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Wilbur Good
Wilbur David Good (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 18, 1905
Final Game September 2, 1918
Born September 28, 1885 in Punxsutawney, PA
Died December 30, 1963 in Brooksville, FL

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Highlanders in 1905. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 19 NYY AL   5    8    2    3   0  0   0    0   0      0      .375  .375  .375  128    3   0           0    
 1908 22 CLE AL  46  154   23   43   1  3   1   14   7     13      .279  .351  .344  125   53   4           4    
 1909 23 CLE AL  94  318   33   68   6  5   0   17  13     28      .214  .296  .264   74   84   5           9    
 1910 24 BSN NL  23   86   15   29   5  4   0   11   5      6  13  .337  .394  .488  154   42   4           2    
 1911 25 TOT NL 101  310   48   83  14  7   2   36  13     23  39  .268  .322  .377   93  117   9           2    
         BSN NL  43  165   21   44   9  3   0   15   3     12  22  .267  .316  .358   83   59   4           0    
         CHC NL  58  145   27   39   5  4   2   21  10     11  17  .269  .329  .400  104   58   5           2    
 1912 26 CHC NL  39   35    7    5   0  0   0    1   3      3   7  .143  .211  .143   -2    5   0           0    
 1913 27 CHC NL  49   91   11   23   3  2   1   12   5     11  16  .253  .340  .363  101   33   0           1    
 1914 28 CHC NL 154  580   70  158  24  7   2   43  31     53  74  .272  .341  .348  105  202  24           7    
 1915 29 CHC NL 128  498   66  126  18  9   2   27  19 17  34  65  .253  .307  .337   95  168   8           5    
 1916 30 PHI NL  75  136   25   34   4  3   1   15   7      8  13  .250  .306  .346   96   47   5           3    
 1918 32 CHW AL  35  148   24   37   9  4   0   11   1     11  16  .250  .315  .365  104   54   1           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     749 2364  324  609  84 44   9  187 104 17 190 243  .258  .322  .342   98  808  60   0   0  36   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        511   70  132  18 10   2   40  22  4  41  53  .258  .322  .342   98  175  13   0   0   8   0
 Career High    154  580   70  158  24  9   2   43  31 17  53  74  .272  .341  .377  105  202  24   0   0   9   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 19 NYY AL    8    5    1   5.3    80| .375  .260| .375  .321| .375  .339| .750  .659| 128  .728   0.2   0.0     
 1908 22 CLE AL  175  115   18   4.2    69| .279  .247| .351  .304| .344  .314| .695  .618| 125  .659   4.4   0.5     
 1909 23 CLE AL  360  255   23   2.4    76| .214  .257| .296  .318| .264  .326| .560  .644|  74  .392  -9.0  -1.1     
 1910 24 BSN NL   98   61   16   7.0    90| .337  .266| .394  .341| .488  .353| .882  .694| 154  .768   5.5   0.6     
 1911 25 TOT NL  344  236   38   4.3    98| .268  .272| .322  .350| .377  .375| .699  .726|  93  .536  -4.5  -0.5     
         BSN NL  181  125   19   4.1   101| .267  .276| .316  .355| .358  .381| .674  .736|  83  .509  -4.4  -0.5     
         CHC NL  163  111   19   4.6    96| .269  .268| .329  .346| .400  .370| .729  .715| 104  .564  -0.1   0.0     
 1912 26 CHC NL   38   30    1   0.9   100| .143  .280| .211  .350| .143  .382| .354  .732|  -2  .054  -5.0  -0.5     
 1913 27 CHC NL  103   68   11   4.4    91| .253  .270| .340  .334| .363  .367| .703  .701| 101  .552   0.2   0.0     
 1914 28 CHC NL  664  446   67   4.0    84| .272  .259| .341  .327| .348  .346| .689  .673| 105  .562   4.3   0.5     
 1915 29 CHC NL  545  397   48   3.2    81| .253  .256| .307  .319| .337  .342| .644  .661|  95  .494  -3.9  -0.5  52%
 1916 30 PHI NL  152  107   14   3.5    81| .250  .259| .306  .318| .346  .345| .652  .663|  96  .531  -0.8  -0.1     
 1918 32 CHW AL  163  112   16   3.9    83| .250  .262| .315  .333| .365  .333| .680  .666| 104  .548   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2650 1832  253   3.7    84| .258  .260| .322  .326| .342  .345| .664  .672|  98  .535  -8.3  -1.1     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1905 19 NYY AL   0   2   5   2   0   0   3  0   19.0   18   17   10   1   14   13   0   2     0       0  4.74  2.91   61 1.684
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL  .000   0   2   5   2   0   0   3  0   19.0   18   17   10   1   14   13   0   2     0       0  4.74  2.91   61 1.684
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0  19  48  19   0   0  29  0  184.3  174  165   97   9  136  126   0  19     0   0   0  4.74  2.91   61 1.684

