Al Atkinson

Albert Wright Atkinson

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 9, 1861 in Clinton, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1884
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Chicago/Pittsburgh/Monumentals 1884-1887

Final Game: August 13, 1887
Died: June 17, 1952 in McNatt, MO
Buried: Macedonia Cemetery, Stella, MO
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1884	23	TOT	MLB	20	26	.435	3.36	46	46	0	44	2	0	393.2	373	247	147	8	54	247	10	0	40	1664	97	1.085	8.5	0.2	1.2	5.6	4.57
1884	23	TOT	UA	9	15	.375	2.62	24	24	0	24	1	0	209.1	187	117	61	5	33	154			12	872	120	1.051	8.0	0.2	1.4	6.6	4.67
1884	23	PHA	AA	11	11	.500	4.20	22	22	0	20	1	0	184.1	186	130	86	3	21	93	10	0	28	792	81	1.123	9.1	0.1	1.0	4.5	4.43
1884	23	CPI	UA	6	10	.375	2.76	16	16	0	16	1	0	140.0	127	83	43	1	21	104			5	584	110	1.057	8.2	0.1	1.4	6.7	4.95
1884	23	BLU	UA	3	5	.375	2.34	8	8	0	8	0	0	69.1	60	34	18	4	12	50			7	288	143	1.038	7.8	0.5	1.6	6.5	4.17

1886	25	PHA	AA	25	17	.595	3.95	45	45	0	44	1	0	396.2	414	288	174	11	101	154	22	0	29	1743	88	1.298	9.4	0.2	2.3	3.5	1.52
1887	26	LIN	N/A	2	2	.500	4.60	4	4		4	0		31.1	55	29	16		15	13	3		4			2.234	15.8		4.3	3.7	0.87	LIN · WL
1887	26	PHA	AA	6	8	.429	5.92	15	15	2	11	0	0	124.2	156	121	82	2	54	34	6	0	11	594	72	1.684	11.3	0.1	3.9	2.5	0.63
1888	27	TTO	N/A	34	13	.723	1.34	48	48		47	4		444.0	349	167	66		79	307	24		22			0.964	7.1		1.6	6.2	3.89	TTO · INTA
1889	28	TTO	N/A	1	4	.200	4.50	6	6		2	0		30.0	37	36	15		20	7	4		8			1.900	11.1		6.0	2.1	0.35	TTO · IL
1890	29	TTO	N/A	0	1	.000		1	1		0	0																				TTO · INTA
1892	31	ROC	N/A	1	3	.250	2.79	5	5		4	0		42.0	39	24	13		12	9	1		1			1.214	8.4		2.6	1.9	0.75	ROC · EL
3 Yrs				51	51	.500	3.96	106	106	2	99	3	0	915.0	943	656	403	21	209	435	38	0	80	4001	88	1.259	9.3	0.2	2.1	4.3	2.08
162 Game Avg.				16	16	.500	3.96	34	34	1	32	1	0	293	302	210	129	7	67	140		0	26	1283	88	1.259	9.3	0.2	2.1	4.3	2.08

PHA (3 yrs)				42	36	.538	4.36	82	82	2	75	2	0	705.2	756	539	342	16	176	281	38	0	68	3129	82	1.321	9.6	0.2	2.2	3.6	1.60
BLU (1 yr)				3	5	.375	2.34	8	8	0	8	0	0	69.1	60	34	18	4	12	50			7	288	143	1.038	7.8	0.5	1.6	6.5	4.17
CPI (1 yr)				6	10	.375	2.76	16	16	0	16	1	0	140.0	127	83	43	1	21	104			5	584	110	1.057	8.2	0.1	1.4	6.7	4.95

