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Arlie Latham
Walter Arlington Latham (The Freshest Man On Earth)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 150 lb.

Debut July 5, 1880
Final Game September 30, 1909
Born March 15, 1860 in West Lebanon, NH
Died November 29, 1952 in Garden City, NY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 20 BUF NL  22   79    9   10   3  1   0    3          1   8  .127  .138  .190    8   15                    
 1883 23 STL AA  98  406   86   96  12  7   0    0   0     18      .236  .269  .300   78  122                    
 1884 24 STL AA 110  474  115  130  17 12   1    0   0     18      .274  .309  .367  116  174               6    
 1885 25 STL AA 110  485   84  100  15  3   1   35   0     18      .206  .242  .256   54  124               5    
 1886 26 STL AA 134  578  152  174  23  8   1   47  60     55      .301  .368  .374  128  216               6    
 1887 27 STL AA 136  627  163  198  35 10   2   83 129     45      .316  .366  .413  107  259               5    
 1888 28 STL AA 133  570  119  151  19  5   2   31 109     43      .265  .325  .326  100  186               8    
 1889 29 STL AA 118  512  110  126  13  3   4   49  69     42  30  .246  .317  .307   69  157              11    
 1890 30 TOT     93  378   82   90  13  4   1   35  52     45  40  .238  .326  .302   72  114               4    
         CHI PL  52  214   47   49   7  2   1   20  32     22  22  .229  .310  .294   59   63               3    
         CIN NL  41  164   35   41   6  2   0   15  20     23  18  .250  .346  .311   91   51               1    
 1891 31 CIN NL 135  533  119  145  20 10   7   53  87     74  35  .272  .372  .386  120  206              11    
 1892 32 CIN NL 152  622  111  148  20  4   0   44  66     60  54  .238  .310  .283   80  176               5    
 1893 33 CIN NL 127  531  101  150  18  6   2   49  57     62  20  .282  .368  .350   90  186              10    
 1894 34 CIN NL 129  524  129  164  23  6   4   60  59     60  24  .313  .393  .403   90  211               9    
 1895 35 CIN NL 112  460   93  143  14  6   2   69  48     42  25  .311  .375  .380   92  175   7           5    
 1896 36 STL NL   8   35    3    7   0  0   0    5   2      4   3  .200  .282  .200   30    7   0           0    
 1899 39 WHS NL   6    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1      .167  .286  .167   26    1   0           0    
 1909 49 NYG NL   4    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         6822      1833     85      563      0     239  .269  .334  .341   92        7   0   0  85   0
               1627      1478      245     27      739    588                            2329
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        679  147  183  24  8   3   56  74  0  59  24  .269  .334  .341   92  232   1   0   0   8   0
 Career High    152  627  163  198  35 12   7   83 129  0  74  54  .316  .393  .413  128  259   7   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 20 BUF NL   80   69    2   0.8    63| .127  .249| .138  .272| .190  .328| .328  .600|   8  .070  -7.4  -0.9     
 1883 23 STL AA  424  310   33   2.8    75| .236  .264| .269  .294| .300  .347| .569  .641|  78  .399 -10.0  -1.1     
 1884 24 STL AA  498  344   52   4.0    71| .274  .249| .309  .288| .367  .339| .676  .626| 116  .592   7.9   0.9     
 1885 25 STL AA  508  385   29   2.0    77| .206  .257| .242  .303| .256  .344| .498  .648|  54  .273 -25.4  -2.9     
 1886 26 STL AA  639  404   78   5.1    78| .301  .251| .368  .315| .374  .334| .742  .650| 128  .664  20.9   2.3     
 1887 27 STL AA  677  429   94   5.7   106| .316  .293| .366  .358| .413  .395| .779  .753| 107  .613   5.8   0.6     
 1888 28 STL AA  621  419   59   3.7    79| .265  .256| .325  .315| .326  .338| .651  .653| 100  .565   1.2   0.1     
 1889 29 STL AA  565  386   48   3.2   102| .246  .282| .317  .357| .307  .383| .624  .740|  69  .391 -21.9  -2.3     
 1890 30 TOT     427  288   36   3.3   100| .238  .275| .326  .353| .302  .378| .628  .731|  72  .365 -14.1  -1.3     
         CHI PL  239  165   19   3.0   108| .229  .286| .310  .365| .294  .397| .604  .763|  59  .298 -12.9  -1.2     
         CIN NL  188  123   17   3.6    89| .250  .260| .346  .337| .311  .352| .657  .690|  91  .464  -1.2  -0.1     
 1891 31 CIN NL  618  388   74   5.1    89| .272  .261| .372  .335| .386  .355| .758  .690| 120  .611  16.0   1.7     
 1892 32 CIN NL  687  474   54   3.0    80| .238  .250| .310  .324| .283  .335| .593  .659|  80  .411 -13.6  -1.5     
 1893 33 CIN NL  603  381   66   4.6   108| .282  .288| .368  .367| .350  .393| .718  .760|  90  .469  -6.4  -0.6     
 1894 34 CIN NL  593  360   81   5.8   129| .313  .320| .393  .391| .403  .450| .796  .842|  90  .490  -7.3  -0.6     
 1895 35 CIN NL  514  324   64   5.1   115| .311  .307| .375  .374| .380  .415| .755  .789|  92  .496  -5.4  -0.5     
 1896 36 STL NL   39   28    2   1.9   104| .200  .292| .282  .357| .200  .390| .482  .747|  30  .148  -3.4  -0.3     
 1899 39 WHS NL    7    5    0   0.0    99| .167  .289| .286  .351| .167  .376| .453  .727|  26  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1909 49 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0    78| .000  .254| .000  .322| .000  .328| .000  .650|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     7502 4996  772   4.1    93| .269  .273| .334  .337| .341  .369| .675  .706|  92  .493 -64.0  -6.6     

