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Neal Ball

Cornelius Ball

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: April 22, 1881 in Grand Haven, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1907
Teams (by GP): Naps/Highlanders/RedSox 1907-1913

Final Game: June 30, 1913
Died: October 15, 1957 in Bridgeport, CT
Buried: Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
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Standard Batting

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 11 .205 .222 .273 .495 53 12 0 2 6/4
1908 27 NYY AL 132 484 446 35 110 16 2 0 38 32 21 91 .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 58 .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 10 .207 .281 .310 .592 86 9 0 2 /4
1909 28 CLE AL 96 357 324 29 83 13 2 1 25 17 17 48 .256 .295 .318 .613 90 103 1 15 6
1910 29 CLE AL 54 138 123 13 25 3 1 0 12 4 9 27 .203 .258 .244 .501 56 30 0 6 6/4O5
1911 30 CLE AL 116 452 412 45 122 14 9 3 45 21 27 93 .296 .339 .396 .735 104 163 0 13 45/6
1912 31 TOT AL 58 194 177 22 39 6 1 0 20 12 5 12 27 .220 .270 .266 .535 51 47 0 5 4
1912 31 CLE AL 40 145 132 12 30 4 1 0 14 7 4 9 23 .227 .277 .273 .549 55 36 0 4 4
1912 31 BOS AL 18 49 45 10 9 2 0 0 6 5 1 3 4 .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 502 1776 1613 163 404 56 17 4 151 92 5 99 320 .250 .295 .314 .609 83 506 4 60
162 Game Avg. 162 573 521 53 130 18 5 1 49 30 32 103 .250 .295 .314 .609 83 163 1 19
CLE (4 yrs) 306 1092 991 99 260 34 13 4 96 49 4 62 191 .262 .306 .335 .641 87 332 1 38
NYY (3 yrs) 155 565 519 45 125 18 4 0 45 35 25 112 .241 .278 .291 .569 83 151 2 19
BOS (2 yrs) 41 119 103 19 19 4 0 0 10 8 1 12 17 .184 .276 .223 .499 43 23 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1907 26 NYY AL 47 -2 0 0 0 -4 1 2 -3 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $ 6/4
1908 27 NYY AL 484 -10 1 0 0 -17 8 16 -2 -0.5 15 1.9 -2.4 $ *6/4
1909 28 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /4
1909 28 CLE AL 357 -5 0 0 0 -4 6 11 8 0.7 12 1.3 -0.6 $ 6
1910 29 CLE AL 138 -5 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ 6/4O5
1911 30 CLE AL 452 -2 0 0 0 1 1 15 15 1.5 14 1.4 0.1 $ 45/6
1912 31 CLE AL 145 -8 0 0 0 -2 0 5 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 4
1912 31 BOS AL 49 -4 1 0 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 4
1913 32 BOS AL 70 -4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 4/65
7 Seasons 1776 -40 2 0 0 -31 18 59 8 -0.0 39 4.4 -4.4 $
CLE (4 yrs) 1092 -20 0 0 0 -7 9 36 18 1.5 25 2.6 -1.1 $
NYY (3 yrs) 565 -12 1 0 0 -22 9 19 -5 -0.9 17 2.1 -3.0 $
BOS (2 yrs) 119 -8 1 0 0 -2 0 4 -5 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $

