Neal Ball
Cornelius Ball
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 145 lb.

Born: April 22, 1881 in Grand Haven, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1907
Final Game: June 30, 1913
Died: October 15, 1957 in Bridgeport, CT
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1907 26 NYY AL 15 47 44 5 9 1 1 0 4 1 1 .205 .222 .273 .495 53 12 0 2 6/4
1908 27 NYY AL 132 484 446 34 110 16 2 0 38 32 21 .247 .284 .291 .575 86 130 2 15 *6/4
1909 28 TOT AL 104 391 353 34 89 14 3 1 28 19 20 .252 .294 .317 .611 90 112 1 17 6/4
1909 28 NYY AL 8 34 29 5 6 1 1 0 3 2 3 .207 .281 .310 .592 86 9 0 2 /4
1909 28 CLE AL 96 357 324 29 83 13 2 1 25 17 17 .256 .295 .318 .613 90 103 1 15 6
1910 29 CLE AL 53 134 119 13 25 3 1 0 12 4 9 .210 .266 .252 .518 61 30 0 6 6/4O5
1911 30 CLE AL 116 452 412 45 122 14 9 3 45 21 27 .296 .339 .396 .735 104 163 0 13 45/6
1912 31 TOT AL 58 194 177 22 39 6 1 0 20 12 12 .220 .270 .266 .535 51 47 0 5 4
1912 31 CLE AL 40 145 132 12 30 4 1 0 14 7 9 .227 .277 .273 .549 55 36 0 4 4
1912 31 BOS AL 18 49 45 10 9 2 0 0 6 5 3 .200 .250 .244 .494 39 11 0 1 4
1913 32 BOS AL 23 70 58 9 10 2 0 0 4 3 9 13 .172 .294 .207 .501 45 12 1 2 4/65
7 Seasons 501 1772 1609 162 404 56 17 4 151 92 99 13 .251 .296 .314 .611 84 506 4 60
162 Game Avg. 162 573 520 52 131 18 5 1 49 30 32 .251 .296 .314 .611 84 164 1 19
CLE (4 yrs) 305 1088 987 99 260 34 13 4 96 49 62 .263 .308 .336 .644 88 332 1 38
NYY (3 yrs) 155 565 519 44 125 18 4 0 45 35 25 .241 .278 .291 .569 83 151 2 19
BOS (2 yrs) 41 119 103 19 19 4 0 0 10 8 12 13 .184 .276 .223 .499 43 23 1 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1907 26 NYY AL 47 37 3 2.2 77 .205 .205 .263 .222 .319 .273 .329 .495 .648 53 .340 -2.7 -0.3 .400 .114 .068 .0
1908 27 NYY AL 484 351 36 2.8 69 .247 .247 .247 .284 .304 .291 .314 .575 .618 86 .471 -7.3 -0.9 .551 .164 .045 .0
1909 28 TOT AL 391 281 33 3.1 76 .250 .252 .257 .294 .318 .317 .326 .611 .644 90 .510 -4.7 -0.6 .576 .176 .065 1.9
1909 28 NYY AL 34 25 3 3.2 74 .207 .207 .254 .281 .314 .310 .322 .592 .636 86 .520 -0.5 -0.1 .609 .276 .103 .0
1909 28 CLE AL 357 256 30 3.1 76 .254 .256 .257 .295 .318 .318 .326 .613 .644 90 .510 -4.2 -0.5 .573 .167 .062 1.9
1910 29 CLE AL 134 100 8 2.2 76 .210 .210 .251 .266 .317 .252 .324 .518 .642 61 .328 -5.4 -0.6 .457 .151 .042 .0
1911 30 CLE AL 452 303 55 4.8 97 .291 .296 .282 .339 .349 .396 .371 .735 .720 104 .573 0.2 0.0 .728 .216 .100 5.3
1912 31 TOT AL 194 143 13 2.4 94 .220 .220 .277 .270 .346 .266 .364 .535 .710 51 .292 -11.8 -1.3 .514 .181 .045 .0
1912 31 CLE AL 145 106 10 2.5 94 .227 .227 .276 .277 .345 .273 .363 .549 .708 55 .306 -8.0 -0.9 .510 .167 .045 .0
1912 31 BOS AL 49 37 3 2.2 95 .200 .200 .278 .250 .348 .244 .366 .494 .714 39 .251 -3.7 -0.4 .528 .222 .044 .0
1913 32 BOS AL 70 50 3 1.6 89 .222 .172 .268 .294 .340 .207 .352 .501 .692 45 .182 -3.7 -0.4 .521 .241 .034 .0
7 Seasons 1772 1265 151 3.2 82 .251 .251 .263 .296 .326 .314 .339 .611 .665 84 .467 -35.3 -4.1 .582 .182 .063 7.7
162 Game Avg. 573 409 49 3.2 82 .251 .251 .263 .296 .326 .314 .339 .611 .665 84 .467 -35.3 -4.1 .582 .182 .063 2
CLE (4 yrs) 1088 765 103 3.6 87 .260 .263 .269 .308 .335 .336 .350 .644 .684 88 .495 -17.4 -2.0 .611 .185 .073 7.4
NYY (3 yrs) 565 413 42 2.7 70 .241 .241 .249 .278 .306 .291 .316 .569 .622 83 .463 -10.5 -1.3 .541 .166 .050 .0
BOS (2 yrs) 119 87 6 1.8 92 .211 .184 .273 .276 .343 .223 .358 .499 .701 43 .213 -7.4 -0.8 .524 .233 .039 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 31 BOS AL WS NYG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1907 26 15 47 44 5 9 1 1 0 4 1 1 .205 .222 .273 .495 53 12 0 2
1908 27 147 531 490 39 119 17 3 0 42 33 22 .243 .278 .290 .568 83 142 2 17
1909 28 251 922 843 73 208 31 6 1 70 52 42 .247 .285 .301 .586 86 254 3 34
1910 29 304 1056 962 86 233 34 7 1 82 56 51 .242 .282 .295 .578 83 284 3 40
1911 30 420 1508 1374 131 355 48 16 4 127 77 78 .258 .300 .325 .625 90 447 3 53
1912 31 478 1702 1551 153 394 54 17 4 147 89 90 .254 .296 .319 .615 85 494 3 58
1913 32 501 1772 1609 162 404 56 17 4 151 92 99 13 .251 .296 .314 .611 84 506 4 60

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1907 26 16 48 47 6 10 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 .213 .229 .277 .506 3 15
1908 27 137 507 480 45 131 19 2 0 50 38 25 0 .273 .312 .321 .632 48 132
1909 28 109 407 382 45 106 17 4 1 37 23 24 0 .277 .322 .351 .673 43 104
1910 29 55 136 126 17 29 3 1 0 16 5 10 0 .230 .287 .270 .557 10 53
1911 30 122 458 430 45 125 14 9 3 45 22 28 0 .291 .334 .386 .720 56 116
1912 31 61 195 183 22 39 6 1 0 20 12 12 0 .213 .262 .257 .518 13 58
1913 32 24 74 62 11 12 2 0 0 5 4 11 14 .194 .324 .226 .550 4 23
7 Seasons 524 1825 1710 191 452 62 18 4 178 105 111 14 .264 .311 .329 .639 177 501
162 Game Avg. 162 564 529 59 140 19 6 1 55 32 34 .264 .311 .329 .639 55 501

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1908 AL  32 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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