MLB / Players

Hughie Critz

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 147 lb

BornSeptember 17, 1900 · Starkville, MS, USA

MLB debutMay 31, 1924

Final gameSeptember 27, 1935

Seasons12 (1924–1935)

Cincinnati Reds 1924–1930; New York Giants 1930–1935

Percentile snapshot

1934 season — qualified batters

137

614

72.4

571

79.1

64.2

138

51.5

35.8

11.2

RBI

33.6

26.1

57.5

34.3

32.8

.242

10.4

OBP

.269

3.7

SLG

.306

7.5

OPS

.575

4.5

wRC+

53.3

5.2

OPS+

57.0

wOBA

.263

4.5

sWAR

-1.3

0.7

of 135 qualified 1934 batters (min 474 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

72.6

4.5

OPS+

75.4

5.7

sWAR

1.7

68.4

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	102	443	413	67	133	15	14	3	35	19	18	19	11	.322	.352	.448	.800	115.7	117.4	.363	2.5
1925	144	597	541	74	150	14	8	2	51	34	17	13	13	.277	.321	.344	.665	73.1	73.5	.307	0.2
1926	155	672	607	96	164	24	14	3	79	39	25	7	0	.270	.316	.371	.687	86.2	88.0	.319	1.3
1927	113	429	396	50	110	10	8	4	49	16	18	7	0	.278	.306	.374	.680	81.2	84.6	.313	0.6
1928	153	698	641	95	190	21	11	5	52	37	24	18	0	.296	.335	.387	.722	88.1	90.2	.333	1.5
1929	107	474	425	55	105	17	9	1	50	27	21	9	0	.247	.292	.336	.629	57.6	59.2	.289	-0.9
1930	152	707	662	108	172	20	13	4	61	30	32	8	0	.260	.292	.347	.639	55.1	56.3	.287	-1.6
1931	66	249	238	33	69	7	2	4	17	8	17	4	0	.290	.313	.387	.700	86.1	89.8	.319	0.5
1932	151	700	659	90	182	32	7	2	50	34	27	3	0	.276	.313	.355	.668	80.4	81.8	.303	0.8
1933	133	605	558	68	137	18	5	2	33	23	24	4	0	.246	.279	.306	.586	65.5	69.6	.274	-0.3
1934	137	614	571	77	138	17	1	6	40	19	24	3	0	.242	.269	.306	.575	53.3	57.0	.263	-1.3
1935	65	227	219	19	41	0	3	2	14	3	10	2	0	.187	.198	.242	.440	13.1	19.8	.199	-1.6

Career totals

1,478

6,415

5,930

832

1,591

195

186th-most career 3B

RBI

531

289

257

.2683

OBP

.3033

SLG

.3524

OPS

.6557

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	HR	RBI	TB
1927-07-14	CIN @ SF Gameday	4	2	3	2	3	9
1931-05-01	ATL @ SF Gameday	5	2	5	1	1	8
1935-05-15	STL @ SF Gameday	4	2	2	2	3	8
1928-09-20	CIN @ ATL Gameday	5	2	4	1	3	7
1928-06-01	CIN @ ATL Gameday	6	1	4	1	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1924-04-15	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-16	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-18	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-19	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-20	CHC @ CIN 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.