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Ernie Lombardi

Full name Ernesto Natali Lombardi
Born April 6, 1908, Oakland, California
Died September 26, 1977, Santa Cruz, California
Buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California (outside of Garden Mausoleum II- Crypt 342- Tier 5)
First Game: April 15, 1931; Final Game: September 17, 1947
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 230
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1986
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1938)
Named NL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1938)
Ejections: 1937 (2), 1939 (2), 1942 (1), 1946 (1). Total: 6
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Discrepancies
                           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   BFW Year Team
1931 BRO N    Daily Splits   73   182   20   54   7   1   4   23   12   4   12   0   2       0   4   6    1   0  .297  .340  .412   0.5 1931 BRO N
1932 CIN N    Daily Splits  118   413   43  125  22   9  11   68   41  13   19   4   0       0   8  16    0   0  .303  .371  .479   1.7 1932 CIN N
1933 CIN N    Daily Splits  107   350   30   99  21   1   4   47   16   4   17   4   3       0   9  26    2   1  .283  .322  .383  -0.3 1933 CIN N
1934 CIN N    Daily Splits  132   417   42  127  19   4   9   62   16  10   22   3   0       0  10  24    0   1  .305  .335  .434   0.8 1934 CIN N
1935 CIN N    Daily Splits  120   332   36  114  23   3  12   64   16   8    6   3   0       0   7  11    0   2  .343  .379  .539   2.5 1935 CIN N
1936 CIN N    Daily Splits  121   387   42  129  23   2  12   68   19   7   16   7   0       0  10  15    1   1  .333  .375  .496   1.6 1936 CIN N
1937 CIN N    Daily Splits  120   368   41  123  22   1   9   59   14   7   17   2   0       0  13  12    1   0  .334  .362  .473   0.7 1937 CIN N
1938 CIN N    Daily Splits  129   489   60  167  30   1  19   95   40  23   14   0   0       0  11  30    0   0  .342  .391  .524   4.3 1938 CIN N
1939 CIN N    Daily Splits  130   450   43  129  26   2  20   85   35  19   19   3   0   6   0   5  24    0   0  .287  .338  .487   2.2 1939 CIN N
1940 CIN N    Daily Splits  109   376   50  120  22   0  14   74   31  12   14   7   0       0   8  18    0   0  .319  .382  .489   2.8 1940 CIN N
1941 CIN N    Daily Splits  117   398   33  105  12   1  10   60   36   9   14   0   0       0   9  19    1   0  .264  .325  .374   0.2 1941 CIN N
1942 BOS N    Daily Splits  105   309   32  102  14   0  11   46   37   9   12   1   0       0   4  17    1   1  .330  .403  .482   1.8 1942 BOS N
1943 NY  N    Daily Splits  104   295   19   90   7   0  10   51   16   3   11   3   1       0   6  18    1   2  .305  .347  .431   0.3 1943 NY  N
1944 NY  N    Daily Splits  117   373   37   95  13   0  10   58   33   8   25   1   1       0  12  23    0   0  .255  .317  .370  -0.6 1944 NY  N
1945 NY  N    Daily Splits  115   368   46  113   7   1  19   70   43  18   11   5   1       0   4  12    0   1  .307  .387  .486   3.3 1945 NY  N
1946 NY  N    Daily Splits   88   238   19   69   4   1  12   39   18   5   24   3   3       0   4   8    0   0  .290  .347  .466   1.4 1946 NY  N
1947 NY  N    Daily Splits   48   110    8   31   5   0   4   21    7   1    9   0   1       0   1   4    0   0  .282  .325  .436  -0.1 1947 NY  N
Total    (17 Years) Splits 1853  5855  601 1792 277  27 190  990  430 160  262  46  12   6   0 125 283    8   9  .306  .358  .460  23.1 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   BFW Year Team

