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Bob Pettit
Robert Henry Pettit

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 3, 1887
Final Game October 4, 1891
Born July 19, 1861 in Williamstown, MA
Died November 1, 1910 in Derby, CT

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 25 CHC NL  32  138   29   36   3  3   2   12  16      8  15  .261  .301  .370   76   51               0    
 1888 26 CHC NL  43  169   23   43   1  4   4   23   7      7   9  .254  .288  .379  105   64               1    
 1891 29 MIL AA  21   80   10   14   4  0   1    5   2      7   7  .175  .267  .263   40   21               3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       96  387   62   93   8  7   7   40  25  0  22  31  .240  .288  .351   79  136   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        653  105  157  14 12  12   68  42  0  37  52  .240  .288  .351   79  230   0   0   0   7   0
 Career High     43  169   29   43   4  4   4   23  16  0   8  15                          64   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 25 CHC NL  146  102   15   3.8   107| .261  .290| .301  .349| .370  .412| .671  .761|  76  .435  -5.2  -0.5     
 1888 26 CHC NL  177  126   18   3.8    77| .254  .254| .288  .302| .379  .347| .667  .649| 105  .566   0.2   0.0     
 1891 29 MIL AA   90   66    5   2.0   107| .175  .284| .267  .372| .263  .384| .530  .755|  40  .214  -6.7  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       413  294   38   3.4    94| .240  .273| .288  .334| .351  .378| .639  .712|  79  .443 -11.8  -1.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 25 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    3    8    0   0    2    0   0   3    10       0  0.00  4.46  inf 5.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    3    8    0   0    2    0   0   3    10       0  0.00  4.46  inf 5.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68 68   68.0  204  544    0   0  136    0   0 204   680   0   0  0.00  4.46  inf 5.000

* 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  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1887 25 CHC NL OF 32 34 8 5 0 .894 .882 1.31 1.92 0 0 32 C 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.90 2 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1888 26 CHC NL OF 43 46 8 4 3 .931 .906 1.26 1.90 0 2 42 1891 29 MIL AA 2B 9 13 28 3 1 .932 .913 4.56 5.24 OF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.86 1.83 3 2 2 3B 6 3 7 3 0 .769 .870 1.67 3.58
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1891 29 MIL AA 2B 9 13 28 3 1 .932 .913 4.56 5.24 1891 29 MIL AA 3B 6 3 7 3 0 .769 .870 1.67 3.58 1887 25 CHC NL C 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.90 2 1887 25 CHC NL OF 32 34 8 5 0 .894 .882 1.31 1.92 0 0 32 1888 26 CHC NL OF 43 46 8 4 3 .931 .906 1.26 1.90 0 2 42 1891 29 MIL AA OF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.86 1.83 3 2 2 1887 25 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 82 86 16 9 3 .919 .896 1.24 1.90 3 4 76 2B 9 13 28 3 1 .932 .913 4.56 5.24 3B 6 3 7 3 0 .769 .870 1.67 3.58 C 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.90 2 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 99 103 51 16 4 .906 .899 1.56 2.35
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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.

Saves
1887 NL-1-1

Games Finished
1887 NL-1-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

April 24, 1889: Released by the Chicago White Stockings.


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