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Zeke Bonura
Henry John Bonura

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 17, 1934
Final Game September 26, 1940
Born September 20, 1908 in New Orleans, LA
Died March 9, 1987 in New Orleans, LA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 25 CHW AL 127  510   86  154  35  4  27  110   0  2  64  31  .302  .380  .545  133  278   1           0    
 1935 26 CHW AL 138  550  107  162  34  4  21   92   4  0  57  28  .295  .364  .485  116  267   1           3     MVP-15
 1936 27 CHW AL 148  587  120  194  39  7  12  138   4  2  94  29  .330  .426  .482  120  283   2           4     MVP-19
 1937 28 CHW AL 116  447   79  154  41  2  19  100   5  1  49  24  .345  .412  .573  145  256   4           2    
 1938 29 WSH AL 137  540   72  156  27  3  22  114   2  2  44  29  .289  .346  .472  109  255   2           3    
 1939 30 NYG NL 123  455   75  146  26  6  11   85   1     46  22  .321  .388  .477  130  217  12           4  22
 1940 31 TOT    128  493   61  133  30  3   7   65   3  0  50  17  .270  .338  .385   95  190   1           1  18
         WSH AL  79  311   41   85  16  3   3   45   2  0  40  13  .273  .358  .373   95  116   0           1   6
         CHC NL  49  182   20   48  14  0   4   20   1     10   4  .264  .302  .407   95   74   1           0  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      917 3582  600 1099 232 29 119  704  19  7 404 180  .307  .380  .487  121 1746  23   0   0  17  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        633  106  194  41  5  21  124   3  1  71  32  .307  .380  .487  121  308   4   0   0   3   7
 Career High    148  587  120  194  41  7  27  138   5  2  94  31  .345  .426  .573  145  283  12   0   0   4  22
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 25 CHW AL  575  359  105   7.8   114| .302  .292| .380  .366| .545  .420| .925  .787| 133  .691  24.0   2.2   0%
 1935 26 CHW AL  611  389   97   6.7   113| .295  .290| .364  .363| .485  .419| .849  .782| 116  .627  11.9   1.1 100%
 1936 27 CHW AL  687  397  120   8.0   125| .330  .304| .426  .380| .482  .446| .908  .826| 120  .664  22.5   2.0  66%
 1937 28 CHW AL  502  298  105   9.3   117| .345  .290| .412  .365| .573  .432| .985  .797| 145  .740  31.8   2.9  83%
 1938 29 WSH AL  589  388   87   5.9   112| .289  .281| .346  .359| .472  .419| .818  .778| 109  .551   5.8   0.5  50%
 1939 30 NYG NL  517  343   83   6.4   104| .321  .281| .388  .347| .477  .402| .865  .749| 130  .654  19.9   2.0     
 1940 31 TOT     545  379   64   4.5   102| .270  .271| .338  .340| .385  .403| .723  .743|  95  .476  -2.1  -0.2 100%
         WSH AL  352  232   42   4.8   106| .273  .272| .358  .344| .373  .412| .731  .756|  95  .486  -0.8  -0.1 100%
         CHC NL  193  147   22   4.0    96| .264  .269| .302  .334| .407  .388| .709  .721|  95  .464  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      4026 2553  661   6.9   113| .307  .287| .380  .361| .487  .421| .867  .782| 121  .635 113.8  10.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 25 CHW AL 1B 127 1239 77 5 94 .996 .991 10.36 7.87 1935 26 CHW AL 1B 138 1421 83 9 102 .994 .992 10.90 7.25 1936 27 CHW AL 1B 146 1500 107 7 150 .996 .991 11.01 6.85 1937 28 CHW AL 1B 115 1114 63 13 123 .989 .991 10.23 8.69 1938 29 WSH AL 1B 129 1209 93 9 132 .993 .990 10.09 7.75 1939 30 NYG NL 1B 122 1205 90 11 110 .992 .989 10.61 8.20 1940 31 TOT 1B 123 1120 82 18 104 .985 .989 9.77 9.77 WSH AL 1B 79 712 42 14 70 .982 .989 9.54 9.60 CHC NL 1B 44 408 40 4 34 .991 .990 10.18 10.08
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 25 CHW AL 1B 127 1239 77 5 94 .996 .991 10.36 7.87 1935 26 CHW AL 1B 138 1421 83 9 102 .994 .992 10.90 7.25 1936 27 CHW AL 1B 146 1500 107 7 150 .996 .991 11.01 6.85 1937 28 CHW AL 1B 115 1114 63 13 123 .989 .991 10.23 8.69 1938 29 WSH AL 1B 129 1209 93 9 132 .993 .990 10.09 7.75 1939 30 NYG NL 1B 122 1205 90 11 110 .992 .989 10.61 8.20 1940 31 TOT 1B 123 1120 82 18 104 .985 .989 9.77 9.77 WSH AL 1B 79 712 42 14 70 .982 .989 9.54 9.60 CHC NL 1B 44 408 40 4 34 .991 .990 10.18 10.08
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 900 8808 595 72 815 .992 .991 10.45 8.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 900 8808 595 72 815 .992 .991 10.45 8.00
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-15-0.09
1936-AL-19-0.01
Car-885-0.10 shares

Batting Average
1937 AL-.345-4
1939 NL-.321-7

On-base %
1936 AL-.426-7
1937 AL-.412-7
1939 NL-.388-9

Slugging %
1934 AL-.545-7
1937 AL-.573-5

OPS
1934 AL-.925-10
1937 AL-.984-6
1939 NL-.865-8

Runs
1935 AL-107-10

Doubles
1937 AL-41-10

Home Runs
1934 AL-27-6
1935 AL-21-7

RBI
1934 AL-110-8
1936 AL-138-4
1938 AL-114-7
1939 NL-85-8

Bases on Balls
1936 AL-94-6

Adjusted OPS+
1937 AL-145-6
1939 NL-130-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1937 AL-32-8
1939 NL-20-10

Batting Wins
1937 AL-2.9-8
1939 NL-2.0-9

Extra-Base Hits
1934 AL-66-7

Times on Base
1936 AL-292-7

Offensive Win%
1934 AL-.691-10
1937 AL-.740-5
1939 NL-.654-9

Hit By Pitch
1936 AL-4-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 NL-22-5

At Bats per Home Run
1934 AL-18.9-6
1935 AL-26.2-8
1937 AL-23.5-10

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (544) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.0 (377) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 39.0 (462) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 29, 1930: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Les Barnhart and Ed Montague to the Indianapolis (American Association) for Oral Hildebrand.

August 16, 1933: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Dallas (Texas).

March 18, 1938: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Joe Kuhel.

December 11, 1938: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Giants for Jim Carlin, Tom Baker, and $20,000.

April 26, 1940: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the New York Giants for $20,000.

July 22, 1940: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Washington Senators for $10,000.

February 15, 1941: Purchased by the Minneapolis (American Association) from the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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