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Lou Bierbauer
Louis W. Bierbauer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 140 lb.

Debut April 17, 1886
Final Game April 30, 1898
Born September 28, 1865 in Erie, PA
Died January 31, 1926 in Erie, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1886 20 PHA AA 137  522   56  118  17  5   2   47  19     21      .226  .256  .289   71  151               0    
 1887 21 PHA AA 126  530   74  144  19  7   1   82  40     13      .272  .289  .340   74  180               0    
 1888 22 PHA AA 134  535   83  143  20  9   0   80  34     25      .267  .301  .338  104  181               1    
 1889 23 PHA AA 130  549   80  167  27  7   7  105  17     29  30  .304  .344  .417  118  229               4    
 1890 24 BWW PL 133  589  128  180  31 11   7   99  16     40  15  .306  .350  .431  103  254               0    
 1891 25 PIT NL 121  500   60  103  13  6   1   47  12     28  19  .206  .252  .262   52  131               3    
 1892 26 PIT NL 152  649   81  153  20  9   8   65  11     25  29  .236  .264  .331   80  215               0    
 1893 27 PIT NL 128  528   84  150  19 11   4   94  11     36  12  .284  .335  .384   92  203               4    
 1894 28 PIT NL 130  525   86  159  19 13   3  107  19     26   9  .303  .337  .406   79  213               1    
 1895 29 PIT NL 117  466   53  120  13 11   0   69  18     19   8  .258  .290  .333   63  155  13           2    
 1896 30 PIT NL  59  258   33   74  10  6   0   39   7      5   7  .287  .300  .372   80   96   2           0    
 1897 31 STL NL  12   46    1   10   0  0   0    1   2      0      .217  .217  .217   16   10   3           0    
 1898 32 STL NL   4    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .100  .000  -71    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1383 5706  819 1521 208 95  33  835 206  0 268 129  .267  .301  .354   83 2018  18   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        668   96  178  24 11   4   98  24  0  31  15  .267  .301  .354   83  236   2   0   0   2   0
 Career High    152  649  128  180  31 13   8  107  40  0  40  30  .306  .350  .431  118  254  13   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1886 20 PHA AA  543  404   39   2.5    75| .226  .247| .256  .310| .289  .329| .545  .639|  71  .359 -19.3  -2.2     
 1887 21 PHA AA  543  386   52   3.5    97| .272  .280| .289  .344| .340  .378| .629  .722|  74  .395 -21.0  -2.1     
 1888 22 PHA AA  561  392   54   3.7    71| .267  .245| .301  .302| .338  .323| .639  .625| 104  .556   1.3   0.1     
 1889 23 PHA AA  582  382   78   5.3    91| .304  .265| .344  .337| .417  .360| .761  .697| 118  .614  10.5   1.1     
 1890 24 BWW PL  629  409   89   5.7   110| .306  .288| .350  .368| .431  .401| .781  .769| 103  .576  -0.6  -0.1     
 1891 25 PIT NL  531  397   33   2.2    86| .206  .256| .252  .330| .262  .349| .514  .679|  52  .255 -32.0  -3.4     
 1892 26 PIT NL  674  496   57   3.0    81| .236  .252| .264  .325| .331  .337| .595  .662|  80  .414 -20.3  -2.2     
 1893 27 PIT NL  568  378   67   4.7   104| .284  .283| .335  .361| .384  .386| .719  .747|  92  .479  -8.2  -0.8     
 1894 28 PIT NL  552  366   72   5.1   126| .303  .314| .337  .385| .406  .443| .743  .828|  79  .429 -20.6  -1.8     
 1895 29 PIT NL  500  359   44   3.2   108| .258  .296| .290  .361| .333  .399| .623  .761|  63  .292 -27.0  -2.5     
 1896 30 PIT NL  265  186   29   4.1   104| .287  .292| .300  .357| .372  .390| .672  .747|  80  .420  -9.0  -0.9     
 1897 31 STL NL   49   39    2   1.3   106| .217  .296| .217  .360| .217  .393| .434  .753|  16  .087  -5.7  -0.6     
 1898 32 STL NL   10    9    0   0.0    93| .000  .280| .100  .345| .000  .360| .100  .705| -71  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6007 4203  616   3.8    95| .267  .273| .301  .343| .354  .371| .655  .714|  83  .440 -154.0 -15.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1886 20 PHA AA   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0   10.7    8    9    5   0    5    1   0   0    50       0  4.22  3.51   83 1.219
 1887 21 PHA AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    1   0   0     3       0  0.00  4.29  inf 0.000
 1888 22 PHA AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    1    0   0    0    3   0   0    14       0  0.00  3.00  inf 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL undef   0   0   4   0   0   0   4  1   14.7   13   10    5   0    5    5   0   0    67       0  3.07  3.46  113 1.227
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68 17  249.7  221  170   85   0   85   85   0   0  1139   0   0  3.07  3.46  113 1.227

