MLB / Players

Ernie Lombardi

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 230 lb

BornApril 6, 1908 · Oakland, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 15, 1931

Final gameSeptember 17, 1947

Seasons17 (1931–1947)

Brooklyn Robins 1931; Cincinnati Reds 1932–1941; Boston Braves 1942; New York Giants 1943–1947

Percentile snapshot

1939 season — qualified batters

130

40.2

494

21.8

450

26.4

17.2

129

24.1

49.4

83.9

RBI

72.4

25.3

73.6

48.3

.287

27.6

OBP

.342

21.8

SLG

.487

OPS

.829

59.8

wRC+

119.9

56.3

OPS+

122.2

63.2

wOBA

.374

47.1

sWAR

3.9

of 88 qualified 1939 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

125.0

85.8

OPS+

125.7

86.4

sWAR

53.8

99.1

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1931	73	196	182	20	54	7	1	4	23	12	12	1	.297	.340	.412	.752	101.4	102.5	.344	1.1
1932	118	458	413	43	125	22	9	11	68	41	19	0	.303	.371	.479	.851	130.4	129.4	.380	4.2
1933	107	373	350	30	99	21	1	4	47	16	17	2	.283	.322	.383	.704	99.6	100.9	.326	2.1
1934	132	436	417	42	127	19	4	9	62	16	22	0	.305	.335	.434	.769	103.9	105.8	.346	2.6
1935	120	351	332	36	114	23	3	12	64	16	6	0	.343	.379	.539	.918	144.5	146.0	.407	3.8
1936	121	413	387	42	129	23	2	12	68	19	16	1	.333	.375	.496	.871	136.8	138.5	.395	4.1
1937	120	384	368	41	123	22	1	9	59	14	17	1	.334	.362	.473	.835	127.8	129.8	.378	3.4
1938	129	529	489	60	167	30	1	19	95	40	14	0	.342	.391	.524	.915	153.8	153.8	.414	6.3
1939	130	494	450	43	129	26	2	20	85	35	19	0	.287	.342	.487	.829	119.9	122.2	.374	3.9
1940	109	414	376	50	120	22	0	14	74	31	14	0	.319	.382	.489	.871	141.4	140.6	.395	4.3
1941	117	434	398	33	105	12	1	10	60	36	14	1	.264	.325	.374	.699	97.0	98.4	.329	2.3
1942	105	347	309	32	102	14	0	11	46	37	12	1	.330	.403	.482	.886	162.5	158.7	.415	4.5
1943	104	315	295	19	90	7	0	10	51	16	11	1	.305	.347	.431	.778	120.5	121.5	.365	2.5
1944	117	408	373	37	95	13	0	10	58	33	25	0	.255	.317	.370	.687	90.0	91.6	.323	1.7
1945	115	417	368	46	113	7	1	19	70	43	11	0	.307	.387	.486	.873	138.8	138.6	.407	4.2
1946	88	262	238	19	69	4	1	12	39	18	24	0	.290	.347	.466	.814	127.2	128.2	.378	2.3
1947	48	118	110	8	31	5	0	4	21	7	9	0	.282	.325	.436	.761	95.2	98.9	.344	0.5

Career totals

1,853

364th-most career G

6,349

5,855

601

1,792

414th-most career H

277

190

427th-most career HR

RBI

990

316th-most career RBI

430

262

.3061

156th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3582

SLG

.4599

392nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8181

364th-highest career OPS

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
1934-07-06	CIN @ STL Gameday	5	4	5	0	1	1	6	0	10
1932-05-07	ATL @ CIN Gameday	7	1	5	2	1	0	3	0	9
1935-05-08	CIN @ PHI Gameday	6	1	5	4	0	0	1	0	9
1944-08-21	SF @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9
1939-09-07	CIN @ PIT Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	2	2	1	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1931-04-14	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931-04-15	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931-04-16	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931-04-18	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931-04-19	PHI @ LAD 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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1986 (Veterans)

1× Most Valuable Player8× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.