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Bert Inks
Albert John Inks

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 2, 1891
Final Game June 23, 1896
Born January 27, 1871 in Ligonier, IN
Died October 3, 1941 in Ligonier, IN

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1891 20 BRO NL   3  10  13  13  11   1   0  0   96.3   99   70   43   2   43   47   0   5     0       0  4.02  3.31   82 1.474
 1892 21 TOT NL   5   4  12  11   7   1   1  0   79.0   77   61   37   0   43   36   0   6     0       0  4.22  3.18   75 1.519
         BRO NL   4   2   9   8   4   1   1  0   58.0   48   34   25   0   33   25   0   4     0       0  3.88  3.15   81 1.397
         WHS NL   1   2   3   3   3   0   0  0   21.0   29   27   12   0   10   11   0   2     0       0  5.14  3.25   63 1.857
 1894 23 TOT NL  11  10  30  22  18   0   8  1  192.7  268  178  125   6   88   38   0   4     0       0  5.84  5.36   92 1.848
         BLN NL   9   4  22  14  10   0   8  1  133.0  181  108   82   4   54   30   0   4     0       0  5.55  5.47   99 1.767
         LOU NL   2   6   8   8   8   0   0  0   59.7   87   70   43   2   34    8   0   0     0       0  6.49  5.10   79 2.028
 1895 24 LOU NL   7  20  28  27  21   0   1  0  205.3  294  197  146   3   78   42   0   4     0       0  6.40  4.63   72 1.812
 1896 25 TOT NL   1   2   6   4   2   0   2  0   30.3   42   26   19   1   14    4   0   0     0       0  5.64  4.52   80 1.846
         PHI NL   0   1   3   1   0   0   2  0   10.3   21   13    9   1    5    2   0   0     0       0  7.84  4.31   55 2.516
         CIN NL   1   1   3   3   2   0   0  0   20.0   21   13   10   0    9    2   0   0     0       0  4.50  4.62  103 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .370  27  46  89  77  59   2  12  1  603.7  780  532  370  12  266  167   0  19     0       0  5.52  4.46   81 1.733
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  18  36  31  24   0   4  0  247.0  319  217  151   4  108   68   0   7     0   0   0  5.52  4.46   81 1.733
 Career High     11  20  30  27  21   1   8  1  205.3  294  197  146   6   88   47   0   6     0   0   0  4.02  5.36   92 1.474

