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Snuffy Stirnweiss
George Henry Stirnweiss

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.
School University of North Carolina

Debut April 22, 1943
Final Game May 3, 1952
Born October 26, 1918 in New York, NY
Died September 15, 1958 in Newark Bay, NJ

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 24 NYY AL  83  274   34   60   8  4   1   25  11  9  47  37  .219  .333  .288   82   79   4           0   9
 1944 25 NYY AL 154  643  125  205  35 16   8   43  55 11  73  87  .319  .389  .460  139  296   6           1   6 MVP-4
 1945 26 NYY AL 152  632  107  195  32 22  10   64  33 17  78  62  .309  .385  .476  144  301   6           1   9 MVP-3,AS
 1946 27 NYY AL 129  487   75  122  19  7   0   37  18  6  66  58  .251  .340  .318   84  155   7           0  12 AS
 1947 28 NYY AL 148  571  102  146  18  8   5   41   5  3  89  47  .256  .358  .342   96  195  11           2  13
 1948 29 NYY AL 141  515   90  130  20  7   3   32   5  4  86  62  .252  .360  .336   87  173   8           1  13
 1949 30 NYY AL  70  157   29   41   8  2   0   11   3  2  29  20  .261  .380  .338   90   53   3           1   2
 1950 31 TOT AL 100  328   32   71  16  2   1   24   3  3  51  49  .216  .322  .287   54   94   4           0   7
         NYY AL   7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         SLB AL  93  326   32   71  16  2   1   24   3  3  51  49  .218  .324  .288   55   94   4           0   7
 1951 32 CLE AL  50   88   10   19   1  0   1    4   1  0  22  25  .216  .373  .261   77   23   1           0   2
 1952 33 CLE AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1028 3695  604  989 157 68  29  281 134 55 541 447  .268  .362  .371  102 1369  50   0   0   6  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        582   95  156  25 11   5   44  21  9  85  70  .268  .362  .371  102  216   8   0   0   1  12
 Career High    154  643  125  205  35 22  10   64  55 17  89  87  .319  .389  .476  144  301  11   0   0   2  13

