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George Decker
George A. Decker (Gentleman George)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 11, 1892
Final Game July 12, 1899
Born June 1, 1869 in York, PA
Died June 7, 1909 in Patton, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1892 23 CHC NL  78  291   32   66   6  7   1   28   9     20  49  .227  .277  .306   81   89               0    
 1893 24 CHC NL  81  328   57   89   9  8   2   48  22     24  22  .271  .325  .366   81  120               2    
 1894 25 CHC NL  91  384   74  120  17  6   8   92  23     24  17  .313  .361  .451   90  173               5    
 1895 26 CHC NL  73  297   51   82   9  7   2   41  11     17  22  .276  .324  .374   75  111   3           4    
 1896 27 CHC NL 107  421   68  118  23 11   5   61  20     23  14  .280  .318  .423   91  178   8           0    
 1897 28 CHC NL 111  428   72  124  12  7   5   63  11     24      .290  .333  .386   86  165   9           4    
 1898 29 TOT NL 118  434   53  118  14  3   1   64  13     29      .272  .323  .325   85  141   8           4    
         STL NL  76  286   26   74  10  0   1   45   4     20      .259  .314  .304   76   87   5           3    
         LOU NL  42  148   27   44   4  3   0   19   9      9      .297  .342  .365  103   54   3           1    
 1899 30 TOT NL  42  144   13   36   8  0   1   18   3     12      .250  .316  .326   76   47  12           2    
         LOU NL  38  135   13   36   8  0   1   18   3     12      .267  .336  .348   87   47  12           2    
         WHS NL   4    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      701 2727  420  753  98 49  25  415 112  0 173 124  .276  .324  .376   84 1024  40   0   0  21   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        630   97  174  23 11   6   96  26  0  40  29  .276  .324  .376   84  237   9   0   0   5   0
 Career High    118  434   74  124  23 11   8   92  23  0  29  49  .313  .361  .451   91  178  12   0   0   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1892 23 CHC NL  311  225   25   2.9    77| .227  .245| .277  .317| .306  .328| .583  .645|  81  .399  -8.0  -0.9     
 1893 24 CHC NL  354  239   39   4.3   109| .271  .290| .325  .368| .366  .394| .691  .763|  81  .442 -10.9  -1.0     
 1894 25 CHC NL  413  264   61   6.0   132| .313  .323| .361  .396| .451  .456| .812  .851|  90  .502  -8.6  -0.7     
 1895 26 CHC NL  321  218   35   4.2   118| .276  .311| .324  .378| .374  .420| .698  .798|  75  .403 -13.3  -1.2     
 1896 27 CHC NL  452  311   57   4.8   111| .280  .302| .318  .368| .423  .404| .741  .772|  91  .494  -8.5  -0.8     
 1897 28 CHC NL  465  313   54   4.5   111| .290  .304| .333  .368| .386  .404| .719  .772|  86  .468 -10.8  -1.0     
 1898 29 TOT NL  475  324   45   3.6    92| .272  .279| .323  .344| .325  .358| .648  .702|  85  .460  -8.8  -0.9     
         STL NL  314  217   27   3.2    93| .259  .280| .314  .345| .304  .360| .618  .704|  76  .410  -9.0  -0.9     
         LOU NL  161  107   18   4.4    90| .297  .277| .342  .341| .365  .355| .707  .696| 103  .547   0.1   0.0     
 1899 30 TOT NL  170  120   15   3.2   100| .250  .290| .316  .352| .326  .377| .642  .730|  76  .371  -4.4  -0.5     
         LOU NL  161  111   15   3.5   100| .267  .290| .336  .352| .348  .377| .684  .730|  87  .406  -1.9  -0.2     
         WHS NL    9    9    0   0.0    99| .000  .289| .000  .351| .000  .376| .000  .727|-100  .000  -2.5  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2961 2014  331   4.3   107| .276  .294| .324  .363| .376  .395| .700  .758|  84  .454 -73.3  -7.0     