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1886 20 PHA AA 2B 133 380 429 80 54 .910 .908 6.08 6.00 C 4 24 2 3 0 .897 .909 6.50 7.00 4 SS 2 2 4 6 1 .500 .857 3.00 4.50 P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 0.00 2.02 0 10.7 1887 21 PHA AA 2B 126 332 378 61 45 .921 .906 5.63 5.96 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1888 22 PHA AA 2B 121 342 399 68 39 .916 .916 6.12 5.54 3B 13 22 24 2 2 .958 .866 3.54 3.44 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1889 23 PHA AA 2B 130 472 406 55 80 .941 .917 6.75 5.59 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00 0 1890 24 BWW PL 2B 133 372 468 62 77 .931 .913 6.32 5.79 1891 25 PIT NL 2B 121 331 384 55 42 .929 .929 5.91 5.88 1892 26 PIT NL 2B 152 385 555 49 66 .950 .929 6.18 5.59 1893 27 PIT NL 2B 128 352 441 34 71 .959 .933 6.20 5.88 1894 28 PIT NL 2B 130 309 453 50 58 .938 .928 5.86 5.71 1895 29 PIT NL 2B 117 284 400 39 52 .946 .933 5.85 5.63 1896 30 PIT NL 2B 59 140 206 12 32 .966 .939 5.86 5.41 1897 31 STL NL 2B 12 25 33 5 4 .921 .935 4.83 5.53 1898 32 STL NL 2B 2 0 3 4 0 .429 .938 1.50 5.55 SS 1 3 7 0 0 1.000 .909 10.00 5.60 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1886 20 PHA AA 2B 133 380 429 80 54 .910 .908 6.08 6.00 1887 21 PHA AA 2B 126 332 378 61 45 .921 .906 5.63 5.96 1888 22 PHA AA 2B 121 342 399 68 39 .916 .916 6.12 5.54 1889 23 PHA AA 2B 130 472 406 55 80 .941 .917 6.75 5.59 1890 24 BWW PL 2B 133 372 468 62 77 .931 .913 6.32 5.79 1891 25 PIT NL 2B 121 331 384 55 42 .929 .929 5.91 5.88 1892 26 PIT NL 2B 152 385 555 49 66 .950 .929 6.18 5.59 1893 27 PIT NL 2B 128 352 441 34 71 .959 .933 6.20 5.88 1894 28 PIT NL 2B 130 309 453 50 58 .938 .928 5.86 5.71 1895 29 PIT NL 2B 117 284 400 39 52 .946 .933 5.85 5.63 1896 30 PIT NL 2B 59 140 206 12 32 .966 .939 5.86 5.41 1897 31 STL NL 2B 12 25 33 5 4 .921 .935 4.83 5.53 1898 32 STL NL 2B 2 0 3 4 0 .429 .938 1.50 5.55 1888 22 PHA AA 3B 13 22 24 2 2 .958 .866 3.54 3.44 1898 32 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 1886 20 PHA AA C 4 24 2 3 0 .897 .909 6.50 7.00 4 1889 23 PHA AA C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00 0 1886 20 PHA AA P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 0.00 2.02 0 10.7 1887 21 PHA AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1888 22 PHA AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1886 20 PHA AA SS 2 2 4 6 1 .500 .857 3.00 4.50 1898 32 STL NL SS 1 3 7 0 0 1.000 .909 10.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 2B 1364 3724 4555 574 620 .935 .922 6.07 5.74 3B 14 22 24 2 2 .958 .866 3.29 3.44 C 5 24 2 3 0 .897 .909 5.20 6.80 4 P* 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.02 0 14.7 SS 3 5 11 6 1 .727 .889 5.33 4.87 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1390 3775 4592 585 623 .935 .921 6.02 5.71
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.

Games
1886 AA-137-9
1890 PL-133-3
1892 NL-152-5

At Bats
1890 PL-589-2
1892 NL-649-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1890 PL-629-4

Runs
1890 PL-128-7

Hits
1890 PL-180-6

Total Bases
1889 AA-229-9
1890 PL-254-7

Doubles
1890 PL-31-9

Home Runs
1889 AA-7-9
1892 NL-8-6

RBI
1888 AA-80-8
1889 AA-105-4
1890 PL-99-9

Singles
1890 PL-131-5

Extra-Base Hits
1890 PL-49-10

Power/Speed Number
1889 AA-9.9-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 AA-18.3-10
1890 PL-39.3-2
1891 NL-26.3-6
1894 NL-58.3-7
1895 NL-58.3-3
Car-31.5-20

At Bats per Home Run
1889 AA-78.4-9

Outs
1890 PL-409-2
1892 NL-496-2

Saves
1887 AA-1-2

Games Finished
1886 AA-2-2

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 33 (714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (834) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.5 (875) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

March 3, 1897: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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