.8
3.3
0.0
1.2
31.0
21.7
9.3
0.0
16.1
12.0
4.1
0.0
CLE
AL
27.0
SS
681
-
 
8.0
7.0
2.1
0.0
1.1
30.2
23.5
6.7
0.0
15.0
13.3
1.7
0.0
CLE
AL
28.0
SS
402
-
 
3.9
3.4
1.2
0.0
0.7
17.2
11.3
6.0
0.0
8.1
5.3
2.9
0.0
CLE
AL
29.0
SS
571
-
 
4.2
4.0
1.3
0.0
1.1
22.3
13.1
9.2
0.0
9.0
4.4
4.6
0.0
CLE
AL
30.0
SS
623
-
 
7.4
5.3
3.1
0.0
1.0
27.5
19.6
7.8
0.0
13.2
10.4
2.8
0.0
CLE
AL
31.0
SS
676
-
 
10.4
8.4
3.0
0.0
1.0
34.4
26.8
7.6
0.0
19.3
17.0
2.4
0.0
CLE
AL
32.0
SS
561
-
 
3.1
2.1
1.6
0.0
0.6
17.3
11.0
6.3
0.0
5.1
2.6
2.5
0.0
CLE
AL
33.0
SS
295
-
 
0.9
0.6
0.7
0.0
0.3
6.9
3.7
3.2
0.0
0.4
-0.6
1.0
0.0
BOS
AL
34.0
SS
313
-
 
1.4
1.0
0.7
0.0
0.3
7.9
5.3
2.5
0.0
1.3
0.7
0.6
0.0
BOS
AL
35.0
3B
3
-
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
15
2
SS
7023
-
  
63.0
50.3
23.4
0.0
10.7
275.7
186.7
89.1
0.0
118.3
82.1
36.3
0.0
162 Game Average
691
-
  
6.2
5.0
2.3
0.0
1.0
  
27.1
18.4
8.8
0.0
  
11.6
8.1
3.6
0.0
 
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr Tm    
13
SS
6707
-
 
61.7
49.4
22.7
0.0
10.4
267.9
181.4
86.5
0.0
117.1
81.4
35.7
0.0
2
SS
316
-
 
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0
0.3
7.9
5.3
2.5
0.0
1.3
0.7
0.6
0.0
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James