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Art Decatur
Arthur Rue Decatur

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 15, 1922
Final Game October 1, 1927
Born January 14, 1894 in Cleveland, OH
Died April 25, 1966 in Talladega, AL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1922 28 BRO NL   3   4  29   2   1   0  18  1   87.7   87   31   27   3   29   31   1   1   374       1  2.77  4.10  148 1.323
 1923 29 BRO NL   3   3  36   5   2   0  17  3   97.7  101   51   28   3   32   25   2   0   461       0  2.58  3.87  150 1.362
 1924 30 BRO NL  10   9  31  10   3   0  12  1  126.3  156   74   58  12   27   38   4   3   553       0  4.13  3.75   91 1.449
 1925 31 TOT NL   4  13  26  15   4   0   5  2  129.0  173   89   77  13   35   31   2   1   592       1  5.37  4.73   88 1.612
         BRO NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    3    2    2   0    0    0   0   0     6       0 18.00  4.18   23 3.000
         PHI NL   4  13  25  15   4   0   5  2  128.0  170   87   75  13   35   31   2   1   586       1  5.27  4.73   90 1.602
 1926 32 PHI NL   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  0    3.0    6    3    2   0    2    0   0   0    18       0  6.00  4.28   71 2.667
 1927 33 PHI NL   3   5  29   3   0   0  15  0   94.7  130   78   78  11   20   27   4   1   433       0  7.42  3.91   53 1.585
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .404  23  34 153  36  10   0  67  7  538.3  653  326  270  42  145  152  13   6  2431       2  4.51  4.10   91 1.482
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  12  55  12   3   0  24  2  193.7  234  117   97  15   52   54   4   2   874   0   0  4.51  4.10   91 1.482
 Career High     10  13  36  15   4   0  18  3  129.0  173   89   78  13   35   38   4   3   592   0   1  2.58  4.73  150 1.323

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 28 BRO NL  29   25    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  11  .080  .115  .120  -39    3   1           0    
 1923 29 BRO NL  36   21    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1924 30 BRO NL  31   44    4    5   2  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .114  .114  .159  -27    7   0           0    
 1925 31 TOT NL  26   41    1    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   2  16  .049  .093  .049  -64    2   4   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  25   41    1    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   2  16  .049  .093  .049  -64    2   4           0    
 1926 32 PHI NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1927 33 PHI NL  29   27    2    6   0  0   0    2   0      2  12  .222  .276  .222   37    6   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      153  159    9   15   3  0   0    2   1  0   5  62  .094  .122  .113  -38   18   9   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        168   10   16   3  0   0    2   1  0   5  66  .094  .122  .113  -38   19  10   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   44    4    6   2  0   0    2   1  0   2  16                           7   4   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 28 BRO NL   27   24    0   0.0   112| .080  .301| .115  .359| .120  .419| .235  .778| -39  .000  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1923 29 BRO NL   22   22    0   0.0   105| .000  .289| .000  .348| .000  .403| .000  .751|-100  .000  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1924 30 BRO NL   44   39    1   0.7   101| .114  .286| .114  .341| .159  .399| .273  .740| -27  .031  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1925 31 TOT NL   47   43    0   0.0   121| .049  .310| .093  .369| .049  .443| .142  .812| -64  .000 -10.8  -1.0 100%
         PHI NL   47   43    0   0.0   121| .049  .310| .093  .369| .049  .443| .142  .812| -64  .000 -10.8  -1.0 100%
 1926 32 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .298| .000  .359| .000  .413| .000  .772|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1927 33 PHI NL   32   24    2   2.2   101| .222  .285| .276  .343| .222  .393| .498  .736|  37  .211  -2.4  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       173  153    3   0.5   108| .094  .295| .122  .353| .113  .413| .235  .766| -38  .017 -32.5  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 28 BRO NL P 29 1 14 1 0 .938 .955 0.52 1.29 1.54 2.38 2 87.7 1923 29 BRO NL P 36 3 17 2 0 .909 .957 0.56 1.34 1.84 2.41 5 97.7 1924 30 BRO NL P 31 3 21 2 3 .923 .964 0.77 1.42 1.71 2.52 10 126.3 1925 31 TOT NL P 26 3 21 0 1 1.000 .956 0.92 1.35 1.67 2.44 15 129.0 BRO NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 PHI NL P 25 3 21 0 1 1.000 .956 0.96 1.35 1.69 2.44 15 128.0 1926 32 PHI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.70 1 3.0 1927 33 PHI NL P 29 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 0.45 1.29 1.24 2.33 3 94.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1922 28 BRO NL P 29 1 14 1 0 .938 .955 0.52 1.29 1.54 2.38 2 87.7 1923 29 BRO NL P 36 3 17 2 0 .909 .957 0.56 1.34 1.84 2.41 5 97.7 1924 30 BRO NL P 31 3 21 2 3 .923 .964 0.77 1.42 1.71 2.52 10 126.3 1925 31 TOT NL P 26 3 21 0 1 1.000 .956 0.92 1.35 1.67 2.44 15 129.0 BRO NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 PHI NL P 25 3 21 0 1 1.000 .956 0.96 1.35 1.69 2.44 15 128.0 1926 32 PHI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.70 1 3.0 1927 33 PHI NL P 29 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 0.45 1.29 1.24 2.33 3 94.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 153 12 84 6 4 .941 .958 0.63 1.34 1.61 2.43 36 538.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 153 12 84 6 4 .941 .958 0.63 1.34 1.61 2.43 36 538
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.

Saves
1923 NL-3-3
1925 NL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1924 NL-12-9

Games Finished
1922 NL-18-6
1923 NL-17-7
1927 NL-15-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1729) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (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 

May 1, 1925: Traded by the Brooklyn Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Hubbell.


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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