* 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 ------+

 1880 20 BUF NL  SS   12     12   35    6    1  .887  .882  3.92  4.31                             
                 OF   10     17    0    1    0  .944  .854  1.70  1.76                                 0    0   10
                  C    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .882  3.00  6.40               1             
 1883 23 STL AA  3B   98    120  256   58   14  .866  .840  3.84  3.28                             
                  C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  6.30               1             
 1884 24 STL AA  3B  110    142  302   70   16  .864  .848  4.04  2.94                             
                  C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  7.20               3             
 1885 25 STL AA  3B  109    112  217   47   16  .875  .860  3.02  2.97                             
                  C    2      4    7    2    0  .846  .909  5.50  6.60               8             
 1886 26 STL AA  3B  133    138  284   88   22  .827  .849  3.17  3.14                             
                 2B    1      1    6    0    0 1.000  .909  7.00  6.00                             
 1887 27 STL AA  3B  132    155  288   62   17  .877  .850  3.36  3.31                             
                 2B    5     12   14    4    2  .867  .906  5.20  5.96                             
                  C    2      2    3    0    0 1.000  .893  2.50  6.10               3             
 1888 28 STL AA  3B  133    178  287   62   19  .882  .867  3.50  3.44                             
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.50                             
 1889 29 STL AA  3B  116    197  249   59   22  .883  .857  3.84  3.53                             
                 2B    3      7    7    0    1 1.000  .915  4.67  5.60                             
 1890 30 TOT     3B   93    119  222   52   19  .868  .867  3.67  3.49                             
         CHI PL  3B   52     65  119   25    9  .880  .854  3.54  3.48                             
         CIN NL  3B   41     54  103   27   10  .853  .884  3.83  3.50                             
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                                 0    0    1
 1891 31 CIN NL  3B  135    177  370   75   24  .879  .881  4.05  3.62                             
                  C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.40               2             
 1892 32 CIN NL  3B  142    167  329   66   26  .883  .879  3.49  3.53                             
                 2B    9     25   25    5    3  .909  .929  5.56  5.59                             
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                                 1    0    0
 1893 33 CIN NL  3B  127    172  281   55   23  .892  .893  3.57  3.75                             
 1894 34 CIN NL  3B  127    158  248   66   20  .860  .879  3.20  3.41                             
                 2B    2      5    7    1    3  .923  .930  6.00  5.70                             
 1895 35 CIN NL  3B  108    126  197   52   13  .861  .872  2.99  3.38                             
                 1B    3     15    3    2    3  .900  .978  6.00  9.90                             
                 2B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  5.60                             
 1896 36 STL NL  3B    8     14   15   10    2  .744  .892  3.62  3.41                             
 1899 39 WHS NL  2B    1      1    0    0    1 1.000  .909  1.00  5.50                             
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.10                                 1    0    0
 1909 49 NYG NL  2B    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  4.65                             

