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Jack Crooks
John Charles Crooks

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 26, 1889
Final Game August 3, 1898
Born November 9, 1865 in St. Paul, MN
Died February 2, 1918 in St.Louis, MO

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1889 23 COL AA  12   43   13   14   2  3   0    7  10     10   4  .326  .463  .512  183   22               1    
 1890 24 COL AA 135  485   86  107   5  4   1   62  57     96      .221  .357  .254   85  123               7    
 1891 25 COL AA 138  519  110  127  19 13   0   46  50    103  47  .245  .379  .331  108  172               9    
 1892 26 STL NL 128  445   82   95   7  4   7   38  23    136  52  .213  .400  .294  106  131               2    
 1893 27 STL NL 128  448   93  106  10  9   1   48  31    121  37  .237  .408  .306   91  137               9    
 1895 29 WHS NL 117  409   80  114  19  8   6   57  36     68  39  .279  .392  .408  107  167  16           8    
 1896 30 TOT NL  64  206   39   53   8  1   5   35  10     36  16  .257  .376  .379  101   78   5           3    
         WHS NL  25   84   20   24   3  0   3   20   2     16   8  .286  .406  .429  120   36   5           1    
         LOU NL  39  122   19   29   5  1   2   15   8     20   8  .238  .354  .344   88   42   0           2    
 1898 32 STL NL  72  225   33   52   4  2   1   20   3     40      .231  .359  .280   82   63  11           5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      794 2780  536  668  74 44  21  313 220  0 610 195  .240  .385  .321  100  893  32   0   0  44   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        567  109  136  15  9   4   64  45  0 124  40  .240  .385  .321  100  182   7   0   0   9   0
 Career High    138  519  110  127  19 13   7   62  57  0 136  52  .279  .408  .408  108  172  16   0   0   9   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1889 23 COL AA   54   29   10   9.0    88| .326  .262| .463  .333| .512  .355| .975  .688| 183  .806   5.3   0.5     
 1890 24 COL AA  588  378   43   3.0    81| .221  .252| .357  .329| .254  .331| .611  .660|  85  .386  -2.4  -0.3     
 1891 25 COL AA  631  392   64   4.3    87| .245  .255| .379  .338| .331  .345| .710  .682| 108  .525  11.5   1.2     
 1892 26 STL NL  583  350   52   3.9    85| .213  .257| .400  .331| .294  .344| .694  .676| 106  .532  13.9   1.5     
 1893 27 STL NL  578  342   55   4.3   106| .237  .286| .408  .364| .306  .389| .714  .753|  91  .435   2.6   0.2     
 1895 29 WHS NL  501  311   64   5.3   111| .279  .301| .392  .367| .408  .406| .800  .774| 107  .515   7.2   0.7     
 1896 30 TOT NL  250  158   28   4.6   105| .257  .294| .376  .359| .379  .393| .755  .752| 101  .479   2.0   0.2     
         WHS NL  106   65   14   5.6   107| .286  .297| .406  .362| .429  .397| .835  .759| 120  .567   3.2   0.3     
         LOU NL  144   93   14   3.9   104| .238  .292| .354  .357| .344  .390| .698  .747|  88  .405  -1.3  -0.1     
 1898 32 STL NL  281  184   22   3.1    93| .231  .280| .359  .345| .280  .360| .639  .705|  82  .393  -3.0  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3466 2144  338   4.1    94| .240  .272| .385  .346| .321  .363| .706  .709| 100  .482  37.1   3.7     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1889 23 COL AA 2B 12 31 44 1 4 .987 .917 6.25 5.59 1890 24 COL AA 2B 134 352 349 47 59 .937 .925 5.23 5.41 3B 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .857 3.00 3.60 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 1 0 0 1891 25 COL AA 2B 138 399 404 36 72 .957 .914 5.82 5.25 1892 26 STL NL 2B 101 280 296 44 43 .929 .929 5.70 5.59 3B 25 30 48 11 1 .876 .879 3.12 3.53 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 0 0 2 1893 27 STL NL 3B 123 210 286 50 19 .908 .893 4.03 3.75 SS 4 9 12 3 2 .875 .897 5.25 5.47 C 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .938 6.00 4.50 4 1895 29 WHS NL 2B 117 327 364 32 43 .956 .933 5.91 5.63 1896 30 TOT NL 2B 59 161 160 27 29 .922 .939 5.44 5.41 WHS NL 2B 20 49 49 9 5 .916 .939 4.90 5.41 3B 4 8 10 2 1 .900 .891 4.50 3.40 LOU NL 2B 39 112 111 18 24 .925 .939 5.72 5.41 1898 32 STL NL 2B 66 192 209 17 23 .959 .943 6.08 5.53 3B 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 .899 2.67 3.43 SS 2 5 8 2 1 .867 .915 6.50 5.55 OF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 2.00 1 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 23 COL AA 2B 12 31 44 1 4 .987 .917 6.25 5.59 1890 24 COL AA 2B 134 352 349 47 59 .937 .925 5.23 5.41 1891 25 COL AA 2B 138 399 404 36 72 .957 .914 5.82 5.25 1892 26 STL NL 2B 101 280 296 44 43 .929 .929 5.70 5.59 1895 29 WHS NL 2B 117 327 364 32 43 .956 .933 5.91 5.63 1896 30 TOT NL 2B 59 161 160 27 29 .922 .939 5.44 5.41 WHS NL 2B 20 49 49 9 5 .916 .939 4.90 5.41 LOU NL 2B 39 112 111 18 24 .925 .939 5.72 5.41 1898 32 STL NL 2B 66 192 209 17 23 .959 .943 6.08 5.53 1890 24 COL AA 3B 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .857 3.00 3.60 1892 26 STL NL 3B 25 30 48 11 1 .876 .879 3.12 3.53 1893 27 STL NL 3B 123 210 286 50 19 .908 .893 4.03 3.75 1896 30 WHS NL 3B 4 8 10 2 1 .900 .891 4.50 3.40 1898 32 STL NL 3B 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 .899 2.67 3.43 1893 27 STL NL C 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .938 6.00 4.50 4 1890 24 COL AA OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 1 0 0 1892 26 STL NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 0 0 2 1898 32 STL NL OF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 2.00 1 1 0 1893 27 STL NL SS 4 9 12 3 2 .875 .897 5.25 5.47 1898 32 STL NL SS 2 5 8 2 1 .867 .915 6.50 5.55
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 627 1742 1826 204 273 .946 .928 5.69 5.46 3B 156 251 352 64 21 .904 .891 3.87 3.70 SS 6 14 20 5 3 .872 .904 5.67 5.50 OF 4 5 0 1 0 .833 .943 1.25 1.88 2 1 2 C 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .938 6.00 4.50 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 794 2016 2200 274 297 .939 .922 5.31 5.10
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 %
1892 NL-.400-5

Games
1890 AA-135-5
1891 AA-138-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1890 AA-588-10
1891 AA-631-6

Bases on Balls
1890 AA-96-2
1891 AA-103-2
1892 NL-136-1
1893 NL-121-1

Strikeouts
1893 NL-37-9

Stolen Bases
1890 AA-57-9
1891 AA-50-8

Times on Base
1891 AA-239-9

Sac. Hits
1895 NL-16-8

       

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1329) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 3, 1896: Traded by the Washington Senators with Jim Rogers and $1,000 to the Louisville Colonels for John O'Brien.

October, 1897: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Columbus (Western).


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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