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Art Ball
Arthur Clark Ball

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Weight 168 lb.

Debut August 1, 1894
Final Game October 15, 1898
Born April, 1876 in Kentucky
Died December 26, 1915 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1894 18 STL NL   1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .333  .333  .333   61    1               0    
 1898 22 BLN NL  32   81    7   15   2  0   0    8   2      7      .185  .258  .210   33   17   2           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       33   84    7   16   2  0   0    8   2  0   7   1  .190  .261  .214   34   18   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        412   34   79  10  0   0   39  10  0  34   5  .190  .261  .214   34   88  10   0   0   5   0
 Career High     32   81    7   15   2  0   0    8   2  0   7   1                          17   2   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1894 18 STL NL    3    2    0   0.0   127| .333  .315| .333  .387| .333  .445| .666  .832|  61  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1898 22 BLN NL   91   68    4   1.5    93| .185  .280| .258  .345| .210  .360| .468  .705|  33  .150  -7.0  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        94   70    4   1.5    94| .190  .281| .261  .346| .214  .363| .475  .709|  34  .139  -7.2  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1894 18 STL NL 2B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.70 1898 22 BLN NL 3B 15 18 30 5 3 .906 .902 3.20 3.42 SS 14 18 34 3 3 .945 .912 3.71 5.56 2B 2 1 10 0 0 1.000 .940 5.50 5.55 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1894 18 STL NL 2B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.70 1898 22 BLN NL 2B 2 1 10 0 0 1.000 .940 5.50 5.55 1898 22 BLN NL 3B 15 18 30 5 3 .906 .902 3.20 3.42 1898 22 BLN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 1 0 1898 22 BLN NL SS 14 18 34 3 3 .945 .912 3.71 5.56
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 15 18 30 5 3 .906 .902 3.20 3.42 SS 14 18 34 3 3 .945 .912 3.71 5.56 2B 3 3 10 1 0 .929 .935 4.33 5.60 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 33 40 74 9 6 .927 .911 3.45 4.48
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1894 NL-18-1

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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