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Ira Flagstead
Ira James Flagstead (Pete)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 20, 1917
Final Game July 29, 1930
Born September 22, 1893 in Montague, MI
Died March 13, 1940 in Olympia, WA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 23 DET AL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1919 25 DET AL  97  287   43   95  22  3   5   41   6     35  39  .331  .416  .481  153  138  13           7    
 1920 26 DET AL 110  311   40   73  13  5   3   35   3  4  37  27  .235  .318  .338   75  105  10           1    
 1921 27 DET AL  85  259   40   79  16  2   0   31   8  4  21  21  .305  .371  .382   93   99  11           6    
 1922 28 DET AL  44   91   21   28   5  3   3    8   0  1  14  16  .308  .411  .527  146   48   3           2    
 1923 29 TOT AL 110  383   55  119  23  4   8   53   7 10  37  26  .311  .379  .454  119  174  10           5    
         DET AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BOS AL 109  382   55  119  23  4   8   53   7 10  37  26  .312  .380  .455  119  174  10           5    
 1924 30 BOS AL 149  560  106  172  35  7   5   43  10 13  77  41  .307  .401  .421  112  236  13          11     MVP-15
 1925 31 BOS AL 148  572   84  160  38  2   6   61   5  6  63  30  .280  .356  .385   88  220  14           5     MVP-7
 1926 32 BOS AL  98  415   65  124  31  7   3   31   4  6  36  22  .299  .363  .429  109  178   6           6     MVP-23
 1927 33 BOS AL 131  466   63  133  26  8   4   69  12  2  57  25  .285  .374  .401  103  187  23           9     MVP-18
 1928 34 BOS AL 140  510   84  148  41  4   1   39  12  9  60  23  .290  .366  .392  103  200  16           1     MVP-14
 1929 35 TOT     58  125   22   32   5  1   0   18   3  3  13   8  .256  .326  .312   62   39   7           0    
         TOT AL  32   75   14   18   3  0   0   12   2  3   9   6  .240  .321  .280   57   21   6           0    
         BOS AL  14   36    9   11   2  0   0    3   1  3   5   1  .306  .390  .361   97   13   1           0    
         WSH AL  18   39    5    7   1  0   0    9   1  0   4   5  .179  .256  .205   20    8   5           0    
         PIT NL  26   50    8   14   2  1   0    6   1      4   2  .280  .333  .360   70   18   1           0    
 1930 36 PIT NL  44  156   21   39   7  4   2   21   1     17   9  .250  .324  .385   70   60   6           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1218 4139  644 1202 262 50  40  450  71 58 467 288  .290  .370  .407  103 1684 132   0   0  53   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   86  160  35  7   5   60   9  8  62  38  .290  .370  .407  103  224  18   0   0   7   0
 Career High    149  572  106  172  41  8   8   69  12 13  77  41  .331  .416  .481  153  236  23   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 23 DET AL    4    4    0   0.0    80| .000  .255| .000  .326| .000  .330| .000  .656|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1919 25 DET AL  342  205   56   7.4    93| .331  .274| .416  .340| .481  .368| .897  .708| 153  .747  22.4   2.3     
 1920 26 DET AL  359  252   32   3.4   105| .235  .289| .318  .353| .338  .397| .656  .750|  75  .367 -11.0  -1.1  42%
 1921 27 DET AL  297  195   35   4.8   113| .305  .298| .371  .364| .382  .419| .753  .783|  93  .475  -1.6  -0.2  66%
 1922 28 DET AL  110   67   19   7.6   107| .308  .289| .411  .354| .527  .406| .938  .760| 146  .702   6.5   0.6   0%
 1923 29 TOT AL  435  284   62   5.8   108| .311  .290| .379  .360| .454  .401| .833  .761| 119  .600  10.3   1.0  41%
         DET AL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .288| .000  .357| .000  .397| .000  .754|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  434  283   62   5.9   108| .312  .290| .380  .360| .455  .401| .835  .761| 119  .601  10.6   1.0  41%
 1924 30 BOS AL  661  414   89   5.7   112| .307  .298| .401  .368| .421  .409| .822  .777| 112  .573  13.6   1.3  43%
 1925 31 BOS AL  654  432   76   4.7   115| .280  .300| .356  .370| .385  .420| .741  .790|  88  .462  -9.4  -0.9  45%
 1926 32 BOS AL  463  303   62   5.4   107| .299  .286| .363  .357| .429  .401| .792  .758| 109  .568   5.4   0.5  40%
 1927 33 BOS AL  555  358   70   5.2   109| .285  .290| .374  .358| .401  .408| .775  .766| 103  .533   3.7   0.4  85%
 1928 34 BOS AL  587  387   72   5.0   105| .290  .284| .366  .348| .392  .403| .758  .751| 103  .522   5.0   0.5  57%
 1929 35 TOT     145  103   12   3.1   116| .256  .297| .326  .363| .312  .431| .638  .793|  62  .284  -7.0  -0.7  50%
         TOT AL   90   66    6   2.4   112| .240  .290| .321  .357| .280  .420| .601  .777|  57  .213  -4.6  -0.5  40%
         BOS AL   42   29    4   3.7   110| .306  .288| .390  .354| .361  .416| .751  .770|  97  .367   0.2   0.0  25%
         WSH AL   48   37    2   1.4   113| .179  .293| .256  .360| .205  .423| .461  .783|  20  .094  -4.8  -0.5 100%
         PIT NL   55   37    6   4.3   123| .280  .307| .333  .371| .360  .447| .693  .818|  70  .393  -2.4  -0.2     
 1930 36 PIT NL  179  123   19   4.1   126| .250  .312| .324  .370| .385  .464| .709  .834|  70  .341  -8.0  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4791 3127  604   5.2   109| .290  .292| .370  .359| .407  .407| .777  .767| 103  .530  29.0   2.9     

