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Fred Pfeffer
Nathaniel Frederick Pfeffer (Fritz or Dandelion)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 184 lb.

Debut May 1, 1882
Final Game June 14, 1897
Born March 17, 1860 in Louisville, KY
Died April 10, 1932 in Chicago, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 22 TRO NL  85  330   26   72   7  4   1   43          1  24  .218  .221  .273   61   90                    
 1883 23 CHC NL  96  371   41   87  22  7   1   45          8  50  .235  .251  .340   71  126                    
 1884 24 CHC NL 112  467  105  135  10 10  25  101         25  47  .289  .325  .514  152  240                    
 1885 25 CHC NL 112  469   90  113  12  7   5   73         26  47  .241  .281  .328   85  154                    
 1886 26 CHC NL 118  474   88  125  17  8   7   95  30     36  46  .264  .316  .378   98  179                    
 1887 27 CHC NL 123  479   95  133  21  6  16   89  57     34  20  .278  .327  .447  102  214               1    
 1888 28 CHC NL 135  517   90  129  22 10   8   57  64     32  38  .250  .297  .377  107  195               3    
 1889 29 CHC NL 134  531   85  121  15  7   7   77  45     53  51  .228  .302  .322   71  171               3    
 1890 30 CHI PL 124  499   86  128  21  8   5   80  27     44  23  .257  .319  .361   78  180               2    
 1891 31 CHC NL 137  498   93  123  12  9   7   77  40     79  60  .247  .353  .349  100  174               3    
 1892 32 LOU NL 124  470   78  121  14  9   2   76  27     67  36  .257  .353  .338  117  159               2    
 1893 33 LOU NL 125  508   85  129  29 12   3   75  32     51  18  .254  .322  .376   92  191               0    
 1894 34 LOU NL 104  409   68  126  12 14   5   59  31     30  14  .308  .357  .443   97  181               1    
 1895 35 LOU NL  11   45    8   13   1  0   0    5   2      5   3  .289  .360  .311   78   14   0           0    
 1896 36 TOT NL  98  374   46   90  16  7   2   56  22     24  21  .241  .292  .337   63  126   3           3    
         NYG NL   4   14    1    2   0  0   0    4   0      1   1  .143  .250  .143    6    2   0           1    
         CHC NL  94  360   45   88  16  7   2   52  22     23  20  .244  .294  .344   65  124   3           2    
 1897 37 CHC NL  32  114   10   26   0  1   0   11   5     12      .228  .318  .246   47   28   2           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         6555      1671    119     1019      0     498  .255  .312  .369   92        5   0   0  21   0
               1670      1094      231     94      382    527                            2422
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        636  106  162  22 12   9   99  37  0  51  48  .255  .312  .369   92  235   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High    137  531  105  135  29 14  25  101  64  0  79  60  .308  .357  .514  152  240   3   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 22 TRO NL  331  258   20   2.1    67| .218  .248| .221  .276| .273  .338| .494  .613|  61  .263 -14.5  -1.6     
 1883 23 CHC NL  379  284   32   3.0    87| .235  .277| .251  .305| .340  .382| .591  .687|  71  .372 -13.4  -1.4     
 1884 24 CHC NL  492  332   78   6.2    79| .289  .259| .325  .300| .514  .359| .839  .659| 152  .724  26.3   2.8     
 1885 25 CHC NL  495  356   43   3.2    80| .241  .262| .281  .307| .328  .351| .609  .659|  85  .475  -8.5  -1.0     
 1886 26 CHC NL  510  349   57   4.2    91| .264  .274| .316  .325| .378  .375| .694  .700|  98  .561  -1.4  -0.1     
 1887 27 CHC NL  514  346   70   5.3   107| .278  .289| .327  .349| .447  .412| .774  .761| 102  .580   0.1   0.0     
 1888 28 CHC NL  552  388   57   3.9    77| .250  .254| .297  .302| .377  .347| .674  .649| 107  .579   4.2   0.5     
 1889 29 CHC NL  587  410   51   3.3   100| .228  .279| .302  .350| .322  .380| .624  .731|  71  .377 -22.7  -2.3     
 1890 30 CHI PL  545  371   57   4.0   108| .257  .286| .319  .365| .361  .398| .680  .763|  78  .418 -17.6  -1.7     
 1891 31 CHC NL  580  375   61   4.3    93| .247  .267| .353  .342| .349  .363| .702  .704| 100  .540   1.6   0.2     
 1892 32 LOU NL  539  349   56   4.2    74| .257  .241| .353  .313| .338  .323| .691  .636| 117  .566  12.1   1.3     
 1893 33 LOU NL  559  379   62   4.3    99| .254  .276| .322  .352| .376  .375| .698  .728|  92  .443  -6.8  -0.6     
 1894 34 LOU NL  440  283   64   5.9   120| .308  .306| .357  .376| .443  .431| .800  .808|  97  .492  -3.2  -0.3     
 1895 35 LOU NL   50   32    5   4.0   107| .289  .294| .360  .360| .311  .398| .671  .758|  78  .391  -1.1  -0.1     
 1896 36 TOT NL  404  287   36   3.3   111| .241  .302| .292  .368| .337  .403| .629  .771|  63  .328 -22.0  -2.1     
         NYG NL   16   12    0   0.0   105| .143  .294| .250  .358| .143  .392| .393  .750|   6  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
         CHC NL  388  275   36   3.4   111| .244  .302| .294  .368| .344  .404| .638  .772|  65  .345 -20.2  -1.9     
 1897 37 CHC NL  131   90    8   2.3   111| .228  .304| .318  .368| .246  .404| .564  .772|  47  .207  -8.7  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     7108 4889  757   4.1    93| .255  .273| .312  .333| .369  .374| .681  .707|  92  .487 -75.5  -7.2     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 24 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    2    1   0    1    0   0   1    10       0  9.00  3.12   35 4.000
 1885 25 CHC NL   2   1   5   2   2   0   3  2   31.7   26   15    9   1    8   13   0   3   125       0  2.56  3.04  119 1.074
 1892 32 LOU NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    5.0    4    3    1   0    5    0   0   0     0       0  1.80  3.05  170 1.800
 1894 34 LOU NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    7.0    8    6    2   0    6    0   0   0     0       0  2.57  5.10  198 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .667   2   1   8   2   2   0   6  2   44.7   41   26   13   1   20   13   0   4   135       0  2.62  3.37  129 1.366
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   6  54  13  13   0  40 13  303.7  278  176   88   6  136   88   0  27   918   0   0  2.62  3.37  129 1.366
 Career High      2   1   5   2   2   0   3  2   31.7   26   15    9   1    8   13   0   3   125   0   0                       

