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Vern Duncan
Vernon Van Duke Duncan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.
School University of North Carolina

Debut September 11, 1913
Final Game October 3, 1915
Born January 6, 1890 in Clayton, NC
Died June 1, 1954 in Daytona Beach, FL

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 23 PHI NL   8   12    3    5   1  0   0    1   0      0   3  .417  .417  .500  157    6   0           0    
 1914 24 BAL FL 157  557   99  160  20  8   2   53  13     67  55  .287  .375  .363  107  202  28          11    
 1915 25 BAL FL 146  531   68  142  18  4   2   43  19     54  40  .267  .337  .328   93  174  33           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      311 1100  170  307  39 12   4   97  32  0 121  98  .279  .357  .347  101  382  61   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   89  160  20  6   2   51  17  0  63  51  .279  .357  .347  101  199  32   0   0   7   0
 Career High    157  557   99  160  20  8   2   53  19  0  67  55  .287  .375  .363  107  202  33   0   0  11   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 23 PHI NL   12    7    3  11.5    95| .417  .274| .417  .339| .500  .373| .917  .713| 157  .880   0.8   0.1     
 1914 24 BAL FL  663  425   73   4.6    95| .287  .275| .375  .341| .363  .372| .738  .713| 107  .573  12.0   1.3     
 1915 25 BAL FL  620  422   58   3.7    88| .267  .265| .337  .333| .328  .356| .665  .689|  93  .508  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1295  854  134   4.2    92| .279  .270| .357  .337| .347  .364| .704  .701| 101  .549  12.6   1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1913 23 PHI NL OF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.07 1 0 2 1914 24 BAL FL OF 148 255 20 26 8 .914 .951 1.86 1.87 36 101 11 3B 8 11 12 1 0 .958 .931 2.88 2.98 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1915 25 BAL FL OF 124 257 19 10 6 .965 .963 2.23 1.99 60 64 0 3B 21 26 27 17 6 .757 .943 2.52 3.15 2B 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 4.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 24 BAL FL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1915 25 BAL FL 2B 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 4.80 1914 24 BAL FL 3B 8 11 12 1 0 .958 .931 2.88 2.98 1915 25 BAL FL 3B 21 26 27 17 6 .757 .943 2.52 3.15 1913 23 PHI NL OF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.07 1 0 2 1914 24 BAL FL OF 148 255 20 26 8 .914 .951 1.86 1.87 36 101 11 1915 25 BAL FL OF 124 257 19 10 6 .965 .963 2.23 1.99 60 64 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 275 514 40 36 14 .939 .957 2.01 1.93 97 165 13 3B 29 37 39 18 6 .809 .939 2.62 3.10 2B 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 4.85 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 306 553 84 54 20 .922 .955 2.08 2.06
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
1914 FL-157-2

At Bats
1914 FL-557-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1914 FL-663-4

Runs
1914 FL-99-3

Bases on Balls
1914 FL-67-9

Singles
1914 FL-130-6

Times on Base
1914 FL-238-3

Hit By Pitch
1914 FL-11-1

Sac. Hits
1914 FL-28-2
1915 FL-33-3

Outs
1914 FL-425-6
1915 FL-422-7

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (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 1914 Season: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Baltimore Terrapins.


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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