Dewey Creacy
St. Louis Stars 1924–1931; Detroit Wolves 1932; Washington Pilots 1932; Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933; Columbus Blue Birds 1933; Philadelphia Stars 1934–1938
Percentile snapshot
1935 season — qualified batters
of 117 qualified 1935 batters (min 210 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 55 | 200 | 181 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .254 | .304 | .376 | .680 | 84.9 | 85.6 | .319 | 0.4 |
| 1925 | 83 | 366 | 331 | 71 | 107 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .323 | .378 | .550 | .928 | 136.9 | 146.1 | .412 | 3.2 |
| 1926 | 92 | 429 | 391 | 95 | 133 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 107 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .340 | .389 | .632 | 1.020 | 147.9 | 158.8 | .448 | 4.3 |
| 1927 | 92 | 378 | 346 | 63 | 110 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 81 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .318 | .357 | .535 | .892 | 131.9 | 137.3 | .399 | 3.0 |
| 1928 | 78 | 339 | 298 | 41 | 98 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .329 | .387 | .540 | .927 | 144.0 | 150.4 | .417 | 3.2 |
| 1929 | 95 | 395 | 355 | 61 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 53 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .251 | .313 | .341 | .654 | 73.3 | 70.4 | .303 | 0.1 |
| 1930 | 92 | 396 | 340 | 50 | 105 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .309 | .393 | .418 | .810 | 116.7 | 115.9 | .377 | 2.3 |
| 1931 | 35 | 140 | 119 | 21 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .303 | .394 | .378 | .772 | 117.0 | 115.5 | .378 | 0.8 |
| 1932 | 63 | 250 | 211 | 37 | 60 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .381 | .412 | .793 | 118.5 | 119.3 | .382 | 1.5 |
| 1933 | 28 | 127 | 109 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .239 | .314 | .330 | .644 | 81.4 | 76.3 | .302 | 0.2 |
| 1934 | 69 | 286 | 253 | 38 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .249 | .529 | 56.3 | 48.9 | .261 | -0.5 |
| 1935 | 57 | 242 | 205 | 38 | 61 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .298 | .379 | .424 | .804 | 103.7 | 102.5 | .370 | 1.0 |
| 1936 | 52 | 203 | 173 | 20 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .301 | .370 | .358 | .728 | 90.8 | 86.7 | .346 | 0.5 |
| 1937 | 22 | 78 | 69 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .338 | .304 | .642 | 74.9 | 66.8 | .306 | 0.0 |
| 1938 | 46 | 161 | 136 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .301 | .272 | .573 | 62.4 | 52.2 | .279 | -0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-06-14 | SLS @ CAG Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 1930-05-29 | BBB @ SLS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 1932-06-19 | WPI @ BBS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1936-05-09 | HOM @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 1938-07-17 | PHS @ NE Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-04-26 | SLS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-27 | SLS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-27 | SLS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-28 | SLS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-29 | SLS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.