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1882 22 TRO NL  SS   83    161  276   73   35  .857  .852  5.27  4.36                        
                 2B    2      8    6    3    0  .824  .897  7.00  6.05                        
 1883 23 CHC NL  2B   79    264  264   67   49  .887  .890  6.68  6.00                        
                 SS   18     15   63   19    6  .804  .853  4.33  4.54                        
                 1B    1      2    0    0    1 1.000  .952  2.00 10.50                        
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.20                        
 1884 24 CHC NL  2B  112    395  422   88   85  .903  .891  7.29  5.73                        
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1885 25 CHC NL  2B  109    325  391   86   66  .893  .900  6.57  5.70                        
                  P    5      1    6    0    0 1.000  .897  1.40  2.30  1.99  2.44    2   31.7
                 OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .870  2.00  1.80                            0    0    1
 1886 26 CHC NL  2B  118    343  340   73   66  .903  .908  5.79  5.50                        
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00 10.30                        
 1887 27 CHC NL  2B  123    393  402   72   68  .917  .911  6.46  5.79                        
                 OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  1.90                            0    2    0
 1888 28 CHC NL  2B  135    421  457   65   78  .931  .920  6.50  5.66                        
 1889 29 CHC NL  2B  134    452  483   56   69  .943  .925  6.98  6.08                        
 1890 30 CHI PL  2B  124    441  387   76   73  .916  .913  6.68  5.79                        
 1891 31 CHC NL  2B  137    429  474   77   78  .921  .929  6.59  5.88                        
 1892 32 LOU NL  2B  116    315  377   50   72  .933  .929  5.97  5.59                        
                 1B   10     79    4    6    3  .933  .976  8.30 10.43                        
                  P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .909  2.00  2.20  3.60  2.52    0    5.0
 1893 33 LOU NL  2B  125    355  398   49   74  .939  .933  6.02  5.88                        
 1894 34 LOU NL  2B   90    255  284   36   58  .937  .928  5.99  5.71                        
                 SS   15     26   56   12    9  .872  .898  5.47  5.59                        
                  P    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.70  1.29  2.19    0    7.0
 1895 35 LOU NL  SS    5     11   12    8    3  .742  .898  4.60  5.54                        
                 1B    3     34    1    3    1  .921  .978 11.67  9.90                        
                 2B    3      8    9    1    2  .944  .934  5.67  5.63                        
 1896 36 TOT NL  2B   98    236  317   36   43  .939  .939  5.64  5.41                        
         NYG NL  2B    4      9   10    6    0  .760  .941  4.75  5.40                        
         CHC NL  2B   94    227  307   30   43  .947  .939  5.68  5.41                        
 1897 37 CHC NL  2B   32     73   93   22   12  .883  .936  5.19  5.53                        

