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Chet Laabs
Full name Chester Peter Laabs Born April 30, 1912, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Died January 26, 1983, Warren, Michigan Buried at St. Clement Cemetery, Center Line, Michigan First Game: May 5, 1937 ; Final Game: June 3, 1947 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 175 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1937 DET A Daily Splits 72 242 31 58 13 5 8 37 24 0 66 0 1 0 4 3 6 2 .240 .308 .434 -1.6 1937 DET A
1938 DET A Daily Splits 64 211 26 50 7 3 7 37 15 0 52 0 3 0 4 4 3 2 .237 .288 .398 -1.4 1938 DET A
1939 DET A Daily Splits 5 16 1 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .313 .389 .500 0.1 1939 DET A
1939 STL A Daily Splits 95 317 52 95 20 5 10 62 33 1 62 1 0 5 0 5 7 4 1 .300 .362 .489 0.3 1939 STL A
1939 TOT A 100 333 53 100 21 6 10 64 35 1 62 1 0 5 0 6 8 4 1 .300 .364 .489 0.4 1939 TOT A
1940 STL A Daily Splits 105 218 32 59 11 5 10 40 34 0 59 1 0 0 8 2 3 3 .271 .372 .505 0.4 1940 STL A
1941 STL A Daily Splits 118 392 64 109 23 6 15 59 51 1 59 0 6 0 10 9 5 2 .278 .361 .482 0.4 1941 STL A
1942 STL A Daily Splits 144 520 90 143 21 7 27 99 88 4 88 0 6 0 15 12 0 3 .275 .380 .498 1.7 1942 STL A
1943 STL A Daily Splits 151 580 83 145 27 7 17 85 73 2 105 4 8 0 11 13 5 7 .250 .338 .409 0.4 1943 STL A
1944 STL A Daily Splits 66 201 28 47 10 2 5 23 29 0 33 0 5 0 3 3 3 1 .234 .330 .378 -0.6 1944 STL A
1945 STL A Daily Splits 35 109 15 26 4 3 1 8 16 1 17 3 3 0 4 2 0 0 .239 .352 .358 -0.3 1945 STL A
1946 STL A Daily Splits 80 264 40 69 13 0 16 52 20 0 50 1 0 0 4 11 3 1 .261 .316 .492 0.5 1946 STL A
1947 PHI A Daily Splits 15 32 5 7 1 0 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 .306 .344 -0.1 1947 PHI A
Total (11 Years) Splits 950 3102 467 813 151 44 117 509 389 10 595 10 32 5 0 69 67 32 22 .262 .346 .452 -0.2 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1944 STL A Daily Splits 5 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .294 .400 1944 STL A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1943 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1943 AL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1937 DET A Daily Splits OF 62 60 57 541 133 2 4 0 0 .971 21 41 0
1937 DET A CF 41 40 37 351.1 91 1 2 0 0 .979
1937 DET A LF 21 20 20 189.2 44 1 2 0 0 .957
1938 DET A Daily Splits OF 53 51 50 446.1 128 4 4 1 0 .971 17 37 0
1938 DET A CF 37 35 34 300.1 83 3 4 1 0 .956
1938 DET A LF 17 16 16 146 44 1 0 0 0 1.000
1939 DET A Daily Splits OF 5 5 4 36 13 1 1 0 0 .933 5 0 0
1939 DET A LF 5 5 4 36 13 1 1 0 0 .933
1939 STL A Daily Splits OF 79 74 71 665 199 7 6 0 0 .972 3 70 6
1939 STL A CF 70 66 63 593 173 6 6 0 0 .968
1939 STL A RF 6 6 6 52 11 1 0 0 0 1.000
1939 STL A LF 3 2 2 20 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 TOT A LF 8 7 6 56 26 1 1 0 0 .964
1939 TOT A OF 84 79 75 701 212 8 7 0 0 .969 8 70 6
1940 STL A Daily Splits OF 63 45 40 417.2 124 3 4 1 0 .969 26 28 10
1940 STL A CF 28 26 22 226.2 80 1 2 1 0 .976
1940 STL A LF 26 9 9 104.1 26 2 2 0 0 .933
1940 STL A RF 10 10 9 86.2 14 1 0 0 0 1.000
1941 STL A Daily Splits OF 100 94 90 849 217 6 4 2 0 .982 21 16 64
1941 STL A RF 64 63 60 547 141 6 4 2 0 .974
1941 STL A LF 21 18 18 180 45 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 STL A CF 16 13 12 122 41 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 STL A Daily Splits OF 139 138 136 1253 276 13 9 3 0 .970 37 25 79
1942 STL A RF 79 77 77 713.1 151 9 6 2 0 .964
1942 STL A LF 37 37 36 320.2 68 1 2 0 0 .972
1942 STL A CF 25 24 23 219 60 3 1 1 0 .984
1943 STL A Daily Splits OF 150 150 144 1360 346 16 9 4 0 .976 116 34 6
1943 STL A LF 116 114 112 1032.2 248 15 4 4 0 .985
1943 STL A CF 34 32 30 291.2 85 0 5 0 0 .944
1943 STL A RF 6 4 2 35.2 11 1 0 0 0 1.000
1944 STL A Daily Splits OF 55 53 49 486 108 3 0 2 0 1.000 37 1 19
1944 STL A LF 37 35 33 323 78 1 0 0 0 1.000
1944 STL A RF 19 18 16 162 31 2 0 2 0 1.000
1944 STL A CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1945 STL A Daily Splits OF 35 34 28 286 68 1 1 0 0 .986 34 2 2
1945 STL A LF 34 31 27 259 57 0 1 0 0 .983
1945 STL A CF 2 1 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1945 STL A RF 2 2 1 16 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 STL A Daily Splits OF 72 67 60 590.2 151 5 2 2 0 .987 7 0 65
1946 STL A RF 65 61 55 535.2 124 5 2 2 0 .985
1946 STL A LF 7 6 5 55 20 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 PHI A Daily Splits OF 7 7 6 60 17 1 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 1
1947 PHI A LF 6 6 6 54 16 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 PHI A RF 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits OF 820 778 735 6990.2 1780 62 44 15 0 .977 330 254 252
Total (11 Years) LF 330 299 288 2720.1 672 22 12 4 0 .983
Total ( 9 Years) CF 254 237 221 2116 616 14 20 3 0 .969
Total ( 9 Years) RF 252 242 226 2154.1 491 26 12 8 0 .977
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1944 STL A Daily Splits OF 4 4 3 35 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 0
1944 STL A LF 4 4 3 35 5 2 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1943 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1943 AL CF 1 1 1 9 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
Transaction Information
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Vern Kennedy , Bob Harris , George Gill , Roxie Lawson
and Mark Christman to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Beau Bell , Bobo Newsom , Red
Kress and Jim Walkup (May 13, 1939 ).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics (April 9, 1947 ).
Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers (June 7, 1947 ).
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