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 19 NYY AL P 5 1 7 1 0 .889 .941 1.60 2.60 3.79 3.22 2 19.0 1908 22 CLE AL OF 42 60 0 11 0 .845 .954 1.43 1.80 2 17 23 1909 23 CLE AL OF 80 110 12 6 2 .953 .951 1.52 1.80 0 0 80 1910 24 BSN NL OF 23 56 7 2 1 .969 .959 2.74 2.10 0 22 1 1911 25 TOT NL OF 83 182 16 13 2 .938 .960 2.39 2.07 3 75 5 BSN NL OF 43 108 13 7 1 .945 .960 2.81 2.07 0 41 2 CHC NL OF 40 74 3 6 1 .928 .960 1.93 2.07 3 34 3 1912 26 CHC NL OF 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 2.16 5 4 1 1913 27 CHC NL OF 26 37 1 1 0 .974 .960 1.46 2.08 3 1 22 1914 28 CHC NL OF 154 242 25 20 10 .930 .957 1.73 1.97 0 0 154 1915 29 CHC NL OF 125 192 13 14 4 .936 .959 1.64 2.01 0 1 125 1916 30 PHI NL OF 46 55 4 1 1 .983 .967 1.28 2.00 9 1 36 1918 32 CHW AL OF 35 103 4 2 1 .982 .962 3.06 2.17 1 33 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1908 22 CLE AL OF 42 60 0 11 0 .845 .954 1.43 1.80 2 17 23 1909 23 CLE AL OF 80 110 12 6 2 .953 .951 1.52 1.80 0 0 80 1910 24 BSN NL OF 23 56 7 2 1 .969 .959 2.74 2.10 0 22 1 1911 25 TOT NL OF 83 182 16 13 2 .938 .960 2.39 2.07 3 75 5 BSN NL OF 43 108 13 7 1 .945 .960 2.81 2.07 0 41 2 CHC NL OF 40 74 3 6 1 .928 .960 1.93 2.07 3 34 3 1912 26 CHC NL OF 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 2.16 5 4 1 1913 27 CHC NL OF 26 37 1 1 0 .974 .960 1.46 2.08 3 1 22 1914 28 CHC NL OF 154 242 25 20 10 .930 .957 1.73 1.97 0 0 154 1915 29 CHC NL OF 125 192 13 14 4 .936 .959 1.64 2.01 0 1 125 1916 30 PHI NL OF 46 55 4 1 1 .983 .967 1.28 2.00 9 1 36 1918 32 CHW AL OF 35 103 4 2 1 .982 .962 3.06 2.17 1 33 1 1905 19 NYY AL P 5 1 7 1 0 .889 .941 1.60 2.60 3.79 3.22 2 19.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 624 1044 83 70 21 .942 .958 1.81 1.98 23 154 448 P* 5 1 7 1 0 .889 .941 1.60 2.60 2 19.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 629 1045 90 71 21 .941 .958 1.80 1.99
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 NL-154-4

At Bats
1914 NL-580-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1914 NL-664-3

Hits
1914 NL-158-7

Strikeouts
1914 NL-74-3
1915 NL-65-6

Stolen Bases
1914 NL-31-9

Singles
1914 NL-125-5

Times on Base
1914 NL-218-9

Hit By Pitch
1909 AL-9-9
1914 NL-7-10

Sac. Hits
1914 NL-24-7

Outs
1914 NL-446-5

Youngest Player
1905 AL-19-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1565) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3081) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 14, 1905: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Highlanders.

December 1, 1909: Traded by the Cleveland Naps to the Philadelphia Athletics for Simon Nicholls. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 30, 1910: Purchased by the Baltimore (Eastern) from the Philadelphia Athletics.

September 1, 1910: Drafted by the Boston Doves from the Baltimore (Eastern) in the 1910 rule 5 draft.

June 10, 1911: Traded by the Boston Rustlers with Bill Collins, Cliff Curtis, and Peaches Graham to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Kling, Al Kaiser, Orlie Weaver, and Hank Griffin.

February 3, 1916: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

July 28, 1918: Sent from the Kansas City (American Association) to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.


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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