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Bill McClellan
William Henry McClellan

Bats Both, Throws Left
Weight 156 lb.

Debut May 20, 1878
Final Game October 17, 1888
Born March 22, 1856 in Chicago, IL
Died July 3, 1929 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1878 22 CHC NL  48  205   26   46   6  1   0   29          2  13  .224  .232  .263   58   54                    
 1881 25 PRO NL  68  259   30   43   3  1   0   16         15  21  .166  .212  .185   26   48                    
 1883 27 PHI NL  80  326   42   75  21  4   1   33         19  18  .230  .272  .328   88  107                    
 1884 28 PHI NL 111  450   71  116  13  2   3   33         28  43  .258  .301  .316  100  142                    
 1885 29 BRO AA 112  464   85  124  22  7   0   46   0     28      .267  .317  .345  109  160               6    
 1886 30 BRO AA 141  595  131  152  33  9   1   68  43     56      .255  .322  .346  110  206               2    
 1887 31 BRO AA 136  548  109  144  24  6   1   53  70     80      .263  .363  .334   93  183               6    
 1888 32 TOT AA  96  350   39   73   7  3   0   26  19     46      .209  .302  .246   76   86               1    
         BRO AA  74  278   33   57   7  3   0   21  13     40      .205  .307  .252   79   70               1    
         CLE AA  22   72    6   16   0  0   0    5   6      6      .222  .282  .222   64   16               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      792 3197  533  773 129 33   6  304 132  0 274  95  .242  .305  .308   90  986   0   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        654  109  158  26  7   1   62  27  0  56  19  .242  .305  .308   90  202   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High    141  595  131  152  33  9   3   68  70  0  80  43  .267  .363  .346  110  206   0   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1878 22 CHC NL  207  159   13   2.2    71| .224  .272| .232  .291| .263  .335| .495  .626|  58  .310  -9.3  -1.1     
 1881 25 PRO NL  274  216   10   1.2    73| .166  .263| .212  .293| .185  .344| .397  .636|  26  .120 -21.5  -2.4     
 1883 27 PHI NL  345  251   29   3.0    73| .230  .257| .272  .284| .328  .354| .600  .639|  88  .382  -3.2  -0.3     
 1884 28 PHI NL  478  334   43   3.4    69| .258  .244| .301  .283| .316  .338| .617  .621| 100  .466   0.7   0.1     
 1885 29 BRO AA  498  340   49   3.8    73| .267  .251| .317  .297| .345  .337| .662  .634| 109  .553   5.7   0.6     
 1886 30 BRO AA  653  443   66   3.9    74| .255  .246| .322  .309| .346  .327| .668  .636| 110  .552   7.9   0.9     
 1887 31 BRO AA  634  404   65   4.2    98| .263  .281| .363  .345| .334  .379| .697  .725|  93  .474  -1.2  -0.1     
 1888 32 TOT AA  397  277   26   2.5    71| .209  .245| .302  .302| .246  .323| .548  .625|  76  .382  -7.5  -0.9     
         BRO AA  319  221   21   2.5    72| .205  .246| .307  .303| .252  .324| .559  .628|  79  .387  -4.7  -0.6     
         CLE AA   78   56    5   2.4    69| .222  .241| .282  .299| .222  .318| .504  .617|  64  .361  -2.7  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3486 2424  301   3.3    77| .242  .256| .305  .305| .308  .343| .613  .648|  90  .445 -28.4  -3.2     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1878 22 CHC NL 2B 42 87 139 35 15 .866 .874 5.38 6.31 SS 5 2 20 5 0 .815 .876 4.40 4.26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 0 1 1881 25 PRO NL SS 50 59 147 35 18 .855 .873 4.12 4.55 OF 17 21 3 4 0 .857 .870 1.41 2.00 0 1 16 