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1895 35 CIN NL  1B    3     15    3    2    3  .900  .978  6.00  9.90                             

 1886 26 STL AA  2B    1      1    6    0    0 1.000  .909  7.00  6.00                             
 1887 27 STL AA  2B    5     12   14    4    2  .867  .906  5.20  5.96                             
 1889 29 STL AA  2B    3      7    7    0    1 1.000  .915  4.67  5.60                             
 1892 32 CIN NL  2B    9     25   25    5    3  .909  .929  5.56  5.59                             
 1894 34 CIN NL  2B    2      5    7    1    3  .923  .930  6.00  5.70                             
 1895 35 CIN NL  2B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  5.60                             
 1899 39 WHS NL  2B    1      1    0    0    1 1.000  .909  1.00  5.50                             
 1909 49 NYG NL  2B    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  4.65                             

 1883 23 STL AA  3B   98    120  256   58   14  .866  .840  3.84  3.28                             
 1884 24 STL AA  3B  110    142  302   70   16  .864  .848  4.04  2.94                             
 1885 25 STL AA  3B  109    112  217   47   16  .875  .860  3.02  2.97                             
 1886 26 STL AA  3B  133    138  284   88   22  .827  .849  3.17  3.14                             
 1887 27 STL AA  3B  132    155  288   62   17  .877  .850  3.36  3.31                             
 1888 28 STL AA  3B  133    178  287   62   19  .882  .867  3.50  3.44                             
 1889 29 STL AA  3B  116    197  249   59   22  .883  .857  3.84  3.53                             
 1890 30 TOT     3B   93    119  222   52   19  .868  .867  3.67  3.49                             
         CHI PL  3B   52     65  119   25    9  .880  .854  3.54  3.48                             
         CIN NL  3B   41     54  103   27   10  .853  .884  3.83  3.50                             
 1891 31 CIN NL  3B  135    177  370   75   24  .879  .881  4.05  3.62                             
 1892 32 CIN NL  3B  142    167  329   66   26  .883  .879  3.49  3.53                             
 1893 33 CIN NL  3B  127    172  281   55   23  .892  .893  3.57  3.75                             
 1894 34 CIN NL  3B  127    158  248   66   20  .860  .879  3.20  3.41                             
 1895 35 CIN NL  3B  108    126  197   52   13  .861  .872  2.99  3.38                             
 1896 36 STL NL  3B    8     14   15   10    2  .744  .892  3.62  3.41                             

 1880 20 BUF NL   C    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .882  3.00  6.40               1             
 1883 23 STL AA   C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  6.30               1             
 1884 24 STL AA   C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  7.20               3             
 1885 25 STL AA   C    2      4    7    2    0  .846  .909  5.50  6.60               8             
 1887 27 STL AA   C    2      2    3    0    0 1.000  .893  2.50  6.10               3             
 1891 31 CIN NL   C    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.40               2             

