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Doc Nance
William Gideon Nance (Kid)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 19, 1897
Final Game September 28, 1901
Born August 2, 1876 in Fort Worth, TX
Died May 28, 1958 in Fort Worth, TX

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1897 20 LOU NL  35  120   25   29   5  3   3   17   3     20      .242  .355  .408  103   49   3           1    
 1898 21 LOU NL  22   76   13   24   5  0   1   16   2     12      .316  .416  .421  141   32   2           1    
 1901 24 DET AL 132  461   72  129  24  5   3   66   9     51      .280  .355  .373   98  172  24           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      189  657  110  182  34  8   7   99  14  0  83   0  .277  .362  .385  104  253  29   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   94  156  29  7   6   85  12  0  71   0  .277  .362  .385  104  217  25   0   0   4   0
 Career High    132  461   72  129  24  5   3   66   9  0  51   0  .280  .355  .373   98  172  24   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1897 20 LOU NL  144   94   17   4.7   105| .242  .295| .355  .358| .408  .392| .763  .750| 103  .489   0.8   0.1     
 1898 21 LOU NL   91   54   13   6.2    90| .316  .277| .416  .341| .421  .355| .837  .696| 141  .699   4.9   0.5     
 1901 24 DET AL  539  356   60   4.4   101| .280  .290| .355  .347| .373  .390| .728  .737|  98  .508   0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       774  504   90   4.7   101| .277  .290| .362  .349| .385  .386| .747  .735| 104  .530   6.0   0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1897 20 LOU NL OF 35 60 8 1 4 .986 .935 1.94 2.06 0 7 28 1898 21 LOU NL OF 22 28 7 2 2 .946 .936 1.59 2.03 0 0 22 1901 24 DET AL OF 132 240 20 19 6 .932 .931 1.97 2.00 130 0 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 20 LOU NL OF 35 60 8 1 4 .986 .935 1.94 2.06 0 7 28 1898 21 LOU NL OF 22 28 7 2 2 .946 .936 1.59 2.03 0 0 22 1901 24 DET AL OF 132 240 20 19 6 .932 .931 1.97 2.00 130 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 189 328 35 22 12 .943 .932 1.92 2.01 130 7 52 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 189 328 35 22 12 .943 .932 1.92 2.01
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.

Sac. Hits
1901 AL-24-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1621) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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