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Dick Padden
Richard Joseph Padden (Brains)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 15, 1896
Final Game May 2, 1905
Born September 17, 1870 in Wheeling, WV
Died October 31, 1922 in Martins Ferry, OH

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1896 25 PIT NL  61  219   33   53   4  8   2   24   8     14   9  .242  .294  .361   75   79   4           2    
 1897 26 PIT NL 134  517   84  146  16 10   2   58  18     38      .282  .350  .364   91  188  20          16    
 1898 27 PIT NL 128  463   61  119   7  6   2   43  11     35      .257  .335  .311   87  144   5          19    
 1899 28 WHS NL 134  451   66  125  20  7   2   61  27     24      .277  .337  .366   93  165   8          17    
 1901 30 STL NL 123  489   71  125  17  7   2   62  26     31      .256  .315  .331   91  162  10          11    
 1902 31 SLB AL 117  413   54  109  26  3   1   40  11     30      .264  .327  .349   88  144   9           9    
 1903 32 SLB AL  29   94    7   19   3  0   0    6   5      9      .202  .306  .234   66   22   1           5    
 1904 33 SLB AL 132  453   42  108  19  4   0   36  23     40      .238  .325  .298  103  135   9          18    
 1905 34 SLB AL  16   58    5   10   1  1   0    4   3      3      .172  .213  .224   42   13   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      874 3157  423  814 113 46  11  334 132  0 224   9  .258  .326  .333   89 1052  67   0   0  97   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   78  151  21  9   2   62  24  0  42   2  .258  .326  .333   89  195  12   0   0  18   0
 Career High    134  517   84  146  26 10   2   62  27  0  40   9  .282  .350  .366  103  188  20   0   0  19   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1896 25 PIT NL  239  170   23   3.5   104| .242  .292| .294  .357| .361  .390| .655  .747|  75  .359  -9.4  -0.9     
 1897 26 PIT NL  591  391   62   4.1   104| .282  .293| .350  .357| .364  .390| .714  .747|  91  .430  -5.8  -0.5     
 1898 27 PIT NL  522  349   45   3.4    90| .257  .275| .335  .340| .311  .353| .646  .693|  87  .426  -7.2  -0.8     
 1899 28 WHS NL  500  334   52   4.0    99| .277  .289| .337  .351| .366  .376| .703  .727|  93  .469  -4.1  -0.4     
 1901 30 STL NL  541  374   49   3.5    85| .256  .269| .315  .324| .331  .352| .646  .676|  91  .442  -4.8  -0.5     
 1902 31 SLB AL  461  313   45   3.8    97| .264  .283| .327  .340| .349  .381| .676  .721|  88  .448  -5.6  -0.6     
 1903 32 SLB AL  109   76    6   2.1    80| .202  .260| .306  .308| .234  .351| .540  .660|  66  .272  -3.1  -0.3     
 1904 33 SLB AL  520  354   41   3.1    69| .238  .244| .325  .296| .298  .321| .623  .617| 103  .487   4.6   0.5     
 1905 34 SLB AL   62   49    3   1.6    69| .172  .242| .213  .301| .224  .316| .437  .617|  42  .234  -4.0  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3545 2410  326   3.6    91| .258  .276| .326  .335| .333  .363| .659  .698|  89  .434 -39.3  -4.0     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1896 25 PIT NL 2B 61 176 149 24 14 .931 .939 5.33 5.41 1897 26 PIT NL 2B 134 369 402 48 36 .941 .936 5.75 5.53 1898 27 PIT NL 2B 128 301 407 40 46 .947 .943 5.53 5.53 1899 28 WHS NL SS 85 201 281 46 33 .913 .910 5.67 5.53 2B 48 140 124 18 12 .936 .941 5.50 5.46 1901 30 STL NL 2B 115 286 336 33 47 .950 .941 5.41 5.06 SS 8 15 24 7 2 .848 .924 4.88 5.66 1902 31 SLB AL 2B 117 288 363 22 64 .967 .948 5.56 5.27 1903 32 SLB AL 2B 29 57 93 7 17 .955 .943 5.17 5.04 1904 33 SLB AL 2B 132 288 373 28 31 .959 .954 5.01 5.04 1905 34 SLB AL 2B 16 32 44 4 2 .950 .952 4.75 4.91
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1896 25 PIT NL 2B 61 176 149 24 14 .931 .939 5.33 5.41 1897 26 PIT NL 2B 134 369 402 48 36 .941 .936 5.75 5.53 1898 27 PIT NL 2B 128 301 407 40 46 .947 .943 5.53 5.53 1899 28 WHS NL 2B 48 140 124 18 12 .936 .941 5.50 5.46 1901 30 STL NL 2B 115 286 336 33 47 .950 .941 5.41 5.06 1902 31 SLB AL 2B 117 288 363 22 64 .967 .948 5.56 5.27 1903 32 SLB AL 2B 29 57 93 7 17 .955 .943 5.17 5.04 1904 33 SLB AL 2B 132 288 373 28 31 .959 .954 5.01 5.04 1905 34 SLB AL 2B 16 32 44 4 2 .950 .952 4.75 4.91 1899 28 WHS NL SS 85 201 281 46 33 .913 .910 5.67 5.53 1901 30 STL NL SS 8 15 24 7 2 .848 .924 4.88 5.66
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 780 1937 2291 224 269 .950 .944 5.42 5.29 SS 93 216 305 53 35 .908 .911 5.60 5.54 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 873 2153 2596 277 304 .945 .940 5.44 5.32
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
1897 NL-134-4

Hit By Pitch
1897 NL-16-4
1898 NL-19-5
1899 NL-17-6
1901 NL-11-4
1902 AL-9-3
1904 AL-18-1
Car-97-69

Sac. Hits
1897 NL-20-6

Outs
1897 NL-391-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (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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  7. Ed Abbaticchio (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Heinie Wagner (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 14, 1898: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jack O'Brien and Jimmy Slagle to the Washington Senators for Heinie Reitz.

March 24, 1900: Purchased by the Detroit (American) from the Washington Senators.

May 19, 1905: Released by the St. Louis Browns.


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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