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Joe Cronin played 20 major-league seasons (1926-1945) as a SS (1,843), 3B (69), 1B (57), 2B (35), OF (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 20 | PIT | 38 | 83 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .265 | .652 | 81 |
| 1927 | 21 | PIT | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .227 | .564 | 57 |
| 1928 | 22 | WS1 | 63 | 227 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 27 | .242 | .631 | 71 |
| 1929 | 23 | WS1 | 145 | 494 | 72 | 139 | 8 | 61 | 5 | 85 | 37 | .281 | .809 | 114 |
| 1930 | 24 | WS1 | 154 | 587 | 127 | 203 | 13 | 126 | 17 | 72 | 36 | .346 | .934 | 142 |
| 1931 | 25 | WS1 | 156 | 611 | 103 | 187 | 12 | 126 | 10 | 81 | 52 | .306 | .870 | 135 |
| 1932 | 26 | WS1 | 143 | 557 | 95 | 177 | 6 | 116 | 7 | 66 | 45 | .318 | .885 | 135 |
| 1933 | 27 | WS1 | 152 | 602 | 89 | 186 | 5 | 118 | 5 | 87 | 49 | .309 | .843 | 130 |
| 1934 | 28 | WS1 | 127 | 504 | 68 | 143 | 7 | 101 | 8 | 53 | 28 | .284 | .774 | 106 |
| 1935 | 29 | BOS | 144 | 556 | 70 | 164 | 9 | 95 | 3 | 63 | 40 | .295 | .830 | 120 |
| 1936 | 30 | BOS | 81 | 295 | 36 | 83 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 32 | 21 | .281 | .757 | 93 |
| 1937 | 31 | BOS | 148 | 570 | 102 | 175 | 18 | 110 | 5 | 84 | 73 | .307 | .887 | 130 |
| 1938 | 32 | BOS | 143 | 530 | 98 | 172 | 17 | 94 | 7 | 91 | 60 | .325 | .964 | 149 |
| 1939 | 33 | BOS | 143 | 520 | 97 | 160 | 19 | 107 | 6 | 87 | 48 | .308 | .899 | 137 |
| 1940 | 34 | BOS | 149 | 548 | 104 | 156 | 24 | 111 | 7 | 83 | 65 | .285 | .882 | 134 |
| 1941 | 35 | BOS | 143 | 518 | 98 | 161 | 16 | 95 | 1 | 82 | 55 | .311 | .914 | 150 |
| 1942 | 36 | BOS | 45 | 79 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .304 | .909 | 164 |
| 1943 | 37 | BOS | 59 | 77 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 4 | .312 | .956 | 187 |
| 1944 | 38 | BOS | 76 | 191 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 19 | .241 | .714 | 111 |
| 1945 | 39 | BOS | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .375 | .920 | 176 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 2B | 27 | 0 | 54 | 74 | 3 | 18 |
| 1926 | SS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 1927 | 2B | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1927 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | SS | 63 | 0 | 133 | 190 | 16 | 42 |
| 1929 | SS | 143 | 0 | 285 | 459 | 62 | 92 |
| 1929 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | SS | 154 | 0 | 336 | 509 | 35 | 95 |
| 1931 | SS | 155 | 0 | 323 | 488 | 43 | 94 |
| 1932 | SS | 141 | 0 | 306 | 448 | 32 | 95 |
| 1933 | SS | 152 | 0 | 297 | 528 | 34 | 95 |
| 1934 | SS | 127 | 0 | 246 | 486 | 38 | 86 |
| 1935 | SS | 139 | 0 | 264 | 431 | 37 | 86 |
| 1935 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 1936 | SS | 60 | 0 | 115 | 191 | 23 | 34 |
| 1936 | 3B | 21 | 0 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| 1937 | SS | 148 | 0 | 300 | 414 | 31 | 89 |
| 1938 | SS | 142 | 0 | 304 | 449 | 36 | 110 |
| 1939 | SS | 142 | 0 | 306 | 437 | 32 | 93 |
| 1940 | SS | 146 | 0 | 252 | 443 | 38 | 89 |
| 1940 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | SS | 119 | 0 | 225 | 324 | 24 | 64 |
| 1941 | 3B | 22 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| 1941 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | 3B | 11 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 4 |
| 1942 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1942 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | 3B | 10 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 1944 | 1B | 49 | 0 | 428 | 27 | 9 | 39 |
| 1945 | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Joe Cronin won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1930 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1930 (ML), TSN All-Star 1930 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1931 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1931 (ML), TSN All-Star 1931 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1932 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1932 (ML), TSN All-Star 1932 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1933 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1933 (ML), TSN All-Star 1933 (ML), TSN All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (AL), TSN All-Star 1938 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (ML), TSN All-Star 1939 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1943, 1941, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1933, 1932, 1931.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 18 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 26 / 80 | 0 |
| 1933 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 62 / 80 | 2 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 19 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 92 / 336 | 0 |
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 15 / 336 | 0 |
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 26 / 336 | 0 |
| 1943 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
Joe Cronin ranks on 7 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #73 | shortstops | 1941 | 150 OPS+ |
| #80 | shortstops | 1938 | 149 OPS+ |
| #104 | shortstops | 1930 | 142 OPS+ |
| #121 | shortstops | 1939 | 137 OPS+ |
| #126 | shortstops | 1931 | 135 OPS+ |
| #128 | shortstops | 1932 | 135 OPS+ |
| #135 | shortstops | 1940 | 134 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.