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Greasy Neale
Alfred Earle Neale

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
School West Virginia Wesleyan College

Debut April 12, 1916
Final Game June 13, 1924
Born November 5, 1891 in Parkersburg, WV
Died November 2, 1973 in Lake Worth, FL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 24 CIN NL 138  530   53  139  13  5   0   20  17     19  79  .262  .295  .306   86  162  12           6    
 1917 25 CIN NL 121  385   40  113  14  9   3   33  25     24  36  .294  .343  .400  131  154   6           5    
 1918 26 CIN NL 107  371   57  100  11 11   1   32  23     24  38  .270  .324  .367  112  136  17           6    
 1919 27 CIN NL 139  500   57  121  10 12   1   54  28     47  51  .242  .316  .316   92  158  31           7    
 1920 28 CIN NL 150  530   55  135  10  7   3   46  29 12  45  48  .255  .322  .317   85  168  18           8    
 1921 29 TOT NL  85  298   46   70  11  5   0   13  12 10  36  25  .235  .319  .305   68   91   6           1    
         PHI NL  22   57    7   12   1  0   0    1   3  4  14   9  .211  .366  .228   56   13   1           0    
         CIN NL  63  241   39   58  10  5   0   12   9  6  22  16  .241  .307  .324   71   78   5           1    
 1922 30 CIN NL  25   43   11   10   2  1   0    2   5  2   6   3  .233  .353  .326   77   14   1           2    
 1924 32 CIN NL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      768 2661  319  688  71 50   8  200 139 24 201 281  .259  .319  .332   94  883  92   0   0  35   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561   67  145  15 11   2   42  29  5  42  59  .259  .319  .332   94  186  19   0   0   7   0
 Career High    150  530   57  139  14 12   3   54  29 12  47  79  .294  .343  .400  131  168  31   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 24 CIN NL  567  403   47   3.2    77| .262  .252| .295  .310| .306  .336| .601  .646|  86  .479  -9.6  -1.1     
 1917 25 CIN NL  420  278   52   5.1    75| .294  .252| .343  .309| .400  .333| .743  .641| 131  .680  13.4   1.5     
 1918 26 CIN NL  418  288   43   4.0    78| .270  .259| .324  .316| .367  .334| .691  .651| 112  .573   4.4   0.5     
 1919 27 CIN NL  585  410   49   3.2    80| .242  .262| .316  .316| .316  .344| .632  .660|  92  .456  -4.3  -0.5     
 1920 28 CIN NL  601  425   54   3.5    89| .255  .274| .322  .327| .317  .364| .639  .692|  85  .450  -9.0  -1.0  70%
 1921 29 TOT NL  341  244   28   3.1   104| .235  .294| .319  .345| .305  .405| .624  .750|  68  .323 -12.5  -1.3  54%
         PHI NL   72   50    5   2.7   112| .211  .307| .366  .358| .228  .422| .594  .780|  56  .271  -2.9  -0.3  42%
         CIN NL  269  194   23   3.2   102| .241  .292| .307  .341| .324  .402| .631  .743|  71  .337  -9.6  -1.0  60%
 1922 30 CIN NL   52   36    5   3.7   110| .233  .299| .353  .356| .326  .415| .679  .772|  77  .374  -1.1  -0.1  71%
 1924 32 CIN NL    5    5    0   0.0   103| .000  .289| .000  .344| .000  .402| .000  .746|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2989 2089  278   3.6    83| .259  .265| .319  .320| .332  .352| .651  .672|  94  .491 -19.9  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 24 CIN NL OF 133 307 20 9 6 .973 .967 2.46 2.00 79 55 2 1917 25 CIN NL OF 119 216 13 5 1 .979 .963 1.92 2.08 79 27 13 1918 26 CIN NL OF 102 249 11 5 2 .981 .962 2.55 2.13 78 12 12 1919 27 CIN NL OF 138 285 16 13 4 .959 .964 2.18 2.18 24 5 109 1920 28 CIN NL OF 150 347 19 5 7 .987 .964 2.44 2.21 0 3 148 1921 29 TOT NL OF 76 144 7 8 2 .950 .965 1.99 2.24 1 8 69 PHI NL OF 16 16 0 3 0 .842 .964 1.00 2.24 0 0 16 CIN NL OF 60 128 7 5 2 .964 .965 2.25 2.24 1 8 53 1922 30 CIN NL OF 16 18 1 3 0 .864 .960 1.19 2.26 5 0 11 1924 32 CIN NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.25 2 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 24 CIN NL OF 133 307 20 9 6 .973 .967 2.46 2.00 79 55 2 1917 25 CIN NL OF 119 216 13 5 1 .979 .963 1.92 2.08 79 27 13 1918 26 CIN NL OF 102 249 11 5 2 .981 .962 2.55 2.13 78 12 12 1919 27 CIN NL OF 138 285 16 13 4 .959 .964 2.18 2.18 24 5 109 1920 28 CIN NL OF 150 347 19 5 7 .987 .964 2.44 2.21 0 3 148 1921 29 TOT NL OF 76 144 7 8 2 .950 .965 1.99 2.24 1 8 69 PHI NL OF 16 16 0 3 0 .842 .964 1.00 2.24 0 0 16 CIN NL OF 60 128 7 5 2 .964 .965 2.25 2.24 1 8 53 1922 30 CIN NL OF 16 18 1 3 0 .864 .960 1.19 2.26 5 0 11 1924 32 CIN NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.25 2 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 736 1569 87 48 22 .972 .964 2.25 2.14 268 110 364 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 736 1569 87 48 22 .972 .964 2.25 2.14
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1919   WS    CIN CHW     W   8  28   3  10  1  1  0   4   2   5  .357  .400  .464   1  4   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Slugging %
1917 NL-.400-7

Games
1919 NL-139-4
1920 NL-150-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1919 NL-585-5

Triples
1918 NL-11-5
1919 NL-12-3

Bases on Balls
1919 NL-47-9

Strikeouts
1916 NL-79-2
1918 NL-38-10
1919 NL-51-3
1920 NL-48-9

Stolen Bases
1917 NL-25-6
1918 NL-23-7
1919 NL-28-5
1920 NL-29-5

Singles
1916 NL-121-8

Adjusted OPS+
1917 NL-131-10

Hit By Pitch
1918 NL-6-5
1919 NL-7-3
1920 NL-8-3

Sac. Hits
1919 NL-31-2

Outs
1919 NL-410-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1077) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3082) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (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 

November 22, 1920: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jimmy Ring to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eppa Rixey.

June 2, 1921: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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