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Harry Niles
Herbert Clyde Niles

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 24, 1906
Final Game September 28, 1910
Born September 10, 1880 in Buchanan, MI
Died April 18, 1953 in Sturgis, MI

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 25 SLB AL 142  541   71  124  14  4   2   31  30     46      .229  .297  .281   84  152  15           6    
 1907 26 SLB AL 120  492   65  142   9  5   2   35  19     28      .289  .331  .339  114  167   9           3    
 1908 27 TOT AL 113  394   47   98  14  6   5   27  21     31      .249  .312  .353  115  139  14           5    
         NYY AL  96  362   43   90  14  6   4   24  18     25      .249  .304  .354  113  128  10           4    
         BOS AL  17   32    4    8   0  0   1    3   3      6      .250  .385  .344  134   11   4           1    
 1909 28 BOS AL 145  546   64  134  12  5   1   38  27     39      .245  .311  .291   89  159  18          13    
 1910 29 TOT AL  88  297   31   63   9  4   2   21  10     19      .212  .266  .290   73   86   5           3    
         BOS AL  18   57    6   12   3  0   1    3   1      4      .211  .262  .316   79   18   2           0    
         CLE AL  70  240   25   51   6  4   1   18   9     15      .213  .267  .283   72   68   3           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      608 2270  278  561  58 24  12  152 107  0 163   0  .247  .306  .310   95  703  61   0   0  30   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        605   74  149  15  6   3   41  29  0  43   0  .247  .306  .310   95  187  16   0   0   8   0
 Career High    145  546   71  142  14  6   5   38  30  0  46   0  .289  .331  .353  115  167  18   0   0  13   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 25 SLB AL  608  432   44   2.7    72| .229  .251| .297  .306| .281  .322| .578  .628|  84  .422  -8.6  -1.0     
 1907 26 SLB AL  532  359   55   4.1    72| .289  .254| .331  .309| .339  .318| .670  .627| 114  .622   6.6   0.8     
 1908 27 TOT AL  444  310   42   3.6    69| .249  .247| .312  .304| .353  .314| .665  .619| 115  .596   6.2   0.8     
         NYY AL  401  282   38   3.6    69| .249  .247| .304  .304| .354  .314| .658  .618| 113  .594   4.5   0.6     
         BOS AL   43   28    4   3.8    71| .250  .249| .385  .307| .344  .317| .729  .623| 134  .620   1.6   0.2     
 1909 28 BOS AL  616  430   47   2.9    75| .245  .255| .311  .316| .291  .323| .602  .639|  89  .479  -6.5  -0.8     
 1910 29 TOT AL  324  239   23   2.6    76| .212  .251| .266  .318| .290  .325| .556  .642|  73  .404 -10.0  -1.2     
         BOS AL   63   47    5   2.9    77| .211  .252| .262  .319| .316  .326| .578  .644|  79  .450  -1.5  -0.2     
         CLE AL  261  192   18   2.5    76| .213  .251| .267  .317| .283  .324| .550  .642|  72  .394  -8.6  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2524 1770  211   3.2    73| .247  .252| .306  .310| .310  .320| .616  .631|  95  .512 -12.4  -1.4     

* 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 ------+
1906 25 SLB AL OF 108 140 34 6 5 .967 .963 1.61 1.87 0 6 102 3B 34 49 54 9 3 .920 .920 3.03 3.15 1907 26 SLB AL 2B 116 280 352 34 41 .949 .954 5.45 5.30 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1908 27 TOT AL 2B 93 183 240 30 17 .934 .951 4.55 5.11 NYY AL 2B 85 166 220 30 15 .928 .951 4.54 5.11 OF 7 11 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.71 1.80 1 1 5 BOS AL 2B 8 17 20 0 2 1.000 .951 4.62 5.11 SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.40 1909 28 BOS AL OF 117 197 20 11 3 .952 .951 1.85 1.80 77 12 28 3B 13 18 25 5 0 .896 .931 3.31 3.33 SS 9 16 29 11 5 .804 .926 5.00 5.16 2B 5 9 13 1 1 .957 .952 4.40 4.84 1910 29 TOT AL OF 65 91 9 4 2 .962 .954 1.54 1.77 17 0 48 BOS AL OF 15 21 2 2 1 .920 .954 1.53 1.77 4 0 11 CLE AL OF 50 70 7 2 1 .975 .954 1.54 1.77 13 0 37 SS 7 10 19 6 2 .829 .927 4.14 5.20 3B 5 8 10 0 1 1.000 .933 3.60 3.38
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 26 SLB AL 2B 116 280 352 34 41 .949 .954 5.45 5.30 1908 27 TOT AL 2B 93 183 240 30 17 .934 .951 4.55 5.11 NYY AL 2B 85 166 220 30 15 .928 .951 4.54 5.11 BOS AL 2B 8 17 20 0 2 1.000 .951 4.62 5.11 1909 28 BOS AL 2B 5 9 13 1 1 .957 .952 4.40 4.84 1906 25 SLB AL 3B 34 49 54 9 3 .920 .920 3.03 3.15 1909 28 BOS AL 3B 13 18 25 5 0 .896 .931 3.31 3.33 1910 29 CLE AL 3B 5 8 10 0 1 1.000 .933 3.60 3.38 1906 25 SLB AL OF 108 140 34 6 5 .967 .963 1.61 1.87 0 6 102 1907 26 SLB AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1908 27 NYY AL OF 7 11 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.71 1.80 1 1 5 1909 28 BOS AL OF 117 197 20 11 3 .952 .951 1.85 1.80 77 12 28 1910 29 TOT AL OF 65 91 9 4 2 .962 .954 1.54 1.77 17 0 48 BOS AL OF 15 21 2 2 1 .920 .954 1.53 1.77 4 0 11 CLE AL OF 50 70 7 2 1 .975 .954 1.54 1.77 13 0 37 1908 27 BOS AL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.40 1909 28 BOS AL SS 9 16 29 11 5 .804 .926 5.00 5.16 1910 29 CLE AL SS 7 10 19 6 2 .829 .927 4.14 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 298 441 64 21 10 .960 .956 1.69 1.82 95 19 184 2B 214 472 605 65 59 .943 .953 5.03 5.21 3B 52 75 89 14 4 .921 .924 3.15 3.22 SS 18 27 50 17 7 .819 .927 4.28 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 582 1015 808 117 80 .940 .950 3.13 3.29
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
1907 AL-.289-7

At Bats
1909 AL-546-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1909 AL-616-6

Home Runs
1908 AL-5-3

Singles
1909 AL-116-8

Hit By Pitch
1909 AL-13-5

Power/Speed Number
1908 AL-8.1-2

At Bats per Home Run
1908 AL-78.8-2

Outs
1906 AL-432-9
1909 AL-430-6

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1422) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3866) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 5, 1907: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Fred Glade and Charlie Hemphill to the New York Highlanders for Jimmy Williams, Hobe Ferris, and Danny Hoffman.

August 17, 1908: Traded by the New York Highlanders to the Boston Red Sox for Frank LaPorte.

May 27, 1910: Purchased by the Cleveland Naps from the Boston Red Sox.


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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