 1880 20 BUF NL  OF   10     17    0    1    0  .944  .854  1.70  1.76                                 0    0   10
 1890 30 CIN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                                 0    0    1
 1892 32 CIN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                                 1    0    0
 1899 39 WHS NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.10                                 1    0    0

 1880 20 BUF NL  SS   12     12   35    6    1  .887  .882  3.92  4.31                             
 1888 28 STL AA  SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.50                             

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Position Total  3B 1571   1975 3545  822  253  .870  .865  3.51  3.38                             
                 2B   24     51   61   11   10  .911  .921  4.67  5.61                             
                 OF   13     18    0    1    0  .947  .857  1.38  1.81                                 2    0   11
                 SS   13     12   35    6    1  .887  .882  3.62  4.32                             
                  C    8      8   11    2    0  .905  .900  2.38  6.34              18             
                 1B    3     15    3    2    3  .900  .978  6.00  9.90                             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1632   2079 3655  844  267  .872  .867  3.51  3.43
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    STL CHC     T   7  22   5   7  3  0  0   0   2   0  .318  .375  .455   0                
 1886   WS    STL CHC     W   6  23   4   4  0  1  0   3   3   4  .174  .269  .261   2                
 1887   WS    STL DTN     L  15  58  12  17  1  0  0   2   9   2  .293  .388  .310  15                
 1888   WS    STL NYG     L  10  40  10  10  0  0  0   3   5   6  .250  .333  .250  11                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        1-2  38 143  31  38  4  1  0   8  19  12  .266  .352  .308  28                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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
1886 AA-.301-7
1887 AA-.316-10

On-base %
1886 AA-.368-9

Games
1883 AA-98-1
1884 AA-110-6
1887 AA-136-7
1892 NL-152-5

At Bats
1884 AA-474-6
1885 AA-485-3
1886 AA-578-5
1887 AA-627-1
1888 AA-570-3
1892 NL-622-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1884 AA-498-6
1885 AA-508-4
1886 AA-639-3
1887 AA-677-1
1888 AA-621-3
1891 NL-618-10
1892 NL-687-8

Runs
1883 AA-86-10
1884 AA-115-3
1885 AA-84-10
1886 AA-152-1
1887 AA-163-2
1888 AA-119-5
1891 NL-119-4
Car-1478-69

Hits
1886 AA-174-4
1887 AA-198-4

Total Bases
1886 AA-216-6
1887 AA-259-6

Doubles
1887 AA-35-3

Home Runs
1891 NL-7-9

Bases on Balls
1891 NL-74-9

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-60-2
1887 AA-129-2
1888 AA-109-1
1889 AA-69-5
1891 NL-87-2
1892 NL-66-3
1893 NL-57-3
1894 NL-59-7
1895 NL-48-9
Car-739-8

Singles
1884 AA-100-10
1886 AA-142-2
1887 AA-151-3
1888 AA-125-4

Runs Created
1886 AA-78-5
1887 AA-94-5

Extra-Base Hits
1887 AA-47-9

Times on Base
1886 AA-235-3
1887 AA-248-5
1888 AA-202-10
1891 NL-230-9

Offensive Win%
1886 AA-.664-9

Hit By Pitch
1889 AA-11-9
1891 NL-11-3
1893 NL-10-9

Power/Speed Number
1891 NL-13.0-7

Outs
1883 AA-310-4
1884 AA-344-7
1885 AA-385-1
1887 AA-429-2
1888 AA-419-1
1892 NL-474-4

Oldest Player
1896 NL-36-10
1899 NL-39-2
1909 NL-49-1

Youngest Player
1880 NL-20-4

    

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 71 (336) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.1 (412) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 49.0 (370) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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November 23, 1895: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Ed McFarland, Morgan Murphy, Tom Parrott, and cash to the St. Louis Browns for Red Ehret and Heinie Peitz. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 19, 1896: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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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