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Rabbit Maranville
Full name Walter James Vincent Maranville Born November 11, 1891, Springfield, Massachusetts Died January 5, 1954, New York, New York Buried at St. Michael Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts (Section - Holy Family B- Lot 206- Grave 5) First Game: September 10, 1912 ; Final Game: September 29, 1935 Managed First Game: July 7, 1925 ; Managed Final Game: September 1, 1925 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 5" Weight: 155 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1954 Ejections as player: 1913 (1), 1914 (1), 1915 (1), 1916 (2), 1917 (1), 1919 (3), 1920 (1), 1922 (1), 1924 (1), 1928 (1), 1929 (1). Total: 14 Ejections as manager: 1925 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1912 BOS N Daily Splits 26 86 9 18 2 0 0 8 9 0 16 1 5 0 3 3 1 2 .209 .292 .233 -0.4 1912 BOS N
1913 BOS N Daily Splits 143 571 68 141 13 8 2 40i 68 0i 62 3 17 0 19i 5i 25 11i .247 .330 .308 1.4 1913 BOS N
1914 BOS N Daily Splits 156 586 74 144 23 6 4 79 45 0 56 6 27 0 31 13 28 20 .246 .306 .326 5.5 1914 BOS N
1915 BOS N Daily Splits 149 509 51 124 23 6 2 46 45 0 65 2 23 0 21 9 18 18 .244 .308 .324 3.2 1915 BOS N
1916 BOS N Daily Splits 155 604 79 142 16 13 4 39 50 0 69 2 24 0 32 8 32 22 .235 .296 .325 3.7 1916 BOS N
1917 BOS N Daily Splits 142 561 69 146 19 13 3 41 40 0 47 2 10 0 15 9 27 11 .260 .312 .357 3.5 1917 BOS N
1918 BOS N Daily Splits 11 38 3 12 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .316 .381 .368 0.3 1918 BOS N
1919 BOS N Daily Splits 131 480 44 128 18 10 5 42 36 1 23 1 12 0 15 7 12 11 .267 .319 .377 4.8 1919 BOS N
1920 BOS N Daily Splits 134 493 48 131 19 15 1 43 28 0 24 0 13 0 14 10 14 11 .266 .305 .371 2.2 1920 BOS N
1921 PIT N Daily Splits 153 612 90 180 25 12 1 70 47 1 38 3 23 1 5 11 25 12 .294 .347 .379 -0.5 1921 PIT N
1922 PIT N Daily Splits 155 672 115 198 26 15 0 63 61 0 43 2 12 0 16 8 24 13 .295 .355 .378 1.3 1922 PIT N
1923 PIT N Daily Splits 141 581 78 161 19 9 1 41 42 0 34 1 9 0 6 11 14 11 .277 .327 .346 0.8 1923 PIT N
1924 PIT N Daily Splits 152 594 62 158 33 20 2 71 35 1 53 0 11 0 16 7 18 14 .266 .307 .399 -0.2 1924 PIT N
1925 CHI N Daily Splits 75 266 37 62 10 3 0 23 29 1 20 0 10 0 10 8 6 5 .233 .308 .293 -0.4 1925 CHI N
1926 BRO N Daily Splits 78 234 32 55 8 5 0 24 26 0 24 0 6 0 12 5 7 4 .235 .312 .312 0.2 1926 BRO N
1927 STL N Daily Splits 9 29 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .290 .276 0.2 1927 STL N
1928 STL N Daily Splits 112 366 40 88 14 10 1 34 36 1 27 1 9 0 6 9 3 3 .240 .310 .342 -0.7 1928 STL N
1929 BOS N Daily Splits 146 560 87 159 26 10 0 55 47 1 33 4 23 0 12 11 13 6 .284 .344 .366 1.8 1929 BOS N
1930 BOS N Daily Splits 142 558 85 157 26 8 2 43 48 0 23 5 17 0 19 11 9 9 .281 .344 .367 -1.4 1930 BOS N
1931 BOS N Daily Splits 145 562 69 146 22 5 0 33 56 0 34 2 16 0 17 7 9 8 .260 .329 .317 -2.5 1931 BOS N
1932 BOS N Daily Splits 149 571 67 134 20 4 0 37 46 0 28 3 15 0 17 10 4 2 .235 .295 .284 -1.6 1932 BOS N
1933 BOS N Daily Splits 143 478 46 104 15 4 0 38 36 0 34 1 17 0 13 17 2 6 .218 .274 .266 -4.7 1933 BOS N
1935 BOS N Daily Splits 23 67 3 10 2 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .149 .186 .179 -1.5 1935 BOS N
Total (23 Years) Splits 2670 10078 1256 2605 380 177 28 877i 839 8i 758 39 300 1 301i183i 291 199i .258 .318 .340 15.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete 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
1914 BOS N Daily Splits 4 13 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .308 .400 .308 1914 BOS N
1928 STL N Daily Splits 4 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .308 .357 .385 1928 STL N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 26 3 8 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 .308 .379 .346 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 Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1912 BOS N Daily Splits SS 26 26 25 223.1 46 97 11 11 0 .929
