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Gabby Street

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b. September 30, 1882 · Cincinnati Reds 1904–1905, Boston Beaneaters 1905, Washington Senators 1908–1911, New York Highlanders 1912, St. Louis Cardinals 1931

Street's busiest playing season came with Washington in 1909. He caught regularly, appearing in 137 games and collecting 86 hits with 29 runs batted in. The games and hits were career highs.

Eight playing seasons gave him 312 hits, 44 doubles, 105 runs batted in and a .208 average across 504 games. Street caught 493 games. His clubs included Cincinnati, Boston, Washington and the Highlanders before one final playing appearance with St. Louis in 1931.

Street's larger record came as a manager. He went 365-332 across 702 games, primarily with the Cardinals. St. Louis finished first in consecutive seasons under him, going 92-62 in 1930 and 101-53 in 1931. He later managed the Browns in 1938. Street received one vote on each of three Hall of Fame ballots. He died in 1951, at sixty-eight.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Baseball Magazine All-Star 1 1909

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1904 CIN 113314 100 01122 .121
1905 BSN/CIN 34105825 510 88182 .238
1908 WSH 1313943181 1271 3240415 .206
1909 WSH 1374072586 1210 2926252 .211
1910 WSH 892571352 601 1623191 .202
1911 WSH 722161648 710 1414244 .222
1912 NYY 2988416 110 6751 .182
1931 STL 1100 000 0000 .000
Career 504150198312 44112 10511914417 .208

On this day & linked events

1882

Born September 30, 1882

Huntsville, AL, USA

1951

Died February 6, 1951

1904

Major-league debut: Gabby Street

Gabby Street made a major-league debut on September 13, 1904.

1931

Final major-league game: Gabby Street

Gabby Street played a final major-league game on September 20, 1931.

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