Advanced Batting

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 .273 .205 .263 .222 .319 .273 .328 .495 .648 53 .340 -2.6 -0.3 .400 .114 .068 .0
1908 27 NYY AL 484 351 36 2.8 69 .310 .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 .299 .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 .316 .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 77 .298 .256 .257 .295 .318 .318 .326 .613 .644 90 .510 -4.2 -0.5 .573 .167 .062 1.9
1910 29 CLE AL 138 104 8 2.1 76 .260 .203 .251 .258 .317 .244 .324 .501 .642 56 .311 -6.4 -0.8 .439 .146 .041 .0
1911 30 CLE AL 452 303 55 4.8 97 .377 .296 .282 .339 .349 .396 .371 .735 .720 104 .573 0.2 0.0 .728 .216 .100 5.3
1912 31 TOT AL 194 148 13 2.3 94 .260 .220 .277 .270 .346 .266 .364 .535 .710 51 .289 -11.7 -1.3 .462 .153 .045 .0
1912 31 CLE AL 145 110 10 2.4 94 .275 .227 .276 .277 .345 .273 .363 .549 .708 55 .302 -8.0 -0.9 .453 .136 .045 .0
1912 31 BOS AL 49 38 3 2.1 95 .220 .200 .278 .250 .348 .244 .366 .494 .714 39 .250 -3.7 -0.4 .486 .200 .044 .0
1913 32 BOS AL 70 50 3 1.6 90 .222 .172 .268 .294 .340 .207 .352 .501 .692 45 .182 -3.7 -0.4 .521 .241 .034 .0
7 Seasons 1776 1274 151 3.2 82 .310 .250 .263 .295 .326 .314 .339 .609 .665 83 .465 -36.2 -4.2 .573 .179 .063 7.7
162 Game Avg. 573 411 49 3.2 82 .310 .250 .263 .295 .326 .314 .339 .609 .665 83 .465 -36.2 -4.2 .573 .179 .063 2
CLE (4 yrs) 1092 773 103 3.6 87 .322 .262 .269 .306 .334 .335 .350 .641 .684 87 .492 -18.4 -2.1 .599 .181 .073 7.4
NYY (3 yrs) 565 413 42 2.7 70 .307 .241 .249 .278 .306 .291 .316 .569 .622 83 .463 -10.5 -1.3 .541 .166 .050 .0
BOS (2 yrs) 119 88 6 1.8 92 .221 .184 .273 .276 .343 .223 .358 .499 .702 43 .213 -7.4 -0.8 .506 .223 .039 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1907 26 NYY AL 47 0.0% 2.1% 4.3% 22% 11.0 94%
1908 27 NYY AL 484 0.0% 4.3% 3.7% 16% 11.7 92%
1909 28 TOT AL 391 0.3% 5.1% 4.6% 20% 353.0 12.6 90%
1909 28 NYY AL 34 0.0% 8.8% 5.9% 33% 9.7 85%
1909 28 CLE AL 357 0.3% 4.8% 4.5% 19% 324.0 13.0 90%
1910 29 CLE AL 138 0.0% 6.5% 2.9% 16% 10.3 89%
1911 30 CLE AL 452 0.7% 6.0% 5.8% 21% 137.3 9.2 90%
1912 31 TOT AL 194 0.0% 6.2% 3.6% 18% 8.9 91%
1912 31 CLE AL 145 0.0% 6.2% 3.5% 17% 9.4 91%
1912 31 BOS AL 49 0.0% 6.1% 4.1% 22% 7.5 92%
1913 32 BOS AL 70 0.0% 18.6% 12.9% 2.9% 20% 1.44 4.5 14.5 64%
7 Seasons 1776 0.2% 0.7% 5.6% 4.3% 19% 0.13 4.5 403.3 10.7 90%
MLB Averages 0.4% 3.6% 7.6% 4.8% 21% 0.48 14.1 222.4 10.2 84%

Cumulative Batting

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 11 .205 .222 .273 .495 53 12 0 2
1908 27 147 531 490 40 119 17 3 0 42 33 22 102 .243 .278 .290 .568 83 142 2 17
1909 28 251 922 843 74 208 31 6 1 70 52 42 160 .247 .285 .301 .586 86 254 3 34
1910 29 305 1060 966 87 233 34 7 1 82 56 51 187 .241 .281 .294 .575 82 284 3 40
1911 30 421 1512 1378 132 355 48 16 4 127 77 78 280 .258 .299 .324 .623 89 447 3 53
1912 31 479 1706 1555 154 394 54 17 4 147 89 5 90 307 .253 .296 .318 .613 85 494 3 58
1913 32 502 1776 1613 163 404 56 17 4 151 92 5 99 320 .250 .295 .314 .609 83 506 4 60

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 12 .213 .229 .277 .506 3 15
1908 27 137 507 480 46 131 19 2 0 50 38 25 95 .273 .312 .321 .632 48 132
1909 28 109 407 382 45 106 17 4 1 37 23 24 61 .277 .322 .351 .673 43 104
1910 29 56 139 129 16 28 3 1 0 14 4 10 28 .217 .273 .256 .529 9 54
1911 30 122 458 430 45 125 14 9 3 45 22 28 98 .291 .334 .386 .720 56 116
1912 31 61 195 183 22 39 6 1 0 20 12 12 28 .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 525 1828 1713 191 451 62 18 4 176 104 111 336 .263 .310 .327 .637 176 502
162 Game Avg. 162 564 529 59 139 19 6 1 54 32 34 104 .263 .310 .327 .637 54 502

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1908 AL  90 (1st)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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