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Wid Conroy
William Edward Conroy

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 158 lb.

Debut April 25, 1901
Final Game October 5, 1911
Born April 5, 1877 in Philadelphia, PA
Died December 6, 1959 in Mt.Holly, NJ

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        Wid was the primary 3B for the first 2 years of the Yankees (then Highlanders) existence. He was with the team for 4 more years at other positions. Wid actually received one HOF vote in 1946!

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 24 MLA AL 131  503   74  129  20  6   5   64  21     36      .256  .316  .350   89  176  13           8    
 1902 25 PIT NL  99  365   55   89  10  6   1   47  10     24      .244  .299  .312   85  114  10           5    
 1903 26 NYY AL 126  503   74  137  23 12   1   45  33     32      .272  .322  .372  103  187   8           5    
 1904 27 NYY AL 140  489   58  119  18 12   1   52  30     43      .243  .314  .335  101  164  17           7    
 1905 28 NYY AL 101  385   55  105  19 11   2   25  25     32      .273  .329  .395  119  152   7           0    
 1906 29 NYY AL 148  567   67  139  17 10   4   54  32     47      .245  .303  .332   91  188  18           0    
 1907 30 NYY AL 140  530   58  124  12 11   3   51  41     30      .234  .279  .315   83  167   9           3    
 1908 31 NYY AL 141  531   44  126  22  3   1   39  23     14      .237  .258  .296   79  157  22           1    
 1909 32 WSH AL 139  488   44  119  13  4   1   20  24     37      .244  .298  .293   91  143  23           1    
 1910 33 WSH AL 103  351   36   89  11  3   1   27  11     30      .254  .314  .311  100  109  13           1    
 1911 34 WSH AL 106  349   40   81  11  4   2   28  12     20      .232  .282  .304   65  106  11           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1374 5061  605 1257 176 82  22  452 262  0 345   0  .248  .301  .329   91 1663 151   0   0  35   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        597   71  148  21 10   3   53  31  0  41   0  .248  .301  .329   91  196  18   0   0   4   0
 Career High    148  567   74  139  23 12   5   64  41  0  47   0  .273  .329  .395  119  188  23   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 24 MLA AL  560  387   54   3.6    93| .256  .278| .316  .334| .350  .373| .666  .707|  89  .424  -7.1  -0.7     
 1902 25 PIT NL  404  286   33   3.1    81| .244  .271| .299  .327| .312  .334| .611  .660|  85  .448  -7.0  -0.8     
 1903 26 NYY AL  548  374   59   4.2    87| .272  .270| .322  .320| .372  .365| .694  .685| 103  .570   1.4   0.2     
 1904 27 NYY AL  556  387   50   3.4    77| .243  .257| .314  .309| .335  .337| .649  .647| 101  .536   1.1   0.1     
 1905 28 NYY AL  424  287   50   4.6    80| .273  .260| .329  .321| .395  .339| .724  .659| 119  .675   8.0   0.9     
 1906 29 NYY AL  632  446   57   3.4    82| .245  .267| .303  .324| .332  .342| .635  .666|  91  .525  -7.0  -0.8     
 1907 30 NYY AL  572  415   46   3.0    77| .234  .263| .279  .319| .315  .329| .594  .648|  83  .476 -12.1  -1.5     
 1908 31 NYY AL  568  427   40   2.5    69| .237  .247| .258  .304| .296  .314| .554  .618|  79  .430 -13.8  -1.7     
 1909 32 WSH AL  549  392   42   2.9    70| .244  .247| .298  .307| .293  .313| .591  .620|  91  .469  -4.9  -0.6     
 1910 33 WSH AL  395  275   34   3.3    71| .254  .244| .314  .310| .311  .316| .625  .625| 100  .518   0.2   0.0     
 1911 34 WSH AL  384  279   29   2.8    94| .232  .279| .282  .345| .304  .366| .586  .711|  65  .326 -17.5  -1.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5592 3955  494   3.3    80| .248  .262| .301  .319| .329  .339| .630  .658|  91  .492 -58.6  -6.7     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 24 MLA AL SS 118 285 408 59 46 .922 .898 5.87 5.27 3B 12 14 19 5 2 .868 .899 2.75 3.51 1902 25 PIT NL SS 95 192 327 42 39 .925 .913 5.46 5.35 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.93 2 0 1 1903 26 NYY AL 3B 123 164 243 36 11 .919 .922 3.31 3.11 SS 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 .909 1.75 5.20 1904 27 NYY AL 3B 110 137 231 22 8 .944 .931 3.35 3.09 SS 27 61 64 7 5 .947 .934 4.63 5.23 OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.83 0 3 0 1905 28 NYY AL 3B 48 80 87 