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George Hemming
George Earl Hemming (Old Wax Figger)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 21, 1890
Final Game June 12, 1897
Born December 15, 1868 in Carrollton, OH
Died June 3, 1930 in Springfield, MA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 21 TOT PL   8   5  22  12  12   0  10  3  144.0  142  109   68   4   78   35   3   7   540       0  4.25  4.37  103 1.528
         CLE PL   0   1   3   1   1   0   2  0   21.0   25   23   16   1   19    3   0   0     0       0  6.86  3.98   58 2.095
         BWW PL   8   4  19  11  11   0   8  3  123.0  117   86   52   3   59   32   3   7   540       0  3.80  4.44  117 1.431
 1891 22 BRO NL   8  15  27  22  19   1   5  1  199.7  231  173  110  11   84   83   0  10     0       0  4.96  3.31   67 1.578
 1892 23 TOT NL   2   3   5   4   4   0   1  0   41.0   46   31   23   2   19   12   0   0     0       0  5.05  3.08   61 1.585
         CIN NL   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0   10    6    5   1    2    0   0   0     0       0  7.50  3.25   43 2.000
         LOU NL   2   2   4   4   4   0   0  0   35.0   36   25   18   1   17   12   0   0     0       0  4.63  3.05   66 1.514
 1893 24 LOU NL  18  17  41  32  32   1   8  1  332.0  369  248  188   7  176   79   0   9     0       0  5.10  4.38   86 1.642
 1894 25 TOT NL  17  19  41  38  36   1   3  1  339.7  406  235  161   7  159   70   0   6     0       0  4.27  5.15  121 1.663
         LOU NL  13  19  35  32  32   1   3  1  294.3  358  213  143   7  133   66   0   5     0       0  4.37  5.10  117 1.668
         BLN NL   4   0   6   6   4   0   0  0   45.3   48   22   18   0   26    4   0   1     0       0  3.57  5.47  153 1.632
 1895 26 BLN NL  20  13  34  31  26   1   1  0  262.3  288  155  118  10   96   43   0   4     0       0  4.05  4.78  118 1.464
 1896 27 BLN NL  15   6  25  21  20   3   4  0  202.0  233  113   94   9   54   33   0   2     0       0  4.19  4.27  102 1.421
 1897 28 LOU NL   3   4   9   8   7   0   1  0   67.0   80   59   38   5   25    7   1   1     0       0  5.10  4.26   84 1.567
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .526  91  82 204 168 156   7  33  6 1587.7 1795 1123  800  55  691  362   4  39   540       0  4.53  4.42   98 1.566
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  14  37  30  28   1   6  1  290.0  328  205  146  10  126   66   0   7    98   0   0  4.53  4.42   98 1.566
 Career High     20  19  41  38  36   3  10  3  339.7  406  248  188  11  176   83   3  10   540   0   0  4.05  5.15  121 1.421