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1883 23 CHC NL  1B    1      2    0    0    1 1.000  .952  2.00 10.50                        
 1886 26 CHC NL  1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00 10.30                        
 1892 32 LOU NL  1B   10     79    4    6    3  .933  .976  8.30 10.43                        
 1895 35 LOU NL  1B    3     34    1    3    1  .921  .978 11.67  9.90                        

 1882 22 TRO NL  2B    2      8    6    3    0  .824  .897  7.00  6.05                        
 1883 23 CHC NL  2B   79    264  264   67   49  .887  .890  6.68  6.00                        
 1884 24 CHC NL  2B  112    395  422   88   85  .903  .891  7.29  5.73                        
 1885 25 CHC NL  2B  109    325  391   86   66  .893  .900  6.57  5.70                        
 1886 26 CHC NL  2B  118    343  340   73   66  .903  .908  5.79  5.50                        
 1887 27 CHC NL  2B  123    393  402   72   68  .917  .911  6.46  5.79                        
 1888 28 CHC NL  2B  135    421  457   65   78  .931  .920  6.50  5.66                        
 1889 29 CHC NL  2B  134    452  483   56   69  .943  .925  6.98  6.08                        
 1890 30 CHI PL  2B  124    441  387   76   73  .916  .913  6.68  5.79                        
 1891 31 CHC NL  2B  137    429  474   77   78  .921  .929  6.59  5.88                        
 1892 32 LOU NL  2B  116    315  377   50   72  .933  .929  5.97  5.59                        
 1893 33 LOU NL  2B  125    355  398   49   74  .939  .933  6.02  5.88                        
 1894 34 LOU NL  2B   90    255  284   36   58  .937  .928  5.99  5.71                        
 1895 35 LOU NL  2B    3      8    9    1    2  .944  .934  5.67  5.63                        
 1896 36 TOT NL  2B   98    236  317   36   43  .939  .939  5.64  5.41                        
         NYG NL  2B    4      9   10    6    0  .760  .941  4.75  5.40                        
         CHC NL  2B   94    227  307   30   43  .947  .939  5.68  5.41                        
 1897 37 CHC NL  2B   32     73   93   22   12  .883  .936  5.19  5.53                        

 1883 23 CHC NL  3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.20                        

 1885 25 CHC NL  OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .870  2.00  1.80                            0    0    1
 1887 27 CHC NL  OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  1.90                            0    2    0