* 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 ------+
1892 23 CHC NL OF 62 73 12 12 3 .876 .912 1.37 1.86 0 0 62 2B 16 22 37 10 3 .855 .929 3.69 5.59 1893 24 CHC NL OF 33 55 10 9 2 .878 .915 1.97 2.14 23 0 10 1B 27 245 10 5 18 .981 .978 9.44 10.46 2B 20 32 55 17 5 .837 .933 4.35 5.88 SS 2 1 4 2 0 .714 .893 2.50 5.45 1894 25 CHC NL 1B 48 429 15 12 29 .974 .976 9.25 9.54 OF 29 54 9 12 0 .840 .914 2.17 2.24 0 23 6 3B 7 7 7 7 1 .667 .881 2.00 3.41 2B 2 4 7 0 0 1.000 .924 5.50 5.70 SS 1 3 1 1 2 .800 .889 4.00 5.60 1895 26 CHC NL OF 57 98 3 10 0 .910 .917 1.77 2.14 25 8 24 1B 11 110 3 0 10 1.000 .978 10.27 9.91 3B 3 2 8 2 0 .833 .870 3.33 3.37 SS 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .909 4.00 5.50 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1896 27 CHC NL OF 71 131 10 11 0 .928 .933 1.99 2.12 67 3 1 1B 36 351 19 6 25 .984 .980 10.28 10.21 1897 28 CHC NL OF 75 112 12 10 1 .925 .935 1.65 2.06 74 0 1 1B 38 394 23 5 22 .988 .980 10.97 9.99 2B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 1898 29 TOT NL 1B 107 1051 29 18 49 .984 .977 10.09 10.06 STL NL 1B 75 772 17 16 31 .980 .977 10.52 10.06 LOU NL 1B 32 279 12 2 18 .993 .977 9.09 10.06 OF 6 4 1 1 0 .833 .943 0.83 2.03 0 0 6 1899 30 TOT NL 1B 40 426 16 15 22 .967 .977 11.05 10.21 LOU NL 1B 38 406 15 14 21 .968 .977 11.08 10.21 WHS NL 1B 2 20 1 1 1 .955 .977 10.50 10.20 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1893 24 CHC NL 1B 27 245 10 5 18 .981 .978 9.44 10.46 1894 25 CHC NL 1B 48 429 15 12 29 .974 .976 9.25 9.54 1895 26 CHC NL 1B 11 110 3 0 10 1.000 .978 10.27 9.91 1896 27 CHC NL 1B 36 351 19 6 25 .984 .980 10.28 10.21 1897 28 CHC NL 1B 38 394 23 5 22 .988 .980 10.97 9.99 1898 29 TOT NL 1B 107 1051 29 18 49 .984 .977 10.09 10.06 STL NL 1B 75 772 17 16 31 .980 .977 10.52 10.06 LOU NL 1B 32 279 12 2 18 .993 .977 9.09 10.06 1899 30 TOT NL 1B 40 426 16 15 22 .967 .977 11.05 10.21 LOU NL 1B 38 406 15 14 21 .968 .977 11.08 10.21 WHS NL 1B 2 20 1 1 1 .955 .977 10.50 10.20 1892 23 CHC NL 2B 16 22 37 10 3 .855 .929 3.69 5.59 1893 24 CHC NL 2B 20 32 55 17 5 .837 .933 4.35 5.88 1894 25 CHC NL 2B 2 4 7 0 0 1.000 .924 5.50 5.70 1895 26 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1897 28 CHC NL 2B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 1894 25 CHC NL 3B 7 7 7 7 1 .667 .881 2.00 3.41 1895 26 CHC NL 3B 3 2 8 2 0 .833 .870 3.33 3.37 1892 23 CHC NL OF 62 73 12 12 3 .876 .912 1.37 1.86 0 0 62 1893 24 CHC NL OF 33 55 10 9 2 .878 .915 1.97 2.14 23 0 10 1894 25 CHC NL OF 29 54 9 12 0 .840 .914 2.17 2.24 0 23 6 1895 26 CHC NL OF 57 98 3 10 0 .910 .917 1.77 2.14 25 8 24 1896 27 CHC NL OF 71 131 10 11 0 .928 .933 1.99 2.12 67 3 1 1897 28 CHC NL OF 75 112 12 10 1 .925 .935 1.65 2.06 74 0 1 1898 29 LOU NL OF 6 4 1 1 0 .833 .943 0.83 2.03 0 0 6 1899 30 WHS NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1893 24 CHC NL SS 2 1 4 2 0 .714 .893 2.50 5.45 1894 25 CHC NL SS 1 3 1 1 2 .800 .889 4.00 5.60 1895 26 CHC NL SS 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .909 4.00 5.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 334 527 57 65 6 .900 .924 1.75 2.07 189 34 111 1B 307 3006 115 61 175 .981 .978 10.17 10.04 2B 40 59 99 28 8 .849 .931 3.95 5.74 3B 10 9 15 9 1 .727 .876 2.40 3.40 SS 4 6 7 3 2 .813 .897 3.25 5.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 695 3607 293 166 192 .959 .966 5.61 5.84
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Transactions 

April 18, 1898: Loaned to the St. Louis Browns by the Chicago Orphans.

July, 1898: Released by the St. Louis Browns. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July, 1898: Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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