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 20 BRO NL  13   35    3   10   1  0   0    0   0      2   5  .286  .324  .314   87   11               0    
 1892 21 TOT NL  12   35    9   13   2  0   0    2   1      2   3  .371  .405  .429  156   15               0    
         BRO NL   9   25    8   10   1  0   0    2   1      2   2  .400  .444  .440  172   11               0    
         WHS NL   3   10    1    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .300  .300  .400  114    4               0    
 1894 23 TOT NL  31   84   13   30   3  0   0    9   1      6   7  .357  .407  .393   93   33               1    
         BLN NL  23   57    9   18   3  0   0    6   1      5   6  .316  .381  .368   78   21               1    
         LOU NL   8   27    4   12   0  0   0    3   0      1   1  .444  .464  .444  126   12               0    
 1895 24 LOU NL  28   84    9   21   4  0   0    7   0      6   7  .250  .300  .298   58   25   1           0    
 1896 25 TOT NL   6   12    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .083  .214  .083  -21    1   0           1    
         PHI NL   3    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .200  .200  .200    6    1   0           0    
         CIN NL   3    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .222  .000  -40    0   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       90  250   36   75  10  0   0   18   2  0  17  22  .300  .349  .340   82   85   1   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   65  135  18  0   0   32   4  0  31  40  .300  .349  .340   82  153   2   0   0   4   0
 Career High     31   84   13   30   4  0   0    9   1  0   6   7                          33   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 20 BRO NL   37   25    4   4.2    87| .286  .259| .324  .332| .314  .352| .638  .684|  87  .532  -0.6  -0.1     
 1892 21 TOT NL   37   22    6   7.2    78| .371  .247| .405  .320| .429  .331| .834  .651| 156  .775   2.3   0.2     
         BRO NL   27   15    5   8.7    78| .400  .247| .444  .320| .440  .331| .884  .651| 172  .832   2.2   0.2     
         WHS NL   10    7    1   3.8    79| .300  .248| .300  .321| .400  .332| .700  .653| 114  .514   0.1   0.0     
 1894 23 TOT NL   91   54   14   6.7   127| .357  .316| .407  .388| .393  .445| .800  .833|  93  .555  -0.5  -0.1     
         BLN NL   63   39    8   5.3   130| .316  .321| .381  .393| .368  .452| .749  .845|  78  .448  -1.8  -0.2     
         LOU NL   28   15    6  10.4   120| .444  .306| .464  .376| .444  .431| .908  .808| 126  .734   1.3   0.1     
 1895 24 LOU NL   91   64    8   3.2   107| .250  .294| .300  .360| .298  .398| .598  .757|  58  .299  -4.9  -0.5     
 1896 25 TOT NL   14   11    0   0.0   111| .083  .302| .214  .368| .083  .403| .297  .771| -21  .000  -2.2  -0.2     
         PHI NL    5    4    0   0.0   107| .200  .296| .200  .361| .200  .395| .400  .756|   6  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
         CIN NL    9    7    0   0.0   113| .000  .306| .222  .372| .000  .409| .222  .781| -40  .000  -1.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       270  176   32   4.7   107| .300  .290| .349  .360| .340  .398| .689  .759|  82  .472  -5.9  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1891 20 BRO NL P 13 2 18 2 0 .909 .913 1.54 1.96 1.87 2.29 13 96.3 1892 21 TOT NL P 12 3 18 4 0 .840 .901 1.75 2.17 2.39 2.48 11 79.0 BRO NL P 9 3 13 1 0 .941 .899 1.78 2.17 2.48 2.48 8 58.0 WHS NL P 3 0 5 3 0 .625 .909 1.67 2.17 2.14 2.49 3 21.0 1894 23 TOT NL P 30 11 33 8 0 .846 .913 1.47 1.74 2.06 2.18 22 192.7 BLN NL P 22 9 19 4 0 .875 .912 1.27 1.74 1.89 2.18 14 133.0 LOU NL P 8 2 14 4 0 .800 .914 2.00 1.74 2.41 2.19 8 59.7 1895 24 LOU NL P 28 5 53 6 0 .906 .918 2.07 2.01 2.54 2.52 27 205.3 1896 25 TOT NL P 6 2 2 1 0 .800 .909 0.67 2.20 1.19 2.70 4 30.3 PHI NL P 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.71 1 10.3 CIN NL P 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.33 2.20 1.80 2.70 3 20.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1891 20 BRO NL P 13 2 18 2 0 .909 .913 1.54 1.96 1.87 2.29 13 96.3 1892 21 TOT NL P 12 3 18 4 0 .840 .901 1.75 2.17 2.39 2.48 11 79.0 BRO NL P 9 3 13 1 0 .941 .899 1.78 2.17 2.48 2.48 8 58.0 WHS NL P 3 0 5 3 0 .625 .909 1.67 2.17 2.14 2.49 3 21.0 1894 23 TOT NL P 30 11 33 8 0 .846 .913 1.47 1.74 2.06 2.18 22 192.7 BLN NL P 22 9 19 4 0 .875 .912 1.27 1.74 1.89 2.18 14 133.0 LOU NL P 8 2 14 4 0 .800 .914 2.00 1.74 2.41 2.19 8 59.7 1895 24 LOU NL P 28 5 53 6 0 .906 .918 2.07 2.01 2.54 2.52 27 205.3 1896 25 TOT NL P 6 2 2 1 0 .800 .909 0.67 2.20 1.19 2.70 4 30.3 PHI NL P 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.71 1 10.3 CIN NL P 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.33 2.20 1.80 2.70 3 20.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 89 23 124 21 0 .875 .913 1.65 1.95 2.19 2.38 77 603.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 89 23 124 21 0 .875 .913 1.65 1.95 2.19 2.38 77 604
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.

Saves
1894 NL-1-9

Losses
1895 NL-20-7

Games Finished
1894 NL-8-7

Youngest Player
1891 NL-20-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1483) (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 31, 1894: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with $2,000 to the Louisville Colonels for George Hemming.

January, 1896: Traded by the Louisville Colonels to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Smith. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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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