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Al Bridwell
Albert Henry Bridwell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 16, 1905
Final Game September 23, 1915
Born January 4, 1884 in Friendship, OH
Died January 23, 1969 in Portsmouth, OH

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 21 CIN NL  82  254   17   64   3  1   0   17   8     19      .252  .309  .272   66   69  15           2    
 1906 22 BSN NL 120  459   41  104   9  1   0   22   6     44      .227  .297  .251   73  115  13           2    
 1907 23 BSN NL 140  509   49  111   8  2   0   26  17     61      .218  .309  .242   73  123  10           6    
 1908 24 NYG NL 147  467   53  133  14  1   0   46  20     52      .285  .364  .319  114  149  20           6    
 1909 25 NYG NL 145  476   59  140  11  5   0   55  32     67      .294  .386  .338  123  161  19           4    
 1910 26 NYG NL 142  492   74  136  15  7   0   48  14     73  23  .276  .374  .335  107  165  20           4    
 1911 27 TOT NL 127  445   57  124  15  1   0   41  10     66  18  .279  .377  .317   91  141  20           4    
         NYG NL  76  263   28   71  10  1   0   31   8     33  10  .270  .358  .316   87   83  11           3    
         BSN NL  51  182   29   53   5  0   0   10   2     33   8  .291  .403  .319   97   58   9           1    
 1912 28 BSN NL  31  106    6   25   5  1   0   14   2      5   5  .236  .270  .302   56   32   5           0    
 1913 29 CHC NL 136  405   35   97   6  6   1   37  12     74  28  .240  .358  .291   87  118  15           1    
 1914 30 SLM FL 117  381   46   90   6  5   1   33   9     71  18  .236  .359  .286   81  109  24           2    
 1915 31 SLM FL  65  175   20   40   3  2   0    9   6     25   6  .229  .328  .269   73   47   9           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1252 4169  457 1064  95 32   2  348 136  0 557  98  .255  .347  .295   90 1229 170   0   0  32   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        539   59  138  12  4   0   45  18  0  72  13  .255  .347  .295   90  159  22   0   0   4   0
 Career High    147  509   74  140  15  7   1   55  32  0  74  28  .294  .386  .338  123  165  24   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 21 CIN NL  290  205   21   2.7    92| .252  .277| .309  .340| .272  .362| .581  .702|  66  .385 -10.9  -1.2     
 1906 22 BSN NL  518  368   34   2.4    74| .227  .249| .297  .316| .251  .318| .548  .633|  73  .385 -13.2  -1.6     
 1907 23 BSN NL  586  408   37   2.4    75| .218  .252| .309  .318| .242  .320| .551  .639|  73  .389 -13.5  -1.6     
 1908 24 NYG NL  545  354   53   4.0    75| .285  .252| .364  .314| .319  .325| .683  .639| 114  .633  10.4   1.3     
 1909 25 NYG NL  566  355   61   4.6    78| .294  .254| .386  .322| .338  .328| .724  .650| 123  .659  16.3   1.9     
 1910 26 NYG NL  589  376   61   4.4    88| .276  .263| .374  .337| .335  .348| .709  .686| 107  .578   7.7   0.9     
 1911 27 TOT NL  535  341   52   4.1    99| .279  .273| .377  .352| .317  .377| .694  .729|  91  .511  -1.9  -0.2     
         NYG NL  310  203   29   3.8    98| .270  .271| .358  .350| .316  .374| .674  .724|  87  .481  -3.4  -0.4     
         BSN NL  225  138   23   4.5   101| .291  .276| .403  .355| .319  .381| .722  .735|  97  .552   1.5   0.2     
 1912 28 BSN NL  116   86    9   2.8   100| .236  .280| .270  .350| .302  .382| .572  .732|  56  .316  -6.7  -0.7     
 1913 29 CHC NL  495  323   42   3.5    91| .240  .270| .358  .334| .291  .367| .649  .701|  87  .453  -3.5  -0.4     
 1914 30 SLM FL  478  315   39   3.3    96| .236  .277| .359  .344| .286  .375| .645  .718|  81  .425  -4.0  -0.4     