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 24 NYY AL  325  236   26   3.0    88| .219  .257| .333  .332| .288  .355| .621  .687|  82  .395  -5.0  -0.5  55%
 1944 25 NYY AL  723  461  122   7.2    94| .319  .271| .389  .339| .460  .371| .849  .710| 139  .740  33.3   3.5  83%
 1945 26 NYY AL  717  469  115   6.6    92| .309  .267| .385  .340| .476  .363| .861  .704| 144  .725  35.3   3.7  66%
 1946 27 NYY AL  560  390   54   3.7    96| .251  .265| .340  .339| .318  .381| .658  .720|  84  .447  -9.2  -1.0  75%
 1947 28 NYY AL  673  452   70   4.1    96| .256  .261| .358  .341| .342  .376| .700  .717|  96  .496  -0.7  -0.1  62%
 1948 29 NYY AL  610  410   62   4.0   105| .252  .272| .360  .357| .336  .393| .696  .749|  87  .439  -7.6  -0.7  55%
 1949 30 NYY AL  190  123   20   4.3   107| .261  .271| .380  .363| .338  .393| .718  .756|  90  .474  -0.9  -0.1  60%
 1950 31 TOT AL  383  271   30   2.9   117| .216  .283| .322  .371| .287  .424| .609  .796|  54  .276 -22.5  -2.2  50%
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .000  .362| .000  .412| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         SLB AL  381  269   30   3.0   117| .218  .283| .324  .371| .288  .424| .612  .796|  55  .280 -21.9  -2.1  50%
 1951 32 CLE AL  111   72    9   3.4    98| .216  .261| .373  .342| .261  .383| .634  .725|  77  .368  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1952 33 CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4292 2884  508   4.7    98| .268  .268| .362  .345| .371  .379| .733  .725| 102  .550  21.3   2.5  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1943 24 NYY AL  SS   68    110  192   20   50  .938  .953  4.44  4.93            
                 2B    4     14    8    0    5 1.000  .969  5.50  5.45            
 1944 25 NYY AL  2B  154    433  481   17  113  .982  .967  5.94  5.36            
 1945 26 NYY AL  2B  152    432  492   29  119  .970  .970  6.08  5.35             AS
 1946 27 NYY AL  3B   79     66  152    2   18  .991  .948  2.76  2.89             AS
                 2B   46     88  141    5   30  .979  .970  4.98  5.23             AS
                 SS    4      5    6    1    1  .917  .957  2.75  4.65             AS
 1947 28 NYY AL  2B  148    337  402   13  107  .983  .978  4.99  5.19            
 1948 29 NYY AL  2B  141    346  364    5  103  .993  .976  5.04  5.39            
 1949 30 NYY AL  2B   51    121  106    6   34  .974  .974  4.45  5.13            
                 3B    4      3    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.50  2.95            
 1950 31 TOT AL  2B   66    160  156    8   44  .975  .976  4.79  5.39            
         NYY AL  2B    4      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.75  5.40            
         SLB AL  2B   62    159  154    8   44  .975  .976  5.05  5.39            
                 3B   31     32   52    4    7  .955  .960  2.71  3.04            
                 SS    5      4    3    1    0  .875  .959  1.40  4.74            
 1951 32 CLE AL  2B   25     47   74    1   17  .992  .978  4.84  5.35            
                 3B    2      2    3    0    1 1.000  .943  2.50  2.85            
 1952 33 CLE AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1943 24 NYY AL  2B    4     14    8    0    5 1.000  .969  5.50  5.45            
 1944 25 NYY AL  2B  154    433  481   17  113  .982  .967  5.94  5.36            
 1945 26 NYY AL  2B  152    432  492   29  119  .970  .970  6.08  5.35            
 1946 27 NYY AL  2B   46     88  141    5   30  .979  .970  4.98  5.23            
 1947 28 NYY AL  2B  148    337  402   13  107  .983  .978  4.99  5.19            
 1948 29 NYY AL  2B  141    346  364    5  103  .993  .976  5.04  5.39            
 1949 30 NYY AL  2B   51    121  106    6   34  .974  .974  4.45  5.13            
 1950 31 TOT AL  2B   66    160  156    8   44  .975  .976  4.79  5.39            
         NYY AL  2B    4      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.75  5.40            
         SLB AL  2B   62    159  154    8   44  .975  .976  5.05  5.39            
 1951 32 CLE AL  2B   25     47   74    1   17  .992  .978  4.84  5.35            

 1946 27 NYY AL  3B   79     66  152    2   18  .991  .948  2.76  2.89            
 1949 30 NYY AL  3B    4      3    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.50  2.95            
 1950 31 SLB AL  3B   31     32   52    4    7  .955  .960  2.71  3.04            
 1951 32 CLE AL  3B    2      2    3    0    1 1.000  .943  2.50  2.85            
 1952 33 CLE AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00            

 1943 24 NYY AL  SS   68    110  192   20   50  .938  .953  4.44  4.93            
 1946 27 NYY AL  SS    4      5    6    1    1  .917  .957  2.75  4.65            
 1950 31 SLB AL  SS    5      4    3    1    0  .875  .959  1.40  4.74            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B  787   1978 2224   84  572  .980  .973  5.34  5.31            
                 3B  117    103  210    6   26  .981  .951  2.68  2.93            
                 SS   77    119  201   22   51  .936  .953  4.16  4.90            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       981   2200 2635  112  649  .977  .970  4.93  5.00

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   1   1   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   7  27   3   7  0  1  0   3   8   8  .259  .429  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1949   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        3-0   9  28   4   7  0  1  0   3   8   8  .250  .417  .321   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   NYY AL       3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1945
1946 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1944-AL-4-0.38
1945-AL-3-0.48
Car-277-0.86 shares

Batting Average
1944 AL-.319-4
1945 AL-.309-1

On-base %
1944 AL-.389-8
1945 AL-.385-6

Slugging %
1944 AL-.460-8
1945 AL-.476-1

OPS
1944 AL-.849-6
1945 AL-.862-1

Games
1944 AL-154-3
1945 AL-152-3

At Bats
1944 AL-643-2
1945 AL-632-1
1947 AL-571-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1944 AL-723-1
1945 AL-717-1
1947 AL-673-5

