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John Hummel
John Edwin Hummel (Silent John)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.
School Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Debut September 12, 1905
Final Game September 2, 1918
Born April 4, 1883 in Bloomsburg, PA
Died May 18, 1959 in Springfield, MA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 22 BRO NL  30  109   19   29   3  4   0    7   6      9      .266  .322  .367  111   40   3           0    
 1906 23 BRO NL  97  286   20   57   6  4   1   21  10     36      .199  .289  .259   77   74   4           0    
 1907 24 BRO NL 107  342   41   80  12  3   3   31   8     26      .234  .294  .313   97  107  15           3    
 1908 25 BRO NL 154  594   51  143  11 12   4   41  20     34      .241  .284  .320   96  190  12           2    
 1909 26 BRO NL 146  542   54  152  15  9   4   52  16     22      .280  .311  .363  113  197  31           2    
 1910 27 BRO NL 153  578   67  141  21 13   5   74  21     57  81  .244  .314  .351   96  203  14           2    
 1911 28 BRO NL 137  477   54  129  21 11   5   58  16     67  66  .270  .360  .392  114  187  12           0    
 1912 29 BRO NL 122  411   55  116  21  7   5   54   7     49  55  .282  .359  .404  112  166  10           0    
 1913 30 BRO NL  67  198   20   48   7  7   2   24   4     13  23  .242  .292  .379   88   75   1           1    
 1914 31 BRO NL  73  208   25   55   8  9   0   20   5     16  25  .264  .317  .389  108   81   6           0    
 1915 32 BRO NL  53  100    6   23   2  3   0    8   1  1   6  11  .230  .274  .310   75   31   5           0    
 1918 35 NYY AL  22   61    9   18   1  2   0    4   3     11   8  .295  .411  .377  136   23   1           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1161 3906  421  991 128 84  29  394 117  1 346 269  .254  .316  .352  102 1374 114   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545   59  138  18 12   4   55  16  0  48  38  .254  .316  .352  102  192  16   0   0   2   0
 Career High    154  594   67  152  21 13   5   74  21  1  67  81  .282  .360  .404  114  203  31   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 22 BRO NL  121   83   13   4.2    78| .266  .256| .322  .317| .367  .335| .689  .652| 111  .576   1.2   0.1     
 1906 23 BRO NL  326  233   21   2.4    70| .199  .244| .289  .309| .259  .310| .548  .619|  77  .375  -6.7  -0.8     
 1907 24 BRO NL  386  277   31   3.0    69| .234  .243| .294  .307| .313  .309| .607  .616|  97  .483  -1.4  -0.2     
 1908 25 BRO NL  642  463   54   3.1    69| .241  .242| .284  .303| .320  .312| .604  .615|  96  .522  -5.2  -0.6     
 1909 26 BRO NL  597  421   61   3.9    74| .280  .248| .311  .315| .363  .319| .674  .634| 113  .585   4.5   0.5     
 1910 27 BRO NL  651  451   63   3.7    85| .244  .259| .314  .333| .351  .344| .665  .677|  96  .510  -4.3  -0.5     
 1911 28 BRO NL  556  360   67   5.0    92| .270  .263| .360  .340| .392  .363| .752  .703| 114  .601   9.7   1.0     
 1912 29 BRO NL  470  305   60   5.3    97| .282  .275| .359  .345| .404  .375| .763  .719| 112  .595   7.3   0.7     
 1913 30 BRO NL  213  151   22   3.9    94| .242  .273| .292  .338| .379  .372| .671  .710|  88  .505  -4.3  -0.5     
 1914 31 BRO NL  230  159   26   4.4    86| .264  .261| .317  .329| .389  .349| .706  .679| 108  .600   0.7   0.1     
 1915 32 BRO NL  111   83    8   2.6    82| .230  .258| .274  .321| .310  .345| .584  .667|  75  .394  -3.6  -0.4  50%
 1918 35 NYY AL   74   44    9   5.6    84| .295  .263| .411  .334| .377  .335| .788  .669| 136  .701   3.2   0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4377 3030  435   3.8    81| .254  .255| .316  .324| .352  .337| .668  .661| 102  .541   1.2  -0.2     

