Joe Medwick
Joseph Michael Medwick
(Ducky,Muscles)
 
Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ
Died: March 21, 1975 - 63 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'10" Wt: 187
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1968
- High School: Carteret (Carteret, NJ)

Comparison

Comparison
Left Fielders
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Stan Musial
1941 - 1963
LF
128.1
Pl
WW2
 
124.7
-9.3
0.0
-12.7
2 Ted Williams
1939 - 1960
LF
123.2
Pl
WW2/KOR
 
126.3
-13.3
0.0
-10.2
3 Al Simmons
1924 - 1944
LF
68.6
Pl
 
62.3
-1.1
0.0
-7.5
4 Goose Goslin
1921 - 1938
LF
66.1
Pl
 
61.3
-4.7
0.0
-9.5
5 Bob Johnson
1933 - 1945
LF
57.1
 
55.4
-5.8
0.0
-7.5
6 Joe Medwick
1932 - 1948
LF
55.5
Pl
 
51.0
-4.8
0.0
-9.3
7 Heinie Manush
1923 - 1939
LF
45.8
Pl
 
45.9
-7.7
0.0
-7.6
8 Charlie Keller
1939 - 1952
LF
43.0
WW2
 
39.0
-0.8
0.0
-4.9
9 Augie Galan
1934 - 1949
LF
40.9
 
39.2
-3.9
0.0
-5.6
10 Sid Gordon
1941 - 1955
LF
38.3
WW2
 
38.8
-4.5
0.0
-4.0
11 Jeff Heath
1936 - 1949
LF
37.1
 
36.4
-5.5
0.0
-6.2
12 Hank Sauer
1941 - 1959
LF
25.9
WW2
 
28.6
-8.1
0.0
-5.4
13 John Stone
1928 - 1938
LF
25.2
 
23.1
-2.4
0.0
-4.6
14 Joe Vosmik
1930 - 1944
LF
20.4
 
18.9
-4.2
0.0
-5.8
15 Danny Litwhiler
1940 - 1951
LF
19.3
WW2
 
17.7
-2.9
0.0
-4.5
16 Gee Walker
1931 - 1945
LF
17.8
 
16.7
-4.2
0.0
-5.3
17 Jo-Jo Moore
1930 - 1941
LF
17.1
WW2
 
16.4
-5.7
0.0
-6.4
18 Jim Russell
1942 - 1951
LF
17.0
 
16.2
-2.2
0.0
-3.0
19 Roy Johnson
1929 - 1938
LF
16.5
 
16.8
-4.9
0.0
-4.6
20 George Case
1937 - 1947
LF
15.3
 
12.9
-2.5
0.0
-4.9
21 Max West
1938 - 1948
LF
13.7
WW2
 
12.9
-2.7
0.0
-3.6
22 Dick Wakefield
1941 - 1952
LF
13.3
WW2
 
13.9
-3.6
0.0
-2.9
23 Peanuts Lowrey
1942 - 1955
LF
12.2
WW2
 
11.4
-1.8
0.0
-2.6
24 Debs Garms
1932 - 1945
LF
11.1
 
12.0
-2.8
0.0
-1.9
25 Chet Laabs
1937 - 1947
LF
10.7
 
12.0
-4.3
0.0
-3.0
26 Dom Dallessandro
1937 - 1947
LF
8.7
WW2
 
10.1
-3.4
0.0
-2.0
27 Johnny Rizzo
1938 - 1942
LF
8.6
WW2
 
9.0
-2.7
0.0
-2.3
28 Eric Tipton
1939 - 1945
LF
8.3
 
7.3
-1.2
0.0
-2.1
29 Morrie Arnovich
1936 - 1946
LF
7.5
WW2
 
5.3
-0.6
0.0
-2.7
30 Rip Radcliff
1934 - 1943
LF
7.4
WW2
 
9.3
-5.8
0.0
-3.9
31 Moose Solters
1934 - 1943
LF
6.7
 
6.1
-2.6
0.0
-3.1
32 Bud Stewart
1941 - 1954
LF
5.3
WW2
 
5.3
-2.5
0.0
-2.5
33 Ernie Koy
1938 - 1942
LF
5.1
WW2
 
5.8
-2.7
0.0
-2.0
34 Ralph Hodgin
1939 - 1948
LF
5.0
WW2
 
3.5
0.1
0.0
-1.4
35 Mike McCormick
1940 - 1951
LF
4.6
WW2
 
3.5
-0.9
0.0
-2.0
36 Chet Ross
1939 - 1944
LF
3.1
WW2
 
2.4
-1.1
0.0
-1.7
37 Maurice Van Robays
1939 - 1946
LF
2.5
WW2
 
3.6
-3.5
0.0
-2.4
38 Johnny Dickshot
1936 - 1945
LF
2.3
 
3.3
-2.4
0.0
-1.4
39 Coaker Triplett
1938 - 1945
LF
2.1
 
2.6
-2.2
0.0
-1.7
40 Eddie Lukon
1941 - 1947
LF
2.1
WW2
 
1.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.8
41 Buster Mills
1934 - 1946
LF
1.9
WW2
 
1.9
-1.2
0.0
-1.2
42 Erv Dusak
1941 - 1952
LF
1.7
WW2
 
1.8
-0.8
0.1
-0.7
43 Clyde Vollmer
1942 - 1954
LF
1.7
WW2
 
2.4
-2.6
0.0
-1.9
44 Lou Novikoff
1941 - 1946
LF
1.6
WW2
 
3.4
-3.2
0.0
-1.4
45 Woody Jensen
1931 - 1939
LF
0.6
 
0.2
-2.5
0.0
-2.9
46 Harl Maggert
1938 - 1938
LF
0.5
 
0.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
47 Art Parks
1937 - 1939
LF
0.2
WW2
 
0.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.3
48 Frank Secory
1940 - 1946
LF
0.1
 
0.3
-0.3
0.0
-0.2
49 Ralph McLeod
1938 - 1938
LF
0.0
WW2
 
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
50 Buck Frierson
1941 - 1941
LF
0.0
WW2
 
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
 
  Joe Medwick
1932 - 1948
LF
55.5
Pl
 
51.0
-4.8
0.0
-9.3
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