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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
21 1580 .233 .318 .310 .000 0
Birth Date11-20-1869
Height5' 7"
Weight156 lbs
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ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1891 BS2 21 10 30 23 6 4 1 1 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 .174 .367 .435 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1891 SL4 21 27 87 77 11 12 1 0 1 16 8 15 2 8 2 .156 .253 .208 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1893 CHN 23 4 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 .182 .182 .182 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1894 CHN 24 46 165 142 27 33 5 4 0 46 23 9 0 0 15 6 .232 .339 .324 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1895 CHN 25 43 163 144 20 46 3 0 1 52 16 9 1 2 27 2 .319 .391 .361 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1896 CHN 26 38 146 135 22 36 5 2 1 48 9 7 0 2 16 3 .267 .312 .356 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1897 CHN 27 46 183 162 27 38 8 4 0 54 18 8 0 3 21 2 .235 .311 .333 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1898 CHN 28 38 137 122 15 20 2 3 0 28 13 6 0 2 15 1 .164 .244 .230 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1899 CHN 29 39 140 120 15 31 5 0 0 36 14 9 2 4 14 2 .258 .346 .300 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1900 CHN 30 30 104 95 16 24 4 1 1 33 8 7 0 1 7 2 .253 .311 .347 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1901 CHA 31 35 115 89 21 27 3 1 2 38 23 5 0 3 14 0 .303 .446 .427 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1902 CHA 32 35 102 92 11 20 3 0 0 23 7 4 0 3 8 0 .217 .273 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1903 NYA 33 25 83 69 5 11 4 0 1 18 11 13 1 2 7 1 .159 .284 .261 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1904 NYA 34 16 47 42 2 6 2 0 0 8 4 13 0 1 1 0 .143 .217 .190 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1905 NYA 35 26 37 32 2 7 1 1 0 10 3 11 0 2 5 0 .219 .286 .312 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1906 NYA 36 17 23 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 2 1 0 .111 .238 .111 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1907 NYA 37 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1909 CIN 39 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1910 CIN 40 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1912 WS1 42 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1913 WS1 43 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1914 WS1 44 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career4851580138020232149178428166126727166221.233.318.310.0000.00.00.0

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1891 BS2 MLB 10 30 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1891 SL4 MLB 27 87 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1893 CHN MLB 4 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1894 CHN MLB 46 165 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1895 CHN MLB 43 163 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1896 CHN MLB 38 146 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1897 CHN MLB 46 183 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1898 CHN MLB 38 137 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1899 CHN MLB 39 140 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1900 CHN MLB 30 104 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1901 CHA MLB 35 115 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1902 CHA MLB 35 102 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1903 NYA MLB 25 83 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1904 NYA MLB 16 47 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1905 NYA MLB 26 37 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1906 NYA MLB 17 23 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1907 NYA MLB 5 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1909 CIN MLB 1 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1910 CIN MLB 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1912 WS1 MLB 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1913 WS1 MLB 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1914 WS1 MLB 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB1580.000.000.000.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1891 BS2 MLB 30 6 4 1 1 1 3 6 5 1 .174 .367 .435 .261 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1891 SL4 MLB 87 11 12 1 0 1 8 8 15 2 .156 .253 .208 .052 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1893 CHN MLB 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .182 .182 .182 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1894 CHN MLB 165 27 33 5 4 0 15 23 9 6 .232 .339 .324 .092 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1895 CHN MLB 163 20 46 3 0 1 27 16 9 2 .319 .391 .361 .042 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1896 CHN MLB 146 22 36 5 2 1 16 9 7 3 .267 .312 .356 .089 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1897 CHN MLB 183 27 38 8 4 0 21 18 8 2 .235 .311 .333 .099 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1898 CHN MLB 137 15 20 2 3 0 15 13 6 1 .164 .244 .230 .066 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1899 CHN MLB 140 15 31 5 0 0 14 14 9 2 .258 .346 .300 .042 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1900 CHN MLB 104 16 24 4 1 1 7 8 7 2 .253 .311 .347 .095 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1901 CHA MLB 115 21 27 3 1 2 14 23 5 0 .303 .446 .427 .124 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1902 CHA MLB 102 11 20 3 0 0 8 7 4 0 .217 .273 .250 .033 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1903 NYA MLB 83 5 11 4 0 1 7 11 13 1 .159 .284 .261 .101 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1904 NYA MLB 47 2 6 2 0 0 1 4 13 0 .143 .217 .190 .048 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1905 NYA MLB 37 2 7 1 1 0 5 3 11 0 .219 .286 .312 .094 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1906 NYA MLB 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 .111 .238 .111 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1907 NYA MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1909 CIN MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1910 CIN MLB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1912 WS1 MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1913 WS1 MLB 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1914 WS1 MLB 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0

