John Stone
Nickname(s): Rocky
1905-1955
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OF 1928-38 Tigers, Senators
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| Games | Average | HR | RBI |
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1198 | .310 | 77 | 707 |
Stone hit .300 seven times and was so highly thought of that the Senators traded Hall of Famer Goose Goslin straight-up for him in December 1933. He was one season removed from his career year, 1932, when he hit .297 with personal highs of 17 HR, 35 doubles, 108 RBI, and 106 runs, not particularly remarkable totals at the time. Goslin went on to help the Tigers to a pennant in 1934 while the Senators, who had won in 1933, dropped to seventh place. The only time the lefthanded-hitting Stone approached the level of his 1932 statistics again was in 1936, when he hit .341 with 15 HR, 90 RBI, and 95 runs. An illness in 1938 ended his major league career. In his first season as a regular, 1930, Stone had a 23-game hitting streak, which he topped the following year with a 25-game string. On May 30, 1933, he hit two HR and four doubles in a doubleheader; he was the first player to have six extra-base hits in a doubleheader without extra innings. (JFC)
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
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| » September 24, 1928: The Tigers draw 404 fans for their last meeting with the Red Sox, winning 8–0 behind Sam Gibson's 5-hitter. Pat Simmons is knocked out in the 7th when he gives up consecutive triples to Al Wingo, batting 9th, John Stone, and Charlie Gehringer. Harry Heilmann has a home run and double for Detroit. Jack Rothrock is busy for Boston playing LF, SS, and pitching a shutout last inning.
» August 9, 1930: John Stone, Detroit OF, doubles in two runs in the 6th inning against Boston as the Tigers win 3–0. Stone has now hit in 23 straight games, but will go hitless in tomorrow's Sunday game at Fenway. Vic Sorrell tosses today's shutout.
» August 10, 1930:
At Fenway, Detroit's Earl Whitehill wins his 9th straight, beating the Red Sox, 4–2. The Sox score their two runs in the 9th. Detroit collects nine hits, but John Stone goes hitless ending his 23-game hitting streak. » May 30, 1933:
Detroit OF John Stone is the first major leaguer to collect six long hits in a regulation length doubleheader, as he bangs out four doubles and two homers for Detroit in a split with the Browns. National leaguers Chick Hafey and Mel Ott have collected six long hits, but their games ran more than regulation length. The Tigers take the opener, 8–6, then drop the 2nd game, 3–1.
» June 16, 1935: Senators OF John Stone adds eight hits to four he made yesterday with two triples, two doubles, and four singles in a doubleheader split with the Browns. Stone scores five runs in the opener, a 17-8 win, and the Browns outslug the Nats in game 2, 10–9. |
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