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Rudy Kemmler
Rudolph Kemmler
born Rudolph Kemler

Bats Right, Throws Right

Debut July 26, 1879
Final Game August 11, 1889
Born 1860 in Chicago, IL
Died June 20, 1909 in Chicago, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1879 19 PRO NL   2    7    0    1   0  0   0    0          0   1  .143  .143  .143   -5    1                    
 1881 21 CLV NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1882 22 TOT AA  27  110    7   26   5  0   0        0      1      .236  .243  .282   75   31                    
         CIN AA   3   11    0    1   1  0   0        0      0      .091  .091  .182  -13    2                    
         PIT AA  24   99    7   25   4  0   0        0      1      .253  .260  .293   85   29                    
 1883 23 COL AA  84  318   27   66   6  2   0    0   0     13      .208  .239  .239   59   76                    
 1884 24 COL AA  61  211   28   42   3  3   0    0   0     15      .199  .252  .242   68   51               0    
 1885 25 PIT AA  18   64    2   13   2  1   0    5   0      2      .203  .239  .266   59   17               1    
 1886 26 STL AA  35  123   13   17   2  0   0    6   0      8      .138  .197  .154    9   19               1    
 1889 29 COL AA   8   26    2    3   0  0   0    0   0      3   3  .115  .207  .115   -5    3               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      236  862   79  168  18  6   0   11   0  0  42   5  .195  .234  .230   52  198   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   54  115  12  4   0    8   0  0  29   3  .195  .234  .230   52  136   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High     84  318   28   66   6  3   0    6   0  0  15   3  .208  .252  .242   68   76   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1879 19 PRO NL    7    6    0   0.0    66| .143  .259| .143  .274| .143  .335| .286  .609|  -5  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1881 21 CLV NL    3    3    0   0.0    71| .000  .259| .000  .289| .000  .339| .000  .628|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1882 22 TOT AA  111   84    8   2.5    63| .236  .250| .243  .276| .282  .322| .525  .599|  75  .395  -2.7  -0.4     
         CIN AA   11   10    0   0.0    67| .091  .255| .091  .283| .182  .330| .273  .612| -13  .000  -1.2  -0.2     
         PIT AA  100   74    8   2.8    63| .253  .249| .260  .276| .293  .321| .553  .597|  85  .451  -1.5  -0.2     
 1883 23 COL AA  331  252   18   1.9    64| .208  .248| .239  .277| .239  .327| .478  .604|  59  .243 -13.3  -1.5     
 1884 24 COL AA  226  169   13   2.0    62| .199  .236| .252  .273| .242  .321| .494  .594|  68  .296  -6.8  -0.8     
 1885 25 PIT AA   67   51    4   2.1    73| .203  .251| .239  .297| .266  .337| .505  .634|  59  .288  -3.0  -0.3     
 1886 26 STL AA  132  106    4   1.0    78| .138  .251| .197  .315| .154  .335| .351  .650|   9  .091 -13.1  -1.5     
 1889 29 COL AA   29   23    1   1.1    88| .115  .262| .207  .333| .115  .355| .322  .688|  -5  .085  -3.5  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       906  694   48   1.8    67| .195  .246| .234  .285| .230  .328| .464  .612|  52  .242 -43.8  -5.1     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1879 19 PRO NL C 2 13 7 4 0 .833 .889 10.00 6.25 4 1881 21 CLV NL C 1 5 2 0 1 1.000 .909 7.00 5.90 2 1882 22 TOT AA C 26 131 39 15 1 .919 .880 6.54 6.12 19 TOT AA OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 2 CIN AA C 3 8 2 1 0 .909 .877 3.33 6.13 3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 PIT AA C 23 123 37 14 1 .920 .880 6.96 6.12 16 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1883 23 COL AA C 82 388 97 71 10 .872 .890 5.91 6.30 14 OF 2 2 2 2 1 .667 .851 2.00 1.75 0 2 0 1884 24 COL AA C 58 268 77 36 3 .906 .913 5.95 7.16 63 1B 2 22 0 1 1 .957 .957 11.00 10.50 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 3.00 1.60 1 0 0 1885 25 PIT AA C 18 86 28 17 0 .870 .908 6.33 6.60 22 1886 26 STL AA C 32 159 63 21 3 .914 .910 6.94 7.00 35 1B 3 23 2 2 1 .926 .969 8.33 10.10 1889 29 COL AA C 8 35 18 4 1 .930 .917 6.62 6.00 12
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 24 COL AA 1B 2 22 0 1 1 .957 .957 11.00 10.50 1886 26 STL AA 1B 3 23 2 2 1 .926 .969 8.33 10.10 1879 19 PRO NL C 2 13 7 4 0 .833 .889 10.00 6.25 4 1881 21 CLV NL C 1 5 2 0 1 1.000 .909 7.00 5.90 2 1882 22 TOT AA C 26 131 39 15 1 .919 .880 6.54 6.12 19 CIN AA C 3 8 2 1 0 .909 .877 3.33 6.13 3 PIT AA C 23 123 37 14 1 .920 .880 6.96 6.12 16 1883 23 COL AA C 82 388 97 71 10 .872 .890 5.91 6.30 14 1884 24 COL AA C 58 268 77 36 3 .906 .913 5.95 7.16 63 1885 25 PIT AA C 18 86 28 17 0 .870 .908 6.33 6.60 22 1886 26 STL AA C 32 159 63 21 3 .914 .910 6.94 7.00 35 1889 29 COL AA C 8 35 18 4 1 .930 .917 6.62 6.00 12 1882 22 TOT AA OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 2 CIN AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 PIT AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1883 23 COL AA OF 2 2 2 2 1 .667 .851 2.00 1.75 0 2 0 1884 24 COL AA OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 3.00 1.60 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 227 1085 331 168 19 .894 .900 6.24 6.61 171 1B 5 45 2 3 2 .940 .963 9.40 10.26 OF 5 5 2 2 1 .778 .854 1.40 1.74 1 2 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 237 1135 335 173 22 .895 .902 6.20 6.58
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.

Youngest Player
1879 NL-19-2
1881 NL-21-5

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

October 30, 1884: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes.


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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