| Ival Goodman | |
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| Right fielder | |
| Born:(1908-07-23)July 23, 1908 Northview, Missouri, U.S. | |
| Died: November 25, 1984(1984-11-25) (aged 76) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 16, 1935, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 23, 1944, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .281 |
| Home runs | 95 |
| Runs batted in | 525 |
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Ival Richard Goodman (July 23, 1908 – November 25, 1984) was an AmericanAll-Starright fielder inMajor League Baseball who played for theCincinnati Reds (1935–1942) andChicago Cubs (1943–1944). Goodman, who batted left-handed and threw right-handed, helped lead the Reds to aNational League pennant in 1939 and aWorld Series title in 1940, and he was elected to theCincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1959.
TheCincinnati Reds purchased Goodman from theSt. Louis Cardinals on November 3, 1934, for $25,000. The decision paid immediate dividends. In his first season in the majors, Goodman appeared in 148 games, hitting .269 with 12 home runs and 72 runs batted in. Goodman also scored 86 runs and led the league with 18 triples. He led the league again the following season with 14 triples.
Goodman remained a fixture in the Reds lineup in the following years. In 1938 he set a since-broken Reds record with 30 home runs, which was second only toMel Ott's 36 that season, while scoring 103 runs (fourth in the NL) and driving in 92 (eighth in the NL). He was named to the NLAll-Star team that season.
In the Reds' pennant-winning 1939 season, Goodman hit a career-high .323 (sixth best in the NL) and was again named to the NL All-Star team. He also hit .333 in theWorld Series that year, but the Reds lost to theNew York Yankees in an eventual four-game sweep.
The Reds rebounded in 1940, posting 100 wins for the first time in club history and winning their first World Series title since 1919, in what would be Goodman's final season as an everyday player. He hit .258 that year with 12 home runs and 78 runs scored. He also drove in five runs in the World Series that season.
Goodman appeared in just 42 games in 1941 and 87 games in 1942, and on November 14, 1942, theChicago Cubs purchased him from the Reds. He hit .320 in 80 games for the Cubs in 1943, but appeared in just 62 games the following season, which would be his last in the majors.
Goodman died on November 25, 1984, inCincinnati, Ohio.
| Years | Games | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | FLD% |
| 10 | 1107 | 4441 | 3928 | 609 | 1104 | 188 | 85 | 95 | 525 | 49 | 382 | 380 | .281 | .352 | .445 | .975 |
In the 1939 and 1940 World Series, Goodman posted a .295 batting average (13-for-44) with 8 runs scored and 6 RBI.