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Buck Becannon
James Melvin Becannon

Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut October 15, 1884
Final Game May 28, 1887
Born August 22, 1859 in New York, NY
Died November 5, 1923 in New York, NY

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 24 NYP AA   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    6.0    2    2    1   0    2    2   0   0    24       0  1.50  3.11  208 0.667
 1885 25 NYP AA   2   8  10  10  10   0   0  0   85.0  108   84   59   5   24   13   5  13   394       0  6.25  2.79   45 1.553
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .273   3   8  11  11  11   0   0  0   91.0  110   86   60   5   26   15   5  13   418       0  5.93  2.81   47 1.495
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  24  34  34  34   0   0  0  281.0  340  265  185  15   80   46  15  40  1292   0   0  5.93  2.81   47 1.495
 Career High      2   8  10  10  10   0   0  0   85.0  108   84   59   5   24   13   5  13   394   0   0  6.25  2.79   45 1.553

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 24 NYP AA   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1885 25 NYP AA  10   33    3   10   0  0   0    2   0      1      .303  .343  .303  121   10               1    
 1887 27 NYG NL   1    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       12   41    3   10   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .244  .279  .244   74   10   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        554   41  135   0  0   0   27   0  0  14  27  .244  .279  .244   74  135   0   0   0  14   0
 Career High     10   33    3   10   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   2                          10   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 24 NYP AA    3    3    0   0.0    68| .000  .244| .000  .283| .000  .333| .000  .616|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1885 25 NYP AA   35   23    3   3.5    61| .303  .233| .343  .277| .303  .312| .646  .589| 121  .507   0.8   0.1     
 1887 27 NYG NL    5    5    0   0.0    94| .000  .270| .000  .327| .000  .384| .000  .711|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        43   31    3   2.6    65| .244  .238| .279  .283| .244  .322| .523  .605|  74  .359  -1.1  -0.1     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 24 NYP AA P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 2.10 3.00 2.25 1 6.0 1885 25 NYP AA P 10 1 17 1 0 .947 .878 1.80 1.79 1.91 1.90 10 85.0 1887 27 NYG NL 3B 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .870 4.00 3.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 27 NYG NL 3B 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .870 4.00 3.40 1884 24 NYP AA P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 2.10 3.00 2.25 1 6.0 1885 25 NYP AA P 10 1 17 1 0 .947 .878 1.80 1.79 1.91 1.90 10 85.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 11 1 19 1 0 .952 .873 1.82 1.82 11 91.0 3B 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .870 4.00 3.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 12 3 21 3 0 .889 .873 2.00 1.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1884   WS    NYP PRO     L   1   1  10.50  0  1  0  1   6     9   7   2   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1884   WS    NYP PRO     L   1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Home Runs Allow.
1885 AA-5-10

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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