1913 BOS N Daily Splits SS 143 143 141 1266.1 317 475 43 49 1 .949
1914 BOS N Daily Splits SS 156 156 153 1396 407 574 65 92 0 .938
1915 BOS N Daily Splits SS 149 149 146 1320.2 391 486 55 63 0 .941
1916 BOS N Daily Splits SS 155 155 151 1366.2 386 515 50 79 0 .947
1917 BOS N Daily Splits SS 142 142 139 1273.1 341 474 46 67 0 .947
1918 BOS N Daily Splits SS 11 11 11 95 34 34 5 2 0 .932
1919 BOS N Daily Splits SS 131 131 126 1168.1 361 488 53 79 0 .941
1920 BOS N Daily Splits SS 133 131 125 1171.1 354 462 45 62 0 .948
1920 BOS N 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1921 PIT N Daily Splits SS 153 153 150 1387.1 325 529 34 72 0 .962
1922 PIT N Daily Splits SS 138 138 135 1223.1 359 453 33 81 0 .961
1922 PIT N 2B 18 17 17 153.2 60 59 3 11 0 .975
1923 PIT N Daily Splits SS 141 141 141 1255.2 332 505 30 94 0 .965
1924 PIT N Daily Splits 2B 152 152 149 1366.2 365 568 26 109 0 .973
1925 CHI N Daily Splits SS 74 71 70 643 162 261 20 51 1 .955
1926 BRO N Daily Splits SS 60 57 47 494 138 192 18 28 1 .948
1926 BRO N 2B 18 12 8 121 23 54 1 2 0 .987
1927 STL N Daily Splits SS 9 8 8 74.1 17 34 2 6 1 .962
1928 STL N Daily Splits SS 112 105 90 940.1 236 362 19 57 0 .969
1928 STL N 2B 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 1.000
1929 BOS N Daily Splits SS 145 145 142 1257.1 319 536 35 104 0 .961
1929 BOS N 2B 1 1 1 8 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
1930 BOS N Daily Splits SS 138 138 136 1208.2 343 445 29 98 0 .965
1930 BOS N 3B 4 2 2 24 6 5 0 1 0 1.000
1931 BOS N Daily Splits SS 137 136 130 1200.2 271 432 38 93 0 .949
1931 BOS N 2B 11 7 7 63.1 18 21 3 5 0 .929
1932 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 149 147 131 1305 402 473 22 91 0 .975
1933 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 142 139 130 1231.1 362 384 22 82 0 .971
1935 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 20 18 14 152 32 46 3 10 0 .963
Total (19 Years) Splits SS 2153 2136 2066 18965.2 5139 7354 631 1188 4 .952
Total (10 Years) 2B 514 493 457 4408 1268 1608 80 311 0 .973
Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 4 2 2 24 6 5 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1914 BOS N Daily Splits SS 4 4 4 39 7 13 1 2 0 .952
1928 STL N Daily Splits SS 4 4 3 33 11 3 1 2 0 .933
Total ( 2 Years) Splits SS 8 8 7 72 18 16 2 4 0 .944
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1925 CHI N 53 23 30 .434 261 267 7- 7 9- 1 7 7 8
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-13-1913(1) BOX BOS N Hank O'Day Fighting
8-26-1914 BOX BOS N Mal Eason Fighting
6- 3-1915 BOX BOS N Ernie Quigley Fair/foul call
4-21-1916 BOX BOS N Cy Rigler Fighting
5-29-1916 BOX BOS N Mal Eason Call at 3B
7-31-1917(1) BOX BOS N Kitty Bransfield Call at 3B
6- 1-1919 BOX BOS N Hank O'Day Balls and strikes
6- 4-1919(1) BOX BOS N Ernie Quigley Call at 2B
6-28-1919(2) BOX BOS N Pete Harrison Call at 2B
6-25-1920(1) BOX BOS N Hank O'Day Call at HP
9-21-1922 BOX PIT N Ernie Quigley Fighting
8-11-1924(1) BOX PIT N Cy Pfirman Called third strike
4-25-1928 BOX STL N Charlie Moran Interference call
5- 8-1929 BOX BOS N Dolly Stark Call at 2B
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 1-1925 BOX CHI N Bill Klem Bench jockeying
Transaction Information
Traded by New Bedford (New England) to Boston Braves in exchange for Brad Hogg and
$1000 (June 25, 1912 ).
Traded by Boston Braves to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Billy Southworth , Fred
Nicholson , Walter Barbare and $15000 (January 23, 1921 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Charlie Grimm and Wilbur Cooper to Chicago Cubs in
exchange for Vic Aldridge , George Grantham and Al Niehaus (October 27, 1924 ).
Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from Chicago Cubs (November 9, 1925 ).
Released by Brooklyn Robins (August 21, 1926 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (November 23, 1926 ).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves with George Harper (December 8, 1928 ).
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