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Buck Freeman
John Frank Freeman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 169 lb.

Debut June 27, 1891
Final Game April 20, 1907
Born October 30, 1871 in Catasauqua, PA
Died June 25, 1949 in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Signed by the Washington Statesmen as an amateur free agent in 1891. (All Transactions)

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        The offensive leader of the World Champion Red Sox, leading the team in HR and RBI, but also in most other categories, like Doubles and Triples. Also, I appreciate his last name.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 19 WAS AA   5   18    1    4   1  0   0    1   0      2   2  .222  .300  .278   69    5               0    
 1898 26 WHS NL  29  107   19   39   2  3   3   21   2      7      .364  .424  .523  171   56   1           4    
 1899 27 WHS NL 155  588  107  187  19 25  25  122  21     23      .318  .362  .563  153  331   5          18    
 1900 28 BSN NL 117  418   58  126  19 13   6   65  10     25      .301  .355  .452  112  189   8          10    
 1901 29 BOS AL 129  490   88  166  23 15  12  114  17     44      .339  .400  .520  156  255   8           6    
 1902 30 BOS AL 138  564   75  174  38 19  11  121  17     32      .309  .352  .502  131  283   6           6    
 1903 31 BOS AL 141  567   74  163  39 20  13  104   5     30      .287  .328  .496  139  281  10           4    
 1904 32 BOS AL 157  597   64  167  20 19   7   84   7     32      .280  .329  .412  128  246  11          12    
 1905 33 BOS AL 130  455   59  109  20  8   3   49   8     46      .240  .316  .338  107  154   9           5    
 1906 34 BOS AL 121  392   42   98  18  9   1   30   5     28      .250  .302  .349  103  137  15           1    
 1907 35 BOS AL   4   12    1    2   0  0   1    2   0      3      .167  .333  .417  140    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons         4208      1235    131      713      0       2  .293  .346  .462  132       73   0   0  66   0
               1126       588      199     82       92    272                            1942
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        605   85  178  29 19  12  103  13  0  39   0  .293  .346  .462  132  279  11   0   0   9   0
 Career High    157  597  107  187  39 25  25  122  21  0  46   2  .339  .400  .563  156  331  15   0   0  18   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 19 WAS AA   20   14    2   3.7    88| .222  .256| .300  .339| .278  .346| .578  .685|  69  .465  -0.7  -0.1     
 1898 26 WHS NL  119   69   23   8.7    91| .364  .278| .424  .342| .523  .357| .947  .699| 171  .809   9.4   1.0     
 1899 27 WHS NL  634  406  114   7.2    99| .318  .289| .362  .351| .563  .376| .925  .727| 153  .722  35.4   3.5     
 1900 28 BSN NL  461  300   64   5.6   108| .301  .301| .355  .364| .452  .397| .807  .761| 112  .619   4.9   0.5     
 1901 29 BOS AL  548  332  100   7.9    95| .339  .282| .400  .338| .520  .378| .920  .716| 156  .750  36.3   3.6     
 1902 30 BOS AL  608  396   98   6.5   100| .309  .288| .352  .345| .502  .388| .854  .733| 131  .687  21.3   2.1     
 1903 31 BOS AL  611  414   91   5.8    86| .287  .269| .328  .319| .496  .363| .824  .682| 139  .709  25.4   2.8     
 1904 32 BOS AL  652  441   78   4.7    77| .280  .258| .329  .310| .412  .339| .741  .649| 128  .673  17.4   2.0     
 1905 33 BOS AL  515  355   48   3.6    73| .240  .249| .316  .308| .338  .325| .654  .634| 107  .566   4.1   0.5     
 1906 34 BOS AL  436  309   41   3.5    75| .250  .256| .302  .312| .349  .328| .651  .639| 103  .542   0.9   0.1     
 1907 35 BOS AL   15   10    2   5.4    71| .167  .253| .333  .308| .417  .316| .750  .625| 140  .728   0.6   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4619 3046  661   5.7    89| .293  .274| .346  .331| .462  .362| .808  .693| 132  .679 154.9  16.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1891 19 WAS AA   3   2   5   4   4   0   1  0   44.0   35   32   19   0   33   28   0   0     0       0  3.89  3.72   96 1.545
 1899 27 WHS NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    7.0   15   13    6   3    3    0   3   0     0       1  7.71  3.89   50 2.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .600   3   2   7   4   4   0   3  0   51.0   50   45   25   3   36   28   3   0     0       1  4.41  3.74   85 1.686
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18  12  43  24  24   0  18  0  315.0  309  278  154  18  222  173  18   0     0   0   6  4.41  3.74   85 1.686
 Career High      3   2   5   4   4   0   2  0   44.0   35   32   19   3   33   28   3   0     0   0   1  3.89  3.72   96 1.545