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 21 TOT PL  22   68    6   11   0  1   0    9   3      1  14  .162  .174  .191   -4   13               0    
         CLE PL   3   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   2      0   3  .182  .182  .182    0    2               0    
         BWW PL  19   57    5    9   0  1   0    8   1      1  11  .158  .172  .193   -5   11               0    
 1891 22 BRO NL  27   82   11   13   3  2   0   10   2      6  21  .159  .216  .244   34   20               0    
 1892 23 TOT NL   5   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   5  .125  .222  .125    9    2               0    
         CIN NL   1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333  102    1               0    
         LOU NL   4   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   5  .077  .200  .077  -12    1               0    
 1893 24 LOU NL  45  158   17   32   5  2   0   19   0     12  20  .203  .259  .259   43   41               0    
 1894 25 TOT NL  42  152   24   39   3  8   2   13   2      6  25  .257  .285  .421   72   64               0    
         LOU NL  36  131   20   33   2  6   2   10   2      5  20  .252  .279  .405   68   53               0    
         BLN NL   6   21    4    6   1  2   0    3   0      1   5  .286  .318  .524   97   11               0    
 1895 26 BLN NL  35  117   19   33  10  2   1   16   0      2  12  .282  .294  .427   82   50   1           0    
 1896 27 BLN NL  30   97   16   25   6  5   0   11   4      4   7  .258  .294  .423   86   41   2           1    
 1897 28 LOU NL  10   28    5    5   1  0   0    2   0      2      .179  .233  .214   20    6   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      216  718   98  160  28 20   3   80  11  0  35 104  .223  .260  .330   55  237   3   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        539   74  120  21 15   2   60   8  0  26  78  .223  .260  .330   55  178   2   0   0   1   0
 Career High     45  158   24   39  10  8   2   19   4  0  12  25                          64   2   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 21 TOT PL   69   57    2   0.9   108| .162  .286| .174  .365| .191  .397| .365  .762|  -4  .046 -10.7  -1.1     
         CLE PL   11    9    0   0.0    98| .182  .271| .182  .348| .182  .377| .364  .725|   0  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
         BWW PL   58   48    2   1.1   110| .158  .288| .172  .368| .193  .401| .365  .769|  -5  .061  -9.2  -0.9     
 1891 22 BRO NL   88   69    4   1.5    87| .159  .259| .216  .332| .244  .352| .460  .684|  34  .151  -7.2  -0.8     
 1892 23 TOT NL   18   14    0   0.0    75| .125  .243| .222  .315| .125  .325| .347  .640|   9  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
         CIN NL    3    2    0   0.0    80| .333  .250| .333  .324| .333  .335| .666  .659| 102  .000  -0.0   0.0     
         LOU NL   15   12    0   0.0    74| .077  .241| .200  .313| .077  .323| .277  .636| -12  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1893 24 LOU NL  170  126   11   2.3    99| .203  .276| .259  .352| .259  .375| .518  .728|  43  .201 -13.0  -1.2     
 1894 25 TOT NL  158  113   19   4.4   122| .257  .308| .285  .379| .421  .434| .706  .813|  72  .361  -8.6  -0.7     
         LOU NL  136   98   15   4.0   120| .252  .306| .279  .376| .405  .431| .684  .808|  68  .322  -8.1  -0.7     
         BLN NL   22   15    4   6.9   130| .286  .321| .318  .393| .524  .452| .842  .845|  97  .567  -0.5   0.0     
 1895 26 BLN NL  120   85   15   4.6   115| .282  .306| .294  .373| .427  .413| .721  .786|  82  .445  -3.9  -0.4     
 1896 27 BLN NL  104   74   12   4.2   109| .258  .300| .294  .365| .423  .400| .717  .765|  86  .439  -2.9  -0.3     
 1897 28 LOU NL   30   23    1   1.1   105| .179  .295| .233  .358| .214  .392| .447  .750|  20  .066  -3.2  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       757  561   64   3.0   107| .223  .290| .260  .361| .330  .396| .590  .757|  55  .280 -51.3  -5.0     