 1915 31 SLM FL  210  144   15   2.8    90| .229  .267| .328  .336| .269  .359| .597  .695|  73  .383  -4.2  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4928 3275  424   3.5    85| .255  .262| .347  .331| .295  .346| .642  .677|  90  .495 -23.4  -2.5     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 21 CIN NL 3B 43 55 79 8 6 .944 .921 3.12 3.16 OF 18 23 2 2 0 .926 .954 1.39 1.93 3 2 13 2B 7 14 25 5 5 .886 .942 5.57 5.11 SS 5 12 12 2 4 .923 .930 4.80 5.48 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50 1906 22 BSN NL SS 119 322 390 54 43 .930 .933 5.98 5.32 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1907 23 BSN NL SS 140 325 437 47 57 .942 .932 5.44 5.03 1908 24 NYG NL SS 147 277 486 55 39 .933 .930 5.19 5.17 1909 25 NYG NL SS 145 269 441 45 55 .940 .926 4.90 5.21 1910 26 NYG NL SS 141 304 417 41 52 .946 .924 5.11 5.02 1911 27 TOT NL SS 127 207 398 46 45 .929 .925 4.76 4.88 NYG NL SS 76 129 249 34 26 .917 .925 4.97 4.88 BSN NL SS 51 78 149 12 19 .950 .925 4.45 4.88 1912 28 BSN NL SS 31 52 80 9 14 .936 .931 4.26 4.93 1913 29 CHC NL SS 136 282 399 37 46 .948 .937 5.01 4.96 1914 30 SLM FL SS 103 217 291 30 36 .944 .929 4.93 4.99 2B 11 23 25 1 1 .980 .950 4.36 4.89 1915 31 SLM FL 2B 42 60 98 8 9 .952 .951 3.76 4.76 3B 15 17 32 4 1 .925 .942 3.27 3.15 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1905 21 CIN NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50 1915 31 SLM FL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 1905 21 CIN NL 2B 7 14 25 5 5 .886 .942 5.57 5.11 1914 30 SLM FL 2B 11 23 25 1 1 .980 .950 4.36 4.89 1915 31 SLM FL 2B 42 60 98 8 9 .952 .951 3.76 4.76 1905 21 CIN NL 3B 43 55 79 8 6 .944 .921 3.12 3.16 1915 31 SLM FL 3B 15 17 32 4 1 .925 .942 3.27 3.15 1905 21 CIN NL OF 18 23 2 2 0 .926 .954 1.39 1.93 3 2 13 1906 22 BSN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1905 21 CIN NL SS 5 12 12 2 4 .923 .930 4.80 5.48 1906 22 BSN NL SS 119 322 390 54 43 .930 .933 5.98 5.32 1907 23 BSN NL SS 140 325 437 47 57 .942 .932 5.44 5.03 1908 24 NYG NL SS 147 277 486 55 39 .933 .930 5.19 5.17 1909 25 NYG NL SS 145 269 441 45 55 .940 .926 4.90 5.21 1910 26 NYG NL SS 141 304 417 41 52 .946 .924 5.11 5.02 1911 27 TOT NL SS 127 207 398 46 45 .929 .925 4.76 4.88 NYG NL SS 76 129 249 34 26 .917 .925 4.97 4.88 BSN NL SS 51 78 149 12 19 .950 .925 4.45 4.88 1912 28 BSN NL SS 31 52 80 9 14 .936 .931 4.26 4.93 1913 29 CHC NL SS 136 282 399 37 46 .948 .937 5.01 4.96 1914 30 SLM FL SS 103 217 291 30 36 .944 .929 4.93 4.99
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 1094 2267 3351 366 391 .939 .930 5.14 5.07 2B 60 97 148 14 15 .946 .950 4.08 4.83 3B 58 72 111 12 7 .938 .927 3.16 3.16 OF 19 23 2 2 0 .926 .954 1.32 1.93 3 2 14 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1233 2459 3612 394 413 .939 .930 4.92 4.93
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.

Batting Average
1908 NL-.285-8
1909 NL-.294-5

On-base %
1908 NL-.364-6
1909 NL-.386-3

Bases on Balls
1909 NL-67-5
1910 NL-73-9
1913 NL-74-4
1914 FL-71-4

Stolen Bases
1909 NL-32-10

Singles
1908 NL-118-10
1909 NL-124-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1909 NL-16-10

Batting Wins
1909 NL-1.9-10

Times on Base
1909 NL-211-10

Offensive Win%
1909 NL-.659-10

Sac. Hits
1914 FL-24-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1910 NL-21.4-5
1911 NL-24.7-1
1914 FL-21.2-4

Youngest Player
1905 NL-21-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1047) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (928) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

August, 1904: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Columbus (American Association).

January, 1906: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Beaneaters for Jim Delahanty. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 13, 1907: Traded by the Boston Doves with Tom Needham and Fred Tenney to the New York Giants for Dan McGann, Frank Bowerman, Bill Dahlen, George Browne, and George Ferguson.

July 22, 1911: Traded by the New York Giants with Hank Gowdy to the Boston Rustlers for Buck Herzog.

December 11, 1912: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Boston Braves.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Cubs to 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.
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