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Dick Bartell
Richard William Bartell (Rowdy Richard or Shortwave)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut October 2, 1927
Final Game May 24, 1946
Born November 22, 1907 in Chicago, IL
Died August 4, 1995 in Alameda, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 19 PIT NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      2   0  .000  .500  .000   40    0   0           0    
 1928 20 PIT NL  72  233   27   71   8  4   1   36   4     21  18  .305  .377  .386   97   90  11           6    
 1929 21 PIT NL 143  610  101  184  40 13   2   57  11     40  29  .302  .347  .420   87  256  22           2    
 1930 22 PIT NL 129  475   69  152  32 13   4   75   8     39  34  .320  .378  .467  103  222  22           5    
 1931 23 PHI NL 135  554   88  160  43  7   0   34   6     27  38  .289  .325  .392   86  217  30           3     MVP-23
 1932 24 PHI NL 154  614  118  189  48  7   1   53   8     64  47  .308  .379  .414  104  254  35           6    
 1933 25 PHI NL 152  587   78  159  25  5   1   37   6     56  46  .271  .340  .336   84  197  37           5   8 MVP-21,AS
 1934 26 PHI NL 146  604  102  187  30  4   0   37  13     64  59  .310  .384  .373   94  225   9           9  11
 1935 27 NYG NL 137  539   60  141  28  4  14   53   5     37  52  .262  .316  .406   94  219  21           6   9
 1936 28 NYG NL 145  510   71  152  31  3   8   42   6     40  36  .298  .355  .418  108  213  18           5   9 MVP-19
 1937 29 NYG NL 128  516   91  158  38  2  14   62   5     40  38  .306  .367  .469  125  242  14          10   9 MVP-6,AS
 1938 30 NYG NL 127  481   67  126  26  1   9   49   4     55  60  .262  .347  .376   98  181   9           8  10
 1939 31 CHC NL 105  336   37   80  24  2   3   34   6     42  25  .238  .335  .348   82  117  10           7  10
 1940 32 DET AL 139  528   76  123  24  3   7   53  12  2  76  53  .233  .335  .330   67  174  11           5  11 MVP-12
 1941 33 TOT    109  385   44  115  21  0   5   36   6  1  54  31  .299  .392  .392  119  151  10           5  11
         DET AL   5   12    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  1   2   2  .167  .333  .250   50    3   1           1   0
         NYG NL 104  373   44  113  20  0   5   35   6     52  29  .303  .394  .397  121  148   9           4  11
 1942 34 NYG NL  90  316   53   77  10  3   5   24   4     44  34  .244  .351  .342  102  108   5           8   6
 1943 35 NYG NL  99  337   48   91  14  0   5   28   5     47  27  .270  .371  .356  109  120   5           7   8 MVP-24
 1946 38 NYG NL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7629      2165     71      710      3     627  .284  .355  .391   96      269   0   0  97 102
               2016      1130      442     79      109    748                            2986
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        613   91  174  36  6   6   57   9  0  60  50  .284  .355  .391   96  240  22   0   0   8   8
 Career High    154  614  118  189  48 13  14   75  13  2  76  60  .320  .392  .469  125  256  37   0   0  10  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 19 PIT NL    4    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .298| .500  .358| .000  .412| .500  .770|  40  .000   0.1   0.0     
 1928 20 PIT NL  271  173   33   5.1   112| .305  .295| .377  .361| .386  .420| .763  .780|  97  .528  -0.8  -0.1     
 1929 21 PIT NL  674  448   88   5.2   123| .302  .307| .347  .371| .420  .447| .767  .818|  87  .479 -13.5  -1.2     
 1930 22 PIT NL  541  345   82   6.3   126| .320  .312| .378  .370| .467  .464| .845  .834| 103  .534   2.3   0.2     
 1931 23 PHI NL  614  424   70   4.4   110| .289  .295| .325  .355| .392  .416| .717  .771|  86  .479 -12.1  -1.2     
 1932 24 PHI NL  719  460   95   5.6   112| .308  .297| .379  .351| .414  .430| .793  .781| 104  .576   6.0   0.6     
 1933 25 PHI NL  685  473   66   3.7   101| .271  .288| .340  .342| .336  .394| .676  .736|  84  .461 -11.2  -1.2     
 1934 26 PHI NL  686  437   85   5.2   115| .310  .302| .384  .359| .373  .430| .757  .789|  94  .541  -3.0  -0.3     
 1935 27 NYG NL  603  428   68   4.2   102| .262  .283| .316  .338| .406  .403| .722  .742|  94  .455  -4.8  -0.5     
