Chet Laabs

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Full Name: Chester Peter Laabs	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/175	First Game: May 5, 1937
Birthdate: April 30, 1912	Final Game: June 3, 1947
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: January 26, 1983
Deathplace: Warren, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Chet Laabs (Chester Peter Laabs) was born on April 30, 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on May 5, 1937 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1937, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 8 home runs and 37 RBI. Laabs played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Chet Laabs's best season was 1942, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .275 average and knocked in 99 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1937	DET	A	72	242	31	58	8	37	.240	.308	.434	13	5	24	66	0	1	6	0	0
1938	DET	A	64	211	26	50	7	37	.237	.288	.398	7	3	15	52	0	3	3	0	0
1939	STL	A	95	317	52	95	10	62	.300	.368	.489	20	5	33	62	1	5	4	0	7
1939	DET	A	5	16	1	5	0	2	.313	.389	.500	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1939	TOT	A	100	333	53	100	10	64	.300	.369	.489	21	6	35	62	1	5	4	0	8
1940	STL	A	105	218	32	59	10	40	.271	.372	.505	11	5	34	59	1	0	3	0	2
1941	STL	A	118	392	64	109	15	59	.278	.361	.482	23	6	51	59	0	6	5	0	9
1942	STL	A	144	520	90	143	27	99	.275	.380	.498	21	7	88	88	0	6	0	0	12
1943	STL	A	151	580	83	145	17	85	.250	.338	.409	27	7	73	105	4	8	5	0	13
1944	STL	A	66	201	28	47	5	23	.234	.330	.378	10	2	29	33	0	5	3	0	3
1945	STL	A	35	109	15	26	1	8	.239	.352	.358	4	3	16	17	3	3	0	0	2
1946	STL	A	80	264	40	69	16	52	.261	.316	.492	13	0	20	50	1	0	3	0	11
1947	PHI	A	15	32	5	7	1	5	.219	.306	.344	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total			950	3102	467	813	117	509	.262	.346	.452	151	44	389	595	10	37	32	0	60

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1937	DET	A	OF	62	0	0	133	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1938	DET	A	OF	53	0	0	128	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1939	STL	A	OF	79	0	0	199	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1939	DET	A	OF	5	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1939	TOT	A	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1939	TOT	A	OF	84	0	0	212	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1940	STL	A	OF	63	0	0	124	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1941	STL	A	OF	100	0	0	217	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1942	STL	A	OF	139	0	0	276	13	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1943	STL	A	OF	150	0	0	346	16	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1944	STL	A	OF	55	0	0	108	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	STL	A	OF	35	0	0	68	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1946	STL	A	OF	72	0	0	151	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1947	PHI	A	OF	7	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	820	0	0	1780	62	44	15	0	0	0	0	0	.977

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson and Mark Christman to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, Red Kress and Jim Walkup (May 13, 1939).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics (April 9, 1947).

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