Runs
1944 AL-125-1
1945 AL-107-1
1947 AL-102-4

Hits
1944 AL-205-1
1945 AL-195-1

Total Bases
1944 AL-296-2
1945 AL-301-1

Doubles
1944 AL-35-5
1945 AL-32-2

Triples
1944 AL-16-1
1945 AL-22-1
1947 AL-8-10

RBI
1945 AL-64-9

Bases on Balls
1944 AL-73-6
1945 AL-78-6
1947 AL-89-6
1948 AL-86-9

Strikeouts
1944 AL-87-2
1945 AL-62-9
1948 AL-62-9

Stolen Bases
1944 AL-55-1
1945 AL-33-1
1946 AL-18-2

Singles
1944 AL-146-1
1945 AL-131-2
1947 AL-115-9

Adjusted OPS+
1944 AL-139-7
1945 AL-144-1

Runs Created
1944 AL-122-1
1945 AL-115-1

Adjusted Batting Runs
1944 AL-33-7
1945 AL-35-1

Batting Wins
1944 AL-3.5-7
1945 AL-3.7-1

Extra-Base Hits
1944 AL-59-4
1945 AL-64-1

Times on Base
1944 AL-279-1
1945 AL-274-1
1947 AL-237-7

Offensive Win%
1944 AL-.740-3
1945 AL-.725-1

Sac. Hits
1947 AL-11-10

Caught Stealing
1943 AL-9-6
1944 AL-11-4
1945 AL-17-1

Power/Speed Number
1944 AL-14.0-1
1945 AL-15.3-1

Outs
1944 AL-461-6
1945 AL-469-2
1947 AL-452-7

Black Ink: Batting - 26 (69) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 59 (415) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 53.0 (351) (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.

Transactions
Before 1940 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
June 15, 1950: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jim Delsing, Don Johnson, Duane Pillette, and $50,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Tom Ferrick, Joe Ostrowski, and Leo Thomas.
April 1, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Merl Combs to the Cleveland Indians for Fred Marsh and $35,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Snuffy Stirnweiss's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1945 1946 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1944-AL-4-0.38 1945-AL-3-0.48 Car-277-0.86 shares	Batting Average 1944 AL-.319-4 1945 AL-.309-1	On-base % 1944 AL-.389-8 1945 AL-.385-6	Slugging % 1944 AL-.460-8 1945 AL-.476-1	OPS 1944 AL-.849-6 1945 AL-.862-1
Games 1944 AL-154-3 1945 AL-152-3	At Bats 1944 AL-643-2 1945 AL-632-1 1947 AL-571-7	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1944 AL-723-1 1945 AL-717-1 1947 AL-673-5	Runs 1944 AL-125-1 1945 AL-107-1 1947 AL-102-4	Hits 1944 AL-205-1 1945 AL-195-1	Total Bases 1944 AL-296-2 1945 AL-301-1
Doubles 1944 AL-35-5 1945 AL-32-2	Triples 1944 AL-16-1 1945 AL-22-1 1947 AL-8-10	RBI 1945 AL-64-9	Bases on Balls 1944 AL-73-6 1945 AL-78-6 1947 AL-89-6 1948 AL-86-9	Strikeouts 1944 AL-87-2 1945 AL-62-9 1948 AL-62-9	Stolen Bases 1944 AL-55-1 1945 AL-33-1 1946 AL-18-2
Singles 1944 AL-146-1 1945 AL-131-2 1947 AL-115-9	Adjusted OPS+ 1944 AL-139-7 1945 AL-144-1	Runs Created 1944 AL-122-1 1945 AL-115-1	Adjusted Batting Runs 1944 AL-33-7 1945 AL-35-1	Batting Wins 1944 AL-3.5-7 1945 AL-3.7-1	Extra-Base Hits 1944 AL-59-4 1945 AL-64-1
Times on Base 1944 AL-279-1 1945 AL-274-1 1947 AL-237-7	Offensive Win% 1944 AL-.740-3 1945 AL-.725-1	Sac. Hits 1947 AL-11-10	Caught Stealing 1943 AL-9-6 1944 AL-11-4 1945 AL-17-1	Power/Speed Number 1944 AL-14.0-1 1945 AL-15.3-1	Outs 1944 AL-461-6 1945 AL-469-2 1947 AL-452-7