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BP Articles

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  Title Author Date
Skewed Left: The Best of FDR's Baseball CorrespondenceZachary Levine2013-01-22
Wezen-Ball: Joe Engel Trades for a TurkeyLarry Granillo2012-11-20
Wezen-Ball: Ballplayers and the Women who Love ThemLarry Granillo2012-05-16
The Lineup Card: 9 Forgotten Players from Defunct FranchisesBaseball Prospectus2011-09-08
BP Unfiltered: SABR 41 Liveblog, Day OneColin Wyers2011-07-07
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: Starting PitchersJay Jaffe2010-12-20
Prospectus Hit and Run: Billy and GeorgeJay Jaffe2010-11-22
This article requires BP Premium accessGM for a Day: Minnesota TwinsKen Funck2010-11-15
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Don't Call it the Veterans' CommitteeJay Jaffe2010-07-28
You Can Blog It Up: DPOTD: The Worst Exchange of First Basemen EverSteven Goldman2010-06-04
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day and Other Notes #14Steven Goldman2010-04-16
This article requires BP Premium accessYou Could Look It Up: Three Joes and Some Other Guys Named OverbaySteven Goldman2010-02-11
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: 10 Men OutJay Jaffe2010-01-13
You Could Look It Up: Why Babe Phelps and I Weren't in St. Louis Last WeekSteven Goldman2009-04-28
This article requires BP Premium accessYou Could Look It Up: Livan Hernandez Makes the ListSteven Goldman2008-08-12
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Having a BallJay Jaffe2008-02-22
Schrodinger's Bat: Gameday Meets the KnuckleballDan Fox2007-06-21
This article requires BP Premium accessSchrodinger's Bat: The Burgess Shale and Other Weighty MattersDan Fox2007-02-08
Prospectus Notebook: Royals, MarinersBaseball Prospectus2005-11-23
This article requires BP Premium accessAn Objective Hall of Fame: Part Four, 1944-1946Clay Davenport2005-08-18
This article requires BP Premium accessDamned Yankees: Past Efforts to Level the Playing FieldMark Armour2003-08-11


BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-05-28 13:00:00Hey Steven, The wife's doing OK, but the cats are PO'd. Dusty and I are not on speaking terms. In any case, you seem to have quite a bit of vitriol for Connie Mack (your most recent YCLIU, for example). I'm curious, what did you think of the Macht book, which tended to a kinder, gentler portrayal of the old Ath-a-letic?
(josher464 from NYC)		I love Connie Mack in some ways. He was a unique figure in baseball. Clark Griffith did what Mack did for awhile, but not for nearly as long. I also think that he killed American League baseball in Philadelphia through a combination of short-sightedness and senility. He never embraced the farm system and he was part of the racist cabal that held to a perverse "principal" at the expense of winning or even making money. Welcome to the Darwinism of Bad Ideas. That the Phillies would outlast him in Philadelphia should have been impossible, and if you quizzed anyone on that topic up through 1949 ("Survey: Say Philadelphia has only one team in ten years. Which team will it be?") I would guess you would get A's as your answer nine times out of ten. That said, I admire his weirdly Victorian bearing, so unusual for the more rough and tumble style of his times, the fact that he was generally humane to his players, also unusual, and his ability to scout up two great teams pretty much on his own... I just think he was inherently dishonest about what he was up to after the 1930s. I haven't read the Macht book. Maybe it will convince me otherwise. (Steven Goldman)
2008-05-28 13:00:00Isn't an 80s book only gonna bring back MORE nostalgia for the "beloved" 1982 Brewers? Can we please tell the people of Milwaukee that this isn't necessarily a GOOD thing, since it leads to things like Ned Yost as manager, Ted Simmons and/or Robin Yount as manager(s) in waiting, and the pleading for Paul Molitor to do anything with the club. /end vent.
(strupp from Madison)		I'm going to refer your question to resident Brewers aficionado Jay Jaffe, who will be handling Milwaukee duties on the book. Your question reminds me of the Washington Senators, where Clark Griffith tended to re-employ any player who used to work for him. (Steven Goldman)


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