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Buttercup Dickerson
Lewis Pessano Dickerson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 140 lb.

Debut July 15, 1878
Final Game June 1, 1885
Born October 11, 1858 in Tyaskin, MD
Died July 23, 1920 in Baltimore, MD

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1878 19 CIN NL  29  123   17   38   5  1   0    9          0   7  .309  .309  .366  130   45                    
 1879 20 CIN NL  81  350   73  102  18 14   2   57          3  27  .291  .297  .440  144  154                    
 1880 21 TOT NL  61  252   37   62  10  8   0   30          3   5  .246  .255  .349   97   88                    
         TRO NL  30  119   15   23   2  2   0   10          2   3  .193  .207  .244   49   29                    
         WOR NL  31  133   22   39   8  6   0   20          1   2  .293  .299  .444  139   59                    
 1881 22 WOR NL  80  367   48  116  18  6   1   31          8   8  .316  .331  .406  124  149                    
 1883 24 PIT AA  85  354   62   88  15  1   0    0   0     18      .249  .285  .297   92  105                    
 1884 25 TOT     67  295   64   93  17  4   1    0   0     15      .315  .353  .410  154  121               2    
         TOT AA  21   84   15   16   2  3   1    0   0      7      .190  .269  .321   91   27               2    
         SLM UA  46  211   49   77  15  1   0        0      8      .365  .388  .445  181   94                    
         BAL AA  13   56    9   12   2  1   0    0   0      4      .214  .290  .286   85   16               2    
         LOU AA   8   28    6    4   0  2   1    0   0      3      .143  .226  .393  102   11               0    
 1885 26 BUF NL   5   21    1    1   1  0   0    0          1   4  .048  .091  .095  -40    2                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      408 1762  302  500  84 34   4  127   0  0  48  51  .284  .304  .377  121  664   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        700  120  199  33 14   2   50   0  0  19  20  .284  .304  .377  121  264   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High     85  367   73  116  18 14   2   57   0  0  18  27  .316  .353  .440  154  154   0   0   0   2   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1878 19 CIN NL  123   85   14   4.5    60| .309  .255| .309  .273| .366  .314| .675  .587| 130  .617   3.6   0.4     
 1879 20 CIN NL  353  248   46   5.0    63| .291  .254| .297  .270| .440  .329| .737  .599| 144  .659  15.1   1.7     
 1880 21 TOT NL  255  190   24   3.4    66| .246  .254| .255  .277| .349  .334| .604  .611|  97  .528  -1.5  -0.2     
         TRO NL  121   96    6   1.7    65| .193  .252| .207  .275| .244  .332| .451  .607|  49  .235  -6.6  -0.8     
         WOR NL  134   94   18   5.1    67| .293  .255| .299  .278| .444  .336| .743  .615| 139  .705   5.1   0.6     
 1881 22 WOR NL  375  251   49   5.2    78| .316  .270| .331  .301| .406  .354| .737  .655| 124  .655   9.7   1.1     
 1883 24 PIT AA  372  266   30   3.0    66| .249  .250| .285  .280| .297  .330| .582  .609|  92  .425  -2.0  -0.2     
 1884 25 TOT     312  202   42   5.4    64| .315  .246| .353  .277| .410  .324| .763  .601| 154  .717  18.8   2.1     
         TOT AA   93   68    6   2.3    68| .190  .245| .269  .284| .321  .334| .590  .618|  91  .351  -0.8  -0.1     
         SLM UA  219  134   36   7.0    62| .365  .247| .388  .274| .445  .320| .833  .594| 181  .800  19.6   2.2     
         BAL AA   62   44    4   2.4    71| .214  .249| .290  .288| .286  .339| .576  .626|  85  .364  -0.7  -0.1     
         LOU AA   31   24    2   2.2    64| .143  .239| .226  .277| .393  .326| .619  .602| 102  .328  -0.1   0.0     
 1885 26 BUF NL   22   20    0   0.0    71| .048  .249| .091  .292| .095  .333| .186  .626| -40  .000  -3.2  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1812 1262  205   4.3    67| .284  .255| .304  .281| .377  .333| .681  .614| 121  .602  40.6   4.5     