* 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 ------+
1890 21 TOT PL P 22 4 42 3 1 .939 .911 2.09 2.42 2.88 2.80 12 144.0 CLE PL P 3 1 9 1 0 .909 .909 3.33 2.43 4.29 2.79 1 21.0 BWW PL P 19 3 33 2 1 .947 .911 1.89 2.42 2.63 2.80 11 123.0 OF 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1891 22 BRO NL P 27 9 44 6 1 .898 .915 1.96 1.96 2.39 2.29 22 199.7 1892 23 TOT NL P 5 3 10 1 1 .929 .903 2.60 2.18 2.85 2.50 4 41.0 CIN NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 3.00 2.55 0 6.0 LOU NL P 4 3 8 1 1 .917 .902 2.75 2.17 2.83 2.49 4 35.0 1893 24 LOU NL P 41 19 80 7 2 .934 .913 2.41 2.07 2.68 2.50 32 332.0 OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.50 2.15 0 0 4 1894 25 TOT NL P 41 19 55 5 1 .937 .911 1.80 1.74 1.96 2.18 38 339.6 LOU NL P 35 18 46 4 1 .941 .912 1.83 1.74 1.96 2.18 32 294.3 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 9.50 BLN NL P 6 1 9 1 0 .909 .909 1.67 1.73 1.99 2.19 6 45.3 1895 26 BLN NL P 34 7 46 4 2 .930 .917 1.56 2.01 1.82 2.52 31 262.3 1896 27 BLN NL P 25 11 37 3 2 .941 .916 1.92 2.20 2.14 2.72 21 202.0 OF 2 3 0 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 2.10 1 0 1 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.20 1897 28 LOU NL P 9 9 16 2 0 .926 .919 2.78 2.10 3.36 2.55 8 67.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1894 25 LOU NL 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 9.50 1896 27 BLN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.20 1897 28 LOU NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.00 1890 21 BWW PL OF 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1893 24 LOU NL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.50 2.15 0 0 4 1896 27 BLN NL OF 2 3 0 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 2.10 1 0 1 1890 21 TOT PL P 22 4 42 3 1 .939 .911 2.09 2.42 2.88 2.80 12 144.0 CLE PL P 3 1 9 1 0 .909 .909 3.33 2.43 4.29 2.79 1 21.0 BWW PL P 19 3 33 2 1 .947 .911 1.89 2.42 2.63 2.80 11 123.0 1891 22 BRO NL P 27 9 44 6 1 .898 .915 1.96 1.96 2.39 2.29 22 199.7 1892 23 TOT NL P 5 3 10 1 1 .929 .903 2.60 2.18 2.85 2.50 4 41.0 CIN NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 3.00 2.55 0 6.0 LOU NL P 4 3 8 1 1 .917 .902 2.75 2.17 2.83 2.49 4 35.0 1893 24 LOU NL P 41 19 80 7 2 .934 .913 2.41 2.07 2.68 2.50 32 332.0 1894 25 TOT NL P 41 19 55 5 1 .937 .911 1.80 1.74 1.96 2.18 38 339.6 LOU NL P 35 18 46 4 1 .941 .912 1.83 1.74 1.96 2.18 32 294.3 BLN NL P 6 1 9 1 0 .909 .909 1.67 1.73 1.99 2.19 6 45.3 1895 26 BLN NL P 34 7 46 4 2 .930 .917 1.56 2.01 1.82 2.52 31 262.3 1896 27 BLN NL P 25 11 37 3 2 .941 .916 1.92 2.20 2.14 2.72 21 202.0 1897 28 LOU NL P 9 9 16 2 0 .926 .919 2.78 2.10 3.36 2.55 8 67.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 204 81 330 31 10 .930 .914 2.01 2.04 168 1587.7 OF 7 9 1 3 0 .769 .917 1.43 2.13 1 0 6 1B 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 3.33 9.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 214 100 331 34 10 .927 .915 2.01 2.15
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.

ERA
1894 NL-4.27-7

Won-Loss %
1890 PL-.615-7
1896 NL-.714-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1890 PL-8.88-3
1894 NL-10.76-9
1895 NL-9.88-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1891 NL-3.74-8

Saves
1890 PL-3-1
1891 NL-1-5
1893 NL-1-6
1894 NL-1-9

Comp. Games
1894 NL-36-7

Shutouts
1893 NL-1-9
1894 NL-1-7
1896 NL-3-3

Home Runs Allow.
1891 NL-11-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1893 NL-176-5
1894 NL-159-5

SO to Walk
1891 NL-.99-10

Losses
1894 NL-19-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1893 NL-188-3

Games Finished
1890 PL-10-1
1891 NL-5-8
1893 NL-8-4

Adjusted ERA+
1894 NL-121-9

Youngest Player
1890 PL-21-6

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (548) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 33 (706) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (660) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June, 1892: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 15, 1892: Released by the Louisville Colonels.

August 31, 1894: Traded by the Louisville Colonels to the Baltimore Orioles for Bert Inks and $2,000.

April 15, 1897: Purchased by the Louisville Colonels from the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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