Lombardi was officially recognized as winning the batting title in 1942.
              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
1939 CIN N    Daily Splits    4    14    0    3   0   0   0    2    0   0    1   1   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .214  .267  .214 1939 CIN N
1940 CIN N    Daily Splits    2     3    0    1   1   0   0    0    1   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .500  .667 1940 CIN N
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    6    17    0    4   1   0   0    2    1   1    1   1   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .235  .316  .294 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

             All-Star Game 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
1938 NL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    2   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1938 NL   
1939 NL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1939 NL   
1940 NL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1940 NL   
1942 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000 1942 NL   
1943 NL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1943 NL   
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits    5    13    0    5   0   0   0    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .385  .429  .385 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   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1931 BRO N Daily Splits   C   50   43   36   387.2   218   23    4    5   0    3   21   12    3  .984
1932 CIN N Daily Splits   C  110  105   95   931     288   76   14    6   0   17   35   37    5  .963
1933 CIN N Daily Splits   C   95   89   82   780.1   223   52    8    3   0    9   29   27    5  .972
1934 CIN N Daily Splits   C  111   97   87   877     383   61    5    8   0    8   35   33    3  .989
1935 CIN N Daily Splits   C   82   76   64   661.1   298   49    6    4   0   10   16   19    3  .983
1936 CIN N Daily Splits   C  104   89   82   807     330   54   15   10   0    7   30   23    2  .962
1937 CIN N Daily Splits   C   91   85   72   740     333   58   11    3   0   13   29   30    4  .973
1938 CIN N Daily Splits   C  123  122  102  1063     512   73    9    8   0    9   20   30    7  .985
1939 CIN N Daily Splits   C  120  116   94  1006.2   536   63   10    7   0   15   30   39    3  .984
1940 CIN N Daily Splits   C  101   97   77   850     397   46    5    5   0    7   18   28    1  .989
1941 CIN N Daily Splits   C  116  112   83   951     496   70   10    9   0   16   40   29    6  .983
1942 BOS N Daily Splits   C   85   84   60   686     251   41    6    3   0    9   30   14    3  .980
1943 NY  N Daily Splits   C   73   71   61   607     296   36   10    8   0    6   21   12    4  .971
1944 NY  N Daily Splits   C   99   94   78   806     350   47   13   11   0    9   22   28    3  .968
1945 NY  N Daily Splits   C   96   94   81   816     425   49    8    8   0    9   25   26    1  .983
1946 NY  N Daily Splits   C   63   59   43   494.1   272   36    7    7   0    4   21   19    2  .978
1947 NY  N Daily Splits   C   24   21   19   185.1    86   11    2    2   0    1    5    5    0  .980
Total (17 Years) Splits   C 1543 1454 1216 12649.2  5694  845  143  107   0  152  427  411   55  .979
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1939 CIN N Daily Splits   C    4    4    2    32.1    22    1    1    0   0    0    0    0    0  .958
1940 CIN N Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     7       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   C    5    5    2    39.1    26    1    1    0   0    0    0    0    0  .964
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1938 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    1     9       5    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1939 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    1     8       6    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1940 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    1    0     3       3    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1942 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     3       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1943 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     3       3    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits   C    5    3    2    26      19    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG


Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-21-1937     BOX  CIN N  Beans Reardon       Call at 2B (Appeal)
 9-26-1937(1)  BOX  CIN N  Lee Ballanfant      Balls and strikes
 6-30-1939     BOX  CIN N  Ziggy Sears         Foul tip
 8-14-1939     BOX  CIN N  Larry Goetz         Fair/foul call
 6-26-1942     BOX  BOS N  Lee Ballanfant      Balls and strikes
 5- 9-1946     BOX  NY  N  George Magerkurth   Balls and strikes


Transaction Information

Traded by Oakland (PCL) to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Hank DeBerry and Eddie
Moore (January 19, 1931).

Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Babe Herman and Wally Gilbert to Cincinnati Reds in
exchange for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth (March 14, 1932).

Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Braves (February 7, 1942).

Traded by Boston Braves to New York Giants in exchange for Hugh Poland and Connie
Ryan (April 27, 1943).

Released by New York Giants (September 20, 1947).

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