* 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 ------+
1878 19 CIN NL OF 29 56 1 8 0 .877 .835 1.97 1.72 10 19 0 1879 20 CIN NL OF 81 144 9 38 1 .801 .838 1.89 1.85 81 0 0 1880 21 TOT NL OF 61 125 11 18 5 .883 .855 2.23 1.76 0 60 1 TRO NL OF 30 77 7 9 3 .903 .855 2.80 1.76 0 29 1 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .870 2.00 4.30 WOR NL OF 31 48 4 9 2 .852 .855 1.68 1.76 0 31 0 1881 22 WOR NL OF 80 153 28 22 6 .892 .871 2.26 2.00 79 0 1 1883 24 PIT AA OF 78 106 28 34 2 .798 .851 1.72 1.73 1 30 47 SS 8 9 14 10 0 .697 .836 2.88 3.84 2B 2 3 3 2 1 .750 .882 3.00 6.00 1884 25 TOT OF 62 91 15 13 2 .891 .824 1.71 1.51 43 5 15 TOT 3B 5 8 6 4 0 .778 .778 2.80 2.94 TOT AA OF 20 26 3 4 0 .879 .845 1.45 1.61 1 5 15 SLM UA OF 42 65 12 9 2 .895 .816 1.83 1.47 42 0 0 3B 4 8 6 3 0 .824 .778 3.50 2.95 BAL AA OF 12 15 1 1 0 .941 .847 1.33 1.61 0 0 12 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 LOU AA OF 8 11 2 3 0 .813 .844 1.62 1.61 1 5 3 1885 26 BUF NL OF 5 6 2 0 0 1.000 .879 1.60 1.82 2 3 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 24 PIT AA 2B 2 3 3 2 1 .750 .882 3.00 6.00 1884 25 TOT 3B 5 8 6 4 0 .778 .778 2.80 2.94 SLM UA 3B 4 8 6 3 0 .824 .778 3.50 2.95 BAL AA 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 1878 19 CIN NL OF 29 56 1 8 0 .877 .835 1.97 1.72 10 19 0 1879 20 CIN NL OF 81 144 9 38 1 .801 .838 1.89 1.85 81 0 0 1880 21 TOT NL OF 61 125 11 18 5 .883 .855 2.23 1.76 0 60 1 TRO NL OF 30 77 7 9 3 .903 .855 2.80 1.76 0 29 1 WOR NL OF 31 48 4 9 2 .852 .855 1.68 1.76 0 31 0 1881 22 WOR NL OF 80 153 28 22 6 .892 .871 2.26 2.00 79 0 1 1883 24 PIT AA OF 78 106 28 34 2 .798 .851 1.72 1.73 1 30 47 1884 25 TOT OF 62 91 15 13 2 .891 .824 1.71 1.51 43 5 15 TOT AA OF 20 26 3 4 0 .879 .845 1.45 1.61 1 5 15 SLM UA OF 42 65 12 9 2 .895 .816 1.83 1.47 42 0 0 BAL AA OF 12 15 1 1 0 .941 .847 1.33 1.61 0 0 12 LOU AA OF 8 11 2 3 0 .813 .844 1.62 1.61 1 5 3 1885 26 BUF NL OF 5 6 2 0 0 1.000 .879 1.60 1.82 2 3 0 1880 21 TRO NL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .870 2.00 4.30 1883 24 PIT AA SS 8 9 14 10 0 .697 .836 2.88 3.84
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 396 681 94 133 16 .854 .849 1.96 1.78 216 117 64 SS 9 10 15 10 0 .714 .839 2.78 3.89 3B 5 8 6 4 0 .778 .778 2.80 2.94 2B 2 3 3 2 1 .750 .882 3.00 6.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 412 702 118 149 17 .846 .847 1.99 1.86
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.

Batting Average
1881 NL-.316-9

Slugging %
1879 NL-.440-7

OPS
1879 NL-.737-9

At Bats
1881 NL-367-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1881 NL-375-5

Runs
1879 NL-73-5

Hits
1881 NL-116-3

Total Bases
1879 NL-154-6
1881 NL-149-5

Triples
1879 NL-14-1
1880 NL-8-10

Home Runs
1879 NL-2-5

RBI
1879 NL-57-3

Singles
1881 NL-91-3

Adjusted OPS+
1879 NL-144-9

Runs Created
1879 NL-46-9
1881 NL-49-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1879 NL-15-9

Batting Wins
1879 NL-1.7-9

Extra-Base Hits
1879 NL-34-5

Times on Base
1881 NL-124-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1880 NL-50.4-3
1881 NL-45.9-6

At Bats per Home Run
1879 NL-175.0-8

Youngest Player
1878 NL-19-5
1879 NL-20-7

     

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (721) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 24 (888) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2287) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2126) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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