AA (3 yrs)				42	36	.538	4.36	82	82	2	75	2	0	705.2	756	539	342	16	176	281	38	0	68	3129	82	1.321	9.6	0.2	2.2	3.6	1.60
UA (1 yr)				9	15	.375	2.62	24	24	0	24	1	0	209.1	187	117	61	5	33	154			12	872	120	1.051	8.0	0.2	1.4	6.6	4.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1884	23	PHA	AA	184.1	22	22	130	6.35	5.11	0.18	0.00	104.0	5.14	-18	-1.6	-0.2	-0.9	-16	.428	.490	$
1884	23	CPI	UA	140.0	16	16	83	5.34	5.75	-0.16	0.00	100.0	5.91	8	0.8	-0.3	0.5	9	.549	.505	$
1884	23	BLU	UA	69.1	8	8	34	4.41	5.55	-0.32	0.00	109.0	6.40	15	1.5	-0.1	1.4	15	.688	.509	$

1886	25	PHA	AA	396.2	45	45	288	6.53	5.70	-0.28	0.00	101.0	6.04	-15	-1.3	-0.5	0.1	4	.471	.492	$
1887	26	PHA	AA	124.2	15	15	121	8.74	6.58	-0.11	0.00	99.0	6.63	-27	-1.9	-0.1	-1.4	-20	.375	.488	$
3 Seasons				915.0	106	106	656	6.45	5.70	-0.15	0.00	101.8	5.94	-37	-2.5	-1.3	-0.3	-8	.477	.497	$

PHA (3 yrs)				705.2	82	82	539	6.87	5.70	-0.13	0.00	101.4	5.91	-61	-4.8	-0.9	-2.2	-32	.442	.490	$
BLU (1 yr)				69.1	8	8	34	4.41	5.55	-0.32	0.00	109.0	6.40	15	1.5	-0.1	1.4	15	.688	.509	$
CPI (1 yr)				140.0	16	16	83	5.34	5.75	-0.16	0.00	100.0	5.91	8	0.8	-0.3	0.5	9	.549	.505	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1884	23	20	26	.435	3.36	46	46	0	44	2	393.2	373	247	147	8	54	247	10	40	1664	97	1.085	8.5	0.2	1.2	5.6	4.57	97
1885	24	20	26	.435	3.36	46	46	0	44	2	393.2	373	247	147	8	54	247	10	40	1664	97	1.085	8.5	0.2	1.2	5.6	4.57	97
1886	25	45	43	.511	3.66	91	91	0	88	3	790.1	787	535	321	19	155	401	32	69	3407	92	1.192	9.0	0.2	1.8	4.6	2.59	92
1887	26	51	51	.500	3.96	106	106	2	99	3	915.0	943	656	403	21	209	435	38	80	4001	88	1.259	9.3	0.2	2.1	4.3	2.08	88

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1884	23	65	24	.730	2.45	808.0	628	244	220	13	91	507	17	0.890	7.0	1.0	5.6	5.57	0.1	46

1886	25	36	18	.667	2.84	494.0	423	173	156	11	103	192	22	1.065	7.7	1.9	3.5	1.86	0.2	45
1887	26	10	8	.556	3.67	162.0	152	73	66	2	53	44	6	1.265	8.4	2.9	2.4	0.83	0.1	15
3 Yrs		111	50	.689	2.72	1464.0	1203	490	442	26	247	743	45	0.990	7.4		4.6	3.01	0.2	106

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1884 UA 1.9 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1886 AA 25 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1886 AA .595 (5th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1884 UA 1.051 (10th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 UA 8.040 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 AA 1.025 (7th) 1886 AA 2.292 (5th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 UA 6.621 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1886 AA 45 (10th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1886 AA 396.7 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1886 AA 45 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1886 AA 44 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 5 (7th) 1886 AA 11 (1st)
Hits s c a p y 1886 AA 414 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1884 AA 4.429 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1884 UA 15 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1886 AA 174 (4th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1884 AA 28 (10th) 1886 AA 29 (9th) Career 80 (183rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1886 AA 22 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1886 AA 1,743 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1887 AA 2 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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