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Ernie Courtney
Edward Ernest Courtney

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10"

Debut April 17, 1902
Final Game October 2, 1908
Born January 20, 1875 in Des Moines, IA
Died February 29, 1920 in Buffalo, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1902 27 TOT     49  169   26   38   3  1   0   18   3     14      .225  .299  .254   70   43   1           4    
         BSN NL  48  165   23   36   3  0   0   17   3     13      .218  .291  .236   62   39   1           4    
         BLA AL   1    4    3    2   0  1   0    1   0      1      .500  .600 1.000  330    4   0           0    
 1903 28 TOT AL  48  153   14   38   3  3   1   14   2     12      .248  .324  .327   95   50   4           5    
         NYY AL  25   79    7   21   3  3   1    8   1      7      .266  .341  .418  121   33   3           2    
         DET AL  23   74    7   17   0  0   0    6   1      5      .230  .305  .230   65   17   1           3    
 1905 30 PHI NL 155  601   77  165  14  7   2   77  17     47      .275  .334  .331  102  199  26           7    
 1906 31 PHI NL 116  398   53   94  12  2   0   42   6     45      .236  .315  .276   85  110   5           1    
 1907 32 PHI NL 130  440   42  107  17  4   2   43   6     55      .243  .335  .314  104  138   7           6    
 1908 33 PHI NL  60  160   14   29   3  0   0    6   1     15      .181  .260  .200   45   32   5           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      558 1921  226  471  52 17   5  200  35  0 188   0  .245  .321  .298   91  572  48   0   0  25   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        558   66  137  15  5   1   58  10  0  55   0  .245  .321  .298   91  166  14   0   0   7   0
 Career High    155  601   77  165  17  7   2   77  17  0  55   0  .275  .335  .331  104  199  26   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1902 27 TOT     188  132   13   2.6    79| .225  .268| .299  .323| .254  .331| .553  .654|  70  .375  -5.6  -0.7     
         BSN NL  183  130   11   2.2    79| .218  .268| .291  .323| .236  .329| .527  .652|  62  .315  -6.8  -0.8     
         BLA AL    5    2    2  26.4   101| .500  .289| .600  .346|1.000  .389|1.600  .736| 330  .966   1.3   0.1     
 1903 28 TOT AL  174  119   16   3.6    83| .248  .264| .324  .314| .327  .357| .651  .671|  95  .497  -0.7  -0.1     
         NYY AL   91   61   11   4.8    87| .266  .270| .341  .320| .418  .365| .759  .685| 121  .629   2.0   0.2     
         DET AL   83   58    5   2.3    79| .230  .258| .305  .307| .230  .350| .535  .657|  65  .305  -2.8  -0.3     
 1905 30 PHI NL  681  462   65   3.7    81| .275  .260| .334  .321| .331  .339| .665  .660| 102  .526   1.9   0.2     
 1906 31 PHI NL  449  309   35   3.0    76| .236  .253| .315  .320| .276  .322| .591  .642|  85  .476  -5.8  -0.7     
 1907 32 PHI NL  508  340   45   3.5    74| .243  .251| .335  .317| .314  .319| .649  .636| 104  .560   4.5   0.5     
 1908 33 PHI NL  182  136    8   1.6    74| .181  .250| .260  .312| .200  .322| .460  .634|  45  .237  -9.4  -1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2182 1498  182   3.2    78| .245  .257| .321  .319| .298  .330| .619  .649|  91  .489 -15.2  -2.0     

