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Al Burch
Albert William Burch

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.

Debut June 19, 1906
Final Game July 30, 1911
Born October 7, 1883 in Albany, NY
Died October 5, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 22 STL NL  91  335   40   89   5  1   0   11  15     37      .266  .339  .287   98   96   9           0    
 1907 23 TOT NL  88  274   30   70   5  3   0   17  12     28      .255  .325  .296   99   81   0           0    
         STL NL  48  154   18   35   3  1   0    5   7     17      .227  .304  .260   79   40   0           0    
         BRO NL  40  120   12   35   2  2   0   12   5     11      .292  .351  .342  125   41   0           0    
 1908 24 BRO NL 123  456   45  111   8  4   2   18  15     33      .243  .294  .292   91  133  11           0    
 1909 25 BRO NL 152  601   80  163  20  6   1   30  38     51      .271  .329  .329  108  198   8           1    
 1910 26 BRO NL 103  352   41   83   8  3   1   20  13     22  30  .236  .281  .284   67  100   9           0    
 1911 27 BRO NL  54  167   18   38   2  3   0    7   3     15  22  .228  .291  .275   62   46   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      611 2185  254  554  48 20   4  103  96  0 186  52  .254  .312  .299   91  654  40   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        579   67  147  13  5   1   27  25  0  49  14  .254  .312  .299   91  173  11   0   0   0   0
 Career High    152  601   80  163  20  6   2   30  38  0  51  30  .271  .339  .329  108  198  11   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 22 STL NL  381  255   33   3.4    73| .266  .248| .339  .314| .287  .316| .626  .631|  98  .538   0.6   0.1     
 1907 23 TOT NL  302  204   26   3.4    71| .255  .246| .325  .311| .296  .313| .621  .624|  99  .543   0.0   0.0     
         STL NL  171  119   12   2.7    73| .227  .249| .304  .314| .260  .316| .564  .630|  79  .436  -3.3  -0.4     
         BRO NL  131   85   14   4.3    69| .292  .243| .351  .307| .342  .309| .693  .616| 125  .655   3.3   0.4     
 1908 24 BRO NL  500  356   39   3.0    69| .243  .242| .294  .303| .292  .312| .586  .615|  91  .494  -5.4  -0.7     
 1909 25 BRO NL  661  446   65   3.9    74| .271  .248| .329  .315| .329  .319| .658  .634| 108  .587   5.4   0.6     
 1910 26 BRO NL  383  278   28   2.7    85| .236  .259| .281  .333| .284  .344| .565  .677|  67  .364 -15.8  -1.8     
 1911 27 BRO NL  185  132   13   2.6    92| .228  .263| .291  .340| .275  .363| .566  .703|  62  .319  -8.9  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2412 1671  204   3.3    75| .254  .249| .312  .317| .299  .324| .611  .640|  91  .500 -24.0  -2.7     

* 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 ------+
1906 22 STL NL OF 91 155 15 12 6 .934 .959 1.87 1.86 0 58 33 1907 23 TOT NL OF 84 149 19 17 4 .908 .960 2.00 1.94 27 53 5 STL NL OF 48 85 10 8 4 .922 .960 1.98 1.94 0 48 0 BRO NL OF 36 64 9 9 0 .890 .961 2.03 1.94 27 5 5 2B 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.10 1908 24 BRO NL OF 116 242 24 8 6 .971 .960 2.29 1.99 47 44 28 1909 25 BRO NL OF 151 320 23 16 4 .955 .961 2.27 2.01 41 102 9 1B 1 15 0 0 1 1.000 .987 15.00 10.60 1910 26 BRO NL OF 70 124 11 6 6 .957 .959 1.93 2.10 0 26 45 1B 13 122 7 4 9 .970 .984 9.92 10.07 1911 27 BRO NL OF 43 98 6 3 3 .972 .960 2.42 2.07 0 41 3 2B 3 6 8 0 0 1.000 .952 4.67 5.03
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 25 BRO NL 1B 1 15 0 0 1 1.000 .987 15.00 10.60 1910 26 BRO NL 1B 13 122 7 4 9 .970 .984 9.92 10.07 1907 23 BRO NL 2B 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.10 1911 27 BRO NL 2B 3 6 8 0 0 1.000 .952 4.67 5.03 1906 22 STL NL OF 91 155 15 12 6 .934 .959 1.87 1.86 0 58 33 1907 23 TOT NL OF 84 149 19 17 4 .908 .960 2.00 1.94 27 53 5 STL NL OF 48 85 10 8 4 .922 .960 1.98 1.94 0 48 0 BRO NL OF 36 64 9 9 0 .890 .961 2.03 1.94 27 5 5 1908 24 BRO NL OF 116 242 24 8 6 .971 .960 2.29 1.99 47 44 28 1909 25 BRO NL OF 151 320 23 16 4 .955 .961 2.27 2.01 41 102 9 1910 26 BRO NL OF 70 124 11 6 6 .957 .959 1.93 2.10 0 26 45 1911 27 BRO NL OF 43 98 6 3 3 .972 .960 2.42 2.07 0 41 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 555 1088 98 62 29 .950 .960 2.14 1.99 115 324 123 1B 14 137 7 4 10 .973 .984 10.29 10.11 2B 4 7 13 0 0 1.000 .952 5.00 5.05 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 573 1232 118 66 39 .953 .962 2.36 2.21
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
1909 NL-152-4

At Bats
1909 NL-601-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1909 NL-661-4

Hits
1909 NL-163-5

Stolen Bases
1909 NL-38-4

Singles
1909 NL-136-2

Times on Base
1909 NL-215-9

Outs
1909 NL-446-5

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 5, 1907: Purchased by the Brooklyn Superbas from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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