 1936 28 NYG NL  573  385   74   5.2   102| .298  .285| .355  .344| .418  .398| .773  .742| 108  .544   6.5   0.6     
 1937 29 NYG NL  580  381   86   6.0   102| .306  .281| .367  .343| .469  .399| .836  .742| 125  .629  18.6   1.8     
 1938 30 NYG NL  553  374   61   4.4   100| .262  .276| .347  .340| .376  .393| .723  .733|  98  .498   0.5   0.1     
 1939 31 CHC NL  395  276   38   3.7   105| .238  .283| .335  .349| .348  .404| .683  .753|  82  .402  -7.0  -0.7     
 1940 32 DET AL  620  429   59   3.6   119| .233  .290| .335  .364| .330  .439| .665  .804|  67  .363 -26.1  -2.5  85%
 1941 33 TOT     454  292   58   5.3    96| .299  .269| .392  .340| .392  .379| .784  .719| 119  .610  12.6   1.3  85%
         DET AL   16   12    1   2.2   115| .167  .287| .333  .365| .250  .423| .583  .789|  50  .202  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         NYG NL  438  280   57   5.4    96| .303  .268| .394  .339| .397  .378| .791  .717| 121  .622  13.4   1.4     
 1942 34 NYG NL  373  250   36   3.9    88| .244  .257| .351  .329| .342  .357| .693  .686| 102  .508   2.4   0.3     
 1943 35 NYG NL  396  259   43   4.5    90| .270  .266| .371  .335| .356  .361| .727  .696| 109  .557   6.6   0.7     
 1946 38 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0    93| .000  .264| .000  .339| .000  .369| .000  .708|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     8743 5838 1042   4.8   107| .284  .288| .355  .350| .391  .412| .746  .762|  96  .511 -23.6  -2.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1927 19 PIT NL  SS    1      3    2    0    1 1.000  .943  5.00  5.20            
 1928 20 PIT NL  2B   39    106  118    6   26  .974  .970  5.74  5.71            
                 SS   27     52   81   10   14  .930  .950  4.93  5.22            
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00            
 1929 21 PIT NL  SS   74    179  246   21   42  .953  .950  5.74  5.37            
                 2B   70    213  212   12   45  .973  .968  6.07  5.46            
 1930 22 PIT NL  SS  126    304  458   48  111  .941  .952  6.05  5.36            
 1931 23 PHI NL  SS  133    315  432   41   96  .948  .954  5.62  5.06            
                 2B    3      4   10    1    2  .933  .966  4.67  5.23            
 1932 24 PHI NL  SS  154    359  529   34   83  .963  .946  5.77  5.07            
 1933 25 PHI NL  SS  152    381  493   45  100  .951  .949  5.75  4.94             AS
 1934 26 PHI NL  SS  146    350  483   40   93  .954  .951  5.71  5.14            
 1935 27 NYG NL  SS  137    339  424   37   71  .954  .947  5.57  5.10            
 1936 28 NYG NL  SS  144    317  559   40  106  .956  .945  6.08  5.10            
 1937 29 NYG NL  SS  128    281  476   33   96  .958  .951  5.91  4.85             AS
 1938 30 NYG NL  SS  127    288  447   37   85  .952  .943  5.79  4.91            
 1939 31 CHC NL  SS  101    241  307   33   62  .943  .953  5.43  5.09            
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.80            
 1940 32 DET AL  SS  139    295  394   34   74  .953  .949  4.96  4.53            
 1941 33 TOT     SS   26     43   56    4    7  .961  .950  3.81  4.78            
         DET AL  SS    5     12   11    2    2  .920  .947  4.60  4.60            
         NYG NL  3B   84     91  169   11   16  .959  .949  3.10  3.16            
                 SS   21     31   45    2    5  .974  .951  3.62  4.82            
 1942 34 NYG NL  3B   52     76  115    7   13  .965  .940  3.67  3.03            
                 SS   31     59   76    7   14  .951  .955  4.35  4.87            
 1943 35 NYG NL  3B   54     62  131    4    9  .980  .948  3.57  2.97            
                 SS   33     66  127    7   17  .965  .954  5.85  4.97            
 1946 38 NYG NL  3B    4      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.75  2.85            
                 2B    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  5.10            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1928 20 PIT NL  2B   39    106  118    6   26  .974  .970  5.74  5.71            
 1929 21 PIT NL  2B   70    213  212   12   45  .973  .968  6.07  5.46            
 1931 23 PHI NL  2B    3      4   10    1    2  .933  .966  4.67  5.23            
 1946 38 NYG NL  2B    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  5.10            