* 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 ------+
1902 27 BSN NL OF 39 71 5 2 0 .974 .945 1.95 1.93 36 1 3 SS 3 6 6 1 1 .923 .916 4.00 5.33 BLA AL 3B 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .909 6.00 3.50 1903 28 TOT AL SS 28 35 93 11 8 .921 .913 4.57 5.21 NYY AL SS 19 24 63 8 7 .916 .913 4.58 5.21 2B 4 6 7 1 0 .929 .942 3.25 5.05 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.60 DET AL 3B 13 17 13 2 1 .938 .923 2.31 3.11 SS 9 11 30 3 1 .932 .913 4.56 5.21 1905 30 PHI NL 3B 155 229 249 40 13 .923 .921 3.08 3.16 1906 31 PHI NL 3B 96 113 163 23 9 .923 .931 2.88 3.19 1B 13 123 9 3 5 .978 .984 10.15 10.57 OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.87 0 0 3 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 1907 32 PHI NL 3B 75 90 143 24 11 .907 .928 3.11 3.33 1B 48 426 29 10 23 .978 .984 9.48 10.25 OF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 1.95 4 0 0 2B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 5.10 SS 2 0 6 1 0 .857 .938 3.00 5.05 1908 33 PHI NL 3B 22 18 36 5 1 .915 .933 2.45 3.26 1B 13 126 6 1 6 .992 .986 10.15 10.67 2B 5 8 15 0 0 1.000 .954 4.60 5.04 SS 2 5 4 0 0 1.000 .928 4.50 5.15
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 28 NYY AL 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.60 1906 31 PHI NL 1B 13 123 9 3 5 .978 .984 10.15 10.57 1907 32 PHI NL 1B 48 426 29 10 23 .978 .984 9.48 10.25 1908 33 PHI NL 1B 13 126 6 1 6 .992 .986 10.15 10.67 1903 28 NYY AL 2B 4 6 7 1 0 .929 .942 3.25 5.05 1907 32 PHI NL 2B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 5.10 1908 33 PHI NL 2B 5 8 15 0 0 1.000 .954 4.60 5.04 1902 27 BLA AL 3B 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .909 6.00 3.50 1903 28 DET AL 3B 13 17 13 2 1 .938 .923 2.31 3.11 1905 30 PHI NL 3B 155 229 249 40 13 .923 .921 3.08 3.16 1906 31 PHI NL 3B 96 113 163 23 9 .923 .931 2.88 3.19 1907 32 PHI NL 3B 75 90 143 24 11 .907 .928 3.11 3.33 1908 33 PHI NL 3B 22 18 36 5 1 .915 .933 2.45 3.26 1902 27 BSN NL OF 39 71 5 2 0 .974 .945 1.95 1.93 36 1 3 1906 31 PHI NL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.87 0 0 3 1907 32 PHI NL OF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 1.95 4 0 0 1902 27 BSN NL SS 3 6 6 1 1 .923 .916 4.00 5.33 1903 28 TOT AL SS 28 35 93 11 8 .921 .913 4.57 5.21 NYY AL SS 19 24 63 8 7 .916 .913 4.58 5.21 DET AL SS 9 11 30 3 1 .932 .913 4.56 5.21 1906 31 PHI NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 1907 32 PHI NL SS 2 0 6 1 0 .857 .938 3.00 5.05 1908 33 PHI NL SS 2 5 4 0 0 1.000 .928 4.50 5.15
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 362 471 606 94 35 .920 .926 2.98 3.21 1B 75 684 45 14 34 .981 .984 9.72 10.38 OF 46 84 5 2 0 .978 .947 1.93 1.93 40 1 6 SS 36 46 109 13 9 .923 .915 4.31 5.21 2B 11 18 25 1 0 .977 .949 3.91 5.05 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 530 1303 790 124 78 .944 .946 3.95 4.29
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
1905 NL-155-1

At Bats
1905 NL-601-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1905 NL-681-3

Hits
1905 NL-165-10

RBI
1905 NL-77-9

Singles
1905 NL-142-6

Sac. Hits
1905 NL-26-3

Outs
1905 NL-462-3

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1423) (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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Transactions 

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Baltimore Orioles.

June 10, 1903: Traded by the New York Highlanders with Herman Long to the Detroit Tigers for Kid Elberfeld.

October, 1903: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Rube Kisinger, Sport McAllister, and either Yeager or Lush to the Buffalo (Eastern) for Cy Ferry and Matty McIntyre.


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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