13 1 .928 .923 3.48 3.10 OF 25 67 1 1 0 .986 .952 2.72 1.83 20 3 2 SS 17 42 36 5 9 .940 .931 4.59 5.20 1B 10 91 4 4 4 .960 .982 9.50 10.64 2B 3 7 14 1 0 .955 .950 7.00 4.90 1906 29 NYY AL OF 97 200 12 7 1 .968 .963 2.19 1.87 37 66 0 SS 49 95 142 14 14 .944 .934 4.84 5.41 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.15 1907 30 NYY AL OF 100 204 10 10 2 .955 .959 2.14 1.83 100 0 0 SS 38 95 94 14 15 .931 .935 4.97 5.44 1908 31 NYY AL 3B 119 179 249 28 12 .939 .932 3.60 3.20 2B 12 33 34 3 3 .957 .950 5.58 5.11 OF 10 24 2 1 0 .963 .952 2.60 1.80 5 1 4 1909 32 WSH AL 3B 120 136 239 25 14 .938 .931 3.12 3.33 2B 13 24 33 3 3 .950 .953 4.38 4.83 OF 5 10 0 1 0 .909 .952 2.00 1.80 2 3 0 SS 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20 1910 33 WSH AL OF 46 90 4 4 0 .959 .954 2.04 1.77 44 0 2 3B 46 61 87 6 6 .961 .931 3.22 3.38 2B 5 12 8 3 0 .870 .943 4.00 4.92 1911 34 WSH AL 3B 85 87 177 20 11 .930 .929 3.11 3.26 OF 15 30 1 3 0 .912 .951 2.07 1.93 14 0 1 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1905 28 NYY AL 1B 10 91 4 4 4 .960 .982 9.50 10.64 1905 28 NYY AL 2B 3 7 14 1 0 .955 .950 7.00 4.90 1908 31 NYY AL 2B 12 33 34 3 3 .957 .950 5.58 5.11 1909 32 WSH AL 2B 13 24 33 3 3 .950 .953 4.38 4.83 1910 33 WSH AL 2B 5 12 8 3 0 .870 .943 4.00 4.92 1911 34 WSH AL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.90 1901 24 MLA AL 3B 12 14 19 5 2 .868 .899 2.75 3.51 1903 26 NYY AL 3B 123 164 243 36 11 .919 .922 3.31 3.11 1904 27 NYY AL 3B 110 137 231 22 8 .944 .931 3.35 3.09 1905 28 NYY AL 3B 48 80 87 13 1 .928 .923 3.48 3.10 1906 29 NYY AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.15 1908 31 NYY AL 3B 119 179 249 28 12 .939 .932 3.60 3.20 1909 32 WSH AL 3B 120 136 239 25 14 .938 .931 3.12 3.33 1910 33 WSH AL 3B 46 61 87 6 6 .961 .931 3.22 3.38 1911 34 WSH AL 3B 85 87 177 20 11 .930 .929 3.11 3.26 1902 25 PIT NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.93 2 0 1 1904 27 NYY AL OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.83 0 3 0 1905 28 NYY AL OF 25 67 1 1 0 .986 .952 2.72 1.83 20 3 2 1906 29 NYY AL OF 97 200 12 7 1 .968 .963 2.19 1.87 37 66 0 1907 30 NYY AL OF 100 204 10 10 2 .955 .959 2.14 1.83 100 0 0 1908 31 NYY AL OF 10 24 2 1 0 .963 .952 2.60 1.80 5 1 4 1909 32 WSH AL OF 5 10 0 1 0 .909 .952 2.00 1.80 2 3 0 1910 33 WSH AL OF 46 90 4 4 0 .959 .954 2.04 1.77 44 0 2 1911 34 WSH AL OF 15 30 1 3 0 .912 .951 2.07 1.93 14 0 1 1901 24 MLA AL SS 118 285 408 59 46 .922 .898 5.87 5.27 1902 25 PIT NL SS 95 192 327 42 39 .925 .913 5.46 5.35 1903 26 NYY AL SS 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 .909 1.75 5.20 1904 27 NYY AL SS 27 61 64 7 5 .947 .934 4.63 5.23 1905 28 NYY AL SS 17 42 36 5 9 .940 .931 4.59 5.20 1906 29 NYY AL SS 49 95 142 14 14 .944 .934 4.84 5.41 1907 30 NYY AL SS 38 95 94 14 15 .931 .935 4.97 5.44 1909 32 WSH AL SS 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 665 858 1332 155 65 .934 .928 3.29 3.21 SS 349 773 1079 141 129 .929 .914 5.31 5.32 OF 304 633 30 27 3 .961 .958 2.18 1.84 224 76 10 2B 34 77 89 10 6 .943 .950 4.88 4.95 1B 10 91 4 4 4 .960 .982 9.50 10.64 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1362 2432 2534 337 207 .936 .929 3.65 3.54
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.

Slugging %
1905 AL-.395-9

OPS
1905 AL-.723-10

Triples
1903 AL-12-10
1905 AL-11-9
1906 AL-10-10
1907 AL-11-5

Home Runs
1906 AL-4-5
1907 AL-3-8

Stolen Bases
1903 AL-33-5
1904 AL-30-5
1906 AL-32-10
1907 AL-41-2

Offensive Win%
1905 AL-.675-8

Hit By Pitch
1901 AL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
1906 AL-7.1-5
1907 AL-5.6-8

At Bats per Home Run
1906 AL-141.8-6
1907 AL-176.7-10

Outs
1906 AL-446-4

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (907) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.2 (1477) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

September, 1899: Purchased by the Milwaukee (American) from the Cortland (New York State).

October 6, 1901: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October, 1902: Jumped from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Highlanders.

February 17, 1909: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the New York Highlanders.


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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