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Babe Borton
William Baker Borton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 2, 1912
Final Game September 30, 1916
Born August 14, 1888 in Marion, IL
Died July 29, 1954 in Berkeley, CA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 23 CHW AL  31  105   15   39   3  1   0   17   1      8      .371  .416  .419  142   44   5           0    
 1913 24 TOT AL  61  188   17   36   7  0   0   24   2     41  24  .191  .342  .229   68   43   6           2    
         CHW AL  28   80    9   22   5  0   0   13   1     23   5  .275  .442  .338  130   27   2           1    
         NYY AL  33  108    8   14   2  0   0   11   1     18  19  .130  .260  .148   20   16   4           1    
 1915 26 SLM FL 159  549   97  157  20 14   3   83  17     92  64  .286  .395  .390  126  214  20           7    
 1916 27 SLB AL  66   98   10   22   1  2   1   12   1     19  13  .224  .350  .306  102   30   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      317  940  139  254  31 17   4  136  21  0 160 101  .270  .381  .352  114  331  33   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        480   71  130  16  9   2   70  11  0  82  52  .270  .381  .352  114  169  17   0   0   5   0
 Career High    159  549   97  157  20 14   3   83  17  0  92  64  .286  .395  .390  126  214  20   0   0   7   0

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 23 CHW AL  118   71   18   6.7    89| .371  .269| .416  .337| .419  .354| .835  .691| 142  .729   5.8   0.6     
 1913 24 TOT AL  237  158   16   2.7    87| .191  .264| .342  .335| .229  .347| .571  .682|  68  .369  -4.8  -0.6     
         CHW AL  106   60   12   5.3    86| .275  .263| .442  .335| .338  .346| .780  .681| 130  .670   5.5   0.6     
         NYY AL  131   98    4   1.1    87| .130  .265| .260  .336| .148  .347| .408  .683|  20  .100 -10.3  -1.2     
 1915 26 SLM FL  668  412   83   5.4    90| .286  .268| .395  .336| .390  .359| .785  .695| 126  .674  26.1   2.9     
 1916 27 SLB AL  119   78   11   3.8    79| .224  .251| .350  .324| .306  .328| .656  .652| 102  .546   0.9   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1142  719  128   4.8    88| .270  .265| .381  .335| .352  .353| .733  .687| 114  .622  27.9   3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1912 23 CHW AL  1B   30    312   16    1   14  .997  .983 10.93 10.17            
 1913 24 TOT AL  1B   59    632   44   11   35  .984  .986 11.46 10.48            
         CHW AL  1B   26    301   12    3   19  .991  .986 12.04 10.48            
         NYY AL  1B   33    331   32    8   16  .978  .986 11.00 10.48            
 1915 26 SLM FL  1B  159   1571   58   12   91  .993  .987 10.25  6.29            
 1916 27 SLB AL  1B   22    205    8    2    7  .991  .988  9.68 10.45            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1912 23 CHW AL  1B   30    312   16    1   14  .997  .983 10.93 10.17            
 1913 24 TOT AL  1B   59    632   44   11   35  .984  .986 11.46 10.48            
         CHW AL  1B   26    301   12    3   19  .991  .986 12.04 10.48            
         NYY AL  1B   33    331   32    8   16  .978  .986 11.00 10.48            
 1915 26 SLM FL  1B  159   1571   58   12   91  .993  .987 10.25  6.29            
 1916 27 SLB AL  1B   22    205    8    2    7  .991  .988  9.68 10.45            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  1B  270   2720  126   26  147  .991  .986 10.54  7.97            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       270   2720  126   26  147  .991  .986 10.54  7.97

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.

On-base %
1915 FL-.395-4

Games
1915 FL-159-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 FL-668-3

Runs
1915 FL-97-1

Total Bases
1915 FL-214-9

Triples
1915 FL-14-5

RBI
1915 FL-83-4

Bases on Balls
1915 FL-92-1

Strikeouts
1915 FL-64-6

Singles
1915 FL-120-10

Runs Created
1915 FL-83-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 FL-26-7

Batting Wins
1915 FL-2.9-7

Times on Base
1915 FL-256-1

Hit By Pitch
1915 FL-7-6

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (333) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1308) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1669) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 1, 1913: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Rollie Zeider to the New York Yankees for Hal Chase.
February 10, 1916: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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On-base % 1915 FL-.395-4	Games 1915 FL-159-1	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1915 FL-668-3	Runs 1915 FL-97-1	Total Bases 1915 FL-214-9	Triples 1915 FL-14-5
RBI 1915 FL-83-4	Bases on Balls 1915 FL-92-1	Strikeouts 1915 FL-64-6	Singles 1915 FL-120-10	Runs Created 1915 FL-83-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1915 FL-26-7
Batting Wins 1915 FL-2.9-7	Times on Base 1915 FL-256-1	Hit By Pitch 1915 FL-7-6