* 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 ------+
1905 22 BRO NL 2B 30 62 90 6 13 .962 .943 5.07 5.11 1906 23 BRO NL 2B 50 115 148 13 25 .953 .947 5.26 4.97 OF 21 38 2 2 0 .952 .959 1.90 1.86 15 1 4 1B 15 157 6 3 9 .982 .984 10.87 10.57 1907 24 BRO NL 2B 44 106 129 12 14 .951 .952 5.34 5.12 OF 33 74 6 0 0 1.000 .960 2.42 1.94 22 3 9 1B 12 129 5 2 7 .985 .984 11.17 10.25 SS 8 12 22 2 2 .944 .932 4.25 5.03 1908 25 BRO NL OF 95 162 20 5 8 .973 .960 1.92 1.99 92 4 2 2B 43 105 127 9 10 .963 .954 5.40 5.03 SS 9 17 28 3 2 .938 .930 5.00 5.17 1B 8 82 7 1 5 .989 .986 11.12 10.68 1909 26 BRO NL 1B 54 572 15 8 22 .987 .985 10.87 10.58 2B 38 66 106 9 6 .950 .938 4.53 4.66 SS 36 57 84 18 9 .887 .926 3.92 5.21 OF 17 33 2 0 1 1.000 .962 2.06 2.01 0 6 11 1910 27 BRO NL 2B 153 344 424 28 67 .965 .952 5.02 5.05 1911 28 BRO NL 2B 127 296 352 19 58 .972 .952 5.10 5.03 1B 4 36 5 0 3 1.000 .986 10.25 9.90 SS 2 5 5 2 0 .833 .926 5.00 4.90 1912 29 BRO NL 2B 58 120 159 9 17 .969 .955 4.81 5.09 OF 44 55 2 2 0 .966 .956 1.30 2.16 0 0 44 1B 11 122 7 0 5 1.000 .988 11.73 9.99 1913 30 BRO NL OF 28 39 6 3 1 .938 .959 1.61 2.08 3 0 25 SS 17 31 51 4 8 .953 .937 4.82 4.96 1B 6 53 5 1 4 .983 .986 9.67 10.22 2B 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 2.33 4.93 1914 31 BRO NL 1B 36 310 17 6 12 .982 .988 9.08 10.10 OF 19 28 4 0 1 1.000 .958 1.68 1.97 5 4 11 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.10 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1915 32 BRO NL OF 21 27 0 0 0 1.000 .957 1.29 2.01 2 1 18 1B 11 66 2 0 5 1.000 .990 6.18 10.23 SS 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20 1918 35 NYY AL OF 15 24 0 1 0 .960 .964 1.60 2.17 6 7 1 1B 3 33 1 1 3 .971 .986 11.33 10.90 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1906 23 BRO NL 1B 15 157 6 3 9 .982 .984 10.87 10.57 1907 24 BRO NL 1B 12 129 5 2 7 .985 .984 11.17 10.25 1908 25 BRO NL 1B 8 82 7 1 5 .989 .986 11.12 10.68 1909 26 BRO NL 1B 54 572 15 8 22 .987 .985 10.87 10.58 1911 28 BRO NL 1B 4 36 5 0 3 1.000 .986 10.25 9.90 1912 29 BRO NL 1B 11 122 7 0 5 1.000 .988 11.73 9.99 1913 30 BRO NL 1B 6 53 5 1 4 .983 .986 9.67 10.22 1914 31 BRO NL 1B 36 310 17 6 12 .982 .988 9.08 10.10 1915 32 BRO NL 1B 11 66 2 0 5 1.000 .990 6.18 10.23 1918 35 NYY AL 1B 3 33 1 1 3 .971 .986 11.33 10.90 1905 22 BRO NL 2B 30 62 90 6 13 .962 .943 5.07 5.11 1906 23 BRO NL 2B 50 115 148 13 25 .953 .947 5.26 4.97 1907 24 BRO NL 2B 44 106 129 12 14 .951 .952 5.34 5.12 1908 25 BRO NL 2B 43 105 127 9 10 .963 .954 5.40 5.03 1909 26 BRO NL 2B 38 66 106 9 6 .950 .938 4.53 4.66 1910 27 BRO NL 2B 153 344 424 28 67 .965 .952 5.02 5.05 1911 28 BRO NL 2B 127 296 352 19 58 .972 .952 5.10 5.03 1912 29 BRO NL 2B 58 120 159 9 17 .969 .955 4.81 5.09 1913 30 BRO NL 2B 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 2.33 4.93 1914 31 BRO NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1918 35 NYY AL 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.30 1906 23 BRO NL OF 21 38 2 2 0 .952 .959 1.90 1.86 15 1 4 1907 24 BRO NL OF 33 74 6 0 0 1.000 .960 2.42 1.94 22 3 9 1908 25 BRO NL OF 95 162 20 5 8 .973 .960 1.92 1.99 92 4 2 1909 26 BRO NL OF 17 33 2 0 1 1.000 .962 2.06 2.01 0 6 11 1912 29 BRO NL OF 44 55 2 2 0 .966 .956 1.30 2.16 0 0 44 1913 30 BRO NL OF 28 39 6 3 1 .938 .959 1.61 2.08 3 0 25 1914 31 BRO NL OF 19 28 4 0 1 1.000 .958 1.68 1.97 5 4 11 1915 32 BRO NL OF 21 27 0 0 0 1.000 .957 1.29 2.01 2 1 18 1918 35 NYY AL OF 15 24 0 1 0 .960 .964 1.60 2.17 6 7 1 1907 24 BRO NL SS 8 12 22 2 2 .944 .932 4.25 5.03 1908 25 BRO NL SS 9 17 28 3 2 .938 .930 5.00 5.17 1909 26 BRO NL SS 36 57 84 18 9 .887 .926 3.92 5.21 1911 28 BRO NL SS 2 5 5 2 0 .833 .926 5.00 4.90 1913 30 BRO NL SS 17 31 51 4 8 .953 .937 4.82 4.96 1914 31 BRO NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.10 1915 32 BRO NL SS 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 548 1218 1541 105 211 .963 .951 5.03 5.02 OF 293 480 42 13 11 .976 .960 1.78 2.02 145 26 125 1B 160 1560 70 22 75 .987 .986 10.19 10.36 SS 74 125 192 29 21 .916 .930 4.28 5.12 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1075 3383 1845 169 318 .969 .961 4.86 5.01
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
1908 NL-154-7
1910 NL-153-6

At Bats
1908 NL-594-2
1910 NL-578-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1908 NL-642-9
1910 NL-651-10

Triples
1908 NL-12-9
1910 NL-13-10

Home Runs
1908 NL-4-9
1909 NL-4-6
1910 NL-5-7

RBI
1910 NL-74-7

Strikeouts
1910 NL-81-1
1911 NL-66-10

Singles
1909 NL-124-6

Sac. Hits
1909 NL-31-4

Power/Speed Number
1908 NL-6.7-10
1910 NL-8.1-9

At Bats per Home Run
1907 NL-114.0-8

Outs
1908 NL-463-3
1910 NL-451-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (927) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.8 (1448) (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 

August, 1905: Purchased by the Brooklyn Superbas from the Holyoke (Connecticut).


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