2B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .909 5.00 6.20 1883 27 PHI NL SS 78 152 254 72 25 .849 .853 5.21 4.54 OF 2 5 0 3 0 .625 .847 2.50 1.85 0 2 0 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.20 1884 28 PHI NL SS 111 165 313 83 20 .852 .864 4.31 4.25 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1885 29 BRO AA 3B 57 65 84 29 9 .837 .860 2.61 2.97 2B 55 172 177 38 20 .902 .901 6.35 6.05 1886 30 BRO AA 2B 141 423 435 88 64 .907 .908 6.09 6.00 1887 31 BRO AA 2B 136 366 397 105 52 .879 .906 5.61 5.96 1888 32 TOT AA 2B 61 152 161 36 26 .897 .916 5.13 5.54 TOT AA OF 33 47 7 3 0 .947 .908 1.64 1.79 0 1 32 BRO AA 2B 56 145 149 31 23 .905 .916 5.25 5.54 OF 18 36 4 1 0 .976 .907 2.22 1.79 0 1 17 CLE AA OF 15 11 3 2 0 .875 .909 0.93 1.79 0 0 15 2B 5 7 12 5 3 .792 .918 3.80 5.54 SS 2 3 7 5 0 .667 .862 5.00 4.55
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1878 22 CHC NL 2B 42 87 139 35 15 .866 .874 5.38 6.31 1881 25 PRO NL 2B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .909 5.00 6.20 1885 29 BRO AA 2B 55 172 177 38 20 .902 .901 6.35 6.05 1886 30 BRO AA 2B 141 423 435 88 64 .907 .908 6.09 6.00 1887 31 BRO AA 2B 136 366 397 105 52 .879 .906 5.61 5.96 1888 32 TOT AA 2B 61 152 161 36 26 .897 .916 5.13 5.54 BRO AA 2B 56 145 149 31 23 .905 .916 5.25 5.54 CLE AA 2B 5 7 12 5 3 .792 .918 3.80 5.54 1883 27 PHI NL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.20 1885 29 BRO AA 3B 57 65 84 29 9 .837 .860 2.61 2.97 1878 22 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 0 1 1881 25 PRO NL OF 17 21 3 4 0 .857 .870 1.41 2.00 0 1 16 1883 27 PHI NL OF 2 5 0 3 0 .625 .847 2.50 1.85 0 2 0 1884 28 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1888 32 TOT AA OF 33 47 7 3 0 .947 .908 1.64 1.79 0 1 32 BRO AA OF 18 36 4 1 0 .976 .907 2.22 1.79 0 1 17 CLE AA OF 15 11 3 2 0 .875 .909 0.93 1.79 0 0 15 1878 22 CHC NL SS 5 2 20 5 0 .815 .876 4.40 4.26 1881 25 PRO NL SS 50 59 147 35 18 .855 .873 4.12 4.55 1883 27 PHI NL SS 78 152 254 72 25 .849 .853 5.21 4.54 1884 28 PHI NL SS 111 165 313 83 20 .852 .864 4.31 4.25 1888 32 CLE AA SS 2 3 7 5 0 .667 .862 5.00 4.55
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 436 1202 1312 302 177 .893 .904 5.77 5.96 SS 246 381 741 200 63 .849 .862 4.56 4.41 3B 58 65 86 29 9 .839 .859 2.60 2.97 OF 54 73 10 11 0 .883 .892 1.54 1.86 0 5 49 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 794 1721 2149 542 249 .877 .889 4.87 4.98
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.

Games
1885 AA-112-1
1886 AA-141-1
1887 AA-136-7

At Bats
1885 AA-464-10
1886 AA-595-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1885 AA-498-7
1886 AA-653-2
1887 AA-634-4

Runs
1885 AA-85-8
1886 AA-131-4

Hits
1886 AA-152-9

Total Bases
1886 AA-206-9

Doubles
1885 AA-22-7
1886 AA-33-2

RBI
1878 NL-29-10

Bases on Balls
1887 AA-80-6

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-43-5

Extra-Base Hits
1886 AA-43-7

Times on Base
1886 AA-210-8
1887 AA-230-9

Outs
1885 AA-340-7
1886 AA-443-1
1887 AA-404-7

         

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (855) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3081) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1328) (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 

January 15, 1885: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the Philadelphia Quakers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September 15, 1888: Purchased by the Cleveland Blues from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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