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Bill Lange
William Alexander Lange (Little Eva)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 27, 1893
Final Game October 15, 1899
Born June 6, 1871 in San Francisco, CA
Died July 23, 1950 in San Francisco, CA

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        A tremendous player; who along with Billy Hamilton deserves more historical recognition

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1893 22 CHC NL 117  469   92  132   8  7   8   88  47     52  20  .281  .358  .380   93  178               4    
 1894 23 CHC NL 111  442   84  145  16  9   6   90  65     56  18  .328  .405  .446  100  197               1    
 1895 24 CHC NL 123  478  120  186  27 16  10   98  67     55  24  .389  .456  .575  158  275   9           4    
 1896 25 CHC NL 122  469  114  153  21 16   4   92  84     65  24  .326  .414  .465  128  218   6           5    
 1897 26 CHC NL 118  479  119  163  24 14   5   83  73     48      .340  .406  .480  129  230   9           5    
 1898 27 CHC NL 113  442   79  141  16 11   5   69  22     36      .319  .377  .439  133  194   7           5    
 1899 28 CHC NL 107  416   81  135  21  7   1   58  41     38      .325  .382  .416  121  173   8           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      811 3195  689 1055 133 80  39  578 399  0 350  86  .330  .401  .459  123 1465  39   0   0  25   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        638  138  211  27 16   8  115  80  0  70  17  .330  .401  .459  123  293   8   0   0   5   0
 Career High    123  479  120  186  27 16  10   98  84  0  65  24  .389  .456  .575  158  275   9   0   0   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1893 22 CHC NL  525  337   63   5.0   109| .281  .290| .358  .368| .380  .394| .738  .763|  93  .504  -5.4  -0.5     
 1894 23 CHC NL  499  297   80   7.0   132| .328  .323| .405  .395| .446  .456| .851  .851| 100  .572   0.1   0.0     
 1895 24 CHC NL  546  301  124  10.7   118| .389  .311| .456  .378| .575  .420|1.031  .798| 158  .791  42.0   3.8     
 1896 25 CHC NL  545  322   89   7.2   111| .326  .302| .414  .368| .465  .404| .879  .772| 128  .674  20.3   1.9     
 1897 26 CHC NL  541  325   92   7.3   111| .340  .303| .406  .368| .480  .403| .886  .771| 129  .685  20.3   1.9     
 1898 27 CHC NL  490  308   72   6.1    91| .319  .278| .377  .342| .439  .357| .816  .699| 133  .688  17.9   1.9     
 1899 28 CHC NL  463  289   66   5.9    97| .325  .286| .382  .348| .416  .372| .798  .721| 121  .640  12.9   1.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3609 2179  586   7.0   110| .330  .299| .401  .367| .459  .401| .860  .769| 123  .661 108.2  10.3     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1893 22 CHC NL 2B 57 151 181 42 21 .888 .933 5.82 5.88 OF 40 97 7 5 1 .954 .915 2.60 2.14 14 27 0 3B 8 14 25 4 3 .907 .892 4.88 3.75 C 7 23 12 3 1 .921 .936 5.00 4.51 6 SS 7 18 25 6 2 .878 .898 6.14 5.47 1894 23 CHC NL OF 109 267 25 29 10 .910 .915 2.68 2.24 1 106 2 SS 2 1 3 4 0 .500 .889 2.00 5.60 3B 1 2 1 3 0 .500 .882 3.00 3.40 1895 24 CHC NL OF 123 298 28 27 6 .924 .917 2.65 2.14 0 123 0 1896 25 CHC NL OF 121 313 18 24 3 .932 .933 2.74 2.12 0 121 0 C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.30 1 1897 26 CHC NL OF 118 264 17 16 4 .946 .935 2.38 2.06 0 118 0 1898 27 CHC NL OF 111 269 19 9 4 .970 .937 2.59 2.03 0 111 0 1B 2 17 0 0 1 1.000 .977 8.50 10.05 1899 28 CHC NL OF 94 224 22 6 11 .976 .944 2.62 2.11 0 94 0 1B 14 149 4 5 9 .968 .977 10.93 10.21
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1898 27 CHC NL 1B 2 17 0 0 1 1.000 .977 8.50 10.05 1899 28 CHC NL 1B 14 149 4 5 9 .968 .977 10.93 10.21 1893 22 CHC NL 2B 57 151 181 42 21 .888 .933 5.82 5.88 1893 22 CHC NL 3B 8 14 25 4 3 .907 .892 4.88 3.75 1894 23 CHC NL 3B 1 2 1 3 0 .500 .882 3.00 3.40 1893 22 CHC NL C 7 23 12 3 1 .921 .936 5.00 4.51 6 1896 25 CHC NL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.30 1 1893 22 CHC NL OF 40 97 7 5 1 .954 .915 2.60 2.14 14 27 0 1894 23 CHC NL OF 109 267 25 29 10 .910 .915 2.68 2.24 1 106 2 1895 24 CHC NL OF 123 298 28 27 6 .924 .917 2.65 2.14 0 123 0 1896 25 CHC NL OF 121 313 18 24 3 .932 .933 2.74 2.12 0 121 0 1897 26 CHC NL OF 118 264 17 16 4 .946 .935 2.38 2.06 0 118 0 1898 27 CHC NL OF 111 269 19 9 4 .970 .937 2.59 2.03 0 111 0 1899 28 CHC NL OF 94 224 22 6 11 .976 .944 2.62 2.11 0 94 0 1893 22 CHC NL SS 7 18 25 6 2 .878 .898 6.14 5.47 1894 23 CHC NL SS 2 1 3 4 0 .500 .889 2.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 716 1732 136 116 39 .942 .929 2.61 2.12 15 700 2 2B 57 151 181 42 21 .888 .933 5.82 5.88 1B 16 166 4 5 10 .971 .977 10.62 10.19 SS 9 19 28 10 2 .825 .897 5.22 5.50 3B 9 16 26 7 3 .857 .892 4.67 3.71 C 8 24 12 3 1 .923 .935 4.50 4.49 7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 815 2108 387 183 76 .932 .931 3.06 2.62
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.

Batting Average
1895 NL-.389-5
Car-.330-33

On-base %
1895 NL-.456-5
Car-.401-57

Slugging %
1895 NL-.575-4
1898 NL-.439-8

OPS
1895 NL-1.032-4

Total Bases
1895 NL-275-8

Triples
1896 NL-16-8
1897 NL-14-10

Home Runs
1895 NL-10-5

Bases on Balls
1896 NL-65-10

Stolen Bases
1893 NL-47-7
1894 NL-65-5
1895 NL-67-2
1896 NL-84-2
1897 NL-73-1
Car-399-67

Adjusted OPS+
1895 NL-158-5

Runs Created
1895 NL-124-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1895 NL-42-7

Batting Wins
1895 NL-3.8-7

Extra-Base Hits
1895 NL-53-10

Offensive Win%
1895 NL-.791-5

Power/Speed Number
1893 NL-13.7-9
1895 NL-17.4-4
1897 NL-9.4-7

At Bats per Home Run
1893 NL-58.6-10
1895 NL-47.8-7
1898 NL-88.4-9

 

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (816) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 32.0 (226) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 52.5 (352) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Uniforms 
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