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b. November 22, 1907 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1927–1930, Philadelphia Phillies 1931–1934, New York Giants 1935–1938, 1941–1943, 1946, Chicago Cubs 1939, Detroit Tigers 1940–1941

He hit 48 doubles in 1932 and 46 in 1931 and finished with 442, along with 2,165 hits, 748 walks and a .284 average across eighteen seasons. He played 1,679 games at shortstop and was chosen for the first two All-Star teams.

He was small, loud and permanently aggrieved: he fought infielders, umpires and his own managers, spiked people going into second base and was spiked in return. The Giants got him in 1935 and he was the shortstop for their 1936 and 1937 pennants; Detroit got him in 1940 and he was the shortstop for that pennant too.

He wrote a memoir of the 1930s that historians still use. Four writers' ballots gave him one vote each and seven committees have looked at him. He died in 1995, at eighty-seven.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1933, 1937
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1932
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1937

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1927	PIT	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
1928	PIT	72	233	27	71	8	4	1	36	21	18	4	.305
1929	PIT	143	610	101	184	40	13	2	57	40	29	11	.302
1930	PIT	129	475	69	152	32	13	4	75	39	34	8	.320
1931	PHI	135	554	88	160	43	7	0	34	27	38	6	.289
1932	PHI	154	614	118	189	48	7	1	53	64	47	8	.308
1933	PHI	152	587	78	159	25	5	1	37	56	46	6	.271
1934	PHI	146	604	102	187	30	4	0	37	64	59	13	.310
1935	NYG	137	539	60	141	28	4	14	53	37	52	5	.262
1936	NYG	145	510	71	152	31	3	8	42	40	36	6	.298
1937	NYG	128	516	91	158	38	2	14	62	40	38	5	.306
1938	NYG	127	481	67	126	26	1	9	49	55	60	4	.262
1939	CHC	105	336	37	80	24	2	3	34	42	25	6	.238
1940	DET	139	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	76	53	12	.233
1941	DET/NYG	109	385	44	115	21	0	5	36	54	31	6	.299
1942	NYG	90	316	53	77	10	3	5	24	44	34	4	.244
1943	NYG	99	337	48	91	14	0	5	28	47	27	5	.270
1946	NYG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	2016	7629	1130	2165	442	71	79	710	748	627	109	.284

On this day & linked events

1907

Born November 22, 1907

Chicago, IL, USA

1995

Died August 4, 1995

1927

Major-league debut: Dick Bartell

Dick Bartell made a major-league debut on October 2, 1927.

1946

Final major-league game: Dick Bartell

Dick Bartell played a final major-league game on May 24, 1946.

Image: Goudey, public domain