 1884 24 CHC NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1885 25 CHC NL   P    5      1    6    0    0 1.000  .897  1.40  2.30  1.99  2.44    2   31.7
 1892 32 LOU NL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .909  2.00  2.20  3.60  2.52    0    5.0
 1894 34 LOU NL   P    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.70  1.29  2.19    0    7.0

 1882 22 TRO NL  SS   83    161  276   73   35  .857  .852  5.27  4.36                        
 1883 23 CHC NL  SS   18     15   63   19    6  .804  .853  4.33  4.54                        
 1894 34 LOU NL  SS   15     26   56   12    9  .872  .898  5.47  5.59                        
 1895 35 LOU NL  SS    5     11   12    8    3  .742  .898  4.60  5.54                        

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  2B 1537   4713 5104  857  893  .920  .917  6.39  5.75                        
                 SS  121    213  407  112   53  .847  .860  5.12  4.59                        
                 1B   15    116    5    9    5  .931  .977  8.07 10.32                        
                  P*   8      3    7    0    0 1.000  .901  1.25  2.19                2   44.7
                 OF    3      3    0    0    0 1.000  .882  1.00  1.87                            0    2    1
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.20                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1685   5048 5524  978  951  .915  .914  6.27  5.68
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    CHC STL     T   7  27   5  11  2  0  1   0   0   0  .407  .407  .593   0                
 1886   WS    CHC STL     L   6  21   7   6  0  0  1   4   2   1  .286  .348  .429   2                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1  13  48  12  17  2  0  2   4   2   1  .354  .380  .521   2                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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 %
1884 NL-.514-5

OPS
1884 NL-.839-7

Games
1882 NL-85-2
1885 NL-112-3
1887 NL-123-10
1888 NL-135-3
1889 NL-134-7
1891 NL-137-9

At Bats
1885 NL-469-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1885 NL-495-6

Runs
1884 NL-105-6
1885 NL-90-8
1888 NL-90-7

Hits
1884 NL-135-10

Total Bases
1884 NL-240-3
1888 NL-195-10

Doubles
1888 NL-22-7
1893 NL-29-5

Triples
1884 NL-10-7
Car-119-98

Home Runs
1884 NL-25-2
1885 NL-5-10
1886 NL-7-8
1887 NL-16-3
1891 NL-7-9

RBI
1884 NL-101-2
1885 NL-73-3
1886 NL-95-2
1887 NL-89-10

Bases on Balls
1891 NL-79-5

Strikeouts
1883 NL-50-9
1885 NL-47-9
1891 NL-60-6

Stolen Bases
1887 NL-57-6
1888 NL-64-4
1889 NL-45-10
Car-382-80

Adjusted OPS+
1884 NL-152-8

Runs Created
1884 NL-78-8

Extra-Base Hits
1884 NL-45-7
1888 NL-40-8

Offensive Win%
1884 NL-.724-10

Power/Speed Number
1886 NL-11.4-6
1887 NL-25.0-1
1888 NL-14.2-10
1891 NL-11.9-9

At Bats per Home Run
1884 NL-18.7-2
1886 NL-67.7-9
1887 NL-29.9-3
1891 NL-71.1-10

Outs
1885 NL-356-2
1886 NL-349-8
1888 NL-388-10
1889 NL-410-5

Saves
1885 NL-2-1

Games Finished
1885 NL-3-1

Oldest Player
1897 NL-37-9

          

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (547) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 71 (335) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2082) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.9 (431) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (939) Pitching - 1.0 (1829) (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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  10. Ned Williamson (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frankie Crosetti (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Pee Wee Reese (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bobby Lowe (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bobby Lowe (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bobby Lowe (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 5, 1892: Traded by the Chicago Colts to the Louisville Colonels for Jim Canavan and $1,000.

November 1, 1895: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Louisville Colonels for $2,500. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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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