 1928 20 PIT NL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00            
 1939 31 CHC NL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.80            
 1941 33 NYG NL  3B   84     91  169   11   16  .959  .949  3.10  3.16            
 1942 34 NYG NL  3B   52     76  115    7   13  .965  .940  3.67  3.03            
 1943 35 NYG NL  3B   54     62  131    4    9  .980  .948  3.57  2.97            
 1946 38 NYG NL  3B    4      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.75  2.85            

 1927 19 PIT NL  SS    1      3    2    0    1 1.000  .943  5.00  5.20            
 1928 20 PIT NL  SS   27     52   81   10   14  .930  .950  4.93  5.22            
 1929 21 PIT NL  SS   74    179  246   21   42  .953  .950  5.74  5.37            
 1930 22 PIT NL  SS  126    304  458   48  111  .941  .952  6.05  5.36            
 1931 23 PHI NL  SS  133    315  432   41   96  .948  .954  5.62  5.06            
 1932 24 PHI NL  SS  154    359  529   34   83  .963  .946  5.77  5.07            
 1933 25 PHI NL  SS  152    381  493   45  100  .951  .949  5.75  4.94            
 1934 26 PHI NL  SS  146    350  483   40   93  .954  .951  5.71  5.14            
 1935 27 NYG NL  SS  137    339  424   37   71  .954  .947  5.57  5.10            
 1936 28 NYG NL  SS  144    317  559   40  106  .956  .945  6.08  5.10            
 1937 29 NYG NL  SS  128    281  476   33   96  .958  .951  5.91  4.85            
 1938 30 NYG NL  SS  127    288  447   37   85  .952  .943  5.79  4.91            
 1939 31 CHC NL  SS  101    241  307   33   62  .943  .953  5.43  5.09            
 1940 32 DET AL  SS  139    295  394   34   74  .953  .949  4.96  4.53            
 1941 33 TOT     SS   26     43   56    4    7  .961  .950  3.81  4.78            
         DET AL  SS    5     12   11    2    2  .920  .947  4.60  4.60            
         NYG NL  SS   21     31   45    2    5  .974  .951  3.62  4.82            
 1942 34 NYG NL  SS   31     59   76    7   14  .951  .955  4.35  4.87            
 1943 35 NYG NL  SS   33     66  127    7   17  .965  .954  5.85  4.97            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  SS 1679   3872 5590  471 1072  .953  .949  5.64  5.02            
                 3B  196    229  418   22   38  .967  .946  3.30  3.06            
                 2B  114    324  340   19   73  .972  .969  5.82  5.53            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1989   4425 6348  512 1183  .955  .950  5.42  4.86
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  21   5   8  3  0  1   3   4   4  .381  .480  .667   0  0   2   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   5  21   3   5  1  0  0   1   0   3  .238  .238  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   7  26   2   7  2  0  0   3   3   3  .269  .345  .346   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        0-3  18  68  10  20  6  0  1   7   7  10  .294  .360  .426   0  1   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   PHI NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1937   NYG NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .167  .167  .167 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1933 (SS)
1937 (SS)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-NL-23-0.02
1933-NL-21-0.04
1936-NL-19-0.02
1937-NL-6-0.32
1940-AL-12-0.08
1943-NL-24-0.01
Car-433-0.49 shares

On-base %
1934 NL-.384-10
1941 NL-.394-9

Games
1932 NL-154-1
1933 NL-152-5
1934 NL-146-10

At Bats
1929 NL-610-9
1932 NL-614-7
1933 NL-587-9
1934 NL-604-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1932 NL-719-2
1933 NL-685-3
1934 NL-686-2

Runs
1932 NL-118-5
1934 NL-102-10

Hits
1932 NL-189-7
1934 NL-187-9

Doubles
1931 NL-43-3
1932 NL-48-4
1937 NL-38-3
Car-442-91

Triples
1929 NL-13-5
1930 NL-13-9

Bases on Balls
1932 NL-64-3
1933 NL-56-6
1934 NL-64-7

Strikeouts
1934 NL-59-10
1938 NL-60-9

Stolen Bases
1934 NL-13-3
1940 AL-12-10

Singles
1932 NL-133-7
1934 NL-153-3

Runs Created
1937 NL-86-10

Extra-Base Hits
1937 NL-54-7

Times on Base
1932 NL-259-6
1934 NL-260-5

Hit By Pitch
1928 NL-6-5
1930 NL-5-7
1932 NL-6-5
1933 NL-5-6
1934 NL-9-1
1935 NL-6-5
1936 NL-5-10
1937 NL-10-1
1938 NL-8-2
1939 NL-7-1
1940 AL-5-2
1941 NL-4-5
1942 NL-8-1
1943 NL-7-1
Car-97-67

Sac. Hits
1929 NL-22-5
1930 NL-22-6
1931 NL-30-2
1932 NL-35-1
1933 NL-37-1
1935 NL-21-2
1936 NL-18-2
1937 NL-14-3
1940 AL-11-5
Car-269-25

Outs
1929 NL-448-2
1931 NL-424-8
1932 NL-460-3
1933 NL-473-2
1934 NL-437-8

Youngest Player
1927 NL-19-2
1928 NL-20-3
1929 NL-21-8

      

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (725) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 28.9 (299) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 66.5 (275) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 6, 1930: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tommy Thevenow and Claude Willoughby.

November 1, 1934: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants for Pretzel Pezzullo, Blondy Ryan, Johnny Vergez, George Watkins, and cash.

December 6, 1938: Traded by the New York Giants with Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso to the Chicago Cubs for Frank Demaree, Billy Jurges, and Ken O'Dea.

December 6, 1939: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Rogell.

May 15, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

December 2, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.

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Uniforms 
View Dick Bartell's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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