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1891 19 WAS AA P 5 0 10 3 0 .769 .909 2.00 2.14 2.05 2.58 4 44.0 1898 26 WHS NL OF 29 39 5 1 2 .978 .936 1.52 2.03 0 0 29 1899 27 WHS NL OF 155 220 14 14 3 .944 .944 1.51 2.11 0 0 155 P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .909 1.50 2.25 3.86 2.70 0 7.0 1900 28 BSN NL OF 91 130 3 7 1 .950 .940 1.46 2.13 16 3 72 1B 19 148 13 5 5 .970 .979 8.47 10.24 1901 29 BOS AL 1B 128 1278 55 36 71 .974 .974 10.41 7.81 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 0 1 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1902 30 BOS AL OF 138 222 15 14 3 .944 .944 1.72 2.04 0 0 138 1903 31 BOS AL OF 141 195 13 15 2 .933 .952 1.48 1.92 0 0 141 1904 32 BOS AL OF 157 216 14 11 4 .954 .954 1.46 1.84 0 0 157 1905 33 BOS AL 1B 66 627 30 18 20 .973 .982 9.95 10.64 OF 57 68 0 3 0 .958 .952 1.19 1.83 0 1 56 3B 2 2 4 2 0 .750 .923 3.00 3.10 1906 34 BOS AL OF 65 74 12 1 2 .989 .963 1.32 1.87 0 3 62 1B 43 393 35 7 0 .984 .982 9.95 10.68 3B 4 5 3 1 1 .889 .920 2.00 3.15 1907 35 BOS AL OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.83 0 0 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1900 28 BSN NL 1B 19 148 13 5 5 .970 .979 8.47 10.24 1901 29 BOS AL 1B 128 1278 55 36 71 .974 .974 10.41 7.81 1905 33 BOS AL 1B 66 627 30 18 20 .973 .982 9.95 10.64 1906 34 BOS AL 1B 43 393 35 7 0 .984 .982 9.95 10.68 1901 29 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1905 33 BOS AL 3B 2 2 4 2 0 .750 .923 3.00 3.10 1906 34 BOS AL 3B 4 5 3 1 1 .889 .920 2.00 3.15 1898 26 WHS NL OF 29 39 5 1 2 .978 .936 1.52 2.03 0 0 29 1899 27 WHS NL OF 155 220 14 14 3 .944 .944 1.51 2.11 0 0 155 1900 28 BSN NL OF 91 130 3 7 1 .950 .940 1.46 2.13 16 3 72 1901 29 BOS AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 0 0 1 1902 30 BOS AL OF 138 222 15 14 3 .944 .944 1.72 2.04 0 0 138 1903 31 BOS AL OF 141 195 13 15 2 .933 .952 1.48 1.92 0 0 141 1904 32 BOS AL OF 157 216 14 11 4 .954 .954 1.46 1.84 0 0 157 1905 33 BOS AL OF 57 68 0 3 0 .958 .952 1.19 1.83 0 1 56 1906 34 BOS AL OF 65 74 12 1 2 .989 .963 1.32 1.87 0 3 62 1907 35 BOS AL OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.83 0 0 3 1891 19 WAS AA P 5 0 10 3 0 .769 .909 2.00 2.14 2.05 2.58 4 44.0 1899 27 WHS NL P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .909 1.50 2.25 3.86 2.70 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 837 1171 76 66 17 .950 .948 1.49 1.98 16 7 814 1B 256 2446 133 66 96 .975 .978 10.07 9.20 P* 7 0 13 4 0 .765 .909 1.86 2.17 4 51.0 3B 6 7 7 3 1 .824 .921 2.33 3.13 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1107 3624 229 139 114 .965 .967 3.48 3.66
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   8  31   6   9  0  3  0   4   2   2  .290  .324  .484   0  1   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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
1901 AL-.339-3

