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Joe Cronin
Joe Cronin
Shortstop/Manager
Born: October 12, 1906
San Francisco, California
Died: September 7, 1984 (aged 77)
Osterville, Massachusetts
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 29, 1926
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Final game
April 19, 1945
for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
AVG     . Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. In Baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally the field manager) this individual controls matters Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Osterville is one of the seven villages within the Town of Barnstable Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 301
HR     170
Hits     2285
Teams

As Player

As Manager
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected     1956
Vote     78. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Champions World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Negro League World Series: Chicago Headline Event of the Year Murderers' Row lead New York Yankees to World Series victory The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Champions World Series: New York Yankees over St Louis Cardinals Awards and honors League Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers (4-3 All-Star Game The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-2 All-Star Game, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3 All-Star Game The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 Don Larsen, MVP 76% (tenth ballot)

Joseph Edward Cronin (October 12, 1906 – September 7, 1984) was a Major League Baseball player from 1926 to 1945 and manager from 1933 to 1947. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Champions World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Negro League World Series: Chicago Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3 All-Star Game In Baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally the field manager) this individual controls matters Headline Event of the Year First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 All-Star Game He was a shortstop and was an All-Star seven times. Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Born in the Excelsior district of San Francisco, Cronin broke into the majors in 1926 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and moved to the Washington Senators in 1928. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Champions World Series: New York Yankees over St Louis Cardinals Awards and honors League

Major League career

Legendary baseball promoter Joe Engel, who scouted for the Senators and managed the Chattanooga Lookouts at Engel Stadium got a steal of a deal on Cronin. The Chattanooga Lookouts are a Minor league baseball team based in Chattanooga Tennessee, USA. Engel Stadium is a Baseball field located in Chattanooga Tennessee. When Engel first spotted Cronin playing in Kansas City, "I knew I was watching a great player. I bought Cronin at a time he was hitting . 221. When I told Clark Griffith what I had done, he screamed, "You paid $7,500 for that bum? Well, you didn't buy him for me. You bought him for yourself. He's not my ballplayer - he's yours. You keep him and don't either you or Cronin show up at the ballpark. " Cronin led the Senators ball club to the 1933 World Series and even married Griffith's niece, Mildred Robertson.

In 1930, Cronin had a break out year, batting . Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St Louis Cardinals (4-2 Awards and honors 346 with 13 home runs and 126 RBI. Cronin won both the AL Writers' MVP (forerunner of BBWAA official MVP established in 1931) and the AL Sporting News MVP for his work in 1930. His 1931 season was also outstanding, posting a . Athletics September 6 &mdash Czechoslovakia's Antonie Briksová sets a new world record in the women's 20 km walk in Prague 306 average, 12 home runs and 126 RBI. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively

Cronin assumed managerial duties in 1933, a role he would continue with the Boston Red Sox, the team he was traded to prior to the 1935 season, by Senators' owner Clark Griffith - his own uncle-in-law. Headline Event of the Year First Negro League Baseball All-Star Game. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-2 All-Star Game, Cronin's playing career finished in 1945 but he remained a manager until 1947. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 All-Star Game

Over his career, Cronin batted . 300 or higher eight times as well as knocked in 100 runs or more eight times. He finished with a . 301 average, 170 home runs and 1424 RBI. As a manager, he compiled a 1,236-1,055 record and won two American League championships (in 1933 and 1946). The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in Athletics Marathon August 22 &mdash European Championships Marathon, Oslo Norway Men's His 1933 Senators dropped the 1933 World Series to the New York Giants in six games, and his 1946 Bosox lost the 1946 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven contests. The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five games for their first championship since The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St

At the end of the 1947 season, he succeeded Eddie Collins as general manager of the Red Sox and continued in that post through 1958. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 All-Star Game Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr ( May 2 1887 &ndash March 25 1951) nicknamed "Cocky" was an American Second baseman General Manager or GM for short is a descriptive term for certain executives in a Business operation Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP The Red Sox challenged for the AL pennant in 1948-49 (finishing second by a single game both seasons) thanks to Cronin's aggressive trades, but they began a slow decline during the 1950s and did not seriously contend after 1950. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves (4-2 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Philadelphia Phillies (4-0 All-Star The Red Sox lavished bonus contracts on a series of young players who never became stars, and were the last team in major league baseball to integrate its roster. The baseball color line, sometimes called the " Gentleman's Agreement " was the policy unwritten for nearly its entire duration which excluded African In January 1959, Cronin was elected president of the American League, the first former player to be so elected. Six months later, on July 21, 1959, infielder Pumpsie Green was recalled from the AAA Minneapolis Millers, becoming the first African-American to wear a Red Sox uniform. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox (4-2 Larry Sherry, MVP Baseball teams take turns one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green' (born October 27, 1933 in Oakland California) is a former Major League Baseball backup The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional Minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis Minnesota until 1960 African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa

Cronin served as AL president until the end of 1973, when he was succeeded by Lee MacPhail. Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr (born October 25, 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former administrator in Major League Baseball He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (with Hank Greenberg) in 1956. Athletics Marathon December 9 &mdash Fukuoka Marathon, Japan Men's Winner Keizo Yamada (JPN 22515 Joe Cronin died at the age of 77 on September 7, 1984 in Osterville, Massachusetts, and is buried in St. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Osterville is one of the seven villages within the Town of Barnstable Massachusetts. Francis Xavier Cemetery in nearby Centerville.

Joe Cronin's number 4 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 1984

His jersey number 4 was formally retired by the Red Sox on May 29, 1984. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. In 1999, he was named as a finalist to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In 1999 MasterCard sponsored the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

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Preceded by
Will Harridge		 American League president
1959–1973		 Succeeded by
Lee MacPhail
Preceded by
Eddie Collins		 Red Sox General Manager
1948 - 1958		 Succeeded by
Bucky Harris
Preceded by
Bucky Harris		 Boston Red Sox Manager
1935-1947		 Succeeded by
Joe McCarthy
Preceded by
Walter Johnson		 Washington Senators Manager
1933-1934		 Succeeded by
Bucky Harris
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