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Baldy Louden
William P. Louden

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 13, 1907
Final Game September 18, 1916
Born August 27, 1883 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died December 8, 1935 in Piedmont, WV

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 23 NYY AL   4    9    4    1   0  0   0    0   1      2      .111  .273  .111   19    1   0           0    
 1912 28 DET AL 122  403   57   97  12  4   1   36  28     58      .241  .352  .298   89  120  17          11    
 1913 29 DET AL  76  191   28   46   4  5   0   23   6     24  22  .241  .344  .314   94   60  10           6    
 1914 30 BUF FL 126  431   73  135  11  4   6   63  35     52  41  .313  .391  .399  123  172  18           3    
 1915 31 BUF FL 141  469   67  132  18  5   4   48  30     64  45  .281  .372  .367  116  172  20           4    
 1916 32 CIN NL 134  439   38   96  16  4   1   32  12     54  54  .219  .313  .280   84  123   4           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      603 1942  267  507  61 22  12  202 112  0 254 162  .261  .355  .334  102  648  69   0   0  30   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   72  136  16  6   3   54  30  0  68  44  .261  .355  .334  102  174  19   0   0   8   0
 Career High    141  469   73  135  18  5   6   63  35  0  64  54  .313  .391  .399  123  172  20   0   0  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 23 NYY AL   11    8    0   0.0    77| .111  .263| .273  .319| .111  .329| .384  .648|  19  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1912 28 DET AL  489  323   40   3.3    89| .241  .269| .352  .337| .298  .354| .650  .691|  89  .420  -2.5  -0.3     
 1913 29 DET AL  231  155   20   3.4    86| .241  .263| .344  .335| .314  .346| .658  .681|  94  .477  -0.9  -0.1     
 1914 30 BUF FL  504  314   67   5.7    94| .313  .274| .391  .340| .399  .370| .790  .710| 123  .667  17.4   1.8     
 1915 31 BUF FL  557  357   63   4.7    88| .281  .264| .372  .332| .367  .354| .739  .686| 116  .619  14.8   1.6     
 1916 32 CIN NL  503  347   37   2.9    77| .219  .252| .313  .310| .280  .336| .593  .646|  84  .437  -5.6  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2295 1504  227   4.0    87| .261  .264| .355  .330| .334  .353| .689  .683| 102  .544  22.5   2.2     

* 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 ------+
1907 23 NYY AL 3B 3 4 8 4 0 .750 .916 4.00 3.10 1912 28 DET AL 2B 87 200 288 25 25 .951 .945 5.61 4.75 3B 26 32 61 11 0 .894 .920 3.58 3.27 SS 5 10 21 3 0 .912 .920 6.20 5.06 1913 29 DET AL 2B 30 43 72 12 6 .906 .954 3.83 4.82 3B 26 23 59 5 4 .943 .934 3.15 3.08 SS 6 5 14 0 1 1.000 .936 3.17 5.08 OF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 1.96 0 1 4 1914 30 BUF FL SS 115 299 285 43 34 .931 .929 5.08 4.99 1915 31 BUF FL 2B 88 191 262 10 36 .978 .951 5.15 4.76 SS 27 65 87 15 9 .910 .929 5.63 5.01 3B 19 27 42 2 6 .972 .943 3.63 3.15 1916 32 CIN NL 2B 108 238 345 19 48 .968 .951 5.40 4.74 SS 23 41 72 6 3 .950 .926 4.91 5.18
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 28 DET AL 2B 87 200 288 25 25 .951 .945 5.61 4.75 1913 29 DET AL 2B 30 43 72 12 6 .906 .954 3.83 4.82 1915 31 BUF FL 2B 88 191 262 10 36 .978 .951 5.15 4.76 1916 32 CIN NL 2B 108 238 345 19 48 .968 .951 5.40 4.74 1907 23 NYY AL 3B 3 4 8 4 0 .750 .916 4.00 3.10 1912 28 DET AL 3B 26 32 61 11 0 .894 .920 3.58 3.27 1913 29 DET AL 3B 26 23 59 5 4 .943 .934 3.15 3.08 1915 31 BUF FL 3B 19 27 42 2 6 .972 .943 3.63 3.15 1913 29 DET AL OF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 1.96 0 1 4 1912 28 DET AL SS 5 10 21 3 0 .912 .920 6.20 5.06 1913 29 DET AL SS 6 5 14 0 1 1.000 .936 3.17 5.08 1914 30 BUF FL SS 115 299 285 43 34 .931 .929 5.08 4.99 1915 31 BUF FL SS 27 65 87 15 9 .910 .929 5.63 5.01 1916 32 CIN NL SS 23 41 72 6 3 .950 .926 4.91 5.18
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 313 672 967 66 115 .961 .949 5.24 4.76 SS 176 420 479 67 47 .931 .929 5.11 5.02 3B 74 86 170 22 10 .921 .930 3.46 3.16 OF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 1.96 0 1 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 568 1183 1617 155 172 .948 .941 4.93 4.61
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
1914 FL-.313-8

On-base %
1914 FL-.391-10
1915 FL-.372-9

Bases on Balls
1912 AL-58-10
1916 NL-54-10

Stolen Bases
1914 FL-35-8

Hit By Pitch
1912 AL-11-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1366) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2269) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1809) (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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Transactions 

August 4, 1907: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Dallas (Texas) for $1,500.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the Buffalo Buffeds.

December 23, 1915: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Buffalo Blues.


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