* 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 ------+
1917 23 DET AL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0 0 2 1919 25 DET AL OF 83 140 15 8 4 .951 .958 1.87 2.16 0 0 83 1920 26 DET AL OF 82 164 13 6 4 .967 .962 2.16 2.16 1 6 75 1921 27 DET AL SS 55 111 139 27 8 .903 .941 4.55 5.15 OF 12 22 4 0 1 1.000 .959 2.17 2.21 6 2 5 2B 8 17 18 1 13 .972 .956 4.38 5.35 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 3.30 1922 28 DET AL OF 32 54 4 2 1 .967 .963 1.81 2.22 8 9 15 1923 29 BOS AL OF 102 218 31 9 8 .965 .965 2.44 2.26 0 3 99 SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 4.80 1924 30 BOS AL OF 144 374 9 10 2 .975 .970 2.66 2.27 0 143 1 1925 31 BOS AL OF 144 429 24 11 6 .976 .965 3.15 2.27 0 144 0 1926 32 BOS AL OF 98 264 14 5 4 .982 .966 2.84 2.23 0 98 0 1927 33 BOS AL OF 129 326 19 5 4 .986 .964 2.67 2.22 0 128 1 1928 34 BOS AL OF 135 346 18 10 4 .973 .973 2.70 2.22 0 135 0 1929 35 TOT OF 33 75 4 2 1 .975 .968 2.39 2.31 20 12 2 TOT AL OF 24 51 4 2 1 .965 .967 2.29 2.28 14 11 0 BOS AL OF 13 21 0 1 0 .955 .968 1.62 2.28 13 1 0 WSH AL OF 11 30 4 1 1 .971 .966 3.09 2.28 1 10 0 PIT NL OF 9 24 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.67 2.38 6 1 2 1930 36 PIT NL OF 40 70 4 3 1 .961 .969 1.85 2.28 21 15 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 27 DET AL 2B 8 17 18 1 13 .972 .956 4.38 5.35 1921 27 DET AL 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 3.30 1917 23 DET AL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0 0 2 1919 25 DET AL OF 83 140 15 8 4 .951 .958 1.87 2.16 0 0 83 1920 26 DET AL OF 82 164 13 6 4 .967 .962 2.16 2.16 1 6 75 1921 27 DET AL OF 12 22 4 0 1 1.000 .959 2.17 2.21 6 2 5 1922 28 DET AL OF 32 54 4 2 1 .967 .963 1.81 2.22 8 9 15 1923 29 BOS AL OF 102 218 31 9 8 .965 .965 2.44 2.26 0 3 99 1924 30 BOS AL OF 144 374 9 10 2 .975 .970 2.66 2.27 0 143 1 1925 31 BOS AL OF 144 429 24 11 6 .976 .965 3.15 2.27 0 144 0 1926 32 BOS AL OF 98 264 14 5 4 .982 .966 2.84 2.23 0 98 0 1927 33 BOS AL OF 129 326 19 5 4 .986 .964 2.67 2.22 0 128 1 1928 34 BOS AL OF 135 346 18 10 4 .973 .973 2.70 2.22 0 135 0 1929 35 TOT OF 33 75 4 2 1 .975 .968 2.39 2.31 20 12 2 TOT AL OF 24 51 4 2 1 .965 .967 2.29 2.28 14 11 0 BOS AL OF 13 21 0 1 0 .955 .968 1.62 2.28 13 1 0 WSH AL OF 11 30 4 1 1 .971 .966 3.09 2.28 1 10 0 PIT NL OF 9 24 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.67 2.38 6 1 2 1930 36 PIT NL OF 40 70 4 3 1 .961 .969 1.85 2.28 21 15 5 1921 27 DET AL SS 55 111 139 27 8 .903 .941 4.55 5.15 1923 29 BOS AL SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 4.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1036 2482 159 71 40 .974 .966 2.55 2.23 56 695 288 SS 56 111 141 28 8 .900 .941 4.50 5.14 2B 8 17 18 1 13 .972 .956 4.38 5.35 3B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 3.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1101 2610 322 100 61 .967 .964 2.66 2.41
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-AL-15-0.08
1925-AL-7-0.16
1926-AL-23-0.03
1927-AL-18-0.05
1928-AL-14-0.08
Car-489-0.40 shares

Batting Average
1919 AL-.331-5

On-base %
1919 AL-.416-5

Slugging %
1919 AL-.481-6

OPS
1919 AL-.897-6

Runs
1924 AL-106-6

Doubles
1925 AL-38-8
1928 AL-41-6

Bases on Balls
1924 AL-77-8

Adjusted OPS+
1919 AL-153-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1919 AL-22-7

Batting Wins
1919 AL-2.3-7

Times on Base
1924 AL-260-9

Offensive Win%
1919 AL-.747-6

Hit By Pitch
1919 AL-7-4
1924 AL-11-3
1927 AL-9-2

Sac. Hits
1927 AL-23-8

Caught Stealing
1924 AL-13-7
1928 AL-9-8

At Bats per Home Run
1919 AL-57.4-7
1923 AL-47.9-10

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1125) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.6 (706) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1059) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

April 20, 1923: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

May 25, 1929: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Boston Red Sox.

July 12, 1929: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Washington Senators.


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