On-base %
1901 AL-.400-5

Slugging %
1899 NL-.563-2
1900 NL-.452-9
1901 AL-.520-2
1902 AL-.502-6
1903 AL-.496-3
1904 AL-.412-7

OPS
1899 NL-.925-5
1901 AL-.920-2
1902 AL-.854-7
1903 AL-.823-5
1904 AL-.741-9

Games
1899 NL-155-1
1902 AL-138-2
1903 AL-141-1
1904 AL-157-2

At Bats
1902 AL-564-2
1903 AL-567-3
1904 AL-597-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1902 AL-608-6
1903 AL-611-4

Hits
1901 AL-166-7
1902 AL-174-5
1903 AL-163-7
1904 AL-167-10

Total Bases
1899 NL-331-2
1901 AL-255-4
1902 AL-283-2
1903 AL-281-1
1904 AL-246-3

Doubles
1902 AL-38-5
1903 AL-39-3

Triples
1899 NL-25-2
1900 NL-13-8
1901 AL-15-6
1902 AL-19-2
1903 AL-20-3
1904 AL-19-1
Car-131-78

Home Runs
1899 NL-25-1
1900 NL-6-10
1901 AL-12-2
1902 AL-11-2
1903 AL-13-1
1904 AL-7-2

RBI
1899 NL-122-2
1901 AL-114-2
1902 AL-121-1
1903 AL-104-1
1904 AL-84-2

Adjusted OPS+
1899 NL-153-5
1901 AL-156-2
1902 AL-131-7
1903 AL-139-7

Runs Created
1899 NL-114-5
1901 AL-100-3
1902 AL-98-4
1903 AL-91-4
1904 AL-78-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1899 NL-35-6
1901 AL-36-2
1902 AL-21-7
1903 AL-25-8

Batting Wins
1899 NL-3.5-5
1901 AL-3.6-2
1902 AL-2.1-7
1903 AL-2.8-7

Extra-Base Hits
1899 NL-69-2
1900 NL-38-9
1901 AL-50-5
1902 AL-68-1
1903 AL-72-1
1904 AL-46-7

Offensive Win%
1899 NL-.722-7
1901 AL-.750-2
1902 AL-.687-7
1903 AL-.709-7
1904 AL-.673-10

Hit By Pitch
1899 NL-18-4
1904 AL-12-4

Power/Speed Number
1899 NL-22.8-1
1901 AL-14.1-2
1902 AL-13.4-2
1903 AL-7.2-9
1904 AL-7.0-10

At Bats per Home Run
1899 NL-23.5-1
1900 NL-69.7-7
1901 AL-40.8-3
1902 AL-51.3-7
1903 AL-43.6-2
1904 AL-85.3-5

Outs
1902 AL-396-5
1903 AL-414-3

Youngest Player
1891 AA-19-7

Black Ink: Batting - 19 (112) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 95 (236) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.3 (715) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 47.0 (384) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June 23, 1891: Signed by the Washington Statesmen as an amateur free agent.

September 3, 1891: Released by the Washington Statesmen.

February 11, 1900: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Washington Senators.

March 5, 1901: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Boston Americans.


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