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Tony Rensa
George Anthony Rensa (Pug)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 5, 1930
Final Game August 27, 1939
Born September 29, 1901 in Parsons, PA
Died January 4, 1987 in Wilkes-Barre, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 28 TOT     74  209   37   59  13  3   4   34   1  0  16  25  .282  .339  .431   82   90   3           2    
         DET AL  20   37    6   10   2  1   1    3   1  0   6   7  .270  .386  .459  112   17   1           1    
         PHI NL  54  172   31   49  11  2   3   31   0     10  18  .285  .328  .424   75   73   2           1    
 1931 29 PHI NL  19   29    2    3   1  0   0    2   0      6   2  .103  .257  .138    6    4   0           0    
 1933 31 NYY AL   8   29    4    9   2  1   0    3   0  1   1   3  .310  .333  .448  111   13   1           0    
 1937 35 CHW AL  26   57   10   17   5  1   0    5   3  0   8   6  .298  .385  .421  103   24   0           0    
 1938 36 CHW AL  59  165   15   41   5  0   3   19   1  1  25  16  .248  .351  .333   71   55   0           1    
 1939 37 CHW AL  14   25    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .200  .231  .200   10    5   1           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      200  514   71  134  26  5   7   65   5  2  57  54  .261  .338  .372   75  191   5   0   0   3   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        416   58  109  21  4   6   53   4  2  46  44  .261  .338  .372   75  155   4   0   0   2   2
 Career High     74  209   37   59  13  3   4   34   3  1  25  25                          90   3   0   0   2   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 28 TOT     230  153   31   5.4   130| .282  .317| .339  .377| .431  .470| .770  .847|  82  .470  -6.9  -0.6 100%
         DET AL   45   28    7   6.6   117| .270  .298| .386  .362| .459  .438| .845  .800| 112  .606   0.8   0.1 100%
         PHI NL  185  125   24   5.1   133| .285  .321| .328  .380| .424  .477| .752  .857|  75  .436  -7.7  -0.7     
 1931 29 PHI NL   35   26    1   1.0   110| .103  .295| .257  .355| .138  .416| .395  .771|   6  .060  -3.9  -0.4     
 1933 31 NYY AL   31   22    4   4.9   101| .310  .273| .333  .344| .448  .394| .781  .737| 111  .512   0.3   0.0   0%
 1937 35 CHW AL   65   40   10   6.6   117| .298  .290| .385  .365| .421  .432| .806  .797| 103  .603   0.6   0.1 100%
 1938 36 CHW AL  191  125   19   4.0   120| .248  .293| .351  .372| .333  .436| .684  .808|  71  .376  -7.2  -0.7  50%
 1939 37 CHW AL   27   24    1   1.1   116| .200  .290| .231  .366| .200  .429| .431  .795|  10  .058  -3.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       579  390   66   4.5   122| .261  .301| .338  .370| .372  .446| .710  .816|  75  .417 -20.8  -1.9     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 28 TOT C 67 177 27 13 6 .940 .978 3.04 4.09 6 DET AL C 18 46 7 2 1 .964 .983 2.94 4.19 0 PHI NL C 49 131 20 11 5 .932 .976 3.08 4.05 6 1931 29 PHI NL C 17 35 11 2 2 .958 .981 2.71 4.03 2 1933 31 NYY AL C 8 39 4 1 1 .977 .989 5.38 4.28 2 1937 35 CHW AL C 23 70 9 2 3 .975 .980 3.43 4.62 2 1938 36 CHW AL C 57 185 36 4 4 .982 .983 3.88 4.37 2 1939 37 CHW AL C 13 29 6 1 0 .972 .980 2.69 4.44 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 28 TOT C 67 177 27 13 6 .940 .978 3.04 4.09 6 DET AL C 18 46 7 2 1 .964 .983 2.94 4.19 0 PHI NL C 49 131 20 11 5 .932 .976 3.08 4.05 6 1931 29 PHI NL C 17 35 11 2 2 .958 .981 2.71 4.03 2 1933 31 NYY AL C 8 39 4 1 1 .977 .989 5.38 4.28 2 1937 35 CHW AL C 23 70 9 2 3 .975 .980 3.43 4.62 2 1938 36 CHW AL C 57 185 36 4 4 .982 .983 3.88 4.37 2 1939 37 CHW AL C 13 29 6 1 0 .972 .980 2.69 4.44 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 185 535 93 23 16 .965 .981 3.39 4.27 16 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 185 535 93 23 16 .965 .981 3.39 4.27
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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.

Oldest Player
1939 AL-37-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June, 1930: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Detroit Tigers.

December 29, 1939: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jesse Landrum and cash to the Oklahoma City (Texas) for Don Kolloway.


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