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Jack Fournier

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b. September 28, 1892 · Chicago White Sox 1912–1917, New York Yankees 1918, St. Louis Cardinals 1920–1922, Brooklyn Robins 1923–1926, Boston Braves 1927

He hit .313 across fifteen seasons with 1,631 hits, 136 home runs and 587 walks, and led the National League with 27 home runs in 1924 and 86 walks in 1925, when he drove in 130. He hit .350 for the 1921 Cardinals and .343 for the 1925 Robins.

The fielding is the reason the career looks the way it does. He led the league's first basemen in errors repeatedly, and managers moved him to the outfield and back and sat him against certain clubs; Branch Rickey traded him at thirty rather than keep watching.

He was of French-Canadian descent, from Michigan, and was among the better left-handed hitters of the 1920s in a decade full of them. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 1973, at eighty.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1912 CHW 3573614 520 24161 .192
1913 CHW 681722040 851 2321239 .233
1914 CHW 10937944118 1496 44314410 .311
1915 CHW 12642286136 20185 77643721 .322
1916 CHW 1053133675 1393 44364019 .240
1917 CHW 1100 000 0010 .000
1918 NYY 27100935 610 12777 .350
1920 STL 14153077162 33143 61424226 .306
1921 STL 149574103197 27916 86564820 .343
1922 STL 12840464119 23910 6140216 .295
1923 BRO 13351591181 301322 102432811 .351
1924 BRO 15456393188 25427 11683467 .334
1925 BRO 14554599191 211622 13086394 .350
1926 BRO 872433969 9211 4830160 .284
1927 BSN 12237455106 18210 5344164 .283
Career 153052088221631 252113136 859587424145 .313

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1922 STL 0010 01.00 0000.00
Career 0010 01.00 000 0.00

On this day & linked events

1892

Born September 28, 1892

Au Sable, MI, USA

1973

Died September 5, 1973

1912

Major-league debut: Jack Fournier

Jack Fournier made a major-league debut on April 13, 1912.

1926

Jack Fournier's Three-Home-Run Game, 1926

Jack Fournier hit three home runs for the Brooklyn Robins against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 13, 1926.

1927

Final major-league game: Jack Fournier

Jack Fournier played a final major-league game on October 2, 1927.

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